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

‘Thursday, June 5, 1924 RUSSIA, U. S. AND ~ BRITAIN SHOW UNION GAINS ‘Figures Fell Consider- _ ably from 1920 Total. t By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) Tf the labor movement throughout ‘the. world were marshalle@ in a solid column of fours it would extend from New . York to San Francisco,—over 18,000 miles. Are you one of this procession? .veTrade union membership in 40 coun- 4 tries at the end of 1922, according to the Canadian department of labor, to- “Staled over 42,000,000 organized men ‘and women workers, Complete figures sfor 1923 are not available, but the -United States, Great Britain, Russia and Canada show a combined net gain of. 400,000 during that year. ... Comparison with trade union mem- bership in 1920 shows that the support of every member is still necesary to em the reaction which set in with .the economic collapse that followed the war. (This comparison covering 29 ~ countries shows that between 1920 and 1922 the number of organized “workers fell from 48,009,000 to 40,616,- .,003 or 15 per cent: Frade Union Members. 1920 1922 » Argentina .. 750,000 143,000 Austria ... 830,000" 1,128,054 .British So. Pacific 827,000 875,491 ~ Belgium ... 920,000 780,907 “Canada 374,000 276,621 Czecho-slovakia .... 2,000,000 1,505,499 France ... 2,500,000 1,395,847 Germany 13,000,000 11,263,920 India 500,000 1,500,000 Italy 3,100,000 3,442,444 Japan .. 247,000 365,700 -Netherlands 683,000 639,925 ‘Poland 947,000 1,232,567 Russia 5,220,000 4,494,226 Scandinavia 942,000 716,019 {Spain .... 876,000 582,180 United Kingdom.... 8,024,000 5,128,648 ‘United States . 5,179,000 4,152,592 Small * *Huropean states 1,090,000 — 991,391 Countries not included in the table “but whose membership for 1922 is “available include Chile, China, Egypt, ~“‘Esthonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxem- burg, Mexico, Palestine, Peru and ‘ugoslavia with a combined member- hip of 1,797,456, Of these 1,030,000 belong to Mexico, 300,000 to China and 200,000 to Chile. Facisti Unions. Approximately 24,000,000 out of the world total of 42,000,000 organized workers have some international affil- iation. These include 18,174,373 mem- ‘bers claimed by the (Amsterdam) In- ternational Federation of Trade un- ions; 5,358,064-in Comunist organiza- tions and 825,758 in syndicalist bodies. There ‘are about 2;000,000 members of fascist trade unions, in somewhat the same class as company unions in this country. The serious decline in practically every industrial country was due pri- marily to open shop drives which took A POPULAR STYLE FOR SLENDER FIGURES . 4670. Bordered goods, embroider- _ “with the short sleeve cap, or entirely » Isleeveless. -‘ The Pattern is cut ' 18 ‘and 20 years, » ‘quires 4% yards of ‘The width of the OUR DAILY PATTERNS good materials for this design. LEGALITY OF SHOPMEN’S STRIKE, WHICH GOVERNMENT FOUGHT, NOW ADMITTED BY RAIL LABOR BOARD pa Saat By LELAND OLDS Federated Press Industrial Editor. Defiance of the rail labor board by Chiefs Stone and Robert- son, of the two engine service brotherhoods, and their refusal to appear at hearings involving the wage dispute on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg railroad at any rate drew Chairman Hooper into an unqualified assertion of the legality of the shop- men’s strike of 1922. Persons acquainted with the details of that strike assert that such a statement by Hooper prior to the July 3, 1922, anti- strike resolution of the board would have prevented the strike and saved employes, railroads and the country untold losses. Hooper, a “public” member at that time, preferred to play into the rail- roads’ hands by outlawing the strik- ing unions, encouraging company un- fons and preparing the ground for the infamous Daugherty injunction. This equivocal attitude which always helps the management is one of many char- acteristics which disqualify Hooper as an impartial arbitrator. Board Notoriously Unfair In wiring their refusal to appear be- fore the board in the present case Stone and Robertson based their de- cision primarily on the ground that the board “through its present compo- sition and the freely expressed preju- dices and antagonism of its chairman to the official representatives of the employes and to the policies of their organization, has disqualified itself from acting as an impartial tribunal.” They also referred to the repeated re- fusal of the railroads to acept its de cisions. In reply the board declared the course contemplated by the union chiefs “‘a plain, positive violation and defiance of the law of the land as em- bodied in the transportation act and that no other labor organization in the United States during the 4 years ex- istence of this law has ever in a single instance adopted a similar course.” Here Hooper passes over the fact that there have been a score of cases in which railroad managements have similarly defied the board, in particu- lar the Pennsylvania which has con- sistently taken the attitude here,con- demned. He prefers to leave with the public the impression that the em- ployes in this case are the only “cul- Continuing the reply says “No other labor organization has ever refused to Recerca sensor SST NETO En SDMA PERNT. HES advantage of world unemployment. In Russia a serious industrial crisis was coupled. with the abswtion of compul- sory union membership... In France, Italy and Japan the low point was 1921 and trade union membership was on the upgrade in 1922.” Reports for 1923. indicate continued loss in British trade unions, slight gains in the United States and Canada, and a gain of more than 1,000,000 in Russia. The total membership report- ed from these countries for 1923 was United States, 4,352,272; United King-, dom, 4,369,268; Russia,"5,541,000; Can- ada, 278,092. A “NATTY” SUIT FOR THE SMALL BOY 4694. Pongee, linen, kindergarten cloth, gingham and seersucker are The Pattern is cut in 3 Sizes: 2, 4 and 6 years. A 4 year size requires 8% yards of 27 inch material. To make collar, cuffs, belt and pocket of contrasting material as illustrated, will require % yard 36 inches wide. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 10c in silver or stamps. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE SPRING & SUMMER 1924 BOOK OF FASHIONS. — (Special to the DAILY WORKER.) SAN DIEGO, Calif, June 4.—Im- Congrega- | The Ku Klux Klan radio-telegraphists, submit its dispute to the labor board and to have it heard and decided by the board before taking any arbitrary action. Shopmen’s Strike “Legal” “For example, the only considerable strike that has been authorized by a railroad labor organization since the enactment of the transportation act, namely the shop strike of 1922, was ordered in the strictest conformity with the law.” A correct understand- ing of this at the time would have meant sympathy for several hundred thousand workers striking against in- justice. Hooper in a lame personal reply to the accusation that he has freely ex- pressed prejudice admits it, but says these prejudices have nothing to do with the immediate issues which the board is called upon to decide. He says that his criticisms were not in regafd to matters within the jurisdic- tion of the board nor the industrial policies of the organizatiogs and were not directed against the employes but were criticisms of certain political policies of a few labor leaders. Publicity Man on Job This kind of special pleading is evi- dence that a- skillful publicity man now heads this government tribunal. His skill at making a good case before the public for an inexcusable decision is another feature of the board which makes it a menace to the interests of the rail employes. On May 29 the B. R. & P. manage- ment wired the board that the dispute had been settled by negotiation and the case was withdrawn. Send in that Subscription Today. REBEL GRANDMA HAS LONG RECORD AGAINST SLAVERY Abolitionist Wants Her Daily Worker One of the staunchest young-old rebels in America, Mrs. H. Garner, has just written the DAILY WORKER a letter that ought to inspire some of our friends who have a long way to go before they reach Mrs. Garner's 95 year record. This fine old fighter was very active in the abolition movement and took a prominent part in the underground freeing of southern slaves in Kansas before the Civil War. She wr&es in part: “Have just received your notice that my subscrip- tion has expired. O my, don’t stop the paper! I have been sending out the DAILY WORKER as fast as I read it. Have sent them into nearly every state, as my correspondence is very large at present. “I have been a Communist for many years. Yes, 50 or 75 years. Believe me, lam really glad of the DAILY WORK- ER‘and am sure it must succeed. I intend if I am spared to do my share and will fearlessly work for it. Sincere- ly H. Garner.” And she added a postscript that her great-great-grandson of 3 years had just torn the envelope! Send in that Subscription Today! ‘Six-Hour Day Given _Telegraph Workers in Soviet Russia (Rosta News Agency) MOSCOW, June 4.