The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 4, 1924, Page 5

‘ECE REDS HALT TRAINS WITH ARMS Stop Shipment of Anti- Soviet Munitions. (Special to The Dally Worker) SPRAGUE, June 3--The work- ers of Czecho-Slovakia, under the direction of the Communist Party, called a halt on the ship- “ment of munitions from the great Skoda works to Roumania and Poland. The workers learned that the war material was destined for Poland and Roumania and intended for use in a war against Soviet Russia. “The Shoda factory has been turning out munitions in tre- mendous quantities for several months. The factory is owned by the French munition manu- facturer and war lord, M. Schni- der, and the money to pay for the munitions has been supplied by the French government. Solid trainloads were being ship- ped to Poland and Roumania when the workers’ committee called a con- ference and refused permission to load any more war material. The action of the Czecho-Slovak workers together with the explosion in the Roumanian munition works put a serious crimp in the war plans against Soviet Russia by the capital- ist nations that are using the small nations as tools. The workers of Europe are giving evidence that no matter how much the labor fakers rail against Russia, the heart of the masses is with the Workers’ Republic and that they are ready to give their heart’s blood to protect that republic against the capi- talist jackals who have not yet sur- rendered hope of bringing about its downfall. Send in that Subscription Today! ‘Railways Program Approved. MOSCOW, June 3.—The State Plan- ning Commission (Gosplan) has ratt- fied the railways program for 1923-24. The estimates provide for 14,000 trucks to be loaded a day, compared with 11,000 at present. Passenger traf- fic is to constitute 39.6 per cent of the total mileage covered by the rail- ways. Owing to a rumber of techni- cal improvements it is possible to re- duce the total mileage to be covered by locomotive traffic from, 162.4 mil- lion milés to 158.1 million. Every new subscriber Increases the influence of the DAILY WORKER, Send in that Subscription Today! A PRETTY “DAY” DRESS 4673. This model is good for the new figured silks and printed cottons, It/will also develop well in linen and * alpace. -at the foot with plaits extended is 2 1924 BOOK OF FASHIONS. ™ The Pattern is cut in 7 Sizes: 34, 36, 28, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. A 38 inch size requires 4% yards! ‘40 inch material. The width yards. Pattern mailed to any address on re- ceipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Address: The Daily Worker, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our ‘UP-TO-DATE SPRING AND SUMMER OUR DAILY PATTERNS Negro One Of 27 To Go To St. Paul For Missouri Group ST. LOUIS, June 3.—The’ Missouri branch, National Progressive League, will be represented in thé national Farmer-Labor convention at St. Paul, June 17, by 27 delegates, elected at a convention held in St: Lovis. LaFol- lette was unanimously penoraes for president. The Rey. J. W. Hunt, one of the del- egates to St. Paul is a Negro. The league will nominate a state ticket after Lafollette accepts the leadership of the third party. Send in that Subscription Today! CARPENTERS’ WAR WITH METAL MEN REVIVES AGAIN Kansas City Building Unions Fight KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 3.—The Building Trades council has called a strike on all jobs on which carpenters are employed. In 1920: the national board of jurisdictional awards ruled that metal window frames belong to the sheet metal workers. The carpen- ters’ union withdrew from the na- tional board and from the local Build- ing Trades council. Carpenters Stand Alone. In this town they also withdrew from thé Central’Labor union because the carpenter candidate for C. L, U. business agent ‘was Geteated in 1921 by shady tactics. Two years ago W. H: Hutcheson, the carpenters’ international presi- dent, ordered his men everywhere to ignore the award, get the work—-or strike. In Kansas City -three -build- ings are involved; in Topeka, two. The Pratt-Thompson. company, part of the biggest building bosses’ group in the midwest, has; employed sheet metal workers on the metal trim work of the new Board of. Trade building going up at 10th: and Wyandotte streets. The carpenters of Local Union No. 61, employed on the builc* ing,-have protested. vigorously. Bullding Council Orders Strike. The Building Trades council has or- dered. & strike of all crafts on all buildings where carpenters are still at work. This will cut off the carpenters from their funds—prevent them work- ing on some buildings, to finance. the picketing of others. It is not a fight of the Building Trades council against the local car- penters, but against the Hutcheson machine. Its effect, however, is.to ex- tend a. welcome to scab carpenters to take a struck job. Eight Hours Issue in Canada. OTTAWA, Canada, June 3—The eight-hour ‘day is to be sthreshed out by .a special committee of the Cana- dian parilament, particularly to de- cide whether ft’ is a dofhinion or pro- vincial ext A SMART DRESS STYLE FOR THE GROWING GIRL 4535. Dotted foulard is here shown. ‘The model is one that lends itself well to wash rials, to wool rep and jersey weaves. Woolen crepe would also be nice for this style. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 8,10, 12 and 14 years. A 12 year size re- quires 4 yards of 32 inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on re- ceipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Address: The Daily Worker, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE SPRING AND SUMMER 1924 BOOK OF FASHIONS. ay at Roady jhop-mates read ret DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. © Send in that Subsoription Today. SOVIETS 10 END PRIVATE COMMERCE Strict Communist Wins At Russian Congress. (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, June 3.—The Russian Communist party closed its great con- ference yesterday after organizing its campaign for the elimination of pri- vate trading in the Soviet republic. The results of the conference show that the party is adhering to its revo- lutionary principles. The personnel of the conference showed the good results of the house- cleaning that has been going on in the party.. Timid Communists, compro- misers,and would-be profiteers have been driven out. The determined iron guard of old Communists is in control of the movement. Independent of Private Capital. The party indorsed the industrial and commercial policies of the govern- ment, which it controls. Revival of industry in Russia has made the So- viets more independent of private capital ‘and concessionaires. In con- sequnce the Communist party sees the time is ripe to discard private busi- ness enterprise almost entirely and enlarge the scope of Soviets enter- prise. Prices. will be fixed and wholesale trade and private capital will be con- trolled by, the new department of in- ternal trade. Such limited foreign concessions as will be granted must split profits with the government and be under strict government regula- tion. Education of Peasants. A whirlwind campaign of Commun- istic education of the peasantry will be conducted w.... all the resources of the party.. Peasant newspapers will be. started and huge .picture posters will be pasted up in all the villages of Russia, broadcasting the programs of the party. The poor. peasant will be given every possible assistance in making him independent of the richer peasant who profits by loaning him farming equipment. Soviet Russia has weathered the dangers unavoidable under the new economic policy which the economic crisis forced and {8 marching toward full-fledged Communism. Send in that Subscription Today! : Workingclass Women Decorate Graves of Triangle Fire Victims NEW YORK, June 3.—The victims of the Triangle fire of 1911, where a factory full of young daughters of workers were burned to death because their bosses feared they would steal a yard of ribbon and had locked the doors upon them, were remembered on Memorial day by the United Coun- cil of Working Class Women. This was the first organized prole- tarian commemoration of the death of these victims of capitalist greed since the year their charred bones were laid away in the Workmen's circle plot at Mount Zion cemetery in Maspeth, Lt: The commemoration ceremony con- sisted of laying a wreath upon the graves in memory of “our class vic- tims” of the: heartless system, and of speeches by nine women, the commit- tee of the United Council of Working Class 'Women—Jennie Citrin, Sonya Diamond, Kate Fabricant, Kate Git- low, Eva Horowitz, Rose Nevin, Fan- nie Rossman, Celia Shurr, Rosalie Strickholm and Rose Pastor Stokes, The speeches, in the main, were very brief, but in them every woman re- dédicated herself to the cause of the working class and pledged untiring ef- forts to awaken to consciousness of the struggle every working class mother she can reach to the end that the sys- tem which oppresses and destroys the workérs’may go down to defeat in the victory of the working el Send in that Subscription Today. Capitalism’s Police Beat Workers’ Heads All Around the World CHRISTIANIA, May 8.—(By Mail). A number of the striking and locked out workers attended the open air con- cert outside of the kings’ palace yes- terday. For the purpose of gathering their members and marching to “Folk- ets Hus,” some of the young workers started to sing “The International,” and a largé number of people bared their heads. But they had no sooner finished their song when mounted po- lice appeared and cleared the place, slashing right and left with their rid- ing whips. a ‘Send in that Subscription Today. THE BAILY WORKER FLORIDA SENATOR LAUDS LINCOLN AS CHILD LABORER Kids Need “Honest Toil” Fletcher Urges (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, June 3.