The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 13, 1924, Page 2

Wee Page Two TEXTILE MILLS CUT WAGES; RUN ON PART TIME Ran at One-Third of Their Capacity (Special to The Dally Worker) LAWRENCE, Mass., Dec. 12. —The large textile mills here which are working on a part time basis, have started a drive to drastically reduce wages. The Everett Mills company, working four days a week, has just announced a ten per cent reduction in wages. The Arcadia cotton mill is pursuing the same tactics. This mill is work- ing four days per week, with only 30 per cent of its normal capacity em- ployed. A reduction in wages in the Aroadia mill is looked for in thé im- mediate future. The Arcadia mill has been on part time since June. The weavers in the Arlington mills are running from two to six looms each, The Tyer rubber company has just reduced wages ten per cent and extended the hours to 50 hours per week, For overtime work the men re- ceive only their straight wage rate Time keepers and efficiency experts have been put on the job in large numbers in all mills and factories in this vicinity. Cuts in wages are being made in small groups, and two complete shut- downs have been effected this year, one lasting for four weeks. The notice of reduction in wages in the Everett mills blamed the cut on “business conditions.” The notice to the employes declared, “After more than a year of unprofitable business and greatly curtailed operations, it has become necessary to reduce man- ufacturing odsts. Accordingly a re- duction in wages of about 10 per cent will be made in the wages paid in these mills beginning on Monday, Dec. 16. At that time a reduced quantity of machinery will be ‘puton a five- day a week schedule,—Signed, Will- jam D. Twiss, agent.” The Everett mills management de clare that their largest competitor, producing ginghams in the.s uth-—the Dan River milis—has recently cut wages 12 per cent. The reduction in the Everett mills applies to all de- partments. The Everett mills have been operat- ing at only 45 per cent capacity for a year, and only 35 per cent capacity for the past three months. The millr have been working on a basis of three days every other week for some time. Capitalist Solon Crazy. TOKIO, Deo. 12.— Baron. Shimpei Goto, one time: -brilliant- ‘Japanese statesman, has gone mad, according to reports made by the Tokio police. Goto has had picturesque and varied career in Japanese politics. He was a member of the house of peers one time minister of home affairs and later minister of foreign affairs in the Terauchi cabinet. He is an ex-presi- Gent of the Japanese imperial rail- LOMDON, Deo. 12.—Several houses ‘were demaged but no one was injur- ed im an earthquake at Telmezo, Italy, mecording to dispatches received here MILWAUKEE GOES OVER THE TOP FOR THE DAILY WORKER MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 12.— The members of the Milwaukee lo- eal of the Workers Party at a well- attended membership meeting last night, pledged $500.00 to the DAILY WORKER drive for funds to insure the daily for 1925. branch of the South ‘ation of the Workers Party pledged $100.00. The mem- bership meeting was one of the best ever held: in this city. ’ BUILD ON IT The task Ie to make the DAILY WORKER safe for 1925, WARD—that’s the command. obligations out the back door, we GIVE it money to bulld upon, FOR. It can only go FORWARD if it kicks its It will go FORWARD at a fast pace if 7 - a — Secrecy Cloaks C. P. P. A, Meeting at Washington (Continued from page 1) chief tasks was to set a date for a national meeting in January. Union Heads Oppose Third Party. The move by union men was op- posed by a coalition of socialists and leaders of the LaFollette campaign committee who charged that inde- finite postponement of the convention would virtually mean the death of third party plans, at least for the im- mediate future. The union men, ‘whose names were withheld, declared their organizations would not go along with any third party movement. This was in line, they said, with the decree of the American Federation of Labor convention that organized labor must remain strictly non-partisan in political affairs. Despite the protest of the labor union officials, third party supporters pre- dicted they would have sufficent strength to pass the resolution calling for the national convention at which they hope to give life to a permanent new political movenient. Keating Leads Anti-Third Partyites. Third party adherents scored an important victory today at the first session of the executive committee of the conference for progressive polit- iacl action. A combination of LaFol- lette supporters and socialists suc- ceeded in blocking a motion by Ed- ward J. Keating, editor of the official newspaper of the railway brother- hoods which would have postponed in- definitely another convention of the conference when plans for a new third party will be worked out. After a spirited discussion William H. John- ston, chairman, ruled Keating’s mo- Paes SEE eer Ouigrown Its Quarters! By January 15 the Amalgamated Trust & Saving Bank (Now at 371 W. Jackson Blvd.) WILL MOVE to new and more attractive quarters in the Austin Building at Clark and Jackson. — Patronize