The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 25, 1924, Page 4

HOOPER WILL NOT BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS Accuses Labor Banker of Being “Red” Ben W. Hooper, agent of the rail- road corporations on the Railroad Board and hated by all railroad work- ers as the means of many wage-cuts, issued a statement yesterday in which he denounced Warren S. Stone of the Engineers’ union, and D. B. Robert- son, of the Firemen, for their “radical Political designs” and defended him- self against charges of prejudice. In his statement Hooper places himself definitely against even the mild pro- posals of La Follettism. which milk- and-water platform he indicates is “socialism.” “You are among the leaders of a political movement in which you are attempting to deliver railway em- ployes into an alliance with social- ism,” says Hooper's statement, which is in the form of a letter addressed to the two union heads. Local railroad men point out that Stone is very far indeed from the mildest forms of socialism, his prin- cipal claim to fame today being his collaboration with Wall Street thru the Empire Trust Co., a controlling in- terest in which he controls thru the Engineers’ bank. He recently declared he had no quarrel with private ownership. The controversy between him and Hooper is largely caused by Hooper’s desire to defend the Board which has been a means of a good livelihood to him for several years. Inquiries as to the holdings of rail- road stock in the hands of Mr. Hooper, that might help to account for his zealous defense of private ownership as against nationalization, failed to disclose anything at this time. Two Dead Mark the Latest Effort to Conquer Everest LONDON, June 24.—Mount Everest, the world’s highest and only uncon- quered mountain peak, has claimed the lives of two gallant climbers, George Leigh Mallory and A. C. Ir- vine. Their bodies lie in the grip of the eternal, fearful snows of Bverest, only a mile and a half from the sum- mit, a height never before attained by man. The rest of the party re- turned to a base camp safely, and Colonel Norton, another of the explor- ers, telegraphed meagre details of the tragedy. That+hey had-faced-the-perils. of. Everest’s steep slopes knowing full well the danger was attested to by Mallory’s last message: “The third time we walk up East Rongbuk glacier will be the last, for better or worse. We expect no mercy from Everest.” They received none, and the uncon- querable peak enfolded them in its restless, swirling snows. Mallory was particularly distin- guished as a mountaineer. Irvine was an Oxford student, only 22 years old, who had obtained leave from school to join the expedition. Haymarket Survivor Kicks Off. “A veteran of the Haymarket riot,” one of the 150 bulls into whose midst a bomb was thrown as they charged upon a peaceful protest meet- ing of workers in the square at Des- plaines and Randolph streets on May 4, 1886, died of apoplexy, undoubtedly induced by too much booze and bluff. Hughes J. Hackett, 72 years old, had been off the force for ten years. SWEATED LABOR OF SIX YEAR / KIDS HELPED BEET SUGAR TRUST / TO NET $20,000,000 LAST YEAR By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) j Exploitation of entire families including women and little children under a contract labor system has enabled the American beet sugar trust to pile up huge profits for the year /1923-24. j Reports of four leading companies controlling over 60|per cent , of the output shows profits’ totaling about $20,000,000, an increase of nearly 100 per cent compared with the previous year. The extent to which a high protec- tive tariff served to enrich the profi- teer rather than to protect American labor appears in the profit margin which averaged $1.99 a bag or nearly 2c a pound on the 10,057,504 bags of sugar produced by the four compa- nies. These profits meant a return to owners of common stock running as high as $18.25 on a $25 share in the case of the leading corporation. This represented a return of 73 per cent on their investment. Look at This Swag. Detailed figures showing total profit, profit per bag and profit per share of common stock after all deductions for depreciation, taxes, interest and preferred dividends are given in the following table: Amalgtd. Sugar $2,688,86 $1.82 $2.62 Gt. Wstn. Sugar 12,004,304 2.02 18.10 Amrcn. Bt. Sugar 1,515,972 2.04 8.10 Utah-Idaho Sugar 3,758,159 1.94 1.32 Total $19,967,296 $1.99 Work Girls. The nature of the exploitation which makes such profits possible is re- vealed in a report of the Children’s bureau of the department of labor. The bureau found that the labor of mothers with little children and of boys and girls as young as 6 years is a regular thing in the beet fields of Michigan and Colorado. In fact, the possibility of turning tiny cauuren in- to wage earners is one of the induce- ments offered by contractors in re- cruiting the slaves of the sugar trust. In both Coiorado and Michigan one- fourth of the child workers were un- der