The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 24, 1924, Page 3

Saturday, May 24, 1924 $00,000 GERMAN MINERS LOCKED OUT; NEED HELP N. Y. Confers Sunday For Workers Aid NEW YORK, May 23.—Eight hun- dred thousand miners locked out in Germany, states a cable from the Ber- lin office of the International Work- ers’ Relief just received by the Com- mittee for International Workers’ Aid. The cable contains an urgent appeal—aid is needed immediately, money must be rushed. The first answer in this country to this call from the embattled workers of Germany is the calling of the New York Conference of the Committee for International Workers’ Aid to take place Sunday, May 25th, at the Labor Temple, 243 Hast 84th street, at which i about 300 delegates are expected, representing trade unions, fraternal organizations and workers’ political organizations, principally the Work- ers’ Party. Bedacht Tells of Work. Max Bedacht will come from Chi- cago to report for the national office of the Committee for International Workers’ Aid on German relief activi- ties. He will give detailed data on how many American soup kitchens have been contributed by the Com- mittee, how many children have been cared for, what has been accomplished directly thru the relief work of the Committee for International Workers’ Aid. The Conference will take up the neW situation developed in Germany as a result of the locking out of the miners, and the terrible plight of the working class of Germany fighting against the great host of enemies. Ways and means will be devised for carrying on the work so that it will not lag in the summer, for the work- ers of Germany must eat in summer, too. Aid All Class War Prisoners. The Committee for International Workers’ Aid is about to broaden its activities to include Red Aid. Thou- sands of fighters in the class war are kept in dark prisons by the terrorist regime of. capitalist dictatorships all over the world. Workers of all shades of political opinion are thrown into these dungeons the moment they show any sign of revolt against the tyranny and cruelty of the ruling class. The wives and children of these class war prisoners are in dire need, and the Committee for Interna- tional Workers’ Aid -will exert itself in their behalf. “ THE DAILY WORKER NOVA SCOTIA MINERS DEMAND PROBE OF MACHINE FINANCES; FIGHT FOR DISTRICT AUTONOMY By TOM BELL. NEW GLASGOW, N. S., May 28.—The rank and file conven- tion of the miners of Nova Scotia which met here for three days carried the fight against the reactionary Lewis machine in the United Mine Workers of America a step further by unanimously demanding the restoration of the autonomy of the district, LABOR JOURNAL RIVALS C, OF C. IN SOUTH WEST Militant Paper Loses Pep; Pays Debts Niw York Teachers’ Union To Establish Experimental School I Party Activities Of _ Local Chicago (By The Federated Press) NEW York, May 23.—An oppor- tunity for boys and girls to live their own natural lives thru initiating and executing their own purposes and evaluating their own endeavors ac- cording to their own standards, rather than aecording to the standards of Forward for June 17th! On Monday, May 26, 8 p. m. at tno Workers Lycéum, 2733 Hirsch Dive. there will be a special meeting of aii union members and Workmen's Cirele members of the Party. ‘The i elections to be. held immediately in the district, and the establish- ment of a Committee of Action composed of two miners from each sub-district. Tt was also decided that the miners would insist upon an audit of the accounts for relief, given out during the last strike in January of this year, which was handled by the provisional officers. s While the miners are willing to pay the $111,000 owing for relief they insist upon a strict accounting for the money expended. The convention was unanimous in the decision to stay inside the United Mine Workers of America while at the same time, continuitig the fight against the Lewis machine, Lewis Betrayal. This convention, convened by the rank and file of the miners’ union, is the outcome of the traitorous actions of Lewis last July when he cancelled the district charter and deposed the district officers because the miners had struck as a protest against use of troops by the Canadian govern- ment against the striking steel work- ers of Sydney. Since last July the district had been under the dictator- ship of Lewis appointeés. Last Feb- ruary these appointees signed a new wage contract with the British Empire Steel Corporation which was rejected by the miners in a referendum vote because of the slavish terms with which the corporation sought to shackle them. Time and again the miners of Nova Scotia have demanded the restora- tion of their autonomy with no re- ‘sult. At the convention of the United Mine Workers of America, held last January, Lewis was upheld in his policy toward District 26 after he had lied about the situation and slandered the leaders of the miners. The recent convention was called by the rank and file to discuss the situation. 