The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 1, 1924, Page 5

Rp citing es Tuesday, July 1, 1924 JOBS 60 DOWN ~ WHILE 12-HOUR DAY IS WITH US Steel Lords Still Nurse 2-Shift System (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., June 30.— Wages in the month of April de- creased 2 per cent as compared with the same month last year, while em- ployment increased 5.2 per cent for the same month as compared with April, 1923, the survey of the U. S. Department of Labor shows. The’sur- vey covers 46 industries and gains in employment were shown in only 13 of the industries. Gains in earnings were shown in 20 industries. The review knocks on the head the Pleasant myth that the 12-hour day and 7-day week in the iron and steel industry is past, in the following words: 12 Hours, 7 Days. “While the eight hour turn has been adopted as the standard work- ing time for all employes in some entire plants and in certain depart- ment divisions in other plants, the twelve hour shift still prevails to a large extent. Some employes also work seven days a week, “The blast furnace department particularly, while showing a grad- ual decrease from former years in the hours of employes as a whole, was still largely on the twelve- hour basis. In sheet and tin plate mills the eight hour shift had long ago been found to be more profit- able for both employe and employ- er on account of the speeding up of production made possible by the shorter working hours. “Earnings of these employes per hour have increased 15 per cent in 1924, as compared with 1922, altho they are still 26 per cent below the peak of higit wage rates of 1920.” se Prosperity Blooey in East. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 30.— ‘The monthly review of the Philadel- phia Federal Reserve Bank covering industry and trade conditions in East- ern Pennsylvania, southern New Jer- sey and Delaware, says that business “activity has declined during the last month. The slackening was evidenced by an increase in unemployment. The number of wage earners in the dis- trict covered by the report fell 3.7 per cent while the total wages de- clined 5.1 per cent. Reports show these declines have continued during the current month. Indiana Penal Farm Burns. GREENCASTLE, Ind., June 30— Fire of undetermined origin early to- day destroyed the industrial building | at the state penal farm with a loss estimated at between $15,000 and $25,- 000. The Vienna Congress of the Amsterdam International By A. LOSOVSKY, General Secretary of the Red Inter- national of Labor Unions Our predictions and worst forebod- ings are realized. The Left Wing was crushed by all the rules and regula- tions of the game. The saddest part of all this history is that the Left Wing failed to notice, or make an ap- pearance that it did not notice, its own defeat. The main point of difference, was as it is well known, the question of relations toward the Russian unions. Rosta informs, that the “Commission, after a hot debate, voted down by a majority the proposition of the Eng- lish, (for reapproachment with the Russian unions) but accepted an ad- ditional resolution proposing a com- promise.” Wherein is the comprom- ise? According to the same source, the resolution expresses regret that the Soviet unions in consequence of their refusal to accept the statutes of the Amsterdam International are still to be considered outside of the Interna- tional. “The Congress proposed to. the Bureau of the Amsterdam Inter- national to take all possible measures to attract the Soviet trade unions in- to the international trade union move- ment without diminishing the author- ity in any respect of the Amsterdam International, always adhering to the statutes and regulations of the Am- sterdam International.” The Rosta naively! informs us that this “com- promise” is evidently between the left and the right wing. Here, however, we must intercede for the right wing: they have not conceded one centi- metre of their territory: in another form they once again repeated what they have often proposed before. “Ac- cept. our statutes, our authority and our League of Nations, and you will become worthy mémbers of our well- intentioned International.” This is indeed quite clear. The Am- sterdamers buried the English pro- position according to the first sec- tion which the orators from the Left should have mentioned. But no, Fim- men “welcomes” the accepted reso- lution with reference to the question with the Soviet unions, which, to say the least, guarantees the possibility of negotiations with the Soviet unions. He emphasizes the fact that “altho the adherents of the approachment insisted upon a more definite and broad decision, however, one should be joyful (!) that it was possible to attain even such results.” How- ever, he proposes to strike out from the resolution the following words: “without diminishing the authority of the Amsterdam International!” Indeed, one must possess a good dose of the joy of life in order to be- come exulted over this hypocritical BANKERS T0 GET THEIRS, LEAGUE OR NO LEAGUE WASHINGTON, June 30.