The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 24, 1925, Page 5

LAWRENCE ‘MILL WORKERS JOIN UNITED FRONT Pacific Mill Has Fake Shop Committee (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass., March 22.— The workers of the Pacific Mills. in Law- rence are in a state of ferment due to the increase of the speed-up system. The company has a fake shop com- mittee, which they “permitted” the operatives to elect upon the condition that members of the committee to be elegible must have been employed for more than°one year, than they must be citizens, they must be “acceptable” to the company, and the votes’ must be counted by the company manage- ment. No Control By Workers There is to control by the workers, who claim that many members of this fake committee were not elected by them, but were just stuck in by the management counting them as “elect- ed.” Recently this shop committee “ac- cepted” in the name of the operatives, but against their real wishes, the doubling up of work in all depart- ments of the Pacific Cotton Mills, af- fecting 1,000 workers. Workers Join United Front So resentful are the workers that at a meeting on March 13, a commit- tee of Pacific Mills workers was elect- ed to work as a part of of the united front committee of textile workers formed to fight the manufacturers’ association in their wage cuts and speed-up drive, At least half of the workers affected attended the meet- ing. Beginning yesterday, meetings are being held outside the mill gates at the Pacific, Everett, Arcadia and Law- rence Duck mills, in an effort to mo- bilize the wide discontent against the wage cut and speed-up. If a strike should develope in Lawrence it may spread thruout the other cotton cen- ters of New England. Settlers in Far East. CHITA, Mar. 22.—Fifteen thousand settlers are expected to arrive in the Far Eeastern republic from the cen- tralistates of Soviet Russia who left these parts because of lack of land. The Far Heastern agricultural com mittee has worked out plans for equip- ping these settlers with the proper modern agricultural machinery. Find New tron Beds in UL. S. S, R. MOSCOW—Recent geologic survey of the Murmansk region has shown the existence there of considerable mineral resources. . Thus, it is esti mated that there are 700 m.uion pood: (11,290,000 tons) of iron ore, lying at the bottom of a lake and constituting the richest mine in Karolia. A DAILY WORKER subscription or two—will make a better Commun- \st of you. A PRACTICAL “TWO IN ONE” UNDERGARMENT. 5043. Cambrica, batiste, crepe, satin or crepe de chine may be used for » this model. The brassiere may be fustened to the chemise with snap fasteners or buttons, or, it may be finished separately, This 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 2% yards of 36 inch material. The chemise alone requires 1% yard. For Letters F rom Detroit, Feb. 2, hey To the DAILY WORKER:— In the old times the American bourgeoisie liked to drape themselves as knights of “Liberty,” and the glory of Amer- ‘ican democracy was-so widespread that the naive European ‘really be- lieved in the democracy of the United States and imagined her a country of liberty. Comparatively not long ago when I emmigrated to the United States in 1913, running away from the persecutions of the Russian czar, without any trouble I was allowed to enter theUnited States, granted a license to practice medicine and be- came a member of the Amerwan me- dical Asdotiation. When"! Went for # ‘visit to Soviet. Russia‘ and ‘came? back in January, 1924, sit» was’ very different. - Notwith- standing that)I:had «the. visa of. the American consul, was a member of the American medical association and had an American certificate that I am le- gally authorized to practice medicine, 1 was immediately arrested on the boat without even’ permission to see my family waiting for me on the pier and was taken to the worst jail I ever saw, even worse than the jails of the former czar. This jaib is: located on Ellis Island. All day we several hundred ‘prisoners were locked«tp in one room and:-at 7 D. m. we Wére led to tne bedroom The bedroom was a room filled with small iron cages’ and on top of each other with iron bars. No pillows, no sheets, but ward blankets. There was a continuous unbearable odor of sul- phur fumes, . Every night we were led to a different bedroom freshly fill- ed with sulphur fumes. In this way the U. S. preserved from the contag!