The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 7, 1924, Page 5

HUGHES CHARGE WITH SMUGGLING ANTI-REDS IN May Not Find Many “Green Peasants” Here (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 6.— Charges that the U.S. state department and American con- sulate in Paris assisted him in falsifying his application for visa for entrance into this coun- try have been made by Alexei M. Moshkwinow, who now an- nounces thru the New York Evening Graphic that he is really hen to organize’ anti- Soviet activities. Moskwinow gave Federated Press an interview months ago in which he told frankly that he represented what he called the “Green Peasants” movement of Russia. He alleges that the American gov- @rnment officials connived with him te enable him to come to this coun- try and form the All-Russian Peasants’ Association, $24 HB. 14th St. New York, for organizing an anti-Soviet Movement*to overthrow the existing tegime in Russia, An Adventurer. Byvan D, Young, named by Mosk- winow as the man in the division’ of Buropean affairs in the U. 8. state departinent that he saw on June 4, 1924, admits by wire from Washing- ton that he talked to the Russian and said he met him first in Riga, Russia, where he was singing as Alfred Frau- enstein, and where he was known as an “adventurer.” Young said that Moskwinow was the only one of four men who in April cabled from Paris about visas. He says he saw Mosk- ‘winow in Washington when Secretary Hughes would not and that Mosk- ‘winow claimed then to represent 40 per cent of Russian peasants (30,000,- 000 ~péopléy “until” closely questioned. Then he said his group was about 40,000 strong and’aimed to overthrow the present Russian government with- out foreign intervention. Young says he wrote a note to Hughes to deny the others visas. Post Cards in Colors Something New and Different. Use them for. your regular cor- respondence. Have a set for your album. No. 1—Lenin, directing the revolution No. 2—Lenin, when 16 years old No. 3—The Red Flag of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics No. 4—The Russian state seal and emblem No, 5—Trotsky, commander of the Soviet Red Army ONE CARD 5 CENTS In lots of 10 or more, 2c per card. 1% in lots of 100 or more. Send money order, check or post- age to Literature Department WORKERS PARTY OF AMERICA 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. - and factories. THE DAILY WORKER WORLD CONFERENCE ADMITS RUSSIA HAS BEST ELECTRIFICATION PLAN onthe (By Rosta News Agency.) MOSCOW, Nov. 6.—The Soviet delegates to the international conference of hydraulics, upon which over thirty different countries were represented, report that the conference recognized that the best electrification plan was the one adopted in the Union of Soviet Republics. The report made on this subject by the Russian chief delegate, Profes- sor Glouskhoff, director of the Institute of Hydraulics, was unanimously. recognized as a most valuable con- tribution to the labors of the confer- ' NEEDED! e Comrades to distribute special November 7th Edition of the DAILY WORKER at shops Call at the local office and ence and, as a result, the Union of Soviet Republics was included in the number of those four states which were recognized by the conference as having thoroly studied the hydraulic resources and potentialities of the country. Shirt Manufacturers in Rush to Settle with Amalgamated NBW YORK.—Shirt manufacturers who have not yet settled with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers in the present strike for enforcement of agreement are crowding the rooms of the settlement board in: the New Un- ion Square hotel daily to sign the ag- reement. In addition to the United Shirt Manufacturers’ Association, - which signed within 48 hours, the Shirt Con- tractors’ Association and several in- dependent firms have settled. Baratz’s Shirt Co. formerly non-union, has signed with the Amalgamated now and tts 400 workers at Greepoint will be in the union. The terms upon which the union {fs settling include provision for upward readjustment of the wage scale which was reduced in violation of the prev- fous agreement. Registration of con- tractors is another item in the agree- meat which the union is insisting up- on enforcing. Nonunion workers in Greenpoint and Ridgewood particular- ly responded to the strike call of the union in order to get their shops or- ganized. Many Victims of Moorish Forces Are Big Worry to Spain (Special to the Daily Worker) LONDON, Nov. 6. — The complete victory of the rebel