The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 14, 1924, Page 5

Thursday, August 14, 1924 TRADES SUPPORT ANTI - MILITARISM Denounce Defense Day As War Step ; NEW . YORK, Aug, 13—The Na- tional Executive Committee of the Amalgamated Food Workers of Amer- ica has adopted a resolution condemn. ing the arrangements for “MobDiliza- tion Day” and aligning itself with the world-wide’ demonstrations against the menace of imperialist wars held under the international auspices of the Communist International, and in America, under the Workers Party. Attack American Imperialism. The resolution shows the connec- tion between the mobilization of the army, National Guard and citizen soldiery and the American pursuit of an imperialist policy in the Philip- pines, Santo Domingo and South and Central American governments. It also points out the “efforts of Ameri- can capitalists to penetrate and cap- ture the Asiatic markets even at the cost of war.” Demand Soviet Recognition. The Food Workers’ Union demands the freedom of the Philippines, the withdrawal of America from the Cen- tral and South American republics and the immediate recognition of Sov- iet Russia. pe aeeeee SNe Bank Cashier May Have Done a Little Boring from Within PEORIA, Ill., Aug. 13.—The Fond du Lac State Bank of Hast Peoria was closed today and John M. Speer, cashfer, was held in custody of the sheriff pending results of an examina- tion of the bank’s accounts by State Bank examiner J. L. Northup, who an- nounced that he had found funds had been misappropriated. Speer was held in the Tazwell county jail, but no warrant had been sworn out against him, owing to the absence of the states attorney. Further examination of the bank’s books might show a descrepancy of $123,000, according to Sheriff Neuhaus of Pekin. Unemployment in St. Paul. ST. PAUL, August 13.—Trade Union committees are besieging the St. Paul eity hall and county offices to have public construction labor done by St. Paul workers in place of laborers im- ported by the contractors. A number of Mexicans have been brought in and put on public work. The unions also demand adherence to the 8-hour day while the contractors are trying to stretch it to 10 hours. Business agents report three men for every job, with a higher percentage in the building trades. : Send in that Subscription Today. Down in Australia, t’other day, some unemployed, the papers say, marched boldly to hotels what’s swell where high-toned folks and rich men dwell, and told the clerk and told the hop they wanted rooms in which to flop, and since they’d had no coin of late, they just could charge it to the state. And then they dragged their weary feet into the dining rooms so neat, with china and cut glass so fine, and bowing waiters all in line, with table cloths all snowy white and flowers to give the eye delight, and seeing all the grub on plates and thinking of their own hard fates, they sed: “Our jobs has all gone lame, but we will order up the same. We’ll-eat the list and then the ice, and tell the cook to serve it nice. And after we have et our fill, the government, will pay the bill.” BOSS ENDANGERS WORKERS’ LIVES BY HIRING SAPS Car Plant Almost Goes Up With Workers BY FRANK HOCKFORD. (Special to the DAILY WORKER) LONDON, Ontario, August 13—The huge Canadian National Car shops here almost went skyward this morn- ing. The retrenchment policy of the man- agement entailed a layoff of approxi- mately 140 workers. An unskilled man was placed in charge of the acetylene generating plant and becoming con- fused between twenty and two hun- dred pounds of carbide, dumped the latter quantity into the tank, with the consequence of a block in the machin- ery of the gas storage tank becoming heated and after fruitless efforts to get rid of the congestion the men were told to run for their lives and in a short time the plant was empty of its 600 toilers. Fortunately the explosion backfired and relieved the congestion. After some considerable trouble further great danger was avoided. Deporting Armenians. LONDON, Aug. 13.—Deportation of 50,000 Armenians from Greece to make room for Greek refugees is un- der way. The Armenians have pro- tested against being forced to leave before harvesting their crops. 