iv, another fourth were between 10 and 12 years old and only one-fifth in Michigan and a littlé over one-sixth in Colorado had passed the age of 14 years. Up to 15 Hours Daily. Onethird of the entire number re- ported working under pressure for 11 hours or more per day and one-eighth reported a day of from 12 to 15 hours. These long hours were continued in some instances for weeks at a stretch. The living quarters provided for this contract labor were found to be wretched. More than half the fami- lies lived in shacks built of tar paper or..corrugated iron,.or in . roughly. boarded shanties frequently with but one door and one window. Many of these were not weatherproof. Over- crowding was common with almost half of the contract workers living 3 or more persons to a room. Testi- mony before the senate committee showed the Mexican families were imported for this work in order to keep wage standards down. Will They Help? NEW YORK, June 24.—To elim- nate pauperism among children in the United States the National Child Wel- fare Board has been organized with headquarters in New York. Hugh Frayne, American Federation of La- bor, and Bernard L. Shientag, state in- dustrial commissioner, are among those connected with the new group. SANTO DOMINGO, June 24.—The president of Santo Domingo has just signed a concession for 30 years in favor of the American Cable company, Jin Santo Domingo. The Big Fight Is On! See It Thru The Daily Worker! The big campaign fight of the workers and farmers, against the Teapot Dome and Doheny parties has begun. Real proletarians are the standard bearers of our class. It will be a sizzling campaign. Duncan McDonald and William Bouck, labor’s champions, will show no mercy to the enemy. Get into the fight by subscribing to the DAILY WORKE! Fill out this blank today. Make Your Answer Today! THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Hlinois. let the workers and farmers know movement of the United States: NAME peenenanenseerseseecnenenenseenssseeeeneesaseeerecen ib Enclosed find Firrrsmssssssmeere tO COVET the list Of seo SUBSCriptions to the DAILY WORKER taken on the list below. secured at the Special Rate of $1 for two months. These “subs” were This is my effort to the truth about the attacks by La Follette, Gompers and the whole yellow press on the class farmer-labor ADDRESS eneeneeesseescseeereess | erseeesseneeeooeneseeseesessansenssoeseoonoossesees, anenenens snennnnneseeneerarneoerenes Wein 101 By csasssccivsescosoernssncrersscensnnncnncssornsnesbianseovnnensonetescanteecocbeseotirennsenmglenenevetarsote Write plainly, in ink if possible. Better print the names. Send in al $1 for two months sub cards. BIG STRIKE OF FARM HANDS IN EAST .PRUSSIA University Scabs Little Aid to Junkers KOENIGSBERG, East Prussia, June 24.—Over 20,000 farm hands are in- volved in a strike against the junkers of eastern Prussia. The German na- tionalist farm hands, which are other- wise apposed to everything “social- istic,” have joined hands with more radical workers and have downed their tools. The districts involved in- clude Koenigsberg, Fischausen, Oster- ode, Sensburg, Stallupoenen and Roguit. The junkers have tried on about 400 estates to put into operation the Tech- nical Emergency Aid, an aggregation of strikebreakers made of university students. These men are so unused to the work that their aid is regarded as a joke. The junkers are using the most brutal tactics imaginable. They are withholding food from the horses and cattle of the farm hands, and are forc- ing the strikers to leave the estates where they live on junker-owned houses with their families. The workers fear the primitive con- ditions obtaining before the revolu- tion, are being reintroduced when farm hands were virtually bound to the land. Sam’s Loyal Women Perform Approved Convention Antics (By Federated Press.) NEW YORK, June 24.—Demands for curbing the powers of the United States supreme court and abolition of injunctions in labor disputes were in- eluded in resolutions passed by, the ninth biennial convention, National ‘Women’s Trade Union league, in ses- sion in New York. “Organize the Negro workers” was ons of the. slogans..adopted by... convention. The league went on rec: ord against the Fascist movement! which is attempting to disrupt the unions in this country, and pledged co-operation to anti-Fascist organiza- tions. After expressing their convic- tion, based on the evidence that Sacco and Vanzetti are innocent of the murder charged against them in the anti-labor frameup, the delegates passed a resolution demanding a new trial for the innocent workers. A motion to remove the national of- fice of the league from Chicago to Washington, D. C., was lost by two votes. Delegate Rose Schneiderman stated “that with the merging of the Eurépean women into the Interna- tional Federation of Trade Unions (Amsterdam) we automatically come out of the International Federation of Working Women.” Her motion “that we draw. up a statement so informing them” was carried. Opposition to the French occupa- tion of the Ruhr was expressed by the convention, which commended the protest of French liberals against the policy of the Paris government. Expect Election, Frauds in Sugar’ Barons’ Porto Rico (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, June 24.