12,000 Miners Represented. Forty-seven delegates attended, representing the 12,000 miners in the district. The most important matter discussed was the question of autono- my for the district. Every delegate took part in the discussion, and the discussion showed how ‘solid is the opposition to Lewis and his machine among the miners here. While de- nouncing Lewis and his actions against the district no one advocated breaking away from the United Mine See yee eee SSS SSeS ee eee ee ee eee ee eee eens Well- Kn own Insurance Salesmen HARRIS COHEN 2645 Potomac Ave. Office: 737 W. ROOSEVELT ROAD 8. M. HORVITZ 3359 Hirsch St. Phone Roosevelt 2500 GOOD CLOTHES for MEN and BOYS Shoes—Furnishings—Hats Open Thursday and Saturday Evenings LINCOLN AVE. AND WRIGHTWOOD AVE. UNA UUUUUUUUUUOUUUUOUAQAUN AANA LINCOLN AVE. AND IRVING PARK BLVD. Daily Worker Agents! A meeting of all Daily Worker Agents will be held this Saturday, May the 24th, at the Daily Worker office, 1118 W. Washington Blvd., 3 p, m. Matters to be taken up: (1) Soliciting subs. (2) Sale of Dailies at shops, etc. (3) Securing of renewals. All Branch Agents must attend this meeting and officers of branches which have not yet elected their agents should 4 come to the meeting th ig duly represented. emselves or seé¢ to it that their branch Workers of America, The statement made by the former president of the district, Dan Livingstone, summed up the matter. Stay and Fight Machine. “T am not in favor of breaking away from the United Mine Workers, but I am in favor of breaking the damned administration which at pres- ent controls it.” The following reso- lution was carried unanimously: Whereas, the miners of District 26, United Mine Workers, have been without duly elected officers since last year, when the then officers were deposed, and Whereas, the present appointees of John L. Lewis are men whom the rank and file have absolutely no confidence in whatever, and were put Into the chief district offices at the suggestion of the officials of the British Empire Steel Corporation, and with the aid of the Provincial Police, and whereas the Lewis ap- pointees went into the court, and were told by Mr. Justice Chrisholm that John L. Lewis had no right to make the: ppointments, and these appointees cling to office in con- tradiction to the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, and Whereas, the old officers were deposed for their own sins and have made no attempt to get back into office and if John L. Lewis desires to be fair to the miners of Nova Scotia, he will no longer deny those miners the right to elect men to fill district offices of their own choice, Therefore, be it Resolved, that this convention demand the restor- ation of complete district autonomy, so that they may carry thru a dis- trict election at once, otherwise this convention must conclude that John L. Lewis is staying in Nova Scotia for the special benefit of the foes of District 26, United Mine Work- ers of America. False Financial Statement. A. discussion which consumed a lot of time of the convention took place on the question of the payment of the debts contracted during the strike last January by the. provisional officers. Some delegates were opposed to the miners having to pay the debts, claiming that the International Union alone was responsible for them. Others advocated that the miners should pay but objected to the method of collecting it. But all of the dele- gates agreed that the store keepers who had extended the relief should not suffer, particularly the co-operative stores. Finally a resolution was carried unanimously pointing out that the provisional officers had issued a false financial statement, and that an item- ized statement of the debts contracted be secured before the levy be deduct- ed from the wages of the miners. The contract signed between the British Empire Steel Corporation and the Lewis appointees last Febru- and a resolution passed placing the miners of Nova Scotia on record against the contract being enforced since it had been rejected by the miners in a referendum vote. The 1921 rates of wages were demanded