The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 11, 1925, Page 5

FASCIST ITALY WOULD GAG ALL CORRESPONDENTS Bill Would Make U.S. Writers Liable (Special to the Daily Worker) ROME, March 8,—The fascist dep- uty Silvio, author of a bill legalizing the muzzling of the press, now pro- poses that foreign representatives en- tering Italy shall first pass a test as to whether they are persona grata with the government, just as ambas- sadors receive word from the foreigtt offices whether they will be received. “We all know about accredited dip- Jomats and nothing about newspaper men,” it was stated. “It is obvious that we cannot permit correspondents to do as they like, without exercising a steady, preventive control of for- eign correspondents’ work. The ex- Pelling of correspondents after they have entered the country would do un- told harm, amounting to locking the door after the cattle had run away.” The new bill provides that foreign correspondents be* Hable to the same law as local editors, while numerous provisions were also added. The meas- ure will be debated in parliament on Monday. New York Negros Enter New Trades in Great Numbers NEW YORK, March 9.—The emerg- ence of New York’s increasing Negro population into new lines of work, par- ticularly into unorganized jobs, is but one of the studies of the new Negro in Harlem. An article just published points out that Chicago, Detroit and Pittsburgh have had dominant basic industries requiring largely unskilled labor which Negroes have entered in great numbers. In New York Negroes have been employed mostly in per- sonal service as porters, laundresses, and servants. No basic industry uses their strength and endurance. But, the article published in the Survey Graphic shows that New York Negroes now are reaching, into new fields of work.. In 10 years 6,000 Ne- gro clothing workers have come into one of the city’s geratest trades. Prac- tically all of these Negro clothing workers are in the International Lad- ies’ Garment Workers. Almost all of the 5,386 Negro longshoremen belong to the uniin. Negro musicians are 50 per cent organized. In many of the skilled trades where. Negro artisans are barred or discriminated against the numbers of Negro workers have not increased. Of , women laundry workers, 60 per cent are Negroes and the industry is very little organized. Does your friend subscribe to the DAILY WORKER? Ask him! pee: | q ’ NEW YORK JUNIORS MOBILIZE TO FIGHT PEDDLING OF MUSHY ; RELIGIOUS DOPE IN SCHOOLS By ANNA THOMPSON NEW YORK, March 9.—The bosses and their hired servants are constantly on the lookout as to how to improve the working masses they rob and oppress. their instruments of domination over Recently it must have oc- curred to them that the two witgs of the mind-poisoning apparatus—the public school and the church—were too far apart, too uncentralized for ef- fective work. So'a discussion arose and one conference after another was held on the question of bringing religion closer to the public school. Scrapping whatever scruples they may have had at such a gross viola- tion of the well-known and salving without an effort whatever Jesions their scientific consciences might have suffered (if they were not too ignorant to possess such a luxury) at the prospect of helping to dish out such an antiquated variety of ancient fable and misinformation for the very truth itself, our 100. per cent Ameri- cans and “leaders of thot” have come out strongly In favor of the proposed plans of mobilizing the public schools in the campaign to poison gas the workers’ children with the’ religious dope. Introduce Religious Opiates. As a result religious training is be- ing introduced into’ the New York public schools by leaps and bounds. In some schools, a system has been in- troduced whereby the children are dismissed from school early on condi- tion that they go to some place (relig- ious school, Talmud Torah, ete.) where some brand of religious dope is dis: pensed. The children that refuse to go out and get poisoned ‘are made the objects of petty persecution, and are lectured’ at and scolded, or otherwise punished. In this way the school au thorities are cracking the whip ‘to drive the children into the dope ped dling joints. But in other cases, per: haps in the majority of cases, the cum bersomeness of this double apparatu: is done away with—the religious poi son is dispensed right under the roo of the