The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 2, 1925, Page 4

| | ANOTHER LAW ~ ABAINSTLABOR ~~ IN MICHIGAN “Not Necessary to Prove Over Act” (Special to The Dally Worker.) LANSING, Mich., March 31. — A stand was taken against the organ- ized Detroit bricklayers by Gov. Alex J. Groesbeck last Wednesday when Representative Arthur U. Odell, of Allegan, introduced a bill to. make it a criminal conspiracy against the state for two or more persons to make any sort of an agreement to hinder sale of state prison products. “Many Possibilities” In New Law The Detroit Bricklayers’ Union placed an embargo on Jackson prison brick last summer, and has since re- fused to raise it. The Odell bill would make each member of the union guilty of conspiracy and liable to a fine of $1,000 and from two to 10 years in Jail. The bill has many other possibili- ties affecting other organizations which might be in competition with products turned out by state manv- facturing plants, such as the prison cement plant at Chelsea, the binder twine plant at Jackson prison, the furniture industries at Ionia and the textile products at Marquette. A can- ning plant also is in operation at Jackson prison. Prison Boss Presses Bill Henry Croll, Jr., sales manager for the prison industries, had the bill in- troduced in the house. According to information given to members of the house, Croll has been unable to sell prison brick in Detroit because of ac- tion of the Detroit Bricklayers’ Union last July refusing to allow members of that organization to lay prison made brick. Conviction Easy—Not Necessary to Prove Anything The language of the proposed bill ls far reaching. The union boycott as a protest against prison made products of all kinds could be easily and severely dealt with. Conviction Is made easy because under the terms of the bill, it is not necessary to prove any overt act. Any discussion of boycott plans is made a conspiracy. Does your friend subscribe to the DAILY WORKER? Ask him! Night and Morning to keep them Clean, Clear and Healthy Write for Free “Eye Caré” or “Eye Beauty” Book, Marine Co., Dept. H. S.,9 E. OhioSt.,Chicago A COMFORTABLE MORNING FROCK FOR MATURE FIGURES WITH SLENDER HIPS ‘| i 5072. Striped or figured ‘percale gingham or linen could be used for this design. The vestee relieves the severity of the front, and helps to wive an effect of slenderness fo the ees. The pattern is cut in eight sizes: 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54 and 56 inches bust measure. A 44-inch size requires 4 yards of 36-inch material. The width of the dress at its lower edge is two yards. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send ize in silver or stamps for our up-to-date Spring and Summer 1925 Book of Fashions, showing culor plates taining 600 designs of lad o's patterns, @ o cise sive article on di making, also so points for the n Gilutrating 30 of the various simple sstitehes), all valuable hints to the home Greosmaker -- OUR DAILY PATTERNS we APRIL FIRST IN HISTORY 1791-—Mirabeau, leader of the French Revolution, died. 1871—Paris Commune decrees the equalization of salaries of com- munal officers to those of skilled wage workers. 1917—Anti-mliitarist meetings In Now York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, etc,, suppressed by authorities on the eve of our joining in the war “to make the world safe for democracy.” 1922—-600,000 American mine workers out on strike. Soft coal strikers won out August 15, hard coal strike won Sept. 2. Letters From Our Readers To the DAILY WORKER:— Dear Comrade: The following is a copy of a letter sent to both the New Re- public and The Nation: Sir:—Will you please let us know in your correspondent columns why you find fault with Russia in her treatment of political offenders, when she treats them the most humanely of all nations? Will you please let us know why you shed cant tears over the handful of restrained politi- cals of the Soviet Republic and ‘ig- nore the millions of prisoners ‘in “prosperous” America, in shops,~ in stores, and on farms; men, women and children, many of them. suffer- ing Mnore acutely and who are in fact, if not theoretically, prisoners of ‘cus- tom, tradition, greed and hypocrisy. Many of these are underfed and live in rooms not fit for human habita- tion. Many of them would be lucky if they could get six months rest in one of those political prisons of Rus- sia. Are you—like these unfortunates— unconscious of all this; and do you also, accept the lie, that these urt- happy conditions are necessary?—H. Lowenstein, Route 2, Box 720, Phoenix, Ariz. Republican Leader’ Stole $500,000 from U.S. Treasury] *” WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31.