—President Coolidge has directed Ambassador Kellogg at London to sit in the con- ference between the allied premiers, next month, in the same way that President Harding instructed Ambas- sador Harvey, three years ago, to sit in the supreme allied council. The meeting is not technically connected with the League of Nations, and hence the administration feels safe in hay- ing a part in it. American claims against Germany and against Britain and France are factors, but the ad- ministration insists that the real rea- son for its activity is the getting of all the powers to adopt measures, promptly, to put the Dawes repara- tions plan into operation, It is specified that the\allied debts to United States will not be discussed. Since the Dawes plan is the plan of the Morgan banking interests, and since its actual going Into operation will give to American banks a grip on the basic industries of Germany and of central Europe in general, the in- terest shown by the White House is not surprising. OUR DAILY PATTERNS A PLEASING APRON STYLE 8771 4771, Dotted percale is here illus- ated, One could use cambric, drill, ngham or percale for this design. a very comfortable model unew bered by sleeves and yet afford- & ample protection to the dress worn meath it. This model could do ser- c@ as a sleeveless over dress, if the ck edges of the skirt are closed in seam. 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TTERN BUYERS—Th poner bein Pola thew. th Ly pat tment are fur- nished by a New Y firm of pattern man 5 lers are forwarded by the ‘01 R every as re- are Taailed by - eturer st to the customer. 6 ‘Y does Ret keep a stock of patterns . livery of pat-| ordi ll take at least 10 the of ues, the pel 7 Bot return mail, 7 * resolution of the reformists. This out of place exultation was emphasized by an experienced reformist poli- tician, Zasenbach. He stated that the “acceptance of Fimmen’s proposition created the impression that the Am- sterdam International is ready to be- gin negotiations with the Soviet trade unions under any conditions, when in fact, negotiations are possible only in the event that the Soviet trade unions will give guarante excluding the possibility of diminishing the author- ity of the Amsterdam International.” After such a speech concerning “guar- antees” reminding one of the memo- randum concerning the guarantees of the English bankers, there is hard- ly any place left for illusions. How- ever, should there be any shred of il- lusion concerning the possible pol- icy of the Amsterdam International this shred should vanish after the elections of the leading organs. In order to bind the English trade unions, Purcell is elected chairman. All possible “tendencies” on his part are guarded against by the composi- tion of the Bureau and Council. The first vice-chairman is Leon Jouhaux, well known lackey of the French bourgeoisie. Mertens is chosen the second vice-chairman, a patriot of the Belgian fatherland, a defender of the League of Nations and the system of reparations. Leipart, is chosen as the third vice-chairman—a friend of Ebert and Noske, the most shameless of all, who was present at the burial of Stinnes, and chairman of the All- German Federation of Trade Unions. The following secretaries were elect- ed: an old reformist priest, Oudegest, Foxy Zasenbach, an old opportunist, and Brown, with a tendency to the left. Besides Bromley and Hicks of England, the following have been elected to the general council: Steg- nius from Bélgium, Luxenburg, and Holland; D’Arragone from Italy; Grassman from Germany; Taierle from Czecho-Slovakia; Jastési from Hungary; Julovsky from Poland. Every name here is a whole pro- gram of betrayal, treachery and shameless deceit of the workers. All these gentlemen long ago are in the role of strikebreakers and Fascist boot-blacks. Thre is hardly any doubt as to these facts among our English comrades with the composi- tion of such a bureau and general council who will reign and who will rule. If one should take into consid- eration that the place of the Inter- national is Amsterdam, then the clever plan of the reformists will be- come quite clear; to place the poli- tical responsibility upon the English and to preserve political leadership in their own hands. This political responsibility is no small one. In Vienna during the Congress, Jouhaux, the vice-president of the Amsterdam International, stated that he and the unions repre- sented by him in questions concern: ing the reparations stand upon the basis of “project of