—Senator Fletcher of Florida, whose political attitude has swung to the right as the millionaire colonies at Palm Beach and Miami have expanded, told the Senate that the child labor regulation proposed in the pending resolution for constitutional amendment would “bring labor into contempt.” “Constantly fighting to lessen the hours of labor—in some instances war- ranted—encouraging the disposition to avoid and shirk labor, is harmless compared to the reflections on honest toil and the effect of the efforts put forth to brand labor as a curse,” he said. “Coming generations will be taught to glorify idleness and leisure and to condemn all manual labor. The holiness of labor is to be effaced. Lincoln went to work when he was seven years of age. It is proposed now to send out to the humble homes of Thomas and Nancy Lincolns, all over the country, and tell them how to rear and treat their chil- dren. “T can quite appreciate,” he re- marked at another point in his speech, “that in some circumstances and un- der certain conditions the privilege of a child under 16, and even under 14 years of age, to work, is a blessing of the highest character. .... The lead- ership of the future will be founded on commercial and industrial prog- ress. “Admit the constitutionality of such legislation as this and ‘you rec- ognize a power in congress to shackle commerce afd ‘strangle industry. ‘When that day comes you will realize that you have thrown to the winds the leadership and power of the United States.” Send in that Subscription Today! Theater Bosses Weaken; Equity Getting Terms (Special to The Daily Worker) -NEW YORK,...June3.— Striking members of the Players’ Equity are bringing the Producing Managers’ As- sociation .to terms by forcing the closing down of seven shows. The closing down of “Stepping Stones” will be a big blow to the managers, whose box-office receipts from the play were soaring. The other shows which will probably be closed are: “Rain,” he Nervous Wreck,” “The Lollipo; “The Swan” and “Seventh Heaven.” Prominent actors and actresses are among the strikers in their fight against the tnbearable conditions im- posed on them by the Producing Managers’ Association. Jeanne Eagles, famous star of “Rain,” has been so sure of the success of the strikers that she made arrangements for a long-needed vacation before the pro- duction had been taken off. Send in that Subscription Today. Tenant Wins Right to Resist Squeeze of Greedy.Landlord (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, June 3.—Tenants in New York state are rejoicing over the latest decision in a test case which rules that, under the emergency rent laws, a tenant remaining in an apart- ment after refusing to renew a high- er rent le@e does not have to pay the increase. The tenant refused to pay the increase and refused to move. The court of appeals has now up- held the decision of the lower court favoring the tenant. German Textile Crisis. DRESDEN, Germany.—There is a seyere crisis in the textile industry which may lead to wholesale unem- ployment. From all over the country dry goods stores, clothing emporiums, hosiery factories, etc., are going bank- rupt. Send in that Subscription Today. UNCLE WIGGLY’S TRICKS © "Whats, that string our PW 0 or, "Uncle Wi “a CONVICTION OF 13 SOCIALISTS ON WARTIME CHARGE REVERSED WASHINGTON, June 3.—Thirteon members of the Social party of arrested on charges of treason and finally convicted on indict- Cincinnati, ment for “conspiracy to defraud the draft leaflet in the spring of 1917, are freed by a decision of the Supreme Appeal of the conviction was taken, and after long delays it reached the Supreme Court for final argument, two months ago, on the isstie as to whether a suggestion by two or more persons that other persons fail to co-operate in enforcement of a federal law was a conspiracy to defraud. The court held that it was not conspiracy to defraud, and that the original| demurrer of the defense, to quash the indictment should have been sus- tained by the trial court. No “time” has been served are now members of the Workers party. Court. government” by issuance of an anti- Many of the defendants LOCHNER TELLS OF COMMUNIST GAIN IN GERMANY Red Vote Came from Industrial Workers By LOUIS P. LOCHNER. Federated Press Staff Correspondent. BERLIN, June 3.—While political dopesters are busy trying to figure out just what sort of a cabinet can be constructed as a result of the mixed- up election results of May 4, the stu- dent of labor is more interested in knowing what, from the workers’ point of view, has taken place. The outstanding fact is that the Commun- ists have made tremendous gains, in- creasing their seats in the reichstag from 17 to 62, while the socialists have lost terrifically, coming down from 170 to barely 100. That the Communists would gain at the expense of the Socialists was free- ly admitted in Socialist party head- quarters. Of greater interest is the question of just where the Socialists were strongest and where the Com- munists. Communist gains were the greatest in the thickly populated dis- tricts of the Rhine and Ruhr valleys. In the large cities of Berlin, Halle, Leipsic, Hamburg, the Communist vote was heaviest where the indus- trial workerg live. It is pretty safe to generalize that, the Communist par- ty in the reichstag election has com- mended itself to the industrial work- er, while the Socialist party drew its vote more from the aristocracy of la- bor,-from artisans and small trades- men, and from intellectuals. | Your Union Meeting | FIRST WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1924. Name of Local and Place Nf Amal ted Clothing Work malgama’ Hs lot ing orkers, eee y St. B. 2 8.1, Wey Stone Derrick, 180 'W. Washington St. Belt’ Line Federation, Halsted. 