—Santiago Iglesias, head of the Free Federation of Workers of Porto Rico, and of the Socialist party of the island, has noti- fled the Pan-American Federation here that Gov. Towner has adopted I i as’ suggestion for amendment of the electoral law, in his message sum- moning the legislature in special ses- sion. Because the chiefs of the Re- publican party have united with the Unionist party in a Porto Rican Alli- ance, to defeat the Socialists in the elections this year, Gov. Towner re- fcommends that the Socialists, as the third party, be given representation on all election boards. The existing law gives these boards exclusively to the two major parties. These are now working together. Wholesale frauds are anticipated by Iglesias at the hands of the reactionaries, Send in that Subscription Today. JAY STETLER’S RESTAURANT > Established 1901 Chicago 1053 W. Madison St. Tel. Monroe 2241 Res. 1632 S. Trumbull Ave. Phone Rockwell 5050 MORDECAI SHULMAN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 3 701 Association Bullding - 19 8. La Salle Street CHICAGO Dearborn 8657 /THE DAILY WORKER IRISH, ITALIAN, HUNGARIAN, ALL AT OUR PICNIC Chicago Workers Will Jollify July 4 The strains of “Bandiera Rossa” will soon again float on the air at the July 4th international picnic of the Work- ers Party, Local Chicago, at Stick- ney Park Grove. All day long and far into the night, proud Italian tenors and sopranos have been tuning their voices for the festal day, a big feature of which will be group singing of revo- lutionary songs by picked songbirds of the Italian Federation. The Hungarian Federation is pre- paring “goulash” to be served in the open-air kitchen. The Swedes are practicing their native folk dancing for their promised stunt, and the Americans are inviting all their best girls to shimmy with them in the spacious Stickney Park Grove dancing pavilion, to the music of the one and only Charles Apsit orchestra, Even Tom O'Flaherty, and, in fact, the en- tire Irish Federation will be on hand. As soon as it was announced that James P. Cannon would be the speaker of the day, several genuine 14-karat ‘West Madison wobblies hastened to buy tickets. It is thought that they were at least 50 per cent converted at the Cannon-Edwards debate’ and now they feel that they must hear Jim speak again or they will be doomed to a 50-50 existence for the rest of their life. Stickney Park Grove, where the pic- nic will be held, is not located at Lyons, Illinois (as mistakenly an- nounced on the tickets) but is reached by taking any car to the end of the 22nd street line, then changing to the Berwyn-Lyons, getting off at Harlem avenue and walking south to the grove. Simple? Yes? No. Send in that Subscription Today. WHY ANNOUNCE ITNOW? HAPPY FAMILY IN *01 Three Big Railroads Admit Merger ST. PAUL, June 24.—The Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Bur- lington railroads have their merger plans all ready and are awaiting the formal approval of the interstate Com- merce Commission, according to Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern. The anti-trust laws of course, ap- ply only to labor organizations, es- pecially if they are radical. Harry Daugherty never saw fit to punish any of the big business combines when he sat in the attorney general’s office. The three railroads and their owned and controlled subsidiary lines on land and sea have already been working in close co-operation. The Northern Pacific and Great Northern admit in “Moody’s Rating Books” that they have controlled the Burlington lines since 1901, and the directors of the latter road is composed of men from the other two companies. Great Northern was one of James extensive system now to be embraced. Great Northern had over 3,000,000 acres of land given it by the govern- ment and 78,594 left in 1922. North- ern Pacific had over 6,000,000 acres still in its possession in 1916 and sold only a few thousand a year. The “poor” railroads have been doing very nicely on the government land sub- sidiaries by disposing of their valu- able real estate and timber holdings. F, E. Weyerhaeuser, one of the di- rectors of the Great Northern, is one of the biggest timber hogs in the Pa- cific northwest as well as one of the bitterest opponents of the Industrial Workers of the world who have or- ganized in the woods. PARTY ACTIVITIES IN CHICAGO The last meeting of the city central committee of Local Chicago, Workers party, was exceptionally well at- tended. Twenty-six new members were ini- tiated into the party from the Let- tish, Greek, Ukrainian, Jewish, South Slavic, Pullman and English branches. Visiting of branches by speakers from the city organization has brought about closer relations between the branches