The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 15, 1925, Page 3

ewhile, then turned out of the job OPEN SHOP DRIVE FLOODS CHIGAGO WITH PRINTERS ‘Answer ‘Ads: Get Jobs, But LaterF: ired ‘The most flourishing open shop bus- ness in Chicago is the printing indus- try. Its secretary, J. M. Vollmer, with headquarters in rooms 1202 to 1207 Monadnock building, forms. the rallying point for all scab printers ‘brought into the city. A great many are being brought in to flood the city with surplus printers dn.order that a large unemployed mar- gin be always available to fight the union shops, Vollmer advertises widely for print- ers’ to come to his place in Chicago and get work. They come and they get work. But the trick develops that they are given work only for a little which is given to a new arrival who answered the same ad that the first one did, and so on—until the city is erowded with printers out of work. Vollmer. does not stop at this point, -however, but keeps on bringing in printers to add to the jobless of Chi- cago, Another trick of the open shoppers is to control apprentices first by com- Pelling them to work as apprentices for six years, and secondly, by holding out $2 every week from their pay. If the apprentice quits his job or the trade before the six years are up, he loses the whole accumulated sum held out of his wages. This often amounts to hundreds of dollars. ‘ Davenport Comrade Warns Party Members Against H. E. Keas DAVENPORT, Iowa, Feb. 13. — Comrade W. G. Daniels writes the DAILY WORKER that H. B. Keas, formerly of Cleveland, O., unloaded a worthless check on him to the amount of $125.50, when Keas passed thru Davenport, Iowa, in December. Keas came to Davenport about Dec. 16, declares Comrade Daniels, and in- duced him to indorse a check for $125.60 signed by H. F. Peters, drawn on the First National Bank of Billings, Montana, to the order of R. V. Olson. It was already indorsed by “Olson.” Keas left the city and the check turn- ed out to be worthless. “Keas returned the Saturday after Christmas and said he would go to Minneapolis and straighten out the protested, checks,”. Daniels said. “About ten days later I got a letter from him trom Chicago, saying to for- ward any mail for Keas, Henry or Ol- son to 429 W. 50th St., New York. The banks could not trace him at this address.” Car Track Repairer Killed by Auto; Six Are Injured A speeding automobile, pilotted by an allegedly moonshine crazed driver, early today crashed into a group of street car track repairers, killing one and injuring six others, one seriously. The driver, who gave the name of James Hickey, was arrested only after he had battled a squad of detectives who caught him as he was leaving his machine wrecked by its wild dash. Milovan Zernok, the worker killed, was found fatally injured, jammed into an eight-inch crevice between the car rail and the pavement, he died enroute to a hospital. The other injured are expected to recover. DAILY WORKER too Good to Miss. To the DAILY WORKER: I want to congratulate you all for the won- derful labor paper the DAILY WORK- ER has become. I, myself, would not be without it, as it is too good to miss. It is the sort of fighting paper work- ers need and should read. All my copies I hand out to a lot of people here.and they relish them like a good meal. Fraternally, , Leonard. Auberger, East Liverpool, Ohio. algamated EMB GENERAL HEADQUARTERS 81 East 10th Street, New York, N. Y. THIS IS OUR An Industrial Organization For ‘All Workers in the Food Industry MUCH INTEREST IN The National Committee of the an active and intelligent part in these: elections and to vote down the stand- pat officials that have held back the development of the union which we print in part: Fellow Workers: Unfortunately, the present system of organization in our union leaves the entire fate of the workers rest in the hands of the business agents. It is the busi-. ness agent who conducts the shop meetings, they attend to the com- plaints in the shops, and in many instances are the deciding factor in settling prices. The past year activities of our of fice staff are still fresh in your mind. The business agents were mainly concerned with personal ambitions and with playing politics in the in- terest of the machine at the ex- pense of the great mass of workers in our industry. It was with the assistance of the present office staff that many of our active union member have been sus- pended and our union demoralized. The office staff of the past year not only failed to defend the interests of the workers in their daily strug- gles, but have, in many instances, been an obstacle in the way of a real struggle ,of the part of the workers to maintain our union stand- ards. Dressmakers—in the present elec- tions you must again show your de- votion to the union by participating in mass in the coming elections. You must vote down thos; candi- dates’ who have by their record of their past activities shown them- selves unfit to defend your inter- ests, and act as your representat- ives. If