the experts.” The entire Amsterdam International as, is well known, is for the reparations; in other words, that the toiling masses of Germany should pay the debts to the French, Belgian and English capitalists during a long num- ber of years. The Amsterdam In- ternational is closely bound up with the robber League of Nations and the charlatan Bureau of Labor. The Con- gress of the Amsterdam International voted down the proposition of the English concerning the nationaliza- tion of the railroads, mines, natural resources, etc. Would the English trade unions cover this anti-labor policy with the authority? With the distribution of the roles to the left element of Eng- land, as the result of the Vienna con- gress, they will have to answer for the arch-reactionary policy of their colleagues in the International. Is it possible that such honest and loyal to the working class movement com- rades as Purcell, Bromley, and Cook, will take the responsibility on them- selves of the reformists’ anti-labor policy of Messrs. Jouhaux, Oudegest, d’Arragona, Mertens and other Lei- parts? Of course not. Purcell, Cook, and Bromley ‘are too honest revolu- tionary proletarians to take upon themselves such a role. What then? Let us await events, time will show. HUGHES, BACKED BY MARINES, SAYS NICARAGUAN RULER MUST GO; HE BUCKED WALL STREET By LAURENCE TODD (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, June 30.—President Martinez, of Nicaragua, since he has dared to try to free his country from servitude to New York bankers, has fallen under the displeasure of the state department. Martinez must go. The Chamorro dynasty, which has played into the hands of Wall Street, must be restored. That is the meaning which the Pan-American Federation of Labor reads in the smooth letter of Hughes to President Martinez, made public the other day, wherein Hughes, remarking that Mar- tinez, invited his opinion, says recognize Nicaragua after Jan. 1, 1925, if Martinez is elected to anew term. The constitution of Nicaragua forbids any citizen to succeed himself in the presi- dency. The facts as gathered by the Pan- American labor spokesmen dre these: Wall Street's Chamorros. Martinez is a progressive member of the Conservative party, a rancher who had been elected in 1920 as vice- president, when Diega Manuelo Cham- orro was elected president for the term now expiring. Diego was the uncle of Emiliano Shamorro, who had been president for the term 1916-20. It was understood that the uncle would give way to the nephew for a second term, at the 1924 election. While the one Chamorro acted as president, the other was minister at Washington. They were leaders of the extreme reactionary aristocracy, and were in high favor with the Amer- ican minister, Ramer. But Deago Chamorro died, and Mar- tinez, coming into the presidency, dis- covered that he might do something to loosen the stranglehold of Wall Street on Nicaragua. This clutch of the bankers dates back to the in- famous Knox-Castrillo treaty negotiat- ed with the Estrada government about 1910, but not ratified by the senate. U. S. Loans and Murders. It was arranged at that time that Brown Bros. and Seligman & Co. should loan $15,000,000 to Nicaragua, to refund the national debt, found a national bank, establish the currency on a gold standard, and construct a railway to’the Atlantic seaboard. The customs of Nicaragua were to be given security for the loan. Altho the treaty was never approved, the bankers rushed thru a 99-year con- cession for a bank of issue and con- trol to prevent a liberal element from gaining control, were set to guard the bankers’ control of the customs offices, and there they have remained for 12 years at the expense of the American people. In that time they have killed some 2,000 Nicaraguang. They controlled the election which made Adolfo Diaz a tool of the bank- ers, president of the republic, and in this and subsequent elections they were accused of all kinds of fraud and violence. Bankers Got Railroads. In 1914 Diaz sold the national rail- ways to these bankers for $1,000,000. Six years later the bankers sold this control back to the Chamorro family regime for $1,700,000. In that six- year period the fleet of steamships on the inland waterways, belonging to the railways, had disappefred, and no improvements or repairs had been made on the road. Martinez, on tak- ing office, decided to make full and final payment on July 1, 1924, for the remaining $315,000 owed the bankers for the railroads, The bankers hold aay tea that the United States cannot control until the last dollar shall be paid. He now has $200,000 of this final payment on deposit in New York. Recovery of the road was to be the first step toward financial freedom for the government. Hughes Gives Orders. But the American minister had