The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 10, 1925, Page 5

- ee LAUNDRY TOILERS’ STRIKE AIDED BY WORKERS PARTY Communist Women Join Fight on Open Shop (Special to the Daily Worker) BROOKLYN, N. Y., Feb. 8—The drivers and chauffeurs of the Clove- len Laundry in Brooklyn have gone out on strike demanding the continu- ation of the present contract and the recognition of the union. More is involved than this’ one laundry. The strike is a test for the union, and if the 30 drivers of the Clovelen plant lose, the attempt will be made by all the other laundries to oust their union drivers. Boss Uses Camouflage. Already the owner of the Clovelen laundry has asked for an injunction, and the judge is ready to serve as soon as he finds it advisable. He has postponed the issuance of the injunc- tion for the time being in hopes that thé boss may win without it. At the same time the boss is feeling the sting of the strike and the loss of trade. To overcome the odium of trying to run a scab plant he has changed the name to “Clovelen Pre- mier,” thus hoping to cover up the fact that this is the laundry in which there is a strike. Word has gone out to all organized labor and others advising that laun- dry work be given only to drivers wearing the union button and the response is widespread, the people in- stinctively supporting the union driv- ers. At the meeting of the striking driv- ers many women and men who work in the laundries, tho not yet organ- ized came to offer their aid. Lena Chernenko, of the Workers Party, told the strikers that the Workers Party was there to aid in any way the un- ion desired and that if there was an injunction the members would still help picket and give any assistance possible. This offer was received en- thusiastically by the drivers, and com- ments were heard in hearty approval of this method of co-operation. Spain Sends Troops to Quell Rebellion in African Colony CAPE JUBY, Ri de Oro, Spanish Northwest Africa, Feb. 8—The natives of this Spanish colonial possession have risen in rebellion against the dictatorship of Spain. A battery of artillery is on the way from. Tene- riffe to attack the natives. Rio de Oro has a population of 130,000. It is situated in Northwest Africa, near the Sahara desert. Get your tickets for Red Revel Ball, February 28. Fifty thousand letters to T CHILDREN MUST. BE SAVED. BUT NOT TOO SOON, SAYS LIBERAL LOVEJOY TO LADIES Owen R. Lovejoy, general secretary of the national child labor commit- tee, gave another demonstration in Chicago recently’ of the reasons the child labor amendment has been temporarily defeated in the United States. Representing the unorganized ‘movement of liberals that have been carrying on a pacifist fight against child labor in America, Lovejoy apologized for the amendment in a debate before the Illinois women’s joint legislature forum, where some 14 Illinois women’s organ- ¢———--———_____________ izations were represented. Bosses Mostly Good, Says ‘Speaker Chicago, Please Help NOW! As in his lecture befote’a group of Chicago busiiess meif' at the city club recently, Lovéjoy paid*-iribute to; the bossés who he théi “to prove had no interest in the exploitatiotrof child- |: ren. .“Only a ragged fringe of manus facturers—a small-pereentage—are in- terested in child labor,” “he claimed;- but we need a law to.protect:the child- ren. of the country. against this, small group. He made no, mention, of the | millions of dollars that had been spetit and the work done by the various or ganizations of manufacturers to de feat the amendment; but lead the audience to believe that the-only rea- son the amendment was ‘lost. was be- cause the public did.not,get. a chance | to hear the question fairly. , Confidence in Capitalists. y Lovejoy ridiculed the possibility of manufacturers, trying ‘to violate ia child labor law once it was passéd in the face of the many instances of viol- ations of state child labor laws; and said that very little would need be spent for enforcement of a national child labor law. He said the manu- facturers could be trusted not to violate the child labor law since. there were no huge profits to be made out of child labor; such as there are out of bootlegging. 9 A little later in his talk he con- tradicted himself. by showing - with statistics that child labor was greatly on the increase in America oat; the present time; and that ever sincé the recent immigration restrictions it had been growing by leaps and bounds; and manufacturers were going to the children for the supply’ of cheap Tabor which they had. obtained from: other. countries before. a) Lovejoy also assured the audience, that Congress would not pass any: thing “radical” once it was given ‘the power to form a federal child “labor! law.” Whatever opinion you may have’ of the United States congress,” he’ said; “you can be sure ‘it wont, be 80 foolish as to committ suicide by, pass- ing a law prohibiting children, under 18 from working.” He demonstrated in. his. talk, and in his statement of the ‘recent defeat that the child labor’ amendment stands no chance of being ratified unless tlie} working class put up a ‘united front fight in all states and thruotit: ‘the country during the next two'yedr’s and forces the state legislatures to” take action despite the dictator they "have received from the employers of hild> | ren. y be mailed out from 19 South Lincoln St. (phone Seeley 3563) for the Labor Defense... 