The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 3, 1924, Page 5

| : ‘ ATTACK MADE ON ery “th NEW YORK CAMPAIGN CANADIAN RAIL WORKERS’ WAGES -United Railway Unions Plan to Fight Back JOHN ROBUR. wil Press Staff Correspondent OTTAWA, Can., Nov. 2.—A direct attack upon the wages of railway workers in Canada is made in an application now be- fore the Canadian railway com- mission. . The application, made by the Tudhope Anderson Co., Ltd., of Winnipeg and Orillia, Ont., is founded upon a claim that “the ‘wages paid to railway employes are unreasonably high, unfair, extravagant and discriminatory in comparison with wages of other industrial workers thru- out Canada.” Wages Not Much Advanced An answer to this statement, filed with the railway commission by the united railway unions of the domin- jon, calls attention to “the cold his- torical facts” that the wages of rail- waymen have not advanced as much as those of some other classes of la- bor since the outbreak of the great war, Ris “Were the 1920 rates of pay and working rules still in force,” the rail- way unions point ont, “the payrolls of Canadian railways for 1924 would be increased between forty and fifty “ ‘million dollars.” The unions deny that the Canadian rates were increased by the McAdoo award and affirm that adjustments were made by that award “to the det- riment of the employes who were at that time expecting etter results more in keeping with the existing high living costs.” ~ Less Than In U. 8. “Rates paid various classes of rail- way employes in Canada,” it is stated less than those. prevailing in the United States, while some are quite equal to the United States standard. Oanadian climate conditions are much More severe than generally prevail to the south, the cost both to the employ- ers and the employes is greater by comparison and would justify higher Jevels of both railway ‘rates and wages in this country.” The protest of the railway unions Sloses with a table of comparative Increases in wages since 1913 among verious trades. These indicate that while wages in building trades have fisen by two-thirds, in the metal trades still more, yet in the steam rail- way trades they have risen by less than 60 per cent, By JULIUS CODKIND. (Special to, The Daily Worker: NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 2.—The New York Czecho-Slovak branch. of the Workers Party is numerically small. Their membership is about 40, of which 25 are considered ‘active. The bulk of these comrades live in the Southeastern portion of the Yorkville district of New York: This has always been a politically backward section, and when the cam- paign plans were made no consideration was given to the district. Late in the campaign the comrades in this branch realized that no plans for conducting a campaign had been down to protest and were told of the situation, whereupon they insisted that they could secure sufficient sig- natures to place at least assembly candidates on the ballot. Petitions were ordered printed, and within a short timte these comrades turned in 1,300 signatures placing a Workers Party candidate on the ballot for the assembly in the 14th district. There ;is a considerable Czecho- Slovak population in the 14th as- sembly district and our comrades are making fine progress among these people. The Czecho-Slovak Central Federated Union is heavily influenced by our comrades, and it has been en- listed in our cause. It has endorsed our party and candidates, and made a contribution of $10.00 to the cam! paign fund. The Czecho-Slovak Bak- ers’ Union, Local 22, contributed $25, A number of fraternal organizations have ban made contributions, and because of the fact that the campaign was started very late many Czecho- Slovak organizations are still to be Heard from. 4 The field covered by the 14th. as- sembly district is a thorogoing work: ing class section, and the experfence of this campaign. shows that with a little work future years will-show this to be.a Communist stronghold. The work of this: small Czecho-Slovak branch. has resulted in showing the |: party in New York that we can go into. districts formerly untouched by radical influence,’ and bring out a huge revolutionary working class sentiment, GITLOW SPEAKS IN made for their district. They’ came ELEPHANT HAS NIGHTMARE IN KANSAS CITY Rushed in Bewhiskéred Freak to Stop Red KANSAS CITY,’ Mo. Nov. 2. — Frantic with fear of ‘the persuasive power of Bolshevik Browder, the G, 0. P. national committee rushed Hughes, the hairy hyena,.to this town and blazoned across every sewer sheet the news that this missing link would erupt on the day and hour of the Browder meeting. The local G. O, P. committee would not hear of a debate between the present secretary of state and the future commissar of foreign affairs. They expressed a rather shaky hope that their gladiator would carry Kan- sas City for Koolness and Kanniness. Good Meeting. Comrade Browder had a good turn- out and splendidly discussed. the role of almost-reds—Hbert in Germany, MacDonald in England and LaFollette in the United States, It is their job to ‘fool the restive workers and be the catspaw to pull the hot chestnuts re out for their owner.. Their reward? Why, the gublicity, a burnt paw—and |W. a kicked seat when their usefulsiess |W is over. CHARLEY SCHWAB’S STEEL MILL TOWN _ AFTER TUSSLE WITH POLICE —___— BETHLEHEM, Pa., Nov. 2.