The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 24, 1924, Page 1

il THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 58. ee 90,000 N.Y, WORKERS 10 STRIKE JUNE 1 _Cloakmakers To Smash — Scab Contract Evil By LUDWELL DENNY (Federated Press) NEW YORK, May 23.—Strike machinery to tie up the:-New York women’s clothing industry June 1 has been set in motion by officials of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ union following rejection of the union’s major demands by the Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufact- urer’s Protective Association. The strike was authorized by the recent national convention of the union in Boston. Fifty thousand workers are affected. Though only one of the three employers’ organiza- tion’s have finally rejected the demands, two months’ negotia- tions with the other two have been fruitless, and the proposed strike will by necessity affect the entire market. 40-Hour Week Issue. Five union demands turned down follow: Forty-hour week instead of 44; guaranteed period of employment (88 weeks a year has been suggest- ed); unemployment insurance; mini- mum wages; union label. The Protective Association consists of the old time manufacturers, who are now both manufatcurers and job- bers. New deyelopments. in the in- dustry have take most of the work out of the hands of manufacturers, who now farm out the jobs to about 3,000 small contractors. The jobbers, who are still the real though indirect manufacturers, refuse responsibility for conditions in the contract shops. Most of the jobbers are in the Mer- chants Ladies’ Garment Assoication. The contractors form the American Cloak and Suit Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation. At no time in the prolonged negotiations have these organizations accepted the union’s demand for re- forming the industry. Jobber-Sweat Shops Must Go. That “each jobber employ only such number of sub-manufacturers or con- tractors as he can provide with work to their full capacity” is at the heart of the union’s demands. “No jobber should engage new contractors as long as those working for him are not fully provided with work.” Instead of 3,000 contractors in 3,000 shops, some employing only one or two work- ers, the union believes that order in the industry and protection of the workers depends upon reducing the. number of shops to a responsible 500 or 1,000. Fourteen operators would be the minimum force for a contrac- tor.” In slow seasons all available work shall be divided by the jobber equally among all his contractors and by each contractor equally among his workers. Must Guarantee Union Wages. “The payment of wages and observ- ance of union conditions of work on the part of the contractor shall be guaranteed by the jobber in the same way as if such workers were em- ployed by him directly,” reads the union’s demand. Managerial waste and heavy over- capitalization block reform in the in- dustry, union officials charge. Nothing In a Name. CHICAGO.—Martin Burns, joon- keeper, has lost faith in the saving virtues Of a safe, Today he reported to police that yeggs had carted off his big safe in which he had locked up $1,500. Every new subscriber increases the influence of the DAILY WORKER. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Chicago, by mail, 8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. MINERS SM THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1924 ASH MACHINE RULE ERR 290 PUBLISHING CO Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER » 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IIL. Parade Ends Boys’ Week Today BOSSES DEMOCRACY 1S ALL THE APPLESAUCE; FOR PETTY DUPES ONLY The International Association of Garment Manufacturers wants the workers .to worry about the problems of running the garment industry as well as worrying about running their families on low wages. So they invited some of their workers to attend the convention with them to learn about the higher “economics” ment. This is a radical step, accord- ing to M. F. Jamar Jr., president of the association. The workers will learn much at these’ conventions. They will meet “big” men. They will hear “big” -prob- lems discussed. It will “broaden” them. Then it all came out; the “guests” of the bosses were straw bosses and petty foremen, head cutters and shop major domos. The real workers are still in the shops working while their bosses, big and little, are in conven- tion assembled. EVIDENCE SHOWS BAJUR SLAYING WAS DELIBERATE Slain Worker Was For Organized