The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 12, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND ‘FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 73. SUBSCRIPTION RATES THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1924 In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by ‘mail, $6.00 per year. [Workers and Farmers’ News About G.O.P. Convention Every Day in the Daily Worker QE 290 Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO.,.1113 W. Washington Blvd.,: Chicago, Il. Workers! Farmers! Demand: The Labor Party Amalgamation Organization of Unorganized The Land for the Users The Industries for the Workers Protection of the Foreign-Born Recognition of Soviet Russia Price 3 Cents FASCIST! SEEK VICE PRESIDENCY Western Elec * BIG SCAB PLANT PENETRATED BY INVESTIGATOR ‘Daily Worker Man Gets : Into Hawthorne Shop The Western Electric manage- ment thru its efficiency depart- iment. and its cost reductions de- partment, is now engaged in ‘drastically cutting down the force employed at the immense Hawthorne plant. But produc- tion will be kept at its present and even higher levels by speed- ing up employes who are re- tained. When the young employe is first taken in,~he is saturated with Western Electric bunk which makes him ambitious to gain promotion. He is told that the $20 to $25 he makes a week is only a beginning and that promotions come the first of June and the first of September. In reality these two periods are termed by the bosses “periods of ad- justment and periods of cost reduc- tion,” I was told confidentially by B. spection section of the detailed inspec- tion department. Reporter Gets In. I was given employment on June 8 with the official title of “process in- spector,” in the coil inspection depart- ment, No. 6643-4, building 46, fourth and fifth floors, My salary was to be $30 a week. “We have promotion periods every six months,” G. O. Knudson, the de- tailed inspection department head, told me when he hired me. “One of these promotion periods; when we give raises to the men who merit it, has just gone by. You will have to wait until next September for a raise, but for the first few months you won't be earning your wages, anyhow, as youhave had no Western Electric ex- perience.” Inspector Gives Company Away. B, Stock, head of the jack inspec- tion section of the detailed inspection department, told a different story, however, about these six months apart “promotion and raise” periods. He told me confidentially, and warned (Continued on Page 2.) UNFILLED ORDERS OF UNITED STATES STEEL SHOW BIG DECREASE NEW YORK, June 11.—The un- filled tonnage of the United States Steet corporation showed a de- crease of 580,358 tons during May. ‘The unfilled orders on May’ 31 _ amounted to 3,628,089 tons, as ; ageinst 4,208,447 on April 30; 4,- 782,807. on March 31, 1924, and 6,981,981 on May 31, 1923, SOCIETY FOR PURPOSE OF CRUELTY T0 KIDS UNDER FIRE AT LAST By the Federated Press. NEW YORK, June 11.—Imprison- ment of children by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren in New York is charged intesti- | mony by August Heckscher at the State supreme court investigation of the society. Heckscher, who gave the society its $2,000,000 building, objects to the use of the building. “It turned out that the society's function was to pen up for several days children who were wanted by the courts for one purpose or an- | other, and then as soon as that pur- pose was served, cast them loose on the world with no attempt to follow up and improve their lot,” he testi- fied. Three hundred times as many children are “restrained” by this so- ciety in Manhattan alone, as in the British is! by the similar society there, he said. CARMEN ANGRY AT BETRAYAL IN CLEVELAND ‘eapot Dome. Thieves Had Strike Delayed By ROBERT MINOR. (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, O., June 11.— While officials of the carmen’s union are postponing the trolley strike until after the republicans have finished their convention farce, the Cleveland Railway company is going ahead with the armoring of street cars and the recruiting of gunmen for the coming battle. Motormen and conductors are furious with vice-presidents Wil- liam Fitzgerald and Edward Mc- Morrow and with local president Polk for this gross betrayal in the interests of the’ company and the Teapot Dome party. They point to the advantage which the bosses gain thru additional time for strike-breaking preparations. The deal for the putting off of the strike was made after conferences with leaders of the G. O. P. conven- tion. The capitalistic politicians begged the union officials not to com- mit a “breach of hospitality” by al- lowing a strike while they were put- ting Coolidge over. Polk tried to allay the resentment of the rank and file by saying that the postponement was made “for the sake of the people of Cleveland.” Strikers reply that Polk’s first duty is to organized labor. They point to the fact that the company has made absolutely no concessions; that nego- tiations have been fruitless and that the workers’ only hope lies in swift action, N.Y. CLOAKMAKERS RARIN’ TO GO; WARN OFFICIALS THEY MUST FIGHT NEW YORK CITY, June 