our union is to meet the prdb- lems facing us today we must in- fuse new life into our office staff, and it is high time for us to defeat those who have come to regard the union as their private property, There are two candidates for: manager and twenty-three candi, dates for business agents. Do not vote for I. Horowitz as man- ager. Do not vote for the following list of candidates for business agent: Abram Bernstein A Harry Miller S. Bailinson - evn « Harry Weisglass Abram Elnick 8. Goldstein H. Greenberg S. Tauber Vote for all the other candidates on the ballot. Dressmakers—come to the polls, Remember, that the politicians of the election committee have inten- tionally chosen Thursday, Feb. 12— Lincoln’s birthday—for election day, with the hope that the workers who are not in the shops on that day, will come to the polls to cast their votes, Make use of this holiday in the interest of our union—come to vote against the above listed candidates and elect such who will truly serve your interests, National Committee of the Needle Trades Section of the Trade Union Educational League. No Duty on Products For Miners. MOSCOW, Feb. 13.—The inter-de- partment committee, formed to inves- tigate the conditions of the Russian far eastern gold mining industry, has found that the chief obstacle to its development are the high prices of foodstuffs and articles of broad con- sumption in the mining areas, The committee, therefore, recommends the import free of duty of products, which are not produced in the U. S. 8, R., for the foreign Chinese and Korean workers and the sale free of excise in the mining districts of tea, sugar, to- bacco and manufactures, Next Sunday Night and Every Sun- day Night, the Open Forum, Food Workers LEM ELECTION OF . BUSINESS AGENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL LADIES’ GARMENT WORKERS’ UNION (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 13.—The election of business agents in the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union is now going on and much interest is shown by all the members of the organization, Needle Trades Section of the Trade Union Educational League has issued a statement urging the workers to take TENANT WAR LEADER URGES ‘TOMBS’ BE TORN DOWN STONE BY STONE NEW YORK, Feb. 13,—Captain Harry Allen Ely, aged victim of the criminal libel law, sentenced to the penitentiary for calling Judge Caf- frey a “nincompoop” because of his decisions against tenants and in favor of landlords stirred a tenants’ association mass meeting on Wash- ington Heights, following his re- lease on a writ of reasonable doubt, by some more plain speaking: - Describing the Tombs prison where he had been confined, the edi- tor of the New York Tenant de- clared: “Let me say that if the people of New York comprehended the real conditions in that inferno, they would rise and tear it down, stone by stone. In the 15 days | was there, two of my fellow prisoners attempted suicide. “1 cannot say how 1 lived thru it. But | came out stronger than when | went in,” continued the organized tenants’ spokesmen, “and | am ready again to do all in my power to help in our fight for justice.” OFFICIAL OF N. Y. TENANTS STEPS OUT OF PRISON Ely Granted Release by High Court NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Judge Man- cuso gets a panning in the decision issued by state supreme court Justice Wagner, releasing Captain Harry Ely, Ti-year-old editor of the New York Tenants, on a certificate of reasonable doubt from the Tombs, pending appeal to the appellate division from his con- victim on the charge of criminal libel. ,. Ely was convicted before Judge Mancuso for an editorial broadside against Judge Caffrey of the municipal court, in, which he called the latter a ‘{mincompoop” and other belittling names for his constant decisions in favor of landlords and against ten- ants. In the trial of the case both Judge Mancuso and the prosecuting attorney seemed to forget that. Ely was charged with libeling the man Caffrey and attacked him for his .re- marks on Caffrey, the judge. Ely’s sentence by Mancuso to a year in the penitentiary is protested by six of the jurors. They had asked for clemency, a request ignored by Mancuso. The Washington Heights Tenants’ Association is getting up demonstra- tions to welcome their champion. Compensation for Industrial Disease, Silicosis, Sought NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Efforts to de- feat the Miller silicosis bill amending the compensation law were started to- day by the State Federation of Labor, the building ‘trades compensation bu- reau, and the workers’ health bu- reau, in a joint statement issued to organized labor thruout the state branding the amendment as “a men- ace to the entire compensation law.” The Miller amendment, dealing with compensation for silicosis, is de- scribed as having so many restrictions that it would prove a hardship rather than a benefit to workers, The danger of the Miller amend- ment, the statement declares, lies in the provisions for compulsory physi- cal examination of workers, confining compensation to a limited number of trades and making employment in a particular trade “continuous for five years.” “None of these restrictions appear in any other section of the compensa- tion law,” the statement declares, “and they should not apply to silico sis, which is a definitely recognizable industrial disease entitled to compen- sation on the same basis as other oc- cupational hazards. PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 13,.