The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 8, 1925, Page 3

) Thursday, January 8, 1925 BOSSES IN BIG CAMPAIGN ON U.S, CHILDREN Only One State Has Yet Ratified Proposal (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—The capitalist class and their agents are making the most formidable drive to defeat the ratification’of the child labor amend- ment ever organized by the exploiting classes in America. During the present month 40 differ. ent legislatures will act on the pro- posed amendment to the constitution, which would give congress power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age. One State Ratified. So far only one state, Arkansas, has ratified the amendment. Three states, Georgia, Louisiana, and North Caro- lina have turned it down. Among the powerful organizations that desire to see the blood of Am- erica’s youth congealed into gold for the use of our parasite class is the Roman catholic church. Thru Cardi. nal O'Connell that politicio-religious corporation waged a bitter campaign in the recent elections against child labor, declaring the law to be against the interests of religion, As the in- terests of organized religion and those of big capital are identical it is not surprising that the cardinal had to dig thru the bible in order to find theoretical justification for his atti- tude. Defending Big Biz. All the big business institutions and the voluntary stoolpigeons such as the American defense society, the sen. tinels of the republic, the constitution- al league and others of the same stripe pretend to look on the harmless amendment as a most dangerous and pernicious interference with the rights of the capitalists. The American farm bureau sees in it an interference with the “healthful activities of the farm boys and girls.” The American Federation of Labor is as usual making a bluff at fighting for the amenment. But outside of an occasional milk and water statement from headquarters nothing is done. Stop Women’s Night Work. PASSIAC, N. J.—Night work for New Jersey women was outlawed from Jan, 1, between the hours of 10 p. m. and 6 a. m. as the no-night-work-for- .., women law. went.into effect... Many textile plants are affected. The law ‘was passed by the 1923 legislature. More Textile Wage Cuts. WHITINSVILLE, Mass.—Over 750 textile workers received notice that 10 and 12 per cent wage cuts were coming in the Linwood and Saunders- ville cotton mills owned by Arthur F, Whitin. POSTAL CLERKS’ UNION ADMITTED FALSE BY THE ADMINISTRATION By LAURENCE TODD (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—By open confession of the administration itself, the scandal which was whispered about the senate and house in mid-Decem- ber. to the effect that officers of one of the unions of postoffice employes had bribed a senate committee employe for $10,000 to help them pass the salary- increase bill over the Coolidge veto, was false. The men who have been dis- missed or suspended for alleged complicity in the deal were all bosses, who have been uniformly hostile to the postal employes’ union. membered that this scandalous attack on the unions was put in circulation by a senator who received his inform- ation from the president himself, the quality of the Coolidge method in deal- ing with wage questions may be under- stood. Flaherty Make Protest When the names and positions of the alleged parties to the transaction with the senate committee employe, MecDermot, were disclosed, a formal protest against the false impression created by the whispered scandal was made by Thos. F. Flaherty, secretary of the National Federation of Postof- fice Clerks; Edw. J. Gainor, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Wm. M. Collins, president of the Railway Mail Association, and Victor H. Stonesifer, representing the National League of Dist. Postmasters. “The organization involved,” they said, “the National Association of Supervisory Employes, is composed ex- clusively of the supervisory officials in first and second class offices, The subordinate clerks, carriers and other postoffice workers are not eligible for membership in this organization. These subordinate groups have separ- ate organizations of their own, none of which are involved in these charges. “In private industry these super- visory officials would be classed as employers or with the managerial or boss group.” Cal Using The Pork Seventy-three senators voted for the wage bill last May. The votes or pairs of 64 are needed to re-pass the bill over the veto. Coolidge is working - upon many of the 73, to get them to change their votes. Patronage has al- ways been effective in fights of this kind. The White House has a long list of profitable jobs to award to out- going senators who see the Coolidge light, or to friends of senators who remain in office and are tractable. Comparison of the original roll-call with the one about to be taken will indicate how far the light has pene- trated. © Add to Government Lunchrooms. MOSCOW.