11,—The demands of the ladies’ garment work- ers in this market are almost certain to result in a strike this week. Such is the opinion here, as negotiations are being prolonged by Sigman, president of the union, “Ot course the workers will fight,” said a prominent left-wing worker in the union, when interviewed by the DAILY WORKER, ‘those that the left wing in the Trade ‘Union Educational league have been voicing for a long time. The 40-hour week, a minimum number of weeks’ employment in the year, insurance against unemployment to be paid by the industry, an increase in minimum rates of wages—the rank and file has been brought to demand these and many other improvements in the in- “The demands are —<—<$<$<$<$<$<<oo dustry, such as regulating the jobbers and outside shops, by the persistent and devoted agitation of the left wing. The rank and file is ready to fight for these things. Woe to the officials who fail to achieve them, for the workers know that they can be won.” The strike vote has been carried overwhelmingly, and the workers are ready to walk out Thursday or Friday. MINOR SPEAKS IN Attend this DAILY WORKER Mass Meeting + | hy, a) By ROBERT MINOR. (Special to the DAILY WORKER.) CONVENTION HALL, CLEVE. AND, June 11.—I turned to Will- iam Jennings Bryan and asked: “Mr. Bryan, can’t you get up. and make a speech or something to throw a little life into this.” “It would take something more desperate than a spéech to bring any life into this,” Bryan replied. “Where do you think LaFollette will get with his program?” I asked. “Oh,” said Bryan, “that’s already been turned down.” “Now, Mr. Bryan,” I continued, “when you saw that program of La- Follette, didn’fit sort of make you think of 1896 and your old program of that day?” “Hm, yes,” Bryan paused, “yes, yes indeed, yes, yes, yes.” “You really think there are some points of similarity,” 1 asked again, “between LaFollette’s program giv- en out here yesterday and your old democratic platform of 1896?” Very “Unpopular Here.” “Yes, indeed.” Bryan replied, “there is some similarity. It’s a progressive program. On most points I could agree, tho not all of them. I wouldn't care to discuss it point by point. It's a progressive program, but it’s very unpopular here.” “Why?” “Because these people here ‘are ex- treme factionalists.” Bryan Plays Safe. “What do you think LaFollette jought to do with that program of | his?” I inquired. | Here Bryan thought things were drifting too far, and he countered | with: “That's just the trouble with you newspaper men. You think you can tell everybody how to run everything, and so you want to get me to do the same,” and Mr. Bryan nodded coldly. Bryan said that because his delega- tion to the Democratic convention is instructed for McAdoo it would be unbecoming of him to discuss other candidacies. Negroes and the Klan. A Negro delegate from Virginia laughed derisively when asked if an anti-Klan plank would get into the platform. “Why can’t it be adopted?” I asked. “You know what's going on in In- diana, don’t you?" he answered. “Well, that’s why the Republican convention WORKERS’ PEACE PLAN BRYAN SEES HIS GHOST IN LA FOLLETTE jcan’t do anything about-the Ku Klux Klan.” | “Will you get thru anything to put jan end to lynching?” I queried. Afraid to Prevent Lynching. “Yes,” I said, “but besides denounc- ing it are they ready to specify some action to end lynching?” While this Negro hesitated another broke in excitedly: “No, they won't do anything. They | will write a resolution that will be like |a Mother Hubbard—it covers every- |thing and touches nothing. The Re- |publican party can’t take a stand on lynching. What this convention will do. will ‘be to straddle.” |. “Why? | “Because the people that run the Republican party are not inter- ested. The other ox is, gored. They realize the Negroes most affected are Southern Negroes who don’t vote.” Mondell Attacks LaFollette. The convention hall was nearly filled towards noon, for the first time. Mondell, elected permanent chairman, tried to stir the convention to enthusi- asm with a, speech of furious fire- works, centering his attack on La- Folletteites as “Men calling them. selves republicans,” Mass Meeting of Young Workers on . * Friday Evening By AL. SCHAAP. T. J. O'Flaherty, staff writer of the DAILY WORKER, and Max Shacht- man, editor of the Young Worker, will speak at a mass meeting of Young Workers, Which will be held at the North Side Turner Hall, 820 N. Clark Street, near Chicago avenue, on Friday evening, June 13. Chicago Challenges New York, The Young Workers’ League of Chi-) CLEVELAND FRI cago challenges the Young Workers’ League of New York in a race for their quota of subscriptions for the Young Worker. Both Leagues must raise 400 subscriptions by the end of Aug- ust, Chicago has already raised near- ly 100. It ts expected at this mass meeting that many new subscriptions will be gathered, Membership and Subscription Drive. In connection with. the subscription drive, plans have been laid out to bring newcomers into the Young Workers’ League. At this mass meet- ing their will be a special effort made to rally the young workers to the Young Workers’ League. at the Labor Temple, 2536 Euclid Avenue. | Great Sing-Fest Begun in Coliseum Continues Today With a great burst of song, the Diamond Jubilee Saengerfest, for the 75th anniversary of the Saengerbund of North America, opened in the Coli- seum, Wabash avenue, near 15th street, last night. The Chicago mixed chorus, male chorus, and Symphony Orchestra with Emmy Krueger and Alexander Kipnis, basso, as soloists, made up the first program. Send in that Subscription Today. ' ! ESRD: tric Confesses Speed-up Secrets publicly property. Harbord Is Active. Harbord, on the other hand, is | looked upon as just as reliable | a Fascist, and he is making quite a bid for the job. In the “National Republican,” offi- cial organ of the old guard, on June 7, hesaid in an article advocating | greater armaments and a larger army: Big Army Booster. | “In the preservation of internal or- der, it (the large army) means the one dependable force against the more or} less organized forces of Communism, | which every well-informed man knows are now steadily at work in this coun- try Kluxers Searched For Arms as Murder | Trial is Opened as “Well,” he said, “they will denounce EBENSBURG, Pa., June 11.—Vigor-| jous measures were adopted to pre-| |serve order in court when the trial of |44 men for participation in the Ku} |Klux Klan riots at Lilly, April 5, was| |resumed today. | Judge Thomas D. Finletter ordered | \eareful scrutiny of all persons enter- jing the court, and posted special} guards to prevent a repetition of yes- terday’s pro-Klan demonstration, | which resulted in an order clearing | the court. | The state expects to finish testi- |mony by this evening. More than 300 |witnesses have been subpoenaed by |the defense. | Of Millionaire Boy Plead “Not Guilty” Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, 19-year-old college graduates and sons of millionaires, today pleaded guilty to charges of kidnaping’ and | murdering Robert Franks, son of an-| other millionaire. Judge Caverly set the date of trial for August 4. Slate Kills Two Miners. JOPLIN, Mo., June 11.—Coal mining collected two more lives in Missouri when a fall of slate in a mmhe near Joplin caught two miners. $1,100 for German Relief. SAN FRANCISCO, June 11.—A ba- zaar under the auspices of the Work- men’s Educational Association, the Tourist Club and other radical organ- izations netted $1,100 for German re- |Millionaire Killers | not | | — | HARBORD AND DAWES, BUDDING NUSSOLINIS, SEEK SECOND PLACE ON G. O. P. TICKET (Special to The Daily Worker) CONVENTION HALL, Cleveland, O., June 11.—Two budding prototypes of Italy’s fascist dictator, Mussolini, are the leading candidates mentioned here today for vice-president—Dawes and Harbord. Both aspiring fascist dictators have the backing of the American Legion, which held a caucus of delegates here, and which is organizing to “capture” the second position on the ticket with a 100 per cent fire-eater. Major-General James G. Harbord has the edge on “Hell-and- Maria” Charles G. Dawes, banker of Chicago, and agent of Mor- gan in Europe, because Dawes is so well and unfavorably known to the masses that it is feared he would brand the G. O. P. too Morgan’s private? — e PULLMAN GOLD REJECTS “V.P.” AT CLEVELAND | Lowden Sulks as He Remembers 1920 By PARE TING Te (Staff Writer and Cartoonist of the DAILY WORKER.) CLEVELAND, O., June 11.— With “Achilles” Lowden sulking in his tent, sore and revengeful, it is said, because the powers behind the republican party “did him dirt” when it refused him the presidential nomination four years ago, and Mr. Lowden now considering it unworthy of the dignity of the Pullman mil- lions to accept a mere vice- presidential nomination, the re- publican convention went into session this morning with a state of blank, dumb confusion. The delegates haven’t yet been told what opinion to have on the (Con ed on page 2.) Send in that Subscription Today. RUSSIA CHOOSES FINEST MARBLE, RAREST DESIGN FOR LENIN'S MONUMENT (Special to the Daily Worker.) MOSCOW, June 11.—The finest marble in all Russia will be chosen for the permanent mausoleum in the Red Square for Nicolai Lenin, the dead leader of the Bolsheviks. Thirty-two samples from the Lake Onega region have already been brought to Moscow for the consid- eration of the special commission which will decide on the materi: and design of the tomb to be erect- ed in place of the present wooden structure in front of the Kremlin, The most brilliant architects and sculptors of Russia are submitting designs for the new mausoleum to lief. the beloved premier. TAX DODGERS WILL BE ATTACKED BY TEACHERS FEDERATION’S NEW FIGHT FOR HUGE BUILDING FUND While the board of education is so “magnanimously” holding a series of meetings in city schools at which Professor R. L, Lyman of the University of Chicago-and ardent sponsor of the junior high system, is explaining the new program for the school system, the Chicago Teachers Federation is quietly laying plans for another attack upon the tax dodgers. Miss Margaret Haley, head of the teachers’ organization, won her first laurels in the fight over twenty years ago on the (Continued on page 2.) DAY NIGHT ON G.0.P. CON VENTION | Admission Free.