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AND WINTER 1924-1925 BOOK OF FASHIONS, Attias BRUNSON. 1 4 THE DAILY WORKER ‘Well, say, those guests wuz some- what jarred to have their dinner rude- ly marred, to have their coats and” 6l- bows rubbed by hungry hosts of Great Unscrubbed, : It ain’t so hard to read each day that they 1s folks who cannot pay for even cheapest kind of stew, because they ain't no work to do, But harder still! when they’re so rude that gangs of hungry men intrude and form an unkempt unwashed line before folks who don’t eat, but dine. The guverment wus in a fix when unemployed are bold to mix with up- per classes in such places where one expects clean-shaven faces. The profiteers got awful dizzy; the guverment damd soon got busy. The unemployed improved their mood, when they were given jobs and food. Seems if you can’t get food enuf, then direct action is the stuff. » EMPLOYES BEAR ENTIRE COST OF U, S, PENSIONS Fund Receives Nothing from Government (By Federated Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—Sen. Stan- field of Oregon, latest sponsor for the retirement pension bill which federal employes have been dragging thru session after session of Congress for the past twenty years, has promised to interview President Coolidge within a few days in support of the measure. The civil service workers are asking for a retirement pension of $1,200 a year for those who have served 30 years and who have drawn at least $1,800 a year for the last ten years of their service. Smaller rates are asked for workers who retire at the end of ten or more years of work for the government. ‘ The retirement scheme which went into effect four years ago is now tak- ing from the salaries of civil servants, with the interest on this fund, more than $15,000,000 a year. This is $6,000,000 more than the present obli- gations, which involve about 10,550 persons whose average annuity is only $550. The amount to the credit of the retirement fund at the close of the fiscal year was $25,510,000, and at the end of the fiscal year 1924 it had increased to $34,000,000. Next July it will have reached $42,000,000. The employes who want the $1,200 pension established have estimated that it can be taken care of by a de- duction of 3% per cent in place of the present 2% percent, from all civil service salaries. This will leave the government free of any contribution to the scheme. Inasmuch as this is a plan for the expenditure of the civil servants’ own money for their own benefit, Sen. Stanfield thinks Coolidge will be will- ing to endorse it and take political credit for “pensioning” the aged em- ployes of the nation. Hindu Co-op. Papers. A current bulletin of the All-Amer- ican Co-operative Commission re- views the educational activities of the Indian co-operators. The Co-op- erative Union of the Province of Mad- ras, for instance, publishes a co-op- erative magazine in two languages, English and Tamil, which the Ameri- can Commission asserts is “larger and better edited than. any co-opera- tive publication on the North Ameri- can continent.” This journal has just completed its fifteenth volume and contains from 44 to 60 pages monthly on the practical development not only of consumers co-operation, but also of co-operative banking, co- operative insurance, co-operative pro- duction, and agricultural _co-opera- tion, In addition, the Malaba or Co- operative Union publishes the “Co- operator” in Malay and Unglish, the Bengal societies have a well-edited “Co-operative Quarterly,” Non-Union Coal on Lakes, CLEVELAND, Aug, 13,—The extent to which nonunion West Virginia coal 1g cutting out unfon-made var nia coal in the lake trade in indicted by the Ore & Coal Exchange of Cleye- land, According to its figures, from the beginning of the lake season to the end of May nonunion coal carried over the Hocking Valley — piers ,|amounted to 1,463,868 tons against ee tons of union coal hayled by Pennsylvania, Owners of large hosta, are reparied taking thete' wee. sels out of the union coal lake trade * bi - 4 y Ca MILLIONS GUT OFF RAILROAD LABOR PAYROLL Thousands Earning Less » Than $20 a Week (Federated Press Industrial Editor) Railroad payrolls for May showed a reduction of 103,715 in number em- ployed and $19,650,154 in