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Feb. 8— A jury of fathers acquitted Blanche ‘Galvin, Atlantic, lowa, 22-year-old Unwed mother of first degree mur- der late Thursday, while an audience of mothers and daughters applauded. ‘The Galvin girl was on trial for her ‘life for exposing her ten-hour- otd baby to the elements on October 28, from which it died. Her plea was that she had gone for help, and fainted while on this mission. While gone someone found the baby “and gave it shelter. The following ay the baby died. HERRIOT’S PAL WARNS FRANGE OF PACIFIC PERIL Claims French Hold Bal- ance in East PARIS, Feb. 8—Sans Fil, an newspa- per that strongly supports the Her- riot government, and which is con- sidered the premier’s mouthpiece, warns France that she must take ‘steps to protect French interests in ‘the Pacific, in view of the approach- ing and inevitable conflict between the United States and Japan. Sans Fil declares: “Now, with the Russo-Japanese treaty signed it is clear to any one studying the inter- national situation that France:is call- ed morally and geographically to take up a position in the Pacific battle which will decide the hegemony of the east.” The editor of Sans Fil is an intimate friend of Premier Herriot. More Africans Rise ; Against Spain’s : Oppressive Rule CAPE JUBY, Ri de Oro, Spanish Northwest Africa, Feb. 8—The na- .tives in this Spanish territory have Tisen in rebellion against the author- ity of Spain and a battery of artillery has been dispatched from Teneriffe to quell the uprising. ee *- e+ @ » Rio de Oro is a Spanish colonial possession with an area of about 70,000 square miles and an estimated population of 130,000 in northewstern Africa, opposite the desert of Sa- hara, It is separated by many hun- dreds of miles from the Spanish Mor- can protectorate. Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge Room, Ashland Auditorium. HE ‘DA EBERT GAVE RUHR BOSSES DOUBLE COMPENSATION But Let the Unemployed Workers Starve (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Feb. 8.—That the German government, under the regime of the “socialist” Hbert, deliberately paid twice over;t@¢he Ruhr manufacturers the loss oftaprofits they suffered by the “passive resistance” to the Ruhr occupation, WAile permitting the great mass of workérs thrown out of work by closing all industry to starve slowly with; tle or no relief, is now divulged inthe quarrel going on be- tween the, new German cabinet and its out-ofomfiee critics. Sevetf Billion for Bosses. A vigorous protest against the gov- ernment’s ‘action in handing over hun- HLY WORKER WO ONE MAN IN CLEVELAND. RK dreds of millidns of gold marks to the Rhur ind lalists was made today by the German;Rederation of Labor and by the Unioneot Employes which to- gether clatfi ® membership of more than 7,500,000}! The protest’ states that the govern- ment found if Possible to grant the big Ruhr {ndustrialists more than 7,000,000,000. gold marks tho only 70,000,000 was set aside for indemni- fying all others incurring losses from the Ruhr occupation. It also declares that the govern- ment by most drastic taxation man- aged to show a surplus last year of 940,000,000 gold marks, only to squan- der more than three-fourths of it on the industrialists. Got Paid Twice. The latter, in fact, were twice in- demnified according to the protesting unions since they profited first from the lowering of wages, the raising of prices and.eseaping taxation and then by receiving.directly from the govern- ment the huge sums concerning which the controversy is now raging. The protest»also repeats the accusa- tion already’ made by the govern- ment’s ¢riti¢#*that the government sought to Coficeal the eranting of Ruhr til after they had been made and declares the governmental action has filled the: employes of the industrialiste:who received the indem- nities with bitterness and indignation. The LokalyAnzeiger, organ of the government ‘austically defending the reactionary present cabinet, wants to know «6 t what the government socialists are. denouncing—the big coalition go cluding the so- cialists, whiéh resolved to grant the Ruhr credits,the Marx cabinet which started granting them, or the Luther government. i Postpones Action ‘On Child Labor and INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 8.