—Bethlehem is the h gigantic mills. The highest wag hell hole is 35 cents per hour, vented the Workers Party from ome of Charles Schwab's es paid the workers in this feudal industrial It is no wonder that the chief of police pre- holding its meeting in Quinn School Audi- torium after a permit had been given. Police were stationed all around the e: Plan Strike to Organize. NEW YORK,- Oct. 28, — Grocery and Dairy Clerks’ Union, Local 1232 of the Retail Clerks’ International Protective Association, have given the executive board authority to call strikes whenever the employers re. fuse to grant shorter hours and a min- imum living wage. Conditions in the shops @re not good now and a genera) @ to organize completely is ex- pected soon, torium’ who kept driving away work- OUR DAILY PATTERNS A NEW AND PLEASING APRON two colors, or, damask and organdy. The Pattern is cut in one Size— Pattern receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Bend 12c in silver or stamps for UP-TO-DATE FALL & WINTER 925 BOOK OF '‘ASHIONS. ers who approached the building. A POPULAR SUIT FOR THE SMALL BOY. ntrance of the Quinn School Audi- Another hall was hired but as soon as the police found that out they fore: ed the hall keeper to close the Work- ers Party meeting out. With the 125 Workers who struck to the end we silc- ceeded to finally hold a meeting at the Hungarian Workers’ Hall about two miles from the place in an isolated part of the town. Tom Myerscough, the militant miner who was expelled from the Mine Workers’ Union by the reactionary Lewis machine, was chair. man. Gitlow in his speech rapped hell out of Charles Schwab and the democracy that prevails in Bethlehem. He told the workers that some day in the near future the Workers Party would reorganize the Bethlehem steel mills of Charley Schwab along entirely dif. ferent lines. When that times comes, the workers will be in a position to take any hall and if the chief of police intervened, the workers, thru a shut- down in the mills, would teach him whether Schwab and the steel barons like it or not, Still Gets the Crowds NEW. YORK, Nov. 2.—What Price Glory continues to question the where- for and cost of war to packed houses at the Plymouth Theatre, New York. Arthur Hopkins’ presentation of thc play by Maxwell Anderson and Law rence Stalling is a challenge to the which swept the Un- from 1916 to 1918 in an effort to disguise the price of glory. Dx S. ZIMMERMAN IDEN Tris‘ | INIA AY q 46¢ MY NEW LOCATION ESTABLISHED 14 My Examination Is Free. - My Prices Are Reasonable . My Work ts Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY HE DAILY WORKER NEW YORK TAG DAY NETS MORE THAN $2,000.00 Campaign Fund Will Exceed $10,000 Mark NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 2,— Tag day in New York was a success, and the fine response made by a large number of de- voted comrades has resulted in a- total income which will amount to: about two thousand dollars. Twelve stations already reported have brought in $1,728.39 for the Tag Day work, and thefe are still eight of the smaller stations to be, heard from, These eight stations are conserva tively.estimated to average $40 each, which would make the grand total $2,050.00. The largest sums came from the four Harlem stations comprising Sec- jtion 2, which brought in $618,783. Bronx accounted for $476.19, and the Campaign Headquarters reported $878.98, The campaign fund of New York and New Jersey is now well past the $10,000 mark that has been set. The following detailed amount of income brings the report up to Oct. 22. At the present writing there is another week of income, including TAG DAY, to be reported. The report. to date will follow within a couple of days. Arch tron Br. & 8. WW. 6.00 W. C. Br, 620 5.00 Lith Lit. Sec. 106.00 W. C. Br. 67: 10.00 5.00 2.15 3.75 RANK AND FILE WORKERS QUESTION SOCIALIST ORATOR AND TURN MEET INTO COMMUNIST CAMPAIGN RALLY BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn; Nov. 2.