— William Boyce Thompson, who in 1920 was chajrman of the finance com- mittee of the republican national com- mittee, has been drawn into the tax scandal, it being shown that Thomp- son owes the government $600,000 which, thru the “leniency” of Secre- tary of the Treasury Andrew J. Mel- lon, he was not forced to pay. The Couzens senatorial investigat- ing committee also revealed that a total of $200,000,000 was stolen from the government by the United States Steel corporation, the Alumin- um company, of which Mellon himself is the head, and other large corpora- tions with which Mellon is friendly. Electric Trust Makes Millions NEW YORK, March 31—The Gen- eral Electric company last year made the largest profits in any year of its history, it was announced here. Net profit, after every charge had been paid, was $39,235,548. A large divid- end was paid stockholders. Subscribe for the DAILY WORKER! A COOL AND COMFORTABLE PLAY SUIT. 4736. Linen, chintz, printed voile, pongee or percale could be used for this model. The pattern is cut in three sizes: 2/ 4 and 6 years. An attractive develop’ ment would be henna and _ white checked gingham with white bands finished with lines of henna cross: stitching for trimming.. To make this model for a 6-year size requires 2% yards of 32-inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stataps. Address: The DAILY WORKER, W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, tl, NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERS~The patterns being sold thru the DAILY WORKER pattern department are fur- fished by a New York firm of pattern nufacturers, Orders are torwarded by the DAILY WORKER every day as ree ceived, and they are mailed by the man- ufacturer direct to the customer. The DAILY WORKER does not keep a stock of patterns on hand. Delivery of pat- terns ordinarily will take at least 10 daya from the date of mailing order. De not become impatient if your pattern is deinyed. mis PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for théir money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST ts 645 Smithfield Street, — On The Food Question. To the DAILY WORKER:—I was very glad to read the article by Le- land Olds on Breakfast Foods, Raisins, or Candy, in the issue of March 20. One would think such articles as that, would open the eyes of the work. er. Any worker who reads such ar- ticles should reslize he is helping to swell the profits of those concerns. But that is not all. He is also lower- ing his own vitality by eating those foods: In order to live and , have health, we do not need to eat that kind of food. Sugar has no food value as it is given to us by the sugar trust. Our bodies can get all the su- gar they need in raw, fresh fruit and vegetables. Any sort of grain once a day is enough for any worker together with plenty of raw fruit and green, leafy ‘Vegetables. When the workers learn to eat fruit and green leafy vegetables and only a little grain or whole wheat bread made from the whole wheat kernel, we will be on the road to progress. Right foods build the brain. Wrong foods tear it down; cloud it so one cannot think right.—C. B. Merrick. Your Union Meeting First Wednesday, April 1, 1925. Name of Local and place of Meeting. Amadgamated Food Workers, 214 po. State St., 3 P. M ma Te0¢ 5. & Ww. Clothing Workers, N. Robey St. s. W., Stone Derrick, 180 ington St. ederation, 62nd and id Clay, Village Hall, 38 179 131 2 10 a4 a ters, 5443 S. Ashland Ave. Blacker’s Hall, Lake eas, 1693 1784 Carpenter: genie a 1922 Carpenters 6414 289 4 798 85 iremen's Asana 189 N. State St., Firemen and Enginemen, 9118 Com- mercial Ave. Hod C: District Council, 814 . jarrison St. Janitors (Mun.), Kedzie and Bel- mont. 5 Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Va St. 366 4 4 478 2 W. Madison St. 830 Mac 1182 Milwaukee Ave. 515 Maintenance of Way, 5324 S. Hal- sted St. Cooks, 357 N. Clark St. 23 2800 'W. Madison St. 54 Sherman and Main Sts., lon, Hil. 624 180 W. Washington St. 893, ; Moose Hall, La Grange. 972 Odd Fellows Hall, ‘Blue 5 Plasterers, 910 W. Monroe St. 18653 Poultry and Game, 200 Water St. 346 Railway Clerks, 165 W. Washing. on St. 225 Railroad Trainmen, 812 W. 58th St. 900 Railroad Trainmen, 64th and Uni. Trainmen, 159 N. State 330 m. 14 W. Harrison St. Soda), 220 $. Ashiand Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and: you will make another mem- ber for your branch, | year. THE DAILY WORKER FARM METHODS IMPROVING IN SOVIET RUSSIA Exclusive News in Para- graph Form Below are printed some exclysive news notes from Soviet Russia, giving the latest information of the activities of the Soviet government in the fleld of agriculture and among the city workers. Russian Statistical Methods Better. At the All-Russian Statistical Con- ference Prof. N, D, Kondratoy, who re- turned just recently from the United States, Where he “studied the agricul- tural situation, reported on the Ameri. can system of gathering a®ricultural statistics. He stated that he found that the Russian,and American sys- tems of statistical research were sim- ilar in most aspects, but that the Rus- sion system was superior in one very important respect, ie. that it has de- veloped a plan for checks and balances in the verification of the material, which the American system lacks. All-Russian Census. The U. S. S. R. is preparing for an All-Russian census, which will be started on January, 1926. An agricul ture census will be organized for the summer, 1926. The results of both these censuses will be announced by March, 1929. Learn Chemistry. In many villages of the U. 8. 