—The government eating houses, established a year and a halt ago by several departments to bring cheap, well-cooked meals to the work- ers, have now a chain of 170 restau- rants in general city buildings and 800 special factory restaurants. They ex- pect to open 800 more in 1925 in the chief industrial regions. coming to Gertner’s ir, Jan. 15. LOW WAGES AT NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY CAUSE OF DEATH OF TWO CHILDREN (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—Catherine Murphy, 11, was preparing lunch for Francis, 9, mother were away at work. and Walter, 7, while her father Michael Murphy and her step- Catherine turned on the gas under the pan and forgot to light it. A woman tenant on the same floor smelled gas and came in just as Mrs. Murphy returned at 5 p. m. to find the three children qd over the holidays. . They had come down from Gloversville, N. Y., to visit their parents Mrs. Murphy works at the National Biscuit Co. for low wages to help out her husband and the children were kept by Dominican Sisters and relatives. A 12-Page Issue On the First Birthday of the DAILY WORKER. HE issue of January 13 will be heaped full of facts and featuree—all gaily attired with cartoons to best celebrate the very first birthday of the DAILY WORKER. Comrade Bob Minor’s splendid cartoons will be a leading feature. A review of the past year of American labor in general and the Workers Party in particular—plus the part the DAILY WORKER has played in both—will be another feature. Special contributions by Wm. Z. Foster, Wm. F. Dunne, J. Louis Engdahl, T. J. O'Flaherty, Manuel Gomez and others among the best writers in the labor movement will add their share to the first birthday celebration. Give this issue to a worker and you assure the DAILY WORKER a new reader—and your branch of the party a new member. BUNDLE ORDERS MUST BE IN BY SATURDAY, JANUARY 10. PRICE 2 CENTS PER COPY Make remittance attached to this blank, . jour order as large as possible and send it in with your THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, Ill, © Here are my birthday greetings in a remittance of $. for which you will send me a bundle order of.......00. of the January 13 issue. ot QT REET ccsssssevcsssssrsossssessoonssssssonssanssosconsenssonssnsnsssssesvessnuonsuonessssscoseesesssmnessssesoovessen ssansennncanerenesnnye cosarserorsenssnrsensee STAT Bvsssepsessssssvesbonsnaceseeens AGAINST When it is re- WESTERN PACIFIC RAIL MEN WANT RAISE IN LINE WITH S, P. BOOST fHE DAILY WORKE COAL BARONS AND FAKERS WAR ON PROGRESSIVES Use Capitalist Press Against Militants (Special to The Daily Worker) MARTIN'S FERRY, Ohio, Jan. 7.— The fakers in control of the Miners’ Union in eastern Ohio, exasperated at the fight put up by the radicals in the recent elections have availed them- selves of the hospitality of the capital- ist press in order to strike back at the progressive elements in the union. The progressives who are trying to take the union out of the hands of SAN FRANCISCO.—Following the 5 per cent wage raise secured by locomotive engineers and firemen on the Southern Pacific railroad, employes of the Western Pacific are demanding the same raise. Repre-. sentatives of the railroad and of the two brotherhoods are discussing the question. LENINGRAD ONCE MORE FLOODED BY GREAT STORM Kronstadt Guns Warn of Rising . Waters (Special to The Daily Worker) LENINGRAD, Jan. 7.—The second great flood in the last few months is at its peak and the storm still rages Over a countryside made desolate, while the warning of danger from the rising waters was given thruout the night by the ominous booming of the Kronstadt fortress guns. Damage, it was estimated totaled $3,000,000. Kronstadt Guns Arouse Sleepers. Roads flooded and other communica tion interrupted, the only way in which officials could warn the popu- lace of the rapidly rising waters was by means of the Kronstadt guns. | Actors were called upon to play a strange real life role. Flood waters swirled around the Marynsky Theater during a performance. The actors were on the stage when officials an- nounced that the audience must be dismissed. Still in their make-up, the actors joined with firemen in rescuing