wages paid as compared with May, 1928, accord- ing to the monthly report of the inter- state commerce commission. The av- erage monthly pay of employes paid on an hourly basis had also fallen from $182 in May, 1923, to $128 this year, a drop of 3 per cent. The reduction in number employed and in wages appears even more dras- tic when May totals are compared with the peak of employment’ in the late summer and early autumn of last year. From this peak the number of work- ers has fallen by 181,000 and total wages by $80,876,413, a decrease of more than ‘11 per cent. The numbers laid off during the year in specific occupations which have force are car répairmen 22,712; ma- chinists 6,463; mechanics’ helpers 20,- 299; unskilled shop labor 8,690; freight engineers 3,869; freight fire- ten 38,628; yard engineers 2,324; yard firemen 2,273; freight brakemen 5,930; yard brakemen 5,423; freight truckers 4,044, Comparison of average earnings for May in 1924 and 1923 shows that the occupations chiefly affected by ‘the layoffs have also sustained material reductions in per capita earnings. Per capita monthly earnings of typical oc- cupations are shown for May, 1923 and May, 1924: May Earnings 1923 1924 Clerks (B) ... $129 Freight Handlers 95 93 Machinists 168 153 Electricians . 169 16 Freight carmen 145 142 Mechanic’s helpers . 112 107 Section labor 76 7 Telegraphers 146 148 Train dispatchers 257 262 Freight engineers 259 243 Freight firemen 181 168 Freight brakemen 172 165 The outstanding fact about the wage structure in the industry continues to be the large number of workers whose low wage condemns them to the cas- ual labor class without the possibility of maintaining a family or a home. There wi 220,922 men classed as section labof with earnings which av- eraged $74 for the entire month’s work. The average wage paid thru- out the maintenance of way depart- ment, which includes over 413,000 em- ployes, was only $89 for the month— less than $1,000 a year. Senator Reed Sticks To Democratic Ticket Despite Differences KANSAS CITY, August 13.—United States Senator James A. Reed, Demo- crat from. Missouri, in a statement to- day set at rest rumors that he intend- ed to withdraw his support from the Democratic party in the, coming elec- tion, charging that the report was ori- ginated by someone with “malice to injure me or the party.” “As is well known, I do not agree with Mr. Davis’ views on certain in- ternational problems,” said Reed, but he nevertheless pledged full support to the party’s state and national ticket. 7g Baldwin Locomotive Hires More Men Slight increases in employment and industrial output are being reported in some key industries, according to the figures announced for June. The Bald- win Locomotive works declares that it has 2,000 more men on its payrolls than on June Ist, an increase of one- third, while the booking of unfilled orders is increasing in proportion. Steel and iron production is on the increase in some districts, as that of Youngstown, where the mills are operating at. 60 per cent of capacity, the highest rate for more than two months, Information at hand is insufficient to determine whether these are iso- lated cases, caused by special condi- tions, or whether they indicate a tem- porary delay in the general downward course of United States industry, THOUSANDS OF WORKERS FOLLOW FUNERAL PROCESSION OF I. W. W. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13. did obeisance to the I. W. W.,” Aug. 3 of Mrs. Lizzie Sunsted. the I. W. W. headquarters in San Pedro by masked “patriots” who overturned boiling coffee urns on little children. Mrs. Sunsted’s death cannot be traced directly to the treatment she received at the hands of the masked tuffians who broke up the Wobbly en- tertainment she was attending. But those who cared for her in her last} illness charge that the shock of being} beaten and the care and worry over| her 13-year old daughter, who was so| badly scalded by the hot coffee dur-| ing the raid that she is still unable| to lie on her back, broke down the} she succumbed to an abscess» that} need not have been fatal. Victim of Class Struggle. { “Mrs. Sunsted is a victim of the} class struggle just as if she had died on the firing line,” is the way Claude Erwin, secretary Los Angeles I. W.