The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 19, 1924, Page 4

Page Four GARY GETS MOST PROFITS EVER FROM 8 HOUR DAY Over $50,000,000 In First Three Months By LELAND OLDS. (Staff Correspondent of the Fed. Press) Announcement that U. S. Steel cor- poration profits for the first 3 months of the year exceeded those of any peacetime quarter in the history of the corporation proves that Judge E. H. Gary is a prophet grown senile—if he ever was moré than a propagandist. The complete refutation which it gives to his gloomy predictions about the abolition of the 12-hour shift should cause his future utterances to be tak- en for the propaganda of. big business. Scarcely a year ago Gary predicted that the abolition of the 12-hour shift would necessitate a 15 per cent in- crease in the price of steel products. But the 12-bour shift has been abol- ished and without raising prices the steel corporation has made a profit of $50,075,445 in three months. It ex- ceeds by more than 90 per cent the average quarterly profits of the five years preceding the war. Depression Doesn't Dent Gary. Gary’s remarks after the directors’ meeting give the impression of a man so cushioned by wealth and the huge surplus profits of his concern thaf he has grown callous to difficulties and worries of the ordinary citizen. He said in part: “At the present time there is no good reason for the depression. The fundamental conditions of the coun- try were never better. There are in- equalities, injustices, as between dif- ferent lines of economic activity. (Wage earners will agree to this, also farmers). But this country has pros- pered and is prospering in spite of those things and it is only a question of time when the man of courage and patience will find that he never had a reason to fear as to the final solution of the problems which circumstances presented. (Easy for the multimillion- aire but how about the man to whom loss of a job means the abrupt stop- page of a bare subsistence wage). Our country is rich, the cash in circula- tion very large and the ability to pay is slowly tho not regularly increasing.” No Cheer for Workers. ‘This little message of hope from the dictator of the steel industry is re- commended to the families of the hun- dreds of thousands of unemployed workers and to the millions threaten- ¢ with wage reductions. 4 ‘ eel -industry-dur- ing the fir? ‘ter was not limited to the dominating corporation. The seven leading companies including Bethle- hem, Republic Iron & Steel, Youngs- town Sheet & Tube, Gulf States, Colo- rado Fuel & Iron and Inland Steel re- ported combined profits of $74,347,963 as compared with $50,499,699 during the same period a year ago, an in- crease of nearly 50 per cent. But there is good ground for the suspicion that the steel industry has been deliberately crowding a large _por- tion of the year’s production and pro- fits into the first quarter in order to make possible a short, sharp depres- sion in which to deflate labor. A DAINTY “MORNING” FROCK 4669. This is attractive for gingham, linen, chambrey, repp or crepe. Strip- ed seersucker and linene in combina- tion would be pleasing. In black sateen _ with pipings or bindings of cretonne, , this style would be very effective. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes; Small, 34-36; Medium, 88-40; Large, 42-46; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust meas- ure. A Medium size requires 4% yards of 36 inch material. To trim with con- trasting material as illustrated re- quires % yard. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 10c in silver or stamps, DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washing- ton Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE SPRING & SUMMER 1924 BOOK OF FASHION® OUR DAILY PATTERN DAWES REPORT LOOKED UPON AS PLOT TO MAKE GERMANY ECONOMIC THE DAILY WORKER VASSAL OF THE UNITED STATES By LOUIS LOCHNER (Staff Correspondent of The Federated Press) BERLIN.