The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 18, 1924, Page 5

THE DAILY WORKER CHICAGO LABOR OFFICIALS DODGE WORKERS’ HEALTH BUREAU FIGHT ON POISONING OF STANDARD OIL LABOR The letter of the Workers’ Health Bureau, condemning the tragedy at Bayway, N. J., where’ five employes of the Standard Oil died of insanity because of disease contracted while working with eythol gasoline, was side- tracked by the Chicago Federation of Labor meeting Sunday. “Ha” Nockels made a motion to refer the matter to the Painters’ District Council, but the delegates declared that the Ilinois Federation of Labor had endorsed the Workers’ Fealth Bureau and that the body should act Anti-Work . Class : Judge is Returned on the matter. Nockels then made an amendment by Recent Election (By Federated Press.) that the letter of the Workers’ Health Bureau be referred to the Illinois fed- eration, which was carried. “Bob” Fitchie said that, “When Miss Harriet Silverman spoke on the Workers’/ TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 17. — The Health Bureau at. the Peoria conven-|rawest of all the many raw results of tion the Illinois Federation of Labor | the Washington elections is the eleva- suggested that each trade act inde-|tion of Judge William D. Askren to the state supreme court. It ever a judge deseryed to be classified with vermin, Askren is the man. Not only have almost half of pendently on the matter, she was practically ignored.” Ravages of Profit System. ’ Health Bedi pfiry “oe ‘susaue on his decisions been reversed by the su- preme court on appeal, giving him a standing of 37th out of 43 court judges in this respect, but his disregard of human rights and decency have made tragedy was an example of the rav- ages of the profit system, and called him the classic exhibit in the state. The most celebrated of the decisions on alt bodies affiliated with organized labor to take action protesting against such tragedies. The letter character- lized the lead poisoning as “proving that the widiias must fight against|in which he met ignominious and the exploitation of labor’s health.” unanimous reversal in the supreme Anton Johannsen reported on the |court was the damage suit of Mrs, LaFollette campaign committee, de- Bertha Wampler, a deserted wife with claring that $11,000 had been raised three young children, against an auto- tor the LaFollette campaign and a|mobilist who injured her foot so that little over one thousand dollars spent |it had to be amputated. Her husband, i who had been jailed as a wife deserter, accepted $300 from the autoist as com- plete release of all claims by the de- serted wife. in expenses. Most of this expense money was paid to Johannsen and his fellow committee members as wages and expenses. Fight for Window Washers. Rod a, big aie gl pred when Mrs. Wampler brought her dam- The delegate of the window wash-| 2. suit, dismissed the jury and threw the woman’s case out of court. Her lawyer offered to prove that the de- serting husband had used the $300 not ers requested the federation to au- thorize President Fitzpatrick to act only to get out of jail on the desertion charge but was using the balance to on a committee to induce the public library board to give more favorable sue his injured wife for divorce. The money that should have gone to her as working conditions to the window washers. It was brot out that non- damages, had she accepted the settle- ment out of court, was thus used to union painters work in the library alongside of union carpenters and window washers. The mafter was re- injure her further. Askren refused to listen. The decision was unanimously re- ferred to the executive board. versed by the supreme court. But the voters .of the state gave Askren his revenge. Justice Pemberton, who wrote the reversal, is the defeated candidate in the supreme court elec- tion won by Askren. Lead Gasoline Very Dangerous, Health Bureau Warns Labor NEW YORK, N. Y., Noy. 17.—Imme- diate action by organized labor to protect workers against poisoning by gasoline containing lead was urged yesterday in a letter sent to trade un- ions thruout the country by the Work- ers’ Health Bureau, 799 Broadway, New York, following the death of the fourth worker of the Standard Oil company’s Bayway plant. State Fed- erations of Labor and Central Labor bodies in every state have been urged to take steps at once along the fol- lowing lines: State Must Stop Sale. To protest to their State De- partments of Health and Indus- trial Commissions against the exposure of workers to gasol- ine containing lead. To call for an immediate and complete investigation of work- ing conditions in the Standard Oil company’s Bayway plant, * and all other plants where sim- flar experiments or manufac- turing is being done, To demand that the sale of gasoline containing lead be stopped immediately and pro- hibited