The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 15, 1925, Page 5

pra Thursday, January 15, 1925 ® THE DAILY WORKER NEWARK’S ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED REACHES 50,000 Crisis, Not Prosperity, Follows Coolidge (Special to The Dally Worker) NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 14.—There are 50,000 unemployed workers in this city, with no relict in sight. The large factories are working on part time or are completely closed down. The Crucible Steel company, the Hy- att Roller Bearing company, the Edl- gon and Ford factories, the Western Hlectric company and other large fae tories all closed down for a few weeks during the holidays. They have used the shutdown as a means of cutting wages, the workers finding their wage scale reduced when they return- ed to work. Business «conditions are very had @ng the wheels of industry are net moving. Workmen are beginning to talk ef a severe crisis as the only result of Coolidge’s eléction, which it was predicted by the republic? would bring prosperity. The worker of this city—-one of the largest indus trial centers in the world—are largely unetganized. Five hundred men are applying for jobs at the municipal employment bu. feau every day. Applicants to the em- pleyment office aré increasing stead- Uy and practically all are turned away Superintendent H. A. Brennan states In 1924 the bureau secured 10,000 less fobs for unemployed workers than they were able to secure in 1923. Qalls at. the Green St. employment of- fice by social service agencies are also increasing, and the newspapers ate printing many stories showing that destitution caused by unemploy ment is widespread. Brennan, the superintendent of the eity employment bureau, is an Amert- ean Federation of Labor official who grabbed the first fat job which came hla way. Brennan is the man respon sible for preventing William Z. Foster fem speaking in Newark using his O@es cf “director ot prblic safety” to attaok the Communists. * When you buy, get an “Ad” for the DAILY WORKER, 4987, This features a very attrac- tive version of the tunic. The sleeves may be long or short. The tunic may be omitted and the dress worn belted at normal or high waistline. The pattern is cut in six sizes: 34, 36, 88, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust meas- ure. The width of the dress at the foot-is 1% yard. To make this style for a 38-inch size as illustrate din the large view requires 4% yards of 40- contrasting material for flounce and inch plain material, and % yard of ‘sash end, To make with short sleeves requires 4% yords of the plain ma- rial. For dress without tunic, and with long. sleeves 3% yards is required, Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. IN ORDERING YOUR PATTERN BE'SURE TO MENTION THB SIZE ‘OU WANT IT IN, Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE FALL & WINTER 1924 PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. DENTIST. OUR DAILY PATTERNS EVEN IGLESIAS, LABOR FAKER OF THE CARIBBEANS, HAS TO COMPLAIN—BUT TO DEAF EARS sey The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan..14.—In the face of Gov. Towner’s long cablegram to the Literary Digest, claiming that the election in Porto Rico on Nov. 4 was peaceful and orderly and registered the will of the voters, President Coolidge has been forced to order the war department to investigate. When Sautiago Iglesias, president of the Free Federation of Workingmen of Porto Rico and leader of the socialist party in the island, saw Coolidge on Jan. 2 he carried with him a letter: to the chief executive from William Green, new chief of the American Fed- eration of Labor, “On behalf of the A. F. of L. I bespeak for the request of the Porto Rican workers adequate, impartial in- vestigation, serious consideration and favorable action,” said Green. “The charges are of so grave a nature that our government should take steps to secure authoritative information. I urge this matter for your immediate attention with the earnest hope that you will give all possible aid to this effort and assure an understanding necessary for the realization of the high ideals of our government.” Coolidge listened to Iglesias’ state- ment of the theft of the election by the plantation owners’ and corpora. tions’ political agents, and to his ac- count of the misery of the workers in Porto Rico, and received from him a series of affidavits in support of his plea for a federal investigation. He promised to take the matter up with the secretary of war and “do his best.” Secretary Weeks notified Iglesias next day that he would meet him for dis- cussion of the whole matter. When you buy, get an “Ad” for the DAILY WORKER. W. G. T, U. TRYING T0 STOP EVOLUTION IN SCHOOL BOARD PLEA (Special to The Daily Worker) SACRAMENTO, Cal.