Chicago’s Growing Labor Bank! tion out of order and no protest was made by the railroad brotherhood group. Keating’s resolution postponing the convention, expected now to be called tor February, probably in Chicago, would have killed off immediate ef- forts to develop out of the LaFollette organization a permanent new polit- ical movement in the United States. Barbers’ Union Membership Fights the Reactionaries (Continued from page 1) ful as Harry Lauder in making a mon- hey of himself by raising points of order, Tho the reactionaries had the chair- man to help them, they failed to shut off the battle waged by the rank and | file. The president, Leidig, tried to | attract attention to himself by a soft soap speech, his poor heart bleeding for suffering humanity, which he was going to help by aiding the sick |members—while he proposes dock- | ing the well ones who are working. The Progressive Slate, The progressives put up a full slate for local officials, nominating Paul Petras for president; Joe Braun for vice-president; Joseph Giganti for secretary-treasurer; Ben Polk for re- corder; and Wm. Wolkowsky for guide. All progressive barbers, who want to take the union out of the control of those who make proposals to benefit the bosses, should support thiv ticket Ackerman and Lauder, both form- er progressives, are now rank reac- tionaries, since they got re-elected, and Ackerman, together with Frank Rango, are in disfavor with the mem- bership for their connection with the hold-up sheet called the “Chicago Un ion Labor News”—a paper that ‘was, So rotten that even the A. F. of L. denounced it, Ackerman, Rango and Castleman, Before the denunciation, however, it published in one issue, a take reso- lution which stated that the Barbers’ Union endorsed it. This resolution was never brought up at the local, and was simply faked by Ackerman and Rango who had their names on | the “advisery board” of the sheet, in cahoots with its chiefs, Pete Kunif, a self-acclaimned gunman and “tough guy” and Castleman, an unprincipled parasite who acted as editor. These latter worthies, when the membership protested at the fake re- solution, came over to the union meet- ing, to “find out who the reds are,” and by raising the red bogeyman and using the gavel,-they finally got the The sessions are expected to con- tinue until tomorrow afternoon. William M. Johnstone, president of the International Association of Ma- chinists, is chairman of the committee. New York Tailors’ Meeting Called for Monday, Dec. 22 The members of the Journeyman Tailors’ Union, Local 1, of New York City, are to hold a meeting on Mon- day, Dec. 22, 8 p. m., at Maenegchor Hall, 205 to 207 east 56th street, near 3rd avenue, A complete and open discussion of the policy of the union is to be car- ried out at the meeting, which is aimed to put the union more in line with the wage standard of better paic workers and to give them an idea of what their position is in ‘relation to the problems of the whole working class. Julia Stuart Poyntz, a forceful and wellinformed speaker on wohking class problems, will lecture at this meeting, All tailors are urged to at- tend. Suspend Spanish Censorship. MADRID.—Censorship was suspend: ed today. Hitherto there has been a general censorship on nearly all mili- tary matters, especially of revolution- ary nature, Next Sunday ‘Night and Every Sun- day Night, the Open Forum, fake resolution endorsed after all. But then the Chicago federation had to denounce the sheet, and even the A. F. of L. repudiated it, and Ackerman and Rango found themselves in @ fix, Now they have to answer to the mem- bership for their slimy tricks, The progressives are waging a hard fight and expect every barber who be- longs to the union to turn out and support their slate at the election, held Sunday, December 28, from 9 &. m. to 3 p, m, at 180 West Wash- ington. Aid Is Urged for the 18th Week of the Waltham Strike (Continued trom page 1) the grinding lash of the modern effici- ency expert. Spontaneous Strike, The workers in this plant are men and women about equally divided. Their wages are not sufficient to keey them from the brink of Poverty, con- sequently whole families must work so that they get enough to eat and pile up the enormous profits for the heartless watch trust. The workers both the men and women are typica) simple people, They never went on strike before in their lives, no “pro- fessional agitators” were on the job to stir them to rebellion. The strike ir ® spontaneous outburst against the Savage exploitation being forced upon American industry in its last capitalist stage—that of operation by finance capital, Long Struggle. The strike is now in its eighteenth week; the strikers have maintained & solid front out of the original 2,700 who went out—the entire working force—not more than 100 have return: ed to work, The strikers have organ- ized @ union and affiliated with thc International Jewelry Workers’ Union. They have sent out committees to the large cities to solicit aid for those back home who are keeping up the fight. One of these committees is now in New York City. Previously they were at New Haven, while there, they were very much impressed by, and grateful for the help