people’s public schools and‘ b: none other than by the “high-minded patriotic’ teacher himself. The Jun- for office of the “Young Workers’ League in New York has stacks of in- formation gathered by our Juntors in the public schools as to how this dop- ing work is carried on by the teachers. Teachers Obey Bosses. In one school in Brooklyn, the teach- er regularly hands out small pocket bibles every morning and each child reads a verse, and theii the teacher comments on it, being sure to bring out something that touches upon “daily life’—that is, that can be used against the workers. Then the chil- dren ask questions and finally a writ- ten examination is given on the sub- ject. In another school, the dope-venders OUR DAILY PATTERNS A COMFORTABLE MORNING FROCK FOR WOMEN OF MATURE FIGURE 5034, Striped gingham or linen will be good for this model, with facings of contrasting material in a plain color, The sleeve may be in wrist or elbow length. * This pattern is cut in 9 sizes: 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 60, 52, 62, and 56 inches bust measure with corresponding waist measure, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47 and 49 inches. To make the dress as illustrated for a 44 inch bust| the. will require 4% yards of 86 inch| ttactarer striped material, and % yard of plain for facings. The width at the foot is 1% yard. ; Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps, Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem- ber for your branch, A SIMPLE “EASY TO MAKE” APRON 5 5054, Checked gingham and linene are here combined, with embroidery in colored mercerized thread. Un- bleached muslin with checked or plaid bies seam binding would also be at- tractive. The Pattern is cut in 5 Sizes; 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years.” If made of one material, a 10 year size requires 1% yard of 36 inch material. Pockets of contrasting material requires 1% yard cut crosswise, "4 Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps, . ‘ashington vs iCAGO, ey To PATTERN BUT Re being sold thru the gy ORKER pattern department are - arose] ara a New Yor! fad of Une id the DAILY WORKER every oe ree ved, and they are by man- to the customer, The ‘not become impat FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send 120 in 1 recy “American tradition,” other holy documents of Americanism+- the constitution; and the “say it with music,” The learning and singing and commenting upon church hymns is the method employed, In still another school one hour every week—formerly it used to be devoted to cooking—is taken up with pious lectures on “the principles of moral- ity and religion.” The children take notes and then have to report. In a large school in New York the emphasis seems to be on the ceremo -nial.. Each child steps up to the front of the room, reads a piece from the bible, and then kisses the “holy book,’ while the other children sit with their heads bowed reverently. The teacher talks to them fervently about the necessity for every child being re- ligious and of carrying out the cere- monial of his religion. A'Blow at the Workers. And so on. Fifty more examples could be given. There is no doubt that at last the school authorities have seriously made up their minds that the workers’ children must be pumped full of the religious dope and that the public schools are there to see that it is done. This is a direct blow at the Ameri- can working class and at the working class children. The Young Workers League of New York and its Junior Section have heard the ehallenge and re ready to answer it. A systematic plan of activity has been worked out oy the District Junior Committee for the activity of the Juhior Section in this campaign. This plan not only takes into account the internal work within the Junior Group itself—such as the enlightenment of our juniors on matter of religion and the training of picked juniors as propagandists and agitators in this campaign—but also the propaganda and agitattom and or- ganization owrk outside:!