—The Cali- fornia board of public instruction has a petition from the women’s christian temperance union of River- side asking that books teaching or implying evolution be removed from schools supported entirely or partly by public taxation. This is the lat- est move in the drive on evolution in California. The request has been filed. FROCK FOR MANY OCCASIONS. 4985. This charming youthful model may be finished with the bell sleeve portion. or with only the short “cap” portion, or it may be entirely sleeve- less as illustrated in the small view. Without the “drapery” it becomes a simple straightline frock, ° ‘The pattern is cut in three sizes: 16, 18 and 20 years. An 18-year size requires 5% yards of 40-inch materigl it made with long sleeves Without sleeves 4% yards will be required. The width of the dress at the foot is 1% yard. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. IN ORDERING YOUR PATTERN BE SURE TO MENTION THB SIZE YOU WANT IT IN. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO. DATE FALL & WINTER 1924- 1925 BOOK OF FASHIONS. Pein Prey} The RAY worker, 1113 . Wasi on ., Chica |. * entien to PATTERN BUYERS—The GLERKS BLAME COOLIDGE FOR THEIR DEFEAT Urge Workers Support Bills S. 3674 An indication of the post office clerks’ resentment about the deal Coolidge put over them is given in a lotter received by the DAILY WORK- ER from the Chicago Post Office Clerks’ Union No. 1. The letter is signed by P. H. Seegaard, treasurer, David W. Johnson and Earl W. Wiley, the legislative committee, and says in part that the postal clerks have been defeated in their fight for a living wage. They point to Coolidge’s man- euvers. Coolidge managed by threatening to withdraw patronage to get one more than the one-third vote to sustain his yeto. He got one over the 29 sena- tors, which would make one-third of the house and thus the bill was killed. However, in sustaining the veto, @oolidge sata that his purpose was to make an economic balance of ‘re- ceipts and expenditures in the post office department which is accomplish- ed by the new bill S. 3674. This bill recommends increase in salary and at the same time increases: of postal rates on certain classes of mail. The postal clerks in their letter urge the support of all workers to the admunigtration bill 8. 3674. NEWSWRITERS IN SCRANTON GAIN SALARY RAISE (By The Federated Press) SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 14. — The Scranton newswriters’ local, affiliated with the International Typographical Union, has concluded a new wage agreement with the newspaper pub- lishers, raising wages two to six dol- lars a week, Secretary B. B. Powell informs the Federated Press. Under the new scale réporters with five years’ experience receive $52 a week; day copy readers get $54 and night copy readers $58. Afternoon newspapermen work from 8 a. m. to 4:30 p. m,, with an hour for lunch. The union was not able to get Saturday afternoons off for the afternoon newspapermen and Sunday afternoons off for the morning news- papermen. Cub reporters, corresponding to ap- pentices in other trades, get much smaller rates. The necessary five years for full pay men need not have been served in Scranton, The union rates are minimums. The publisher is allowed to raise the ante as much as he pleases to hold extra valuable men. All the working newswriters of the city are in the union, 38 in all. Castro to Get New Trial. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 14-—A stay of execution from January 16, to April 5, was granted Jose Castro, Mexican, today by the Indiana supreme court on petition of Colonel Russell B, Harrison, Indianapolis, representa- tive of the Mexican government who said he would seek a new trial on the ground that Castro, a drug addict, convicted of the murder of Paul Bu- dich, an Indiana Harbor detective, had not had a fair trial. Run On lowa Bank. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Jan. 14.—~ The Central City Savings Bank and Trust company, this county, was placed in the hands of the state bank- ing department today after a run yes- terday when more than $20,000, all the bank's cash, was withdrawn. The bank was capitalized at $120,000 and had recently been reorganized. The officers said today they believed it would be able to pay dollar for dol- lar. Will Save This Submarine. CHATHAM, Mass., Jan. 14,—Rescue of the 34 officers and crew of the U. 8. submarine 8-19 seemed assured this afternoon with the arrival of the rev. enue cutters ‘lampa and Acushnet, It by | 4l#o appeared probable that the sub- When you buy, get an “Ad” "lfor the DAILY WORKER, mersible wouiu be drawn into deepe: water before she had suffered serious damage. / « DIST. 1, MINERS MOVE TO IMPEACH PRES, CAPPELLINI “Outlaw” Strikers Win Wide Support By THOMAS MYERSCOUGH. (Special to The Daily Worker) WILKSBARRH, Pa., Jan. 14.