The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 26, 1924, Page 2

Page Two + ' HE DAILY WORKER Monday, May 26, 1924 Amazing Story Exposes Final Plot of Burns-Daugherty Regime LONG HOURS AND POOR PAY IS LOT OF FOOD SLAVES Work From Sun To Sun And Then Some Restaurant workers work “from sun to sun,—and then some.” Their work is never done. When one rush is over the restaurant worker pre- pares for the next rush. His hours are long, his pay poor and the conditions under which he works worse. That is why the work- ers in the Greek restaurants in Chi- cago are joining the Amalgamated Food workers Union. They want an organization that can negotiate with the bosses. The bosses have an organization. They use it to fight the workers with. They went into court 170 strong and asked for an injunction. The injunc- tion was an attempt to frighten the union into abandoning their plans for the benefit of the workers. So far it hasn’t worked. The workers see the need of a strong labor union to deal with the union of the Greek bosses and are signing up with the union. The prayer the Greek restaurant keepers submitted to the judge ask- ing that the injunction be issued al- ledged that conditions in their places were ideal. The workers were happy and contented, said the bosses. Read- ing the prayer one would imagine that the workers spent considerable time every day in singing and dancing SECRET AGENTS CONFESS PLOT TO STRANGLE INVESTIGATION OF BURNS, DAUGHERTY AND McLEAN (By The rated Press) WASHINGTON, May 25.—Amazing enough is the story of the final plot of Daugherty and Burns, frightened by the first sen- sational testimony secured by Senator Wheeler in his investiga- tion of the corruption in the department of justice, to strike back at the Montana senator and to stop the work of his committee, their thanks to the bosses for the fine conditions under which they work, Unionists Know Truth ‘The members of the union however know the truth. They get it not from the bosses lawyer’s “prayers” but from the workers in the restaurants themselves. Long hours are the first grievence the workers have. The bosses in the Greek restaurants usually work them- selves. They work long irregular hours and expect their workers to do the same. The working day is sup- posed to be twelve hours. It is al- ways longer. The boss asks his Slaves to stay to help him over the supper rush if he is a day worker and asks his help over the break- fast rush if he is a night worker, ‘Greeks Overwork Slavey The workers in Greek restaurants are always overworked. The bosses try to run with short crews and make up the lack of workers by slave driv- ing methods. The wages are poor. Always the bosses make a great point of the fact that workers in restaurants can work for less because they get their meals. But the restaurant workers must eat in such a rush that they soon feel the effects. Working with the smell of food con- stantly in their noses the workers conceive a disgust at the mere sight or smell of it. All of them are victims of nausea. Bootleggers Get Injunction ‘The injunction issued by Hugo Friend reminds Chicago workers of the fact that in New York Judge Delahanty issued an injunction forbid- ding the New York branch of the Amalgamated Food Workers from in- terfering with the “lawful business” of the Salvin-Thompson Corporation restaurants and cabarets| Just a few days after the injunction was issued the U. 8. District Attorney had all this corporation’s places closed for boot- legging. The workers in Chicago point to the Delehanty injunction as proof of the fact that capitalist judges will is- sue injunctions as long as they pro- tect property without caring if it be longs to bootleggers or princes, But, “Injunctions don’t cook soup.” Scab Manufacturer Brings Strikebreakers To Boss Convention Prominent in the 30th anual meet- ing of the International Association of Garment Manufacturers in Chicago " fg its president, Mitchell F. Jamar, of the anti-labor clothing firm of F. Patrick & Co., Duluth. Jamar has a new plan for strikebreakers, The Amalgamated Clothing Workers are ducting a longdrawn out strike nst him because of his dismissal ion workers without cause. He to the convention as his guests pber of employes who betrayed F fellow workers by remainin at When the strike w: called. ig much that a worker m | at a convention of this sort”, fF says. “He will learn things out ‘the intricacy of the business he | never learn in the shop.” of the intricacies is perhaps hod of fighting against your ; when they go on strike. in his Duluth trouble tried to public opinion against the by tating they went on strike I ng instructions from Moscow. the entire city laughed and the central labor body indorsed igamated strike. Almost striker is American born. ‘new subscriber increases the of the DAILY WORKER, This story has been told, at last, appeared before the oil scandals*- investigating committee, two months ago, in defense of F. B. McLean, of the Washington Post. Either they have broken