The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 24, 1925, Page 5

oa ee CAN MAKE NO NEW TWO AND A HALE INTERNATIONAL Tranmael and Hoeglund Lose Ledebour (Special to the Dally Worker) Attempts to organize a new “two and a half” international by all the renegades of the Communist Interna- tional have evidently failed, according to the official organ of the Norwegian Communist Party. * The attempt was made by Hoeglund, Tranmael and Steinberg, the .eaders of this movement. According to re- ports from Norway, these traitors are to conduct a referendum among themselves on Feb. 15, té decide whether they shall start a new inter national or not. = Ledebour Has No Home. In the preliminary conference held in Berlin during the Christmas period, George Ledebour, who—according to the claims previously made by Tran- mael, Hoeglund and company—was to be the leader of the new international, was, instead. thrown out of the con- ference due to his advocating voting for Communists in the elections in Germany. This was evidently enough to have him considered outside of the new anti-Communist international. Poor old Ledebour seems to have no place to go. That is where the “two and a half” international takes everyone connected with it, And “two and a half” internationalism has become about the sorriest thing in political life, Yet there are subjéctive traits in many sections of the working class, sections which claim to be “Commun- ists with reservations,” and so on,| that respond to the same descriptions as the more dangerous elements which really organize or try to organize a “two and a half” international. If You Don’t Know—Find Out. The duty of Communists is to point out these deviations from the Communist line, from the line of Bolshevism. So next Sunday evening, in the lodge room at the Ashland Auditorium, on the corner of Ashland and Van Buren streets, Arne Swabeck. district organizer of the Workers (Communist) Party, will lecture upon the subject: “What Is Two and a Half Internationalism—and Where Does It Lead the Workers?” Twelve Hundred More » Cotton Mill Workers Get Ten Per Cent Cut °SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Jan. 22.—The Lyman Mills, Holyoke cotton manufac- turers, are announcing a ten percent wage cut for their 1,200 employes, May Seize Greeks’ Belongings. LONDON, Jan. 22.—A news agenc:: dispatch from Constantinople states that the government has ordered re- prisals against the Greeks, This would means that the belingings of Gree) subjects residing in Constantinople would be seized the note says. A PLEASING GROUP OF THINGS TO MAKE FOR GIFTS. 4229. This combination includes @|«tte tots.” OUR DAILY PATTERNS TEXTILE BOSSES SHOWS NEED OF WORLD UNIONISM AGAINST LABOR By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial. Editor) Child labor is the outstanding characteristic of cotton mills in the vicin- ity of Tsingtao, China, According to the Textile Recorder 60 per cent of the 16,500 operatives in the 8 large mills which have been built since 1922 are children. AM but one of these mills are controlled by foreign capital, In the departments spinning yarn of finer counts, the report says, nearly all the operatives are children, The workers generally put in 12 hours, a day. Daily wages range from 12c¢ to 48c according to the nature of the work. Thus cotton cleaners receive from 20c to 28c a day, sorters from 20c to 36c. while the highest wage for a spinner 1s 48¢c, ss. © Many of the leading cotton manufac- turing concerns in China are owned in Japan. One of these operating 10 mills with about 270,000 spindles and 1,600 looms in the vicinity of Shanghai has issued a circular describing the benevolent paternalism of their policy. High points in their description are: Company housing has beer develop- ed near the mills in order that the employes may work the long hours without being away from home 14 hours or more a day. The 1,853 houses shelter 2,826 families composed of. 14,285 persons. That. makes an average of 9.4 persons per house. Rentals are $4 a month for a 2-story affair and $2 for a bungalow. Modern efficiency management has been installed including a personnel department and an elaborate system of bonus payments covering produc- tion, attendance, etc. The company attempts to eliminate the labor of children under 12 years by forbidding the hiring of children} who measure less than 4 feet 2 inches in height. see The majority of spinning mills in Japan operate 20 hours a day in two shifts and the weaving mills in a single shift of 10 to 11 hours. . Prio: to the earthquake the government had passed a law to abolish night work for women in cotton mills but its effective date has been indefinitely postponed, ‘ see Cotton mill owners and operatives in Italy have agreed upon a 10 per cent increase in wages bringing the level just about even with the in- crease in the cost of living since pre- war times. But in exchange the work ers have agreed to a lengthening of the regular shift from 7 to 7% hours, to an increase in the amount of over- time from 6 to 8 hours per. week and to a reduction ‘of the extra overtime rate from 40 per cent to 30 per cent of straight time wages. In addition they have given up the right to claim half pay for a fortnight in case of unemployment thru lack of orders. Ls Polish employers have been forcea to grant very favorable working con- ditions because of the close proximity of the workers’ republic in Russia. These include a 46-hour week, many holidays and two weeks’ vacation with pay. All this new social legislation is extremely unsatisfactory from the mill owners’ viewpoint, but is apparently necessary to keep wage earners from A SET OF TOY ANIMALS. 2967. These toys will please the They may be made of work basket, a utility case, and @pin|iowoting, flannel, felt, plush, velvet, box and spool holder combined. The brics. latter could also be developed as #|emq Guid be uscd if one wanton tas button box. The work basket is g004 |ehat will stand wetting; or one could for cretonne, silk, linen or denim. The | usq sawdust, bran or cotton. utility case may also be made of cre- ‘The pattern is tonne, linen, denim or crash, but is require: yard 5 best rubber lined, or made of rubber. ivnirh safe Pag a vant rs opel to any address or receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Send in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATH SPRING & SUM. OF FASHIONS. — whSatens: The BAILY, WorKan, 1118 Us rate ee i z z i : the lepartment are fur- g se Ee a : 3 E g zg i 2 cut in one size, The}, Your Union Meeting Fourth. Friday, Jan. 23,, 1925. Name of Local and Place of Meeting Amalgamated Clothing Workers, 1564 No. Robey. 122 Risenern iiss 64th and S. Ashland 429 » 105th and Avenue 484. Bo Makers, 65th and Halsted. 833 Boiler Makers, 62nd and Halsted Streets. 182 jans, 19 W. Ada 683 rs (Locomotive), json 845 Eng i» 674 Firemen Wentworth Avenue. 45 Fur Workers. Hod Carriers, 1850 Sherman Ave., Evanston, 4 Lithographers, 639 S. As! id Bivd, 287 Bakers and Gontectione: » 3420 W. ve: id 9 Trades Council, 180 W. Washington Street. Cai yg District Council, 505 S, 1 6, 175 Ws Washington 8t. 2200 4339 S. Halste + BT) (Sleeping Car), 912 Idg., 10 a. m. 3 i 178 W. Washington reet. 38 ee Cay 180 W. Washing. on 199 Machinists, 113 S. Asi id Ave. 492 Machinists, 55th ai Halsted Streets. 746 ‘3 cor. Lexington 1225 , 88rd Pl. and Halsted 6 Polishers, 119 S. Throop St. 73 Pattern Makers, 119 8. Tiere St. $10 Plasterers, 180 W. Washington St. 663 Plumbers, 5212 S. Ha’ 1268 Railway Carm Biue 1307 iway Carmen, 52nd and Robey. 863 iway Clerks, 9 &. Clinton St. 301 hmen (Stock Yards), 3749 S. id St. 9 a. m. 9 s, 2901 W. Monroe St. 84 h Emily and Marsh. Joint a3 8, 1138'S, Ashland Bivd. $37 School and Sheffield Ave. 612 9251 S. Chicago Ave. 1 Piano and Organ Workers, 810 W. Harrison Street. 988 bro Carmen, 11405 Michigan nu 306 Railway Clerks, Atlantic Hotel. making common cause with their neighbors across the boundary. se 6 The extent to which textile workers have lagged behind their employers in perfecting world organization is indicated by a glance at the pages of the International Cotton — Bulletin. This reveals an International Federa- tion of Master Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers associations with affil- jations in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, Sweden. Spain, India, % NEW YORK SHOPS PAY SHORT WAGE IN GARMENT WORK Specialization Demands Amalgamation NEW ‘YORK, Jan. 22—"Oh lawd! Listen to what she is asking; Does we make over $20 a week?” And the group of Negro girls who had just: come out of one of New York’s large white goods shops laughed heartily at the question about their wages. “Why, we make $16 a week at best pressing,” the girls said. Just before they had come out from work another Negro girl had said she made only $14 a week in her shop, “We're very well satisfied with our boss,” a couple of. American girls said coming out of an underwear manufac- turing shop. But when talking to them, one girl said that she made $34 a week for hemstiching—her friend said she was the best in the shop—when the union scale for the ‘s4a8|the work is-$66. The girl admitted that she had worked four years in a Brooklyn shop where all sorts of wel- fare work was done for the girls but wages of $18 were usual. She had worked for two years in the Man- hattan shop for higher wages without any rest