The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 18, 1925, Page 5

. THE DAWY WORKER Page Five JURY LETS OIL TRUST USE ETHYL LEAD POISONING DuPont Is Still Making “Looney Gas” (By The Federated Press) ELIZABETH, N. J, Feb. 16—In spite of the protests of organized la- bor of New Jersey the sale of ethyl lead treated gasoline is again to be permitted in the state because of the Union county grand jury’s decision that Standaird Oj1 company’s subsid- iary, Wthyl Gasoline Co., was not “re- sponsible” for the deaths of five work- ers and the insanity of others engaged in ‘manufacturing the “looney gas,” Tests Inadequate. Yandell Henderson, professor at Yale and expert onthe physiology of poisonous gases, at the same time states that the tests made by the U. S. department of mines are inade- quate and do not prove ethyl gas fumes are harmless. Henderson and other specialists are making tests to determine whether tetra-ethyl lead treated gasoline ex- haust fumes are harmful. The lead fumes which workers are exposed to in manufacturing the gas are known to be deadly, Death Plant Closed. The Bayway plant of Standard Ot! has been closed since the workers’ deaths. The grand jury recommends that it be not opened until the com- Pany has perfected machinery of some kind which will eliminate the great dangers to workers in making etthyl gas. Meanwhile the workers at Wil- mington, Del., in the DuPont plant are exposed to the hazards of lead gas poisoning because manufacture of the “looney gas” continues at that point. Mrs. Snowden Defends Prince of Wales After Attack by Laborite LONDON, Feb. 16,—Mrs. Snowden, member of the labor party, and wife of the former labor chan- cellor of the exchequer, defended the prince of Wales and British royalty in general against an attack by David Kirkwood, laborite member from Scotland, who declared that the gov- ernment was making a clown of the prince of Wales. “The suggestion that the royal house does not do any work is abso- lute nonsense,” Mrs. Snowden said. “I consider that they are the hardest worked people in the country.” Mrs. Snoden appeared in court when her husband was in the cabinet, and kissed the king’s hand along with the other lackeys of royalty. es wes DEAR 1 SINESS AS THIS VERY. MINUTE. WAS. DETAINED Y. W. C. A. IN NEW YORK REFUSES TO HARBOR STARVING GIRL WORKER NEW YORK, Feb. 16.— A thin wan young girl collapsed from hunger in one of the big city's police stations. her tale. The Women’s Christian Association had refused to harbor her. When revived she ate eagerly and told She had been working in a Brooklyn cannery for $12 a week until laid off three weeks ago because of dull times. whom she had kept house were killed in France in the great war. Out of her $12 she could save nothing and was put out of her room: She did not have enough money for food or carfare and had tramped all day from house to house in search of Philip}a job as maid when all efforts to get |» factory work had failed. Then they} “Y” secretary had taken her for a} “professional beggar” and they have “no provision for rescue work,”” jdic- cording to the secretary’ to wHorlf she had applied. To save her facé’ the “Y”" woman is having the poor work- ing girl put under observation at the county hospital to see whether niin? ger has crazed her! 4 Spain Tries to Protect Frontier“ TANGIER, Feb. 16.—Twelve inition pesetas are being expendéd dn’ the'|’ new block houses along thé Satish, ‘1b line and inhabitants of ‘TetiaW are confident it can withstand ben wAbat | attack. a OUR DAILY PATTERNS A PRACTICAL APRON MODEL 4406. No buttons or snap fasteners tp be esnatdered; easy to adjust so -and withe? ¢o eam. | tortatie''and ‘test,’ “A {aed “apton sy ode! dso suluwil was ‘aevéloped in figured pereale, and we trimmed with rick rack braid. The _ style is good for all apron materials. In damask with pipings of sateen or linen in a contrasting color, it will be DAILY very pleasing. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: | Small, 34-36; Medium, 38-40; Large, |} 42-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust | ” measure. A Medium size requires 4% yards of 36 inch material, The width at the foot is 2% yards, Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in atlver or stamps. ° . FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Bend jn silver or stamps for our 4 ring and Summer 1926 sto-dati Beste Ge Fashion: 4 con’ designs of, ' , and children's patterns, a con- and insive article on dress- * Siec"seme aint tor the needle 30 of the various simple 8 ‘all valuable hints to the home Iressmaker ~ SET OF NURSERY TOYS 1047 Her parents are dead; her three brothers for Your Union Meeting Third Tuesday, January 20, 1926. Name of Local and Place No. of Meeting. 