—Despite the May 4 election in which the monarch- ists failed to gain as expected, tho the Communists surpassed their own hopes, opinion in labor and radical circles is growing that the Dawes reparations report is an attempt to make Ger- many an economic and financial colony of the United States. As one radical economist puts it: “American capitalism needs no longer fight with American labor over importing cheap alien labor, and it can in fact join in the nationalistic cry, America for the Americans. The Dawes report provides industry. use cheap German skilled labor for increasing the profits of American investors—and with- out having to import these la- borers to the United States.” The first step toward undoing what socialization there has been in Ger- many thus far has just-been taken, by reorganizing the state-owned railways as a separate concern, independent of the ministry of communications, un- der whose direction they were thus far operated. The minister of com- munications has been made general director of the German railways. But the principle has been put into prac- tice that the railways are a distinct undertaking. ee Ludendorff, who “captured” Halle, almost addressed a mass meeting of the extreme nationalists and anti- semitists in Berlin. Almost—but at the decisive moment, when it became apparent that the Communists would break up the meeting, the hero pre- ferred not to come. He had been ad- vertised to speak as Kurt Erich— which to the initiated meant Erich Lu- dendorff. But the Communists got wind of this and mobilized their forces. Instead of a Ludendorff speech there was a merry street fight, in which both sides used clubs and billies until the police interfered. Political arguments of this kind are a means to take over German The only country that can take over this industry is the United States. America will? a common occurrence. ea A reversal to conditions under the imperial regime was brought about with reference to May day, labor’s international holiday, by the consery- ative minister of the interior, Jarres. He forbade all open-air demionstra- tions of the workers. It is character- istic of the impotence of organized German labor that the ukase was ac- cepted and that only the Communists called out their men and women and organized demonstrations neverthe- less. To which the Socialists as usual replied that the real reason why an excuse was given the minister of the interior was that the Communists proclaimed they wish to remove the government by force. Over 8,000 farm hands are on strike in eastern Prussia, the stronghold of the German junkers. The districts especially involved are Koenigsberg and Fischhausen. The strike is so complete there that even the ordinary emergency services such as feeding the live stock are re- fused by the farm hands, ** 8 The police report that during one day of the past week 20 suicides took place in Berlin has once again called attention to the fact that stabiliza- tion of the rentenmark has not brought a solution of economic dis- tress. Practically every suicide was due to economic worries. Potomac’s Flood Sweeps Capitol’s Squatters To Sea (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.— Rich loafers leaned over the rails of the two million-dollar concrete Key bridge here and watched the bodies and hémes of poverty stricken “squat- ters” sweep down the Potomac river after the Baltimore and Ohio canal bank broke. About twenty houses of these poor rebels against landlords were swept away in the flood. Where an earlier pedestrian saw an old woman in cheap calico trying to bail out her little house, later passers saw the small building leap in the air, then plunge and dive from sight in the raging waters. “The rich live high and dry,” com- mented Edward J. Irvine, who saw the flood sweeping away the poor squatters, “but even the elements of nature are against the poor until they learn to organize and strike their masters.” A DAINTY FROCK FOR A TINY MISS 4695. Crepe, gingham, printed voile or linen could be used for this style. The pockets may be finished at the edges with fancy stitchery, and the paws, eyes and tail worked out in em- broidery, or stitchery. The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: 2, 4, 6, and 8 years. A 6 year size requires 2% yards of 27 inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 10c in silver or stamps, DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washing- ton Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE SPRING & SUMMER 1924 BOOK OF FASHIONS. Shipworkers Refuse 9 Hour Day. HAMBURG, Germany.