until the subject is ful- ly investigated by scientific ex- perts, That in the investigating com- mittee chosen for this purpose SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS RE- PRESENTING LABOR shall be included.” Information Based on Authority It was explained by the Workers’ Health Bureau last night that the call to organized labor was based on a tele- gram from Prof. Yandell Henderson of Yale, leading authority on gas pois- oning, in which he stated that unle: the sale of gasoline containing lead is “immediately stopped and prohibit ed until the subject can be fully in- vestigated by scientific experts, there is great danger of wide spread pois- oning among men at gasoline filling stations, garages, and repair shops, and even among the general public.” Copies of the bureau’s appeal have been sent to all organized labor lodies of New Jersey. ' “It is now up to the workers protect themselves,” the letter de- clares. -TOOHEY GREETED WITH ENTHUSIASM — BYW. VA. MINERS (Special to the Dally Worker) GALLOWAY, W. Va. Nov. 17.— ‘The miners in this little mining town on the edge of the non-union coal fields of West Virginia turned out in a body to hear Pat H. Toohey, the Workers Party speaker. i Packing the Union Theatre to the doors, the audience for threé hours paid close attention, save for many outbursts of applause, while Comrade Toohey, the young Pennsylvania _.Miner, exposed the rotteness and cor- ruption of the capitalist system, Government With Boss Every Time. Comrade Toohey told of the many heroic struggles of the West Va, miners, the role the, government has played in these struggles, usually on the side of the boss. He pictured the suffering and misery of the miners aud workers everywhere in order to forcibly bring home to the audience the ever intensifying class struggle. The miners of Galloway have ne working part time for many mont and the reason for this was explaine: in plain words by the speaker. He told of the approaching war the capital- | ° ists are planning, and how they will once more fool the working class to defend their profits and investments. His speech was punctuated with hum- orous remarks which the crowd great- ly appreciated and applauded, True To His Class One was when he answered the rumor that he was a paid foreign agitator and trouble maker by saying “as to being an agitator and trouble maker, it is my delight to make as much trouble for the boss class as | possible, and as for my nationality | it happens that. my grandfather, father and myself was born in this country, so you see I am a real Amer- ican only I am not in the habit of wearing sheets and bed. clothes at night in.order to prove it.” The meeting was held under the auspices of Local Galloway, Workers Party, and much literature was sold in addition to the taking of a large collection in the face of the unem- ployment prevailing here. U. S. Planes Training To Fight. Mikado Are Wrecked on West Coast LOS ANGELES, Cal. Nov. 17.— Four or five seaplanes engaged in maneuvers with the Pacific fleet be-|. tween San Diego and Los Angeles were wrecked early today, according to unconfirmed reports. received here. How the planes were wrecked or whether any of the pilots were killed or injured was unknown, Efforts were being made to com- municate with the U. S, 8. California, flagship of the fleet, which was at anchor off Los Angeles Harbor, to confirm the rumor. Meet Death in Fog. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Nov. 17.— —The Negro driver of a school hack and one colored school girl were instantly killed, two other school chil- dren perhpas fatally injured and five soriously hurt today when the hack enroute from Centerville to the Clays- “burg school was struck by a railroad train, A fog obstructed the view of the crossing. Communist Vote in lowa. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia., Nov. 17. William Z. Foster, Communist can- didate, got 27 votes in Pottawattamie county, which includes this city. As there are only two Workers Party members in the city, and as Iowa is famed as a standpat state, this is about 17 more than these party mem- bers estimated. Looking Out for’ Chile. LONDON—Latin American society members representing fortunes aggre- gating a billion dollars, South Ameri- can diplomats and the ambassadors from the United States and Spain. gave a farewell dinner for Senator Edwards, minister from Chile, who is retiring after 14 years of service. OUR DAILY PATTERNS “4, A COMFORTABLE. WINTER OUT- DOOR GARMENT. “Teddy Bear” cloth, eider- corduroy, jersey and flannel .