—A delegation representing the dwindled remnants of the once mighty army of socialistic Brownsville des- cended upon the Communist corner at Stone and Pitkin avenues at 4:30 p. m. fast Saturday with platform, flag, and effigies of their bourgeois can- Flener_ No. 20228 Tinti No. 20229 L. Kovess No. O. A. Krampetz Kaploff No. Gladstone 1 Ww. Wintersohl Benschele No. 21639 .. J, Kostiw 21039 C. Dimetraispoul A. Koppel No. 7 A. Budish No, 2169: baat Oken C. Stamps 21768 G. Brooks List: Lost H. Wendrow for 3 Comr. J. Band .. Mollio Smaller Al Garbo No. 6477 Rose Cohen 21709 .. Greek Newark Lith. So, Bklyn No. 20567 ... Finn New, Rochel Ukrainian D. T. German Ridgew Russian D. T. German No. Hudson Hungar Yonkers Ukr. Hicksville German Passaii Scand. in Harlem Lith. Blizabeth man Bronx German B So, Slovak Jew Boro. Jewish ye Boe erent ” PA SteSeteneuSasreanpomsuSsaae SASRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSASSRSSSASSAG at See aoa 333 11.00 Pk. Jewish Coney Jewish 'Wmsbur Jewish D. T. 1 Jewish D, T. 1 Eng. Eng. Ens. ang. ing. D. T, » Boro Park... . Bronx No. 2 Eng. Harlem Jew Harlem German Yorkville... German Ridgeland Sng. Bronx 3 Armenian Jewish D. didates, the republican LaFoltette and democratic Wheeler, Knowing that hundreds of workers flock to this corner to hear the mes- ship devised this hysterical piece of strategy of occupying this Communist sage of Communism from a Communist platform, the yellow soc before thee corner for four hours opening of their meeting. The fear on the part of the social ists in bringing out their platform so early as to to occupy the most favor- able corner was very amusing. The comrades know by past experience that if we can put up an opposition platform on the least favorable corne: at the intersection of Stone and Pitkin avenues, it would soon cease to be an opposition meeting, for the socialist audience would dwindle very quickly to insignificance. The events of the meeting proved this. Stop to Listen to Sécialist. About nine o'clock a certain rene- gade socialist in knickers, Jean Cor- nell by name, ascended the yellow platform. There was no Workers Party meeting scheduled for the @ve- ning due to a Communist affair. “It was on the way to the affair that a group of our. comrades stopped to listen just as this experienced social- ist orator was dishing out to a large working class audience a most stupid tirade on the Communists {n a most clever fashion (for, after all, only a social renegade is capable of cleverly saying stupid things). One of our comrades ‘shot a question at him re- garding the refusal of the socialist candidate, Rev. Norman Thomas, to debate the Communist candidate for governor, James P. Cannon. Our per- ‘4 fect socialist orator informed the au- dience that the Communists were too insignificant to bother with—yet this bombast specialist devoted most of his worthless time in exclusively attack- ing the Communist movement. Imme- diately he launched into a fresh tirade against Soviet Russia and force and violence. Demand Platform to Reply. Our comrades demanded the plat- form to answer the speaker's charges put’ up to’ us in a fashion of a depart- ment of justice agent. He refused. This aroused the ire of our comrades and within five minutes in a thoro Communist fashion we had a platform list leader- and a Communist banner on the op- posite corner. It was a spontaneous rank and. file action. We had no reg- ular-speakerg; it was preposterous to oppose this “perfect” socialist orator with our rank and file comrades. Yet our small group did this with perfect self-confidence. The spirit of it caught the mass of workers. They immediately sensed where the force MANY LISTEN EAGERLY TO HOW WORKERS MANAGE Carlson Gives Picture of Workers’ Rule in Russia MUSKEGON, Mich., Nov. 2.—That |the Muskegon local Workers Party is |livening up at great speed was clear- }ly demonstrated at an enthusiastic |meeting held under its auspices here, jand addressed by Oliver Carlson, whom over two hundred working men and women came to hear, many of them remembering him by his youth- ful and very effective activities in con- nection with the former movement of this town. What is a “Workers’” Government? and the tremendous will to action in| the Comunist comes from. Here were rank ‘and file workets—Communists with no’ political schooling except that of the daily class struggle, going so fearlessly into action to opopse this “educated socialist intellectual.” Cross Street and Crowd Follows. One of our comrades opened the meeting at the top of his voice so as to be heard across the street, announc- ing. the purpose of the meeting and calling upon the workers to join the rank and file of the Brownsville Com- munists as a protest against the lying flood of debauched socialist oratory. The workers responded with enthusi-| asm. A great landslide of workers from yellow socialism to militant Com- munism took place. In a very short time the socialist meeting was bereft of its audience, all the workers join- ing en masse. One need but to get a block's distance away to compare the two meetings. There was a great dark mass about the Communist plat- form, and as for the socialist meeting well, one