The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 8, 1925, Page 4

man nh SAN eae we ARI Bat Page Four THE DAILY WORKER. Sy ely else a tbetabae Mae ain Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING 00. 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, ML (Phone: Monroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail: $3.50... % months ; Vag .00...8 months By mail (in Chicago only): . $4.50....6 months $2.50...8. mo the $6.00 per year 768.00 per year A@dress all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 9918 W. Washington Bivd. 3. LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F, DUNNE psa ing MORITZ J. LOEB... Business Manager Chicago, Iilinele Gntered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1928, at the Post- Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. <> 290 Advertising rates op application Real Progress for Marine Workers It assuredly will be welcomed as a decided change of things for the better, that the Marine Transport Workers’ Industrial Union of the I. W. W., over the signatures of its officials, announces its program to the conference at New Orleans, which is striving to set up a united front against the ship owners and exploiters, as follows: “We plan the death of our former policy of isolation in this conference, and in its place we plan action in our struggles against our oppressors, the capitalistic class. We are carrying out this program based on the class struggle of society.” If these are not mere words, they signify recog- nition of the tremendous power of international capital which has driven even those whose tradi- tions and philosophy is so reluctant as those of the I. W. W. to accept a frank reversal of policy to meet conditions which are totally different than those prevailing im pre-war history when the I. W. W. and its ideas and attitudes toward other or- ganizations were formed. Furthermore, this declaration means, if it means anything, that the Marine Transport Workers’ sec- tion of the I. W. W. has found the key to a bigger and more powerful industrial union with more chance for victory than ever before—unity on an international scale based on the revolutionary class struggle. It means that the lesson has been learned that any union, however perfect in plan or aim, cannot attract great numbers, nor win battles against the capitalists by a studied attitude of hostility to- ward and effort to break up other unions, however antiquated their form or limited their aims. That this attitude, which is quite as “legal” as one of hostility so far as the I. W. W. constitution is concerned, is genuine, seems to be proven by the first act of the conference, in which the I. W. W. delegates have a majority of seven to four, voted to approve the resolution not to criticize the polit- ical connections and beliefs of the other Latin- American unions as such criticism would destroy unity. Actually, this amounts to a sensible and flat reversal of the policy inculcated by anti-Commun- ists during the hysterical years of Sandgrenism, the leading idea of which was that the I. W. W. could have no conversation with the Red Interna- tional of Labor Unions, because it had some ideas in common or connection with,the Communist In- ternational! That the Marine Transport Workers of the I. W. W. are now wise enough ‘to. sit in conference for united action with unions which have political con- nections, is significant of real progress in the I. W. W., and should serve as an example to the whole organization. Bosses Nervous in Pennsylvania ‘The closing by the police of the hall in Scranton where Communists were to meet to discuss the situation in the anthracite fields, is an example of the difficulties faced by our comrades in carrying out the simplest kind of work. In the big industrial centers’ where the closest watch is kept on the activities of the workers the Communists are spied upon more continuously than any other group. The coal barons and steel kings of Pennsylvania know that the Communists are organizing the workers for efficient action! against the capitalists and their state instruments and it is instructive to see the close co-operation between the labor bureaucrats and the bosses in the war on Communists. There is a real identity of interest between the exploiters and betrayers of labor in this respect. It is not so long ago that the Lewis machine of the United Mine Workers incited assaults upon some of our comrades at a miners’ convention in Scranton, but it would have a hard time getting any support from the rank and file for such action now. The recent action of the police in Scranton is a tribute to the growing influence of