—After reaching the 21.9 stage, the Allegheny River here remained stationary until midnight, and started to fall today, according to local weather bureau. Furnishings LADIES’ MEN'S INFANTS’ Trade Where Your Money ‘ Buys the Most Martin’s 651 West North Avenue East of Halsted St, AND FILE HALTS: SEATTLE LABOR REACTION Council Delegates to Aid of Communists (Continued from page 1) the rescinding of the council's action, Ex-Soclalist Like Russian Counter. Revolutionists Bailey, business’ agent of pattern makers and e#soCialist was one of the two opposifig ‘delegates to whom the welfare of Organized labor is of no concern for he as usual worked himself into hysterics against the Communists. The other reactionary delegate, David Levine, @ petty shopkeeper of cheap brass jewelry-ware and other 0. RANK AND FILE FO 'D WORKER TELLS HOW COMMUNIST WORK IS CARRIED FORWARD ON THE JOB NEW YORK, Feb. 18—A rank and filer takes the floor. Every day he toils in one of New York’s most fashionable restau- worker. He is a food- rants taking care of the caprices and desires of Patrons who come to eat well and be merry. His face is intelligent, steeled and determined. polished way he has a very important who have come together in order to AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) the prince on a junketing trip, in or- der to popularize the products of the British empire in other lands. ob GENTLEMAN by the name of trinkets of the notorious pawnshop type, holding up the DAILY WORK- ER containing the story about the Seattle situation, shouted, “You see you see, if you don’t agree with the Communists, they call you labor fakers!” Shop-Keeper Worries Over Worker’s Dictatorship Grinning faces and some smiles of others were the replies. He went on abusing the Communists and shouted, “Thousands are imprisoned in Rus- sia!” “They're yellow socialists,” yel- led one delegate. The delegate from the laundry trades urged the council to rescind its action, since delegates were representing in the council their locals and not them- selves, ‘ Expelling Communists Not Easy Delegate Gorlick from the garment workers cited the New York example when one Communist was expelled thirty-two Communist delegates were elected at the next election in his stead. The solution of Communism is abolishing capitalism, he said. The delegate from the metal Polish- ers characterized the action of the council a shameless one. A woman delegate from the printing trades stated she had no objection to Com. munists or Communism’ but wanted the ideas kept out of the council Delegate ‘Belanger, steamfitters, said he had already spoken against the Communists and urged not to rescind resolution, Communists Defended Hansen, delegate from painters, said he has been in the labor movement for many years, also in the council and never seen any disruption carried on by Communists nor any danger ot such, but on. @ contrary they are good militant ‘8. Delegate Price of the machinists stated that he had as much right to be a Communist as others who are ku klux klan, republicans, democrats, ete. Replying to Levine he said those imprisoned in Russia are yellow so- cialists who are counter revolutionary and caught conspiring against Soviet government. Pearl, delegate from barbers, stated that “We dre not against Communist and Communism,” said there was in- tolerance on both sides and urged harmony for the sake of the council. “Is This Disruption?” Delegate Belsky of the leather work- ers said that the leather workers had no union until a year ago when a Communist arived and organized the thriving local he-now represents. Then because of this, the Communist lost his job. He wanted to know if this is disruption. Havel, the last speaker, character- ized the statements of Levine as those of a shop keeper and closed by urging the rescinding of the council’s action Yes, And Will Keep You Going! When the meeting adjourned onc delegate of the Opposing side good naturedly remarked “The Communists got us going,” the Communists are on the alert and determined to carry or" the fight should any attempt be made to expell any Conimunist delegates and they have a large backing in the trade union movement. New “Investigations” Of Capitalism’s Sins By Capitalism Begun WASHINGTON, Feb, 13,—After a vacation, the senate today was in the pee of a new epidemic of investiga- tion. The senatorial.curiosity that delved into governmental activities a year ago has been directed toward pretend- ing to take the lid off “big business,” such as