| The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: 2, 3, 4 and 6 years. A 4-year size requires 2% yards of 86-inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on re- ceipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE FALL AND WINTER 1924-1925 BOOK OF FASHIONS, pevesnenrenr nee verre Butchers Get Vacation with Pay. ‘One week vacation with pay will be re-|given every union meat cutter em- ployed: by the Master Butchers’ As- sociation of Chicago as a result of the Ww agreement obtained by Local 646, Association of SPANISH WORKERS LIVING UNDER IRON HEEL OF FASCISM, WRITES COMRADE, DEPORTED FROM U. S. From “sunny” Spain, the land of Fascism and dictatorship, comes a letter from a comrade who proved himself a fighter in the class war in America, who suffered imprisonment in San Quentin, and who was later shipped back to Spain. “The whole country is under the iron heel of Primo de Rivera,” writes our comrade. “Martial law has been proclaimed everywhere. The press has been muted. Hundreds of workers *- are in prison, and some others being deported to some Spanish colonies on the equator in Africa, some of the Canary Islands. Labor Unions Wrecked “The labor papére and their machin- ery have been destroyed. The labor | No. of Meeting, unions have been practically destroy-| 21 Bricklayers, 912 W. Monroe St. 68 Carpenters, Diversey and Sheffield. ed, and those left can meet only under Carpenters, 1023 E. 75th St, | SLAVES OF THE COAL BARONS TAKE TO BOOKS May Study History from Tut to Farrington By SCOTT NEARING (Federated Press Staff Writer) TAYLORVILLE, Ill., Nov. 17.—Ten thousand miners in the fifth subdis- triet of Mlinois, United Mine Work- ers of America are*conducting a sig- nificant experiment in labor educa- tion. Altho more than half of the mines in. this territory are closed for lack of demand, these union men, in Your Union Meeting THIRD TUESDAY, NOV. 18, 1924, Name of Local and Place the face of a hard winter, have|supervision, to talk of their organi-| 272 Carpsists, Moose Hall, Chicago reached the conclusion that their real |24tion business and their accounts.| 1786 Carpenters, Springfield and 26th. | ae lies in awakening the rank and | Any attempt to porns the anagrs 338 Firemen sand. Rnginemens bas ile of the organization to the under-|the government brings a long ja! jalster a | Federal loyes, Gi N } lying and economic causes of the | sentence. MR ee ee | hardship that is confronting them. They propose to combat ignorance and apathy with organized education. The subdistrict convention, held early in June, 1924, resolved to adopt this course after' listening to a report Workers Starving “In every corner of the rural coun- 5 try, as well as in the cities, you can 6 hear nothing but furious denuncia-} 81 tions of the government. Glove Workers’ Joint Council, 1710 N. Winchester Ave., 5:30 p. m. gi 15th St., Chi- 8, 8 » Harrison St. " Garment Workers, 328 W. Buren St. ine Fire and Oilers, 357 N. “The workers are starving here, b rk 147 Painters, 20 W. Randolph St. earn gayest yam en the wages are so small that they can’t} 180 Pain ere N. E. pen California and 3 an educational! earn enough money for a living. 494 Painters, 6414 4 S. Halsted St. beanie Mote ope of a vigorous! “y should appreciate it if you could| 181 Painters, N. W. ‘cor. State and a Sp hele the rank and ‘sent me some revolutionary literature.| 975 220 W. Oak St. Say ive was elected! we cannot get any here, under the| 521 » Trumbull and Ogden Ave. from the floor of this convention, a 508 Monroe end eric, Ste. former mine worker—Tom Tippet present circumstances. Besides that, 4 rin ine Die Stampers, 19 W. ws jams St. was’ secured from The Federated e Pleas Aap from San Quentin} 724 Railway Carmen, 75th and Drexel Press as director of the experiment, if 1047 Railway Clerks, 9 S. Clinton St. and in the blazing heat of an Illinois a tage ures a210 -Rallway Clerke,, 609 W.Washing- August, the educational work was be- Show Movies of Life 703 ters, 159 N. State St. gun. 7 34 W. Randolph St. W. Wash- In Soviet Russia at Providence, Nov. 19 Upholsterers Union, 180, ington St. 39 Amalgamated Clothing Kedzie and Ogden. 162 Amalgamated Clothing 1534 N. Robey St. (Note: Unless otherwise stated, al! meetings are at 8 p. m.) Many Students. Now, at the end of three months, there are more than 180 students, grouped in 10 classes, and weit scat- tered over the district. After a great deal of discussion, the students decided to spend the first three months on ancient. history, supplemented by English and public speaking. The next period will be devoted to American history, par- ticularly the American labor move- ment. Most of these students never fin- ished the grammar school, some went to work when they were twelve years of age, but they assemble, week after week, discuss the topic of the eyen- ing, bring in compositions, do- outside work in the public libraries—in short they act quite like other folks that are interested in enlarging the boun- daries of their knowledge. Classes vs. Saloon. : Labor education comes as some- thing of an innovation in these Illinois mining towns in which the saloon and the movie