the left wing in the miners’ union and the activitiy of the Com- munists. Police do not bar workers from halls unless the bosses and their retainers are nervous. Slipping It to the Senate The senate is peeved at the way it was treated by Dawes, its new presiding officer, but the cap- italist press is jubilant as we predicted it would be. The metropolitan papers—Boston, New York, Chicago, Kansas City and Detroit—all praise ‘the banker-general-vice4 wr ge for his attack on the senate. This.is as it should be. ‘sisi is moving rapid- ly towards an open dictatorship and the biggest plunderers are impatient with legislative delays, Ave sake hie THE DAILYAWORKER The Chicago Party School The intensive training school organized by the executive committee of District 8, Workers Party of America, which begins March 16, is a new ven- ture in the field of working class education. Its purpose is to equip active party members with a knowledge of the party and its functions, its relation to the labor movement and all strug- gles of the workers, its major role as the most conscious and militant section of the working class movement, The school will have little if any of the academic atmosphere commonly associated with such insti- tutions. The pupils and the instructors all bear the scars of the class struggle. The school will turn out fighters better fitted to organize and lead the workers in their respective localities. They come to Chicago to get a broader view of the battles of the working class of which all of them are part. The courses have been selected with a view to imparting all the information in two weeks that can be made use of. Both pupils and in- sructors are busy people—they have no time to waste on non-essentials. The importance of the school to the party, the labor movement and the pupils and instructors themselves can scarcely be exaggerated. The work- ers outside of Chicago will be drawn closer to the party and the party will gain a clear insight into the problems of the workers. This is-one school where the instructors will learn at least as much as the pupils. Anti-Strike Law in Connecticut The. capitalist forum of Connecticut, the state legislature, has had its sacred precincts invaded by Communists. In direct and refreshing contrast to the apologetic attitude of the labor officials, William Simons, district organizer for the Workers (Communist) Party, showed the class nature of the anti-strike bill the employers’ association was trying to put over, at the hearing before the joint legislative committee. The bill is designed to make strikes illegal. It is another blow at the working class of Connecticut —one of the poorest organized groups in the coun- try. All of New: England is a hive of industry, but the workers are but little better paid than those of the semi-feudal south. There are few revolts in Connecticut and the bosses must be preparing an unusually drastic’slash on living standards if they believe it necessary for all strikes to be outlawed. Communist members of legislative assemblies could do great work in exposing the anti-working class nature of these bodies, but until we elect some we must take advantage of such opportuni- ties as in Connecticut where the Communist posi- tion was clearly set forth. Wall Street and Mexico’s Railways Reports from Mexico are to the effect that the nationalized railways are to be returned to private hands and the Calles government is discharging thousands of railway employes as a beginning of the reorganization. The handing over of the German railways to private owners is one of the major features of the Dawes plan. Mexico is now operating under a similar scheme altho it has not been officially chris- tened. It seems, that wherever American imperial- ism attains power one of its first moves is to grab the railways for some of its retainers. Railways‘ are.to the social organism what the circulation system is to the human body. The con- trol of transportation, as the farmers of the United States can best testify, is one of the most powerful weapons of exploitation. Those who own them can control the lives of the masses and direct development in almost any direction they choose. American capitalists hold most of the stock in the Mexican railroads and return to private owner- ship means Wall Street ownership of the rail- ways—and the natural resources of Mexico. Here is another example of the Monroe doctrine in its modern application. Rank and File Support Unions of painters, carpenters and machinists, affiliated with the Seattle Central Labor Council, have protested the drive on the Communists made | by the reactionary ring of that body. This is a healthy