The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 14, 1925, Page 5

MINERS THANK DAILY WORKER FOR ITS HELP Families In Destitute Circumstances Despite the columns of optimism published in the capitalist press, boasting of the great industrial pros- | Perity prevailing in America, the stories that come into the office of the | DAILY WORKER from the coal re- | gions of southern Illinois carry a | different message. | There, we find want, real want. Many of these coal miners have been idle for two years thru a closing down of the mines, and mining is practically the only industry in those regions. Letter From Miner. | The DAILY WORKER has repeat- edly called the attention of its read- |ers to the sufferings of the depend- | ents of the unemployed coal miners, lana the following letter from the presi- | dent of a local union in Sessor shows | that the miners are appreciative: | Dear Comrades:—I received pack- age of clothing from the DAILY | WORKER yesterday and wish to thank the DAILY WORKER for same, as things contained therein are of great benefit to some of our families here who are in very destitute cir- cumstances. With all good wishes to the DAILY WORKER, I remain, Comradely yours, ROSS WHITE. * * Miners Generous. The miners have never failed to respond to appeals for assistance in a working class fight when they were financially able to do so. No other section of the American working class displayed as much generosity. This should be an added reason why our readers should not forget the miners of southern Illinois and their de- pendents. The DAILY WORKER will be glad to forward money or articles of cloth- ing to the organization that is looking after relief work among the miners, * Favored Reduced Rates. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13—Reduction |, in the rate on government loans to the railroads, from 6 per cent to 5 or even 4% per cent, is favored by President Coolidge. He thinks that lower rates on loans will be reflected in lower freight rates, Patronize our Advertisers. OUR DAILY JACK JOHNSTONE WILL SPEAK ON A. F. OF L. CONVENTION AT THE NEXT MEETING OF CHICAGO BRANCH TU.E.L. Jack Johnstone, assistant secretary of the Trade Union Educational League, will report on the El Paso convention of the American Federation of Labor at the next regular monthly meeting of the Chicago branch of the league. The meeting will be held on the |. jast Wednesday in January, at 8 p. m. in North West Hall, corner of Western and North avenues. Comrade Johnstone reported the WORKER and traveled to Mexico with, El Paso convention for the DAILY but not as guest of, the labor fakers who accepted President Calles’ of Mexico invitation to witness the inaugural ceremonies in the Mexicah capital, Johnstone has the unusual distinc’ tion of being the first Communist re- porter in America to announce the passing of America’s greatest labor faker. Your Union Meeting Second Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1925, Name of Local and Place No. of Meeting. Blacksmiths’ District Council, 119 S. Throop St. 4 Boller Makers, Monroe and Racine. 10 Carpenters, 12 Garfield Bivd. 21 Carnonters, Western and Lexing- on. 242 Carpente 5443 S. Ashiand Ave. 1693 Carpente: 505 S. State St. 1784 Carpenters, 1688 N. Halsted St. H. Fehling, Rec. Seo’y., 2253 it. Irving 7597. ited St. Ave., Evan- pers, 8901 Escanaba Ave. Hod. Carriers, 1352 W. Division St. yd 19 W. Adams St. | 328 W. Stre Marine Cooks, 357 N. Clark St. Machinists, 113 S. Ashland Blvd. Machinists, 785 N. Cicero Ave. | Relneenades of Way, 426 W. 68rd ain’ Sherman & Main Sts., 910'W. Monroe St. way Carmen Dist. Council, 8445 $. Ashland Ave. Railway Carmen, 5444 Wentworth way Carmen, 6445 Ashland Ave. Railway Trainmen, 426 W. Gérd 8t., Roofers, pad W. Adams §' Sheet ‘Metal, 7i4 W. Hartison st. 485 Sheet Metal, 8324 S, Halsted St. Me “478 w. ‘Weehingtes St. vos rs (Meat), 220 S. Ashland Iv Tearems rs (Bone), 6969 S. Halsted 13046 Tuckpel 's, 810 W. Harrison St. 924 aay Subway Workers, 914 . jon, St. Note—U} stated all meetings 1922 2507 181 “Polikushka” is coming to Gertner’s Independent Theater, TOMORROW. To Organize Fur Workers. NEW YORK, Jan. 18—Wage in- creases. for floor. workers and fiesh- ers will be demanded by the Interna- tional Fur Workers’ Union of New ‘York, in conferences with employers preliminary to the drafting of thenew agreement to succeed the one expiring Jan. 31. A drive will be made at the same time to organize the nonunion fur workers remaining in Brooklyn. PATTERNS A PRACTICAL COSTUME. 