< Leaflets— printed and mimeographed-~are to be issued for distribution'-among the school children in the schools, mass meetings, and protest méetings. Par- ents’ meetings are to be held to mobil- ize the adult workers in ‘the struggle and to gain their support for the jun- iors in the school struggle. -A call for a united front is to be issued, labor un- ions and labor fraternal organizations are to be circularized and approached. Finally, the protest movement thus intensified and crystallized, will be given organizational form, .especially in the schools. Thus our Junior Sec- tion will have gone a long stretch on the road to awakening and mobolizing the working class children against capitalism. Juniors Mobolize Children. We have already begun to put this program into life. Groups of protest- ing children are already crystallizing around our juniors in the schools. Meetings ‘have already been arranged for and held. A big protest meeting of this sort will be held this Friday, March 13, at 1701 Pitkin avenue in Brooklyn, at which speakers from the Y. W. L., W. P., and the Foster Junior Group— speakers in Jewish and English—will explain and discuss the whole ques- tion. . The following day, March 14, the Brownsville Section Juntor Committee is calling together a parents’ meet- ing and the anti-religion campaign will play a prominent part on the order ning. When our juniors get real busy the howl of the bosses and their ser- -| vants, the school authorsties, will be heard all the way to Chicago. i Down with the religious poison in the schools! Down with religion, the tool of the bosses! . s 3,000 German Glass Blowers Strike. GERMANY, March 9,—Nearly the entire glass industry of Germany is at a standstill as a result of a strike of 3,000 workers because of a disagree- ment between the bosses and workers over the 1925 prices for Christmas tree ornaments. Re-opened GHESKS CHESKIS RESTAURANT 3124 W. Roosevelt | Road “THE DAILY WORKER seat Page Five USTRIA, UNDER ALLIED REGIME, HELL FOR LABOR WagesDown, Living Up, Big Unemployment A (Special to The Daily Worker) VIENNA, Austria, March 9.—The league of nations efforts to stabilize the crown and gererally to make Austria an example of what the league of nations could do for any nation which is good enough to refrain from going Bolshevik, is suffering complete failure, so far as the Workers are con- cerned. js When the Austrian,crown was stab. ilized unemployed workmen in Aus. tria numbered 50,000,, By March, 1923, the number had risen, to 167,000, It decreased to 76,000..in, November of the same year, but rose again to 126,- 000 in March, 1924. |, By July of last yearthere had been another decreage to, 64,000, since which time, howevergthe number has been steadily increasing and now stands at 187,000, which is more than ever before. e Now that these workers are out ot a job, they also have’time to think over the fact that in the same time that the number of*«nemployed has thus grown, the cost of living has in- creased forty per eént: The two and a half pound loaf of bread is ‘expected soon to cost 9,000 paper crowns. Communists’ are pointing out that revolutionary Soviet Russia has made a@ success, really stabilized the ruble and reduced the cost of living while rapidly putting the unemployed back to work. The league of nations has failed. | 133 Your Union Meeting Second Tuesday, March 10, 1925 144 Amalgamated; Clothing Work- ers, 1569 N. Robey St. Boot and Shge Workers, 1939 Mil- waukee Ave. Bricklayers, 912 W, Brick and Clay Workers, Paving Inspectors, 166° W. Washington. Calumet Joint Couacil, 514 W. 117th Street. 21 Menroe St. 378 58 Carpenters, Diversey and Sheffield. 141 Carpenters, 1023 E. 75th St. 272 Carpenters, Moose Hall, Chicago Heights. 461 Carpenters. Witten’s Hall, High- land Park, 11. 1786 Carpenters, Springfield and 26th. Clerks, Grocery, 59 W. Van Buren Street. Conductors ( Bidg., 10 a . Electricians, 505 3, State St. Electricians, 741 S. Western Ave. Engineers (Loc.); 5088 Wentworth vee Engineers, 180 W. Washington St. Engineers (Loc.)/ 2483 W. Roose- velt Road. Engineers (Loc.), 2647 W. 35th St. Egg Inspectors, 418.N. Clark St. Federal Employ 64 W. Randolph Street. “ Federal Union, 3046. W. 26th St. Firemen and Enginemen, Ogden and reer, Hatters (Trimmers), 166 W. Wash- ington St. . Hod Carriers, ba 15th St., Chi- 8, Ht. 814°W. Harrison St. 62nd and La Vergne 814: -W. Harrison St. Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren. 777 W. Adams St. 77? W. Adams St. its, 2548 S/ Homan Ave. » 4126 W. Lake St. 6234 Princeton Ave. Meat Cutters, 175.W. Washington Street. Meat Cutters, 9206*Houston Ave. Marine Fire’ and, Oilers, 357 N Clark, Mysicians, 175 W. ‘Washington St. m. m Ses, Funk's Hafl, Oak Park. 20 W. Randolph S$: valiters, N. E. cor. California and ‘Ma: in 6414 S. Halsted St. ,_N..W. cor. State and 88th. PAINTERS, 220 W. : 15 381 ‘030 302 402 645 Sleeping Car), Capitol 826 8705 a 15441 715 20 5 6 27 15 81 12 17 84 915 1494 546 671 10 17358 147 OAK ST. Painters, Trumbull and Ogden Ave. Plaster Peoria Sts. Blue island, IL, 7:30 p. m. Railway Carmen, 11037 Michigan Ave. Railway Carmen, 6824 S. Halsted Railway Clerks, 549 W, Washington I Street. Railway Clerks, Moose Hall, Chi- cago Heigh: Railway Clerks, 5438 Railway Clerks, 509 on St. : Railroad Trainmen, 9359 W. Madi- son Street. 1 1267 BUILDERS AT WORK THE LITTLE RED LIBRARY IS READY! No. 1 and No. 2 Just Off the Press. E heave a sigh of relief and say, “at last—it’s here.” After many difficulties and some delay, we are sending thru the mail today the first copies off the press of the Little Red Library. Within the next few days thousands of copies already ordered, will be going thruout the country, as the first numbers of a steady stream of effective propaganda in small pocket size, The first announcements of this new series of publications at the convenient price of ten cents each (twelve copies for one dollar) brought us many letters from every state in the country. A letter from Benjamin Eljisberg, D. E, C, educational director of San Francisco, is typical of many that came to the office. This comrade writes: “About three months ago, talking to Comrade Ella R. Bloor, | emphasized the importance at this time of central- izing and standard- izing our party pub- lications.§ Among other things | called her attention to the success of the ‘Lit- tle Blue Books,’ saying: ‘Why couldn't we have ‘Little Red Books’ to carry our message to the workers?’ “You can imagine my delight when recently announce- ment appeared in the DAILY WORK- ER about centraliza- tion of publication and still more recently THE LITTLE RED LIBRARY made its first bow. “I was especially pleased to note that you ‘realize the importance of unearthing and developing the working class writers.” A student at the University of Wisconsin writes us: “At this moment | have been able to scrape together only two dollars, being only a prole- tarian student. But | want to thank you for the catalogue which you sent me. It is exceedingly intelligent and convenient. | AM EAGER TO KNOW MORE. ABOUT THE LITTLE RED LIBRARY which you ad- vertise on the cover.” Everywhere they are EAGER TO KNOW. And from everywhere orders are accompanied by letters of congratulation on the new series of such great propaganda possibilities. The first issue, No. 1—<"Trade Unions in America,” by William Z. Foster, James P. Cannon and Earl R. Browder, will prove of great value especially for our.Jeft wing militants. Here, with a brief summary of the history of the American trade unions, they will find the structure and pro- gram of the Trade Union Educational League—exactly what the militants needed in their trade union work. And for every single party member here is a worth While pocket companion. The second ‘number, also ready, is No. 2—“Class Struggle vs. Class Collaboration,” by Earl R. Browder. There is reason to be enthusiastic about this little red booklet. Here are facts on all the methods of labor bureaucracy to divert the workers from militant struggle. It is a splendid study of the B. and O. plan, insurance schemes and workers’ education— valuable material in a nutshell for the busy worker. A great future awaits the LITTLE RED LIBRARY of which new numbers will soon be announced. Not only to agents and the BUILDERS of the DAILY WORKER and the Communist movement do we pass on the news of the LITTLE RED LIBRARY. To every worker we bring notice of this little red giant that is sure to develop into the biggest thing in all American Communist publications. Seeing is believing, and if you get the first two numbers, you will believe it. P, iil Epics This is the mark on the cover of every book of The Little Red Library. (Federated Press Jingles.) SEE the capitalistic fakers what Legion wus a special pet, till it beg- ged bonus for the vet. And Sunday 27 250 402 739 906 2219 375 Teamsters’ Dis. Ashland Bivd. Teamsters (Auto), Chincil, 220 s. Bo 8. Ashiang vd. 67 Tile Layers, 180 W. shington St. 7 Waiters, 234 W. Kanheipn se (Note~—Uniess —_otherw! stated ab meetings are at 8 Pp. m. a RED REVEL of the «). FOSTER JUNIOR »GROUP of Brooklyn, N. Y.