sign. The test of Communist policy is the manner in which the rank and file ot the unions and workers in general understands and supports our position. To secure election to a central body as a delegate is one thing, important but of no special value as a guide to the sentiments of the union unless the delegate is well known as a Communist. But to be able to get mass support against the well-entrenched officialdom is’ evidence of real work and influence that comes from Com- munist activity. The growing support of Communists in the face of the campaign of slander and expulsions carried on by the labor fakers is an indication that our tactics are correct. . The British colonies are not very enthusiastic over the proposal of Austen Chamberlain that they endorse his scheme to guarantee the security of France and Belgium. South Africa, Australia and Canada are not anxious to enter any more agree- ments about protection for “bleeding Belgium,” and la bélle France. They had enough of this bloody foolishness in 1914-18, Wage cuts for workers; salary boosts for kept politicians—that’s the Coolidge-Dawes Wall Street program. Get a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription for the DAILY WORKER. —, ma ) t page 1) who attempt to @xplain away or just ify the facts set in the evidence. His Honor fg,Amused The appeal to eee by. Rey- nolds, which was read into the record, was characterized as “good work” by the lawyer for the plaintiffs, John W. Gilmore. A petition from a mass meeting of carpenters held Sunday, March ist, was characerized by At- torney Sugar, when presenting it to the court for what the court considgr- ed it worth, as “an historical docu- ment which would find a place in the nation’s archives,” The court received it with apparent'amusement, but with- out comment. . These documents, which should be preserved in the archives of the labor movement are given below; first. the resolution petitioning the court to dis- solve the injunction against Raynolds, and secondly, the appeal of Reynolds to Hutcheson for reinstatement. To the Circuit Court of Wayne County, Michigan “We, the organized carpenters of Detroit in mass membership meeting assembled on Sunday, March 1st. 2:00 P. M. at 2646 ‘St. Aubin’ avenue, De- troit, do hereby avail our constitu- ional right to petition this court for redress of grievances from which we suffer, “Those prewuinhiag’ to represent us, namely San Botterill, James Sharrock and Harold Fish have petitioned thir court for an injunction against Bro ther William Reynolds to restrain him from attending our meetings. It is alleged by plaintiffs that they have taken this action in our behalf to pro- tect our interests. “To this we wish to answer that we can govern our meetings without the aid of the police or injunctions both of which our self appointed pro- tectors have resorted to. “We assert that we can keep ‘any person from our meetings whose presence we do not desire. We have demonstrated this to the plaintiffs in this case and havé satisfied the police that only the undesired and disorderly elements attending the various meet- ings have been the plaintiffs and those associated with them. “We have no interests and rights separate and apart from those of our brother Wm. Reynolds. “We renounce the said plaintiffs Sam Botterill, James Sharrock, and Harold Fish. We state that every lo- cal union and the district council of this city has requested the removal of San Botterfll as general organizer of this district. “We state that the resignation or recall of James Sharrock and Harold Fish as district. officers. of the bro- therhood have been demanded by the various local unions and this mass WANT BIGGER TA). RATE T0 B00ST TEACHERS’ WAGES Principals Preferred Over Teachers a = It is being urged that a referendum vote be taken on the matter of a larg- er tax rate to increase the present educational approriation from $1,92 to $2.92. This increase would meet the new schedule for the boost in teach- ers’ wages is now before the board of education. The new schedule calls for the fol- lowing increases: The entrance scale for teachers re- mains the same, $1,500. The maxi- mum for elementary teachers is rais- ed from $2,500 to $3,250. Teachers in the junior high schools will start at $1,800, the present scale and re- ceive $4,100 at the end of ten years as against $3,300, the present maximum. High school teachers will start at the present schedule, $2,000 and increase ‘o $4,700 in ten years. The present maximum is $3,800. . The principals /in’the elementary schools would be given a flat increase of $1,000 a year. Their starting point is raised from $3,000 a year to $4,000 and increased