—The senate of the;Indiana legislature, by a vote of 32 to 16, indefinitely post- poned consideration of the child labor amendment to the constitution. yester- day. Senator’ Lindley of Kingston, who presentéd’the motion, led the op- position to ratification of the amend- ment, supported by Senators Batt, Neydl and Branaman, and Senators Saunders, Holmes and Daily spoke in behalf of the amendment. By ROSE COHEN, Organizer of Chicago Juniors. Comrades, we all know that many of the children of working class par- [ents belong to capitalist organizations ike the girl and boy scouts, the camp fire girls, and so forth. Even tho we fight against their propaganda thru our school nuclei, our hardest task is to “get them to join us during the summertime when these same capital- ‘ist organizations try to attract the ‘children with camps and other good times in order to make them forget hdw poor they are and how hard everything is for them. * Khowing all this, I think that the Junior groups all over the United should ‘start right in on a campaign of Which our slogan shall ~-‘Summér Camps for the Jun- ” If we are at all interested in this idea I am sure’ we shall succeed in really haying our own camps, per- haps as soon as this coming summer. The Vanguard branch in Chicago plans to bring up this question thru their delegates at the Chicago Second Junior convention which is due in a few weeks. I think it is a splendid idea! We shall in this way have a means of combatting the propaganda in the capitalist camps, and also be able to draw more children into our ranks. | Otr poets are alteady at work, mak. the up songs and poems which we shall sing instéad "of the usual camp gong#, Even thd ‘Wwe intend to have 8 good time, we afé not going to for- get that we. fits Gaminenists and it spread our propaganda in every way that we can py do 80. But I do ated only Chicago to take up this idea, ould like to see zh HAD BMT ARK ee coun 2 every city in the U. S. that has Jun- ior groups have a camp by next sufi’ mer. How about it, comrades? Don’t you think it Would be a dandy thing fer the jurors? I would ‘ice to hear what other cottirades think about this Plan, Think | and send in your ideas to the DAILY WORKF? Junicr Colamn, Are, you ready, comrades? Loud now! Let's go! Always Ready!! Patronize‘our advertisers. OFF WITH DIPHTHERIA ANTI-TOXIN FOR NOME AV nie HE, Alaska, Feb. 8— Roy §&. Darling and Ralph T. Mac- ANCHOR kle, aviators, ready to hop off today from Fairbanks on their flight over the frozen tundra with 1,000,000 units of antitoxin for Nome's diptheria sufferers, The serum shipment from Seat- tle was expected to arrive at Sew- ard today or tomorrow on the steamer Alameda and will be rush- ed to the fi, at the end of the Alaska railway by special train. There were,five additional sus- pects today in Nome’s diptheria epidemic but official determination of the cases will not be made until tonight. No Wew cases were re- ported officlalty. Efforts were fhade by the authori- tles to determine the truth of re- ports that the epidemic has spread to Elim, White Mountain and num- erous Indian villages near Nome. at wns ' NE' comrade, is thoroughly awake. comrade in question is the local secretary. And the beauty of it is that the Comrade Hamilton is 80 thoroughly awake he was one of the very best local DAILY WORKER agents in the country. holds two jobs. Does it hinder his activities? You can decide. So they made. him seoretary also and now he When the DAILY WORKER took over the distribution of all Communist literature it electrified our agents—it gave them POWER—organizational possib- ilities, educational measures—it gave them power to BUILD the party. And Comrade Hamilton took full advantage. To begin with he orders 50 copies of the pamphlet soon to be is- sued: “Leninism or Trotskyism”; 5 copies of Bucharin’s “A, B. C. of Communism”; 3 copies of Nearing’s “American Empire”; (for study classes) of the “A. B. C. of Communism”. 20 outlines And he adds: “Also anything else in the line of outlines on educational work.” Get that “also”! It means that local Cleveland is fully in line for a course of Communist education in and out of the party—and we look for proportional membership gaing in the near future. This Is the electrification of our comrades by a centraliziation of all Communist literature distribution thru the hands of the DAILY WORK- Communist efficiency for best results in Communist work—and we offer local Cleveland and Comrade Hamilton as sterling examples to follow. COOLIDGE APPOINTEE FOUND TO BE FORMER TEAPOT DOMER That the Teapot Dome exposure had not the slightest effect on the Coolidge administration is shown by the discovery this week that Coolidge has appointed Rochester, the lookout secretary of the oil conservation commission. is chairman of this commission. man for McLean in his oil deals, as The secretary of the interior Rochester was McLean’s stool pigeon in the department of justice during the time Fall, Daugherty, Doheny, Denby and the other Teapot Domers were+ stealing millions of dollars worth of oil land from the government. Rochester telegraphed to MeLean from Daugherty’s office that the Walsh investigating committee was checking up on his bank accounts to Jearn if he had the amount on deposit for which he said he had given checks to Fall. Rochester now bobs up again as a Coolidge appointee, and the present congress has made no objection to the appointment. IRELAND BLAMED AS CANADIANS SLAM JOHN BULL Erin Established | Very Bad Precedent (Special to the Daily Worker) GENEVA, Feb. 8.