The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 17, 1924, Page 3

~ SMELL HUGHES’ * used by the shipping board until Friday, October 17, 1924 AID TO ENEMY SHIP OWNERS $400,000 Boat Knocked Down for $60,000 (By The Federated, Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.— Discussion of the sale of the former Austrian vessel Martha Washington, seized in an Amer- ican port during the war—and 1922, until she was returned to ‘the original owners on payment of $60,000 to the shipping board, has been received. Secretary of State Hughes, who was counsel for the former Austrian company—which be- came an Italian company after the war—is trying to prove that he had nothing to do with sell- ing the ship to his client. He offers an affidavit from William Phillips, who was acting secretary at the time of the sale, showing that Hughes had become secretary after. the negotiations had been under way a long time, and that Hughes request- ed that the case be dispaqsed of with- out his having further knowledge of it. This ship was worth $400,000 or more. when the ex-Austrian company got her, back for $60,000, under plea that the company was Italian and was entitled to compensation amounting to $2,000,000 for her use during five years. The state department recommended to the sipping board that the $60,000 offer of settlement and sale be -ac- cepted, in view of the failure of the senate to ratify the peace treaties ne- gotiated by President Wilson. The) board followed this’ advice. In Germany “ 6“ They are in for is coming. daries. Toda OUR help. help. SSS SSS SSS SSS eee ess reese Our 5 Aim ail ‘neSay workers ind class war vic~ tims of the labor. ing sses Addresi paeremeny sae “INTERN Workers Imprisoned Their wives are blacklisted. They can get no work. Their children need help. Winter The class war knows no geographical boun- the workers of omorrow we may need THEIR GIVE in the spirit of Self Help and International Class Solidarity and get others to International Workers’ Aid, 19 So. Lincoln Street, Chicago, III. ' Here is my contribution to help the prison- CFB Of errsrrsierrneneeecse And their families. Name cesseysee City and State... Trade or profession. Farrington Is Tried for Deal With Democrat (Continued from page 1) trading the votes of the miners for the coin of the capitalists appealed to him and he laid his plans for suc- ceeding president Pope, then head of the District 12. : “ Prior to the elections in District 12, he returned to Springfield to attenda convention of the Illinois Federation of Labor. ,Fearing that he might be exposed at the convention for wear- ing non-union made clothes, he called at a clothing store and demanded un- ion labor goods to wear at the conven- tion. Thus riggéd out he considered himself thoroly qualified for any office in the power of the workers to give him. Hig unionism was just about as deep as the label he wore on his hat. Was Good at Figures. In the contest for the presidency between himself and Adolph Germer, the tellers found Farrington elected by some nine hundred votes. It was discovered later however_that at least two thousand of the votes were stolen, but it was‘then to late to file a contest. The miners of District 12 should bear this in mind, when the ballots in the next election are counted. Farrington got into the president’s office by stealing votes and it is not likely that he will leave it as long as he can count the ballots. A Family Man. After his election he brot his rela- tives from Streator and put some of them on the miners’ payroll, and they have been in clover ever since. No doubt he takes the maxim “char- ity begins at home” .seriously and gives it a narrow interpretation. As evidence of his sudden good fortune, he purchased a home in Springfield and "paid more money for it than he received in salary and padded ex- penses during the time he had been in office as an official of the United Mine Workers of America. Where did he get the money? Colonel Frank L. Smith no doubt would be able to shed some light on it and the-strik- ing miners of Vancouved might have a suspicion that the funds appropri- OF Capitalism | about 7,000 & 8,000 Mt 23,000 ~ 2,300 ye 200 of 500 se 1,200 § 12,000 4 70,000 Z 253,000 3,000 Us who are out urope need netsnnnecnnstsonesanvevenngsenansnensnnsessnnstcngs, THE spaALLY. WORKER . ated by the International office for their relief, which they never re- ceived might be given in exchange for the handsome residence of faker