with Mc- Lean and Burns and Daugherty, or that precious trio have decided to “tell,” now that they have been elimi- nated by Coolidge. For the fight against each of these investigating committees has been, essentially, a fight to save the political neck of Coolidge. Spy On Probers. W. O. Duckstein, confidential “sec- retary” to McLean, came before the Wheeler-Brookhart committee and testified that Hiram ©. Todd, special assistant attorney general and close associate of Daugherty, organized and directed a big espionage campaign against Wheeler, Brookhart and Ash- urst, the aggressive members of that committee, and against Gaston B. Means, the former Burns agent who testified to the payment of big sums of graft to Jesse Smith, Daugherty’s personal guard. Duckstein did not appear as a wit- ness until, as he said, Means had se- cured evidence which drove him to admit what he knew. He said he and his wife, a special agént under Burns and formerly confidential secretary to Burns, had been shown the papers and diaries stolen from Means on March 30, by two of this espionage staff—Petitt and O’Brien. Three suitcases full of papers and books were shown them, in an automobile which was driven to a secluded spot in the park for the purpose. The pa- pers have not been recovered. Burns Uses Wiretappers. Duckstein said these spies against the committee included wiretappers in the Senate office building, and even a woman placed in the women’s rest room. An agent was sent to Montana to get data against Wheeler, and an- other went to Iowa to look up Brook- by two of the same persons who hart’s past. O'Brien and Petitt show- ed him a letter, signed by Todd, he said and addressed to Daugherty, out- lining the plan to be followed in watching the committee and Means. His wife had a telephone message from the department, notifying her that “two men from New York” were to see her, and these were the men, Women “Shadowers” Confess. Mrs. Duckstein confirmed her hus- band’s statements, while Mrs. Alaska P. Davidson, another agent of Burns, admitted that she was one of the “shadow group” who drove an auto- mobile used in the trailing of the com- mitteemen. R. P. Burrus, another de- tective in the bureau, said there were five men in the squad that followed Means. Every visitor to his home was followed. This espionage ceased on April 1, when it was known. that Means had lost the records with which he was to help the committee. Spies Watch Spy. The chief of the bureau force for the District of Columbia, one Bohner, testified that on March 6—juat after Wheeler began his exposure of Daugh- erty—Burns agdered him to watch Means “as to his health,” because he had secured postponement of his trial on the ground of being under care of a physician. On March 18, Burns or- dered him to see Clifforti Burns, at- tached to Todd’s office, and he was in- structed to have men follow all per- sons who called on Means. On April 1 he was directed to stop this espion- age. No reason was given for either action, except that Todd wanted the thing done. Bohner denied that any- one connected with the bureau had tapped any wires since he had been in the service—two years. He claimed that Mrs. Duckstein violated the rules, if she knew of the theft of Means’ documents and failed to report the fact. She had never reported to him anything of the sort, and he was not convinced that the papérs were éver stolen. HOLD VICTORY OVER FARRINGTON (Continued from page one) board of five members who shall in- vestigate and pi on all applications for pensions.” All mention of the pen- sion board was erased from the re- port. As submitted to the referendum, the pension will call for monthly pay- ments of $25 per month to miners over 65 years old who have been in the miners’ union for twenty years. Says Industry Should Pay. Delegate Freeman Thompson, the Springfield sub-district president, de- clared that the discussion on the com- mittee’s report showed how the hands of the miners are tied. “Of course, we must do something for the men when they get old,” Thompson told the delegates. “Everyone is for an old age pension. But the distributing of old age pensions by the miners is not a cure. Something else should go along with the giving out of the old age pension. In the future we will have to consider unloading this bur- den on the coal mining industry where it belongs.” Referendum Forced. The first amendment to the report of the committee on old age pensions provided for referring the report to a referendum. The committee op- posed this, but after delegate Henry Corbishley pointed out that the rank and file, who must pay for the pen- sion, do not, as yet, know anything about it, and that there was no known, reason for the committee to be afraid of submitting it to the rank and filé, the referendum amendment car- ried. A motion by Delegate Gus Fritz that the report be amended to read that the miners over 65 years of age be paid not more than twenty-five dol- lars a month carried. As the plan worked out by the