Moorish forces under Abdel Krim against the power of Spain is causing considerable worry to the imperialist governments of both England and France. To ®pain had been entrusted the task of “pacification” in the north- ern part of Africa—a task which it has conscieniously tried to fulfill by force of arms. New that Spain has been driven from North Africa, both France and Baogland are watching each other jealously, each fearing that the other will make further gains. France fears that her power on ‘the African con- tinent may be weakened, and England that ho self-constituted guardianship over the straits of Gibraltar may be questioned. The expressed determination of the Moors to prevent foreign interven- tien has complicated the situation constAexnhiy for the imperialists. Next Sunday Night and Every Sun- day Night, the Open Forum. PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Bona: mg Service BANKERS’ SCHEME TO MAKE OWNERS OF RAIL WORKERS Must Starve for Five Years, That’s All WASHINGTON.— From the Bank- ers’ Railway Bulletin, a propaganda service, comes a new red herring to be dragged across the trail of public ownership and democratic manage- ment of the railroads. The new scheme is simple—let all the railroad workers save 20 per cent of their wages for five successive years, and plant those savings in railroad securi- ties. That would buy the railroads, says the propagandist of the Bankers’ Railway Bulletin, and “it ought to put an end to wage controversies and strikes; it ought to end the agitation for government ownership on the part of the employes.” Will End Strikes Too, But that is not all: “If successful it might provide a precedent in quiet- ing the complaints one hears against the present organization of industry without recourse to socialism or oth- er economic and political heresies— a precedent which might, possibly save this country from the state at which several Huropean countries have arrived and to which many oth- ers Are headed.” It goes into rgument to show that while the Plumb plan would not pro- vide penalties for inefficiency, the magic of stock ownership in a privaté railroad corporation would make ev- ery man efficient. All he needs do is Save up 20 per cent of his wages each year, and hand them over to the com- Wany for shares in its future. ‘ Nothing in the article explains how a railroad worker can save so much from wages fixed by the rail labor board. Debate. on Evolution SAN FRANCISCO.-—As the opening gun of The Science League of Amer- ica against the anti-evolutionists in California, a debate will be held be- tween Maynard Shipley, president of the league, and Daniel O’Connel on the subject: Resolved, that the theory of evolution should be taught in the Public schools as opposed to Biblical doctrines. O'Connell, widely known 88 a political liberal who served time in a federal prison for kis opposition 'to the war to end war, is a reaction- ery in religious matters and and chal- leaged Shipley to the debate. Propaganda in Schools, SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6.—Another bit of propaganda for school children is announced by the American legion, which offers prizes to public school pupils of San Francisco for essays on The Value to the Community of the Palace of the Legion of Honor. The board of education has approved the contest. Needless to say, the prize- winning essays will be intensely pa- triotic and militaristic, The money for the aPlace of the Legion of Honor was donated immediately after the war, to erect a memorial to San Fran- cisco’s war dead. But like the Cen- tralia memorial, not a stone has yet been laid. The city has rented the ground to gasoline service station, ‘Boost Price of Milk. NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—Life becom: still harder for the babies of N Borden Farm Products company, York City following November 1. The |®' SHOE WORKERS IN UNITED FRONT AT NEXT CONVENTION Militants Roll Up Sleeves for New Task By M. SHARAF. Special Daily Worker Correspondent. BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 6.