Farrington. They Were Gold-diggers. The Farrington, family now began to sport new automobiles and no ex- pense was spared in catering to the comfort of the lucky family. The miners paid the bill of course. After the automobiles and the handsome residence came the orange groves in Alabama. This will be treated in another article. We will now deal with efforts of the miners to bring Farrington to justice, within the union, for his selling out to Colo- nel Frank L. Smith, the banker demo- crat. When Farrington was found guilty of taking Smith's money the miners decided to get rid of this sort of thing and acting under the provisions of the constitution, they called a special convention to try him and remove him from office. Bosses With Farrington. But the coal operators nobly rallied to Farrington’s defense. They but- ton-holed the delegates in the inter- ests of Farrington and one of them boasted that he had paid as much as any other coal operator to save his good friend the president of the coal diggers’ union, from the well merited punishment which the rank and file members were ready to inflict on him. Confronted with his crime, Farring- ton at first denied having received any money for the job but later on ad- Page Threa lars from Colonel Smith for his en-| “Charge To Mine Workers.” dorsment. | The Endorsement. hake os etal copy of the doc-| «and whereas, it developed that bar rg * al i 8 mecivers in Dis- a telegrams were sent to get ma-| abs ea has e resulted in the | terial for a letter that President Far- | heal: ‘ean convention for the | rington intended to write and later dtd | ee of throwing Farrington out of | write. endorsing Col. Frank L. Smith, | bsp of Dwight, Il, as candidate for gov-| To All the Members of the United |ernor, and : Mine Workers of America, Dfstrict | “Whereas, Frank Farrington sent | 32, |the following telegram to Col. Frank ‘Whereas, it has come to our notice, | smith at our expense: (telegram pub- | that District President Farrington sént | lished in yesterday's installment of} the following telegrams at the expense |tnis series) ; | of the Illinois Miners: eae nse 2c “July 15, 1916. | |“To Samuel Gompers, President Amer- | jican Federation of Labor, Washing- ton, D, C. “Refer to my letter of July 1st in re- “And Whereas, in the said telegram, | Frank Farrington asked for money from Colonel Frank Smith, who is a banker and real estate dealer, and, “Whereas, following this, Farring: | ton did issue a leter of endorsement of | ference, | “Frank Farrington. | “Charge To Mine Workers. | “And whereas, 4 trip to Washington } is quite expensive and can serve no good purpose to the organization, and | “Whereas, we have further learned | that Frank Farrington and some coal | operators entered into land deals in} Ala.. as the enclosed will show, andj took the Interstate Conference to/| te learn English have now an oppor- Mobile, Alabama, which is near their } tunity of dofmg so without drinking in at 722 Blue Island Ave. FOREIGN BORN ENGLISH NOW Class Every Wednesday, Foreign borm workers who wisK land, and capitalist propaganda, or listening to “ re “Whereas, we believe that those | chfidish ‘bedtime stories” at the same time. An excellent course in matters are of a very important and} grave nature and demand action by} the organization, therefore be ft | “Resolved, that we demand a special convention at the earliest possible/| date to consider this flagrant violation | English is being given under the aus- pices of the Workers Party, local Chi- cago. ‘The class meets every Wed- nesday in the hall of the Greek Fed- eration of the Workers Party, 722 date concerning Pullman car strike. |Can you supply me with any informa- tion in this connection? “Frank Farrington, President, “Illinois Mine Workers. | “Charge To Mine Workers, “July 18, 1922. “John Keegan ¢.o. W. B. Wilson, |Department of Labor, Washington, \D. Cc. | “Have you discussed with Washing- jton party matter we talked of in St. | Louis? | “Frank Farrington. |“Charge To Mine Workers. | “July 22, 1916. |‘“Sohn Keegan, c. 0. W. B. Wilson, partment of Labor, Washington, D. Cc. Col. Frank L. Smith, on the official) letterhead and signed such endorse |ment as president of the organization, | which is a clear violation of section |3, Article 14, of the District constitu: |tion which ds as follows; ‘Local unions, individual members and all othér persons are hereby prohibiter from using the namé of our organiza- tion for the purpose of furthering the | interests of any political party or an aspirant for pol al office, except for | such legislative office: are provided | \for in the international constitution’ | ‘and | | “Whereas, Frank Farrington sent | the following telegram at our expense: | | “July 28,1916 | of the constitution and the other questionable acts revealed by the doc- uments herein contained, and be it further, “Resolved, that we call upon all lo- cals to endorse this or pass resolutions demanding a special District Conven- tion and send such resolutions to Dis- trict Secretary-Treasurer Duncan Mc- Donald, Springfield, Illinois.” Walker Saved Frank When the special convention met it was evident that in certain places money had been spent in securing the right sort of delegates and again Far- rington was saved by his friend Wal- ker who promised to go there to clean | up Farrington, but instead made an Blue Island Ave. a The instructor, Andrew Shelley, is a |comrade who is thoroly experienced in this line of work, having taught classes both in England and this coun- try. Those who arte attending Com< rade Shelley’s class are enthusiastic. Altho the course began only a few weeks ago, they are learning rapidly. The probability is that, if there is sufficient demand, Compade Shelley will teach two classes; one for ad- vanced comrades and one for com- rades who do not speak any English, at all. |guage of the country which all com- lrades anxious to increase their ef fectiveness in the trade unions and in all forms of party activity should take “Can you supply me with informa |“Robt H. Harlin, c.o. Grand Union |tion concerning matter discussed in St. Louis? -as a national organization. mitted that he got one thousand dol-}| “Frank Farrington. Hotel, Seattle, Wash. “Would like to get wire from you urging me to attend your joint con- SHOE WORKERS OF LYNN, MASS., ARE ; FOR AMALGAMATION OF INDEPENDENT UNIONS INTO ONE INDUSTRIAL UNION By M. SHARAF. (Special to The Daily Worker) ters in Boston, but the general offici- als never carried it out, and kept their office in, Lynn, and any time wouble arose in a shop the officials would bar the local authority which was provided in the constitution and take the matter in their hands. It will be enuf to show two instances which prdve where they stand. Last emotional speech, watered with tears, and succeeded in persuading the del-| advantage of without delay. The en- egates to let him down easy. {rollment fee for the entire course ts, “Honest John” has now lost the con-|$2- Those interested should commu- fidence he once enjoyed among the /|Micate with Manuel Gomez, education- wsare, as Sortnnet with the sacas |S ae, oe ar oan ington +» O ae canitalints wit bee oan woolen Greek Hall, 722 Blue Island Ave, dirty. for him. any Wednesday night, where they cam The next article will bring the his- talk to Comrade Shelley. Here is a chance to learn the lané * tory of the coal operators’ handy man inal more up-to-date. When this series is| Swedish Cabinet Resigns. ended the miners of Illinois will not} COPENHAGEN, Oct, 16. — The |be surprised at Farrington’s present | Swedish cabinet resigned today, aw The latest teturns of the referendum vote taken by the locals of the |August the nine ironers of the Con-|rélations with the unspeakable Small, | cording to a message from Stockholm, Amalgamated Shoe Workers of America shows that it will cease to function The militants were divided on the question whether or not it would be | advisable to turn over a national organization into a district organization. It was pointed out by some mili-¢———————_—___. {to do any more work on a certain shoe way and McLaughlin Shoe Co, refused unless the firm at least will agree to pay the state board’s prices. The firm fired them, and before the day was over the national office filled tants that a district organization has | measure the constitution provided for. outlived its usefulness, and the only |In fact the general officials entered | |way the workers could éver acquire|into an agreement with the state| |anything is only thru an organization | board of arbitration on Dec. 10, 1923 that is built on an industrial line, and | for a 15 per cent reduction at a time the time is rotten ripe for such a | the agreement with the Manufactur- \their places with “union” scabs. On Sept. 5, a decision was rendered by the state board to the vampers of the J. R. Donovan Shoe Co. on a certain shoe which the superintendent of the movement. While the Amalgamated