—The 45,000 workers engaged in the German ship- building industry who have been lock- ed out since January because they ad- hered to the eight-hour day guaran- teed by the official arbitrator, have al- most without exception, turned down the suggestion of the employers to work on a nine-hour basis. In Ham- burg, of the 18,000 involved, only 500 showed up for work, LEAD POISONED PAINTER CURES SELF BY FAST Same Method Good For Other Is To the DAILY WORKER: What doctors and medicine could not do was accomplished by a strong power of will. Benjamin Rifkin, who is a member of Painters Union, Local 144, Chi- cago, had been suffering from lead colic for a number of years and cured himself by fasting for five weeks. During the course of this fast, he en- countered and overcame many diffi- culties. In the first week he found it was necessary for him to take cold baths several times during the day and drink water mixed with acid juice. The second week it was neces- sary to use compresses as the knees became weak. In order to prevent the gums from bleeding he chewed gum. The third and fourth weeks, encouraged by the success of his ex- periment, he forced himself to take long walks each day, in the cold January outdoors, and massaging the body with snow as it came in thru the open window of his room. The crisis of the whole experiment came during the fifth week when he felt no pain, but the body had become weakened to such an extent that he fainted. was feverish and sleepless, However, he overcame all ‘this a after the fifth week began eating gradually, confining his diet to raw fruits and vegetables. During the time of his fast he lost 32 pounds. He has, however, re- gained all he lost in weight and six pounds in addition. Now he is back to work and says, “I feel fine and if I should ever again be troubled by lead colic I shall try my own ‘nature cute,” It is interesting to note that during the five weeks of the fast, Mr. Rifkin had no assistance of any kind, either from doctors, friends or family. In fact, his wife knew nothing about it, as he told her he was going away to take a cure offered by some hospital in Milwaukee. Instead, he rented a room at the Metropole Hotel, Milwau- kee, and proceeded with determina- tion to cure himself. He succeeded. —A Reader. Yipsel Re-Union Big Succe: The reunion of former active mem- bers of the Youmg Peoples Socialist league, held at Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch boulevard, last Saturday night, certainly attracted a big crowd. Not only those former Yipsels who joined the ranks of “tired radicals” have showed their great interest, but also those who consistently kept up their activity thru the channels of the Young Workers League and Workers party were in full attendance. A lib- eral representation from the present Y. W. L. worthies made of the occa- sion a real gathering of the clans, Boost The DAILY WORKER. If you are a worker, it is your paper. BINDS SELF WITH 10-VR, CONTRACT Agrees Not To Engage In Sympathy Strikes By LUDWELL DENNY. (Staff Correspondent of the Fed. Press) NEW YORK, May 18.—Ten years of peace on the American stage is forecast: by the contract’ signed be- tween the Actors’ Equity Association, American Federation of Labor, and the new Managers’ Protective Asso- ciation, which controls 75 per cent of the New York productions. An an- tiunion managers’ group with 11 Néw York shows and a few on tour are holding out,. but it is expected that they will be forced to sign with the union before June 1, when the old contract expires. Besides the new M. P. A. contract, Equity has agree- ments with the remaining or indepen- dent managers and with practically all road and tent shows. The union has about 10,000 members. Tho the contract with the M. P. A. nominally permits companies consist- ing of 20 per. cent non-Equity mem- bers, it provides that non-members must pay into the union treasury a sum equal to initiation dues and fees and continue to pay amounts equal to membership dues. Most of the Broad- way shows are already 95 per cent Equity casts. The managers agree to employ no expelled Equity mem- ber and no member delinquent in dues The advantage of the contract to Equity is that no actor hereafter will have a good excuse to stay out of the union, for financial or other rea- sons, Equity agrees not to engage in sympathetic strikes, not to close its membership rolls or raise initiation fees for 25 years. It agrees not to interfere with the subject matter, text, or casting of plays, nor to dictate salaries except of chorus girls (now $30 a week in New York and $35 on tour). A joint board of arbitration with an umpire shall decide all disputes under the contract, which runs for 10 years. At a union ratification meeting which voted 1,200 to 1 for the agree- ment, President John Emerson said: “Aside from a few die-hard Fidelity leaguers (and their number seems to be decreasing daily), there won’t be five actors in the whole of America playing the