as being the objective of the miners on the wage question. Unity of Purpose Established. Before adjourning, the convention appointed a Committee of Action, com- posed of two delegates from each sub- district, which is empowered to call another convention if it appears necessary. The convention has es- tablished unity of purpose among the nilners of the district, and welded the rank and file closer together in their fight against the Lewis machine then ever before. That the miners of Nova Scotia ate avoiding the mistakes of the past is shown in their determina- tion not to break away from the Unit- ed Mine Workers, but to remain in- side and conduct the fight against Lewis and his reactionary clique. The Nova Scotia miners have given the workers of the rest of the country another object lesson on how to con- duct the fight of the rank and file against the dictatorship of reaction- ary leaders, Did Not Defend Flock From Monkey Charge; Bishops May Lose Pay SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, May 23.— The book committee of the Methodist church has been sued for not defend- ing the church against the spread of “strange and erroneous doctrines,” ‘The suit would prevent the payment by the book committee of salaries and traveling expenses of the bishops who are charged with permitting the devil te get a foothold. The people bring- Rp the suit particularly object to H. . We descended from ground apes. This is “erroneous and strange and contrary to the word ef God.” “Outline of History,” be- alleges that Methodists are map, the town from which 1,200 men, mostly members of the A, F. of L., were herded together into cattle cars ‘ (Special to The Daily Worker) PHOENIX, Ariz.—So completely has labor been ignored in the eleventh anniversary and the Arizona develop- ment edition’ of the Arizona Labor Journal that were the union label and the word “Labor” omitted it could easily pass for a publication of the Chamber of Commerce. From it the reader might imagine that labor play- ed no part in the development of the state or its industries. Among the legding contributors to this editiog of the Labor Journal which is attractive both in make-up and material, is the president of the Arizona Industrial Congress, the big business organization which made an attack on the state constitution two years ago intending in the name of “economy” to strip it of every vestige of liberalism which had been written into it largely thru the ef- forts of organized labor. Black Bisbee Gets Praise. Bisbee, the black scar on labor's and deported into the desert in July, 1917, by a “vigilance committee” com- posed of business men. Of Bisbee we are told by the secretary of the Cham- ber of Commerce of that city, “One would have to look for a long time to find such a rare combination of living and working conditions as are found in the Bisbee district. . . Working conditions in the mines here are the envy of other districts... . Over 90 per cent of the workmen are Ameri- can citizens.” What the writer does not tell us is that Bisbee is still a scar, that its wonderfully rich mines are operated by scab labor and that the working conditions which are the envy of other districts are envied most by mine owners. ' So completely has the Chamber of Commerce and allied organizations of business men triumphed in Bisbee that efforts to reorganize the district have been unsuccessful. Another contributor is the secretary of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, the organization which sponsored the open shop movement in Arizona. In a referendum recently the members of this organization voted to promote and sustain the open shop movement in Phoenix. Nor are our friends, the bankers, overlooked in this issue. They are represented by the president of. the Arizona, Bankers’ Association and others, 2 Sammy vs. Soviet. In order that business may see just how safe the labor movement is, there are such articles as “Labor Hostile to Radicalism,” by J. A. Sisson, and “Why Labor Opposes Soviet Recogni- tion,” by Samuel Gompers.. From a progressive labor paper supported by the labor unions and the Socialist party ten years ago, the La- bor Journal has today become ultra- conservative and is supported only by the most conservative unions. The Journal supplies little news of inter- est to the labor movement, it con- demns everything that Gompers con- demns and it is gradually wiping out its debts thru advertising which it is able to secure from the business men on account of its conservative stand. Party Branches Stage Popular Finnish Play By J. MAATTA. MARENGO, Wis., May 23.