—The People’s Commissariat of Labor has issued an order that the six-hour day be applied to the following classes of post and telegraph workers; telegraphists operating every kind of machine, and telephone operators working on town and sub- urban telephones. Send in that Subscription Today. LaFollette Suffers Two Defeats as Congress. Nears Adjournment ' WASHINGTON, June 4,—Senator Robert M. LaFollette was voted down today in the t e in his attempt to prevent adjournment of congress on June 7 so that action might be ob- on farm relief and rail rate legislation. “The ‘senate rejected his resolution which would have called for return of both houses after a month's recess. ) THE DAILY WORKER WILL. FRANCE STOP POLAND'S TERROR RULE? Frenchmen Protest Oppression Prominent WARSAW, Poland, June 4.—Govern- ment officials here are watching politi: cal events in France to see what pres- sure will be exerted in this country to stop the severe campaign against Communists, Russian and Ukrainian representatives, and union workers. The eyés of the rest of the world are on Poland’s government, watching for its response to the statement of protest published in Paris newspapers over the names of prominent men of politics and letters. The proclama- tion is written against the Polish pro- gram of wholesale imprisoning of all workers and alleged “agents” as poli- tical prisoners. Herriot Signed Protest Edouard Herriot, France’s next pre- mier, Paul Painleve, Leon Blum, Paul Boncour, Romain Rolland, Charles Richet, Professor Hadmard, A. Aulard, and 19 other prominent men of France have, signed the protest, which reads as follows: “A wave of terror is passing over Po- land at this moment. “The press of that country hardly dares to talk about it because it is throttled; all journals of advanced ideas that try to appear are immedi- ately suspended; the clubs founded by the young! people are searched and dissolved; the unions are deprived of their. halls—there is a police regime with all its horrors and savage repres- sions. 3,000 Still in Prison “Today the prisons of the Republic of Poland contain more than 3,000 po- litical prisoners—workers arrested for having participated in strikes; Ukrain- jan peasants and White Ruthenians ac- cused of having demanded their na- tional independence; intellectuals guil- ty of having organized educational work among the masses. “Maltreated by their jailers, insult- ed, beaten with belts and clubs, fed solely upon beets served in nauseat- ing bowls, thrown in indiscriminate confusion with common criminals who steal their clothing, confined. in. in- fected and icy cells at the mercy of vermin, deprived of soap, of linen, of reading, of visitors, abandoned to un- believably insanitary conditions, the life they are compelled to endure is such that in many prisons the persons under detention prefer death to the slow torture they are suffering. And | it is not always so slow, either. Quite recently a medical examination de- manded by the relatives of a prisoner who had committed suicide in the cell on Feb. 14, Olga Bessarabova, showed that death had followed blows and abominable treatment. Stop Reign of Terror! “Since March 13, in the prisons: of Carcow, Lemberg and Lodz, several hundred prisoners have declared hun- ger strikes in an effort to put through the following demands: cleaning of the vermin-infected cells, a change of linen and a bath once a week, better food, care of the sick, the, right to have visitors, pencil and paper, the right to read and two hours exercise a day. “In the name of humanity we protest vigorously against such abuses and demand the granting of these ¢lemen- tary requests voiced by tne prisoners.” More Jailed on May Day Wholesale arrests of “politteals” were made on May Day and file eve- ning before in order to check demon- strations by workers on the interna- tional: labor holiday. Hundreds of Communists were jailed and 78 of the prisoners were charged with having in possession articles indicating “partici- pation in action hostile to the state.” If the new French premier carries out his protest with a threat of action against the Polish government for the abuses it now practices against honest workers arfd class conscious proletar- ians, European newspapers and official circles expect that the Poles wil seri- ously modify the severity of their treatment of political prisoners and will slow up their campaign against the workers. How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. Send in that Subscription Today! WHITE GUARDS MURDER HELPLESS CHINESE IN BATCHES UNTIL SOVIETS ROUT THEIR ENEMIES | By JACK A ((Special to the CANTON, China, June 4.