their scenery and “props.” A cemetery was inundated and Many graves and mausoleums were washed away. Lives Lost at Peterhof. At Peterhof the palaces and parks wera flooded and several fishermen lost their lives. At various places in the country. side, the water is eleven feet deep on what hitherto was dry land. °Tele- graph poles were carried away by the today, rushing of the water. Senator Wheeler To Get His “Day in Court” on Feb. 15 (By The ted Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. — Senator Wheeler, now returning from a trip to Panama, has been notified that Federal Judge Dietrich of Idaho has been as- signed to deal with the frame-up in- dictment returned against him last spring by a federal grand jury at Great Falls, Mont. This grand jury will report on Feb. 15 to Judge Diet- rich, who will then hear argument of counsel on Wheeler's demurrer, and will determine whether the case shall go to trial. the burglars who now use it to further their own personal aims are referred to by the reactionaries as “disgrun- tled” and “subversive” elements. Fakers Break Laws. The fakers know that the radicals | are not violating the laws of the union. | This is being done by the reaction- aries who trample on any law that does not suit them. The following ar- ticle, taken from the Martin’s Ferry Times, shows to what desperate| straits the Lewis henchmen are driven: “Circular letters giving the standing of the sub-district officers of the United Mine Workers in the recent election in which unfair and un- popular tactics are alleged to have been used by foes of the officials were mailed today to all locals. Fear Next Convention. “Prior to the election the adminis- tration was aware of the fact that circular letters had been sent out de- nouncing the officials and praising op- ponents, but these were disregarded. With the elections now over, sub-dis- trict officers have issued a circular appealing to the rank and file to as- sist in making what is described as the disgruntled element of the organ- ization adhere to the principles of the organization. “President Ledvinka terms certain plans ‘advocated by opponents as a ‘poison seeping into the arteries of the organization.’ This has increased till its greatest proportions and as a result of the situation, combined with the fact that many of the defeated candidates appear to be hard losers, the flames that have been kindled will likely burst forth when the coming convention is held.” BETTER ALL RAlL SERVICE ON RUSS- CHINESE ROAD . : Plan Daily Trains on . > * Siberian Line By Rosta News. HARBIN.—According to reliable in- formation, the management of the Chinese Eastern Railway has taken up a scheme of direct passenger com- munication between Harbin and Mos- cow. Accordingly, it is proposed to add to the direct passenger trains some cars for travelling without changing from Moscow to Vladivostok and from Moscow to Chaugohun. An approximate estimate of the prospective financial results of this new measure planned by the ©. E. R. R See TL PT ANC Page Three ism. by the statement that the late Samuel Gompers, so long America’s labor dictator, was a vehement op- ponent of socialism. “Labor and socialism have now be- come in European countries two words meaning the same thing. In the United States they mean very different things. A socialist there is regarded as a dangerous firebrand. Most Americans find it impossible to understand how anyone can wish to alter the system which has made Mr. Ford and Mr, Rockefeller and about two dozen others ‘the richest men in the world,’ and which enables large numbers of skilled workers to own motor cars, “Labor leaders of the Gompers type are, on the contrary, made much of. Most Americans sympathize with the demand of the workers for a decent. life. If someone else will arrange for them to have a decent life, most Amer- icans say they will be delighted, and they are quite honest in this. The only stipulation they make is that their own business must not be inter- fered with. “As Mr. Gompers and his like worked hard to prevent business be- ing-interfered with and set their faces against all ideas of change, they are regarded as pillars of the capitlist system. That is, indeed, exactly what they are. “Not that we complain of this, or even claim any right to criticise. Con- ditions in their country have been dif- ferent from ‘conditions in Europe. Every year, however, the similarity of their problem to ours becomes more noticable. This will change the char- acter of their labor movement and its leaders, as ours have been changed during the past 25 