room, girls. kitchen, medical attendant or other welfare attention. The usual course for a garment worker is for the girl out of school to work first in a white gods shop on underwear or on house dresses or kimonas. Then she goes to children’s dresses and waistmaking and then in- to women’s dresses and cloaks and suits, which of course pay highest wages because best organized. Because garment making is being more and more standardized so that each worker does a comparatively small operation and can therefore work on various kinds of garments when all trades are not organized standards are jeopardized in union- ized trades, Poor Robber Must Do Term, Rich Robber Is Applauded by His Dad NEW YORK, Jan. 22—Gerald Chap man of the Leonad street mail robbery fame, has been run to earth in Mun- cie, Ind., and will finish his 25 years prison term in Atlanta whence he es- caped about two years ago, unless he dies before he finishes his term. Meanwhile James W. Cadoo, 23 single-handed in Freeport, L. I., last week, is being groomed for a life of ease and freedom because “his stun was only a boyish prank.” James father is a wealthy Long Island lum- ber mernhant. Japan, China, Egypt, etc. LORE SPEAKS AT N, Y, LIEBKNECHT MEMORIAL MEET NEW YORK, Jan. 22—A thousand women and men went to Fordwards Hall, to pay tribute to the memories and great spirit of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. The meeting was arranged ‘by “Workmen’s Circle, Branch 620. The audience responded with fine enthusiasm to speeches by Comrade Ludwig Lore, Wm. Almazov, M. Altman, J. Klevens and the chair- man, N. Koppell. A unique feature was the solemn dispersal of the au- dience at the close of the meeting, while the orchestra played the “Inter- national,” -An inspiring finale. The Freitheit Mandolin. Orchestra attuned everyone to the atmosphere of the memorial, by playing the “Inter- national” and the “Funeral March,” and several other revolutionary works. William Almazov told of the death in 1914 of Jean Jaures, at the begin- ning of the great war, in which the socialists changed the slogan of “Workers of the World Unite,” to “Go and kill the workers of other nations.” The consequences of the war were oppressive and disheartening condi- tions all over the world for the work- ers, even for those of the victorious countries. Yet, through the darkness of the war clouds, rang out the brave, cou- rageous anti-war cry of Karl Liebk- nect. And Rosa Luxemburg joined with him in their splendid fight against militarism. In working-class history their names will always be Comrade Ludwig Lore, editor of the Volkszeitung, told of the agitation to organize the ‘young workers and of Rosa Luxemburg’s remarkable work against socialist pariiamentarism, in the demand for direct action. An appeal was made for aid for The | political prisoners of all countries and, ;|in response, contributions quickly offered. { f ry Reichstag, Now Tool Of Monarchists, Gives Luther Its Support BERLIN, Jan. 22=The Reichstag gave the new government a vote of confidence this afternoon. On the roll call there were 246 yeas, and 160 noes. 39 not voting. Killed When Airplane is Shot At. TANGIER, Jan. 22.—The observer was killed, but the pilot escaped un- hurt in the crash of a Spanish Fokker airplane back of the French barracks here, it was announced today. The ship was shot down by Riff tribes- men. THE DAILY WORKER Every day under this head you will learn not only what BUILDERS thruout the country are doing to bulld a greater newspaper, but also practical Suggestions to. accomplish more for OUR paper. doing—and we will “tell the world.’’ ell us what YOU are Chicago and Pittsburgh Are At It Now! OCAL CHICAGO is getting up steam in a city campaign for the DAILY WORKER, Comrade Thurber Lewis is being kept as busy as a one-eyed man in a three ring circus, as all the workers securing signatures on petitions in the local aldermanic elections are getting subs for the daily. But that makes only one iron in the fire. Branches are also en- deavoring to reach a sub quota already set and the prospects are bright for a substantial increase before another few weeks have passed. Not to be outdone Local Pittsburgh is beginning to “warm up” to action despite the season. Comrade Fred H. Merrick, city agent, is get- ting the local Communist machine “hitting on all six” in a campaign for 1,000 subs to be secured EXCLUSIVELY from people outside of the party who are not now subscribers to the DAILY WORKER. Prizes will soon be announced to go to the outstanding individuals and branches. A feature worthy of adoption by all locals is the initiation of a drive for shop sales at the gates of the principal industrial plants. Bundle orders are now going forward for sale at the great Westing- house plant to be followed with others as soon as more agents can be obtained for shop sales. The brightest prospects are looming up in this town with a dark, smoky reputation. BOSTON LETTISH WORKERS HONOR LENIN’S MEMORY AND SEND RUTHENBERG GREETINGS (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 22.