—Those who wish to acquaint them-| selves with the cruelties inflicted on the Chinese people by the| murderous White Guards should secure a RMITAGE. Daily Worker.) | opy of “The Black | Year,” a pamphlet giving a fairly complete story of the atrocities committed by these human fiends, before the masses, driven to| desperation, rose in their wrath whom they called on for assistance, s cutors far and wide, until now* nothing is left of them but rov-| ing bands who, however, con- tinue their career of rapine and murder. One extract from the pam- phlet depicting one of those scenes of carnage must suffice} for this article: Corpses Fed to Dogs. We pass over many more such scenes. Those who wish for a fill of horrors should purchase the pamphlet “The Black Year” for themselves. One further extract from the scenes of carnage depicted must suffice for this article. “The victims were sabred in the night; orders had been given not to waste a cartridge on the ‘rabble.’ The unfortunates were driven out to the place of execution naked and tied to one another. By some Satan- ical impulse Besrodorff (Ungern’s lieutenant) was moved to bind the relatives together, so that the sight of dear ones being tortured might still further increase the anguish of victims. They were further sabred in turn in the sight of all, and the corpses were left lying on the ground for the Mongolian dogs to eat.” Further on Noskoff says: “This brutal murder took place in the sight of the whole detachment. Hardened soldiers, accustomed to the sight of blood, and experienced in civil warfare were confused. Sev- eral of them turned away; others abruptly cast their eyes down. All were silent; but the feeling ran thru the minds of all, ‘this must be the last of these nightmares.’” Red Deliverers to the Rescue. Finally, fear-maddened and driven to desperation, the populace rose against their persecutors, joining hands open- ly with the-Reds, and the White butch- ers were attacked again and again. They attempted to retreat into Outer Mongolia, but Mongol riders swept thru and thru their ranks, hatred of their White persecutors being so in- tenge that they feared not death, could they only account for one “Butcher.” The White band was scattered far and wide, but even now companies of these fiends, who have allied them- selves with Chinese bandits make swift descents upon Russian villages, leaving a trail of rapine and slaughter in their wake. These butchers of innocent women and children have unquestionably been supplied with arms and munitions by Europe and America; not openly perhaps, but none the less completely. Can it then be wondered at that the tortured. populace has turned piteous eyes of appeal to the Soviets for: pro- tection? Their cries for help have been heard. Into the Eastern arena have sprung the Soviets—like a lieness pre- pared to defend her cubs. The Whites are being steadily rounded up, and Japan, France, the corrupt Peking government and the other Powers have all been brought up with a round turn, The Soviets are coming into their own; they are a Power to be reckoned with. Russ Plain Dealing Wins. But Russia's place of prominence in the East has not been won by the might of her arms alone. It is largely the result of her policy of straight “diplomacy” and plain dealing. An idea has always held among foreign diplomats that Eastern na- tions cannot deal straight. This opin- fon is no doubt largely the outcome of their own twisted mentality, and has been retained in spite of the warnings of many keen European ob- servers, It has remained for the So- viets to explode the fallacy, and to de- monstrate that the East can under- stand and will welcome good plain fare international matters. Gifts For China. A typical instance of this has just been afforded in the Sino-Russian con- versations, followed by a preliminary UNCLE WIGGLY’S TRICKS and, with the aid of the Soviets} attered their White perse-| agreement which was effected in the| face of strenuous opposition from for- | eign diplomats. | During the Tsarist regime, Russia, | in common with other foreign powers, | wrung many concessions from China. | The Soviets, realizing that these had been gained by force, made to China. | thru the Peking government, what} must be an unprecedented offer in in-| ternational dealings. Paucity of space | precludes a detailed account of the Russian offer, but broadly the Soviets signified their willingness to forego all the concessions which the Russian aristocracy had filched from a weak neighbor. This, of course, established a very bad precedent from the viewpoint of predatory diplomats, which accounts for their attitude, and