—Local 1, of Chelsea, Mass., has seceded from the Amalgamated Shoe Workers of Ameri- ca, and has applied for a charter in the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union. It is rumored that the latter organiza- tion paid heavily for the change that took place in the local. Militants Explain. The DAILY WORKER correspond- ent interviewed the union officials and a number of active members. They all told of the great handicaps they had been under since the Amalgamat- ed came to Chelsea. If any shops close down or move out of Chelsea, as has been the case recently, the work- ers of those shops were forced to take jobs under unspeakably bad conditions because the locals of the Amalgamated did not permit them to receive employ- ment in shops under their jurisdiction They said they could not go to Boston because the Boot and Shoe controls that vicinity. ; Change Their Tactics. They had a membership of 800. Only 400 were left at the time the lo- cal changed its allegiance. This local has been conducting™a strike during the last two months. The general of- fice of the Amalgamated did not con. tribute one cent towards helping win the strike, tho they have a regular strike fund. If this strike is lost, the Chelsea union is lost. The militants of the Chelsea local foreseeing this, raised the slogan of “boring from with- in.” Change Gives New Impetus. The militants said they would work real hard for the next months to get their views across to the Boot and Shoe Workers so that in May when the convention takes place they will se- cure for the Brockton district locals their charters from the Boot and Shoe ‘Workers’ Union.” And with the Brock: ton militants in the fold a new era for the shoe workers of the country would be on its way. The arguments were concluded with | the statement that for more than 20 years the militants had fought the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union from the outside. “Now we are going to do something from within,” they said. Are You Going to the Open Forum Sunday Night? Canadian Bankers Squeeze Out Small Fry in Money Trust VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 6.—Cana- dian financial interests are concentrat- ing their wealth... During the past three years the banking interests of Canada have undergone a process of amalgamation that resulted in the gradual elimination of the small fin- ancier class and the egtablishment of a money trust in the dominion. Here are some of the highlights in Canadian finance during the period mentioned: Merging of the Merchants bank with Bank of Montreal (subsid- lary of the Canadian Pacific railway) ; failure of the Home Bank of Canada be- cause it would not join the Bankers’ union; amalgamation of the Bank 0! Hamilton and the Bank of Commerce; union of the Bank of Hochelga and the Bank Nationale of Quebec, and in Sep- tember the absorption of the Sterling banks of Ontario by the .Standard Bank. , Canadian banks now act as mere collection agencies for the eastern fin- ancial centers. No credit of any im- portance is extended to western busi- enterprises. Advances on agri- culture are absolutely nil, In the fruit Page Five MEXICAN PRESIDENT IS FETED BY U. S. GOVERNMENT AS PART OF PLOT TO STRANGLE MEXICO (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 6—In a formal announcement to the press, the state department outlined Its program for the visit of President-elect Calles of Mexico to Washington. A representative of the department and a troop of cavalry were sent to the station to escort him to the Mexican embassy, and later he was presented to President Coolidge. Next morning he was to be taken to lay a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington, again under escort of cavalry. After lunch at the White House with Mex- . register when you will do your share. “Distribution to take place on Nov. 5, 6 and 7. RATES SE00 @ year HAG -§ S00 ayear O montis o. F450 TH $3.50-6 months $200 9 months NEW SUBSCRIPTION TO BUILD DAILY WORKER popularly called the milk trust, hag |°°U%try of British Columbia the banks boosted the price one cent per quart,|Will not advance a cent on crop re- Grade B, bottled, becomes 15 cents |t¥"* and in some cases the govern- and Grade A, bottled, 18 cents per|™e2t has taken first mortgages on quart, fruit crops to secure payment of water and land taxes, A _——. Subscribe for DAILY WOR 250, Fmonths ican embassy and state department. officials, he was scheduled to go to Mt. Vernon on a government yacht, and then return to the embassy. Calles, elected by the exploited toilers of Mexico is to be choked with honey and showered with honors by interests of the Mexican workers. the American ruling class not in the By LELAND OLDS. (Federated Press Industrial Editor) HO favors the Coolidge brand of Prosperity? You won't get a prize for guessing right first time. It’s too easy after a glance at the table of family incomes below. Cautious Cal in a last minute appeal for the