- ous foreigners by fumigating them with sulphur gas. When we came in we started to sneezing and coughing. For a long time we coufd not. fall asleep, When at last worn out we did fall asleep, at 6 a. m. the guards of the prison started to beat with tron sticks on the ‘iron bafs at our cages. It meant to get up. When I was called for a hearing before the immi- gration board they asked me: “Why did you not fight, being in Soviet Rus- sia, against the Soviet government?” To entertain the prisoners at Ellis Island once every week a patriotic lady with a rotten voice came and sang: ‘My Country,” commanding us also to sing and then there were priests to instruct us poor sinners in religion and fear of God. p Dry M. A. Rivkim. BHO The U.N. 1. A. To the DAILY WORKER: The so- called Universal Negro Improvement Association is. now. an instrument in the handg.. of thi apitalist white guard organization, Ever since with Emperor Si the new klan of ms, founder of ization at Atlanta, , it has been rum- are tools of the an! ganization, the ku, An editorial i A NEW AND POPULAR SKIRT MODEL 5092. ‘This style is youthful and attractive, and will look well with some of the new Spring blouses and “shirts.” Charmeen, flannel, kashka, or linen could be used to make @ skirt like this. It is also excellent for sport silks) . @ The Pattern is cut in 7 Siz 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 85 and 37 inches waist “measire, with corresponding hip measure 35,37, 39, 41, 43, 45 and 47 inches, The width at the foot with plaits extended is 1% yard: To make thig, model for a 29 inch size requires.2% yards of 40 inch material. . Pattern mailed to any address. on receipt of 12¢ in silver or stamps. gussets of webbing % yard 4 inches | M% wide or % yard 6 inches wide is required, . Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. wesirachinalon Sn eager ie” Rsk THE DAILY WORKER Our Readers official pu 1 ithe U. N. I. A., Feb. 21, 1925, ca a Disturbing’ N; on,” proves that the klan secratly gontrols the Universal Negro Imi pant Association. The coi is Bolshevik-bait- Ing editorial is taken mainly from the rouged and painted and silk dedecked kept mistress of the capitalist class, the Saturday Evening Post. This editorial contains unbelievable lies. and filth concerning the first workers’ and farmers’ government of the earth, and calls the Communist leaders of Russia shrewd demagogues. Be not “decéivéd> American Negro workers by this wolf in sheep’s cloth- ing, the U.N. 1. It is now an or- ganization. of the Murderous ku klux klan, and npt a Négro organization. The workers’ and farmers’ govern- nent’ of Soviet “Russia is the only real and sincere*friend of the Negro and other: dark workers. The Communist: leaders of Rusein and elsewhere, are the only cham- pions of .the exploited and oppressed Negro workers a8 Well as white work- ers. Long livé the workers’ and farmers’ government of” Soviet Russia,’ the hope and inspiration of the oppressed and exploited workers all over the earth. Long live ‘the Communist leaders of the world!—Gordon Owens, A Hint to Coolidge. To the DAILY WORKER: Consider- ing how in the present scientific age, the torch of knowledge having been brandished about and its rays cast into every chink and crany of our planet, to say nothing of other worlds, it seems strange that we should have overlooked the greatest of opportuni- ties for utilizing a product that has been worse than wasted: that most highly organized form of all matter—the human body. With a president advocating econ- omy and our means of production in control of organized greed directed with an eye to profits, and always clamoring for dividends, does anyone doubt that there are thousands of men, women and children to whom a piece of human flesh would be accept- able, either stewed, baked, boiled, or roasted? Think of the great waste during our world war, which could have at least in part been prevented and utilized by our wonderful cold storage system. But disregarding wars and accidents that take life, can we go on multiply. ing and putting this valuable product under the ground where it is lost com- pletely? Of course there would be a lot of parasites, undertakers and preachers, who would fight against loging their -|eraft, as a jackal might fight for a carcass. But neither parasites * nor jackals put up a very strong fight. Considering commercial rivalry as the source of modern war, we would be in @ fair way to end wat when very man with a nominal expense could have his - | stew in the pot, or roast in the oven. The present system is literally canni- balism, only it is limited in practice to kings and rulers both thru sover- eign and economic power. Kings have been named “people eat- ers” in that they devour us by taking the things whereby we live. If this could be properly presented to Presi- dent Coolidge, no doubt he, with his appreciation of the virtues and bene- fits of thrift and economy would im- mediately see the value of the system and act accordingly—Fred B. Cobb, Marianna, Pa. Raphael Licked In Rochester To the DAILY WORKER:—The workers of Rochester repudiated the lies of Abramovich about Soviet Rus sia, when he tried to speak at the