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

SOR cuMNnb eects Sass TEXTILE UNION PLANS FIGHT ON CUT IN WAGES Also Urge Struggle for 48-Hour Law (By The Federated Press) MANCHESTER, N. H., Dec, 2. —The United Textile Workers will take action against the ten per cent wage cut put thru with the consent of the company union here and will start the fight for the enactment of a 48- hour law in New Hampshire. This announcement was made by the local textile council, following @ communication from President Thomas F. McMahon of the United Textile Workers, stating that Organ- izer Horace A. Riviere is on his way to start the fight. War on the speed-up system, giving more looms to the already burdened weaver, has been declared. The union believes that reduction of looms per operative to a reasonable basis, there by reducing unemployment and safe- guarding the health of the workers, is @ necessary change that compares in importance with the restoration of Millions Go in Ol! Fire. Facts For Workers By JAY LOVESTONE, WEERLY WAGES. 1. Average weekly wages in New York State Factories, 1923: Industr: Boots and shoes. Cotton goods .... Furs, leather and rubber go: Meat and dairy products Men's clothin Metals, machinery and conveyances. ae — ans oveas vpn rinting and paper good Rolling mills on ai iron. Ships and boat building. Water, light and power.. Wood manufactures Wool manufactures . ALL INDUSTRIES 2. Average weekly wages in Illinois, 1923: ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. Clothing, millinery and laundering. Furs and leather goods Metals, machinery, etc.. Printing and paper good: Public utilities Textiles ... Wood products SPEED-UP SYSTEM PRODUCES MUCH COAL WITH 40,000 MINERS IDLE (Special to The Daily Worker) VALIER, IIL, Dec. 2—The speed-up system of class collaboration ad- 25.34 +» 27.41 $28.20 LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.—One man jvVocated by Frank Farrington, head of the Illinois coal miners, is proving its dead and property damage estimated at more than $2,000,000 was the toll worth to the coal operators, even if it has closed down at least a third of the mines and left 40,000 coal miners searching vainly for work. COMMUNISTS IN ITALY SHOW BIG GAINS FOR PARTY Industrial Workers Join in Large Numbers (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Dec. 2.—The Communist Party of Italy is making gigantic strides forward in its work of organ- izing the. masses, the most recent membership figures of the party show. In Milan alone there are more than 3,000 active Communists and 1,500 more are in the ranks of the Young Communist League, The members in Milan have been most active in keep- ing their daily organ, Unita, in the field in spite of the constant attacks and suppressions of the paper by the government. Miners Join Communist Ranks. The large party membership in Sardinia is of particular significance, since Sardinia has been consdered the stronghold of the blackshrt regime. Miners of the district are joining the Communists in large numbers. Members of the fascist cabinet who found it expedient to resign for a time are being received with open arms by the liberal and socialist parties of Italy. AN of the partes of the “legal opposition” are arranging for a meet- ing to be held this week, at which a “formal protest” will be registered against the tactics of the Mussolini government. Chief among the speak- ers is to be Di Cesaro, until recently minister of labor and commerce in the cabinet of Mussolini. Di Cesaro, while LETTER FROM UKRAINE TELLS OF DESTRUCTION WROUGHT BY MAKNO, ONE OF EMMA GOLDMAN'S HEROES (Special to The Daily Worker) SCHOENEBERG, Ukrainia, U. 8: 8. Ri.(By Mail).I am glad to tell you that I am getting the DAILY WORKER regularly, » It is surely a glad sight for an: Americansky,” but I wish-you could» see what fine papers the Rus- sian workers have. On September 23, I was commandeered by the Communist Party and This soviet consists of about 1,000 sent here to work in the village soviet. inhabitants, one German and three Russian villages. Emma’s Hero Better Stay Scarce. This Is the home of the bandit Mak- no, glorified by Emma Goldman and the Berlin anarchist international as a great “hero.” Makno and his band had . their. headquarters in -Alexam Your Union Meeting FIRST. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3, 1924. Name of Local and No. place of Meeting. drowsk, about 20 miles east of here. But his bandits committed robbery, One Gunes er, acta 7: rape and murder within a radius of | 38 Amalgamated Clothing Workers, from 40 to 50 miles of Alexandrowsk.| 479 g,'e' "1 We Stone Derrick, 180 Their hand of destruction is visible Ww. shington St. . everywhere, even to this day, parti-| 11 sale ederation, 62nd and cularly in the German villages of 2 Brick and Clay, Village Hall, which there are eighteen in this lo-| i od3nein cality. Factories Work Three Shifts. But the county is building up fast. Flour mills and factories are working to capacity: Some of the factories, like the farming implement factories, are working three shifts a day. One of the factories, employing 600 | 2289 men, is building airplane motors. About. 6,000 men are working im the’) 44 farming implement factory. About 2,000 men are working in the railroad shops. Three hundred men work in the auto repair shops. They overhaul auto trucks and automobiles and mo- toreycles, which the Red Army took]. away from Denikin and Wrangel armies. They are American, French and Italian makes, but most of them . are Packards. 366 carpenters, Western and Lexing- on. re, 5443 S. Ashland Ave. Blacker’s Hall, Lake 180 W. Washington St. 505 S. State St. . 1638 Halsted St. H. Rec, Sec’y.. 2253 Irving 7697. rs, 6414 S. Halsted St. rs, 113 8. Ashland Bivd, (Wood), 1619 N. California Fehlinag, Grace St. 127 N. Francisco Ave. 0. Chicago, 11405 Michi- gan. 2 wizemenie Assn., 169 N. State St., p.m. 461 Firemen and Enginemen, 9118 Com. mercial Ave. Hod Carriers, District Council, 814 . Harrison St. 10 Janitors (Mun.), Kedzie and Bel- mont. Garment Workers, 328 W. Buren St. ts, F W, 55th St. 18 1802 W. Madison at your next branch meeting the first order of business insure the daily worker for 1925 your secretary has policies buy five dollars’ worth or more! you should be glad to do this little task to make your daily SAFE! RED ARMY COMEDY PICTURE COMES TO MASSACHUSETTS i 478 Big Turbine Power: Plants 890) Machinists, 1182 Milwaukee Ave. Of great importance is the ‘building | 615 Maintenance of Way, 5324 S. Hal- today of a disastrous fire in the Santa! This is shown by the Valier mine breaking the world’s record for coal in office, boasted openly of his prac- sted St. Fe Oil field, twenty miles from Los| juction single da bring: Angeles today. The fire, believed to | rc ts the aurtace’ tase Tiesdoy have started with a leak in @ fuel line, | 1544) of 8,666 tons. broke out early yesterday and was still Two years ago the Orain mine hung burning, altho partially controlled to- up the world’s record, but in spite of 8 both these feats of the speed-up sys- tem, Illinois miners are looking for work while Farrington continues to preach that only by doing more work for less money than scab mines can the Illinois miners’ union keep their jobs. Install Negro Judge. Albert B. George, Chicago’s first Negro judge, was installed in the municipal branch today by Chief Jus- tice Harry Olsen. George was elected at the recent election. Goes “Bye-Bye” So Workers Are Jailed (Special to the: Dally. Worker) OSANA, Japan, Dec. 2—Because the empress of Japan is on a traveling trip in the Osaga region, 2,350 Com- munists and 1,136 unemployed radi- cals are kept in police custody here by the Japanese government. The Katow liberal government is engaged in drafting a bill to outlaw radical propaganda which they want to get thru at the next session of the Impe- rial Diet (Shugi in). The supersti- tion that the spirit of Namba Daisuke, a revolutionist, is haunting and terri- fying the imperial court ever since he was executed at Ichigaya, is spreading here and causing some high officials no end of worry. Pycckaa BeyepuHka Can't you read it yet? It’s a