palace have heretofore pre- dominated. The regular schools in this section are usually conducted by quite young girls, whose education has extended little beyond the high school, and whose background is that of the Illinois mining villages. There are few forms of recreation and al- most no means of spreading en- lightenment. Hold Public Lectures. Beginning with their October pro gram, the educational committee in addition to the regular classes is bringing into the district prominent teachers in fields related to the class work, who not only conduct classes but hold public lectures in the mine villages where the classes have been organized. The public lectures will spréad the work of education to the whole village. There seems to be no limit to the work this educational committee may do except that set by the funds of the union and the interest and cap- acity of the students, most of whom are under 30, and all of whom are looking for a way out of the tangled maze of economic vassalage in which the miners of Illinois find themselves. Workers, Workers, PROVIDENCE, R. 1. Nov. 17.—The average picture shown in the moving picture theaters does not interest the person who wants to know real life. A picture like Tolstoi’s story of a serf, “Polikushka,” is not shown in many places. The average Henry Dubb wants to be amused and not in- structed and as there are more Henry Dubbs than there are Jimmie Hig- gins, the result is “Vamps” and cus- tard. pie comedies. The R. I. Workers’ Educational So- ciety, Joseph M. Caldwell, president has made arrangements to have an eyening’s showing of two of Tolstoi’s pictures, produced by the Moscow Art Theater Players, at the Gaiety Thea- ter in Providence, R. I. on Wednesday night, Nov. 19, 8 p m. sharp. The pic tures to be shown are “Polikushka,” a story of Russian serfdom, written as only Tolstoi could write and _ inter- preted as only actors like the Mos- cow Art Theater Players can interpret Russian life. This picture is a master- piece of photoplay production. Ivan Moskvin, who plays the leading part brings tears and laughter to the audi- ence, a truly remarkable feat of a master actor. The pictures are genu- inely full blooded Russian, holding one in breathless suspense from the first scene to the last. The pictures run for six reels of dramatic beauty con- ceivable only to the Moscow Art Thea- ter Players. s “The Miracle of Ivan the Soldier,” a two reel comedy of Russian life and a one reel pictorial of “Russia Today” are included in the evening’s program. The show starts at 8 p. m. sharp, in the Gaiety Theater, on Weybosset St., Wednesday, Nov, 19, for one showing only. If you miss this you may never have an opportunity to see it again. The proceeds of the show will be used for the benefit of the children of the German workers, many of whom need food and clothes now. Tickets are on sale by the comrades and at the theater, Discuss Question of Making Vladivostok, Siberia, Free Harbor VLADIVOSTOK, Nov. 17. — The question of declaring part of the Viadivostok a free harbor has again come to the fore. Since 1921, Vladi- yostok has become more and more an exporting port. The following table of trade passing thru Vladivostok port shows this clearly (figures in million poods): Trade of Viadivostok Port. Excess of Exports Ex- Im- over ports ports Imports . 24 3 21 . 36 4 32 . 41 i 40 With the declaration of a free har- bor, the use of the port also for im- ports would be encouraged; this, it is argued, would decreased freight charges, and thus enable Vladivostok port to compete successfully with’ Dairen as a transit port, particularly for the trade in import goods to Man- churia. A first-class free harbor could read- ily be organized in Vladivostok, where goods could not only be transported and warehoused, but preliminary operations, such as purifying, sorting, reweighing, and packing could be car- ried out. Fear Bad Conditions in San Quentin Will _ Now Get Still Worse SAN QUENTIN, Cal. Nov. 17.— After months of political harassing, Warden James A. Johnston of San Quentin prison has sent in his resigna- tion to take effect Jan. 1. Johnston, known as somewhat of a liberal and more or interested in prison re- form, was a Hiram Johnson appointee, and for this reason Gov. Friend A. Richardson has been trying to get rid of him. Richardson announces as Amalgamated Wins Strike. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Nov. 17.—The Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Un- ion has won a ten-day strike against contract shops supplied by J. Roth- enberg & Son. Three shops were involved. An agreement is being worked out, the firm agreeing to ac: cept union conditions prevailing in inty of Dividends. FALL RIVER, Mass., Nov. 17.