the efforts made to prevent an. understanding. ‘The Peking government was on the horns of a dilemma, for they are large- ly under the thumb of Europe. The bait was tempting but the Peking gold fish would no more than nibble, until at last, losing patience with such shy fish, the Soviets withdrew the bait, line, rod and all, informing Peking that she had made an “ir-| retrievable mistake.” Still the diplom-| atic whisperers persuaded Peking that | Russia was only bluffing, but some very straight talk to the whole body} on the matter of foreign interference brought Peking to its senses. Appeal to Chinese People. | However, having once had a taste of foreign diplomacy at Peking, the Soviets delivered a hefty jolt to their adversaries by appealing directly to the Chinese nation. A telegram was sent to the headquarters of the Ku- omingtang (Chinese People’s Party) in Canton setting out in detail the Soviet’s offer to the Chinese nation. Quick. to see their opportunity, the Kuomingtang promptly had the meés- sage translated, published in the vern- acular Press and distributed broadcast to the people. Since then the Sino- Russian conversations have proceed- ed: satisfactorily. Send in that Subscription Today! HOW CAN JUDGE DENY NEW TRIAL TOTWOITALIANS Judge Hesitates in Sacco- Vanzetti Case BOSTON, Mass., June 4.—Sacco- Vanzetti sympathizers everywhere are anxiously awaiting the ruling of Judge Webster Thayer on the five mo- tions before him for a new trial in this famous frame-up case against the two Italian workers. No one has said that Judge Thayer could fairly deny a new trial in face of the mass of evidence produced by the defense which utterly countradicts the farcial trial. Chief prosecution witnesses have been caught in perjury so gross as to discredit them in the eyes of even the most conservative. Shady pasts have been exhumed. Perhaps most incontrovertible of all is the expert gun tests which prove that the “mortal” bullet could not have been fired from Sacco’s gun. -Judge Thayer may risk a denial of the new trial in spite of all the evi- dence that the original trial was a put-up job to get rid of two honest, class-conscious Italian workers, Intrevention Lo MOSCOW, June 4- that the People’s Commissariat of Transport has completed the work of establishing the losses caused by for- eign intervention to the transport of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics, PRES, MILLERAND IS EXPECTED 10 SURRENDER POST Socialists to Support Bourgeois Radicals PARIS, June 4.—The Socialist con- gress voted today not to participate in the next cabinet, but support Edouard Herriot as premier. The de- cision makes Herriot’s accession to the premiership a certainty and Presi- to dent Millerand’s resignation more than a probability. How and when the French presti- |dent will resign now is the only ques- tion. The chamber of deputies was ex- pected to elect ex-Premier Painleve, its president this afternoon, after which Millerand was to consult Pain- leve and Doumergue, president of the senate, before offering the premier- ship to Herriot. The latter's first action in the cham- ber of deputies probably will be to read Millerand’s resignation. The president of the republic is ex- pected to seek a seat as a deputy, in order to continue his fight against the radicals. Thirteen Union Members Graduate From Brookwood KATONAH, N. Y., June 4.—Profes- sor Harry Elmer Barnes spoke on the subject of a Challenge to the Contem- porary Order at the commencement exercises at Brookwood college. While the struggles betwen social classes must go on and still provide the dyna- mics of progress, yet it is now gener- ally recognized that the fighting line must be supplemented by the scien- tific approach which education can give, concluded Dr. Barnes, Representatives of a number of trade unions, which are supporting Brookwood, addressed the graduating class. The 13 graduating students were represented by Charles L. Reed of the machinists’ union. The exer- cises were presided over by D. J. Sa- poss, instructor in labor problems. Your Union Meeting FIRST THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1924. Name of Local.and Place of Meetini Allied Printing Trades Counell, 59 €. Van Buren St., 6:30 p. m. Amal. Clothing Workers, Halsted St. Boiler Makers, 2040 W. North Ave. Boot and Shoe, 1939 Milwaukee Ave. Boot and Shoe Wkrs., 10258 Michi- Mm. No. 271 227 93 an. Brick’ and Clay, Shermanvi Brick and Clay, Glenview, I Bridge and Struct. Iron W! trict Council, 738 W. Madi Carpenters, 113. S. 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