learned that Martinez’s friends had Proposed that he run for election for another term. According to the Nic- araguan statement, the American minister sent a letter to the Nicarag: uan foreign office, quoting the consti tution to prove that Martinez could not run. A reply was sent him, that the Nicaraguan government needed no interpretation of its own consti- tution at his hands. Nevertheless, Martinez remembered that he had been forced, by reason of the dis- Pleasure of the State Department, to drop the .man he had wanted for finance minister. So he decided to write to Hughes and get his orders in writing. Bankers, Marines Have Power. Nicaragua knows that if the State Department is now insisting that Martinez is disqualified, he will have no chance of peace even tho he be elected by an overwhelming majority. Revolution after revolution in the re- public is credited to the American ministers and their ready force of marines. New concessions to the bankers have followeil each of these artificial revolutions. The gold stand- ard has been suspended, thru contract with bankers, since 1914. Industrial conditions are wretched. The Wall Street “national” bank ,monopolizes all the business in the country. Khaki Scholarship BERKELEY, Cal., June 30.—The proud name of the University of Cali- fornia is vindicated. For the tenth successive time it has been designat- ed as a “distinguished college” for the efficiency with which it has trained—guess what?—first-class offi- cers in the department of military science. Send in that Subscription Today. IBOSSES’ SHEET ADMITS SOVIET WINS IN FRANGE Secretary Hughes Gets Raw Breakfast Food (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, June 30. — While the President and Secretary Hughes are refusing to consider, much less to discuss, any approach toward nego- tiations with Russia, despite the de- cision of the new French government to recognize the Soviet Union, the con- servative Washington Star indulges an editorial worry. “It is now disclosed,” says The Star, “that during the Poincare min- istry an understanding prevailed be- tween ‘this government and France that each would keep the other in- formed of any change in its Russian policy. The exchange of the French announcement and the American ac- knowledgement leaves clear the way for a French change. “This #rench decision is a direct esult of the recent elections in that country. During the campaign the socialists pledged themselves to re- cognition of the soviet. They were returned as a majority bloc and they have now organized the ministry af- ter forcing a chahge in the presi- dency. “Russia of today is totally different, as a political organism the antithesis, of the old czarist Russia. Still, the official France today, the French gov- ernment since the late elections, is different from the France of the war period and of the very recent months. It is a socialist France, and there is a community of interest between that France and the new Russia. “The outcome of this French recog- nition of the Soviet government is not to be estimated. It is a distinct triumph for the Moscow government.” Strike Wins More Wages and Prices Remain the Same SAN FRANCISCO, June 30.—On the day before a strike was to have been called the Laundry Owners’ Association has capitulated and agreed give a $2 weekly raise to members of the Laundry Workers’ union. Altho the employers adver- tised widely that to grant the in- crease would mean a raise in laundry prices, they, now announce that prices will remain the, same. How many of your shop-mates read VHE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. UNCLE WIGGILY'S TRICKS ‘Dr. Possum 1s busy. Ill draw your sodas.” "Yours is vanilla, Mrs, Twistytail 2” Injunction Fails Big Packers; Must Open Books to Government Investigation into monopoly of food products can’t be halted by an injunc- tion, three of the big five packing} houses learned today when Judge} Adam C. Cliffe of the Chicago federal district court denied the permanent injunction against the department of agriculture sought by Wilson & Co., | Cudahy & Co. and Swift & Co. last} fall. The big five will be forced to/ open their books to officials of the department. Public outcry against the alleged monopoly of food products by the packing companies last year resulted in an attempt on the part of the de- partment to investigate the company records. A law suit againSt the gov- ernment frustrated the attempt & the time being. A decision more favorable to the interests of big business is hoped for from the supreme court, to which at- torneys for the companies announce they will carry an appeal. Send in that Subscription Today. Gassed Veteran of Morgan’s War Seeks to Pawn Children SAN JOSE, Cal., June 30.