The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 24, 1924, Page 5

Gee } | Wednesday, September 24, 1924 | | UPHOLSTERERS ~ BOSTON STRIKE BRINGS ARREST Men Call On Commun- ists for Speakers By JAMES J. LACEY (Special to The Dally Worker) BOSTON, Sept. 23.—The gen- eral strike called by Local 37, Upholsterers’ International Un- jon has resulted in doubling the membership of the Local the second day of the strike. Out of 30, 27 are “struck” shops, only 12 of which were organ- ized prior to the strike. Over 500, that is, 80 per cent of those working at the trade have answered the strike call and the pickets are confident they will bring out the re- mainder before another day goes by. The largest shops are closed up tight leaving only the 3 and 4-man establishments to be reached by the pickets. Ten Pickets Pinched. Ten pickets under the leadership of J. Forman were arrested at the Peer- less shop this morning at the instiga- ‘tion of one of the bosses. The pickets, to use their ownwords, “made a dance hall of the station house” and were almost immediately released. The bosses’ efforts to intimidate the strikers proved unavailing—tonight Baw pickets again at their post at this Bame factory. The local papers have carefully kept out of sight the object of the ‘strike—the 40-hour week and union Trecognition—the possibility of a break In the strikers’ ranks thru separate agreements was played up to the limit. This is the rankest kind of treachery. The men out have deter- mined to keep their ranks fast until a hundred per cent. Settlement has been secured on the basis of the de- mands presented. Youth Are Majority. The majority of the strikers are youths—lads in their early twenties— forced to work under indescribable conditions. Work shops in the highest ‘degree unsanitary, the material used often the contents of matresses picked up on the dumps or secured when dis- carded by hospitals. Germ-laden and disease ridden material handled with- out any attempt at cleaning in dark shops, exposed to fire hazards at high speed (efficiency production) for an ' THE DAILY WORKER \ LEGION HEAD OF U. S. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT ATTACKS COMMUNISM (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—John J. Tigert, the American Legion promoter who was rewarded with the job of U. S. commissioner of education, publishes a boost for the national essay writing contests which the Legion is running. This year’s contest was for the most effective statement on “Why Commun- ism Is a Menace to Americanism.” Tigert is delighted at the fact that school children can be led, by federal and Legion activity, to devote their young minds to “questions of practical national policy,” during the formative years of their lives. When President Harding followed his selection of the banker James J. Davis to be secretary of labor with the selecttion of a Kentucky legionnaire to direct the educational activities ‘of the federal swamped with protests from the National government, he was Educational Association, the universities and the various associations of educators in the scientific and literary fields. All protests were brushed aside. nine-hour day and a fifty-hour week has brought the young workers to the point where they are ready to make a determined fight to end for all time these intolerable working conditions. Their fighting spirit is excellent. Their indomitable courage and splen- did solidarity is winning them gains all along the line and they have dem- onstrated that they will not let down till complete victory victory has been achieved, The attempt of some out- siders to foist “socialist” speakers on the strikers at one of their meetings was frustrated by the strikers them- selves and they have requested the Workers Party to furnish them with speakers. John J. Ballam, the Com- munist candidate for governor here, and Robert Zelms will address the speakers tomorrow at their mass meeting. Join the Workers Party! No Overtime During Unemployment Period, Say N. Y. Clothiers (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Sept. 23—The Joint Board of the Cloak, Skirt, Dress and Reefer Makers’ Union, the largest New York unit of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, takes a strong stand against overtime while unemployment exists. The order de- clares ‘that “All cloakmakers, dress- makers, skirtmakers and reefermak- ers are called upon not to work over- time and night work until all places are occupied in the shops. The union adopted this decision because there are still some unemployed in the in- dustry. Control committees author- ized by the union will. visit all shops and such workers as will be found working at night will forfeit their jobs and others will be sent up to take their places.” Vote Communist This Time! OUR DAILY PATTERNS A SEASONABLE STYLE 4767. Here is a pretty model for bordered materials, printed voile or A STYLISH BLOUSE. 