con- vention goes to the rank and file referendum, it is not a complete pen- sion plan, as only those miners above 65 who have been in the Illinois min- ers’ union for twenty years, the last ten years being continuous member- /ship, are entitled to a pension. O'Connor Got $6,097. It was disclosed Saturday that Thomas O'Connor of the old age pen- sions committee, and one of Farring- ton’s appointees, has drawn since the last convention, salary and expenses amounting to $6,097.89. O'Connor, earlier in the convention, asserted that he was one of the men referred to when Farrington accused John Hindmarsh of offering jobs in return for support of his campaign for presi- dent when Hindmarsh was running against Farrington. After Hindmarsh gave O'Connor the lie and challenged Farrington for proof of his statements, Farrington could make no reply. Parry Demands Resolutions. Delegate Thomas Parry again made @ vigorous complaint against the ar- bitrary manner in which the officials have been withholding the resolutions on constitutional changes from the delegates. “Jack Hunter, of one of the Peoria papers, has had these reso- lutions in his possession for the past week,” said Parry. “There are sixty- three resolutions declaring for the abolition of the appointive power. There is also a resolution on the abolishment of sub-districts, and other important changes in the constitu: tion.” Fishwick Doesn’t Know. Vice-President Harry Fishwick, who was substituting in the chair for Far- rington, replied that he did not know what has become of these resolutions. They have been printed in pamphlet form for ten days, and a few of the favored Farrington men have obtained copies of them. But they have not yet been distributed to the delegates. One of those most keenly interested in the disposition of Farrington’s ap- pointive power has been Oscar Amer- inger, erstwhile humorist for the So clalists, and now a Farrington appointee and editor of the “Illinois Miner,” official organ of District 12. &Hour Day in Sweden. STOCKHOLM, Sweden,—Since the introduction of the eight hour day in Sweden, there has been a great in- crease in educational work among the workers, A government commission on social questions, which inves- tigated educational work in 95 locall- ties reports that in 1016-17, only 188 clas) were held by the people's By 1920-21 this number had risen to 615, and by 1922-23 to 845. FOUR’ LABORERS KILLED WHEN GREEDY BOSS’ BUILDING FALLS NEW YORK, May 26.—Four of the fifteen to twenty men burled in the collapse of a new buliding at 46th street are dead and at least ten of the others are seriously injured. The men were buried under a mass of rock, masonry and girders when the supports of the foundation of the building under construction gave way. Tons of debris fell upon the workers, This is another instance of the expensive haste of the building contract- ors in pushing work faster than the strength of temporary foundation sup- ports permit. efforts to 9 material as they can get away with, The bosses risk the lives of their workmen in their reckless up the building as quickly as possible and with as cheap BY WORKER SLAIN IN REPRISAL FOR YOUNG SHOOTING Skelcher Assassinated To Revenge Kleagle HERRIN, Wl, May 25.—Following closely upon the shooting near Belle- ville of S. Glenn Young, ex-“Czar” of Williamson County, in the war upon the miners’ union, and now Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan in Hast St. Louis, members of Young's so-called con- stabulary shot and killed Jack Skelcher, who was riding in a car on the road between Marion and Herrin. Skelcher, who was riding with Carl and Harl Shelton, was not quick enough in obeying an order to stop, according to the explanation of his slayers. A previous attempt to “get” Skelcher had been made by legal Means, when he was indicted after | Young's seizure of the Herrin govern- ment, which resulted in miljtary rule in Williamson County for several weeks. Klan Gunman Shot. BELLEVILLE, Ill, May 25th —s. Glenn Young, notorious leader ii, the war against Williamson County work-| ers, fake prohibition officer, and Ku Klux Klan leader, was shot and in- jured while driving his big sedan car, a reward for his services to reaction, on a road about 30 miles east of here last evening. Four men are reported to have driven alongside Young’s car and opened fire, wounding him in the leg. Mrs. Young, who accompanied him, is Teported slightly wounded. The Catholic hospital here, to which they were brought, refused to allow them to be seen, but reported that their condition was not serious. Chicago Machinists Sign Agreements With Bosses; Get Wage Raise District No. 8, of the International Association of Machinists of Chicago, has signed. an agreement with the employing machinists association which fixes the wages of more than 2,000 machinists at 95 cents an hour. This is 2 cents an hour more than the old wage. More important than the wage raise is the stipulation in the new agree- ment that men can be hired. onkp thru the district office of the machinist’s union. This does away with the hir- ing of men at the shop doors or thru employment offic: Negotiations still in progress with some bo: who are not mem- bers of the association. The new con- tract runs two years with the ques- tion of wages left open for sixty days after its expiration. The machinists’ union is the only metal trades organization that has se- cured an increase for its members. The machinists are a |ittle behind other metal trades in wages but the new agreement gives them excellent protection as far as hours and work- ing conditions are concerned. Mine Operator Tries Evicting Union Head By MARY WATKIVICH, LOWSVILLE, W. Va. May 25.