The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 13, 1925, Page 3

THE DAILY WORKE iu R SECTION OF THE TRADE UNION E NEW ISSUE OF - AMALGAMATION BULLETIN OUT The eighth number of the Metal Trades Amalgamation Bulletin, pub- lished by the international committee for amalgamation in the metal trades industry if off the press. It is an interesting issue, containing several ‘wood articles, on national and inter- national phases of the struggle bet- ween the lefts and the rights in the trade union movement. Of particular interest is an article on the Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers, by Old Timer. The story is told briefly anq effectively in a style that holds the attention of the reader and gives an excellent picture of the corruption that has eaten out the heart of that once powerful organization. A mem- bership of 85,000 in 1918 has today dwindled down to 5,000.. The radicals alone can put this organization on its feet again, and industrial unionism thru amalgamation is the slogan of the militants. Comrade A. Overgaard tells of the fight in the Machinists’ Union against the faker Johnston and the alleged progressives led by Anderson. Sev- eral locals have endorsed the left wing slate but owing to the feeling among many of the untrained sympathizers that the left would not win, they voted for the Anderson slate. It looks like Johnson is gonna reign no more in the I. A. M. Uninvited Guests John Otis has an article on the last convention of the metal trades de- partment of the A. F. of L. at the El Paso convention while Charles Schwartz discusses the Waltham watch factory strike. The story of the uninvited partici- pation of the Russian metal workers in the International Metal Workers Congress which met in Vienna is in- teresting and instructive. There are several other excellent articles and news items of interest not alone to metal workers but to workers in every trade. Copies of this bulletin can be se- cured at the office of publication, 166 West Washington Street, Room 303. Subscription price is 50 cents per year. Single copies three cents. In bundles of ten or more 2 cents per copy... Kivery. militant .in. the- trades should order a bundle and dis- tribute it among his fellow workers. It is a regular eyeopener. Oakland United Front. . Demands Unemployed Get Work or Support OAKLAND.—Under the auspices of various unions the Alameda County Unemployed Council continues its work. A mass meeting was held at Native Sons hall, with Joe Irthum, president of the Building Trades Council, and W. 8. Goodrich as the speakers. There were three or four hundred people in attendance. The following resolution was pass- ed: WHEREAS, There are thousands of workers and their families in Alame- da County suffering from unemploy- ment and Whereas, the existence of these workers depends entirely upon their ability to secure a daily wage and Whereas, We are mindful of the destructive influenced caused upon the mental, moral and physical char- acter of men and women suffering from poor housing, insufficient cloth- ing and lack of nourishment, and WHEREAS, A social order which 80 benevolently protects the welfare of as during the hoof and mouth emergency in case of eattle and other animals should be impressed with its duty to suffering humanity. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this mass meeting of unemployed workers held in Native Sons Hall, Oakland, Calif., Feb, 1, 1925, that we petition the civil authorities to either give us full maintainence, or work at union wages. _ AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLV- ED, That copies of this resolution be sent to the officers and to the press, state, county and city officials, Unemployment Bad in Nova Scotia Unemployment in Canada is increas- ing at a rapid pace, unemployment councils are being organized in every province. The T, U. EB. L, militants are demanding work for all jobless at mion wages, failing this they demand vnat the government support the un- employed and their families. In the eastern provinces the situation is acute, In Sidney, Nova Scotia, alone there are 2,000 unemployed workers. ' soup kitchens have been set up but. these are utterly inadequate to the situation, Besides, the