21 Bricklayers, 912 W. Monroe St. 58 Diversey and Sheffield. 023 E. 75th St. 272 Moose Hall, Chicago ringfield and 26th. W. Washington >. Enginemen, 5438 id Employes, Great Northern Halste: Federal Hotel. Glove Workers’ Joint Council, 1710 m. N. Winchester Ave., 5:: f. le 5 Hod bag oS 225 E. 18th St., oar cago Heights, I". 14 W. Harrison’ st 6 Hod Carriers, 81 Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 { Van Buren St. . Marina Ei ne and ae 357. N. 147 BO PY 181 275 220 W. Oak St. 521 Painters, Trumbull and Ogden Ave. 502 Plasterers, Monroe and Perio Sts. 4 724 Printers a“ Die Stampers, 19 W. Adams S$ wanwey, Garren; 75th and Drexel Ratlway Clerks, 9. S. Clinton St. 2219 Railway Clerks, 509 W. Washing- 703 Teamsters, 159 N. State St. 7 Waiters, 234 W. Randolph St. 111 Upholsterers Union, 180, W. Wash- ington St. 39 Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Kedzie and Ogden. 152 Amalgamated jothing Workers, 1 N. Robey St. (Note: Unless otherwis. ed, all meetings are at 8 p. m.) Use “Vacations” to Fool the Workers As Bosses Win Profits NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Winter vaca tions for retail store employes aren't usually spent at Palm Beach or other Florida pleasure places, because the vacation is at the worker’s expense. Elizabeth Ainsworth, personnel direc- tor of the big Namm department store of Brooklyn, tells the secret to the 2298. This comprises a Monkey, a | personnel group of the national retail Rabbit and an Elephant. Developed in flannel, canton or domet flannel and stuffed with cotton, down or saw dust, these animals are thedelight of little children. The Pattern are cut in Oen Size Only. It will require one yard of brown flannel for the Monkey and % yard of red flannel for his suit. The Elephant requires one yard. The Rabbit % yard. — Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in Silver or stamps. The DAILY hid 1113 wi Weenin tes Chica: 8 : Weng Cane eat gr eee ats DAILY ER Desens ¢ 5 + wag mailed by the man- Sti dl ‘to the customer, The ER does Po Heated - stock terme’ ond oedingriy iy lana at at ‘Toast 10 st 10 diye notrbagome.impauiet it'your pattern te PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street. Get your tickets for Red Revel Ball, A February 28, dry goods association coyvening in Hotel Pennsylvania, New York. Mar- ried women particularly are given the free vacation when the work is slack, Mrs. Ainsworth discloses, but the scheme must be worked tactfully sc that the workers won’t object too much. Giving winter vacations cuts down expenses and saves the employ- ers “fair profit” says the personnel ex- pert, and is more satisfactory than dis- charging and re-hiring workers. Reduce Taxes on -.. Larger Incomes Taxes’on larger incomes have been reduce” this year, following out the Coolidge-Mellon policy. The surtax rate last year started at six thousand dollars: ‘This year it starts at ten thousand dollars. The last year’s schedule of surtax rates started at one per cent at $6,000, and went up to 60 per cent for an income of $200,- 000, This year the taxis one per cent on an income of $10,000 and runs up to 40 per cent on incomes in excess of $500,0002" ooo Firé Sweeps Fiat Factory. TURIN, Ifiily, Feb. 16.—Fire, which swept tne nous Fiat automobile factory “was responsible for 2, 500,000 1 eet it was estimated today. bd are being used by the Commun- ists. Ellis Island Probe CALLESATRADES PIE CARDS FOR STRIKEIBREAKING “Labor ibache” Jobs Given Labor Fakers (Special to The Dally Worker) MEXICO CITY, Feb. 16.