—George Parker went to war to make the world safe for democracy, was badly gassed, and is rated as a disabled veteran. [Illness resulting from the gassing has kept him out of work and. poor. Now he has announced | that in order to make a first pay- ment on a home under ‘the state veteran’s welfare act, and to keep up the installments on his furniture until he can take advantage of the} recent bonus measure, he will pawn) his two children, three and four years old. With Mrs. Parker's consent, he has agreed to place the kiddies in pawn with any person who will treat | them well and enable their parents to live until they are able to redeem them. Send in that Subscription Today. Wobbly Prisoners Fight Bosses in Quentin Jute Mill (Special to The Daily Worker) SAN QUENTIN, Cal.—The protest strike among criminal syndicalism | prisoners is off andj on again. After two weeks the men called the strike off and went back to work; but next ;The assi NEGROES WORST VICTIMS OF US. INDUSTRIAL RULE Judge’s Blat Does Not Fool Colored Meet (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 30,— Addressing the mass meeting of the National Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People, now in Fif- teenth Annual Conference here, Hon. Ira W. Jayne, Judge of the Circuit Court of Detroit, declared that he could “prove by established facts rom the industrial centers of the North” that the Negro imigrating from the South had made good in his new environment. said in part: “Negro Is Working Man” & “496 firms in Detroit employ 40,000 Negroes, in numbers ranging from 00 and 4000 down to 10, at equal pay with whites and under equal working conditions. One-fifth of the Post Office force in Detroit are Neg- roes. 21,000 Negroes are employed in the steel industry in the Pittsburgh district. Negro workers perform the major work in the stockyards of go. These same statistics show mployment to be as regular, his health in the North as good.” Declaring that the Negro preferred “seven dollars a day in the North to seven dollars a week in the South” and “ten months equal schooling in the North to two months’ slighted schooling in the South.” Judge Jayne expressed the hope that the Negro who had come North would stay, “The Negro is a man. He is here. He is a working man.” The judge also added something about hoping that the Negro would stay “until he has learned all there is to know of this industrial system which is at once our salvation. and our despair.” The judge meant, tho, that the industrial system, the profits ystem, is his and the other capital- ists’ “salvation” but the workers’ “des- pair.” He wants negro workers to stay and be good industrial slaves. Communists Fight For Negroes The Workers Party hopes the Neg- ro workers will stay until they le “all there is to kndw of this indus- trial system” which will continue to be their “despair” together with that of all other workers. The Negro workers and the white must learn more about this “despair” system and how to make their own government that will let the workers run industry for all the people and not for a self- selected group of greedy capitalists. Plate Glass Trust Tries to Trick Union; Gets Hit by Strike NEW YORK, June 30.—The Glaziers Union, local#1087 of New York, is on strike @emanding an increase of $1 a day in wages, bringing their wages up to $11 a day. Some 42 employers have signed the union agreement putting more than 200 workers back on the job. The big non-union concern behind the strike is the Pittsburgh Plate Glass com- pany, which is trying to introduce the open shop into the trade. The strike started June 8th after the Plate and Window Glass Dealers’ association refused to grant a raise of 50c a day to the men on the grounds that the notice of a desire to change the working» agreement had been sent 4 days after the expiration of the six months period agreed on as necessaty for serving such notice. tion had previously denied that they had réceived the notice at all. When it came to a show down, however, they were forced to admit they had received a copy of the notice and then hid behind the excuse that it had been sent four days after the six months had expired, When the agreement committee of the union reported to the membership the trickery of the bosses they voted Judge Jayne junanimously to go on strike on June 18th, and to demand a raise of $1 a day instead of the 50c first asked for. The unionists are ready to stick it out and fight the Pittsburgh Plate morning there was further argument about over-work in the jute-mill, and twenty went on strike again and are now in solitary and bread and water. Glass to a standstill. Building oper- ations are picking up in New York City and the }glaziers feel confident of winning. A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN "Yours is strawberry, Mrs.Wibblewobble? “TU have a towel!” oo 4