shame. It is in Russian and means: Russian Vecherinka (entertain- ment). The Society for Technical Aid to Soviet Russia will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a Veche- rinka this Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Soviet School, 1902 W. Division St. The affair promises to be a lively one as the orchestra of the Y. W. L. will play a prominent role in the program and the dancing that will follow. The three Sholly dancing children in Russian costumes will participate in the program. Many other interesting numbers. Come! Admission only 35 cents. Canadian Officials death of the Scotch nursemaid, one of tical work in disarming the. prole- tariat- Desert United Struggle. Turati, head of the yellow socialist party and ardent supporter of the world war, is to be chairman of the meeting. He will be assisted by No- bili of the maximalists. All of these liberal socialist parties have repeatedly refused to unite with the Communist Party for the common struggle against the worst evils of the blackshirt dictatorship. SOCIETY OF TECHNICAL AID SENDS 185 DENTAL INSTRUMENTS TO RUSSIA CLEVELAND, Dec. 2—The Cleveland branch of the Society for Technical Aid of Soviet Russia has sent to Russia a set of 185 dental instruments, secured from sympa- thetic dentists thru the efforts of Comrade Ben Tillem. The Soviet Commissariat of Labor, Defense, and Re-immigration sent the central bu- reau of the Technical Aid a letter commenting upon the timeliness and usefulness of the instruments, which have been given to the coun- cil of dentists of Moscow. According to the statement of M. Yendokimov, of the Soviet Insti- tute of Dentistry, the instruments will be used by the dental students at several universities. Combine to Withhold $50,000 Due Client ‘By SYDNEY WARREN. (Federated Press Staff Correspondent VANCOUVER, B, C., Dec. 2.—To avoid paying the insurance claims due a Vancouver tugboat captain for the loss of his vessel thru fire, nine in- surance companies of this city banded themselves together like thieves» and began a campaign of character assas- sination against Capt. Albert Ber- quist. Hush Up Murder Case of Scotch Nursemaid (Federated Press Staff Correspondent VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 2.—The Worth Much More. Berquist brought suit to compel pay- ment of $50,000 for the loss of his tug Trebla by fire. The insurance com- panies charged Berquist has over-in- sured the vessel and burned it to col- of an electric power plant near the city of Alexandrowsk on the Denieper river, which is to be equipped with water turbines generating electric power:for this whole district. Work on the plant-is to start this spring, The dam for the electric plant will be 119 feet high. Along with the dam will be constructed a canal with locks to enable ships from the Black Sea ports to go up the river and ‘load grain. Soviets Have No Deficit, On the 18th of October, I attended a meeting of the soviet workers of this district. ~The director of thesgov- ernment’ bank outlined the ‘financial conditions of the Ukrainian republic and that of the whole Union of So- cialist Soviet Republic, showing that the ‘whole: ‘of ‘Soviet Russia will be operating on an even balanced budg- et. From this you will notice that the Russian workers have learned to be good housekeepers. Industrial Unions’ Shop Comniittees. No doubt American “workérs will want to’know something about the working conditions of the workers and the operation of the factories in Rus- sia. All the large industries are govern- ment owned with a directing head an¢ a staff of engineers. All the worker: of a factory, whether mechanical or technical staff, are members of the in- dustrial union, represented by the shop committee elected from the whole force, located in the factory and Marine Cooks, 387 N. Clark St. 2800 23 Moul W, Madison St. 54 Paint erman and Main Ste., Ev. oo 624 Painters, 180 W. Washington St. 893° Painters, Moose Hall, La Grange. 