4653, Here is Fashion’s latest ex- pression in blouses. It may be finished with square neck outline, or with the little band collar at high neck line. The sleeve is smart in wrist length, and popular and very com- DANVILLE LABOR COMES TO AID OF UNION MUSICIANS Theater Owners Locked Them Out DANVILLE, Ill, Sept. 23.—Com- bined pressure of a strongly. unionized movie public’in Danville and of the allied theater unions is expected to bring the owners of the theatérs and motion picture houses into a reason- able frame of mind toward the musi- cians’ local which wants to talk con- tract with them. All the theaters are playing without music due to a lockout by the man- agers when the union contract ex- pired Aug. 31. The union musicians were willing to play pending negotia- tions if the contract were made retro- active. The managers refused and union rules of the American Federa- tion of Musicians prohibit playing without a contract. Issue Is Hours. The chief issue is hours. The work- ers want a 5% hour day instead of the present 6% hour day, All re- hearsals are donated by the musici- ans. No wage issues are involved, the scale for the past three seasons being satisfactory. The audiences at the theaters are getting slim. Perhaps this is due to the fact that president Al Stuebe of the musicians is also president of the Danville Trades & Labor council. The movie operators union and the stage hands’ locals are talking a solidarity strike if the employers refuse to talk shop with the musicians. NEW YORK T.U.E.L, ORGANIZES SHOP MONEY CAMPAIGN NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—The New York division of the T. U. E. L. at its conference held in the Workers’ Hall, decided to set aside the two weeks from September 21 to October 6 as the period for the shop collections give for the campaign fund of the Workers Party. The leagues are to hold individual conferences to strengthen the cam- paign committees, which have already been temporarily organized. Militants should watch the press carefully for the meeting date set by their league. The league conferences will also take up thre elections of delegates to the full Workers Party Ratification Con- ference, to be held in the Yorkville Labor Temple, 243 E. 84th Street, Sunday, Sept. 28th at 2 p. m. The problem of carrying the Work- ers Party campaign into the local un- ions will be an important issue for discussion. Special campaign commit- tees will he organized in all the larger local unions. Resolutions fa- voring the Workers Party candidates must be introduced into the unions, and if possible the unions must be induced to make contributions to the Campaign fund, * All organizations and units should elect delegates to the Sept. 28th Con- ference at the Labor Temple. Thought Himself a Hog Butcher. Suit for divorce, charging “cruel REACTION RULES CANADIAN TRADE UNION CONGRESS Communist Minority in Vigorous Fight (Special to: the Dally Worker.) TORONTO, Sept. 23.—The fortieth convention of the Canadian Trade Un- ‘ion Congress was disappointing in the number of delegates that attended as well as the reactionary tone that dom- inated its proceeding under the dicta- torship of the labor lieutenants that comprise the officialdom of the labor movement in Canada. Despite the fact that the congress was held in Ontario, the industrial center of the Dominion, and the home of one-half of the locals in the inter: national unions affiliated with the Trade Union Congress, only about 200 delegates attended. This was so dis- appointing that even the fossilized Tom Moore, president of the congress devoted some time to bewailing the lack of interest shown by Canadian unions in the work of the congress. One very good reason for this lack of interest is Mr. Tom Moore, a cheap Canadian edition of Sammy Gompers. Moscow vs. Amsterdam. Practically every came up for discussion, was settled Communists, and the the American labor fakers in attack- ing them. The method is to smear the support- ers of the’ progressive resolutions with red, rave about the Union Jack and law and order and create a hysteria with the aid of vivid pictures of ter- ror and destruction which would fol- low if the trade unionists listened to the policy of amalgamation and indus- jtrial unionism instead of craft union- ism, It is the same method employed by an American prosecuting attorney in appealing to a jury to send a Com- munist defendant to the penitentiary. Squirting Red Fire. actionary officialdom to bring on their containers of imaginary red fire, were those for amalgamation, a world trade union unity conference and autonomy for the Canadian trade union move- ment. In their work of poisoning the delegates, the fakers were aided by ex-radicals and officials of the Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers” Union, who denounced the ‘reds” after the fashion of Charles Evans Hughes and Wiliam J. Burns, The executive attempted to conceal a telegram of greeting received from M. Tomski, chairman of the All-Rus- sian Trade Union Congress, an organ- ization with a membership of six mil- lion workers. Moore stoutly denied receipt of such a telegram, but when shoved into a corner finally produced the cable which read: “Greetings fortieth convention Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. For relentless struggle against reaction and exploita- tion and the emancipation of the work- ers of the world. Hail the unity of In- ternational Trade Unionism.