—The undying memory of Nikolai Lenin was honored by more than 300 Lettish workers of Boston Sunday, Jan. 18, at the Lenin Memorial meeting. The meeting was arranged by the Boston Lettish branch of the Workers (Communist) Party and was one of the best meetings ever arranged. A splendid concert program was furnished by the branch singing chorus and by the Lettish young people’s orchestra conducted by Comrade EB, J. Sugar. Solemn, revolutionary spirit: prevailed all thru the meeting and especially when the speakers outlined the role of Lenin in the world revolu- tion and mentioned the bloody days of January, 1905, in Petrograd, Riga and other parts of the then czarist Russia. Many of the Lettish workers participated in the January struggles; they paid the price of blood and they remember well the beginning of the end of czarism. ‘Telegram to Ruthenberg. The meeting pledged itself to follow the red star of Leninism under the dark clouds of reaction in this king- dom of Morgans and Rockefellers. The following telegram was unanimously adopted by the meeting and trans- mitted to Comrade Ruthenberg: “Charles EB. Ruthenberg, “State Prison, “Jackson, Michigan. “We, three hundred Lettish work- ers of Boston, assembled at Lenin memorial mass meeting called by the Boston Lettish Branch, Work- ers Party, send your our sympathy and greetings. We are with you, Comrade Ruthenberg. We pledge to continue your work for the working class and will fight for your free- dom.” Collection for Defense. Collection of, the meeting amounted to $67.00, and the entire proceeds of the meeting will go for the Michigan defense. RUSSIAN PEASANT COMRADES SEND _ BEAUTIFUL, EMBROIDERED ARTICLES TO AID THE RUTHENBERG DEFENSE By ROSE PASTOR STOKES. NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—The peasant women of Kharkov, in the Ukraine, to prove their solidarity and sympathy with the workingclass victims of capitalist justice, have made unusually beautiful embroideries for their bene- fit, of which 168 pieces only have reached America. The Civic Club of New York, at 14 W. 12th St., has consented to give the use of its committee room for the display and gale of the unusual collection, ‘These 168 pieces consist of table cloths, bureau covers, dresses, blouses, pillow cases, cushion covers, tea cloths, napkin sets, and window hangings. They are made of the finest Russian¢é——#—————_—- homespun linens and are of the most unusually fine workmanship, The Labor Defense Council has charge of the collection and the pro- ceeds will go for the defense of our class. war prisoners. j They will be on sale at the Civic Club for one week, Thursday, Jan. 22 to 29, inclusive, The prices are such that a prospect- ive buyer who saw some of the lovely pieces when arrived said: “I’m asham- ed to take them at that price. You will have to mark them up a bit for me.” We would advise readers of the DAILY WORKER who would avail themselves of the sale to come early as it is expected that the collection will not last out the week. Comrade Rose Pastor Stokes will be in charge of the sale at the club. UNCLE WIGGILY'’S TRICKS -ASWESEEIT -:- ARMY MEN TO DECIDE PAXTON HIBBEN’S GASE Final Decision Rests in Hands of Three Officers (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—After an eighteen months’ fight Captain Pax- ton Hibben’s case goes for final de- cision to the three army officers who will decide whether he may retain his commission in the U. S. army, or for- feit it because of his sympathy for the Russian Republic and his support of the recognition movement. The war department is actually trying Captin Hibben for treason un- der the guise of an investigation as to his fitness to remain an officer, says the legal argument he is filing be- fore Brig. Gen. William Barclay Par- sons, president of the military board, sitting in the Hibben case, The ar- gumient, prepared by Hibben’s counsel, Major Joseph H. San, Field Artilery Reserve Corps, says: “What else are ‘activities inimical to the constituted government’ by the accused of ‘holding beliefs favorable to enemies of the United States gov- ernment’? The charge, in fine, is that Captain Hibben has violated his oath as an officer, and three gentlemen, sitting informally about a table are expected to decide that fact, without the constitutional safeguards to which every American citizen