electricity, tobacco, gasoline, bread and the -railroads. But little more than wordy exposes can be ex- pected, ‘A The trend of the new epidemic has been ‘to make some show of ghting the present high cost of living and discover who is responsible for the high prices and what can be done to bring back the old-time “normalcy” that once was a political slogan. forthe DhiLY WORKER. A” JULIN'S SHOE STORE AND REPAIR SHOP $224 W. North Avenue Phone Belmone2713 Walter Guiness, is financial sec: retary to the treasury. Many of you have seen that person's name on the outside of black bottles, that come ‘rom Dublin. He is the owner of the ousiness that manufacturers the fam- ous XX porter. He is the prince of orter. Guiness was quite frank in replying to Kirkwood. Perhaps he had some liquid (Guiness) on the in- side. He stated that the prince was not being sent on a trip to educate himself but in order to give the em- pire a chance to see the prince. Ar- gentine trade was very important to England, said Guiness. That’s enuf! ** * E might digress here for a mo- ment and recall the recent visit of General Pershing to South Ameri- ca. He had his picture taken kiss- ing some Argentinian babies and he even danced the Argentinian tango with the daughter of some Argentin- ian politician. In a tango contest the prince will make the general take the count, but the general was over the ground first which is very important. Of course, the prince is young but the British empire is getting old and even tho Pershing has seen his best days, and would not be a serious con- tender against the prince on the floor of a cabaret, the American empire is young. You can see that the British and American capitalists who are con- ‘ending for commercial mastery in South America use their heads and their feet. Later on they will use bullets—by proxy. But to return to the house of commons, ak ae ‘HE prince was not thru with his troubles when Kirkwood and Bu- chanan got thru speaking. Another member of the left wing of the Brit- ish labor party was on his feet, He noted that the prince was not yet married and compared that worthy’s financial prospects with those of a member of the working class, Be- sides, the annual income of over $165,- 000 which the prince receives. .from his duchy of Cornwall, when he mar- ries a grateful nation will give him about $50,000 a year. The poor tories were suffering agony by this time. They kept on howling but the labor spokesmen have good lungs. ‘es HEN the lone Communist member arose. He is a Hindo, Saklatva- la by name. “I object to this misuse of public funds, ‘If we have a British empire and if we must have a royal knob to it, then we must pay for it I suppose,” declared the Hindo rebel. The motion to increase the prince's travel fund was finally passed by a vote of 304 to 90, Ramsay MacDon- ald, J. H. Thomas, Sidney Webb and William Adamson voted with the tory government. Stephen Walsh, Noel F. Buxton and Arthur Henderson refrain- ed from voting. This is interesting. Opium Conference Ends Without Stopping the Use or Sale of Drugs » GENEVA, Feb. 13.—The interna- tional opium conference adjourned here tonight, after adopting the proto- col and convention which regulates the importation and exportation ané the domestic sale of opium and co caine, but in no way prohibits the trade in or use of opium, A phrase was inserted in the agree. ment before adjourment that “opium smoking is only temporarily permit- ted.” Belgium Gambles With Its Borrowed Money to Aid Franc ‘(Special to The Daily Worker) BRUSSELS, Gelgium, Feb. 13.—The Belgian government is using 25 per cent of the recent $50,000,000 loan from America, to protect the Belgian franc* in the international money market, TTT LLL MUL LLL Where Food Is Good And the service is fine, Meet your friends at the Zlotins & Plotkins Restaurant 100 Per Cent Union 29 South Halsted St. Chicago The best of food at a moderate price ST TTITI LMT LMI LLL In a very simple un- message for the active party workers get started on the work of organizing ‘¢ district 2 on the basis of shop nuclei. He is introduced as the organizer of shop nucleus No. 1 the first shop nu- cleus organized in New York. Gets An Attentive Hearing. The comrades listen very attentive- ly to his story. He is giving them a message of great importance. He tells them how the shop nucleus was, organized with only four members. They held a meeting, elected a sec- retary, a financial secretary and an organizer. Then they went to work. The made the shop the field for their activities. Every day they pasted up clippings from the DAILY WORKER s0 that the workers in the establishment would daily receive a Communist mes- sage. Affairs that interested the workers in the shops they wrote up themselves and pasted up prominent- ly. When the boss wanted to impose more work upon the workers they ral- lied the workers together and prevent- ed the bosses’ nefarious scheme. At the tables when the workers sat down to eat they discussed Communism and the affairs of the shop. They never lost an opportunity