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

Friday, August 1, 1924 JOBLESS ARMY BESIEGES NEW STORE FOR WORK Thousands Try to Get Chance to Slave By SYLVAN A. POLLACK (Special to the Daily Worker.) NEW YORK, July 31—Hundreds of unemployed men and women stormed the doors of Saks and Company in an- swer to their advertisement for help in their new Fifth Ave. department store, Upon reaching the new building the applicants found hundreds more of men and women, young and old, stand- ing on the street and not allowed in the building until some of those who were inside came out and made room for them. Occasionally a policeman came along and made all those stand- ing in the street move along. Crowds Renewed This process kept up for hours, so the DAILY WORKER representative is unable to say exactly how many ac- tually answered the advertisement, for when he left, the ranks of those an- swering, were continually swelled by new arrivals whotook the place of those who. obtained an interview. After a long wait on the street the applicants were taken up to the em- ployment department in small groups, where after again waiting in line they at last faced the employment manager. who asked each applicant if they ever worked in a department store. If they answered in the negative they were told that they could not be used. If they said they had department store experience an application blank was give them which they were told to fill out and return in a week. No Work For 6 Weeks On inquiry, it was found out that the store will not open until Sept. 15, or maybe later. The unemployed who answered the advertisement were bitter at the method that was used in interviewing, that is, they refused to give an appli- pation blank to those who never work- d in a department store and the fact that there would be no actual. work for at least six weeks. Why the Navy? Cingston, Jamaica, after a successful assage through the Panama Canal. \sena in that Subscription Today. 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ZONE, July \1—The British battleship Hood, the jruiser Repulse and the Australian iruiser, Adelaide, cleared today for BRITISH WORKERS URGE AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL’S RECOGNITION OF ALL-RUSSIAN TRADE UNION COUNCIL (Rosta News) MOSCOW.—(By Mail.)—Soviet press correspondents had an interview with Mr. Bromley at Vienna during his stay there at the conference of the Amsterdam International of Trade Unions. The general secretary of the British Trades Union Coun- cil, who is responsible for the proposition submitted to the con- ference about the resumption of negotiations with the All-Rus- sian Council of Trades Unions, spoke to the following ‘effect: “Our point of view is that the Russian people cannot be excluded from the international trade union movement. The British laboring masses had evidenced much interest for Russian developments long before the Russian Revolution, and after the latter, the British trade unions British government’s) policy of boycott and had ever since de- manded recognition of Soviet Russia and the restoration of diplomatic and economic mu- tual relations with her. “Now that our Government is car- rying on negotiations with the Soviet, the British Trade Unions are advocat- ing the idea of granting credits to the Union of Soviet So@ialist Republics. Indeed, we recognize the necessity of deepening and enlarging the scope our trade relations with the Union and are fully aware that this depends in a large measure on the restoration of Soviet credit. Allow Fill Opinion. From this naturally follows our stand at the Vienna meeting of the delegates should inform us of it; we tional, for our policy towards the So- viet Trades Unions cannot differ from our policy vis-a-vis the Union of So- viet Republics as a whole. Indeed, we recognize the All-Russian Council of Trade-Unions because it is reppesen- just cil represents the English Trades Un- ion movement. This is why we, nat- urally, wish that the negotiations be resumed between the Amsterdam and the All-Russian Council of Trade Un- ions, with a view to reaching a satis- factory understanding. The British movement recognizes full liberty of opinions within Trade-Unions them- selves and, evidently, inasmuch as we recognize such: a right of individual persons, we also recognize it in the case of a national organization, Replying to a Question regarding his estimate of the prospects of the Lon- don Conference and of the report stat- ing that London circles close to the City are “sabotaging” the settlement of the credits question—Mr. Bromley stated that the position taken up by the British Trades-Union movement is that “we will not allow that the question of debts which had bound the former Russian Government and England should stand in the way of a fair agreement with the Union of Se viet Socialist Republics. Ask Economic Restoration. “An understanding on the issue of debts’—in Mr. Bromley’s opinion— “is not so essential as the question of economic restoration. Accordingly, we have told the members of the So- viet Delegation at London who are representatives of the Russian Trade- Unions that if the negotiations should take a turn for the worse, they ought not to be broken off, but that those Delegates should inform us of it; we shall then interfere and use all our influence on the British Government in an effort to avert a rupture and at- tain an agreement between Great Brit- ain and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.” Depression in Yugosiavia. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, July 31.