972 ,Printers, Odd Fellows “Hall, si 5 Pla 8, 910 W. Moriroe St. 18653 Poultry and Game, 200 Water St. tol it. Railroad Trainmen, 812 W. 59th Railroad Trainmen, 64th and U varsity. Railroad Street Bivd. Teamsters, 220 S. Ashland Ave. 789 :, Tenirosters; 8350 8. Ashland Ave. 8 Walt Western Avés. # Ba 2 88 ¢ —$—$—$—$— — the same as if they were working. ease of sickness or injury, wages on just the ‘same as if the. worker were working, Sundays included. Also one month’s vacation per year, with pay, at a workers’ rest home. All sur- gical and medical attendance is giv- en free—to workers, only, The . factories. supply. all worki: clothes, overalls, blacksmith aprons, working gloves and such things shoes for foundry workers. Th here is another, department which ooks. after. health in a preventative way—the health and welfare depart- ment. Unemployed on Half-Pay. Ifa worker applies for work at the labor, exchange and they are unable to put him to work, he receives one- ay, Clerks, 165 W. Washing- n aegigmene 159, Ne State .m. , fis W. Harri st. Teamsters (Soda), 20'S. Ashiand |the Russian Paper” Crafts, Chicago and Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Maynard That Russia can produce anything but stark tragedy is a surprise to American movie-goers, but that the Red amy could lay off its job long enuf to.make a boisterous romantic comedy is almost unbelievable. Yet this is exactly what happens in | feature, “The Beauty jand the Bolshevik” which Plays in Maynard, : Massachusetts, on Friday und Saturdayy Dec.*5-and 6, at River- side Theater, Main street. The Red Army commander, in the course of his courtship of a rich land- owner's daughter, has a propaganda | book, ° “The” A-B-C “of Communism,” thrown at his head, and goes out into the night in search of another board- ing house. One of his privates fares but little better—he has his fingers smashed in a home-made mangle, and only collects his’ kiss after painfully jehasing the family pig out of the garden. But the picture ends as hap- jPily as any American product. The program is filled out with a highly educational picture of indus- trial life called “Russia in Overalls.” The oil fields of Baku, clothing and shoe factories, steel mills, locomotive works and many other enterprises are shown, — éspécial . emphasis being Placed on those in which American St. ints In go ing as en Ready Now! The December Issue of The Workers Monthly Edited by Earl R. Browder. The second number of the greater magazine combining the Liberator, Labor Herald and Soviet Russia Pictorial includes such important contributions as: “The Significance of the lections” By WM. Z. FOSTER. ht, Harry Pollitt, Tom Mann, Subscription: $2.00 a Year 4113.W. Washington Blvd. For the enclosed }...... “ " for Gompers” ‘Latin pi gg gi hg oe pel Other articles by C. &. Ruthenberg, Jack Lee, Alfred Wagen- _ $PLENDID LABOR CARTOONS by ELLIS, BALES, FANNING. December Issue on the News Stands . or Subscribe! Single Copy 25 Cents USE THIS BLANK THE WORKERS MONTHLY MONTHLY [0PssseseusieseeneenenODths, NAMED .ssssssssonssssvunsoessssnensongnnnnenssunanstenannesoasnnysnnnnnesevsznnssvnnnecetnsecenaruananngeannnns the salvation army’s cheap domestic immigrants brought to Canada, is still unsolved and her murderer is at large. Those who have followed the case assert that pressure of the wealthy people implicated in the case prevents the arrest of the murderer. She was found dead in the rich home where she was employed after a party. The papers have stopped making re- ferences to the ease and the police have dropped it tho a number of im- portant clues were offered. People who have expressed opin- ions as to the real criminals have been warned and the editors of the Labor Statesman and the Saturday Tribune, weekly papers, were threatened with arrest if they persisted in demanding a thoro investigation of the case. The salvation army, which brought the girl to this country, has taken no interest in the case beyond seeing to it that the army was refunded the passage money advanced to the girl. “Str le for Unity in the Worl Labor Movement” By A. LOS@VSKY. Harrison George and others, and 54-Hour Week to Stick. MANCHESTER, N. H.