—A big crowd attended the combined program and social held here under the aus- pices of the Workers Party Branches of this city and of Ironwood,’ Mich. 50) The main feature of the program was a one-act Finnish show, “Punai- nen Kenraali,” which was loudly ap- plauded and brought tears to the eyes oft many of the audience, Ed, Jarvi talked for an hour explain- ing to the audience about the working class movement of the world. The program went smoothly altho some young hoodlums tried to disturb. Boost The DAILY WORKER. 803 W. 6th Floor. GOLDMAN TAILORING CO. purpose of the meeting will be to intensity the drive in the Chicage unions and fraternal and other workers organizations to get dele- gates to the June 17th Farimer- Labor Convention at St. Paui. Further plans will be explained to co-ordinate this work and campaign. The June 17th Convention will be @ success chiefly the local unions all over the country send delegates to St. Paul to aid = in forming a class Farmer-Labor Party. Chicago Party members must be alert in their unions or wherever the Convention call comes up and try to get a delegate sent to June 17th. Live Pacty comrades will get to this meeting on Monday, May 26, Farmer-Labor Assessment. A compulsory asseessment of 50 cents has been levied upon all Party mem- bers by the Central Executive Commit- tee. This assessment must be paid with- in a month. The assessment is a small one which can easily be paid. The National Office must have more funds if they are to carry on the campaign suc- cessfully for the June 17th Convention. The Party needs the money now—at once, Let every member show that he is behind the campaign to form a class Farmer-Labor Party in America or at least paying his assessment immediately. Branches should not wait for the members to pay their assessment. Branches can take the money out of the treasury and can then get it from the members afterwards. Branch secretar- les shall send in their quota at the earliest date to the City Secretary. Stamps have been forwarded to all branches. T, U, E. Lia-¥. W. L. May 30 Picnic The Trade Union Educational League and the Young Workers League, Local Chieago, are holding a joint picnic on Decoration Day, Friday, May 30th, at Altenheim Grove, German Oid People's Home, Forest Park. There will be ex- cellent speakers, Sports, Games, Dancing, Refreshments, etc. Easy to reach: Take Forest Park “L’ to the gates of the grove—or Madison Street Car and trans- bo ig suburban line. Admission is 35 cents. BRANCH MEETINGS. Sunday, May 25, Polish S. S. No. 23. University Settle- bh 4630 So. Gross Ave. (Cor 47th) 2 Greek Branch, Hull House, 800 So. Halsted St. 3 P. M. Monday, May 26. All Union and Workmen's Circle mem- bers of the Workers Party must be pre- sent at the special meeting mentioned in another column at 2733 Hirsch Blvd, Workers Lyceum to take up further plans to develop the June 17th campaign. Pullman English—Stanciks Hall, Pull- man. Tuesday, May 27. North West English Branch at 2733 Hirsch Blvd., Workers Lyceum, Jay Lovestone will speak on the “Signifi- cance of the recent elections in Germany and France.” Russian Pullman Branch, at 11453 So. Park Ave., Pullman. Wednesday, May 28. Czecho-Slovak No. 2, at Vojt Naprstek School, 2050 So, Homan Ave., Cor. 26th Czecho-Slovak No. 1, Hall, 18: Ex-War Prisoner Tours Country For Centralia Loggers (By Defense News Service.) CHICAGO, Ill, May 23.—James P. Thompson, ex-war-opinion prisoner, who is making a speaking tour to the Atlantic Coast under the auspices of the General Defense Committee of Chicago beginning May 30, is sched- uled to deliver addresses as follows: Butte, Mont.—May 30. Boise, Idaho—June 1. Salt Lake City—June 3. Bingham Canyon, Utah—June 4. Denver, Colo.—June 6. Omaha, Neb.—June 8. Minneapolis—June 14 and 15. Tron River, Mich.—June 17, Virginia, Minn.—June 22. Duluth, Minn.—June 29. Milwaukee, Wis.—July 1. Chicago—July 4. Thompson’s subject will be, “The Prison Shadow on Labor.” He will discuss both the Centralia Armistice Day tragedy for which eight lumber jacks are serving 25 to 40 years’ time in Walla Walla and the long series ef prosecutions of members of the Industrial Workers of the World under the California criminal syndicalism -, One hundred and seven union M are now serving one to fourteen year sentences in California under this law. at Spravdinost So. Loomis St. THOMPSONVILLE, Conn.