Labor Evidence presented by eye-wit- messes yesterday at the coroner’s in- quest over the body of John Bajur, shot to death last Saturday by Dewey Norman, detective of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad ‘for carrying from the. yards at Morgan and Carrol streets a few rotten pota- toes, indicates that the slaying was a deliberate murder. In the absence of several witnesses, the inquest was again postponed. Repeated efforts on the part of Charles R. Fritz, representing the railroad company, to establish by means of leading questions that Nor- man fired to the ground, were shat- tered against the wall of evidence built up by reliable witnesses. That _| three shots were fired from a pistol levelled straight at. Bajur by Nor- man was the testimony of Stanley Pelezarski and John Chrobak, both of whom were on the spot when the kill- ing occurred. Chrobak stated further that he heard Norman give no com- mand and that he saw no sack in which Bajur could have been secret- ing potatoes. “He had only a handful,” said Chro- bak. Shot in the Back. Bullet wounds in Bajur's back and (Continued on Page 2.) HAWAIIANS LOOK FOR FIRE SODDESS PELE T0 FLAME FROM VOLCANO * to The Daily Worker! HILOS rH, "May 23-—All eyes were turned toward the snow-cov- ered peak of Mauna Loa today with prevalence of a belief that the next demonstration of en id Pele, the Hawaiin Fire Goddess may be staged there. the volcano which has tion for a week re- _ “sleeping” most of last night. Earthquakes and rumblings within the mountain continued and the was conviction everywhere that the outbreak was not over. A lava flow from Mauna Loa is the greatest source of danger to the city of Hilo. The town is almost in adirect path for such a flow should it start on the Hilo side of the crater. MANUFACTURER BRANDS THOSE WHO ‘KEEP PRODUCTS OF WORKERS’ TOIL THIEVES; RETURNS PART OF LOOT| CINCINNATI, ©., May 23,—“Golden Rule” Nash saved himself from be- coming a millionaire today and answered the question he had asked the world by distributing the 100 per cent dividend his clothing firm declared among the workers. Thru newspapers and magazines he has asked the world, “What shall | do with my million?” Most of the answers, and there were hundreds of them, he says, advised him to at least a portion of the wealth to the writers. “i | had done that or kept the money for myself,” he told the four thous- and assembled workers this morning, “I should have been worse than a thieR 1 should have stolen your work, You earned this money. 1 am giving it baok.to you.” of manage-} COMMUNIST WORKERS OF AMERICA CABLE GREETINGS TO THE RUSSIAN PARTY CONGRESS IN MOSCOW NOW In the Kremlin in Moscow today before the assembled delegates to the convention of the Russian Communist Party and the thousandsrof visitors from all over the world, the following cabled greetings from the Workers Party of America will be read: Chicago, Ill., May 23, 1924. COMMUNIST PARTY OF RUSSIA, Kremlin, Moscow. Workers Communist Party of America extends fraternal greetings. Your great achievements for world Proletarian révolu- tiom are our guide and inspiration. been gained thru the principles of the old Bolsheviks lead b Lenin. Our Party supports the These achievements have leadership of the old Bolsheviks and tfusts they will continue to guide your work. C. E. RUTHENBERG. The great Russian Communist congress, which opened yesterday, is con- sidering important problems which are facing the Soviet Government and the activities of the Communist Party in that government. who look to Russia as a practical experimental station in the The- decisions ovement for reached will have great significance for class conscious yy aig a proletarian government of the world. ANDY MELLON IS SLATED 10 BRITISH LABOR ORGAN SLAPS TORIES’ WRIST QUIT HIS POST Does Not Like Russian Language Bootlegging Secretary| toxvon, ay a=wine Ramsay Fears Expose WASHINGTON, May 23.