resent the idea of soup kitchens, They are willing to work and if that cannot be given to them, then they demand full union wages in the shape of gov- 350,000 FACE SEMI-STARVATION ° FROM TEXTILE WAGE CUTS, WHOLE REGION WAITS GENERAL STRIKE (Special to The Dally Worker) BOSTON, Feb. 11,—The colossal extent of the catastrophe that will re- sult to the working class of New England if the wage cutting movement is not resisted and defeated, is only now beginning to be realized in the mill towns since the formation of united front committees and the calling of mass meetings, initiated by the T, U. HB. L. and the Workers (Communist) Party, has brought out a general discussion and comparison of facts. For instance, the facts, that something like 350,000 workers in New Eng- land are about to be plunged with their families into a condition of semi- starvation at an average wage which 4——————__________ some estimate as low as $16.20 per week, while each worker is speeded up to an unheard-of pace, practically doubling the output of each worker in some instances, while the 48-hour agreement of the past is ignored and forgotten and a movement gains head- way to reduce the child labor age lim- it to fourteen years, each fact was known in a hazy way to some isolat- ed person or community, but the total sickening significance awaited a gen- eral movement of the workers for expression. Cut Much More Than Ten Per Cent. The full extent of the wage cuts already put into effect is difficult to estimate, In many instances the so- called “ten per cent” cuts, prove (in the pay envelope) to be 12%, 15, 18 or even 22 per cent cuts. Apparent- ly the employers are aiming at about a thirty-five per cent eventual reduc- tion, incredible as that may seem. In how many cities and towns the pres- ent “ten per cent” cut has been al- ready been applied, it is not possible to judge with complete certainty, but after four days’ search I am able to give a tentative list of some forty towns and seventy-five mills where to the best of present knowledge the re- cent cuts have taken effect. Strike Action Immediately Possible. As to how far the strike movement has spread, I now think the estimate of 5,000 is too low. And certainly these figures do not have much bear- ing upon immediate future possibili- ties of strike action. The workers in each textile mill have been doped with, ignorance of what was going on in the others, and with propaganda of pettifogging explanations of their in- dividual superintendents as to the par- ticular reasons why their particular mill could not afford to do otherwise than steal thé'''bread out of their mouths. it Now, that, thra the united front call of the Communists, thousands of situation as a whole, it is entirely conceivable that;one:of the most tre- mendous strike upheavals may come about. All of the elements ofthe tra- ditional heroism of the textile work- ers are still here. There is almost no organization, but there are the makings of a tremendous industrial union in‘ the very fight itself. The list of towns and names of mills are as follows: Wage Cuts in Massachusetts. Andover—Smith & Dove Mills, cut 10 per cent. Bondsville—Boston Duck Co., 10 per cent cut Dec. 1. Chicopee—Johnson & Johnson, sur- gical goods, cut 10 per cent. Fall River—Barnard Mfg. Co.’s mill, cut 10 per cent Jan. 12, weavers on strike. Davis Mills, cut 10 per cent Jan. 12, strike on. Davol Mills, cut 10 per cent Jan. 12, strike on, Granite Mills, cut 10 per cent Jan. 12, strike on. Kerr Mills of American Thread Co., cut 10 per cent Jan. 12, strike on. Lincoln Mfg. Co.’s mill, cut 10 per cent Jan. 12. Parker Mills, cut 10 per cent Jan. 12. Probably many other other Fall River mills have cut, and the entire 40,000 textile workers of Fall River are, or will be, involved. Holyoke—M errick-Hadley Millis, American Thread Co., cut 10 per cent Jan. 12. Indian Orchard—Indian Orchard Co.’s mill cut 10 per cent Jan. 12, Lawrence—Acadia Mills, cut 10 per cent, late in January. Everett Mills, cut 10 per cent in December. k Lawrence Duck Mills, cut 10 per cent in January. Pacific Mills (cotton), cut 10 per cent Jan. 26, now experimenting with 72loom system, probably meaning further 50 per cent cut in weavers’ piece work scale, requir- ing doubled production.’ Methuen—Methuen Co.'s Mill, cut 10 per cent about Jan. 1, Middleboro—N emasket Worsted Mills (wool), wages not cut out- right, but speed-up system causes strike now on, Millbury—Cordis Mills controlled by Thorndike Co., cut 11 per cent. New Bedford—Here the New Bed- ford Cotton Mfgrs. Ass'n. on Jan. 9, voted to reduce wages in all cotton mills 10 per cent, to take effect Jan, 19, There are 4) ; : ee per cent, LJ workers beginning to look at the Butler Mill, cut 10 per cent. (This is property of William M. Butler, Coolidge’s master and _ political financier.) Dartmouth Mfg. Co., cut 10 per cent. Fairhaven Mills, cut 10 pe: cent. Gosnold Mills, cut 10 per cent. Grinnell Mfg. Co., cut 10 per cent. Hathaway Mfg. Co., cut 10 per cent. Holmes Mfg. Co., Cut 10 per cent. Kilburn Mill, cut 10 per cent. (Wm. M. Wood, head of Woolen trust, is president of this cotton mill.) Monomet Mills, cut 10 per cent. Nashawena Mills, cut 10 per cent. New Bedford Cotton Mills Corpor- ation, cut 10 per cent. (This is an- other property of Coolidge’s boss, Wm. M. Butler). Nonquitt Spinning Co., cut 10 per cent. Page Mfg. Co., cut 10 per cent. Potomska Mills, cut 10 per cent. Quissett Mill, cut 10 per cent. Sharp Mfg. Co., cut 10 per cent. Soule Mill, cut 10 per cent. Taber Mill, cut 10 per cent. Wamsutta Mills, cut 10 per cent. Whitman Mills, cut 10 per cent. Northbridge—Paul Whitin Co., Rock- dale Mill, cut 10 per cent Jan. 19. Saundersville — Saunders Cotton Mills, cut 12% per cent abut Jan. 1. Thorndike—Thorndike Mills, cut 11 per cent in October, strike against cut, old scale restored, strike called off, then cut 10 per cent Dec. 1. Three Rivers — Palmer Mill (Otis Co.) cut 10 per cent Dec. 1. Ware—Otis Company Mill, cloth yarn and shop depts., cut 10 per cent Dec. 1. Webster—North Village Mills, cut 12% per cent in September, old scale restored. West Warren—Warren Cotton Mills (Thorndike Co.), cut.10.per.cent, Dec. 1, strike. (Company claims “all re- turned to work on Dec. 26. Wage Cuts in Rhode Island. Apponaug — the Apponaug Co.’s mills, cut 10 per cent. Central Falls — Pawtucket Hosiery Co., cut 10 per cent Jan. 19, strike now on. East Warren—Parker Mill, cut 10 per cent. Esmond—Esmond Mills, cut ranging from 10 per cent to 25 per cent Jan. 26, 600 on strike. Georgiaville—Bernon Mills, Man- ville-Jenckes Co., cut 10 per cent. Hillsgrove—Elizabeth Mills, cut 10 per cent, strike followed by lockout. Manville—the Manville Mill of Man- ville-Jenckes, cut 10 per cent. Natick—B. B. & R. Knight Co.’s Na- tick Mills, weavers’ piece-work scale cut 50 per cent, with speeding up sys- tem requiring doubled production with automatic bobbin - changing magazine loom, each weaver required to work twice as many looms as formerly, half of weavers discharged. Strike of all weavers and some spinners, about 1,000 in all. Pawtucket—Greenhalgh Mills, 10 per cent Jan 12, strike now on. Manville-Jenckes Co., cut 10 per cent recently. Pawtucket Hosiery Co., cut 10 per cent Jan. 19, strike now on. Providence—B. B. & R. Knight Co.’s Carpenter street mills, weavers’ piece- work scale cut 50 per cent about Jan. 1, new magazine (automatic bobbin- changing) loom introduced, requiring weavers to work 32 looms instead of 16. Many weavers quit work. WarrenWarren Mfg. Co., cut 10 per cent. Westerly—American Thread Co.’s William Clark Mills, cut 10 per cent Jan 12, Wage. Cuts in Connecticut. Danielson—Quinebaug Co., cut 10 per cent reported. Goodyear—Goodyear Cotton Mills, cut 10 per cent. Plainfield—Lawton Mills cut wages about Jan. 1. Taftville—Ponemah Mills cut 10 per cent to 12 per cent Jan. 12. Wauregan—Wauregan Co., cut 10 per cent. Willmantic—American Thread Co., cut 10 per cent Jan. 12. Wage Cuts in New Hampshire. Manchester —- Amoskeag Mfg. Co, cotton mills cut wages of 14,000 work- ers 10 per cent. ‘ Nashua—Nashua Mfg. Co., cut 10 per cent about Jan. 1, 4 Wage Cuts in North Carolina. Durham—Some companies cut wag- es in 1923, resulting in sporadic strikes. Textile manufacturers were alarmed with appearance of labor troubles in the south. Wage Cuts in New York State. Utica—Utica Steam & Mohawk Val- ley Cotton Mills, cut 10 per cent Jan, 26, cut refus trike on, When