— The recent fall of the Yugoslavian dinar (the national unit of money) means a great change for the worse for the Yugoslavian workers. There is discontent and poverty, especially among the unemployed, the disabled, civil service employes, pensioners, acted energetically against the P atichite athe debate btn. a Rae “Happy Home” Prison Dresses Move Into Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special to the Daily Worker.) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 31.— The working class women of this city and vicinity ought to follow the ex- ample of the Chicago. women who banished “Happy Home” prison-made dresses from the department stores of that city for the time being at least. The women pestered store buyers and informed customers until the dresses were taken away. Wurzbure’s here is advertising these prison-made dresses at $1.18, and of course all the women think “What a bargain!” realizing that they could scarcely make the dresses themselves at that price. But the poor women don’t realize what they’re getting. The “Happy Home” dressés, accord- ing to Kate Richards O'Hare, who is organizing a national fight against prison goods, are made in Onomoosa penitentiary in absolutely insanitary conditions and the lurking germs in the “Happy Home” dresses may break up the happy homes of working class women who are misled into buying the dresses. : “Big Yank” shirts, sold by the Re- liance Manufacturing company, are also prison-made goods and should be avoided in spite of the alluring big billboards advertising them. Dutch Minister Uses 17 “Excellencies” to Make Demand to China PEKING, June 20, (By Mail).—A very polite note appeared in the papers, addressed to.-His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs, over the signature of His Excellency the Dutch Minister. Not a very jong note, etc. Brazil Rebels Giving In? RIO DE JANEIRO, July 31.—Bra- zilian rebel forces at Sao Paulo have capitulated Sedan, according to an official communique. THE WORKERS PARTY Press Picnic will be held at Riverview Park August 10th, SUNDAY, Admission 35 cents * ‘The ticket also entitles holder to reduced rates on all the amusements. Support the Communist Press Auspices; Workers Party, Local Chicago. q All profits for the DAILY WORKER and other party papers. but yet long enough to allow His Ex- eellency, Mr. Oudendijk, to use seven- teen times the expression “Your Ex- sellency” or “His Excellency”. His Excellency the Dutch Minister wished, under cover of “Excellencising” his addressee seventeen times in the space of a few short lines, to make him accept the queer proposition of the Diplo- matic Body regarding their reluctance to transfer the former Russian Lega- tion: for if plain words alone were to be used, it would certainly have been most difficult to present such un- warrantable demands. Powder Bosses’ Boys Play with Fire; One Dead; Other Injured WILMINGTON, Del. July 31. — Norman P. Rood, Jr., 13-year-old son of Norman P. Rood, Sr., president of the Hércules Powder company of this city, was dead today, and Victor Du- pont, 12-year-old son of Victory Du- pont, was recovering in a local hos- pital following an explosion on a farm near here. The boys were playing with a. pow- der can which they “believed empty, and the Rood boy is said to have thrown a lighted matcli into it. An explosion followed and the flames en- veloped both boys. ‘The Rood boy died later in a hospital, but the con- dition of the Dupont boy was an- nounced as “improved” this morning. ~ THE DAILY WORKER COMPANY UNION USED TO SPREAD BOSSES" VIEWS Philadelphia Streetcar Workers Forced in Line (Special to the Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. July 31— The conductors and motormeh of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company have been forced, thru the company “union,” to spread the propaganda of their wealthy bosses to win higher fares for the company. The “Keystone Union” is the name of the seab organization which serves the workers on the street railways, elevated, and subway. It ig the typi- eal company union which the bosses’ representatives dominate completely in the interest of the Rapid Transit Company and not of the workers. The company is spreading its ban- ners and circulars all over the city. A series of “Service Talks” has been scattered by the millions for the peo- ple on the cars to read and be influ- enced—to pay higher fares to the “poor” company. Comparisons of the eare fares in other cities are made supposedly all showing that Philadel- phia is entitled to raise her fare to be in the class with the other cities. No mention is made of raising wages, of costs of service, nor is any hint of the company’s profits estimated. The cars are all decorated with the same vicious propaganda of the rail- way company. The poisonous com- pany “blah’ is blatant and brazen and is almost nauseating enuf to make the readers disgusted. Of course there are too many dumb-bell mutts who read and don’t think and will let the. company get away with its high- way robbery even tho they have to walk more. Chinese Police Won’t Interfere in Strike Of Chinese Workers (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 31.