—An- drew. Mellon, nicknamed “Whis- ky” Secretary of the Treasur: because of his bootlegging deals is about to resign on the plea that. he is “sick.” It is quite likely he is. Things have hap- pened recently in Washington that’ would have made anybody minus a cast iron stomach sick —that is anybody in the position of Andrew Mellon. Unless all signs fail, the graft in- vestigations which hopeful boodle- hounds thought were about to take to the tomb, are only now beginning to produce the juicy scandal morsels that all good Christians like to revel in. The departure of Burns, from the Department of Justice acted like the opening of a particularly filthy sewer. Along with the escaping odor, Burns’ sewer rats have come to the surface and they are itching to squeal. The higher the official to be polluted the better they like it. These All Getting Sick. Mellon is a big gun. Not alone does he hold a big position, but he is a multimillionaire. He is rich pick- ings. His heart and soul were wrap- ped in his bonus bill. Both houses of congress ripped the belly out of it and Coolidge is afraid to veto it. Therefore, Mellon is going to quit. ‘There has been talk in the senate cloak rooms for ten days that Mel- lon is “sick” of politics and his posi- tion, Certainly senators who claim to know Mellon’s feeling, say that he is anxious to return to his many busi- ness interests which have been ne- glected during his term of office. The Last Straw. If the president should choose to sign a bill or if congress should pass over his veto a bill, which departs so far front the Mellon theory of taxa- tion, these senators believe it would be “the last st and open the way for Mellon's resignation. Chairman Smoot of the finance com- mittee, intends to get the conference report before the senate today. If it is adopted the house will pass upon it tomorrow or Monday. Prince McAdoo Says Elect Those “Not Involved’’! NEW YORK, May 23.— That the crown prince lacks a sense of humor as well as other virtues is the serious charge brought against William Gibbs McAdoo by some persons who heard his make-me-president speech in New York. He asked the people to “put into office those not involved” in the Washington scandals. McAdoo was Doheny's lawyer. He ended his speech by declaring for a “xestoration of-the high purposes that characterized the Wilson administration,” without spe- cifically mentioning the graft under Secretary Baker and terror under Secretary Palmer, Yident Labor Party, MacDonald makes pretty after-dinner speeches on the pleasant social at- mosphere surrounding his relations with the Tories and Liberals, the New Leader, offilal organ of the Indepen- of ‘which the premier is a member, in a recent is- sue attacked the Tory party for its campaign against the Anglo-Russian conference now taking place in Lon- don. The Tory attack centers on the high indemnity demanded by the Russians for British counter-revolutionary ac- tivities and the deliberate breach of neutrality committed by England's rulers during the Russian Civil, War. “The New Leader” cites the indemnity paid by England for her intervention in the American Civil War as a pre- cedent for a like action in the present case. “The New Leader” is considered the mouthpieéé of the British Labor Party government, however, and with an insane plea of impartiality and liberality takes good care not to com- promise itself by a definite stand one way or the other. Conciliatingly it whimpers about the necessity of a “calm and friendly atmosphere” and bemoans the tendency of the naughty rough Russians to use “a proletarian freedom of speech” and a “fury of language” quite foreign to the mild- voiced English intellectual. These are the “representatives of labor” who coin meaningless phrases and kiss the king’s dead hand, who boast of their determination to put thru a liberal measure like the na- tionalization of railroads, and then dare not even make it a government issue. The policy of the English premier is to soothe his political allies without ruffling his political opponents too much, and so “The New Leader” en- ters a mild protest against the bogus Russian “news” with whieh the capi- talist press conducts its anti-Bolshe- vik campaign. “Trotsky,” says the Labor Party organ, “has spoken in a perfectly friendly way of the British State; it is true, however, that he has carried on the standing controversy between the Bolshevik and our Menshevik reading of Socialist tactics. It was im unfortunate moment to choose for his exercise. Our own good will to Yussia is, perhaps, sufficiently well known to justify a word of caution.” .., and so on, and on, and on. “The New Leader” is conducting a bitter attack on the Tory party—but at its bitterest the British Labor Party is never tactless. It never for- gets that the Tories are ladies and gentlemen. Russian Dance for Strikers. For the benefit of the striking gar- ment workers, a Russian concert and dance will be given at the Division Ball Room, 2441 W. Division street, this evening at 8 o'clock by the Rus- sian Circle—Zvuki Rodini. Admis- sfon is 50 cents. Every new subscriber increases the of the