— Brady is a small mining “town, which has not been working since the first ot April, when Sam Brady wanted the Men to go back to work on the 1917 scale. But so far, they have no scabs. Sam Brady has also given the men notice to move out, altho the notice is not due yet. When the miners of Brady were not expecting any trouble, Sam Brady demanded them to move on a certain day and anywhere they wanted to go he would move them free. As the people were not ready to move out, he demanded that Mr. J. H. Morten, the secretary of local 4040 of District 17, get out. But as Mr. J. H, Morten had no place to go, he stayed in the house. He locked the door to keep out the a When Sam Brady could not talk him out, he got one of the gunmen to break in and the gunman split the door and moved him to the Union Hall. That took them all day. In the afternoon several of the board members from Fairmont came down and settled thee dispute. Corporation Profits, Tax Secrecy, Are Rescued By Senate WASHINGTON, D. ©, May 26.— Continued secrecy on income tax mat- ters and elimination of the proposed tax on undistributed earnings of cor- Porations, which takes away some of the loot from business organizations possessed of the lion’s share of the spoils, are both provided for in the compromise tax reduction bill report- ed to the Senate, This dilution of the Mellon bill makes it acceptable to the Senate, which today approved it by an overwhelming majority, That the bill in its present form is supposed to aid the farmers, seems to be a fact totally unappreciated by farmers’ representatives in the Sen- ate. Brookhart, Frazier, Norris and Magnus Johnson all voted against the bill, ; lilinois Coal Miners Want Sub-District Organization With the Convention of District 12 almost over, one big question remains to be decided. That is the conflict between District Executive Board members and the sub-districts. The machine officials want to abolish the sub-districts, while the demand from the rank and file is, that the sub-districts be preserved and that the District Executive members be The militant rank and file | Russia—Germany Film In New York Shows This Week NEW YORK, May 26.—Those who did not have the privilege of seeing “Russia and Germany”—A Tale of Two Republics” when it was played at the Opera House will have the opportunity to see this wonder film downtown at the Labor Temple, 14th street and Second avenue, on Tues- day, Wednesday or Thursday of this week. Everywhere this picture has been shown it has been well commented upon. In View of the critical events now transpiring in Germany the scenes of the proletarian demon- strations in that suffering country are particularly interesting. Russia is shown as a contrast to Germany. Incidents of the reconstruc- tion work going on in the Soviet Republic in schools and industries, and in the development of natural resources are flashed vividly before the audience, The picture is. released by the International Workers Aid, and proceed go to the benefit of the struggling German workers. Wheeler Cleared By Senate Of William Burns’ Oil Charge WASHINGTON, May 25.—The sen- ate today expressed its belief that Senator Wheeler of Montana, is not guilty of charges of misusing his of- fice, made in an indictment by a Mon- tana grand jury. Adopting a motion of Senator Borah, Chairman of the Committee, that in- vestigated Wheeler's indictment, the senate accepted the committee's re- port “wholly exonerating Wheeler as its own view of the case.” Senator Sterling’s minority report, leaving the case entirely to the courts, was rejected 58 to 5. Wheeler was indicted by a grand jury at Great Falls, Montana, for al- leged acceptance of a retaining fee from Gordon Campbell, a Montana oil man, to appear for him before the in- terior department, in connection with issuance of oil land permits. Wheeler charged that he was “framed” by agents of the Republican national committee. Western Employers Meet In Conference For Open Shop Drive PORTLAND, Ore. May 26— The western openshop conference in Port- land determined on renewed activity to enforce the open shop. One plan is not to give work to men from out- side communities unless they have permission from open shop employers in the places the men come from. An- other is a rule forbidding employment of union men as foremen. A scheme of “education” and “la- bor imformation,” with a clearing house at Salt Lake City, was also adopted by the Portland conference. There was dissatisfaction among the employers with the trade schools opened by anti-union organizations, chiefly by the Industrial Assgciation’ of San Francisco. British Flyer Sore At Weather; May Quit Round World Flight LONDON, May 25.