—The Mexti- can Federation of Labor has officially declared that {t will not support strikes ‘of its local bodies unless, be- fore the strikeofs declared, the issue is submitted to.the central commit- tee. This represents the suppression by the labor fakers of the Morones type of the milttwticy of the rank and file in exchange!for the positions giv- en these labor’ fakers by the Calles government. Itfs)a quite open trade. On the same day, it is announced that Calles has instructed the depart- ment of foreign’relations to send spe- ¢efial labor attaches to all foreign em- bassies for theralleged purpose of “studying laborpconditions.” It is a frankly cyniedlehanding out of pie cards. .The biggést crooks are to get fattest pickings. »Canuto Vargas, the Latin secretary ofthe fake Pan-Amer- ican Federation! of Labor, and bosom friend of Sam Gompers, is to get the plum of “lanes ene” at Washing- ton. The Mexican Weleration of Labor is openly breaking strikes, as for in- stance, in the strike of the street car men, when the interference of the federation crushed out the strike. Al- ways the federation officials try to scare the workers back by saying Brings Up Seven Bills : at Albany (By ‘The’ Fouerated Press) ALBANY, N, i. ¥—Seven bills framed to correct abuses of aliens are before the New York. state legislature as a result of investigations of practices at Ellis Island and elsewhere in the state. Non-resident alien beneficiaries under the present state workmen's compen- sation law get only half the amount allowed citizen. workers. One of the bills aims to correct this condition and give all equal compensation. An- other bill provides that express and steamship companies must conduct business with aliens at their own of- fices or thru their own employes in- stead of thru commisioned agents. This is designed to eliminate the graft- -ng and defraus of aliens by un- scrupulous um agents who charge excessive’ exchange rates or overcharge aliené ‘for railroad tickets. Other bills areformed to regulate transmission of: money to Europe; to abolish the titiéof notary public and substitute comnfissioner of oaths; to restore the bureati of immigration to the department of labor of: the state. Standard Oil Stock Multiplied 11 Times In Past Seven Years NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—An account: ing suit filed in supreme court by the Equitable. Trust company, dis- closed that 12,000.shares of Standard Ol company stock held by Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, have since 1917, as a result of stock dividend: increased to 123,824, marketable at $8,542,660. John D. Rockefeller made a trust deed of the 12,000 shares to his daughter, Mrs. McCormick, in 1917. Mrs. McCormick has _ received $2,829,377, and her divorced husband | has been given $217,000 from the trust fund. Chicago Building Permits Show Large - Increase Over 1924 Chicago again leads all cities in the nerease in building permit values. « Figures just compiled show this tity’s permits for January were $6,- )90,017 greater than-in January, 1924. New York's permits dropped $6,- 964,625, and the permits in Los An- geles and Philadelphia nearly $2, 000,000, Among the:cities showing in- creases Detroit stood second with a gain of $2,332,373,. and Pittsburgh third with $1,292,888, San Francisco, Atlanta and rie followed in the order named. ‘cael Leaves Company Line-up and Grants »Small Raise ie The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad company broke away from the western conference committee yes- terday and granted a wage boost of 5 per cent to its 1,450 engineers. The 6 per cent advance will give the carrier's passenger engineers twenty-four cents cents a day more; freight, thirty-six cents, and = yard, thirty-two cents. This takes into consideration so called basic eight-hour day or a hun- dred-mile run. an “Ad” ORKER. When you bu for the DAILY school he is already set to UILDERS AT WORK Did You Notice the Little Notice? F you read this like the rest of us, you no doubt have to have your shoes soled occasionally; and if you are an agent for The DAILY WORKER, this little matter is a habit; and perhaps your teeth “played” with you so badly, that you are forced to go to a dentist; and perhaps you buy at a store, put money in the bank (7), buy books—perhaps you even play pool. Did it ever occur to you that in all these trips of business and plea- sure (we don’t mean the dentist), you ean really do something for the Communist movement? You can. Simply ask for an “ad.” We need advertising to help us along—and of course, if it will help the DAILY WORKER, it’s bound to help the party. Scattered thruout the paper almost everyday, you have perhaps noticéd a gentle little admonition to “get an ad.” This Is meant in all seriousness—we use other things for decoration. If you are a wide-a-wake party sight of this easy way of building “Our Daily.” why nell’s belis!