sup- port of the millionaire bloc ordered the internal revenue office to show why the privileged classes should rally to the administration which piloted the ship of state thru 1923. Fifteen families in 1923 had combin- ed personal income of more than $100,- 000,000. That is the first finding of a hurried analysis of such personal in- come tax figures as got into the daily papers. The combined income of these members of America’s super- aristocracy would support more than 100,000 workers’ families at the rates of pay considered proper for section men on the railroads, The way these huge unearned in- comes poured in, making it possible for these favored families to live in the lap of luxury, is shown in the table: Estimated 1923 Net Income $27,960,000 16,490,000 Family Rockefeller .. Ford Payne Whitney 7,560,000 Harkness .. 6,940,000 Mellon .. 6,471,000 George F. Baker. 4,970,000 Vanderbilt 4,871,000 Dodge. «vu. 4,480,000 Guggenheim 4,366,000 Marshall Field 3,890,000. McCormick 3,772,000 Pratt. .. 2,599,000 Cochran 2,424,000 Huntington .. 2,316,000 Wood: .... 2,080,000 These incomes are estimated from the taxes paid on the basis of statis- tics of income for 1922 issued by the bureau of internal revenue. Allowance is made for the 25 per cent reduction in tax rates made since that year. The huge Rockefeller income which heads the list is too much a symbol of America’s plutocracy to require much comment. It is drawn from the sweat of workers the world over, from oil Chicago Location Of Chief American Zeppelin Works The removal of the Goodrich Rub- ber company headquarters from Ak- ron to Chicago and the establishment here of the chief American zeppelin works was forecast today, when it became known that the visit to this city of Dr. Hugo Eckner and three chief officers of the ZR-3 was pri- marily for the purpose of investigat- Ing facilities and feasability of the plan. The plan was revealed by P. O. Lehmann, a brother of Capt. Ernst A Lehmann, chief pilot of the ZR-3. P. O. Lehmann also said Capt. Lehmann had accepted the position of vice- president of the American Zeppelin Works. Members of the German party refus- ed to comment on the announcements on their arrival here. Horse Stops “Sunshine,” SWEETWATER, Tex., Nov. 6.— Eugineer Max Weisen and Frank Pratt were fatally injured when the Texas & Pacific fast Sunshine Spe- cial, st-bound passenger train, struck a horse at Stamper switch, east of here, today, overturning the engine, one baggage car and derailing four coaches, No passengers were in- Some First Thoughts ‘on. Big Incomes workers, coal miners, iron workers and railroad workers, in fact from al- most every field in which capitalism Has found a‘basis for large scale ex- ploitation of human labor. The Ford income is also a byword. profits which can be derived from highly speeded mass production in which the workers becomes nothing but a cog in the wheel. But it is impossible to go into the history of each income. These super: wealthy families are so interlocked by marriage as well as by common desire to exploit the workers that they share in almost every form of enterprise— The Mellons in‘oil, steel, coal and alu. minum—George F. Baker of the First National bank of New York in prac- tically all the enterprises controlled by the New York banker ring, notably U. S. Steel and American Telephone and Telegraph.—The Guggenheims ex- ploiting the copper miners.—The Mc- Cormicks rooking the farmers thru the price of farm implements. These are just hints at the operations which pro- duce for these families the splendid in- comes revealed by the official tax- gatherers. To assure such incomes in the future they depend upon reactionary govern- ments which will allow no tampering with the right of expolitation. | Your Union Meeting FIRST FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1924, Name of Local and Place of Meeting. Bakers and Conf., 3420 W. Roose- velt. Bookbinders, 175 W. Washington St., Pp. m. Broom Makers, 810 W. Harrison St. 175 W. Warpiqaven: 2708 W. 35th % fades Council, 180 W. No. 38 a 8 Dis. Council, 505 s. , 4839 S. Halsted St. s, 2801 W. Monroe St. Lake 8324'S. Halsted 5438S. Garment Workers, Joint W. Van Buren St. Ashland Bivd. . Kedzie Ave. 3140 Indiana Ave. n Makers, 119 S. Throop St. 1 8. Chicago Ave. Hall, zie, » Ui, Walyay Carmen, Villiage Hall, Kol- armen, Villag arborn Hotel. 