—A Central News dispatch from Rangoon says that Ma- jor McClaren, British round-the-world flyer, may abandon his attempt un- less favored with a spell of good weather. MoClaren still is at Akyab, prevented from flying by terrific rain squalls and strong winds. At pres- ent, the dispatch says, there is no sign of the weather improving. COFFEYVILLE, Kansas, May 25.— Kansas’ biggest ol! well, with esti- mated flow of 2,000 barrels a day, was brought in southwest of this city, by it Wizard" b. The weil is short distance from the Okla- line and is the sixteenth brought In since January first, by “Lueky” Lamb. ROOM FOR RENT. A large steam-heated room for one or rt, comrades, near Humboldt > brought into organic relation with them. Bitter experience has proved to the miners that the sub- district organizations are closest to their needs, most respon- sive to their current grievances, and the most to be relied upon to fight for a remedy. To abolish the sub-districts as some officials want to do, would weaken the entire District organization, and remove one of the best weapons of pro- tection against discrimination. delegates are demanding that the sub-districts be retained and strengthened, and that the executive of the District shall work thru the sub-district machinery in adjusting local grievances. MUSIC. By ALFRED V. FRANKENSTEIN. The sixteenth annual North Shore music festival opens tonight at Pat- ten gymnasium of Northwestern uni- versity, Evanston. The North Shore festival is the biggest thing of its kind in the west. For it soloists and di- rectors of international fame are en- gaged, and several ehoruses and the Chicago Symphony orchestra take part. The festival is a week in dura- tion. Tonight the oratorio “Elijah” by Mendelssohn, will be given. The solo- ists are Monica Graham-Stults, sopra- no; Merle Alcock, contralto; Richard Crooks, tenor,. and Louise Graveure, baritone. The chorus will be a thou- sand in number with the Chicago Symphony orchestra accompanying and Peter C. Lutkin, of the North- western faculty, conducting. The program of Tuesday night is called a “Jenny Lind Concert,” with Frieda Hempel impersonating the famous soprano. She will sing an aria from Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro,” the “Shadow Song” from Meyerbeer’s “Dinorah,” and the waltz song, “The Kiss,” by Arditi. Deems Taylor, mu- sic eritic of the New York “World” will direct a performance of his suite, “Thru the Looking Glass,” and Mr. Stock will round out the program with symphonic works by Brahms, Strauss, and Liszt. Further programs will be announced later. . Negroes May Turn To Third Party In Protest Over Klan (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, Mav 25.—The slump tion in Indiana is such that officials of the National Association for Ad- vancement of Colored People, New York, recognize that negroes are ready for a strong bid from La Fol- lette or a third party. Reports indi- cate that otherwise they will vote the Democratic ticket in protest against Ku Klux Klan domination of the Re- publican party in the persons of can- didate for governor, Ed. Jackson, and Senator James E. Watson. Your Union Meeting FOURTH MONDAY, MAY 26, 1924. i Name of Local and No. Place of Meeting. 14 Boot and Shoe Workers’ Joint Council, 1939 Milwaukee Ave. 301 Brewery Workers, 1700 W. 2ist St. 1 Bridge and Structural tron Work- W. Monroe St. B Hebrew, 3420 W. Roose- Ci Ci Ci Ca 448 1967 Garpante W. North A er * ve. 2506 g rpenters, oes 5 Halsted St 4 ir Makers’ 66 4 1 . aeeere faith ‘. ee B28 Me jal. bears ie apie os S' A neers, Washingtor 180 W. Wash . ngineers’ (R. Ro), 2483 W. Roose: veit. 790 Sneneese (Loe.), 3900 W. North ven, 7 p.m. 50 Firemen ? We i doe Garment, 328 Van Buren re inet Fd nt Ave. ini uncil, 118 8, Moulders Conf. Bd., 119 8. Throop 1 Painters, 3816 W. North Ave. shits tte Painters, 20,W: fi Painte: ore. Raillw: lerks’ Dis, Council, 165 mantel 'Madieon and Sac. ramen Raliway Clerks, gta in Retail” men, am, Clerks, Van Buren and Ash- land. onl ur : of Great Lakes, 356 16986 Sel La ratory Workers, City 706 sters, 220 Milwaukee Readers, Attention! MONSTER MASS PROTEST DEMONSTRATION WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 8 P. M, on AT le West Side Turner Hall 304 Fourth Street Against the passage of the laws directed against the foreign born work- ers, and the selective immigra- tion bills now before a confer- ence committee of the United States congress. Thomas O’Flaherty Editor of Irish People and other Prominent Speakers representing trade unions, political parties and fraternal organizations. 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