—State de- partment reports from Canton in- dicate that the strike of Chinese serv- ants, police and other employes in the foreign.quarter there is spread- ing, and is likgly to develop into a long drawn.out struggle against their white,employers. While the name of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, liberator of China and head of the Canton government, is not mentioned, the statement is made that if foreigners suffer damage from the strike, the native govern- ment will be held responsible. Thus far there are no reports of shooting down of strikers by the whites, as was the case at the begin- ning of the previous strike. Organ- ization of the movement appears to have been perfected in advance, as is shown by the refusal of the native police to serve in any capacity during the contest. Shades of the Bull Moose. WASHINGTON, July 31.—The “pro- gressive” party came into existence today as the official designation for the standard carried by senator Rob- ert M. LaFollette in his independent drive for the white house. The party name was chosen offi- cially by the “committee of eleven,” which will direct the LaFollette- Wheeler campaign. It will be, used in every state in which the LaFollette forces establish an independent ticket of presidential electors. The party emblem will be the Amer- ican Liberty Bell. The committee also elected young LaFollette its vice- chairman, and Mrs. Mabel C. Costigan, secretary, RS Si eS Ss BR Ble i AR INS SE Adee a cin ln OIL GRAF TERS’ FRIEND CALLS PEACE PREACHERS “DANGEROUS RADICALS” (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, July 31.—Ned McLean’s Washington Post is featuring a series of attacks on the movement within the churches, schools and labor organizations to create a world-wide demand for peace. | executive secretary of the National Council for Prevention of War, is the target of much of the hysterical langu Sons of the Revolution and Daughter: national League for Peace and Freedo: appearance here from the headquarte' to. unrest, much harm will be done.” STATE OF SAM'S HEALTH EXCITES FAKERS' HOPES Many Eager Aspirants for the Job Frederick J. Libby, age attributed to the American Legion, s-of-1812 officials. The Women's Inter- m is the secondary target. Commander Paul McGahan of the Legion in the District of Columbia is quoted as saying, for instance: “Propaganda that reeks of the principles enunciated ‘by the third international soviets, the revolutionary radicals and the |. W. W. daily is making its| L. and the Natl. Coun- cil for Prevention of War, of which Libby is secretary. peace seekers’ that the true American has declared and which Libby refers It Is emphatic declaration by red-blooded Americans that they do not intend to permit any group to’ promulgate statements of radical origin which will, if unchecked, weaken the foundat! “Our churches are being invaded by the communistic propaganda, and | unless counteracted the efforts to be put forth in the next few days by those} who have been misguided, or are purposely in league with fomenters of | communists, the bolshevists, the rs of the W. |. It isn’t ‘war on the ions of government. This outburst was construed as a threat against scores of clergy who} had agreed to preach sermons on July 27, tenth anniversary of the breaking | out of the world war, pleading for co-operation toward peace. Greater Job Control Seen Necessary As Rebel Worker Is Fired By W. J. WHITE. (Special to The Daily Worker) GIRARD, Ohio, July 31—The other day I sat in one of the most progres- sive organizations within the Amalga- mated. Association of Iron and Steel ree A a heads of the working class, times and everywhere. A member of the lodge had been sent to the St. Paul convention and he had not seen fit to let the owners of his job know he was going away. He, like many others of the working class, labored under the delusion that he had the right to act as he had been taught in school, that all American workers had the right to act, go where he pleased and do as he pleased. However upon his return he found his money waiting for him. He was discharged. I could not but think of this tragedy of private ownership in the jobs of the workers as I sat and listened to the committee that had his case in hand, as the committee re- ported the verdict of the owners or at least those who acted in their stead, that he had no right to return to work; because he had not reported off when he left to go to the convention. Not a man in that lodge room but had to say to himself as he heard the report of the committee: “This is a deliberate attempt to intimidate the members of this lodge who work in the mill. This is a deliberate attempt to keep in subjection the working class.” This worker was a militant fighting member of the working class and a member of the Workers Party, and the company had in view the making an example of him for the ef- fect it would have upon the balance of the men in the mill. Thousands of workers are in rebel- lion against this control of the mills, mines and factories by the parasites of the country. Thousands are seeing as this worker is being forced to see, the tragedy of the control of their ‘fobs thru this ownership, and they ate not going to rest until they wrest the power of control from the master class and make the worker the supreme ar- biter over his job. Not ownership, but, use of the job will be the test in the future society. v ‘However we must realize that at present we are not in possession of our jobs, and one of the problems we must work out in our labor unions is that of getting greater control pf the job. In striving for this complete con- trol, we must not lose sight of the at all “|task we must accomplish in our fight Cal Touches Up “Acceptance.” WASHINGTON, July 31.—With tax reduction and governmental economy as the outstanding issues to be pre- sented, President Coolidge today be- gan the actual work of writing his speech of acceptance of the Republi- can presidential nomination, to be de- livered here August 14. RIVERVIEW—RAIN OR SHINE AUGUST 10th—SUNDAY PRESS PICNIC DAY for the*complete ownership and con- trol of the job, and that is to see that we place at the head of‘our labor un- ions, men and women who have this vital view point as thier ideal: The mastery of the job by the workers. ED. GARBER QUALITY SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN 2427 LINCOLN AVENUE CHICAGO Telephone Diversey 6129 UNCLE WIGGILY'S TRI CKS workers, and I witnessed one of those} tragedies that ever hang over the/ HUGHES WORKING FOR DAWES PLAN IN PARIS; FRENCH RESENT VISIT (Special to the DAILY WORKER) PARIS, July 31.— Secretary of State Hughes is engaged here for several days in secret conferences with representatives of the Her- riot cabinet and the Poincare op- position. The secretary's purpose is to iron out some of the dif- ficulties in the way of the Dawes plan, Officially Hughes is visiting Paris solely as the president of the Amer- lean bar association, but there Is little attempt to conceal his real purpose. French newspapers are frankly discusging his visit from the Dawes plan angle and a distinctly hostile attitude is shown towards him as the representative of the bankers who seek to crowd them away from the German trough. Threat of Strike Brings Ravings of By ALBERT STROUT PORT ANGELES, July 31. —“El- mer Smith, facing disbarment pro- ceedings for spreading the doctrine of |. W. W'ism hints he will head a political party which will tie up the wheels of industry if men who are imprisoned for the Centralia Massacre are not freed.” “Thi red parasites, etc.” The above appeared in an editorial in the Port Angeles News, July 16. A dry goods merchant of this city formerly from Centralia told the writ- er last week that the I. W..W. boy- cott had put many Centralia busi- ness men on the bum. A traveling representative of a Seattle newspaper asked the writer last night the reason for such pre- judice he found among the working people against their local paper. Further comment unnecessary. Send ‘in that Subscription Today. 1. The London Conference. The Red Picnic... Working-Class News Rebellion in Labor Unions And Many Other Interesting Artiéles. VERSE Log Country Paper American Capitalism Preparing PICTURES (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, July 31:—Agajin the rumors of Gomper’s retirement are making the rounds of American Fed- eration circles. The rumors are stronger than usual this time due to the sickroom-ridden condition of the decrepit president. Again speculation is rife as to which chieftain will seize the scepter when it drops frem the aged man’s hands. Half a dozen names are on men’s ips here, with the betting odds al. ays on the most outstanding reac- tionaries Fat Boys Like Berry, George L. Berry, strike breaking president of the pressmen, is the fav- orite of many of the “fat boys”; Daniel Tobin, of the teamsters and the executive council of the A. F, of L., is another favorite with a slight edge over Berry, because the latter comes from the printing trades which already have their place in the heir- archy thru Secretary Frank Morrison. Peter Brady, labor banker and holder of a political sinecure under the Hylan admin ation is being quietly boomed. Brady has diplomatic personality and has smiled his way forward pretty well but he is not re- garded as the most serious contender. Those two heads of the largest unions, John L. Lewis of the miners and William Hutcheson of the car- penters, have powerful backing for the job and if either of them will waive his aspirations in favor of the other he takes the lead over all the other hopefuls. Matt Woll a Poor Bet. Matthew Woll, of the Photo-En- gravers, is considered to be Gompers’ own choice. Woll has again and \again acted as Sam’s spokesman on important occasions as at the Port- land convention where he screamed jagainst the Soviet government for half an hour until his senior was ready with his own speech. Woll is glibber-tongued than Hutcheson or Tobin, for instance, more apt with the neat reactionary utterance expected from the president of the A. F. of L. by the capitalist press on all ocea- sions but there are great obstacles in his way. He is personally unpopular with the other labor fakers and he comes from the printing trades which have already furnished their quota in the person of Morrison. There is a big question mark after the name of any of these candidates but of one thing there is no doubt. When Sam passes out there will be a wild rush towards the throne. Samovar Industry Restored. MOSCOW, July -31.—The produc- tion of “samovars,” which is the age- old Russian national brass tea-pot in- dustry, is being practically restored to the pre-war level, the prices being at present but slightly over peace time prices. A number of enquiries for the supply of “samovars” havo been received front Poland, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as America, Send in that Subscription Today. GET THE NEXT ISSUE “DAILY WORKER” MAGAZINE SECTION SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1924 The General Staff of the World Revolution... By Moissaye New Wars By amirez By Alexander Bittelman ..By Frederick F. Simons ..By Karl Reeve (A Review)..By Martin Abern ILLUSTRATIONS ORDER NOW! THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd. "Is hima stinging be him a sino pe Chicago, Illinois A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN " Him certamly is!” h of ‘ES