—The com: pany union—joint council of employe representatives—that won the smiler of the management of the Amoskeag Manufacturing company when it ac cepted a 10 per cent wage reduction received a flat turndown when it peti tioned for the 48-hour week. New Hampshire cotton workers’ hours are 54 on full time. $1.25 Six Months Election Brings 11 Per Cent Wage Cut. DANIELSON, Conn, — Notices of wage reductions averaging 11 per nt were posted in cotton mills of the Quinebaug and Wauregan com panies, the first cotton corporations in Connecticut to fall in line with the post-election reductions of other New England states. Farmer Whirled to Death. WOOSTER, Ohio, Dec. 2.—Whil Keller, 36, was whirled to death on a ‘farm near Creston this morning when clothing caught on the shaft of a Chicago, Illinois send me THY WORKERS lect the claims. The trial proved there was not a shred of evidence to sup- port this contention and that the ves- sel was actually several thousand dol- lars under-insured. So flagrant was the case that the judge in entering judgment said: “I can imagine nothing more contempt- ible, and I use the word advisedly, than to lay a charge like this (arson) and then come into court and say they have no evidence to support it.” Kept Press Suppresses Facts. The brass check press ran true to ‘orm and reported the charges against Berquist but suppressed all mention of the judge’s comments or the names of the fire insurance companies fight- sng his claim. These companies were Beloise Fire Insurance Co., Guardian Assurance Co., Ltd., General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corp, Ltd., Glen Falls Insurance Co., British Crown Assurance Corp., Ltd., Royal Scottish Insurance Co., Prudential As- surance Co., and the Essex and Suffolk Equitable Insurance’ Society, Ltd. \ieaa Lai half the amount of his earning capa- city until they do have a place for him. Yours for. the World Revolution, Henry.H. Weber. functioning right on the job. There is another organization, known as the shop nucleus, consisting of Communist Party members only. They look after everything and _re- port to the party organization. Then there is the labor exchange, where all workers must register and apply for work instead of having to go to the factories. Shut Down—Get the Same Wage. In case of a shut-down, for lack of materials or repairs, wagés go-on just Datane Gee Sat Voorhees ta Mes PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Expert Dental Service for 20 Years, Bosses Rush Wage Cut. PALMER, Mass., Dec. 2.—Another effort, beginning Dec. 1, is being made || by the Thorndike Mills here to cut |! wages 10 per cent, Several weeks ago i a striké of the 500 textile worker | blocked a similar attempt. Colds That Lead to PNEUMONIA We have known, men and women who have taken . cold compounds, syrups, créosates, plasters, etc., with no abate- ment whatever of the trouble. aps mt me people tried DRUG- TESS METHODS ‘they made ‘quick re- coverles from their colds: No matter what the ailment, try first Chiropractic,and Electrotherapy (natural, || drugless method: tation and advise free to all comri on’ matters pertaining to health. ~ DR. J. J. SCHOLTES stein Bidg., Cor, W. 26th & Wade Ave. ae Phone, Lincoln 5340 #45 SMITHFIELD ST., Near 7th Ave. '62T CENTER AVE, . Arthur St. oS dios 3. Trumbull Ave, chone Rockwell 5050 MORDECAI SHULMAN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 701 Association Building * 19 S, La Sallo Street CHICAGO Veurborn ®hAT Central 4945-494" CLEVELAND, OHIO | English, German and Slovak Spoken. i im! ‘Twe forgotten what Nurse Jane wanted! « aad Perey Ce Pa Age | eee ai, ate “Hiwas something hot ! Give me some labor is directly interested. READ THE DAILY WORKER. For many years neople have been uffering fr y sicknes y have doctors regain their ealth, MEN AND WOMEN f you are suffer- “@fromany afl- to jonts, come office and in try to help ‘ou without the use of medicine or an operation, DR. TAFT Sundays and Holidays 9 to 12 HONE CANAL 3469 mustar at” | 1555 West. Roosevelt Road || Daily @ to 12 a. m.--2 to 5—6 to 8p, m.