and city organization. The English branches have respond- eq Welt to the Farmer-Labor assess- ment. If language branches have not yet paid, they must comply immedi- ately. Trade Union Educational League. The local general and other group meetings of the Trade Union Educa- tional league are meeting with bet- ter success continually. Workers party members must realize more than ever that the T. U. B. L. is the industrial department of the party, and all T. U. EB. L. meetings hence must be regarded as party gatherings and party members render fuil sun- port accordingly. Class in Trade Union Conduct and Tactics. The class in trade union conduct and tactics will start Thursday at 1902 W. Division St. Comrade Arne Swa- beck, district, organizer, will deliver the course of four lectures. Trade union members should make their at- tendance certain at these meetings. The date for the speakers’ class will be announced shortly. July 4 Picnic. All party branches shall be on the job for the July 4 picnic of the party at Stickney Park Grove. Each lan- guage unit is arranging a special at- traction for the picnic. Street Meetings. Street meetings are proving suc- cessful with Workers party and Young Workers league speakers on a number of corners each night. The DAILY -WORKER is getting a large sale at these meetings, as well as oth- er literature. Party branches shal! make sure to get a number of. party members to these mostings to help in the work. Meetings before the factory gates are being held during the noon hour at the Western Electric. Noon meet- ings will also be held at the slave market on Madison street as well as other corners, Efforts are being made to attract workers into the Workers party thru these meetings. Out of work party gnd league members should attend and aid at these meet- ings. DAILY WORKER. Moritz Loeb reported on the DAILY WORKER. Many branches have not made the fullest efforts to support the DAILY WORKER as can and must be done. If branches have not a DAILY WORKER agent, one must be elected at once, or the branch will be subject to party discipline. To get the DAILY WORKER be- fore the Chicago workers, attempts are being made to: Sell the DAILY WORKER at the factory gates. Sell the DAILY WORKER at all union, street and other meetings. The DAILY WORKER will, wher- ever possible, be delivered by carrier to subscribers 7 territories where we subscribers. 7 | children ble, to sell the DAILY WORKER at factories and to take charge of and build up house to house routes. The boys and girls can also thus earn some money. Send in such names and addresses to the DAILY WORK- ER, 1113 West Washington Blvd. At the Western Electric thousands of copies of the DAILY WORKER have been sold. At the same time GET SUBS FOR THE DAILY WORKER. Czecho-Slovak Federation. Comrade Kalousek reported on the controversy between the board of di- J. Hill’s roads and he foresaw the day when its lines would take over ity of the federation bureau and in many other ways has adopted a posi- tive non-Communist attitude. The central executive committee of the party now has the matter in its hands, and action will shortly be taken. (The DAILY WORKER recently car- ried a detailed story on the situation by Comrade Kolarik.) .The ranks in the federation are clarifying and the membership all over the country is supporting the federation bureau in its stand, which is the stand of the Workers party. Next C. C. C. meeting of Local Chi- cago, Workers party, on Tuesday, July 1, 8 p. m., at Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsh Blvd. Delegates, be pres- ent on time!—Martin Abern, City Sec- retary. Englewood Young Workers Have Big Debate Thursday This Thursday will see the high light of the interesting meetings which the Englewood branch has been holding of late, when Comrades Schactman and Cline hook up in a debate with two unknown antagonists who have volunteered to espouse the cause of capitalist miseducation, or, in other words, anti-Communism. The young workers who have been |; attending the last eight meetings of the branch en masse have already |: been brought down to the point where they hear the Communist viewpoint expounded without giving vent to vio- lent demonstrations of resentment. It is certain that all the shots Thursday will be verbal ones, and there will be plenty of these. West Englewood is all agog over this debate, and a huge turnout of its working youth is ex- pected. A vote of the audience will decide the winners of the argument. ‘The debate will be held in Prospect hall, 64th St. and Ashland Ave. Ad- mission will be free, Send in that Subscription Today. Co-op Ships for Danes. COPENHAGEN, June 24.