is entitled.” The charges against the liberal cap- tain are a recrudescence of the “slush” produced during the “red raids” of 1920, says a statement Major San issued after his arguments were filed. The attorney general, he de- clared, could find no legal grounds against Captain Hibben and the war department was now seeing to revoke his commission through “irregular proceedings.” Fifty thousand reserve officers, he continued, are watching this case to see whether “a man must divest himself of his constitutional rights as a citizen when he puts on his uniform as an officer of the reserves.” By T. J. O'Flaherty (Continued from Page 1.) scheme thru, everyone must register with the police and be finger printed and photographed. In Buenos Aires, workers arrested for picketing and violation of injunctions are refused identification cards by the police and aré refused “employment “by the employers. 29 = [ARREN 8S. STONE, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, is the darling of the lib erals who like to coddle some labor leader who is clever enough to hide his reactionary policies beneath a veil of liberal abstractions. Stone was the chief labor backer of LaFollette in that gentleman’s race for the presi- dency. The locomotive chief is presi- dent of several banks and investment companies and chairman of the board of directors of a ‘couple of scab coal companies. But Stone has not con- fined his business activities to bank- ing and coal mining. A circular that reached the office a few days ago shows that he has more irons in the fire. see . ‘HIS circular shows that Stone is president of the Hobert-Stone company of Cleveland. This is a manufacturing and distributing com- pany which manufactures articles of wear used by railroaders. This com- pany is not even ostensibly a co-opera- tive proposition such as the scab coal mines are that is owned by members of the brotherhood. This company is one of Stone's sidelines and the cir cular we have seen is addressed to the members of th: brotherhood urging them to buy Stone’s products. Some labor leader! oo E current issue of the United Mine Workers’ Journal carries a report of Stone’s scab Coal Rivers Colleries Coal company, made by a representative of the U. M. W. of A. to the executive board of that organi- zation. We have no kind feelings for the bureaucratic officials of the U. M. W. of A.; they are just as reaction- ary as Stone, but the facts concerning Stone's operation of his scab mines have not been refuted. After the Jacksonville agreement was signed between the poerators in the central competitive fleld and the unton. Stone demanded that his employes sign wage contracts to work under the 1917 scale. They refused. Since then he has refused to recognize the union and has waged war against the union coal diggers, even going to the extreme of evicting them from their homes in the middle of winter. 2. TONE claims that his coal mining business is run on co-operative principles. It is no more co-operative than the United States Steel corpora- tion, . The stock in the concern is owned largely by members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Some of the union coal miners pur- chased stock, but they have been evicted while scabs who have not a single share of stock are filling their Places. The only questions asked by Stone of his former employes is: “will you work for the 1917 scale?” If they answer “yes” they can stay in their homes; if they answer “no” they are evicted, see ROFIT-SHARING has been ad- vanced as a solution of the con- flict between capitalism and labor. It is the theoretical foundation for the fallacy of class collaboration. Em- Ployer and employe can get along by sharing in the profits from industry, say the reformists. The fate of the union miners who held stock in Stone’s mine is a convincing answer to this kind of bunk. Capitalism, whether under union auspices or otherwise, can only work in one way. That is, to exploit the workers to the limit. There is no way of bridging the cliasm between labor and capital- ism except to abolish the latter. Leave Defense to Attorneys. PARIS, Jan. 22.—Blasco Ibanez, aw thor of “The Four Horsemen,” and other popular novels, will leave to his attorneys defense of charges that he offended a friendly nation in his at- tack on King Alfonse of Spain, he an- nounced today. The Spanish author will remain at Mentone until called for trial he said. Allies to Reply to German Note. PARIS, Jan. 22—The allies now have a final report on the military situation in Germany and are prepar- ing a detailed reply to the recent Ger- man note of protest against the con- tinued occupation of the Cologne bridgehead. Fu, dood not by mistahe.” — { i