—we expect it of you! member, a Builder, you won't lose But if you are an agent— And it’s not as hard to do as you think. Just write to the advertising manager of the DAILY WORKER, or look for rates in the Tool Box that was sent to you, or notice it In the new Literature Catalogue when you get It—and “get an ad!” BRICKLAYERS’ PRESIDENT JOINS ANTI-LABOR CHORUS AT MEETING IN CHICAGO OF ROBOT MAKERS “Rossouin’s Universal Robots!” The Capek brother’s play typifies the scope of the vocational education association of the middle west which held its annual convention here at the Sherman Hotel. After sitting thru a number of* those meetings and talking to officials of the organization one gleans that the object of this project is to defeat the law which is enforced in many states prohibiting child labor under the age of 16. War Against the Children. The problem is, how to cheat work- ing class children out of the additional cultural education those two years, from 14 to 16, would provide and the expense in education that would be entailed. The proposal is: justment of our high school system of sducation. The general shop training course in the last two years of public school here enter the junior high schools: Before a child leaves the An entire read- The senior regular ap- thinking of his future job. high schools are to be prentice training schools. Robotization New Going On. Preparations for the robotization of the children of the working class is in full swing, In one room an agent from a two-year course training school is addressing school teachers recom- mending his school to them. There they can learn the trades that will be taught in senior schools. In another. room skilled mechanics are being sqld by another agent on the proposition of a two-year course in pedagogy to fit them out to teach their trade in the senior high schools. In still another room a man is mak- ing a speech. Short, heavy, all ab- domen, he looks like the typical cap- italist of imagination, The speaker is Thomas Preece, president of the International Brick- layers’ Union. He assures the audi- ence that he is for the idea of voca- tional training of children because “it keeps our youth out of the saloons.” “Will you tell why you are sponsor- ing a cause that aims to rob workers’ {children of an education which the law of the state says he is entitled to?” he is later asked “You are for this movement. Is it not a gigantic scheme of the capitalists to train an industrial army of workers to fight the closed shop and trade unions?” Preece Gets the Floor, He looks nervous. Then he mum- the Communist juniors’ °"\'bles Something about, if every worker in America would only economize, eat at home, and if his wife would do the ‘amily washing and sewing and mend- ng then they all could send their chil- iren to college but some boys if you don’t give them something useful to do will surely get into mischief. J. Ray Stine, of the vocational train- ing school in Cleveland, is assuring the employers present that the boys will be taught to see the employers’ problem. Shows Bosses Benefitted. But just how the employers will be benefitted by this reorganization scheme the DAILY WORKER feporter learned in an interview with John Crowell, on the publicity committee, and of the south division branch au- tomobile and continuation school in Chicago, He said that manufacturers are in sympathy and aiding in every way they can this vocational training project. “Let me cite an experience right here in Chicago in the building trades,” said Mr. Crowell. “Contrary to our belief that we have too many skilled workers, the fact is we do not have enough. And those we have the unions ha @ monopoly @n the num- ber that should be permitted in every trade, The unions have what they call closed book seasons and they,demand prohibitive salaries, Take the tile layers, That unton has iéuch ‘a high apprenticeship you could not, get a Ule layer, It came to a point where builders to beat the union had to get THE DAILY WORKER IS A SPIKE IN THE COFFIN OF CAPITALISH! — HOLLAND 10 REJECT PROPOSAL 10 ARM AGAINST GERMANY THE HAGUE, Feb. 16.