Jewish Workmen's Circle Hall, 456 Joseph Ave. The Jewish Workmen's Circle, Branch 27, which held the meeting, is composed of petty shop- keepers and fish-peddlers, The chairman of the meeting was Charles Massingar, member of the chamber of commerce, a well known busi man and red-baiter, As soon ‘as Abramovich tried to speak the hall was filled with cries for Soviet Russia and against Abram- ovich, i In spite of the help the socialists secured from the police, the meeting was soon under the control of the re- volutionary, workers: The workers did not give Abram- ovich a chance speak, even for half an hour. I. hope.he gets the same do Bes. Yours for Communism, John Peter- son, Rochester, N. Y. Dr S. ZIMMERMAN DEw ris’ MY NEW LOCATION , “Soviet Rgissia as’ DAILY WORKER CORRESPGNDENCE GROUP. ORGANIZED BY \...ILITANT WORKERS IN PITTSBURGH DISTRICT PITTSBURGH, Pa? March “22.—To help forge the weapon for working class power, a groupwthilitaht workers in Pittsburgh., Pa., have decided to} combine their efforts to more ;effectively bring the stories of the lives and} struggles of the toilers of this hell hole of capitalism into the columns of the DAILY WORKER... A DAILY WORKER correspondence, group has been organized and each participant has selected a certain incident of their ex- (MARTIAL; Meaning Behind Fight for State Cossacks I refer to (Continffed from page 1.) Berks county. But the workers of Reading and othtr Berks county com- munities raised such a storm of pro- test that Governor Pinchot was forced to countermand the order. The work: ers of Berks county do not want any of the cossacks quartered upon them. The brutalities and assaults against workers committed by the Pennsylva- nia state. police have: already become household. stories. in.every industrial town.in the state, , Foster Cites Brutality of Cossacks During the great steel strike of 1919 the antilabor reign.of the Pennsyl- vania constabulary, was particularly bloody. William Z Foster, leader of the steel workers in. that titanic strug- gle, cites example after example to show that the state troopers acted virtually as hired gunmen of the steel trust,’stopping at nothing to interfere with the successful course of the strike Foster’s testimony. is confirmed and supplemented by-the report of the commission of inquiry of the Inter church World. Movement, headed by Bishop F, J. McConnell. State Pollce Condemned Even by Church The interchurch report which con- tains hundreds of affidavits showing constabulary violence states on page 178: “In Monessen; where the ‘strikers held out solidly for a long time, with the exception of the arrest of many Russi on‘wague charges of ‘rad- icalism’ the policy of the state police was simply to club men off the streets and drive them into their homes... In Braddock, however, where some of the mills: were :partly operating, the state polce did not stop at mere An interchureh commissioner spent half an hour'talking with strikers in a Httle roém in* Braddock used as union headquarters.° A moment after his departure, state troopers rushed into the place demanding “that speak- er” and threatened to close the head- quarters because: “a meeting” had been held. } Charges of assault brought against the state police in’ Butler, declares the report, come not-only fronr strikers, but ‘from non-strikers and business- men as well: And in Clairton, on the . Sunday ~-before the strike, numerous men’aiid women were attacked by the state constabillary and arrested while they were attending a mass: meeting for which permission had been ‘given by the local authorities; workers in the uniform of discharged soldiers | were among those at the meeting rid- den down by the state troopers, State Police Assault War Veterans Capitalism respects no uniforms which are not directly in its service! Discharged soldiers no longer form part of the capitalist state machinery. And when they attend strikers’ meet- ings they even become “un-Amer- ican.’ ‘Affidavits wharge that men were thrown into célls and kept there sev- eral days before they were given a hearing. This ocourred in practically every strike*center. In Donora the constabulary rode into the headquart- ers of thé strikers, drove the men out and placed the 98 men present, in- | cluding the local organizer, under ar- rest, refusing to release them on less than $500 bail each. Still later veidence comes from the coal strike of 1922, during which the reckless anti-labor exploits of the Pennsylvania troopers attained such notoriety that Governor Pinchot was obliged to appoint an investigating commission. e Union Organizer Against State Police William Broad, a union organizer of Indiana, Pa., swore to the following story before thé commission: “On April 16, 1922, at'Marion Center, Pa., while engaged ‘on my work as or- ganizer for