DAILY, WORKER. . * Y \the FLAGS ALONG BOUL MICH Big Mass Meeting In the Open Air Boys’ Week ends to-day with lourish of a grand parade down Michigan Bivd. and thru the city. The Young Workers League is participating in this proces- sion with its banners flying for a Workers’ and Farmers’ gov- ernment. Teach New Civics. After the march the Young Workers are holding a mass meeting at which their best speakers will tell the boys and girls of this city just who runs Boys’ Week and every other week in the year under the pre- sent system of government. The Young Workers have deter- mined to teach their school fellows a new lesson in civics which the bosses never let them hear before. Distribute Dodgers. The Young Workers will dis- tribute thousands of leaflets as they march and a special gronp of the league will give out the DAILY WORKER. to bystanders. The Young Workers expect a great crowd at their meeting. ‘The leaflet reads as follows: Who Runs Boys’ Week? What is boys’ week? Boys’ week is a week that should be run by boys, for boys and especial- ly in the interest of the boys! BOYS’ WEBK,,1924! Why is the week not run by the boys and in the interest of the boys? Who is running Boys’ Week, 1924, and what are their aims? Every boy partaking in this year’s program should feel responsible in answering these questions. If instead of helping the boys of Chicago, Boys’ Week this year is working against their interests, the boys of Chicago must fight against this danger. The majority of the boys in Chicago are children of workers—almost every boy taking part in the week’s pro- gram will soon be working himself. | But BOYS’ WEEK, 1924, is being run by the bosses and in the interest of the bosses only! BIG PROFITTERS AND LABOR HATERS—CHAIRMAN. When we study the people running boys week this year, we find among them no representatives of labor; no representatives of any workers’ organ- ization. Who are some of the Chairmen of various days thruout the week? Buperintendent Moderwell, thé coal profiteer is Chairman of Boys’ Day in the schools. For Boys’ Day in Industry, the chairman does not represent an or- ganization of industrial workers, but is Thos. E. Wilson, the wealthy pack- inghouse boss. (Continued on Page 2.) Republican Toughs Leave As Blackmail Of Wheeler Exposed WASHINGTON, May 23—Sen. Glass of Virginia, former secretary of the treasury, entering into the Borah; Sterling debate on the vindication of Sen. Wheeler, said that the depart- ment of justice had been “charged with undertaking to blackmail the Senate to cause it to terminate its investigation of rascality by involv- ing one of its own members in a seri- ous charge.” He called attention to the fact that under these grave cir- cumstances every reactionary Repub- lican had left the senate chamber rather than hear Borah’s discussion of evidence which proved Wheeler a victim of blackmail, Victory! and Again Victory The words “defeat” and “Farring- | ton” have become synonymous at the Ilinois Miners’ Convention at Peoria. They mean exactly the same thing. At the same time the words “Vic- tory” and “Rank and File” become identical. They also mean the same thing. Farrington was defeated In his ef- fort to have Alex Howat repudiated by the Illinois miners. Farrington showed he was a beaten and discredited man when he drove the reporter of the DAILY WORKER out of the convention, al- lowing the reporters of the yellow capitalist press to remain. Farrington was completely routed when his appointive power was.. taken away from him; when his “plum tree” was cut down. ee But that isn’t all. When Farrington goes down to defeat that means that reaction thruout the whole of the United Mine Workers’ Union has suffered a mortal blow. A defeat for Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois Coal Min- ers, is a defeat for International President John L. Lewis. It is a defeat for the crucifying yoke of standpatism thruout the entire or- ganization. It is a smash at the mouldy policies of Sam Gompers in the American Federation of Labor. ses The defeat of Farrington is the ‘of the’ rank and: file; th is of the miners’ union mem- bership who bear the heavy bur- dens of the struggle in the mining industry. The victory of the rank and file at Peoria, is a victory for the rank and file of the whole miners’ union. It is also a triumph for the masses of organized workers thruout the na- tion, and an encouragement to the backward, unorganized workers to get into the trade union movement. ** * When the rank and file delegates