—The plan of the allies to include Holland In a “defensive” alliance agalnst Ger many were upset when It was learn- ed that the Dutch senate is opposed to such an alliance. The senate is known to be op posed to the Geneva protocol, which is expected to feature largely In the debate. Holland will refuse to re- inforce her frontier to protect Bel- gium from possible attack by Ger- many. Vins Rcterepndbdaenticnennnseiaiecneesingmaenonipsin finally was met. We organized a school in a small town near by. We imported boys from all cities, paid their fare and for their education, put them thru a training course and thus were able to break the union require. ments. Now we have all the tile lay- ers we need. That is what vocational training will do for industry.” The vocational training school in its 11 years of existence, Lewis Gus- tafson, president of the organization and superintendent of David Rankin, Jr. school of mechanical trades, St. Louis, Mo., has succeeded in establish- ing large vocational training schools in a number of western states. Mis- souri and Michigan boast the largest number. Jobless Man Kills Self. In despair because he could find no work, Frank Gamperdo, 43 years old, hanged himself'in his home at 1107 South Jefferson St. Gamperdo had been unsuccessfully searching for work for many weeks, He was pen- niless. Red Revel querade Hl, 37 South Ashland Avenue Corner of Monroe and Ashland Blvd., February 28, Even if you a single note lution’” by J. Ramirez (M. WOPhe DInly <ssciisaioescnressevncosass 1118 W. Washington Blvd. HERRIOT UNABLE TO HALT CRISIS AS FRANC DROPS Cannot Meet Budget ‘of 34 Billion Francs PARIS, Feb. 16.—The French franc continued to drop today, all the pa- triotic speeches of the ministers be- ing unable to obscure the fact that 34,200,000,000 francs must be raised somewhere, somehow, if the 1925 bud- get is to be balanced, Premier Herrito stepped out:in the chamber of deputies as ‘a champion of “national currency.” Herriot made a@ speech which concluded, “I appeal once more to the sacred union of all Frenchmen, regardless of party poli- tics, for the defense of our national currency.” Limit Reached. Deputy Violette, who introduced the finance bill in the chamber, said that thirty-four. billion francs was the ex- treme Mmit the country could stand. “Parliament -must decrease the. tax- payers’ burden and float a great con- solidation loan,” Violette stated, Out of 34 bfilion francs expenditure, it was revealed, 19,500,000,000 francs is imterest on the French public debt, exclusive of war debts, six billion are for the upkeep of the army and navy, and other expenses of running the country are eight billion francs, Bankers Confer with Herriot The regents of the Bank of France conferred most of last night with Premier Herriot on the crisis brought on by the fall of the Fench franc. The financiers wrung a promise from Herriot that he will change the fiscal bill, abolishing the proposed tax on corporate earnings. This tax on large corporations was one of the principal Platforms of the Herriot government, the one which gave it what Herriot called “socialist leanings.” The ease with which Herriot threw overboard one of his principal planks, in order to induce the financiers to aid him fn bringing France thru the financial crisis has surprised some of Herriot’s followers. The financiers have carried their point that corporate earnings shall be entirely exempt from the proposed heavy taxtation to raise the budget for 1925. Herriot declares that his political opponents “create an atmos phere of financial unrest by exaggerat- ing the socialist menace.” see Franc Drop Continues. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 16—The French franc has dropped another 10 points, The new rate of 5.15 cents represents a decline of twenty points in the past few days. You will join in the crowd when they sing the splendid tunes from “THE MARCH OF THE WORKERS” Edited by Rudolph von Liebich This new revolutionary song book contains all the old favorites, songs from Russia and tantalizing tunes from that gay little Bolshevik operetta “The Last Revo- music by Rudolph von Liebich. Words and music (Cloth oon elbdae desputes ‘ Lyrics (without music) of “The Last Revolution”... THE DAILY WORKER Literature Department SEES ESSE SEES EEEESEE Eee ssessss-. haven't got in your throat! Gomez) and M. Gold, with $1.00 +25 10 Chicago, Illinois (FIND THE SPIKE ON PAGE 6) he