years. “It has been changed by pressure of events. Twenty-five years ago the breakdown of capitalism was not evi- dent, as it is today. It began to be evident as soon as the workers be- came aware that capitalism could only flourish upon a foundation of wage slavery. When they demanded their fair share in the treasure of life, capi- talism was compelled to reply: You cannot have it. To pay you decently would bust the show. “Upon which it grew clear that the thing to work for was a change of system. Thus labor and socialism came to mean the same thing. Of course, it is necessary to get the best terms possible out of capitalism, but that is not, as it is in America, the be-all and end-all of labor in Europe. In America, capitalism can pay a small number of workers a decent living wage; they support it, without con- sidering the vast number of workers who are wage slaves. When the latter use their power, American labor will follow European labor. Not till then.” Hooper Would Keep Fat Job on Anti- Union Labor Board Ben B. Hooper, chairman of the railroad labor board, has issued an- other squawk against the Barkley bill, which would abolish the U. S. railroad promises large incomes. This esti- mate has been arrived at on the fol- lowing basis: There are actually about 10,000 passengers leaving monthly for Europe from far Eastern ports and paying about six million rubles monthly for their voyages, to different shipping companies. Nowy by going by rail travellers will not only save time, but also make sub- stantial money economics. Getting Back to Gold Standard. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Negotia- tions looking to the re-establishment of the gold standard for British cur- rency and bringing the pound sterling back to par have been started in New York by Sir Montagu Norman, gov- ernor of the Bank of England, accord. ing to official information received by the government today. Norway-Russian Winter Sports. MOSCOW.—Russian athletic organ- izations have received invitations from the Norwegian Sportsman's Union to take part in hockey and ski contests in January, Keeping Kool With Kal. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Renfrew Manufacturing Co.'s mills in Adams, Mass., are going on a wage cut basis, About 1,400 workers are affected, Next Sunday Night and Every Sun- The latest statistical data tend to show that the number of travellers between Europe and the far East has considerably increased as compared with the pre-war period. Under such conditfons, it is rea- sonably believed that it will soon be possible to run thru trains on the Si- berian line daily instead of one week- ly train as at present. However, even if for some time yet only one pair of trains a week be run directly be- tween Harbin and Moscow, the rev- enue of the C. E. R. will be increased by 300,000 or 400,000 rubles, besides a considerable increase in the revenue of the railway network in the U. 8. 8. R. Baldwin Locomotive Works. To the DAILY WORKER:—The Baldwin Locomotive Works of Phila- dolphia work their men 10 hours a day. Last summer I applied for work there and was offered 30 cents an hour. day Night, the Open Forum. GRAND JURY FINDS CONDITIONS IN FRISCO CHILDREN’S HOME BAD SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.—A committee from the grand jury suddenly LEWIS G, PSCH. paid a surprise visit to the San Francisco children’s detention home, and found that It compared unfavorably with many prisons. The building not been painted inside for eight years, is practically without heat, the roofs leak badly, and the unfortunate children have to sleep in broken beds, without ordinary comfort or conveniences. The board of public works blames the board of supervisors for these conditions, which would never have been labor board and cost Hooper his job. Hooper condemned the Barkley bill in a letter to Representative Everett Sanders of Indiana, chief opponent: of the bill. He opposed it on the grounds that it would be too favorable to the ‘fdilroad employes. The railroad labor board, formed under the transportation act, has a continuous record for making deci- sions favorable to the railroad com- panies. Whenever a decision is rend- ered by the board which increases wages, the overtime pay is cut out, as in the recent decision of the board relative to the engineers and firemen on western carriers. The chief merit of the Barkley bill is that it would eliminate the power of the labor board. NAME STREET. BRITISH LABOR DAILY SAYS GOMPERS WAS A “PILLAR OF CAPITALISM” AGAINST CHANGE (By The Federated LONDON, Jan. 7—Samuel Gompers was a pillar of capitalism, declares The Daily Herald, organ of the British labor movement, in attempting to jexplain to its worker-readers how the late American Federation of Labor | chieftain could at the same time be a labor leader and a bitter foe of social- 8) “Many minds,” comments The Daily Herald, “belonging to people not very closely acquainted with the American scene, must have been puzzled Mr.