class of engagements cov- ered by this agreement who will re- main outside the Equity Association, for every possible motive for staying out has been taken away from them and every possible motive for the’ managers’ trying to keep them out has been taken away from him, as in the future there will be allowed no non-Equity casts into which the man- ager might put the actor who leaves the Equity, and thus try to form a group to oppose the Equity and its aims.” Three Meetings Of Rail Labor Men Take Up Vital Issues Three railroad labor organizations are holding their triennial conven- tions this week. They are the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, who are meeting in Cleveland; Switchmen’s Union of North America, which is meeting in Denver, and the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, which is meeting at Newark, N. J. These three organizations repre- sent-hundreds of thousands of work- ers in all parts of North America. The most important problem that will be discussed at the8e conven- tions will be the abolition of the rail- road labor board thru the passing’jof the Howell-Barkley railway labor act, which is now before congress. Since the last convention of the telegraphers they have started a bank in St. Louis which has deposits of more than $4,000,000. Oppose C. P, P. A, Politics will play an important part in the discussion at the convention of the switchmen. There has devel- oped a strong opposition to further participation in the Conference for Progressive Political Action within the union. The oilcrs will be: faced with the problem of how to raise the pay of their members who are in the gov- ernment employ, which is a fair sec- tion. The government is both a slave driver and a darn poor payer of wages, the oilers declare, A lover of decorations who swiped $15,000 of trophies from Masonic tem- ple at 912 North LaSalle street, is still at large, police say. —|AGTORS’ UNION || weneeasu, arrenton | Continuing the work of familiariz- ing the party membership with the united front policy of the party in re- lation to the Farmer-Labor party,.the central executive committee has ar- ranged a series of meetings at which Comrade James P. Cannon will speak on the question of the party labor party policy. The meetings arranged will be held in the following cities: May 21—Philadelphia, Pa. May 23—Buffalo, N. Y. May 24—Pittsburg, Pa, May 25—Cleveland, meeting, Labor temple, avenue, at 3 p. m, May 26—Detroit, Mich.; House of the Masses, 2646 St. Aubin, corner Gratiot, at 8 p. m. Every party member is urged to at- tend these meetings and branches to see to it that at least some members of the branch attend so that a further report can be made at the branches, 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: Tuesday, May 20, Butte, Mont. Saturday, May 24, Superior, Wis. Sunday, May 25, St. Paul, Minn. Monday, May 26, Minneapolis, Minn. “Two Republics” To Be Exhibited In Newark Friday Night NEWARK, N. J., May 18.—The new Soviet film, “Russia and Germany,” which was shown so successfully for the first time in New York City at the Central Opera House, will be shown for the first time in New York, N. J., on Friday evening, May 23rd at 8 p. m. at the Newark Labor Lyceum, 704 So.. 14th St. In Germany, scenes. were taken at great risk to the camera man because of the Fascists at work wrecking the young labor government at Saxony, and the great political Communist demonstrations where hundreds of thousands parade the streets, with the leaders, Remmelle, Heckert, Clare Zet- kin and others agitating among the masses. In Russia, the work of the Soviets is now quite different, building up the industries in the most efficient. and modern methods available. There are complete scenes of the Moscow inter- national agricultural exposition show- ing Russia years ago, the meagre huts in which the peasants lived and the modern, sanitary houses being bullt by the Soviet government for the workers, Then the problem of taking®care of the millions of orphans left in Russia after the great famine, seems to be solved by the excellent work of the Commune Homes. There are complete scenes showing these children at work and at play, especially is it interesting to see them at play in the John Reed Home where a drama written by the children is being played. This is the best film released by the Friends of Soviet Russia, both in pho- tograph, in titling and dramatic in- erest. The film is being shown for the relief of the struggling German