they received from’ the Workers Party of New Haven, In New York City the Work- ers Party, the Trade Union Educa: itongl League and their sympathizers will actively support the strike by helping in the solicitation of aid. The strike of the Waltham Watch workers {s @ typical mass spontaneous strike. Communists and their sympa- thizers must support this struggle. Send all donations to the strikers’ committee the secretary of which 1s; Frank Clements, 69 Lowell street Waltham, Mass, PEASANTS OF MEXICO JOIN WITH MOSCOW Internationalism of the Workers Endorsed That the peasant movement of Mexico looks with clear eyes on the world wide class strug- gle, is indicated in the following statement, adopted by the Second Congress of the League of Agrarian Communes of the state of Vera Cruz in Mexico, It was presented by the resolu- tions committee, Ursulo Galvan, Rafael Carrillo, and Manuel Diaz Ramirez. Thesis on International Refations. We the peasants of the agrarian communes affirm and sustain that the proletarian organizations must tend to greater and greater centralization. And for the realization of our destiny it is not sufficient to organize on na- tional lines but on international lines In this our Second Congress has been planted the project of the nation: al agrarian organization. Why? Simply because the peasants wish to take advantage of their acquired experience, they wish to perfect their organization, they wish to strengthen themselves, and they feel the need of such an organization; not an organiza tion as.a@ mere formula, but one that is effective and solid. This aim and this new tendency shows that the peasants of the state of Vera Cruz are beginning to compre- hend the historic mission of the pro- letariat—that his mission is the real- ization of the workers’ and peasants government and the absolute control of such a government of the land and all the factors of production. The peasants understand that the realization of their proletarian destiny cannot be accomplished except by strong organization which will result in their own capacity to direct the proletarian economy in a not too dis- tant future. It will be well to analyze at thie juncture the continental situation in relation to American imperialism, Against Imperialism of U. S. A. Our internationalism is not the pro duct of an insane desire for empty phrases, but it is the product of th: THE DAILY, WORKEn necessity to insure ourselves tc strengthen ourselves against our near ast, power and real enemy., This en- emy is not a chimerical fantasy, it ie an only too tangible reality—-THE IM PERIALISM OF THE UNITET STATES. This absorbing imperialism has thrust its tentacles into all Span- ish-speaking countries, after crushing its own working masses. The Latin-American countries are in fact colonies of U. 8, imperialism One of these colonies, alone, nc matter how powerful it may be eco- nomically cannot fight against or withdraw from this system of absorb- ing imperialism. And precisely in this lies the reason for our present tendency towards internationalism But first let us see what is an inter- national, how many internationals ex- ist and which of them suits us most. Internationaliam in Two Forms. There are two distinct international tendencies: one based upon the class struggle and the other in the defense for the collaboration of classes. Around the Internetional at Mos- cow the revolutionary worker of all countries have grouped themselves; those workers who are struggling for the establishment of workers’ and peasants’ governments with the dicta torship of the proletaria sive instrument ag: geoisie who will never admit its de- feat nor give up its privileges peace- fully. While around the other internation: al—at Amsterdam, are grouped the traitors of socialism, those who helped the imperialist countries in the last European slaughter, something which future generations will remember only with horror. The Yellows ef Amsterdam. Towards Amsterdam the false and hypocritical revolutionary leaders di- rect themselves—such a Gompers Ebert, MacDonald, and all their follow- ers of the American continents, whe work for the interests of the land: owners and the industrialists, who fight against the dictatorship of the proletariat and who submit them- selves like little lambs before the dic tatorship of the capitalist class, It is to this yellow internationa’ that our “working class leaders,” servile dogs, Yankee imperialists, are trying to bind us, Hail the Peasants’ International. The second congress of the league of agrarian communes of the state of Vera Cruz has affiliated itself with the peasants’ international: at Moscow but we must not stop with this simple adhesion, which will not be complete unless we use all our power to form 4 united front with all Latin-American ae to fight American imperial- Therefore the league of agrarian communes of the state of Vera Cru: resolves: 1, That recognizing the absolute necessity of national as well as inter national organizations in the econom{: | ‘its efforts possible to the constructior blind instruments of |to that body. LaFollette’s Regulators Slap Big Wall Street Financiers on the Wrist By J. LOUIS ENODAHL. TP ODAN: the timid voice