at Peoria struck at the appointive power of President Farrington, they cut the roots of the most criminal practice in the American trade union movement. Thru the appointive power, thru the shaking down of plums off the official plum tree, the reactionary regimes in the various international unions; not only the United Mine Workers of America, have been able to build up and perpetuate their of- ficial machines and maintain them- selves in well-nigh perpetual power. It is a practice that has held all progress in the American labor movement in a strangle grip. It is a practice that the Illinois miners have valiantly decided to put to an end. They have decided to take power into their own hands, They have decided to rule in their own organization. eee The Silinois. miners have again smashed the plea of the reactiona- ries that they cannot move faster than the rank and file, that the masses are slow to act. Farrington and Lewis have found out at ria, and Fitzpatrick, in Chicag nd Gompers, in Washing- ton, will hear about it, that the IIli- nois miners are miles ahead of their officials. Victory! And Again Victory! Perches on the standards of the IMinois miners. They are conquer- ing the problems confronting them within their organization. They will conquer the big problems confront- ing them in their struggles with the mine owners. They will conquer the baffling problems arising thru- out the whole mining industry. Politics and Muscle Shoals. WASHINGTON, May 22.—Politics forced the location of the government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals “over the protest of army engineers,” Chair- man Norris charged today before the senate agriculture committee. N. Y. JUDGE WANTS IMMIGRANTS WITHOUT U. S. PAPERS DEPORTED (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, May 2,—-Judge George W. Simpson, New York city, in fining Samuel Louis, a Greek, for a minor offense, said that immigrants living in this country for one year without tak- ing out citizenship papers should be deported, Aj 4 CENTS Including Saturday Magazine Sections, On all other days, Three Cents per Copy. Price 5 Cents d MINERS VOTE TO ELECT ALL ORGANIZERS Strip Appointive Power From Illinois Machine By KARL REEVE. (Special to The Daily Worker) PEORIA, Ill, May 23.—Thé rank and file of the Illinois miners, fresh from the great victory over the Farrington- Lewis machine on the Howat resolution, broke the backbone of the Farrington district ma- chine by stripping it of the ap- pointive power—the power to hand out jobs. The wily Farrington, his futile substitute Vice-President Fishwick, his chairman of the resolution committee George Mercer, and his stolid Secretary, of district 12 Walter Nesbit, who counts two for Farrington and one for the opposition, who for days have been sitting on the elevated platform vainly en- deavoring to hold back the rank and file sentiment against them, were completely overwhelmed when the rank and file voted down the part of Farrington’s report in which he pleads for the retention of his appointive power. The victory is all the more signifi- cant in view of the fact that Farring- ton, realizing that at least 90 per cent of the membership were out to break his machine, had called in the inter- national officials, of the unio: many others, using every tric gument at his command to feat. Farrington’s tyrannical expul- sion of the DAILY WORKER reporter has reacted to his undoing. District Workers to Be Elected. After half an hour of bickering an admission was finally forced from Vice-President Fishwick, in the chair, that if that section of Farringtor’s report dealing with “appointive pow- er” was voted down it would mean that Farrington’s right to appoint dis- trict workers would be taken from him, and the committee on constitu- tion must have provision for the elec- tion of these workers. Urged Violation of Instructions. Farrington admitted in his report, that “many of you have come to this (Continued on Page 2.) FARRINGTON STILL BUYS INDEXED “DAILY”, SO D0 THE RANK AND FILERS Natalie Gomez sells DAILY WORK- ERS to coal miners’ delegates at Pe- oria. see The delegat it the miners’ con- vention in Peoria still buy the DAILY WORKER. Natalie Gomez is still kept busy selling it. The militants want to know what we have to say even if the labor skates managed to bar our reporter from the press table. More copies of the DAILY WORKER are sold to the delegates in Peoria than of any other paper, labor or capitalist. Far rington is a regular (cash) customer of Natalie,