1586 E. 64th St. 3349 «North Workers, Ashland and Van Buren. South Chicago, Trad jd Labor 139 Commercial Ave. 412 Capitol Bidg. Wolfram Ave. en), Women’s City Pom. hers (Com.) 312 8. Clark ; esses, 19 W. Adams St., ms Wom in's Union Label League 220 5 8. Ashland Biv (Note--Unléss — othe! stated all meetings are at 8 p. Amalgamated In Cleveland CLEVELAND.-—-The Clevelund joint board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers has placed two flying squad- rons in the fleld to unionize factories still outside the field. Unemployment is @ecreasing somewhat, although many unionists are still out of work im the northeastern. Ohio district, “The education season sponsored by the joiit board opened with a lecture oh Labor in Government. It represents the enormous private | Labore Ladustry ¢=greulture { [AQ] : ‘SELLING JOBS TO COAL MINERS GETS HARD KNOCK [Two Rank and Filers | Expose Conspiracy By E. B. HEWLETT. (Special to the Daily Worker) WEST FRANKFORT, IIL, Nov. 6— If a miner wants a job in No. 2 Orient mine, he must have $100.00 or he is out of luck. This was discovered | when Joe Klynas, employment agent | Was exposed as a “job seller,” in ca- |hoots with the mine boss. | It has been rumored for a long time |that no one could get a job at No. 2 | Orient mine from a boss as at other ;mines, but must see an agent and | pay him $100.00, who would then give the applicant some sort of order te |take to the mine boss who would put him to work. Paid The Money. | On or about October 16, 1924, Will | iam Shrader and Henry Savolick, who |had beén to the mine many times to | get work and had been told that more }men could not possibly be put on, as | they had too many already, went there |again and heard the same story. So hey were told by a friend who to see if they wanted fA job. They were introduced to Joe Klynas to whom they paid $100.00 each, William Schrader went up to min- er’s sub-district office and told Lon Fox, who is president of the sub-dis- trict, that he would try and secure evidence against the bosses and agents, if the sub-district would fur- nish the $200.00 to buy the jobs. At first Fox did not want to do it, shy- ing that he tried many times to get men to secure evidence against “job sellers” but some of them never came back and others did nothing. Schra- der informed Fox that he had been a member of a local union in West Frankfort for six years and had prop- erty worth $2,000 which he would put up as security. The sub-district office then gave them the $200.00 which they paid to Klynas and he told them to go to the boss the next day and give the latter an envelope with their miners’ papers, and a slip of paper with their’names on it to George Pollack, boss at the Orient No. 2. When they had done this a job would be given them. Investigated First. : When Schrader and Spvolick went to the boss next day, they were in- formed there was no job but when he was handed the envelope he told the two miners to come back at 4 p. m, When they returned, the boss, took the employment slips back, saying he would have to investigate rst. Then Schrader and Savolick went to the agent and demanded their money beck. He took them into a private room and advised them to return to Pollack, the mine boss and go thru the same performance they went thru | the day before. They would then get their jobs. He was right. This time the boss gave them an order for a lamp, known as a “bug light” and they went to work. After having worked for a few days, Schrader, who was employed as a loader, had no coal and asked the boss for shift work. He was told there was no work for him. The boss says, .| “Schrader, I guess I made a mistake when I hired you.” Schrader replied: “I guess you did, Mr. Pollack.” Schrader then exposed the whole business and got seven other men to confess to buying jobs. This kind of thing has been going on for a long time. Agent is Arrested. The only man so far arrested was the agent. The boss has not been touched. The agent is free on a one thousand dollar bond. Now that the ice is broken, others are opening up. Kero Kenny confess- ‘ es to buying a job on February 6, ~ 1923. The fee at that time was $50.00,” Frank Laukis, who confessed to buy- *s ing a job from Joe Poschkus, was * threatened with dqath by the latter. Poschkus pulled his gun on Laukis and would have killed him had not a woman come between them. Lon Fox, sub-district president, says he will not allow this to drop until the mine bosses and manager are dis- charged and their mine papers taken away. It is expected that several more will confess. All those who confess are promised immunity. A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN ~