The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 22, 1925, Page 5

Thursday, January 22, 1925 THE DAILY WORKER CLEVELAND ARMY |LiGH OF JOBLESS IS 30,000 IN MONTH Community Spirit Can’t Fill Stomachs, They Say CLEVELAND, _Ohio, Jan. 21—At the same, time that newspapers here are devoting many columns of space to advertisement of the “community chest,” thousands of unemployed workers are marching on the streets looking for work. A few days ago 2,000 unemployed workers stormed the city employment bureau in ‘the eity hall and demanded jobs. The community chest advertise ments say, “Mingling in and _ out among the vast throng of humanity We see the spirit of community fund. The spirit needs lots of help, We'l’ give until the chest is overflowing.” But the hungry workers declare that community spirit does not helr them when their stomachs are crying out for food and no work is to b folind. They demand the right tc work or else full maintenance by the government and the industry employ: ing them. The ‘jobless here point to the fact that in Kokomo, Indiana there arc two thousand people out of work that 33,000 people made application for work in Cleveland in the month of November alone. Over 80,000 moners are out of work in Ohio, Indiana, and Iinois,” 150,000 are out of work in New York, and 2,500,000 at the very least are out ‘of work in the entire country. Big Business Controls Indiana State Legislature INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan, 21. — Steam and interurban railroad inter- ests were. backing the bus regulatory bill introduced into the Indiana state senate by Senator Moorhead of In- dianapolis! The bill provides for con- sideration of existence of other forms of transportation in granting licenses to motor btis operators. The bus men are endeavoring to pass a bill provid- ing for cofisideration’ of autdémobile transportation separately. The co-operative marketing bill is expected to pass both houses, as it is so harmless the milling and bank- ing ‘interests are not opposing it. The bankers declare it will not detract from their profits and will stabilize the supply, of. grain. LULU TEMPLE - M. ee OLGIN OF NEW YORK, Soviet Press and Delegate to Meeting starts promptly at 8:15 A PRETTY APRON. ‘Dotted percale with bands of satecn in a color to match thé dots, is a very good suggestion for the de-Lnished by a 4992. velopment of this style, Swiss could also be used. Tho pattern is cut in four sizos: Saall, medium, large and extra large. | 3¢ineh, material, Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps, Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE SPRING & SUM- |MER 1926 BOOK OF FASHIONS, ° es » PHILADELPHIA, ATTENTION! Lenin Memorial Meeting SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1925, 8 P.M. Broad and Spring Garden Streets SPEAKERS: R. BAKER, Secretary, Philadelphia Workers Party. OLIVER CARLSON OF CHICAGO, Edueational Director, Dist. 3. Freiheit Singing Society — International Orchestra Motion Pictures of Lenin’s Life, Funeral and Communist May Day Demonstration at Lenin’s Tomb in Moscow. Oretonne or | Man chintz, unbleached muslin and dotted | ceived, T ON ELECTRIC TRUST SHOWS MORGAN BANKS REAP ENORMOUS PROFITS YEARLY By LELAND OLDS « (Federated Press Industrial Editor) The vast control over the nation’s electric power exercised by one Morgan power trust has been placed in the spotlight by the financial trick with which the General Electric Co. is trying to indictment. f slide out from under Senator Norris’ Thru a fake surrender of the ownership of the Electric’ Bond & Share Co. these Morgan interests have simply awakened the publi¢ to the fact that one corporation has brot within its¢——————___________ sphere of influence over 1,000 com- munities with a population of more than 7,200,000. From a nominal investment of $25,000,000 the General Hlectric built up its system of more than 100 elec- tric power, street railway and gas combines with a total capital of about $650,000,000. Thru constant reinvest- ment of profits, over and above 8 per cend dividends it raised the value of each $100 share of common stock to about $720, This increase has been at the\expense of the communities served and represents the difference between what they actually paid-and what they would have paid if their public utilities had been publicly owned enterprises. The extent of control and the full magnitude of the profits of Hlectric Bond and Share are considered some- what of a mystery even in the finan- cial world. Last year’s known profits were at a rate of $32.76 a share. At that rate the par value of the common stock would be replaced out of profits about once every 3 years. The major public utility combines known to be subject to this Morgan company are: American & Foreign Power Co. which controls companies providing electric light, power, telephone serv- ice, etc. to 39 communities in Cuba, Panama and Guatemala serving over 600,000 people. American Gas & Electric which con- trols public service corporations in 6 states supplying electric light and power to 137 communities with a pop- ulation well over 1,770,000. Among the communities are Canton and New- ark, O., Scranton and Pittston, Pa., Wheeling, W. Va., Rockford, Ill, and Atlantic City, N. J. American Power & Light Co. which includes Kansas Gas & Electric, Pa- cific Power & Light, Portland Gas & Coke, Nebraska Power, Minnesota Power & Light, Florida Power & Light, Southwestern Power & Light companies. It collects its profits from 396 communities with a population of over 2,000,000. Power and Light Co. and American Correspondent for the the Fifth Congress, C. I. Admission 25 Cents TWO DAINTY APRONS. Pattern 3438 supplies these styles. Dallas Railway Co, which control the entire supply of electric light power and street railway service in this city with a 200,000. population. Carolina Power & Light Go. which supplies light and. power to more than @ score of manufacturing and mill towns in the devloping centers of in- dustrial exploitation in tho south. Lehigh Power Securities Corp.,-a holding company controlling: compan- ies supplying electric power and light in the anthracite counties of Penn. sylvania. It reaches out to collect profits from 203 communities with < Population of at least 500,000. National Power & Light Co. which dominates the power and light situa- tion in Knoxville and Memphis, Tenn., in Little Rock, Ark., in Houston, Tex., and in the entire steel district radiat- ing from Birmingham, Ala. Utah Securities Corp., a holding com- pany controlling Utah Power & Light which reaches 168 communities in Utah, Idaho and Colorado. New Or- leans Public Service monopolizing the public service of that city. And Pow: er Securities Corp., about which facts are not available. The ownership of -all these proper- ties is being handed over by General Electric to its stockholders thru a special corporation created for the purpose. They. will. get as a New Year’s gift a share of this corporation for each share of General Electric which they own. When you buy, get an “Ad” for the DAILY WORKER. Your Union Meeting Fourth Thursday, Jan. 22, 1925. Name ‘of Local and Place so. of Meeting. Amalgamated | Clothing | Workers, Joint Board, Chicago, 408 Halgtes it. Barbers, 180° W. Washington St. 45. Be 576 5, 3010 E, 92nd St. 342 Brewery Workers, 180 W. Wash- ington St. 344 Srewery Workers, 189 W. Wash; ington St., 2 p.'m. 454 Boiler Makers, 75th and Drexel. 480 Boller Makers, 18th and Ashian 1700 E. 21st st. Barry. S. Maretens, $. 1, 180 W. he 113 “ aehiane | Bivd. 6416 S. St. ‘Baden and Kedzie. 188 W. Washington’ St. Merchant 126 865 Cooks, 166 793 Electrical S. Went- 794 Electrical, M., 7ist and Cottage Grove. 115 eral ers, 9223 grt Ave. 556 Engineers, Morrison Hot 538 Firemen ind Enginemen, 9118 Commercial Avenue. 50 Firemen and En: 1° png 5058 Wentworth Ave., 7:30 p. m. 715 Pireete ‘and Enginemen, Ogden =, Taylor. 17010 Gas Fiouse Workers, 180 W. Wash- St. 33 Garment, Workers, 311 8. Ashland ‘Ave., 76a Hod Carriers, 814 W. Hi 18 Ladies" Garment Work Van Buren St. 473 Maintenance’ of ‘Way, 318 W. 63rd Str 253 Machinists, Roseland,, 11405 Michi- 1828 Machinists, R. R.. 113 S. Ashland easeowrns, sar istrict Council, 1446 W. Butts Hall, Chicago 2045 W. No! 4 Ave. h St. P way ‘Clerks, “849 W. Railway’ “Clerks, 67 E. Van Buren elise Carmen, 5445 S. Ashland 876 668 742 Teamsters, 9206 Houston Ave. 112 Upholsterers, Ogden and Taylor. 15793 Watchmen (Mun.), 113 S$. Ashland 17616 bag) 0 bc ~ aad 1660 OW. Washington (Note—Unless oahers stated all It is cut in one size: medium, No, 1| ™*¢4nss are at 8 will reqquire % yard of 36-inch ma- terial, and No. 2 will require 1% yard. Lawn, dotted Swiss, dimity, crepe and embroidered materials are at- tractive for these styles, Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Send 12c in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE SPRING & SUM- pe Send BOOK OF FASHIONS. The ety lenge 1113 ie being sold city se DAD 'ORKER pa’ tern Rn ngt non are fi lew York firm of pattern re forwarded b; __ Losase Be Catt thors fr eg. SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES MEETING TONIGHT. German-Hungarian—634 Willow St. John Freifogel Sec’y, nary Ave. 3741 Semi- LOS ANGELES A Responsible Drug Service Brooklyn Drug Co. E. A. Sandler, Prop. Brooklyn Ave., cor. St. Louis Phone: Angeles 6305 LOS ANGELES W, | Bational PERHAPS THE “RED LIAR” IS A PRESS AGENT “Red Revel” Publicity Makes Its Debut Peculiar how typographical errors sometimes have more truth than poetry in them! What should have read “red star,” read “red liar” in an issue of the DAILY WORKER last week. -It caused a’ good deal of com- ment. It said, “watch out for the red liar” and the “red liar is coming.” When the Red Revel publicity be- gins to break in real earnest, some of our readers,-who never attended this annual event in the past will begin to doubt the veracity of the Red Revel press agent, His stuff will sound too good. Perhaps they will say: “Ah! This is the red liar the DAILY WORK- ER warned us to be on the look-out for.” i Now, sometimes a good fiction writer is ten times more interesting than a saint. In fact, it is very doubt- ful if we advertised the presence of a small army of angels at the-Red tendance to fill a taxicab. Brains Are Busy. The brains of an arrangements com- mittee, that has as much experience getting up entertainments as a lawyer has in evading the law, is busy hatch- ing plans to make the coming Red Revel the biggest and the best ever held in Chicago. Every language fed- eration of the Workers Party will do its darnest to carry off the honors. There will be friendly competition and rivalry. / It will bea masked ball. This promises a delightful series of sur- prises to the adventurous. You can never tell what’kind of a face may be behind an innocent mask. The Red Revel will be held on February 28, at the West End Women’s Club, 37 South Ashland Ave.; corner of Monroe St. ,The proceeds will be de- voted to supplying local Chicago with the necessary funds to enable it to carry on a vigorous organizing and educational campaign during the com- ing year. Tea Drinking Women Say War is Only National Problem WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.— q| Speakers at. the‘conference on the * canser and wats” Praised” the league of nations, which makes its chief task the oppression of small nations, and held up Theodore Roose- velt, exponent of militarism, as a god, at their session here. Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt pleaded for a “calm, sane and sensible investigation of the whole thing,” and quoted Roosevelt. Speakers at the conference have ad- vocated every thing from the largest army and navy in the world to no army and navy at all. The speak- ers have included rabbis, generals, Priests, politicians, and plain ordinary liberals. The conference has done nothing constructive since its opening. Mrs. Catt reminded’ the audience that the question is “national, not fanatical.” The speakers evidently considered it too radical to discuss war as an inter- problem. The © economic causes of war were not taken up by the conference, “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” is | coming to Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5. BPAAADAAAAAADAAAAAAAALEEA Return performance of the South Side Players in “Salesmen and Suckers” By ANDREW SHELLEY with a cast of colored and white players, 3 THURSDAY, JAN. 22, 8. P. M. at 3621 SOUTH FEDERAL STREET. Tickets 35, 50c and $1 at the door. ty A fine theme well enacted.”—Lydia Gibson, baad AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL E. W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Seven Places 62 W. Van Buren er W. Harrison 169 N. Clark ic Clark . State 66 W. bases lo 234 8. Haleted PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 Cnselatticer “ =: Boston Baked Fine Soups +} Fresn” Made Commiseary and Bakery: 1612 Fulton Ct. Phone West 2549 UNCLE WIGGILY'’S TR Uncle Wiggaly wl ys oh BUILDERS AT. WORK will learn not only what BUILDERS a greater newspaper, but also practical Every day under this head you thruout the country are doing to build gestions to accomplish more for Sehactne we will ‘tell the world.” OUR paper. Tell us what YOU are He Simply Won’t Quit! OMRADE HARVITT of Toledo is a peculiar fellow—no question about it. He got a new job an working on his old one. id yet unofficially he justs insists on For a year he has proved one of the outstanding live wires in every one of the DAILY WORKER campaigns and everyday between them as well. read what he writes: And now the local comrades have taken him off his job. But “I will probably feel lonesome without my Job for a while, as I have always at all times had the DAILY WORKER on my mind. However I will have another party job, as I was elected financial secretary to take office in January. “I will still do what I can to ‘Build the DAILY WORKER.’ I expect to have my ‘Tool Box’ always handy, so that I can help to build our Revel, that we could get enough bad | LA* seme breeze, paper, which we must keep going at all costs and sacrifices. the DAILY WORKER I and thousands of other comrades and workers Without would be very unhappy because we would not have the means of knowing how the class struggle was going from day to day and that Soviet Russia is still safe from the attacks of the greedy imperialim that still holds the workers in bondage in all the rest of the world.” This is the way a comrade speaks when he has fully realized the importance of the DAILY WORKER to the working class when he has become a BUILDER. By JOHN H. OWENS. Whenever the Negro asks for cer- tain rights and privileges that are being denied him, the white bour- geoisie attempt to throw a smoke screen around the issue by screaming “social equality” Deprecatingly. the Negro “leaders” insist that Negroes themselves do not desire social equal- ity. “In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers,” said the late Booker T. Wash- ington, “yet one as the hana in all things essential to mutual progress.” But can we? The development and contradictions of capitalistic society precluded the possibility of any submerged and ex- ploited group or class enjoying social equality or, for that matter, any equal- ity within the social order. Unequality of opportunity is the keystone of any capitalistic state. The blacks are the most intensely @xploifed group in America; hence it is not difficult to understand that they must remain content with a minimum of social rights and privileges just so long as the present system is dominant Optimistic Negroes have held forth the opinion that social privileges would axiomatically follow the acqui- sition of education and property. The Negro has acquired both; but this has only intensified the struggle—social equality has been pushed further into the future In the south, in things social—and in everything—the blacks and whites are as separate as the fingers. Even a bourgeoisie inter- racial commission could hardly de- “i r} ‘ ¢ ‘ ; ’ ‘ ¢ 4 ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ + ¢ é ¢ r ‘ ¢ ? ¢ é ‘ ’ ’ ; ¢ ? ; ‘ ‘ ’ ¢ ’ ; ‘ r Rates: Outside of Chicago—$6 a ; : ‘ ¢ ; ¢ ¢ : ? é months, ; : ’ : ; ‘ ICKS le SOCIAL EQUALITY FOR THE NEGRO THE DAILY WORKER! Just to Remind You of the In Chicago—$8.00 a year, $4.50 six months, $2.50 three months [clare conditions in Dixie ideal—for the Negro at least, However, in Dixie, white men and colored women do enjoy a peculiar kind of social equality Many thou- sands of mulattoes have come out of the south within the past decade. It is patent that they must have resulted from closer social contact than the mere passage of a white man and a colored woman on the same side of the street. In its final analysis, social equality is..merely equality of opportunity within the social order. This, under capitalism, the Negro can never re- alize. It is also denied the white wage worker. perhaps in a less obvious degree, Black and white, you have a com- mon problem! Link up hands against a common enemy, the capitalistic system of production, that dooms you forever t6 a life of social ostracism. Help the rising giant of interna- tional Communism bury forever in a sea of oblivion, race prejudice. caste prejudice, social and religious preju- dice, Ex-Greek Minister Coming. LONDON, England, Jan. ‘21. —G. Roussos, former Greek foreign minis- ter, is coming to the United States on a@ mission to obtain the balance of $33,000,000 due on the $35,000,000 credit extended to Greece by the United States, When you buy, get an “Ad” i for the DAILY WORKER. | FORGOT! During January and February of last year hund- reds of workers greeted the birth of the first Eng- lish Communist daily newspaper in the world with Later, shorter term subs came that a subscription. expire at the same time. DAILY WORKER. Don’t tion expires. yours.... year, $3.50 six months, $2.00 three “| didnt hear ee said, Uncle Yours may be among these. Hundreds will expire in two months and if they, are not renewed it will be a blow to “our daily.” Don’t wait for a card with the picture adjoining to describe your feelings when you fail to get the “I forgot” is the usual excuse—but don’t make it RENEW! Send in your renewal today to The Daily Worker 1113 W. Washington Blvd. RAMI Aa Aa Five TENANTS WORK 66 PER CENT OF U.S, FARM LAND Lack Any Legal Aid or Proper Schools NEW YORK.—Tho 66.8 pew cent oi the improved agricultural acreage of the country is being farmed -by ten- lants and this percentage is constantly increasing, no laws are being passed in the interest of the tenant farmer, |the federal council of churches finds after a survey of rural problems by jits rural committee. | The survey shows that. America ne glects her tenant farmers far more than England where the renter is be: \ginning to get payment for soil and |property improvements after his lease expires. In this country the tenant forfeits his improvements when _ his tenure ends. Most American farm leases run for 12 month periods, sc the tenant has no incentive to im prove the land and thus soil robbing goes on at an alarming rate. Lack of educational facilities is an outstanding ill of rural life. About |6,500,000° children are in the rural schools, with 250,000 teachers. Less per capita is spent on the rural chil dren and country teachers are paid less than city teachers. McCormicks Squabble - Over Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Money The Equitable trust company, which holds the Rockefeller foundation, the Standard Oil company of Indiana, and each of the trust committee members have been made defendants in a suit filed by Harold McCormick to recover 123,824 shares of Standard Oil stock, from Mrs, Edith Rockefeller McCor- mick, his former wife. Three injunctions filed by McCor- mick’s lawyers would prohibit Mrs. McCormick from ever participating again in the administration of the trust fund which John D. Rockfeller established for his grandchildren in 1917. McCormick wishes -the trust fund to benefit Matilde Oser, grand daughter of Rockefeller and wife of a Swiss riding master. t When the fund was established it consisted of 12.000 shares, but these have been increased to 123,824 thru the stock dividends paid by the com- pany. Fix Pound Sterling Rate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—As the British pound is now close to approx- imating its pre-war value, the postof- fice department today established the rate of $4.87 to the pound sterling, which has formed the basis for money order transactions between the United pStates and Great Britain for fifty years. Fears Foreign Languages. MADISON, Wis., Jan. 21—A prohi- bition against the teaching of foreign languages in the public schools of the state, below the university classes, will be proposed in a bill to be of: fered by an assemblyman Matt Koenigs, Fond du Lac. wait until your subscrip- Chicago, Ul.