of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission is heard in whispering criticism of the three great Wall Street banking houses of W. A. Harviman & Co., and Kuhn, Loeb & Co., in their handling the nation’s latest rail merger. It is the I. C. C, that is supposed to “regulate” the great transportation of the United States, with its mileage half that of all the railroads on earth. The I. C. C. is in line with the LaFollette idea for “regulating” big busi- hess, But this present development, growing out of the mer- ger of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway Company, shows again the utter fallacy of ‘‘regulation” as a policy for controlling big capitalism. * * ° ° The three Wall Street banking houses mulcted the two railroads for a $1,000,000 fee in payment for the little job of effecting the merger. The two railroads are no better off today than they were before the transaction was put over. No new roadbed has been built. No ties have been put down. No rails have been layed. There is no new or repaired roll- ing stock, That is the heavy work that falls on the backs of labor, under.brutal conditions at low wages. Back in palatial offices in Wall Street, the financiers juggled some of the gilt-edged securities of these railroads, persuaded some to sell, others to buy, to put the deal thru. The railroads both had full sets of parasitic officials, but the little job of effecting the combination was too much of an exertion for their languid lives, The workers on these two roads are willing slaves, and they will continue to toil for a mere pittance, so the officials could spend the million dollars, knowing that they could wring more millions out of labor's sweat and agony, ‘ LaFollette urges “regulation” as a panacea for these big grafts and other raw deals put over under private owrer- ship. LaFollette and his followers believe that if these manifestations, which are a little irritating to the reformist viewpoint, can only be cauterized, then the capitalist social order will be a beautiful thing to behold. It was largely in response to this urge that the Interstate Commerce Com- mission came into existence. * ° ° ° But in the case of this merger, according to its usual custom, the sanctified 1. C. C. slaps the Wall Street banking houses on their respective wrists, and call them “Naughty! Naughty!” with the best Fifth Avenue inflection. Then it goes ahead and approves the merger. Of course, the railroad magnates and the Wall Street financiers laugh uproeviously at the comical antics of the |, C. C. and then go ahead and plot some more steals and the annexation of some more rich graft. : * * . ° ss iia The Interstate Commerce Commission and its thousands of offspring, to be found in the May eaves bodies of numer- ous kinds set up in the nation, in the states and in the . cities, are the creatures of the capitalist system. The all jealous of the rights of private property. They always decide on the side of capitalist interests, They are a bulwark of eapitalism. 2 * * The reformist weekly, The Nation, sends us an advance copy of its Dec, 15th issue, blue pencilling an article on “Soviet Georgia's Little Revolution.” In speaking of the recent counter-revolutionary uprising in Soviet Georgia, the said have ‘put the question to many Communists (in Soviet Georgia) only to receive an almost unvarying reply: No bourgeoisie will volunt- arily relinguish its wealth and power. Nationalize its mines, railroads, land, real estate, factories, attempt a serious land levy, and even the bourgeoisie which is the greatest champion of democracy will fight, tho its enemy be a regularly elected parliamentary mojority. No class submits to the guillotine without a struggle, not even so small and weak and unorganized a class as the Georgian bourgeoisie.” * * * ° The workers and farmers in Soviet Georgia, as in all the other Republics of the Soviet Union, have learned that the LaFollettes, with their choice assortments of cure-alls, are the staunchest allies of the enemy class.» The millions of American workers and farmers in the United States, who turn longing eyes toward the LaFollette movement as “a hope” must learn this lesson, They must learn that their only hope lies in the abolition of the capital- ist system, from Morgan to LaFollette, including the Wis- consin senator's “socialist” offshoot. Labor's salvation lies only under the red banners of the Dictatorship of the Pro~ letariat blazing the way for the new Communist social order. The millions must turn their steps that way to achieve their emancipation. struggle for the better defense of ite common interests, {t will dedicate al) AS WE SEE IT of a national economic peasants’ or- ganization which will fight against or- ganized international capital. 2, To affiliate with the peasants’ international at Moscow which stand for the abolotion of capitalism. 8. The peasants’ international at Moscow, being the only organization which satisfies the aspirations of the! field proletraiat, this congress will work for the most prompt adhesion By T, J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) veterans of JPy sporopristion. Land and Liberty ... Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Dec., 1924. North Side Branch Meets Workers Party, Mondany, Dec. 15, at of Scotch stood guard over the game 2409 North Halsted St. ‘This sight had a ene effect or FOR CHICAGO ONLY! \ This is final meeting of the year,’ Mortimer’s pride, w! result May i and William Kuperman, secretary, that he turned around and e: On all matters pertaining to the urges all members to be present and the whole gra pay their dues #0 as to straighten up| himself with the books for the year. meat lat ment tion | Forbes Subscribe for "Your Daily," the DAILY WORKER, ing he was placed in charge of the distribution of the millions appropri: ated for the relief of wounded vet erans of the world war. Forbes pre- ceeded to prove that he was a “go getter” by entering into deals wit! contractors, which would relieve the NFORTUNATELY for Forbes, one| ‘ of those with whom he was in} Beauty league in the work of robbing the war veterans, a gentleman by the name of Mortimer, had a wife whe Very important business is to be could shoot craps and was otherwise transacted at the next meeting of the agreeable. Mortimer caught both o North Side English Branch of the them rolling the ivories, while a bottlc ; xnosed scheme, involving th the rest. The scanda’ ‘was one of the unsavory affairs tha’ | buzaing with excite “But now that the elec it can hurt nobody by Saturda' December 13, 1924 LEWIS MACHINE IS SWAMPED | LOCAL ELECT Dilles Bottom Miners for Progressives (Special to The Dally Worker) DILLES BOTTOM, Ohio, Dec. 12,— John L. Lewis and his administration were snowed under in the elections for international and district officers in local 2262, The vote for international presidens was, 237 for George Voyzey, progres- sive, of Verona, Illinois, against 118 for John L, Lewis, Springfield, Illinois. Philip Murray, of Pittsburgh, Pa, received only 118 votes against 222 for Arley Staples, Christopher, Iilinois. Both were candidates for the vice- presidency, Nearing Beat Green. William Green, secretary-treasurer of the U. M. W, of A., and the most popular member of the Lewis admin- istration, ‘was able to run up only 123 votes against 216 for his oppon- ent, Joseph Nearing, of Nova Scotia. For auditing and general committee the voting was almost two to one for the progressive candidates. The fact that the . administration leaders had their names at the head of the ballot gave them an advantage. Communist Gets Big Vote, In the voting for district president, J. J. Hoge, Bellaire, Ohio, a member of the Workers Party, polled 196 votes against 88 for Robert Farmer and 58 for Frank Ledvinka, thus Polling more votes than his opponents combined, For vice-president, Frank Blahoveo, Dillonvale, Ohio, polled 159 votes, beating the.total of his two opponents by one vote. The progressive candi- date for secretary-treasurer, John Gross of Dilles Bottom, got 202 votes, the highest mag in the local union, 7 ary Brophy Unopposed. CHICKASAW, Pa, Dec, 12.—There Was no opposition to the candidacy of John Brophy, district President, but 20 yotes were cast for George Voy. zey, Verona, Ill, candidate for inter- national president against John L Lewis, who received 56 votes. Arley Staples running against Philip Mur- ray, received 24 votes and Joseph Nearing, candidate for secretary- treasurer, received 26 votes, CONFERENCE FOR RED AID BAZAAR MEETS SUNDAY NEW YORK, Deo. 12.—The second conference of delegates to the Inter. national Workers’ Aid will take Place on Sunday, Dec. 14 at 2 P. m, sharp, at 208 East 12th street, The confer. ence will act upon the important ar. rangements of the bazaar which takes place jointly with the Labor Defense Council, trom Feb. 11 to 14, The Preparations are now in full swing, . All delegates are requested to see that their branch have made arrange- ments to be listed in the Red honor roll of the souvenir program. as well as to support a booth at the bazaar, Many novel. entertainments are being arranged for the bazaar and the affair will be one of the most unusual of en- tertainments, : All branches which have not elected delegates to the conference, are re- quested to do so immediately and to send in the names of the delegates to the International Workers’ Aid, at 208 east 12th street, TBs ies Weclne : louse i This Sunday, Dec, 14 UNION HILL, N, J., Dec, 12—~The Workers Party of Hudson County has just moved into new headquarters at 98 Broadway, Union Hill, N, J. They vite all comrades and Workers Party sympathizers within the vicin- ity of New Jersey to come and help them make merry at their house warming party on Sunday, Dec. 14, They promise many surprises and a Teal jollification. They invite you to .the afternoon the meat of the pro- ‘Bram will be served at 3 p. m. at thi open forum. The desert and tri mings will come at 7 p. m. when the real fun will be let, loose. is assured, and friends, Jf _BOS' Mass. Dec. 12,~The ana @ Bolshevik,” a m /picture.of Soviet Russia will be shown in Boston, Jan. 16, (Friday) at $ m. in Symphony Hall, Once only local and party press further details. « DAILY WORKER, and all party literature address all communica- tions or see THURBER LEWIS, Daily Worker City Agent, Reem $6r 1900 Wi Washington Biyd, Spend all day Sunday with them. In _ % «