—In spite of the industrial depr for 18 months has hit Fall River harder than any other textile center the cotton mill companies of this city the city. Johnston's successor Frank J. Smith announce average dividends for the of Los Angeles, now state printer. fourth quarter of their 1 year of Is a Church Smith is without experience in prison 1.33 per cent. The total dividends are $587,675 on a capitalization of $43,965,- 000. Twenty-two companies paid divi- dends, fourteen passing. The Saga- more Manufacturing company paid five per cent, a encteene Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge Fivom, Ashland Auditorium. UNCLE WIGGILY'S TRICKS SACRAMENTO, Cal.—The Califor- nia supreme court must decide if a church is a business organization, in the test case of Charles Eubanks, who was hurt while repairing a church roof and demanded compensation. The court awarded Eubanks compensation, but declined to make a definite state- ment on the question. management. The change cannot help but be for the worse, bad as condi- tions already are in this prison, one of the largest in the country. There are 80 criminal syndicalism (political) prisoners now in San Quentin, and their fate under the new warden is causing considerable anxiety among friends of the militant workers. GERMAN POLICE CHARGED WITH MASS MURDER Communist Paper Sued for Libel “Bloodhounds and Criminals as Po lice Officers.” That was the head- line of an article appearing in a Communist paper in Dusseldorf. The police of Dusseldorf found in this headline not only an insult to itself, but one to the whole institution of the police of Ger- many. Suit for criminal libel wae brought against the paper. The trial disclosed conditions. in the jmachinery for the administration ot tice of Germany that challenge any attempt at description. The whole in- Stitution of police was uncovered as one big cesspool. The government of the republic of Germany is in the hands of a band of unscrupulous mer- cenaries whose only object is to en- slave the German workers for the bene- fit of German and international cap ital. Whoever lends a hand in the execution of this task is welcome and is given some authority as an official or an agent of the police. in Pay of Police. Haarman, the infamous mass mur- derer of Hanover was enabled to per- petrate his crimes only because he was in the pay of the police as a stool pigeon. And he was able to commit his murders practically under the pro- tecting hand of this police. The court in the trial against the Commuuist paper in Dusseldorf was biased and prejudiced against the workers. Yet, after hearing three witnesses, this court had to declare that the Communist paper established the truth of its accusation that blood. hounds and criminals. make up most of the body of the police. The Com- munist paper was adjudged not guilty. The court was in a hurry to cut short the hearing of witnesses. It feared that the stench of the scandal dis- closed by these witnesses might defeat the greater purpose of the suit against the Communist paper. So'no more witnesses were permitted , after the first three. Commit Every Crime, The witnesses disclosed the fact that every crime under the sun had been committed by the police; theft, assault, robbery, rape and murder. The crimes are committed as part of the execution of their “police duty,” The victims are invariably workers. But the Second International is silent about these outrages while it shouts loudly against the first Workers’ and Peasants’ Republic of Russia. ; These victims and their families ap- peal for aid to the solidarity of work- ers the world over. The innocent children of these victims need food and clothing. The victims themselves need the little necessities that make life bearable for those suffering in |prison from capitalist persecution. |Send contributions to the Committe for International Workers’ Aid, 19 South Lincoln street, Chicago, Ml. Inspect Muscle Shoals Again. — One hundred and fifty prominent manufacturers, together with the con- gressmen they control, will depart on‘ a trip to inspect Muscle Shoals to dis- cover how the manufacturers can use the giant power dam to make the most money. The trip is being held under the auspices of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association, Senator William B. McKinley and several Tili- nois congressmen will attend. Bosses Violate Contracts, BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 17.—-The Shoe Workers’ Protective Union is seeking an injunction in the superior court to compel the L. B, Evans’ Son company, shoe manufacturers, to keep their agreement with the union and stop giving employment to non-unionists. New York Readers, Attention! WANTED— ° FURNISHED ROOM Couple, no children. Party mem- bers desire furnished room and kit- chen or use of kitchen. Offers with price to N. Jager, 232 E, 12th St., New York City. A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN ste ES AAT TT EN I AL IS ET UNO Tie OR at BI |