The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 26, 1925, Page 3

TH E DAILW ORKER FEAR MEMBERS MAY REJECT - BARBER) AWARD Officials Suppress All Opposition At the last meeting of Local 548 of the Barbers’ Union in Chicago, the members were dumbfounded at the high-handed methods of their officials. The officials showed they would stop vat nothing to put thru their policies. Robert’s Rules of Order, the interna- tional constitution and fair play were shamelessly disregarded and the union czars enforced their rule with an iron hand. The vice-chairman of the meeting, after raising a point of order against an amendment, upon meeting an ap- peal’ from the decision of the chair, absolutely refused to put the qués- tion of sustaining the chair to a vote of the members. And he was the one who had made the point of order! He would allow no one else the floor. And why was he so frightened at the amendment? Fear Membership May Rule. The amendment simply proposed that the agreement on wages and hours be left up to the rank and file, which was to be called in to a meet- ing for the ratification or rejection of the award handed down by the arbitrator. The officials evidently thought that was a terrible thing, so they suppressed ruthlessly the strong support given the amendment by the rank and file members present. Thruout the dispute for better con- ditions the left wing members of the Progressive Barbers’ Group in the union’ have repeatedly pointed out that arbitration always works for the bosses and against the workers. The bosses now say they are satisfied with the award. The militant rank and filers demand that the membership shall have the final say-so as to accepting or rejecting conditions under which they, and not the officials, shall work. The members shall continue to de- » mand this right until they get it. * Invited to Meetings. The aim of the Progressive Barbers’ Group is to educate the ‘workers in the craft and show them how to win their struggles. The group is giving a@ series of lectures at a time and Place to be announced later in the DAILY WORKER. Every interested barber should write to I. Hitingon, 1823 N, Artesian avenue, for informa- tion as to coming meetings and lec- Russian Movies Shown in Pittsburgh Tonight At the North Side Carnegie Music Hall at Pittsburgh will be the scene of another working class movie triumph when the famous Moscow Art “Theater film, “Polikushka,” is shown there Saturday, April 26. With it goes a Russian slapstick comedy, “The Miracle of Soldier Ivan,” in which a Russian Charley Chaplin makes use of religious superstition to get out of the army and back into his sweet- heart's ample arms. “Lenin Memorial,” showing high ‘lights in the life and death of our great working class leader, will fill out the program, since the censors unexpectedly passed it, Othe showings of the same program inelu MacDonald, Pa.—Orpheum Theater, April 28. “’ Bentleyville, Pa.—May 1. Daisytown, Pa—May 2. New Kensington—May 6, Columbus Theater. '. Arrangements are being made in _ Oleighton, Pa, for the showing of “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” in the near future, .. T.U. E. L. General Meet Wed.; April 29, 8 P.M. The regular meting of the Chicago _ Trade Union Educational League gen- ~ @ral group will be held Wednesday, April 29, at 8 p, m., at North West - Hall, corner North and Western Aves, An interesting series of reports on the progress of the militants in the Chicago trade union movement will be given. All militant and: progres- sive trade unionists are invited to at- tend this important meeting. Eat and Dance in Cleveland. CLEVELAND, April 24, A dance and @ supper will be givén by the Young Workers League, May 2, at 6 o'clock at 5607 St, Claire’ Ave. The admission will be ten cents. GRIGER & NOVAK GENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS Union Merchandise 1934 W. Chicago Avenue (Cor. Winchester) Phone Humboldt) 2707 J. KAPLAN MERCHANT TAILOR Suits, Made to Order at Re Prices 3546 ARMITAGE AVENUE Albany 9400 (Continued from page 1), and started to argue about a motion Passed in the local union, trying to make out that the local was ‘defying the organization.” The committee protested that ‘they were not there to discuss the action of the local but to carry out its orders in the particu- lar case of investigation of Walker. “Now, you shut up,” said Nesbit. “You can't talk to me in my office the way you do in your local union. It is up to me to give these facts out if I want to. I can if I want'to, and if I don’t want to, I don’t have to.” Nesbit Threatens to “Get” Committee Nesbit then told Mike Volkitis, one of the committee, “You fellows be careful or we will get you.” Another committeeman, Joseph An- gelo, then told Nesbit: “When we go to make our report to the membership and I tell them that you refused to give us the facts in this case after coming here to see you, that will not look very good, will it?” Threatens to Revoke Charter, Nesbit grew angrier than ever and said: “Go back and tell your member- ship that if they do not pay their tax before the 25th of the month they will be put on the