—One of the most refined and: suave of the many polite and suave diplemats on the payroll of the British empire was heard, to curse Ireland softly but earnestly, when he received a document from the ;Can- adian government and a letter intro- ducing the dacument. The document was nothing more or less than a fisheries treaty between the United States and Canada. The letter requested that it be “‘deposited” with the league. The British government does not want its colonies to get the idea into their heads that they are free and in- dependent, and Downing street insists on taking care of all their troubles with foreign nations. But the Irish Free State, while Ramsay MacDonald was still in‘office, sent its 1921 treaty with England, special delivery, to the league of nations and this started the scrimmage. , Nothing was said or done about it until the tories came into power. The tories promptly advised the league that Ireland was still the same sub- ject nation except that it toted a fancy title. Things Looked Bright. Ireland being accustomed to fight- ing empires several thousand times her size never felt so happy since 1921, the prospect of another scrap with John Bull cheering the country up considerably. But the worst was yet to come. Canada got jealous of Ireland and dug up its fishy treaty, scraped the scales off it and shipped it.C. O. D. to Geneva. This explains the streak of profanity from the noble. Sir Eric Drummond, who is playing post office for John Bull in the Swiss town, If Britain gets fresh with Canada over this little»assertion of dignity, the Canadian government only has to threaten amalgamation with the United States. That will send Mr. Bull to bed with a bad attack of malaria, U. S. Withdraws From Opium Meet WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The Unit- ed States today withdrew from the in- ternational opium conference at Ge- neva, it was announced at the state department, Official permission was telegraphed to Stephen G. Porter, head of the American delegation, to withdraw and return hom When yt hg bu for the DAILY a , get an “Ad” ORKER, iy UTICA BREWERY WORKERS STAND BY COMMUNISTS Resolution Condemning Arrests is Passed (Special to The Daily Worker) UTICA, N. Y., Feb. 8—At the last regular meeting of the Brewery Workers, Local No. 54, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, the following resolutio ncondemning the so-called “criminal syndicalism” law and protesting against the arrest of Communists, was unanimously en- dorsed: “RESOLVED, That we protest against and condemn the action of the Michigan state supreme court, record ourselves as in support of the Labor Defense Council in this case and call upon all labor bodies and working class bodies to take the same stand. That we petition the governor of the state of Michigan to pardon the de- fendant in the event that thh United States supreme court sustains the con- viction, it being our view that such an action on the part of the federal supreme court would be a nullifica- tion of the constitution in the interest of instruments of capitalist suppres- sion of the workers, and be it further “RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to the governor of the state of Michigan and the labor press. Endorsed by: Brewery Workers Local 54, George C. Wertz, Chairman, Benedict Fenk, Secretary. Patronize our advertisers. Page Five DOWELL MINERS DEMAND END OF CHILD SLAVERY Call for Maintenance of School Children (Special to The Dally Worker) DOWELL, Ill, Feb. 8.