you bu t_an “Ad" for the DAILY | KER. cut () PITTSBURGH C.L,U. FLAYS EDITOR OF ‘FREE PRESS’ Jerry McMunn Puts Fake Editor on Pan Editor of the fake “labor” sheet, the Labor Free’ Press is warned to change the polity of the sheet, other- wise he willslose the endorsement of the Pittsburgh»Central Labor Union, which means the death of the sheet. This paper-for the past year has been a meal jticket for Arthur Ireland, a former executive board member of the Machinists,’on the strength of the Pittsburgh @}L. U. endorsement. He goes araund to the unions on the out-skirts of "Pittsburgh, getting the endorsement of locals and _ central bodies, then solicits advertisements from the local merchants, but adver- tising scab made goods and depart- ment stores, but the labor movement is getting wise to his game. Editor Shielded Spies First, his own local union cancelled its endorsement during the last elec- tion campaign and instructed him not to send the paper to its members. Then at a meeting of the Pittsburgh Cc. L, U. he was asked to explain what he meant by an editorial “Character Assassins” published during the time that the labor spy Beattie was being tried. Having only the signature of the stool pigeon Beattie to an endorse- ment, Ireland came before the last meeting of the Central Labor Union, asking the signature to this endorse- ment of the present secretary. Gloried Over White Terror In the discussion, Ireland and his sheet came in for some history of its activities. It was first pointed out by a delegate of the Molders’ that during ‘and after the trial of Beattie, the Free Préss did not even men- tion anything of the exposure of a crook in the labor movement, and later when another spy was discover- ed in the executive board of the street car men’s organization, not one word was printed by Ireland, while one of its recent issues glories over the fact that a worker was sent to prison in Michigan because he is a member of the Workers Party. Other del 8 made it plain that they were in of labor papers but were hot jh favor of giving an endorsement an individual for a meal ticket. They condemned him not printing news that the workers are interested in, and showed that ex- posures of crooks would be scoops for real labor papers, but that Ireland, in place of giving publicity, was shield- ng the spies and concealing the facts. The only statement forthcoming from editor was that the only reason he is being attacked is because he “op- posing the reds” and the Soviet gov- ernment. Jerry McMunn Says Something To this, Jerry McMunn, the molder, plainly told him that he was no longer affraid of the Soviet povernment, that by the recent reports it was able to take care of itself, and furthermore, that after the recognition by England, France, Germany and other countries, Coolidge will change his policy when Hughes leaves the state department and that the old czar’s debts will not be paid either. He warned that he is not now ask- ing the withdrawel of the endorse- ment, but that if the editor keeps up the present policy, that he, Jerry McMunn, will come to the C. L, U. and ask to have the endorsement can- celled. The Free Press came into exfst- ence out of the 44-hour strike of the printing trades here in Pittsburgh, but could not keep up without advertising, and finally fell into the hands of the present editor. Kansas Miners * Don’t Like Lewis As a further example of what the Kansas progressive miners think of the Lewis administration, read the fol- lowing late returns of the votes cast in the recent national election in the U. M. W. of A. © Local 1169: For president: Lewis, 20; Voyzey, 79; for ‘vice-president: Murray, 21; Staples 75; secy.-treas.: Green, 24; Nearing, 69. Local 5389: For president: Lewis 8; Voyzey, 38; for vice-president: Mur- ray, 8; Staples, 32; secy.-treas.: Green, 10; Nearing 30. . Local 3616; For president: Lewis, 5; Voyzey, 37; for ‘vice-president: Mur- ray, 6; Staples, 36; secy.-treas.: Green, 4; For president: Lewis, 23; Voyzey, 68; for vice-president: Murray, 23; Staples, 67; secy.