—Danish co-operators are going into the ship- ping business “on their own.” This has been decided at the congress of Danish Co-operative Societies. By having their own export boats to sail directly to London, their largest mar- ket, they will be able to reduce the average traveling time between the two countries by 24 hours. Combina- tion with private Jhipping companies, either in Denmark or in Bngland, was their own independent line A committee is now draw- rectors of SpravedInost and the feder- ation bureau. The board of directors : ‘ ibe. pee: has declined to recognize the author- ae George Siskind, John Marshall. TO AID OF THE GERMAN | MINERS! TO WORKERS OF ALL COUNTRIES! The German miners have entered the struggle to check the capitalist pressure upon thelr wages, hours and conditions of labor. Four hun- dred thousand workers quit the mines, subjecting themselves and their families to great hardships. Should united German capital de- feat the striking miners, the miners of England, Belgium, France, Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, etc. will come in next for the blow of capi- talism; and not only the miners, but the workers of all industries. THE STRUGGLE OF THE GER- MAN MINERS IS THE CAUSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROLE- TARIAT. Only by the united front of the workers of all tendencies will it be possible to check the offen- sive of the brazen magnates of the German heavy industries. The All-Russian Central council and the central committee of the Russian trade unions appeal to the workers of all countries to come to the aid of the striking miners of Germany. Assistance must be ren- dered without delay. Especially great is the responsibility of the miners, transport workers and metal workers of England, France, Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia and Po- land. To the workers of these coun- tries in general, and to the miners, metal workers and transport work- ers In particular, the entire Russian trade union movement sends out the call: TO THE AID OF THE GERMAN MINERS! Any one who stands aside in this struggle, who remains a neutral ob- server of the gigantic battle of our German brethren, is a traitor to the working class, is unworthy of being a member of the proletarian fam- ily. Long live the struggling miners of Germany! Long live the united front of the international proletariat against the capitalist offensive! ALL-RUSSIAN CENTRAL COUN- CIL OF TRADE UNIONS. CENTRAL COMMITTEES OF ALL THE RUSSIAN UNIONS. Moscow, May 14, 1924. NEW YORK CITY Party Activities OPEN AIR MEETINGS. Thursday, June 26. 110th St. and Fifth Ave. Harry Winitsky. Friday, June 27 Speaker, 7th St. and Second Ave. Speak- Oth St. and Fifth Ave. H. M. Wi 168rd St. and S. Blvd., Bronx. I. Pot- ash, Rebecca Grecht. Union and 8S. Second St., Brooklyn. Speaker, N. Sparer. Graham and Varet Sts., Brooklyn. Speakers to be announced. icks. Stone and Pitkin Ave. Speaker, Charles Mitchell and others. 13th Ave. and 42nd St., Brooklyn. ay oe George Primoff nad others. Sth St. and Mermaid Ave., oecities Charles Brower. All meetings for Saturday, June 28, have been called off on account of the Workers party excursion. pare “ag Coney Island Branch Meeting. The English branch W. P., will hold @ special meeting ‘Thursday, June 26, at 8:30 p. m. at 3109 Surf Ave., Coney’ Is- land. All membei and sympathiners bis urged to be present. ligcussion has bee! An interesting arranged. Send in that Subscription Today. Write tor Free Eye Book, Murine Eye Remedy Co., 9 East Ohio St, Chi -fednesday, June 25, 192 COPS IN ANGELS’ CITY SHOW BRAIN OF KIDS IN TEM But They Can ‘Goldfish Workers LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 24.—Pa lice chief Volmer of Los Angeles ha given his police the army intelligenc test, and the results indicate that th; police show a lower average intelli gence than the conscript army, during the late unpleasantness. The sam tests as were used in the army wer applied on orders of Chief Volmer ani show some amusing figures. Assistant detective captains aver aged the mentality of boys of four teen years of age, some less than nine and a high of eighteen. Lieutenanti averaged 15 years with a low of tw and a high of 18. Sergeants average twelve years and nine months and om scored 11 points showing a bré{n d¢ velopment of a baby. Patr averaged three months higher i gence than their sergeants. They... scored the highest points—201, am the lowest—2, making it doubtful 5 some policemen have any brains : all. Try It on the Prisoners. All these figures are based on a se ond test which aveenged 17 poi higher than the first test. Test 1 ber one places these police two one-half years lower in intellige. than the results here shown. Chauffeurs and clerks ranked mucl higher and it also develops that polic officers passing the highest score: were not considered reliable and cap able by their captains. It also wa shown that the police officers why show any intelligence seldom remaia on the force for any length of time. Take Orders From Bosses. Los Angeles has long been notet for its bitter and vindictive attitudi against organized labor. Is it any wonder that the police are the im placable foes of the unions? The} obey the orders of the chamber a commerce as a mule obeys the reii and the voice of the “mule skinner. 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