District No. 2 U. M. W. of A., I was halted by three state police- men as I was abott to call a mass meeting on an isolated piece of ground a from the mines. These troopers went from house to house and pre- vented men from attending the meet- ing. The troopers refused to arrest the drunken men who were interfer- ing with the citizéns on the, street, after L had requested them.” This testimony Could be swelled by ‘a multiplicity of affidavits covering all ections of the state affected by the strike. Every scrap of evidence goes to show the troopers usurping all au- thority and acting as Judge Gary's private army. Theré@re no instances of the constabulary favoring the work- ers, inflicted upon them by the tools of the trustified industries whenever they attempted to’ resist’thé imposing of abject slave conditiéis. Many have fallen as victims of the lust for’ ever more profits caught in’ the “ruthless machine of exploitatiofi and’ killed or maimed for life. Stith inéidents are called mere indust#iil° accidents and forgotten, Still others‘have been com- pelled to go from" ’plade to” place searching in vain fé?°an opportunity to make their scant liveliidod; vic- timized thru the blacklist ‘system esta- blished jointly by the employérs and union officials fearfng exposure of their manipulations, for personal gains. _ To the workers there has.been no relief from these grievous conditions, many of their organizations have been smashed and little means have been found for expression of protests. The standard of living of the workers, no matter how low is constantly threat- ened by fresh wage. cuts, some of which are being put into effect right now. The stories of these conditions will become available told in simple terms by the members of. the, Pitts- burgh DAILY WORKER correspond- ence group, Some of the first subjects to be taken in the stories are: Victimiza- tion of miners in District 5, methods of wage cutting in the Westinghouse plants, the unemployed metal workers in Pittsburgh, the recent industrial victims in the Woodlawn Steel mill, the Cannonsburg Meadowland miners section, and how the workers live in Braddock.—Arne Swabeck. Economist Shows America Invents Japanese War Scare NEW YORK, March 22.—Professor Charles A. Beard, who made two ex- tensive surveys of Japan since the war, casts the cold light of the eeon- omist°on the Japanese war scare in the March 25 issue of the Nation. “The substance of the controversy with Japan,” he begins, “is not immi- gration; it is China—trade and pro- fits.” Japan does not want war, he shows. War would lose her the silk trade with America, and war she cannot wage competantly with America so long as she depends on other nations for iron and steel and war machinery. But American imperialists see a success- ful war bringing them Formosa and neighboring islands and the South Manchurian railway, also “moral res- ponsibility” over Korea, Manchuria and Mongolia, In addition the crea- tion of a few thousand more million- aires. The immigration issue is a mere pretext for scaring up hysteria: there was no appreciable immigration anyhow. eferereresesverererefeserel al op ‘ene Comrad Martial Law Disguised ‘That is the way the undeclared mar- tial law of the cossacks expresses it- self in the concrete issues of the class struggle, All government under cap- italism is anti-labor government, but the worst excesses ofall ta'e place when a system of martial la esta- blished, Pennsylvania presents an example of permangnt martial law. Constabulary rule;;jm Miinois. would produce the wane rv pmsiee fh i Woreintns. uaa eae will take For branch .... ‘Stoeet ns Periences:in the class struggle as the basis for their first story. Thruout the Pittsburgh steel and mining district the soil has become stained with the blood of workers falling as victims of the brutal assaults Peeeeeeeesessswssweuvse#eees NEW YORK CITY HOSPITALS ARE DISEASE TRAPS Workers Expaead to Dis- ease in Clinics NEW YORK, March 22.—Bad condi- tions in the city’s public hospital clin- ics used by wage earners and their children who cannot afford expens- ive private treatment are exposed to public view in a report by Miss Fran- ces L. Howland of the New York City visiting committee of the State Char- ities’ Aid association. The hospitals are actually disease traps, the report shows. At the chil- dren’s clinic at Belleveue, largest public hospital, the tiny waiting room, only 10 by 14 feet, is so overcrowded with patients that infectious diseases spread from one to another. In the isolation room, intended for one pat- ient at a time, four and five are group- ed together with serious consequen- ces, At the Willard Parker Hospital, children with one communicable di- sease, are frequently found to have caught others. _ In the women’s wards of the big Kings County Hospital, public