— Tom- ski.” Even Mr. Brownlie, imported Brit- ish faker, secretary of the British ma- chinists and fraternal delegate to the congress used his position to attack the Communists. While Mr. Brownlie was thus performing for the Canadian capitalists and their labor faker allies, the British Trade Union Congress theeting in Hull, England, went on record for amalgamation. Buck Was Right. Brownlie, took occasion to state that Delegate Tim Buck, Communist, misrepresented the views of Purcell, chairman of the British Trade Union Congress on amalgamation. Comrade Buck declared that Purcell was for amalgamation, and corectly so, as Pur cell's speeches at the British Trade Union Congress, reported in the Lon- don Daily Herald, prove. But what ad a lie more or less mean to a jabor faker? This was the first Canadian conyen- tion at which a resolution came from only motions introduced that spelled! progress were brought forward by the! reactionaries | used the tried and trusty methods of! miners, appointed by John L. Lewis 5 The resolutions which caused the re-| appoint reactionaries in their place, LITERARY DIGEST’S STRAW BALLOT IS ONLY TEST OF PARASITE VOTE (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—When the reactionary Literary Digest was en- listed to conduct a straw vote, in order to influence the presidential election, the progressives investigated its methods, to learn what trick it would at- tempt. They find, first of all, that its list of voters to whom straw ballots are being sent, is made yp of the “better” class. The names are taken from the lists of telephone subscribers and the lists of owners of automobiles. The editors of the most conspicuous anti-labor weekly in the United States are aware that the bulk of the exploited wage workers in the indus- trial towns cannot afford to have telephones in their homes, nor do they have automobiles. By excluding this lower half in the economic scale, the poll will represent the views of such part of the more fortunate citizens as care to risk their own jobs or business by disclosing to a big business publi- cation, Weeks in advance, tHe way they intend to vote. The result is a Coolidge propaganda enterprise. . ion movement. The resolution was defeated despite a strong fight on the part of the reactionaries. The motion for amalgamation and Canadian autonomy were debated for three hours and lost on a vive voce vote, Fake progressives were used to good advantage by the officialdom in Your Union Meeting FOURTH WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24, 1924, $ Name of Local and Place of Meeting. Blacksmiths’ S. Throop St. 1 Boiler Makers, Monroe and Racine. 12 Garfield Bivd. No. splitting the Communist following.| 7" oe ae ene One of these is Jimmy Simpson, secre-} 242 5443S. Ashland Ave. ¢ 693 C ters, 505 S. State St. tary of the Canadian Labor Party. In| 77g4 Carpenters, 1638 nN Halsted St. order to draw Simpson's fangs, who H. Fehling, Rec. Sec’y., 2253 only showed them in order to force Grace St. Irving 7597. acti i i 4922 Carpent 6414 S. Halsted St. the reactionaries to raise the ante,| 1557 Ga pent 1881 Maple Ave., Evan- the officialdom placed Simpson on the Wa ston, Ue i ica > " ‘oopers, scanaba Ave. administration slate for one of the 3 Hod Carriers, 1352 W. Division St. question that} vice-presidéncies. This trick lined| 562 Hod Carriers, 810 W. Harrison St. Simpson up with the egy 0 104 Undies? Garment’ Workers, 26 Ay not on its merits, but on the basis; and against the progressive forces led an Buren Street. | “ Marine Cooks, 357 N. Clark St. of Moscow versus Amsterdam. The| by the Communists. 238 Machini z 1g &, Ashiand Bivé. ; acl . Cicero Ave. Lewis’ Agents Scab. 375 Maintenance of Way, 426 W. 63rd A resolution from Nova Scotia, de-} 54 ae pnegenen & Main Sts., nm, 1b rs, 910 W. Monroe St. Carmen Dist. Council, 5445 S. Ashland Ave. nouncing officials of the Nova Scotia jin place of the duly elected officers of 697 Rail C. , 544 WwW. the district because of their radical Avera ee naa r 1340 Rail Carmen, 5445 Ashland Ave. views was passed toward the close of 219 y S men, 426 W. 63rd St, Railway Tra 7:30 Pp. _m. Roofers, 777 W. Adams St. Sheet Metal, 714 W. Harrison St. Sh d St. |the congress. The charge was made jin the resolution that those Lewis} 3 |tools, were getting union printing = helagg grt nc sters, * ton St. |done in scab shops. In proof of their! 