—The Dowell Local Union No. 3703 of the United Mine Workers of America, has passed a resolution demanding that the state legislatures ratify the child labor amendment to the constitution, and in addition that the state, and federal legislatures provide by-laws for the full maintenance of all school -chil- dren of workers and poor farmers. The resolution demands that the funds for this maintenance come from special taxes on high incomes. The local union declares itself ready to enter a “common political struggle against child labor exploitation and for full government maintenance of the school children of workers and small farmers.” The resolution in part follows: “Resolved; That we demand the immediate ratification by the state le- gislatures of the child labor amend- ment to the constitution, and that, con- gress shall immediately pass a law prohibiting the labor of children un- der eighteen years of age; and be it frther “Resolved; That since the child la- bor amendment would be meaning- less without government maintenance of the school children of the work- ers and small farmers, the state and federal legislatures shall provide by law for full maintenance of all school children of workers and small farm- ers, the funds for this purpose to come from special taxes on high in- comes, and be it further Resolved; That our organization is ready to enter a common political struggle against child labor exploita- tion and for full government main- tenance of the school children of workers and small farmers, and pledge ourselves to co-operate with other working class organizations to this end; and be it further “Resolved; That we send a copy of this resolution to our representa- tive, a copy to the Illinois Miner and a copy to the DAILY WORKER for publication. “Mike Skarupa, Rec.-Sec’y., “Local Union No. 3703, “U. M. W. of A., Dowell, Til. “Carl Diliberto, President, “Walter Jones, Sr., Finan- cial Secretary,” * Mines Should be . * Nationalized, Says 5 t ieer English Unionist — (Special to the Daily Worker) LONDON, England, Feb. 8.— The mining industry should be taken over and run in the interests of the com- munity, A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners’ Federation at Folkesone, said in a speech here. “If the owners have no other solution than longer hours and reduced rates of wages, then to avoid a struggle, the mines should be taken over and run in the in- terests of the community,” Cook de- clared. “Is it not the business of every citizen of this country, to see that the basic industry is run on efficient lines, that the men who work in such danger and under such abnormal con- ditions—excessive heat, water, etc.— in cramped conditions in thin seams, are ensured safety, adequate compen- sation, and economic security?” Red Revel Masquerade Ball, 37 South Ashland Avenue Corner of Monroe and Ashland Blvd., — . February 28, A FAT YEAR FOR COUPON-CLIPPERS The B. & O. plan is now bearing fruit, a report just issued by the B. & O. R. R. shows. This fiendish plan designed by the profit-thirsting mag- nates, in conjunction with the betray- ing officialdom of the Machinists’ Un- ion, has for its purpose the grinding of the workers’ bones and muscles in- to greater profits and the reducing of their resistence to this more intence exploitation by class collaboration. ‘The last year has been a lean and hungry. one for the railway work- ers—leaner and hungrier than usual, what with the machinists’ broken strike and with the series of reduc- tions of wages and privileges by the Railway Labor Board in all branches of the industry. By the same token, it was a particularly fat year for the “investors,” the coupon-clipping hy- enas. . Loud is their smacking of lips and licking of chops, fat with the blood and marrow of their wage slaves: “rails are strong and rising steadily” their oracles, the finance experts call it. Loudest of them all is the B. & O. R. R. And well it may be. Among the reports of annual earn- ings of railroads just issued, the B. & O. stands out as the most ruth! exploiter of them all—even more so than the strikebreaking, company un- fon Pennsy, Where the Pennsy shows an increase of net income—pure pro- fits as a result of more intense ex- ploitation—of a paltry six million dol- lars over 1922, the year of the strike, and of the B. & O. plan, the B. & O. Rk R. shows an increase of eighteen and fifteen million dollars for) 1923 and 1924 respectively, greater as we said, than any other railroad. Mr. William Johnston, of the Ma- chinists’ and LaFollette leader, has well served his masters, the railway magnates. FINNISH BRANCH DONATES $400 10 .- LABOR DEFENSE NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—At'the last meeting of the Finnish branch, Brooklyn of the Workers Party, a contribution of $400 was made to the Labor Defense Council. Whenever the defense of com- rades who are grabbed by the capi- talist class for their activity in be- half of the workers of this country is concerned, the Finnish comrades are the first on the job. This last manifestation of the solidarity of the Finnish workers with the in- dicted at Bridgeman, Michigan, is worthy of emulation all over the country. y The activities of the Finnish comrades of the Workers Party in connection with the joint bazaar of the International Workers’ Aid and the Labor Defense Council are ex- emplary. They will have a booth —and a whole evening of eéritertain- ment. The Finnish night—the op- ening night—will be one of the best of the bazaar. iat ee din