8S. R. circles are being organized for the pur- pose of learning chemistry with the aim of practically applying the knowl- edge attained-in agricultural activities, It is hoped that as a result of in- creased chemical knowledge on the part of the peasants that the crops will be increased and the pests more effectively eliminated. Sheep Ralsers. The department of agriculture has received a petition from the sheep raisers of Siberia for permission to emigrate and settle in North Caucasia, or on the banks of Volga, or in south- eastern Russia, in order to raise Mer- ino sheep. They ask:for 15,000 dessia- tins of land on which to raise from "17,000 to 8,000 sheep at the beginning ;|and promise to inerease that number within ten years to 100,000 head. Dairy Farm Union. The growth of the number of uhions in the principal dairy farming areas can be seen from the following table: Region 1908 1941,1913 1917 192¢ Siberia 65. 218 +. 563 1410 1200 Vologda — 260.41. 372 250 Moscow —. MGjuc 21... 30 58 Corn Area:increased. According to reports from the de- partment of agriculture the area to be sown for corn will,;be increased from 1,450,000 to 1,900,000 dessiatins this By 1927 it isrhoped to increase this area to 3,400,000. dessiatins. The seeds needed for this increase in area will be delivéred to the regions where they will be needed by the first of April. a} Arbor Day. The department sof agriculture is working out a program for an All-Rus sian Arbor Day which will be initiated on a fixed day each year. The pro- gram aims at the compleie co-opera- tion of the peasantry thruout Russia. Eliminate ‘Locusts. The Middle Asiatic-bureau of agricul- ture has devised a.plan for the elim- ination of locusts in its territory. In Turkmania the area infested by the locusts is estimated to be 60,000 des- siatins in Usbeck 20,000 dessiatins are affected. The work of extermination will be begun at once on 40,000 dessia- tins. New York Readers, Attention! ALL REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS will celebrate the THIRD JUBILEE of the FREIHEIT t { : SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1925 “at CARNEGIE HALL, 57th Street and 7th Avenue. Only First Class Artists Will Participate I. CARMELLA PONSELLE Mezzo Soprano of the Metropolitan Opera House. Il. MARMEINS Miriam - Irene - Phyllis. Ill. THE STRINGWOOD ENSEMBLE Joseph Stopak, First Violin. Samuel Ruskin, Second Violin. Michael Chores, Viola. Simeon Billison, Clarinet. Abram Dorodkin, Cello. Arthur Leosser, Piano. SPEAKERS: Moissaye J. Olgin ie ' hno| Epstein. Shac Auspices Executive Committee of the Jewis | ‘ederation Workers Party: ie ee ee | UILDERS AT K NOTE—We have received a few notices of the activities of our BUILDERS written by themselves. Today's Is the first, written by one ofvour agents, and we will gladly print any notice of activities or sug- gestions to better build “Our Dally.” Let ue know WHAT you are doing and HOW. aren a) s with “Our Daily” We Are Going to t At our local Canister works here in Easton, Pa., we have such speed-up methods \that ‘the dissatisfied workers will surely listen to the message,that “Our Daily” brings. The story" have sent in on loca eonditions | hope will ap- pear in this issue of whith wevare ordering 75 copies for distribution at the gates of the place | have described. We wil also sell our Italian paper “HLavoratore” if we can get it here in time. mee In this way we will begin our campaign to acquaint the workers here with “Our Daily” (which is also every work- ingman’s daily) in all the shops in Easton, Pa., Phillipsburg, N. J., and our end of the Lehigh Valley section. We are also ari g pipearauohs to get the DAILY WORKER to the local Labor Council and in this way are going to make an effort to reach both organized and un- organized workers in the vicinity. * ° @ ° This is real news to the DAILY WORKER and this Is the kind of work—the BEST kind—that will build “Our Daily” and with it the Com- munist movement in this country. To the masses with the DAILY worker! ee ee THESE BUILDERS have sent in NEW subs in the Second Annual DAILY WORKER Sub Campaign on Monday, March 30: PHILADELPHIA, PA.