| W. Defense league puts it, And just| as if she had died fighting, Mrs. Sun-| sted was given a martyr’s funeral. The procession that accompanied the body | to the grave. was the longest wit- nessed in San Pedro in many years. It was headed by 500 marchers, walk-} ing four abreast, singing the Workers’ | Memorial song, a Russian dirge. As it passed thru the city many pedes- trians doffed their hats in respect. All Join in Funeral The sight of little May Sunsted, ly- * |was to have had a part in the enter- - |tainment thet was raided by the 100 ing on her stomach on a pilow be- jcause the burns on her back are rfot }yet healed, was a striking and coy-| |stant reminder of the mob raid. May| |per centers. Members of the local} | Workers party attended the funeral in| ja body. Piakeseian Miners Win All Demands In Short Strike (Federated Press Staff Correspondent.) BUDAPEST, Hungary, Aug. 13.—Af- ter five weeks strike conducted in a model manner, the Hungarian miners have gained practically all their de- mands in the way of wage increases and working conditions. seemed . totally unacceptable to the miners’ delegates. Instead of turn- ing it down flat, however,:they con- ducted a referendum as a demonstra- tion of how solidly the miners were fn opposition to the proposal. The referendum « showed 15,860 votes against the operators’ proposal, and 186 for it. The government then had to take a hand. The second proposal, granting virtually all of the miners’ demands, was accepted almost, unanimously by the miners. Your Union Meeting Second Thursday, Aug. 14, 1924. Name of Local and F Place of Meeting. Brick and Clay, A. O, U. W. Hall, Dolton, Ill. Carpenters, 113 S. Ashland. Blvd. Carpenters, 6416 8. Halsted St. Carpenters, 1440 Emma ‘St. Carpenters, South Chicago, Michigan ‘Ave. Carpenters, Ogden and Kedzie. Houston Ave. Inion, 2110 N. Robey ginemen, Spring- Aves. No. 11037 Firemen and F fleld and North 340 Hod Carriers, arrison and Green 18 Ladies’ Garm Workers, 328 W. Van Buren 3 Marble Polish 810 W. Harrison » 71 Gilpin. Ave. District Council, 1446 W. Adams St. 871 Painters, Dutt's Hall, Chicago Heights. 26 Paper Rulers, 59 E. Van Buren St., 6:30 p. m. 17301 Park Employes, 810 W. Harrison 74 1269 1344 Railway Clerks, 55th and Black- stone. Railway Clerks, 3124 8. Halsted St, Railway Clerks, Harrison and Green Sts, Railway Trainmen, 64th & Univer- Pp. 877 * sity, 8:15 p. m. 130 Signalmen, 180 W, Washington St. 442, Teamsters, 9206 Houston Ave. (Note—Unless otherwose all meetings are at $ p,m. (Note—Unless otherwise stated all meetings are at 8 p, m.) victims of the June 14 raid on ,* VICTIM OF RAID BY HOUDLUMS By MAUD McGREERY (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) —‘For once San Pedro stopped and declared Clinton Taft, director Los Angeles Civil Liberties Union, commenting on the funeral Mrs. Sunsted was one of the SOP 10 WORKERS FROM MORGAN'S ELECTRIC FIRM Petty Stock Bonus to 5-Year Employes BY LELAND OLDS, Crumbs from the groaning table of the enormously wealthy General Elec- tric Co., are dropping to Ployes who have given 5 27,412 em- years of in Europe helping J. P. Morgan get a cinch hold on German industries, among them the giant electrical works at Elbersfeld in the Ruhr. If he suc- ceeds, Morgan will be able to under- mine the wages and conditions of workers in the General Electric plant with competition from his lowpaid German workers. The bonus just distributed repre- sents 5 per cent of the employes’ earn- ings for the last 6 months and amounts to approximately $1,172,000. But does the company come across in cash? Not so you notice it. It hangs onto the cash and will pay the bonus largely in bonds of the General Elec- tric Employes’ Securities corporation | which is another of the numerous at- tempts to get a faithful and docile labor force. When it comes to the wealthy stock- holders General Electric talks cash. In the 5 years in which these 27,412 jemployes have been doing the work/| it has distributed $62,630,536 in cash dividends not to mention an additional $34,658,372 in stock dividends, In fact it has paid 8 per cent cash divi- dends without intermission since 1902. The real profits of this corporation have been larger than the dividends