had to come much closer to even notice there was one. His honor, the golf stocking social- ist attacker of Communism, Mr. Cor- nell, soon deserted his own yellow platform and joined our meeting. To all the questions of this socialist and a few of his ilk, our rank and filers who took the platform one after the other, answered in such a fashion as to draw the hearty" and erithusiastic applause of the large crowd of work- ers. The meeting was a great success and an inspiration for further ac- tivity. ee ee Greek Br. Engl. Bronx i Jew Bath Beach German Bushwick Hungarian Astori Lettish Jewish Jewish Coney Isl Ukr. Bayonne Hung. Yonke Eng. Bronx 2 Polish D._T. German Nightworkers Lith. 1 Williamsburg Eng. Williamsburg Coll. Open Air Mtgs. Section 1 ... Seetion 2 Section 3 Section 5 00 365.50 Leaflets Cannon Hunts Pt. Mtg. Tic. Gitlow Mtg. Tic. Olgin Lecture Ti Cannon Oct, 27- Foster Oct. 19 Foster Harlem Mt; Foster Harlem Collection Foster Brooklyn Mi Foster Brooklyn C Buttons—Miscel. Buttons Foster Hi Buttons Foster Broklyn Mtg. Previously reported .. TOTAL - October 22 RUBBER STAMPS AND SEALS IN ENGLISH AND IN ALL FOREIGN LANGUAGES INK, PADS, DATERS. RUBBER TYPE.Erc, NOBLER STAMP & SEAL CO, 624 So. Dearborn Street Phone Wabash 6680 CHICAGO MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO——— PITTSBURGH, PA, DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Reve Service $46 SMITHFIELD ST.. Near 7th Ave, 1627 CENTER AVE., Cor.*Arthur St, UNCLE WIGGILY’S TRICKS Tae he ~ Push and Pull > store,” Winltzky Repudiates Insinuation. NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—The attempt of Martin W. Littleton, former con- gressman, to link LaFollette and Wheeler with the Communists in his speech at the American Defense So- ciety dinner at the Hotel Commodore is characterized as “preposterous, ab- surd, wholly illogical, and showing the man’s own ignorance and wish to pervert the truth “by Harry Winitz ky, Workers Party campaign manager for theNew York district and con- gressional candidate from the 12th district. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. dust Off t By A. General Secretary of the Red attractive booklet of 48 pages—h instrument toward mastering Le’ ORDER 10 to 25 copies 12c per copy, Send rem 1113 W. Washington Bivd. LENIN THE GREAT STRATEGIST OF THE CLASS WAR. Translation and introduction by Alexander Bittelmen. of Lenin—-the whole work a tribute to our great leader, and an Single copy 15 cents. The Trade Union Educational League Wm. Z. Foster, Secy, This meeting, coming close. upon the meeting of vice-presidential can- |didate, Comrade Gitlow, has a great |significance inasmuch as the clearly |depicted analysis of “Labor Govern- {ment vs. Workers’ Government,” that jbeing the particular theme .of the speaker, is being brought home more convincingly and more forcibly to the workers and farmers who were well |represented at this gathering, many attending having come from as far |south as Spring Lake. The meeting was presided over by |Comrade Eugene Bechtold, who also briefly outlined the policies of the Workers Party as portrayed daily in its official organ, the DAILY WORK- ER. Eager to Hear About Russia. Comrade Carlson, in a.concise, even blunt manner, asked the audience of their choice: “Do you want a labor |government as is the administration jof MacDonald of Great Britain, now | being aspired to by LaFollette, the |new Moses of this country, represent- ing the hopeless middle class? ‘Do you want in power such a government whose sole achievment is the appoint- ment of a commission to investigate the housing problem, which ig an acute and vital question in England today, or do you want a government of the workers—one functioning ex- clusively in the interests of the work- ing masses?” 4 The toilers of this town being con- fronted with ever-increasing difficul- ties in their endeavors to obtain a livelihood however meager, due to the acute unemployment situation here, eagerly listened to Comfade Carlson’s depiction of the great contrast be- tween their own precarious existence, and the standard of living enjoyed by the working class of Soviet Russia, CHICAGO PARTY ACTIVITIES. The City Executive Committee will meet Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1924, 8 p. m., at 166 W. Washington street, Room 303. Secretaries of T. U. EB. L. groups should also’ be present. Shop Nucleus No. 1, of the Y. W. L., Chicago, collected $10 among their shop mates for the Workers (Com- munist) Party campaign. FOR RENT nice large room with good family. All modern conveniences. Good transporta- [ tion. Telephone, Graceland 8273. he Press! Losovsky, International of Labor Unions.. An eavy paper cover with a drawing ninism. NOW! 26 or more 10c per copy. ittance to Chicago, Illinois A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN a place. how me