—Approx- imately 4,000 employes are affected by the closing of all departments of the Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Co. for an indefinite period. The company con- tends poor business conditions forced this action. Recently wages were re- duced 10 per cent. Made To Measure At Wholesale Price You Will Be Surprised at the Amount You'll Save! Madison St. Mid-City Bank Bldg. adults.” That is what a public school should be says the New York Teach- ers’ Union, A plan for such an ex- perimental school was submitted to the New York board of education by ithe eighth annual meeting, American \Federation of Teachers, local 5, New York, The school will be housed in an existing school building, and support- jed by the board for a five-year experi- ment subject to renewal, if the board accepts the union’s plan. Classes are to be limited to 20 pupils with six classes the first year and ten the second. Only children from 4 to 6 years old are to be taken in at first. Instead of supervision by a princi- pal or district superintendent, a qual- ified board of visitors of the public school system is to observe and re- port upon the work, according to the proposal. “Failure of the present traditional curriculum and method of education” is responsible for the proposal, the report states. “The individual is made a receptacle for information and an automaton by the artificial discip- line of drill as an end in itself... the school itself discourages the growth of individual and social standards of sincerity and honesty.” The report goes on to attack the speeding-up system, a rigid curriculum, and the emphasis on discipline and regimen- talized procedure. Teachers And Labor Unions Get Hearing On Junior Highs Organized labor joined with the Chi- cago Teacher's Federation in demand: ing that both be given a hearing on the subject of junior high schools be- fore the school administration com- mittee of the board of education. June 8 has been set for the hearing. Victor Olander, secretary of the Il- linois Federation of Labor, appeared to protest for organized labor. His chief grievance was that the junior high system will bring children out of school at the age of 15 instead of 16, as at present, The objection to this is that the youngsters cannot go to work until 16 and would be unable to do anything in high school in one year, The teachers’ councils will send speakers to the committee of the board on June 3 to give their report on the adoption of the junior high system. The board of education has been seriously criticised for passing the measure establishing junior highs without discussion between board members and the teachers’ councils. Furnishings LADIES’ MEN'S INFANTS’ Trade Where Your Money Buys the Most. Martin’s 723 West North Avenue East of Halsted St. Phone Armitage 8529 CHRIST BORNER UNION BARBER SHOP 1631 N. California Ave. JOHN H. JARVIN, M.D., 0.0.8, DENTIST 3223 N.. CLARK ST., near Belmont Chicago Hours: 1 to 7 p, m.—Evenings and Sundays by Appointment. Phone Buckingham 2909 MEET AT S. FEINMAN and SON 338 W. Van Buren St. Chicago THE ONLY PLACE TO EAT GOOD T. U.E. L. Trade Union Educational League May DANCING — GAMES — And a Forest Park “ of the Joint Picnic. ALTENHEIM GROVE, German Old Peoples Home, Forest Park NOTED SPEAKERS " will take you directly to the gates Page Three Milwaukee Readers, Attention! Special Message TO COLORED WORKERS HEAR ROBERT MINOR Brilliant Editor of the “Liberator” and Lovett Fort Whitman Famous negro writer, speaker and organizer Present vital facts regarding “The Negro Worker and His Needs And Relation to the American Labor Movement” Saturday, May 24, 1924 8:00 P. M. Sharp LIBERTY HALE 3rd and Walnut Streets ADMISSION FREE. Auspices: Milwaukee Conference of Progressive Negro Workers, MAC’S BOOK STORE 27 JOHN R STREET DETROIT Full line of Sociological and Labor Literature. Periodicals and Newspapers GRIGER & NOVAK GENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS UNION MERCHANDISE 1934 W. CHICAGO AVENUE (Cor. Winchester) Phone Humboldt 2707 Established 1899 JOHN B. HESSLER SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN CHICAGO 2720 North Ave, RUBBER STAMPS AND SEALS IN ENGLISH AND IN ALL FOREIGN LANGUAGES INK, PADS, DATERS. RUBBER TYPE.Erc, NOBLER STAMP & SEAL oP 73 W. VanBurenSeny Phone Wabash 6680 CHICAGO MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO——— iMuller’s RESTAURANT A good place to eat. 1010 RUSH STREET Tel. Superior 7079 Downstairs of National Office. George E. Pashas COZY LUNCH 2426 Lincoln Avenue One-half block from Imperial Hall CHICAGO Meet us at the Prudential Restaurant 752 NORTH AVE. The only place to eat. NEWS! Y. W. L. Young Workers League — 30th SPORTS — GOOD FOOD Grove