to $6,250 in ten years as against the présent scale of $4,800 for the same period. High school principals are to re- ceive $5,000 a year the first year, with a $500 incregsé each year until they reach $7,500... The present sched- ule is $4,300 for the first year, increas- ing to $5,700 in ¢ight years. Junior high principals will start at $4,250, with an increase of $250 a year for ten years, making the+maximum $6,500. The present minimum is. $3,600 and the maximum $5, 400, Subscribe for the DAILY WORKER! ? RUSSIAN, UKRAINIAN COMMUNIST BRANCHES GIVE CONCERT SUNDAY —» | Tomorrow, Sunday, March 8 at 4 Pp. m, the Rus: and Ukrainian branches will ave @ concert and in Hall, corner ind hiand Aves, The proceeds will go the Commun- ist press. “tr a & meeting. “Had the district counet met last Thursday, Feb. 26th, as it should have, instedd of our self apopinted protect- ors locking the doors and hiding themselves, the two names above would now be under charges for the very action which may land brother Wm, Reynolds in jail. “We urge the court to consider these facts in passing on the validity. and justice of this injunction, “Adopted, Mar, 1, 1925, M. D. Long, secretary. “(Sworn before Al. Nickerson, not- ary public. 2955 Lycaste)” The following is the appeal from William Reynolds to Hutcheson: “Detroit, Mich. Feb. 5th, 1926. “Wm. Hutcheson, president, “United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, “Indianapolis, Indiana. Dear Sir and Brother: “I am writing you, President Hutch- eson, to appeal to you to use your power as head of our organization to the end that those provisions of the constitution which were drafted to protect the rank and file in their rights of membership until they are proven guilty of injyring the brother- hood, might act as a guarantee to me, even though I may hold political and economic opinions not concurred in by yourself or the general executive board. “I do not admit I have been expell- ed in a manner which can appeal to any fainminded man or to anyone ‘amillar with the constitution of the brotherhood. I do not recognize my expulsion as an act that can have any validity with any except those pre- judiced beforehand against my opin. ions and who act clearly on bias. “I call your attention to the fact that section 55 of the constitution, which alone covers the preferring of charges, trial, conviction and penal izing members whose acts or affilla- tions may be in conflict with the con- stitution and laws of the brotherhood is very explicit in the following prov- isions. “A. A member must be charged jand tried within the jurisdiction of the local union or district council where the crime was committed. “B. All charges must be made in writing and must specify the offense or offenses and the section of the constitution and laws of the united brotherhood so violated, and be sign- ed by the member or members mak- ing such charges. “C. The charges must be read at the meeting and lay over until the next meeting, and the member must be notified by registered mail by the recording secretary to be present, and at the same time shall be furnished “F. AU charges shall be referred to « trial committee consisting of five, the accused and the accuser shall have the right to challenge any three members of said committee... “G. The accused shall have a fair and impartial trial and shall be allow- ed until the next regular meeting to appear and reply, either in person Or by counsel. “J. ...it shall require a two thirds vote of the members present to .con- vict the defendant and to affix such legal penalty as they may deem pro- per. “It will be apparent to you from a summary of my case which follows that none of the above provisions or any of the provisions of the consti- tution have been complied with. I re- ceive a letter dated January 13, 1925, | which reads as follows: “Wm. Reynolds, 233 E. Willis Ave., Detroit, Mich. mg Dear Sir and Brother: | “I have under date of Jan.-10th, 1925, a letter from General Secretary Duffy, notifying’me that you are no longer a member of our organization and consequently are not entitled to a seat as a delegate of the district council. “Very truly yours, (Signed) H. FISH, Seoretary D. “At the meeting of Local Union 2140 held January 23rd, a letter over the signature of Frank Duffy was read, which stated in addition to the above that I was expelled because of membership in the Trade Union Edu. cational League. . “The two communications above mentioned constitute the sum total of official information which I have re- ceived on the matter, except that the bill of complaint on which an injune- tion was secured restraining me from attending any meetings of the