4091. In these petticoatless days ne may be modestly and comfortably ttired in a dress with bloomers such ss the accompanying illustration rtrays. The bloomers may be of he same material as the dress, or of ilk, sateen or serge in a matched olor, The dress a one-piece, straight ine model, with convenient side-clos ‘or house, work, The pattern is cut in six sizes: 34, 6, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust east To make the dress of 36- Inche material for a medium size will uire 4% yards. The bloomers and ice will requgire 2% yards. The |of ith of the drses at the foot is 1% Pattern mailed to any address on pt of 12¢ in silver or stamps. IN ORDERING YOUR PATTERN SURE TO MENTION THE SIZE ng. An ideal style for business or we ASWELL URGES ESPIONAGE FOR ALIEN WORKERS Asks War ‘Agairiat Seven Million Foreign-Born (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Registra- tion of every alien in the United States every year, and continuous “tagging” of his whereabout by the “|federal government are proposed by Congressman Aswell of Louisiana, a former school teacher, in a bill which he has introduced too late for consid- eration in this congress. “It is estimated that there are 7,000,000 aliens in this country who have not taken out their first papers,” he says, “and hence have no intention of becoming supporting American citi- zens. They sent back to their various countries last year $400,000,000 which they saved by living here on pennies. They get all they can from our bene- ficent, government and yet hold their allegiance to foreign governments. There are aliens in the United States who enjoy the. protection of our flag and yet if they could would destroy it.” For Spy System. Under his scheme, the arriving alien would be made to pay a fee of $10 for original registration, and would have to register and pay $5 every year thereafter until he became an Ameri- can citizen. All aliens now here would have to make the $10 and $5 payments too, and report at the registration of- fices, which would generally be the Post offices, When an alien wished to leave one district to reside in another, he would have to first notify the office where he had been registered, and then with- in 48 hours of arrival notify the office in the district to which he moved. This is the old Russian and German imperial police system of espionage upon the movements of individuals, Why Not Fingerprints Too? In order to give the alien a proper sense of his being under the eye of the police, he would be compelled to secure a certificate of identification, which must be shown to any officer of the department of justice, depart- ment of labor or police power of the several states. Penalties would be in- A COMFORTABLE PLAY SUIT. 4976. Checked gingham and linen are here ccombined. This model is also good for flannel, jersey weaves, for gonpee or poplin, and other wash materials. The pattern is eat in four sizes: 2, 8, 4 and 5 years. A 4-year size re- quires 2% yards of 36-inch material. It made with short sleeves % yard less is required. For collar, cuffs, facing and pockets of contrasting ma- terial 4% yard is required. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. IN ORDERING YOUR PATTERN BE SURE TO MENTION THE SIZE YOU WANT IT IN. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO. DATE FALL & WIN'TER 1924- 1925 BOOK OF FASHIONS. Address; The DAILY WORKER, 1113 tec Bivd., Chicago, Ill, ATTERN BUYERS—Tho thru «the DAILY ‘ORKEK pattern department are fur- nished by a NewYork firm of pattern manufacturers. Orders fad forwarded by the DAILY WORKER ry day as re- Le aon and they are mai! edt by the man- urer direct to the customer. The BAILY" WORKER does ad nee. a stock patterns on hand, ry terns: ordinarily will takea! at least {0 0 dye from the date of mailing the order, not become n\ impatient if your pattern te pester being sold PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering mi Dental Service flicted for failure to produce this passport when accosted by a police of- ficer or detective. Hotel and board- ing house keepers, just as in the old Duropean scheme, would be compelled to report immediately the arrival of lien guests and the employment of alien help. Two Snowshovelers. NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—Charles H. MeWilliams, 65 year old worker, shov- sled snow in New York's streets for two days ‘but. couldn't collect his $15 for several days. He had no money for food or for carfare to his home in Jersey or for lodging in New York. He slept in the subway at night. He didn’t have even a nickel to take him to the section pay-master’s office and when he went to the main office, de- partment of finance, municipal build- ing, he stood in line until he got to the window to be told that he must go to tho section office. He collapsed on the floor from starvation and is threatened with pneumonia from ex- posure. Snowshoveller 4560, a strong young worker who hadn't been able to con. nect with a job until the snow, ducked a snowball and fell in the way of a truck which struck and killed him. He had no papers to identify him in his clothing, Chances to Steal Some More. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—An allot: inent of $405,700,000 for the United ‘tates veterans’ bureau was the larg ost item in the independent offices ap propriation bill, reported to the house ‘oday. The bill carried a total of 462,349,617 for the operation during the fiscal year beginning July 1, of federal bureaus not connected with the principal departments. seeped ptenemenninminnt 20th Century Kills Another, SOUTH BEND, Ind, Jan. 183—Wil ber Stebbins, 18, Mishawka high school boy was killed today at Misha- beg wh mille wagon was struck limited. Je LONE COMMUNIST HAS ONLY PLAN FOR ND. FARMERS N. P: L;. Governor Fights Child Labor Law By ALFRED KNUTSON. (Special to The Daily Worker) BISMARCK, N. D., Jan. 13.—Discus- sion has been started here among state legislators as to what kind of bills and resolutions should be intro. duced. League Officials at Sea. The steering committee of the'non- partisan league so far has no definite plank and-purpose, and absolutely no program of interest to the working farmers of the state. It is doubtful whether league leaders will propose the passage of any bills and resolu- tions that will be of value to the ex- ploited farmers and workers, notwith standing the fact that such measures have no chance of getting by the I. Vv. A. (Big Business) controlled sen- ate, and cannot stand the test of the courts. This would mean that no battle will be waged in behalf of the bank- rupt» and mortgaged farmers, except for the lone fight of A. C. Miller, the one Communist, because, ultimately, they can only be helped when capi- talist legislatures and capitalist courts have been done away with altogether It is exactly the political institu- tions of capitalism that hinder the so- lution of the farmers’ problems, and its is against these institutions we must fight. Sorlie for Child Slavery. Sorlie, the league governor, is against the child labor amendment, which is only a bofirgeois and inefec- tive substitute for real abolition of child slavery, it is true, but neverthe- less a genuine issue in which workers and farmers are widely interested and around which the Workers (Commun. ist) Party is rallying all poor formers a WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Senator The total turn-over is $23.257,761 more 000 bales of American cotton, worth $200,000,000 worth of American farm other manufactured goods. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD TELLS OF TRADING BY SOVIET RUSSIA IN U. S. (By The Federated Press) Congressional Record an Associated Press dispatch from New York, showing that the combined total business handled by the 3 trading companies repre- senting the Soviet Union in the United States in 1924 was $63,416.147, ang with transactions handled thru European cities it reached $69,757,761. the former sum. $52,692,549 represents American goods shipped to Russia. He also printed in this connection a letter from Joseph Newburger, of the Newburger Cotton Co., Memphis, Tenn., urging recognition of Russia for the sake of better trade relations. Newburger has made three trips to | Russia, the first one 25 years ago. He declares that Russia would buy 600,-|*teadily since last summer, are opened by diplomatic recognition, and the Russian market will also take Borah has caused to be printed in the ot than the pre-war total, $400,000,000, if the channels of trade | machinery, electrical appliances and UNIONS BACK UP W. P. IN FIGHT ON CHILD LABOR Omaha, Nebr., Militants to Spread Campaign OMAHA, Nebr., Jan. 13.—Close be- hind the Stonecutters’ Union and the Independent (LaFollette) Club, which have gone on record as the result of the campaign of the local T. U. B. L. and Workers Party militants, the Moulders’ Local Union, No. 190, has passed a resolution on the child labor question and has also appointed a com- mittee of two to co-operate in the campaign. This action was taken after their meeting had been address- ed by David Coutts, local secretary of the Trade Union Educational League, and Tom Matthews. The Independent club, in response to the united front proposals of the lo- cdl City Central Committee of the Workers Party, had reviously ap- pointed a committee to co-operate in the campaign on the child labor ques- tion, and also appointed a committee and industrial workers to compel ac- to go before the state legislature in be- tion. Sorlie’s hostility to the ratification of the child labor amendment does not half of the child labor amendment. To Spread Campaign. The Omaha militants are now tak- suit many of thé nonpartisan league|ing steps to spread the campaign on members of the legislature, who be-jthe child labor question thruout both lieve that it should be ratified. Thellowa and Nebraska. Jone Communist, A. C. Miller, has made ratification of the child labor amendment a leading issue in his pro. gram, and on this as on other points the governor is meeting opposition from league meinbers. West Frankfort Coal Diggers Working for Special Elections VALIER, Ill, Jan. 13.