+-————————______________- RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN CONCERT AND DANCE SUNDAY, JANUARY 11 The concert and dance which was announced by the Russian and Uk- rainian branches of the Workers Party for Dec. 28, was postponed on account of the party membership meeting, to SUNDAY, JAN. 11, at the same hall, Schoenhoffen Hall, take cars to Milwaukee and Ashland A Tickets sold for Déc. 28 will be accepted on Jan. 11. AMSTERDAMERS WILL CONSIDER WORLD CONGRESS Meet on February 5th on Russian Proposal At the meeting of the executive of the International Federation of Trade Unions (the Amsterdam Internation- al), the following letter was adopted to be sent in reply to the All- Russian Council of Trade Unions upon the question of affiliation of the Russian unions to the Amsterdam Internation- al: “The executive committee of the I. F. T. U. discussed at its meeting of December 1, your letter of October 23. tober 23. “We gather from your letter of July 26, and also from this last letter that you do not appear willing to affiliate with the I. F. T. U. on the basis of its rules and resolutions. Instead of doing so, you propose the convening of a joint general congress, a world Jabor congress, to which would be in- vited not only the organizations affill- ated with the I. F. T. U. and the R. I. L, U., but all other organizations out- side these internationals which recog- nize the principle of class war. “We have already called your at- | tention in our letter of September 11, to the fact that the Vienna congress gave us definite directions for the opening of negotiations on the ques- tion of the affiliation. of the Russian trade unions to the I. F. T. U. “It is for our general council, which together with the executive commit- tee, constitute the two bodies com- petent to interpret and execute the decisions of our international con- gresses, to consider and define its at- titude regarding your new proposal for the ‘convening of a world labor congress.” “The date fixed for the meeting of our general council is February 5, 1925.” When you buy, get an “Ad” for the DAILY WORKER. ‘GERMANY DENIES ALLIED CHARGES AS “POOR LIES” Appeals to U. S. Inter- ests Against Allies (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Jan. 7.—~A storm of pro test has been aroused in the German press by the allied note “explaining”’ the delay in the evacuation of Col- ogne. The ambassador's note assured the allies hold proof that Germany ‘had not lived up to the Versailles treaty, but had continued the manufacture of war inaterials and the storage of arms and munitions in quantities far above those permitted by the treaty. Social Democrats Continue Humble The only exception to the general protests was the socialist Vorwaerte, which said: “Compliance with allied criticism and redressing of their grievances, if justified, is the only way towards evacuation.” The nationalist press, on the other hand, assails the government's “weak- ness” and urges an immediate reply, charging the allies with flagrant vio- lation of the Versailles treaty. They point out that Germany's silence may be taken for the reticence of a guilty conscience. Appeals to American Imperialism The “Lokg] Anzeiger” characterizes the allied note as “a poor lie cover-~ ing a cowardly fraud. What says America to this infamous’ violation? “Tageblatt” calls the note a “cheap pretext.” “Germania,” the organ of Chancel- lor Marx, says it “reveals a policy of brutal force.” Germany sent a note to the allied powers today in which it protests the failure of the allies to withdraw troops from the Cologne’ district. Charges contained in the note of the allies to Germany were emphatically denied. More Electrical Workers. MOSCOW.—The number of work- ers employed in electro-technical works in Russia is now 188,712, a growth of 32 per cent over one year ago. —_—_—_—— PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Sxpert Dental Service for 20 Years. 645 SMITHFIELD ST., Near 7th Ave. 1627 CENTER AVE., Cor. Arthur St. AR RE NRE AS OR AR FOR RENT. Large room for two people; all modern conveniences. Comrade Cohen, 3244 W. Le Moyne Street. E. W. 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