—March 28, 8 P. M. Stone & Blake Aves., > at COLUMBIA HALL Brooklyn, N. Y Tableaux, Plays, Dancing, Singing ISRAEL AMTER will speak on “The Young Leninists of Russia” | dough; they help Boy Scouts to make operate as our lawmakers has put the dirks into the bill to take the chil- dren from the mill. They passed amendment to hit booze, but for some reason they don’t choose to hit the profits of the geezers who live by be- ing children-squeezers. Them guys, I'll say without a doubt, what put the propaganda out to keep the kiddies working hard are listed on the index-card of every pompous or- ganization to help the children of the nation, The Y. M. they got lots of ‘em go; the Scamp Fire Girls is given much; but the Y. W.'s been in Dutch since it bucked up for women workers, and ain't petted by the shirkers. The schools!—say, they get love from all financial powers above. They love the kids they do, like hell. They say youth should be treated swell. They love 'em if they work and pray, and do not seek a bet- ter day. If they ain’t asked for worlé what's new, they just love kids—like hell, they do. Painters Reduce Hours of Labor. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, March 9.— The ‘painters, structural iron workers and lathers of Cedar Rapids shave gained a half day holiday on Saturday afternoons in their new agreement for the coming year. No change in wages was made, | SCHOOL BOARD TO HEAR TAX RAISE TALK TOMORROW New McAndrew Plan Will Be Discussed Superintendent of Public Schools William McAndrew has issued a new 68 page document in which he charges cheating and dishonesty in the exist- ing tax laws, In commenting on the tax laws in this document he rings in the following statements: “Under existing laws there is an enormous leakage in tax revenue which properly should accrue to the schools, “‘Loop’ property and larger indus trial plants are undervalued in an as sessment for taxation. Large amounts }are exempted from or not even listed for assessment. “This: cheating on assessment of property for general state and local purposes has reached such a stage that the true value of property in IIli- nois as determined for taxation is less |than one-fifth of the value as deter- mined by the bureau of the census Personal property in Cook county is scarcely taxed at all.” And after some more gushing about the “dishonesty in scheduling prop erty” and about its being “a scandal and a menace” he winds up with the proposal of increasing the existing tax rate for education purposes. This document together with hit raise in salaries recommendation is now in the hands of the board of edu- cation members and will come up for discussion at the board meeting which meets tomorrow afternoon at 2 p. m In going into the new salary sched ule of increases one finds that teach ers in the elementary schools will not only receive no raise in wages during the first five years but will even be paid less than before. Only the seventh year promises a raise of $800 over the year before. The ones to be really benefitted at once by the super: intendent’s salary schedule are the elementary school principals. The entire schedule in tabulated form is ae follows: ELEMENTARY TEACHERS. Proposed old salaries salarie: First year 1,800 Tenth yea a JUNIOR HIGH eventh yeat ht year Ninth year First year $2,000 Second yer 100 2,200 Third year 200 2,400 Fourth year g 2,800 2,800 3,000 8.200 by +4 606 3,800 ALS. First year ; $3,00 Second year 4,250 3,200 Third year Fourth ye year Sixth year Ninth year Tenth year Pay for Principals. * Assistant principals can reach in ten years salaries of $3,500 ($2,750), $8,826 ($2,575) and $3,400 ($2,650) depending on position and size of the school, Those holding limited certificates im junior high schools are to recetve a starting wage of $1,800 and advance to $3,650 at the end of ten years. These holding limited certificates in senior high schools are to receive a beginning salary of $1,800 and at the tenth year advance to $3,900. Junior high school principals are to begin with a salary of $4,250, advanc ing to $6,500 in the tenth year, Senior high school principals are to start with $5,000, an increase of $1,700 over the present schedule, and ad- vance to $7,500. The district superintendents’ salar- jes are increased from $6,500 for ten months to $8,000 a year. SS SS SS SSS SN) PITTSBURGH, PA, To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK Brit c) A LAUGH FOR T DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street. HE CHILDREN