delinquent list and the charter revoked.” Angelo replied: “Isn’t it a fact that our local union is in good standing?” And to Nesbit’s reply that it was, An- gelo added: “Why don’t you let us see the records so we can get at the facts?” A Stall. Nesbit refused, altho the commit- tee presented their credentials, and stalled them off by saying that if they would get the local to write him a letter he would answer it. The information the committee sought was additional to that’ upon which they based their decision Farrington Tool Not Union Member on Walker, that decision being founded upon independent evidence clearly shown in the records of the Snancial secretary of the local union. From the local secretary it was found that Walker did not pay dues for either October, November or De- cember, and thus became delinquent on December 31. According to the international constitution he is re- quired to carry out its provisions given in Article 14, Section 2, as follows: What Jackey Must Do, “Any member becoming three months in arrears for dues and as- sessments, unless exonerated from the payment of same, shall forfeit his membership and can be reinstated only by paying an initiation fee and such other penalties as may be im- posed by the district in which appli- cation for membership is made.” Walker, it appears from local union records, tried to sneak back when a Farrington job appointment was being conspired, by paying his back dues during January and attempting by this illegal method to re-establish his mem- bership. Cites Farington’s Words as Precedent. The local committee, in taking the stand that no back door reinstate- ment could be had by Walker, cites Farrington’s own words in relation to Duncan McDonald, when Farrington sald “True, after McDonald’s delin- quency was exposed, or when he was caught with the goods on him, he paid up the long overdue assessment, but he. was too late then.” Miners, in mock extenuation of “Jackey’s” failure to pay dues, re- mark: “Well, how can you expect Jackey to"pay dues from the coal he never dug? And then the wife had to invest in a new washtub last win- ter, and this drained the family ex- chequer.” AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) appeared in a recent issue of the Chi- cago Fur Worker, which is published by Chicago Fur Workers’ Union Local No. 46. iit oe a-"— ages Chicago Fur Worker says that the workers: “should becomié thoroly acquainted with their own class problems as,;such and the new ways that have been opened in the world for the true welfare of man- kind.” The writer goes on to say that the study of Marx is essential, as this study would supply them with the key for a proper understanding of the re- lations. between capital and labor. © e'g.8 writer takes 2 slam at the American lebor leaders who have no sympathy with working class edu- cation that stresses the class strug: gle. “Working class education shall begin first, last and always with Marx, if it shall ever get somewhere.” Quite’ true, but it should not finish with Marx. The study of Marx should be followed by the study of Lenin and Leninism, the Marxism of the final stage of capitalism. The Chicago Fur. Worker deserves an approving slap on. the back for its words on workers’ education, It may consider it slap- ped. sen @ ‘ORE news from Bulgaria and more correctly about Bulgaria. Thé DAILY WORKER correspondent in London thinks it quite possible that Zankoy may draw a sharp blade across the royal thyroids of King Boris, or hit him in the region of his pituitiary gland with a sledge. We are not losing any sleep over the king’s fate, but every worker should be concerned over the fate of the Bul- garian workers and peasants. The capitalists are standing solidly be- hind the murder regime and have allowed Zankov to raise 7,000 more troops. Thousands of workers and Peasants are being butchered, yet there is not a squeak of protest from the capitalist pre fe @ B Near WEDGWOOD, labor member of the British parliament declared that Communists are outside the law in Bulgaria. The secret service had a list of Communists and the military authorities took over this list and ar- rested all who could be found. Over six thousand were taken into custody in Sofia alone inside of a few days and of this number \250 have been executed, said Wedgwood. The pris- oners were taken out in lorry loads and murdered outside the city. Before they were executed the prisoners were tortured, bastonati (beating of the feet with sticks) being resorted to. This is what Wewdwood reports. He was in Sofla when the explosion took Place, He is a moderate laborite and cannot be accused of being predis- posed in favor of the Communists. er © Mt od eyes of the workers and peas- ants of the whole world are to- day turned on Bulgaria, The reaction- ary labor leaders who dominate the unions in Central Burope could halt the hands of the Zankoy murderers within twenty-four hours if they only had the will. As it is, they are in hearty sympathy with the policy of execution and assassination which has made the present Bulgarian regime a thing of horror. Only the section of the labor