health institution. for Brooklyn, beds are so crowded together that nurses have difficulty in giving surgical dressings. There is.no room for segregation and clean and septic cases used the same room. At Riverside Hospital food has to be carried such long distances that it is cold before it reaches the pat- ients. Fire hazard conditions abound, es- pecially in the’ psychopathic wards at Belleveue, wher’ in case of fire ment- ally deranged patients from several wards would have to use the same narrow stairway with obvious panic resulting. KUZBAS_ WANTS— Ida Aho, the librarian at the Kuz bas Colony at Kemerovo, Siberia, writes the DAILY WORKER saying that she will be glad to receive maga zines dealing with physical culture and athletics for, the use of the colonists. Comrades who are desir- ous of aiding in this matter can mail them direct (1 cent for each 2 ounces) to the libraryy ALJ, C. Kuzbas, Kem- erovo, Tomsk gub., Siberia, U. S. R., or they may be. mailed to Kuzbas, Room 402, 799, Broadway, New York, General periodicals are also gladly received, as also are books, by the 400 members Who are working at Kemerovo who came originally from America. Send this blank to: THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd, Send them to: Fourth Monday, March 28, 1925. 598 = 10615 (Note—Unless * Teamsters, 3 . Name of Local and Place of Meeting Bartenders, 123 No. Clark St., 8.30 Pp. m. Boiler Makers’ District 62d and Halsted Sts. Boiler Makers, 62d and Halsted and Shoe, 1939 Milwaukee Ave. Bridge and Structural tron Work. ers, 910 W. Monroe St. Council, Sts. Boot Butchers, Hebrew, 3420 W. Roose- velt Rd. Butchers, Bohemian, 1870 Biue isiand Ave. Carpenters, 180 W. Yoniee St. Carpenters, 2705 ye 38th Carpenters, 4039 W. Madisce St. Carpenters, 2040 W. North Ave. Capepntart: S. C., 9139 Commercial e. Carpenters, S. C., 50 5S. State St. Carpenters, S. C., 145% Clybourn Ave. Carpenters, 222 N. West St.. Wau- 1850 , Sherman, kegan. " Evan- W. North Ave, Carpenters, ston. Carpenters, 20 Cap Makers, 4008 W. Rovsevelt Re. Cigar Makers, Executive Boars, 166 W. Washington St., 7: 119 S. Throop Sen Electricians, Engine: (Loe.), 7832 Ave Engine: Enginee Engineers, 180 W, Washin erated Crafts, 83. 111% Piremen and Engineers, 2431 Roose- velt Road, 9:30 a. Last meet- ing 7:30 p. m. Firemen ‘and Enginemen, 4123 W. k Union Firemen and Enginemen, 8488 $. Halsted St. Firemen and Enginemen, M: and Sacramento. Firemen and Enginemen, 64th and Ashland Ave. Gardeners and Florists, North and Western Aves, — Operators, 1710 N. Winches- Garment, $28 W. Va rs, 725 S. Western Avi os ~napeoesanobe Tug, 365 N, t. Machinists, 75th and Dobson, Bivd. Machinists, 1638 N. Halsted Maint. of Way, 1843 Meat Cutters, 1870 Blue island Ave, Nurses (County), Sacramento an Madison St. Painters, 176 W. Washington Painters, 3316 W. North Ave. Painters, Madison and Sth A’ Painters, 111th ane sieht Painters, 2432 §. Park Attendants, fis om a sison Sts. prompore, 535 Printing Railway Cien Railway Emplo; pened Lines), SGaljoeg’, UF Uvtes of Great Lakes, 905 s rialmen, 301 &, 75th St. et. gli Workers, 1088 ON. stect pier het er Eni - rison Hotel. wabebasizc 9) Taller 190. w. Washington, 7:36 Mm. as ers, 11526 Michigan Ave. ®, 2500 S. Halsted St. 220 S. Ashland Blvd., p.m. Teamsters, 220 S. Ashland Bivd. Typographical {German}, 1487 Cly- bourn Ave., 5 p. otelewine stated all meetings are at 8 p. m.) SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES Frauen-Kranken-Unterstuetzungs Verein Fortschirtt Meets every ist _& 3rd Thursday, Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North Avenue. Secretary. Explore for Manganese in U. S$. $. R. MOSCOW—(By Mail)—The North Caucasian state trade department is making preparations for the exploita- S. | tion of the manganese elds in the Maykop and Labinsk districts. Prof. Selsky, an expert who had exploder those fields before the war, has beer detailed to the place. The trade department proposes tc start the actual exploitation of the Maykop manganese ores this spring. eeereeeeeeereren e~ DO IT THIS WAY Decide how many copies of the DAILY WORK- ER you can use. Fill out the coupon below and send it in. When you get the copies, stamp them “sample copy” and place on them also the stamp pf your branch and its meeting place. Use these for. door-to-door distribution every day for one week—then on the following Sunday morning go to the same homes to get your subscriptions. This is practical, constructive work to build the Communist movement in this country which you are sure to do when you “Build the DAILY WORKER. ve This ‘Way It’s Much Easier! Chicago, Illinois send WITHOUT CHARGE somone COples of the DAILY WORKER for one week for distribution to get aubs,in the Second Annual Sub Campaign. fel elelelel fefereres oon efeferere Sfalaiarerares