—The miners of this sub-district are continuing their efforts to get a special conven- tim for tie purpose of investigating frauds perpetrated by the Farrington machine during the election and mak- | ing arrangements for new elections. During the elections several hun- dred bogus ballots were discovered The resolution passed by the Mould- ers’ Union is as follows: Resolution Against Child Labor. WHEREAS, the physical and moral well-being of the children of the work- ing class in this country is being de- |stroyed thru brutal exploitation in the mines, mills, factories and sweatshops to create larger profits for employers; and We HERBAS, thru the exploitation of the children the employers are enabled to réduce wages and lower the condi- tions'of labor, and to weaken the trade unions; and WHEREAS, the children of the work- ers and small farmers are entitled to a full education, without being penalized thru lack of the necessities of life that forces them into hard work in their childhood, thereby stunting their lives; and WHEREAS, children are forced to work because of the poverty of their pargnts and 4 child labor law without govern- ment support for the child going to school would have little value; therefore, be it RESOLVED, that we demand the im- diate ratification by the state legis- latures of the child labor amendment to the constitution and that congress shall and the reactionaries also broke into |immediately pass ® law prohibiting the the office of a progressive local and got away with the contents of the safe, Several locals are working hard col- lecting signatures in order to secure the necessary name: Want U. S. to Buy Cave. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13—A delega |), |labor of children under eigtheen years ot age; and be it further RESOLVED, that, since the child labor amendment would be meaningless with- out government maintenance of the school children of the workers and farm- ers, the state and federal legislatures shall provide by law for full maintenance of all school children of workers and |smajl farmers, the funds for this pa ose to come from special taxes on high | freomen, and be it further RESOLVED, that we favor setting ide of all discriminatory clauses in the tion from Kentucky, headed by Sena |constitution of the trades unions and ad- tor Ernst today sought the support of |mitting all young workers into the junions with equal rights, and that dues President Coolidge for legislation now |and initiation fees be adjusted for the pending in congress, providing for the purchase of Mammoth Cave, Ky., by ploye: the government for inclusion in the national park system. About 20,000 acres of land at an estimated cost of $2,000,000 is involv- ed. Alabama Judge Frees Wobblios. MOBILE, Ala.—Thirteen seamen ‘erested Nov. 20 for having cards of the Marine Transport Workers vranch I. W. W., were released Jan 7. The trial judge ruled that the de fendants must be charged with an act of violence after tuking membership in the organization and that mere membership is not a violation of Ala- bama law. Store Burns Mysteriously. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Jan. 18, —~ In vestigation of fire which spared only the frame of the Franks Drygoods company store here today revealed |= that damage may exceed $500,000. Store officials were endeavoring to de. termine the origin of the fire, the second big department store fire here within a month. Stock of the Boston store was destroyed Dec, 21 with a loss of $350,009. When you buy, get an “Ad,” |young workers in order that they may strengthen the unions against the em- and be it further RESOLV ED, that our organization is ready to enter a common political strug- gle against child labor exploitation and pn 8 ci government mantenance of the school children of workers Poy small and pledge our: to co- with other working class organ- izations to this end. Suggests Sympathy. NEW YORK, Jan. 13,—President William Green of the American Fed- eration of Labor has written Presi- dent Coolidge and Governor Cox of Massachusetts “requesting their sym- pathetic attention” for the appeal for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van- zett. Labor Faker Saves Money on Funeral Of Samuel Gompers | If a prominent labor leader died | every week, Harry Jensen, president of the Carpenters’ District Council, | would be about ten thousand dollars | to the good, on that item alone, ac-} cording to a carpenter from Harry’s | home town who walked into the office of the DAILY WORKER yesterday. Not seeing any close connection be- tween dead labor fakers and dough,| tho the connection is quite obvious when they are alive, the reporter nailed the carpenter down to a more specific recital, so to speak. This is what developed: The last report to come to the membership of the Carpenters’ Union here in Chica- go from their district council showed that Harry Jensen received $350.00 for going to New York to see Sam Gompers planted between Andy Car negie and “Bill” Rockefeller. Was Quite a Climber. The carpenter from Jensen’s home town (where it is reported Harry made quite a name for himself, being a social climber in the widest possible sense) observed that his townie was a thrifty chap and preferred to be on the receiving than the giving end of everything but a dangerous weapon, and could not fancy him traveling to New