—Lena Rosenberg, 7; A. Warreno. CHICAGO, ILL.—Phil. Aronberg; A. Bozulich; Walter Schuth, 23 H. Berglund, 2. DETROIT, MICH.—N. Stoyanoff; J. Ralchik. CLEVELAND, 0.—Jewish Branch, 2; Jacob Heintz. REVERE, MASS.—Chas. Schwartz, 3. WORCESTER, MASS.—Etenpain Co-op. Society, 3. CHRISTOPHER, ILL.—Pete Allard, 2. MADISON, ILL.—J. Velicoff. KINCAID, ILL.—Geo. Brave. NEW YORK CITY—J. Hirschman. BUFFALO, N. Y.—Ch Kral. SUNRISE, WYO.—Mike Stamanolakis. . PITTSBURGH, PA.—Anonymous. BRULE, WIS.—Wilmar Adams, 2, NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.—Anton Eszterhag. PROVIDENCE, R. 1.—Ralph Kominsky. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—G. B. Anderson. BOSSES TOOLS PUT UP FRAUD AS NEW AC {COMPENSATION Labor and Scientists Prepare to Fight (Special to The Dally Worker.) NEW YORK, March 31.—Heaith Commissioner Frank J, Monaghan of New York City, it was announced to- day by the workers’ health burean, has filed with the legislature at Alba ny a protest against the employers’ bill which would rob workers of com- pensation benefits. and a brief in favor of the four amendments to the compensation law. According to the workers’ health bureau, the compensation law fight centers about the attempt of the em- ployers. to “put thru provisions which are. extremely dangerous to labor, which’ have no precedent in other parts of the New York law or in anyy other law in the country, and which would nullify the purpose of com- pensation.” The fight began in January when four amendments to the occupational _ disease section of the compensation Jaw were introduced with the backing of the State Federation of Labor, These amendments provided compensation for poisoning by benzol, gasoline naphtha, benzine; for skin irritations, and for silicosis. “Labor's silicosis bill,” a statement by the workers’ health bureau de- clares, “drew the fire of New York employers at once. Silicosis is a dead- ly lung disease caused by breathing silica or quartz dust. Particles of the dust get into the lungs and destroy them. This often leads to tuberculosis. Silicosis affects quarry workers, stone cutters, stone masons, rock drillers, miners, marble workers, tunnel work- ers, potters, sand blasters, grinders, polishers, buffers and workers in si- milar trades. “Disease and death from silicosis have been so widespread that labor organizations and physicians have urged: that silicosis be compensated as a distinct occupational hazard. A bill to that effect was introduced last year in New York but failed to pass. An- other bill was introduced this year, and was at once’ met with a counter- bill representing the interests of em- ployers.” The employers’ bill, known as the Miller-Truman bill, contains the fol- lowing dangerous provisions: 1. It grants compensation for sili- cosis only in a restricted number of _ | trades listed in the bill and leaves out Seen ee Among other subjects: the recognition of Soviet Russia; a view of the developments in Mexico; the Negro and the trade unions; the situation in the miners and the textile industry; a discussion of different views of Leninism— plus poetry, photogrophs, cartoons and an inter- national review section—combined in the April issue (and as interesting as eleven other issues in one year) make THE WORKERS MONTHLY well worth the subscription price of $1.25 for six months and $2.00 a year. _ all factory workers except potters, thus discriminating against thousands of workers entitled to compensation for silicosis. 2. It provides that a worker must be employed for five years continuous- ly in one of the listed trades before he can claim compensation for sili- cosis. A worker cannot claim com- pensation if injured before the five years are up. 3. In order to prevent workers from getting compensation employers may discharge or suspend workers whom they do not consider healthy. Workers once refused employment or discharged may never again claim compensation for silicosis. In spite of the unanimous opposi- tion of scientists and organized labor, the labor and industry committee re- commended favorable action on the Miller-Truman bill—and killed all la- bors’ occupational disease amend- ments. ‘About This Book “I enin-- In’ a_ splendid Alexander Bittelman, The Great Strategist of the Class War” by A. Lozovsky. introduction member We have received a new stogk of this splendid of the central executive com- mittee of the Workers Party, says: “What must you do? What can’ /YOU.Do? “Turn to Lenin, he'll tell y He has built a party and led a movement which already con- quered for the toiling masses one- sivth of the earth’s surface. He ought to know how you do those things, Ask him and he'll tell you.” ; pamphlet by the secretary of the Red nternational of Labor Unions. *