-treas.: Green, 25; Nea 5 Crowe Coal © For president: Lewis, 9; Voyzey, 10 for vice-president: Murray, Bt Staples, 08; secy.treas.: Green, 1: Nearing, 86, ‘ EASTERN Reactionary Tricks of Union Officials Told by a Workman I have been at the woodworking trade for four years. About a year and a half ago I started to work on the outside as a carpenter. Being only 20 years old, I went to the Car- penters’ Union and asked them for an apprenticeship card. The business agent put me off for nearly a year, refusing to accept any payments from M6. © Finally, after persistent efforts, the business agent agreed to take me in as a journeyman because I was now over 20 years of age. He accepted $30 from me, as part payment on a $50 initiation fee. However, they used numerous ex- cuses for not initiating me into the union, and I found it increasingly diffi- cult to get work on a union building. I kept asking him what he intended to do, and was finally told to get a job on a scab building. This, of course, I refused to do. Finally one of the machine’s men let the cat out of the bag, by telling me that the reason they would not admit me into the union was because [ was a Communist. I feel sure, now, that they advised me to work on a scab building so that they might use it against our party, as they knew that I was secretary of the city cen- tral committee, Local Passaic, N. J. Knit Goods Leaders at Bosses’ Petting Parties in New York The knit goods workers in the Hal- perin mills of Brooklyn are still on strike. It was expected that the knit goods workers of New York City would join them but that strike has been postponed. In spite of the sell out of some textile workers and the Walton watch strikers thru federal conciliation, and the Ladies’ Garment Workers by Governor Al Smith’s com- mission, the leaders of both these organizations are willing to turn the knit goods workers over to the tender mercies of a conference of employers and union representatives called by the department of “labor.” * ~~» The knit goods workers of New York should compel their labor lead- ers to do sonfe leading in the struggle instead of having continuous petting parties with the boss. The department of labor is one of the many instru- ments used by the capitalist class to fool the workers into giving up one of their best weapons, the strike weapon. The way to be able to talk turkey to the boss is to build a pow- erful industrial union, stop the wheels of industry and tell him to come across. Help Organize the ' New York Tailors The organizing committee of New York Local No. 1, Journeymen Tailors, will hold a mass meeting next Mon- day evening, to which all custom tail- ors, organized and unorganized, are invited, to take part in a free discus- sion of the program to guide the tail- ors in the coming spring season. The meeting will be held at Bohem- ian Hall, 231 East 73rd street, New York City, and the discussion will be led by fine speakers in English and Italian. Don’t forget the night, Mon- ‘day, Feb. 16, at 8 o'clock. ‘ WESTERN Great Falls, Mont., Has Its Fakers But They Have Bad Luck The tactics of Gompersism have been practiced here by the leading la- bor fakers, who are misrepresenting those who provide them with a pie- card. This was particularly shown during the November election, when the progressives held a convention composed of the labor qnd a farmer elements, and formed a farmer-labor party, and nominated candidates in regular form, etc. These men and women were all pro- gressives of. the rank and file. How- ever, they did not suit the labor fakers, They, perhaps, were too much on the working class order. At any rate, the farmer-labor ticket was endorsed by the labor mbly over the protest of the fakers who were aiming to fall into soft berths in the capitalist camps. They even went so far as to try to steal control of the local paper, “The Town Topics,” which is publish- ed by the Trades and Labor Assem- bly, and with it they intended to boost the capitalist candidates for their own interests. However, they were out of) luck. The progressives were on their guard. One of the labor fakers made the hreat that if he could not control the bor assembly he would wreck it, Page Three NION EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE GIVE US NEWS FOR A DAILY SECTION OF T. U. E. L, AGTIVITIES! DISTRICT Anepeeted Thi: i i by blished is section will be published as Food Workers . often as there is material to fill a Win Pa. Union) pace. The regular day for the T. U. E. L. section Is every Tuesday, and that will appear regularly, but no live news will be held over. Our objective is to have a dally T. U. E. L. section. To accomplish this, it will be necessary to set up a vol- unteer corps of regular correspond- The Fruit Workers’ and Grocery Clerks’ Union of Philadelphia, at its last regular meeting Sunday, Jan. 25 unanimously decided to affiliate with the Amalgamated Food Workers’ Union. August Burkhardt, secretary urer of the A. F. W., was pr their meeting and outlined the aims the construction and the const H of the Amalgamated Food Workers. The Fruit Workers’ Union was ganized three months ago with 3f members and have increased the membership to over one hundred dur. ing this period. The extreme unsani. tary conditions, the hours ranging from 60.to 80 per week and the starva. tion wages prevailing in this industry have created a splendid flelé for the organization of a militant, industria union. The membership is composed al- most entirely of fine young men whc feel the intolerable condition: keenly. The union meets every Sun day at 2 p. m. at 329 Pine St. This being the only day these men hav off. A banquet, concert and a dance has been arranged by the union for Sun day, Feb. 22, at the Mercantile Hall 847 N. Franklin St. All members and workers in the fruit and grocery trade are invited. For further infor- mation communicate with the secre tary, L. Stipelman, Philadelphia, Pa. A Letter Comes from Philadelphia Dear Sir and Brothers:—I have been following the reports in the DAILY WORKER and the Progressive Building Trades Worker of the ex- pulsion of members from our Brother- ents who will supply this section with live news on the everyday struggle of the workers. This does not mean that every voluntary correspondent will send in news every.day or week, but that we can depend upon them to send us reports on live questions as they happen. As to whether they are live or good reports let us be the judge. Never mind whether your grammar is good or bad, or whether your vo- cabulary is long or short, or wheth- er you ever wrote an article before or not. Send us in the news of strikes, wage reductions, union elections, shop conditions, shop activities, un- employment, in short, send us in a report of every movement of the workers on the industrial and poll- tical field, no matter how; insigni- ficant it may seem to you, and all the left wing activities in these struggles. Address all material to the T. U. E. L., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. WILL NOMINATE = er! LEFT WINGER IN DIST. 1,0. MW. Brennan-Cappellini Can. not Fool Miners By A RANK AND FILER. WILKES BARRE, Pa.—William J. hood by our’ General President, with-| Brennan, ex-president of District No. out trial, hearing of any kind or by a vote of the membership. My opinion was that you were exaggerating the situation, Now I know that you have been giving, us.the straight goods, At the last,meeting of my local un- ion No, 8,, carpenters, we were notified by the G.°E. B.:that F. W. Burgess was expelled: “Just imagine this flag- rant violation of the constitution, which states in effect, that all mem- bers are guaranteed a trial by a trial committee selected by the local and that it takes a twothird vote of the members présent to convict. This complete’ abandoning of the constitu- tion by the G. E. B. simply means that no member, who dares to critize Wm. L, Hutcheson or the administration, is safe from expulsion. The members of Local 8 have the fullest confidence in Burgess an@ will fight for his reinstatement. The mem- bership of our Brotherhood must con- demn this demoralizing policy adop- ted by Hutcheson and demand the immediate reinstatement of all those expelled without a trial, and demand of Hutcheson and the G. E. B. that they abide by the constitution. Please let me know just who has been ex- pelled without trial as guaranteed by Section 55 of the constitution. Fraternally, Editor’s mote. The name of the writer of this letter has been with- held for obvious reasons. The name of those expelled without trial are printed in another part of this page. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” DISTRICT and there is no question about his trying to make good his threat. As the new representatives of the various unions were coming into the assembly the first of the year, the ring leader of the fakers, thinking he had enough victims innoculated with his bunk, proceeded to announce that the “Town Topics” would be put out of business on Jan. 9. But contrary to his wish and much to his surprise, the assembly voted to continue the Publication as the official organ of the labor unions. Fakers Get A Swift Kick, On electing the new officers of the assembly, the best secretary the Ana- conda Mining company ever had in the Mill and Smeltermen’s Union, was defeated for president, the office go- ing to J. K. McDonald, also of the same union, but a progressive. The rest of the officers elected were also progressives. These labor fakers who are trying to disrupt the labor movement here are the same gang that organized the famous “Black Magic Oil Co.” in which they sold the stock to workers and swindled them out of their hard- earned cash, which most of them needed for the support of their fami- lies. It is no wonder that one of thesé arch-traitors made the remark that ‘ne never would do another day's work n his life. Can anyone like this rep-| Wake resent @ body of intelligent Workers | cleaning times, 1, United Mine Workers of America and at present an international or- ganizer in the same territory, made it officially known that he will be a can- didate for president of District No. 1 of the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica despite the efforts of John . L. Lewis to have him removed to the Pittsburgh District. It will be recalled that at the last elections Brennan was beaten by Ri- naldo Cappellini, who was running for office on a “progressive” platform and who is now justly being denounced by the rank and file as a renegade and a traitor. It was Cappellini who in the recent anthracite strike, helped to ‘outlaw” the twelve thousand miners by revoking the charters of ten local unions. The official Lewis machine was more than satisfied with this action of Cappellini and decided to reward him for the “services rendered.” Bren- nan, who is considered one of the strongest opponents of Cappellini, was ordered to leave the anthracite field and to take charge of the Pittsburgh _ District. This Brennan refused to do. He was then told that he will have to resign as international organizer, This he also refused to do issuing a chal- lenge to Lewis to remove him from ., his present position if his actions are not liked, It is yet to be seen as to what ac- tion the International ntachine will take against Brennan. Meanwhile his followers are quite busy in their pre- parations for the coming elections. Brennan Another Reactionary The rank and file must not be mis- led this time as they were in the last elections when they helped to put Cappellifii into office. Brennan is just as reactionary as is Cappellini. The recent strike of the 12,000 men of the Pennsylvania Coal Company was led by followers of Brennan. The strike failed mainly because of lack of milt- tant leadership and because of the policy of class collaboration followed vy the old time reactionaries and fake progressives The strike of the twelve thousand men did not gain anything for the miners despite the splendid spirit shown during that strike by the rank and file. New and more bitter strug- gles are imminent and the miners must be prepared to be able to meet the organized forces of the operators, A Real Militant Candidate The more militant and class con- scious members of the Miners’ Union in District No. 1 are planning to put up a candidate of their own for the office of president. Every miner in District One must Ine up behind this movement of the rank and file and | show that they will no longer allow themselves to be lead by the nose by the old time reactionary politiclans and renegades of the type of Brennan or Cappellini. Next Sunday Night and Every Sun- day Night, the Open Forum, very long? It is time the rank and file of the unions demanded some real service from these leaders or remove them from offices which they misrepresent, up, brothers! It fs hoqpe la