York on the Twentieth Century which would put a dent of fifty dollars on his little nest egg, leaving $300.00 to paint Gotham red. What it cost to travel up ta Yonkers, where Sam was buried, would not purchase a cargo of Haig and Haig, but the man from the little town where Jensen used to play around, figured that Harry must have at least two hundred of the $350.00 when he got back to the Windy City. He Saw the Connection. It then began to dawn on the un- sophisticated reporter that there was | a connection between dead labor fakers and savings accounts. “Harry dresses better since he be- came a labor leader than he used to when climing into attics in his home town,” observed the visiting carpen- ter. “The cops were not as friendly to Harry then as they have become since he began expelling radicals from the union,” said our friend as he de- parted, Pay Union Wages. NEW YORK, Jan. 13—New York dress jobbers are to make themselves responsible for the payment of union wages by contractors to whom they parcel out their orders, under an agreement being worked out at con- ferences between representatives of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, the jobbers and the contractors. Much trouble has arisen from failure of contractors to pay union prices, Refuse Stay for Mexican. HAMMOND, Ind., Jan. 18.—Hiforts of the Mexican consul in Chicago to obtain a stay of execution for Jose Castro, the Mexican slayer of Paul Burdich, an Indiana Harbor policeman last April, have so far been fruit- less and Castro will pay the penalty of his crime in the electric chair at Michigan City penitentiary Thursday night, Jan. 15, Castro killed the offi- cer as he was about to be arrested in a soft drink parlor. “In Memoriam—Lenin” to be shown TOMORROW ht bien Trent SPECULATORS IN GRAIN BENEFIT FROM GOOD CROP Farmers A Usual the Narrow End (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, — Why wheat prices are high, and have risen is ex- \plained in a special summary issued by the department of agriculture, ans- wering complaints that laws against |Speculation in grain futures are not enforced. Reduction of acreage by 10 per cent or 12 percent for the northern | hemisphere, and a bad crop on this re- duced acreage, outside the United States, is the fundamental fact which has driven prices upward, the depart- ment says. The crop in the United States was only 70,000,000 bushels more than the “small but disastrously |low-priced crop of 1923,” and it was |25,000,000 bushels below the 5-year average. Admitting that these conditions are “unlikely to occur on the average more than once in many years,” the department argues that if the farmers would provide themselves with stor- age facilities, so that they could hold their grain for the winter market in- stead of rushing it to market as soon as it is thrashed, they would get the benefit of a high-price year. It claims that wheat prices, of which the specu- lators are now getting all the benefit, are still just at a parity with all com- modities in purchasing power. Movies for Workers You, who read the working class press for the truth about the workers’ cause—go to working class motion Pictures for further enlightenment ane entertainment, and at the same time help along one of our dearest causeg —Relief for the captives of capitalism in every land where white terror reigns! “The Beauty and the Bolshevik, and “Russia in Overalls” will be shown at: Boston, Mass. Symphony Hall, Jan, 16. Cleveland, Ohio, Engineers’ Audi- torium, St. Clair and Ontario streets, Saturday, Jan. 17, afternoon and eve- ning, Sunday, Jan. 18, evening only, Niagara Falls, N. Y., Jan, 19. Brockton, Mass., Jan. 19. Cincinnati, Ohio, Labor Temple, 1318 Walnut St., Jan. 22. Galloway, W. Va., Miners’ Union Theater, Jan. 28. Zeigler, Ill, Jan. 28. Chicago, Ill, Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5, continuous 7 to 11 p.m. Ad mission 50c. Pittsburgh, Pa., N. S. Carnegie Hall Feb. 7, afternoon and evening. South Bend, Ind., Feb. 11. St. Paul, Minn., 444 Rice St., Milwaukee, Wisc., Pabst Mar. 7. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 20 Theater March 21. Patronize our advertise: Warns Stool Pigeon Lumberworkers and labor men in construction camps are warned not to confine too trustfully in a traveling evangelist who is reported preparing to cover those points. His name is Fred R. Wedge, who as he later con- fessed, left his San Pedro church in 1923 to join the I. W. W. during the harbor strike as a stool pigeon. He has a good platform presence, is hus- kily built and makes the impression of being able to use fists. He clajms to have been a prizefighter, When you bu for the DAILY » get an “Ad” ORKER, Res. 1632 S, Trumbull Ave. Phone Rockwell 5050 MORDECAI SHULMAN Arrorney-at-Law 701 Association Building 19 S. La Salle Street Dearborn 8657 CHICAGO Central 4945-4947 Gl CHICAGO NAME STREET. RATES C00 a year § 3.50-6 montis §200 3 montts -f800 ayear F450 6 months § 250, 3 months THE NEW SUBSCRIPTION TO BUILD THE DAILY WORKER