759 Teamsters’ (Meat), 20'S. Ashland |charges they showed copies of the ne amas 2. os 6. last contract and also of the ballots toe aur ee 7 , | 18046 Tuckpointers, 810 W. Harrison St. sent out for the vote on the contract, 924: Tunnel and Subway Workers, 914 the work being done in scab printing plants. It was also proved that the junion officials are still getting their printing done in scab shops. The best defense suporters of John |L Lewis could make was that while | Lewis could expel radical officials and W. Harrison St. Preparing a New Expedition? WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. — Paul Anospide,.an American citizen, was killed by bandits, near Frontera, Mex- ico, on Sept. 20, according to a tele- gram to the state department today from Harry B. Ott, American vice counsel ‘at Frontera. € {he could not be held responsible for | the acts of his appointees The Communist Vote Se gm PRR THE CAMPAIGN FUND CAMPAIGN! Despite the clarity of \the struggle | Ten. dollars collected by each member between the Communists and the op- | Would_mean_$250,000. position and the fact that toward the | MITCHALL’S end of the congress all issues were fought on the question of Moscow or| INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA Amsterdam, the election for officers of . A the Trade Union Congress showed | Union Music Furnished gratifying results, in that Tim Buck | For All Occassions candidate for president against the} Write for appointments to bureaucrat, Tom Moore, received 44 M. MITCHALL, votes against 156 for his opponent, (Teacher of Saxophone) and that Jack MacDonald, candidate || 1640 W. Congress St. Chicago, III. for vice-president, was not eliminated | until after the third ballot | | District Council, 119 MILITANTS FIGHT LABOR FAKERS IN NEW SOUTHWALES Demand Something More Than Lip-Service By W. FRANCIS AHERN. (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) SYDNEY, New South Wales, Sept 23.—In New South Wales the political and industrial wings of the Labor par- y are drifting toward a break. The jissue is whether the Labor party is to |function as @ reform party or swing ‘to the left on definite socialist lines. | Two years ago the Australian La. |bor party adopted as its objective the jsocialization of production and ex- change. Up-to-date, nothing has been done save to re-affirm this at annual | conferences, | Militants Expelled, The militants in the Labor party, who desired to vitalize the objective have been gradually hedged out of jresponsible positions in the Labor ex- ecutive, and in a number of cases ex- pelled. Many Labor politicians give scant publicity to the party’s objective, and when campaigning at election time ex Plain that it really doesn’t mean any- thing. This is done to catch middle- class votes. A healthy section of the Labor movement demands something more than lip service to advance socializa- tion. This section is getting strong- er. Some idea of the strength of this militant section can be gathered from the fact that during July at a trade un- ion congress, held at Sydney, a motion was carried demanding the removal from office of the present Labor par- liamentary leader gnd the appoint- ments of a leader with enough back- bone to keep the Labor objective in the forefront of the movement's ac- tivities. Spreading Everywhere, While the trouble is confined to the New South Wales branch of the Labor party, there are signs that it is beginning to spread to the other states. The militant section compris- es the industrial wing of the party, which provides the bulk of the finance for the party and the leading speak- months should mark important de velopments in the situation. Join the Workers Party! PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Expert Dental Service 9 tor 20 Y; FIELD TER AV. ar 7th Ave. Arthur St. WANTED—Comrades, men and wom- en, earn extra money, spare time, send stamp for particulars. S. Cruden, | Box 66, Xenia, Ohio, Tho reaction won at the congress, | the victory fooled none, not even the| victors The lines were more clearly | drawn than ever before and the inter- national solidarity of labor, repres-| ented by the Red Internatonal of La- bor Unions and the Communist Inter- national, forced its way to the con- gress floor despite the frenzied efforts of the labor lieutenants of capitalism to keep it out as they would like to keep out the Communists The strug- gle between progress led by the Com- munists and reaction led by the pres- ent officialdom of the Canadian labor movement will go on until the Com- munists win There can be no doubt about that. It is there that minds are open to t facing the working class. It is in organizer and fighter for the work fighter for the middle class. be added to that. possible to place It's up to you tories. Sell them everywhere. THE CAMPAIGN FUND CAMPAIGN! 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