brother- hood cited section 42 paragraph U. as the provision of the constitution viol- ated. Thus I secured the first offi- cial information as to the constitu- tional basis of my expulsion thru the medium of a court while answering an injunction secured in the name of the bratherhood and signed by San Bot- terifl, general organizer, James Shar. rock, president of the district councit, and Harold Fish, secretary D. C., the two latter also signing as individuals “Need I call your attention, Presid- ent Hutcheson, to the fact that organ- ized. labor has always viewed the in- junction as a usurpation of power by the judiciary, and that Samuel Gomp- ers has countless times urged labor to ignore and violate this weapon against labor? Are you not acquainted with many bitter strikes where, the injuno tion was the strongest weapon in the hands of our class enemies. “The constitution has been so fly grantly ignored and contradicted in this expulsion proceeding that I con- fess I am at a loss.as to how. to state my appeal. The constitution provides that: |. “‘A full and complete copy of the minutes and charges as presented at the trial’ shall be forwarded to the general president. As no such records exist in this district, it is obvious that I cannot comply with this provision. The next paragraph, section 56-F' pro- vides that if I do. not comply with the above (which I/oannot do) I for. feit all rights to further enpeal. “The constitution, provides that 1 appeal first to the general president, and then to the G. E, G,, but when the action originates with the G. E. B, can I appeal to the general president? “You will, I hope, sympathize with the predicament in which I am placed. by this unusual procedure. You will bear in mind that if 1 must wait until the expressed attitude of various conventions of the American Federa- tion of Labor toward the injunction? You have rep! mted us at these con- by the recording secretary with ajventions, President Hutcheson, and copy of the charges specified... Insane Hospital A Firetrap House Committee Reports (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 6.—The Chicago state insane hospital at Dunn- ing was condemned by the legislative committee which r.ade its report to the house after investigating c ndi- tions there. The committee declared that at least $500,000 is needed to make the Dunning institution safe from fire hazards and declared the building to be “frightfully overcrowd- ed and a firetrap.” An investigation by the state fire marshal was re om- mended. In December, 1923, one life was lost and many inmates of the asylum were injured in a fire which burned down one of the buildings and started the present investigation. Forbes Escapes Jail While Judge Travels in Europe Charles F. Forbes, former head of the veterans’ bureau who was sen- tenced to two years imprisonment and a fine of $10,000 for bribery and cor- ruption, is dodging jail while Judge George A. Carpenter, who has juris- diction over Forbes’ appeal, is tour- ing Europe. Forbes and his fellow conspirator against the government, John W. Thompson, contractor who bribed Forbes, were denied applications for writs of supercedes by Judge Alschu- ler, Alschuler said that the matter would have to wait until Carpenter gets back from Europe some time next month. Mussolini’s Envoy Recelved. WASHINGTON, March 6.— Signor Giacomo de Martino, Mussolini's new ambassador in Washington, has pre- sented his credentials at the White House and has assured the president that Italy's people are “conscious of their duties as well as of their rights.” To this fascist doctrine the Cau- tious One responded by suggesting that payment of her share of obliga- tions—meaning war debts to the Am- erican treasury—by Italy would be a fine thing. Two Ships Named After Lenin, MOSCOW, March 6, — The state shipping board of the Black Sea and Azov Sea is soon starting a shipping line between Odessa and Marseilles, with the ocean faring steamer Iyitch and Lenin to ply between these ports. your memory should easily recall an appeal can be taken to the next convention, that I will either be de- nied the right to earn my living at the trade or I must accept the role of a R.