had a constitution. for a national or- ganization, yet it never functioned as such and violated every progressive Admission 10c Good Lunches and Refreshments Served \iirererererereferereresererere Michigan Supreme Court “hears argument in appeal of Ruthenberg TODAY. Decision will be given out . later. BUY 166 It is there that minds are open to t! organizer and fighter for the work fighter for the middle class. be added to that, possible to place It's up to you As revealed in an Analysis LaFollette, by Jay Lovestone, Unemployment— Why LITERATURE 1113 Waghington Blvd, WEST ALLIS, WIscONsIN, NOTICE! BAZAAR “ BAZAAR Held by the Junior Workers League of West Allis, Wis. SATURDAY, ocT. 18, 1924, 7 P. M. AT MILLER'S HALL, 8th and State Streets What Will he Decision Be? Labor Defense Council Stir the Shops! The very best place to carry on a working class campaign is in the shops and factories where the workers gather to earn their living. that stand for concrete solutions of the problems of bread and butter facing the working class. It is in the shops that the workers will see most clearly, for example, the difference between Foster, the union (Editorial Daily Worker.) THE ABOVE “HITS THE NAIL” on the head. ‘THESE PAMPHLETS in the hands of the workers you work together with in shops and fac tories. Sell them everywhere. Now is the time. | }) The LaFollette Mlusion— . 4 * * Parties and Issues in the Election Campai: By Alexander Bittelman. Questions and answers, how the dif- ferent parties view the conditions affecting It's a gem. No worker should go to the polls this year without first reading this pamphlet....... it Occurs and How to Fight It, by Earl R. Browdor. This. ag pe deals with the most important issue before the work- of 6 or more at 35 per cent discount. PI ’ Workers Party of’ firm has admitted to the writer of these lines that the decision was not a fair one to the workers, Yet when the vampers protested, the general |president told the firm to “fire them” ‘and made a statement ‘in the Lynn | Press that the vampers did not act) like men, and any decision handed down by the state board, that he will see to it that it is lived up to. | When the Amalgamated came to Lyhn twenty-one months ago there was omly one open shop in Lynn out/ of seventy. Today you find twenty. seven open shops out of sixty. mang Peepers Under such conditions something! Everybody.Welcome } had to be done, so we tried to merge with the Haverhill Shoe Workers’ Protective Union. Those officials did all there Was in their power to crush jthe movement. The result was that the 1,200 members the Amalgamated had in Brooklyn, N. Y., have turned jover to the Haverhill Protective Un- ion, and three locals out of nine in| | Lynn have seceded from the Amalga- mated and are functioning as indepen- dent unions until there will be a chance to merge with an organization that will work for the benefit of the; workers and not with an organization | |that turned its headquarters into a/ iscab agency. Knowing all that the rank and file} overwhelmingly voted for the doing |away with the general office. The |new organization will start to function | on Jan. 1, 1925. The local unions will | remain at at present, the joint coun- cil and general council will be done away with and a district council, com posted of two delegates from each lo- cal will take its place. A genera) |agent will be elected for the purpose fot carrying out the decisions made |by the district council. The Boston | Stonhan and Chicago locals may re-| main in the Lynn district union, The militants are drawing their forces together more now than ever | before for the Amalgamation of all | Independent shoe unions into one big organization. ers’ Assn. was to be effective until April 30, 1924. The constitution provided for the national office to have its headquar- Music Labor Defense Council must be prepared for an appeal of the case to the U. S. Supreme Court, and for the retrial, or trials, of Foster and the others. DEFENSE STAMPS EXTRA ONES! Send Contributions to W. WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. he measures, parties and candidates Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge Room, Ashland Auditorium. Ce TTT LLL Dr S. ZIMMERMAN IDENTIST 2252 NECALTFORNIA AVES Phorie ARMITAGE ers, and LaFollette, the lawyer and Nothing could reader, to do everything physically 7406 of.the Political Role of Senator Single copy... 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