~—Un- less a special convention is called by Wednesday, Jan. 14, impeachment proceedings will be started by the min- ers of District One, United Mine Workers of America. The above, in substance, is the ultimatum given by a joint general grievance committee meeting; held here last Saturday night and which lasted nearly four hours. To ascertain if such a special con- |vention will be called by the district president or the executive board by that time, a committee consisting of the chairmen of four of the general bodies will visit the district office in Scranton and failure to receive satis- faction, will be the cue to start an- other special committee. Good Standing Locals to Impeach Cappellini. This committee, consisting of two men from each of the good standing general bodies, is already selected, and if they are not assured by Wed- nesday that a convention is being called, they will begin to prepare the charges on which to impeach the offi- cials. That they have a clear cut case is evident from the fact that about seventy locals have made a request for the convention, Cappellini himself having informally admitted that such is the case. This means that the charges will be for “flagrant viola- tion of Article 7, Section 2 of the district constitution” which reads: “Special conventions of the district shall be called by the pfesident upon the written request of five locals, who shall state the object of the conven- tion in their request.” District Nine Offers Solidarity. No immediate general strike was spoken of at the Saturday session, but various reports were made to the effect that the miners of District meeting there a week ago, voted to give aid and their “full moral support” to the miners of District One in any move District One miners might make. Stanley Edmunds, former president of Local Union 699 at Edwardsville, Pa,, the first local in this district to have its charter revoked for alleged “outlaw” striking, spoke for a half hour. He recited efforts to bribe him og the part of both coal company and Miners’ Union officials, of invitations to banquets, all for the purpose of per- {suading him not to encourage striker that were necessary to save the con- ditions existing at the mine he worked in. Lewis and Cappellini Stand Pat. A letter from John L.\ Lewis war read, in which he stated that he would take no action in this affair until he received a report from the special committee of investigators, who were sent here at the beginning of the strike. This and a statement earlier in the day by Cappellini, that there was only one grievance of the Penn- Sylvania men that was “good enough” to present to the conciliation board, moved the delegates to the decision they have made. Cappellini was not present qt the meeting, altho he was invited to’ gt: tend. He did, however, attend the meeting of the Hudson general body earlier in the day, but that was prob- ably because they threatened to call out the twenty thousand men of that | company immediately, unless he did) so and agreed to take up their griev- ances within a week. Grievances Two Years Old. With members of the executive board he appeared and harangued the delegates and argued the merits of their complaints for nearly six hours, but finally agreed to take up their troubles with the company with- in a week. A report of this session made at the later joint meeting brot out the fact that many grievances supposedly taken up two years agc were still untouched. Our Pioneers Must Be Strong! Tho child's food should simplo, Appetizing, and well cooked, with at least a pint of milk, some form of fat (preferrably butter), cereal and bread, vegetables both starchy and green, fruit, and eggs, meat or fish, included in the diet every day. Regular hours for meals, with dinner at noon for children uder seven years of age, are best for growing boys and girls, Boy Killed irente Injured. DECATUR, Ind., Jan. 14,.