2 Brio and Clay, Village Hall, Lan- carpenters, 12 Garfield Bivd. Carpenters, Western and Lexing- » 5443 S. Ashland Ave. 179 62nd and » Blacker’s Hall, Lake ‘on 643 Carpenters, 180 W. Washington St. 505 S. State N. H. H. Fehling, Rec. Sec’y., 2253 Grace St. Irving 7597. . Francisco Ave. 85 %or eon, 11405 Michigan 47 n and Enginemen, 7429 S. Chicago Ave: 9:30 275 Fi n a Lake and fai " sherman and Main Sts., Painters, "490. W hington St. Painters, Moo y Ua Grange, Odd Fellows Hall, Blue 10 Ww. Monroe st, poaen and r St. bee od i ge Sew w. Washing- Ralicosg Trainmen, 812 W. 59th St. pe id Trainmen, 64th and Uni- 1, . i ste Seda) 20'S. lpg ; Be Chicago and (Note “Unless otherwise stated all meetings are at 8 p. Send in that Subscription Today. “Thats t's te meine me 7m. p Bn wants, STABLE MONEY MEANS BETTER DAYS IN RUSSIA Pleased Peasants Plant) More Grain MOSCOW, June 3.—With the emis- sion of the new stable carreucy, the value of the money in curculation in Russia has now attained 433,000,000 rubles as against 110,000,000: at. this time dast year. In connection with the issuing of the stable currency and the gradual withdrawal of the Soviet | paper money, a small change crisis is| manifesting itself. This, however, is only temporary and within the next} few months, enough of the small | change of the new currency will have | been issued to meet fully the needs of the country’s circulation. A temporary trade depression is COTTON FARMER FORCED TO LOWER LIVING STANDARD Loss of Markets Hits U. S. Industry By LELAND OLDS. Thé southern farmer depending on his cotton crop will be forced to join the cotton mill worker on a lower plane of living as a result of the strug- [gle of national capitalist groups to dominate the world m for cotton goods, He will lose his mi-indepen- |dent position and become just one of |the thousands of exploited producers jin an industry organized, like U. 8S. Steel, from raw material to finished product. Already Great Britain is using every jresource to stimulate cultivation of }cotton in her colonies and so make her manufacturers independent of the American cotton grower. According to Edward Bartlett, president New York Cotton exchange, “cotton men in Liverpool are talking today as if American supremacy as a_ cotton growing nation was a thing of the past. America Losing Out. “A large part of the space im the Australian building at the British Em | pire exposition” he says, “is dévoted to a cotton exhibit showing the great strides which have been made in that country during the past three or four years. The cotton exhibit is thronged daily and I hear the comment ‘re- quently that the empire would soon ‘be free from the monopoly of American- grown cotton.” Bartlett quotes business men from also taking place because in the days of falling currency the consumers’ | one idea was to change the depreciat- ing money into goods as quickly as possible, and the turnover was very | rapid. ‘This depression will also be! outlived in a few months, and the in-| creased purchasing power of the popu- lation due to the stable currency will mean a greater revival of trade than at any ‘time since the revolution. In connection with the spring sow- | ing campaign the peasants will prob- ably throw the remainder of their grain ‘on the market in order to buy} implements and other necessary man-} ufactured articles. Great hopes are Being placed on the possibility Of a good harvest this year. The stable currency and the rise in agricultural products have had a very healthy effect on the peasantry who are encouraged to plant a much larger area of grain as well as raw materials for industrial use, this spring, and great progress in all lines of agriculture are expected during the coming season. Send in that Subscription Today! lished product shows thi. |gle for the world market has reached South Africa to the effect that cotton is replacing gold as an opportunity fer getting rich there. Big interests jin Johannesburg and other places are securing options on enormous tracts | suitable for cotton. Half the Crops Exported. The importance to the American farmer appears when we note that at least one-half of thé crop must be ex- ported to prevent American cotton from becoming a drug on the market. During prewar years the U. S. crop averaged about 13,000,000 bales. The jearliest figures for amount exported show 8,000,000 bales in 1913. Even last year when the boll weevil had cut the output to approximately 10,000,000 bales, 5,292,000 bales were exported. England has always taken the major portion. The great Asiatic market for cotton cloth is being increas:ngiy served by the cotton mills of Thdia, China and Japan consuming almost entirely the raw cotton of India and China. Reorganize U. S. Cotton Industry. The British move to control the cot- ton industry from raw m~° “ial to fin- the strug- Machinist Union Gaining Members, Says Secretary | WASHINGTON, June 3,—Union men form a larger percentage of the total number employed in the metal | industry of the United, States today than a year ago, according to Gen.- Secy: Davison of the Int. Assn. of Machinists. He says the machinists are steadily recovering the member- ship they lost during 1921-23. Send in that Subscription Today. JAY STETLER’S RESTAURANT Established 1901 “| 4053 W. Madison St. Tel. Monroe 2241 € Chicago | PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. 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