|scab, which this unconstitutional ex- pulsion would force upon me after nine years of struggle to uphold union conditions.. I therefore ask you to use your good offices to set this mat. ter right by enforcing the provisions of the constitution. “While I expressly-condemn my ex. pulsion as unconstitutional, while } hold that its recognition would con- stitute an abnegation of all constitu- tional guarantees, while I repudiate it and will ask all those who are zealous for the maintenance of constitutional protection of the rank and file against official usurpation of power to do like wise,—still, fo protect my rights and comply with the formal provisions of the constitution, I do hereby appeal my case to the next general conven- tion of the brotherhood. I ask the convention to review the whole pro- ceedings and to give me the fullest opportunity to appear and defend my- self. (It is also understood that‘if this expulsion is set aside and I am re stored to full rights of membership, this appeal will be invalidated and the matter considered closed by me.) “Our organization can only be of greatest service in protecting and im- proving our working conditions and standards of living when its leadership is strongly and worthily entrenched in the confidence of its members. I am hopeful that this matter will be speed- ily settled to the satisfaction of all without further injury to the morale of the organization. greetings, 1 am “With fraternal sincerely yours, “WILLIAM REYNOLDS.” OPEN SHOPS GIVE INTO COMMITTEE OF VOLUNTEERS Rank and File Army in Successful ul Campaign NEW YORK, "Marat 6. — Steadily and surely, day by day, the volunteer committee of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, 300 strong, are forging ahead in their campaign of organzing the open shops and get- ting the entire ladies’ garment tndus- try ined up with the union 100 per cent. Pull Down 220 Shops. Since the beginning of the organ- ization campaign over 220 shops have been pulled down and the committee is not thru. One after the other is called out on strike and the bosses told that no work will be done for them until their shop signs the agree- ment and recognizes the union. Over 100 shops have already signed up and others are following. A loyal picketing force is on the job continu- ously, union men and women, both those who are working and those on strike faithfully performing their du- ties on the picket line. Picketing headquarters are main- tained at 16 W. 21st St., and all mem- bers of the union are asked to come there at 7 o’clock each morning and be assigned to such duties as are re- quired of them. Minimum Pay is $44. Since Tuesday the new agreement has been in force. It has a number of new features that are of utmost im- portance to the workers. The min- imum pay per week must be at least $44. If piece workers drop below this amount it must be made up by the boss. The average for all piece work- ers must be $52 per week. If piece rate is so low that an average of $52 per week canot be made by the work- ers there must be an adjustment so that-this average may be sustained, The 40-hour week is unconditionally established, no worker being allowed to put in more time in any one single week. The ‘workers pay one per cent un- employment insurance and the em- ployer two per cent. The agreement also includes a schedule of standard- ized prices, and provides for the san- itary union label. Fight Piece Work. ‘The union is now busy preparing for a drive to abolish piece work alto- Party Activities Of | Local Chicago SUNDAY, MARCH 8 Weekly Young Worker Celebration, 3 p. m, 722 Blue Island Ave., Mass Meeting~ Banquet—Dancing. T..0. 8. L. meeting of A. C. W. members at 3118 W. Roosevelt Rd., 10:30 a. m. Concert and Dance, Russian-Ukrain- jan branches W. P., at Schoenhoffen Hall, corner Milwaukee and Ashland avenues. MONDAY, MARCH 9. Northwest Jewish Branch, 2642 Le Moyne Ave, May Day Committee—All Branches send delegates 19 So,. Lincoln St. 8 p. m. Lithuanian No. 3, Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North Ave. Lithuanian No. 77, Meldazis Hall, 2242 W. 28rd Place. Hungarian Branch, 1500 N. Sedg- wick St. German Branch, 1665 Bissel St, Chi- cago, Ill. Italian Cicero, 1402 8. 50th Court, Cicero, I. 19th Ward Italian; 921 s. Loomis St. TUESDAY, MARCH 10. Irving Pk, English, 4021 Drake Ave. Northwest English, 2738 Hirsch Blvd. Roumanian Branch, 2250 Clybourn Ave. Ukrainian No.1, 1532, ‘W.. Chicago Ave. . DAILY WORKER Agents’ meeting, Room 307, 166 West Washington 8t., 8:00 p. m, ar gether and place all work on the week basis, The success made by the union in this special campaign has encouraged | the workers to still greater efforts and their enthusiasm is growing as shop after shop is, won, and 1t xs the intention to continue tilt all shops | have fallen in line and signed up. TER COMMUNISTS ARE FREED, OTHERS JAILED WN “CONSPIRACY” TRIAL ae (Special to The Daily Worker) BEUTHEN, Germany, March 6.— Ten of the thirty-three Communists on trial here were acquitted today. Three of the Comimunists were sen- tenced to’ nine months imprison- ment and the others were given short jail terms or fines,