—With his parents being treated for injuries re owlved in the accident which resulted in his death, funeral arrangemente were niade today for 9 year old Thonias Baker, killed when a Penn syivaiéa passenger train struck the motcr ear in which he, his parents, a brvihor, Walter, 8, and Mrs. Robert Chronister were riding. i Niné, thé Shamokin” district; “at “@/in the preceding year. REPORT ON ECONOMIC SITUATION IN SOVIET RUSSIA PAST YEAR SHOWS INCREASE IN INDUSTRY PRODUCTION The economic situation of Soviet Russia at the beginning of the new year was described in detail in a cabled report to the Amtorg Trading cor- of the Amtorg. all branches of industry production has increased, the total output amounting in value to 3,000,000,000 gold rubles, and the roductivity of the’ individual factories and works was raised to a higher level. The year 1924 witnessed a revival of trade, the turnover registered on the exchanges exceeding that of the preceding year by several times. The amount of money in circulation grew to 750,000,000 gold rubles. The Soviet currency has’ not only been firmly | stabilized but its rate of exchange has jalready reached the pre-war par, and |the State Bank is proceeding with the further issues of notes in strict con: formity with the rules governing their fullest security. The foreign trade turnover of the Soviet Union during the past year almost doubled as compared with the preceding year and reached a total of 800,000,000 rubles in pre-war values with a favorable balance, the export: exceeding the imports by 100,000,000 rubles. Wages Increase. There was also an increase in wages and the general well-being of the pop ulation has improved as witnessed by the increased demand for industrial products. Thus, the textile industry was operating to the fullest of its ca- pacity and importing enormous quan- tities of cotton from abroad, including the United States. Its total output amounted to over 800,000,000 meters (about 1,300,000,000 yards) of fabric. But, still in many localities a short- age of textiles is felt owning to the increasing demand of the populetion for the product. The growth of the economic prosperity of the Soviet Un- ion is also reflected in the fact that the foreign credits advanced for the Soviet foreign trade have increased many times o.er the sums advanced The partia’ accumulation of capital as a result of the new economic policy enables the Soviet state to satisfy the needs of the population and of industry to a gretaer extent than heretofore. Thus, there have been purchases of sugar made abroad in order to meet the increasing demand of the peasant population. for this product, altho the output of the sugar industry this year amounted to | over 250,000,000 poods, which is nearly double the output of last year. Marked Growing Prosperity. The effect of the poor crop in the Volga region was, of course, to slow down the pace of the growth of the country’s resources. However, the crop yielded over 2,700,000,000 poods covering to the full the country’s need in grain cereals. Instead of the grain exports of the past year the So viet Exportkhlieb (grain export bu reau) is furthering the exports of other products of agriculture. Prelim- inary deals effected in some of these products show that their exports wil! surpass even the pre-war level. the wheat regions. But the resources of the country have sufficiently im proved to enable the state to satisfy re’ needs of the population in wheat ¥"the importation of certain rather insignificant quantities of wheat flour from abroad, mainly for the port cit ies which are the furtherest removed from the wheat growing sections These flour purchases are a result o! the growing prosperity of the country and the increased demand of the popu lation for higher grades of bread, and they furnish in fact, another proof of the stability and strength of the economic situation of the Soviet re public, InMemoriam-Lenin On the 21st of January the workers the world over will hold memoria) meetings for Nicolai Lenin, the leader and fighter for the liberation of the laboring masses, In connection with these meetings, Tonight, Thurs- day, January 15, a moving picture “in Memoriam—Lenin,” will be shown in the Gartner's Independent Theatre, 8725 Roosevelt Road. Two other pic tures will also be shown: “Polikush- ka,” and “Soldier Ivan's Miracle.” + Admission will be 50c, E. W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Seven Places 62 W. Van Buren 42 W. Harrison 169 N. Clark 118 S. Clark 66 W. Washington | 167 N. State 234 8. Halsted PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 bacexoniba 1 ae Brown Boston Baked Fine Soups and Fresh Made Se reap rat _ jottee and Bakery: Phone West 2649 The recent drought has hit chiefly | poration by Isaiah J, Hoorgin, chairman of the board of directors of the cor- poration, who is at present visiting Moscow in connection with the business Progress in Industry. In his review Hoorgin points out that during the yeaf just passed the economic development of the Soviet Union has considerably advanced. In Your Union Meeting Third Thursday, Jan. 15, 1925, Name of Local and Place of Mecting. Allied Printing Trades Council, 89 E. Van Buren St., 6:30 p. m. Clothing Workers, 409 S. Halsted St. Boiler Makers, 2040 W. North Ave. Boot and Shoe, 1929 Milwaukee Ave. Brick and Clay, Shermanville, 1, i Clay, Glenview, lil. 413°, Ashland Bivd, Carpe 6416 S. Halsted St. Carpenters, 1440 Emma St. Carpenters, South Chi., 11037 Mich- igan A : Ogden and Kedzie. W, North Ave. 431 8. Dearborn St., A 2 Ave. lectrici: 476 Dante Ave. 5 Mgineers, 9223 Houston Ave, Fire ea Rca ony 88th and Ht Ste, 7:45 p.m. lers, South Chi., 3701 &. 