indicate. For 10 years stockholders’ profits have never fallen below $11 a share and the total available for divi- dends during the period has amounted The fourth week of the strike the | to $214,243,283. Last year’s net in-| mine operators made an offer which|Come amounted to $33,525,118 or| $18.25 on each $100 share of stock and it is expected that at least $18 a share will be available for stockholders at the end of 1924. ‘ General Electric is rated as the third richest corporation in the coun- try in cash on hand, which amounts to more than $91,000,000. It belongs to the group of corporations with so much cash that they have gone into the banking business. Together with six other corporations it shares more cash and investment securities than the total cash of the clearing house banks of New York city. Its working capital hes reached $203,- 719,899. E, W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Seven Places 62 W. Van Buren | 42 W. Harrison 169 N. Clark 118 S. Clark 6 W. Washington | 167 N. State 234 S. Halsted PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 Specialties: E. W. Rieck Boston Baked Beans and Brown Bread Fine Soups and Fresh Made Coffee Commissary and Bakery: 1612 Fulton Ct. Phone West 2549 RUBBER STAMPS AND SEALS IN ENGLISH AND IN ALL, FOREIGN LANGUAGES INK, PADS, DATERS, RUBBER TYPE,Erc, NOBLER STAMP & SEAL CO. 73 W. VanBuren St, Phone Wabash 6680 CHICAGO MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO——— PROFESSOR SAYS ALL WERE GUILTY IN STARTING WAR Explodes Bunk Shooting of Imperialists (By The Federated. Press) WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Aug. 13.— “The belief that Germany plotted the war is a myth,” Sidney B. Fay, professor of Euro- pean history at Smith college, threw |this bomb into the academic discus- |sions at the Institute of Politics being held at Williamstown, which for the most part had been devoted to a jus- | tification of the allies’ war and the jrobbers’ peace of Versailles. | Fay, speaking on political factors in |Burope today, attacked Henry Mor- ganthau, former American ambassador |to Turkey, for false statements in his | book regarding a German war confer- mother’s powers of resistance: so that| (Federated Press Industrial Editor) |ence held at Potsdam by the kaiser on July 5, 1914. Fay showed that the | war lords who were supposed to have jattended that conference upon which jmany of the charges of German guilt |rest, were not even in Germany at the |continuous service. Meanwhile chair-| time, and that no such conference was }man of the board Owen D. Young 1s/ held. Fay also attacked the other |story that the kaiser and the Arch- |duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ar- |ranged the war on July 12, 1914. Fay | continued: Nails Morganthau Lie. “While the kaiser was trying to me- diate. between Austria and Russia (under the czar), the latter ordered jgeneral mobilization on July 30, 1914. On the theory that general mobiliza- }tion means war, Germany then de- |manded that Russia demobilize. Up- on Russia's refusal, Germany then or- |dered mobilization, and, upon Russia’s further refusal to demobilize, declared war.” What Fay’ Failed to Tell. | Fay failed to emphasize, however, what the documents quoted by him |further proved, that Poincare and the militarist party of France were the jabettors if not the initiators of the provocative and belligerent policy of |France’s militarist and autocratic ally, \the Russian czar. } Professor Fay, who has devoted most of his time since the Versailles | conference to research into the origins jof the war, is recognized as the lead- jing American expert in this fleld and |the American scholar most conversant | with the new revelations proving joint | responsibility for the war on all the |powers, as shown by the secret docu- ments of the Russian, German and Austrian foreign offices published by the revolutionary governments of these countries. | It was admitted in the discussion that further’ important revelations must wait until such time as suffi- ciently disinterested governments se- cure power in Great Britain and | France and likewise publish the secret documents of their respective foreign offices. 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