to talk to the workers about their interests and to fight for them. Show Communist Solution. Every subject raised by the workers during a conversation they turned in- to a political discussion involving Communism and the party. The work- ers soon became aware that the Com- munists were their best friends. Openly they began to say that the Communists are the only ones the workers can trust. When the nucleus held its next meeting they enrolled, two new members into the party. At the coming meeting the membership of the nucleus will be increased by four more. He pointed out how they met together in the shop when neces- sary. He gave an interesting story of how the shop committee was changed, the reactionaries thrown off and the Communists and those that follow and sympathize with the Communists put in control. He pointed out how this shop gives the Communists on ac- count of the activity of the shop nu- cleus a strong influence in the union. The comrades received this report of a rank and file leader of the work- ers with enthusiasm. They then went down to work to consider the plan presented by B. Gitlow, the shop nu- clei organizer. Present at the meeting were the section organizers, branch industrial organizers, Trade Union Educ. League representatives and such active comrades who were will- ing and able to participate in the im- portant task of reorganizing the dis- trict on the basis of shop nuclei. Work is Systematized. The work in New York is to pro- ceed in a systematic manner. The or- sanization campaign will proceed with one factory area after another, starting of course with the most fav- orable area. When one area is com- pletely organized into shop nuclei then another area will be tackled. It is hoped that by energetically engaging the part membership in this work to have the work completed as quickly as possible, The success of this work will put the New York district closely in contact with the workers in the shop an@ will make the Workers! (Communist) Party district 2 a real Communist district organization fight- ing in the largest city in the coun- try daily in the struggles of the work- ers and in their interests, When you buy, get an “Ad” for the DAILY WORKER. THE WORLD'S PS BITTERS before meals and note the improvement of your health In a few days. below. Page Three POSTAL CLERKS BEG CONGRESS FOR PAY RAISE Express “Faith” in Final Action The Chicago Post Office Clerks’ Un- ion, Local No. 1, has passed a resolu- tion expressing “keen disappointment with the slow progress of the postal salary bill over a period of nine months,” and “requesting congress in the name of justice” to pass the bill. The resolution points out that there are only a few more days left for ac- tion by congress, and declares its “faith” in the ultimate passage of a bill giving the poorly paid postal workers a living wage. The resolution in full follows: WHEREAS, Congress is engaged in the proces of passing a salary bill for the relief of the poorly paid postal employes who are devoting their time, energy, and mentality to the facilita- tion of the efforts of the post office department to render efficient and satisfactory service to the business interests of the country and the gen- eral public, and WHEREAS, The great volume of business served by this department is expedited by the retention of em- ployes of experience and qualification, and WHEREAS, Notwithstanding the abiding faith and sincere confidence we have in the ultimate action of con- gress to mete out justice to the 350,- 000 postal employes whose wives and children are daily asking what has congress done? we are forced to con- fess our keen disappointment with the slow progress of the bill over a period of more than nine months, with only a few days left for action, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That Local No. 1, in regular meeting assembled, February 8, 1925, hereby request you in the name of justice and humanity to aid the passage of the salary increase bill at this session of congress. CHICAGO POST OFFICE CLERKS’ UNION, LOCAL No, 1, N. F. P. 0. C., David W. Johnson, Carl G. H. Tofte, P. S. McHugh, Resolution Committee. Kansas Gets Cabinet Post. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12.—Wil- liam Jardine has been decided upon for the berth of secretary of agricnl- ture, Coolidge officials declared here today. Build the DAILY WORKER! Dr. A. Moskalik DENTIST 8. W. Corner 7th and Mifflin Sts. PHILADELPHIA, PA, Dr.S. ZIMMERMAN IDENri1Ss 1 2252.N, CALIFORNIA AVE ARMIT, MY NEW LOCATION Special X-Ray Prices — to Gas Workers Given ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. My Examination Is Free My Prices Are Reasonable My Work ts Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY | GREATEST TONIC for lowered vitality makes your blood tingle with joy the minute you taste it. Take a wine glass full of Order a bottle by coupon —— oe eee et ae we ee LIPSEY PRODUCTS Co. 1133 Foster Ave., Chicago Enclosed is $1.85, LIPSEY’S BITTERS at once. Please send one bottle of sree