3, City Hall, Garment Workers, 328 W. Buren St. Garment Workers, 1214 N. id Ave. Garment Workers, 328 W. n Buren 810 W. Harrison ther Woke meuiacre, 119 S. Throop St 2 . Throop St. Painters” District Gounell, 1448 W. A it. Dutt’s Hall, Chicago ind Organ Wkrs., 180 W. hington. (Railway), Carmen, 75th and Drexel Clerks, 8138 Commercial ers, 810 W. Harrison St. ile Roofers, 1224 Milwaukee. Stag Employes, Masonic Temple, 10:30 a. m. mere Cutters, 180 W. Washington 9206 Houston Ave, aie S. Ashland. » 180 "W. Washington Turners’ 3420 No. Carpent Carpent 180 one. Ch joom Electrici: Heating Monroe and Union, _ Libert; W. Roosevelt Road. ery Thursday night. it i al Amsterdam Says That A. F. of L. Resolution Don’t Mean Anything AMSTERDAM.—The El Paso resolu- tion of the American Federation of Trade unions leaves the issue just where it was, in the opinion of the Amsterdam officials. They hope their statement will “at least dispose of all exaggerated rumors which have been prevalent since the El Paso conven- tion.” When you buy, get an “Ad.” ORDER A POSTAL CLERKS UNDER COOLIDGE SPEED-UP SYSTEM Demand Congress Inves- tigate Coercion (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.— The postoffice department is denying postal employés their sick benefits and making them work more than eight hours, T. F. Flaherty, secretary of the National Federation of Postof- fice Clerks charges in a statement is- sued here. The U. S. postoffice de- partment has nullified protective laws and instituted a reign of coercion by means of the speed up system, Flah- efty charges, demanding a congres- sional investigation. “Apparently not satisfied with having won its fight for a low wage policy when the president’s veto of the postal salary bill was sustained, the postoffice is nullifying protective laws and using a reign of terror in the postal service,” says the postal élerk’s statement. “New York postoffices have aban- doned the eight hour law and many employes ate forced to work over. time every night. In Chicago the speed up system has been inangurat- ed that required all carriers to weigh their output of mail, which move is designed to harass the men to the limit of human endutance.” “Scandalous” Says Judge. In New York Judge Winslow, of the federal court, refused to sentence four postal clerks, before him charged with transferfing cancelled stamps, “The pay of these men is scandalous,” Judge Winslow said of thé postal clerks. The four men, William Huber, Arno Schaler, William M. Gallagher and James Connolly, employes at a postal sub-station, have records of service extending from 16 to 31 years. They received $1,800 to $2,000 a year, and all are fathers of latge families. Longer Hours in New Hampshire. EAST ROCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 14, —Working hours at Cocheco Woolen. Mills are increased from 50 to 54. Amoskeag and other large mills in Néw Hampshire operate 54 hours weekly. Cocheco has not announced wage cuts. Governor John G. Winant urged a 48-hour week for workers in his inaugural address a few days ago. Board to Discuss Seat Shortage. At the board of education meeting this afternoon at 650 S. Clark street a teport showing the seat shortage in Chicago schools will be presented. The report was prepared by Ambrose B. Wright, assistant superintendent and bears the signature of the super- intendent. It is listed under “Con- gestion in Our Schools.” BUNDLE! Lenin Memorial Day The January iesue of THE WORKERS MONTHLY EDITED BY EARL R. BROWDER is an issue with splendid articles on the Great Leader in whose memory we meet. From cover to cover it is an ii that Lenin advocated. The splendid article “Lenin, Leader by th is number. ue filled with the principles and Comrade” Alexander Bittelman is only one of the 36 features in PHOTOGRAPHS, CARTOONS AND A GREAT PAINTING ON THE COVER—ALL ARE IN THE JANUARY ISSUE Order a Bundle « Subscription—$2.00 a Y at 18¢ a copy. or $1.25 for Six Months. —— a CUT OUT AND SEND INI me me wp me ee ee THE WORKERS MONTHLY, 1118 W, WASHINGTON BLYD., CHICAGO, ILL, . Enclosed find $.....000 NAME: ..... STREET: ..... CITY: for bundle of ... “| tor subscription for ehienalinh <ul da cenrrstpes Mall