work- ers. Ohio; mass 2536 Euclid Boost The DAILY WORKER. If you are a worker, it is your paper. NEW YORK CITY Party Activities The Workers Party “Labor Party Policy” will be discussed at a gener- al membership meeting to be held on Tuesday evening, May 20th, at Stuy- vesant Casino, 142 Second avenue, near 9th street. James P.. Cannon, member of the C. E. C., of the Work- ers Party, will speak. Members are uged to attend this meeting. Admission is by membership card only. NEW YORK CiTv. ORGANIZATIONS, ATTENTION! District No. 2, Workers Party, has arranged a grand excursion and moonlight dance on the Hud- son river for Saturday, June 28th. The commodious steamer Cler- mont, having a capacity of 3,009, has been chartered for this occa- sion. Friendly organizations are urged to keep this date in mind and not arrange for any affairs that week. Every new subscriber incr Influence of the DAILY WOR you are a worker, it is your paper. UNCLE WIGGLY'S TRICKS Sle SOVIETS WIPING FASCISTI. RUIN even c Rm Ae RC ERE ERS AEN Monday, May 19, 1924 ANNUAL DEFICITS | ONCE RADICAL OFF THE SLATE) GARMENT LOCAL 1923-24 Budget Shows Healthy Condition MOSCOW, May’ 18.—The budget of the Union of Socialist Republics for the year 1923-24 amounts to 1,750,000,- 000 gold roubles, In 1922-23 the defi- cit constituted 37.9 per cent, and, ac- cording to plans for 1923-24, it will be 21.5'per cent of all the expendi- tures, thus amounting to 356,800,000 gold roubles. It will be covered partly by credit operations and part- ly by currency issues. The currency issues in 1922-23 amounted to 399,020,000 gold roubles (29.4 per cent of all federal revenues), and in 1923-24 they are expected to amount to not more than 180,000,000 gold roubles (10 per cent of all the expected revenues). Less Tax in Kind. The tax in kind (grain tax) will not exceed 3.2 -per cent of the reve- nues of the budget of 1923-24, while in 1922-23 it amounted to 10 per cent. A characteristic feature of the fed- eral budget of 1923-24 is the fact that it is. expressed in gold currency and that it is to be. carried out partly in chervontzy and partly in Soviet rou- bles,’according to the rate of ex- change of the chervontz. In. 1923-24 the part played by the revenues not derived from taxes (such as revenues from government properties and enterprises) has in- creased. During the year which has come to a close the revenues not derived from taxes have yielded 476,- 810,000 gold roubles (49.8 per cent of all federal revenues), and in 1923-24 the sum is expected to be doubled, i. e. to amount to over 803,000,000 gold roubles (52.9 per cent of all fed- eral revenues). For the year 1922- 23, not less than 400,000,000 gold rou- bles were granted as subsidy to the nationalized industries, and in 1923-24 it is proposed to appropriate for that purpose 69,000,000 gold roubles out of the budget resources. Transport Subsidy Le ns. In. 1922-23 the transport system, to- gether with the postal and telegraph, received from the federal budget a subsidy. of 151,000,000 gold roubles. In 1923-24 it is expected that the ex- penditures for the transport and the postal and teelgraph system will amount to 693,000,000 gold ‘roubles, thus reducing the subsidies to 34,000,- 000 gold roubles. Considerable assistance will be given. to agriculture, namely, 72,000,- 000 gold roubles. Altogether it is in- tended to spend out of the budget re- sources of 1923-24, 184,000,000 gold roubles for the financing of all branches of national economy. Party Activities Of Local Chicago BRANCH MEETINGS. MONDAY, MAY 19th. N. S. English Branch, 2409 N. Halsted, Imperial Hall. Open. educational meeting at which Comrade Max Schactman, edi- tor of the “Young Worker,” will speak on es in the Trade Unions. Outsiders weleome. ‘Ytalian’ Cicero, 1402 8. S0th Court, Cicero. Douglas Park English, 3322 Douglas vd. Ttaiian 19th Ward, 1103 S. Loomis treet. TUESDAY, MAY 20th. a Unerinion i. 1a W. Chicago, 3rd ; nm Club. ‘Russian Pullman Branch, 11453 S. Park Avenue, Pullman. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ist. wes. English, Emmet Memorial i en. ‘Dou ins ‘Park Jewish, 3120 W. Roose- ty He glewood English, 6414 S. Halsted. Checko Slovak, No. 51, 2548 S. Homan Avenue. Czecho Slovmt ‘Wome! Cicero, Ma- saryki School 7th Avenue and 22nd Place, Cicero. Czecho Slovak Women's No. 1, 1825 S, Loomis St.,; 2nd floor. THURSDAY, MAY 22nd. Itajian 19th Ward, 1103 S. Loomis. Scandinavian W. 8. Zeich’s Hall, corner Cicero and Superior West, PR ng Mek ey hd No. 2, 2439 8. ley ‘Street, downstairs. Scandinavian ‘l Marx, 2733 Hirsch vd. Fhinigh Branch, 2409 N. Halsted, Im- perial Hall. On Wednesday, May 2ist, Comrade Ernest Ettlinger will speak before the North Side English Branch of she Youn Workers League at Imperial Hall, 2409 N. Halsted Street on the subject, “The Need for a Labor Party.” CITY CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING. The next meeting of the City Cen- tral Committee will be held on Tues~ May 20th, at 2733 Hirsch Blvd., Lyceum. There will be and others, important by ors delegates are awake to the fact that the ye Rig oo! Conaitees ont, the cal body Local » s Party, Outsiders aro. also ‘Worker: invited to attend these meetings. Amalgamated Italians Fight Russia “Fascisti” officials of the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers Local No. 270, managed to manipulate their clique into giving the Executive Board of the union full power to act in sup- port of the “political prisoners” of Soviet Russia. This action was at the last meeting of the local that two years ago was called the “most revo- lutionary” in the Amalgamated. O. Cesaroni is president of Local 270 and was elected by the left-wing element to which he claimed to be- long at the time. Power went to his head and now Cesaroni pretends that he is an Anarchist. He directs the local in the most reactionary chan- nels possible. Frank Pellegrino attempted to g the floor on the question of the Ru: sian “political prisoners” but Cesaron| cut him short and delivered a long, slimy tirade against the Communists and Russia and forced the resolu- tion thru without the amendment which would. have given the local members a chance to consider their action. Yellow and Black. A Socialist business agent of the union, L. Chiostra, joined the presi- dent and O. DeFelices, another busi- ness agent and alleged “Anarchist,” in railroading the motion thru the pro- tests of various members. Pellegrino says that Local 270 has no resolutions this year at the Amal- gamated convention, whereas two years ago they had many advanced proposals, such as the shop commit- tee system, affiliation of the Amalga- mated with the Red Trades Interna- tional, week work, and a 40-hour week, “These local ‘Fascisti’ forget there are political prsoners in this country and in Italy and many” other coun- tries, but they must go to Russia to defend the counter-revolutionaries, who well enough deserve to be where they are,” Pellegrino remarked on the foul betrayal of his local union by their officials. Oregon Petitions - For Farmer-Labor Place On Ballot PORTLAND, Ore, May 18—The Oregon Farmer-Labor party has filed a sample petition with the Secretary of State of the State of Oregon. This petition is for the purpose of putting the Farmer-Labor Party ticket on the ballot this fall. They must have 10,000 signatures of qualified electors before the party ticket can be placed on the ballot. The party has opened up their head- quarters at 515 Worcester Bldg., Port- land, Oregon, and are going to carry on an active campaign and put a full ticket in the field this fall. They will immediately begin an active organiza- tion campaign all over the state. They will send delegates to the National convention in St. Paul June 17th. Otto Newman is chairman and Franklin L. Rusmisel, Secretary- Treasurer of the State Central Com- mittee. Best People Get Jolt From Police; House Scofflaws SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 18.—As the second step in their drive on boot- legging in Illinois’ capital city, the booze squad of the local ice force has served ultimatums on owners of buildings housing bootleggers to get new tenants. ing the buildings for a year. The owners, many of them of Springfield’s “best” families, were “surprised” when advised their “7 erties housed bootleggers. F Another Bank Busted. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., May Another state bank has fooled the workers and farmers who had deposits in its keeping. The Dakota Trust and Savings Bank of this city sus- pended business and was placed in the hands of the state superintendent of banking. No definite reason for failure was made public, altho it is intimated by officials, that withdrawals during the last six weeks had depleted reserves. Boost The DAILY WORKER. If you are a worker, it is your paper. . A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN "0,Uncle Wi ! i gle, Wiggly todoit!” | | Owners failing to heed this warning will be served with injunctions vacat- i