movement under the in- fluence and leadership of Com- ta et tM poy ; {DU PONT MONEY BEHIND DOPE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Delaware Teachers Fired Unless They Read Bible (Special to The Daily Worker) ) WILMINGTON, Del., April 24—At @ methodist episcopal church confer- ‘ence attended by 240 ministers of the ,state, Pierre 8. DuPont, of the pow- der trust, was the principal speaker. The ministers praised DuPont and obsequiously alluded to his millions of dollars. DuPont showed that he and the DuPont Powder company’s money are behind the new law which recent- ly passed the state legislature mak- ‘ing virtual slaves out of the teachers and forcing the school children of Delaware to undergo religious instruc- tion. Law Compels Doping. The law compels the reading of at Teast five verses of the bible each day in the public schools. For the first failure to comply with this law the teacher is fined $25. For the second “offense” the teacher’s certificate is revoked, and she is dismissed. Many of the teachers have objected to this forcible doping of the students. “The legislature has passed a law compelling teachers to read the bible in the schools,” DuPont told the teachers. “It would be better that she would become so imbued that she would want to read it.” The conference of the ministers and the speech of DuPont is but one of @ series of maneuvers of the DuPonts to crush all attempts of the workers to act for tl ives. Provide New Armory. ‘The senate a few days ago passed a bill which had already been passed by the house, appropriating $260,000 from the state treasury for the build- ing of an armory in Wilmington. The state college at Newark, near here, has been turned into a virtual war training camp, the students being forced to engage in sham battles and extensive war drills and maneuvers for the benefit of officers visiting from the war department at Washington. Express Slips Into Local Passengers on two loop bound elevated trains received severe jolt- ings today when a Jackson Park ex- press crashed into the rear of a local train at the Fullerton Ave station. ‘The motorman of the express said the tracks had been made slippery by rain and he was unable to stop his train, The accident tied up express tracks for half an hour, High Court Turns Down Murderer SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April 24.—Un- less Governor Small reprives further Russell Scott, under sentence to hang for the murder of Joseph Maurer, he must pay the supreme penalty follow- ing the expiration of his present re- prieve on July 17, The supreme court today denied his petition for a writ of error and supersedeas. Industrial Accidents Claim Many ALBANY, N. Y.—One hundred and forty-three workers died from indus- trial accidents in New York state in March, a report of the state depart- ment of labor shows. Twenty-nine of these are accounted for by construc- work, Six died from industrial | INDIANA SITY BACKS ACTION AGAINST KLUXER Accused. of Murderous Attack on Girl INDIANAPOLIS, April 24.—The city of Indianapolis gave support today to the prosecution of David S. Stephen- son, former grand dragon of the In- diana ku klux klan, on charges of first degree murder in connection with the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, who swallowed poison after an alleged criminal attack. Members of the:city council, headed by Council President Ben H. Thomp- son, announdéed ‘their intention of drafting a ordinance appropriating $500 from the municipal treasury to aid fn the prosecution of Stephenson and his coefendants, Earl Gentry and Harl Klenck- To Pass Ordinance. Thompson Galléd on the city at- torney for an’opinion as to the legal- ity of such Orditiance, but expressed the belief that the ‘proposed ordinance would be valfd. “The statute permit- ting the council to appropriate money for rewards in capturing criminals can be extended to justify the Stephenson prosecution fund in his opinion, Thompson said. If the city attorney pronounces the Proposed ordinance legal, it will be drawn up by John L. Hogue, city comptroller, and submitted to the council at its meeting Monday night. Attorneys for both sides were silent on what effect the verdict of the coroner, that “Madge Oberholtzer died from mercury poisoning,” might have on the state’s case against Stephenson, also formerly recognized as one of Indiana’s dominant poli- ticians. Fight Over Bail. However, the murder indictments admit the direct cause of Miss Ober- holtzer’s death was bichloride of mercury, but they charge Stephenson and his cohorts with the responsibility for her suicidal. attempt, which re- sulted in the girl’s death a month ago. 2 A spirited court proceeding was an- ticipated in the-hearing Monday on the former klan organizer’s petition to be admitted ‘to bail. The defense will be forced to bring out much of its evidence): im averring that the charges are @ufficient to justify re- fusal of bail. + Stephenson, Klenck and Gentry have been im Jail since their arrest Monday. Dawes Plan ‘ad Union Bureaucrats Kill 8- Hour Law in Europe WASHINGTON, April 24.—(FP)— In the first issue of the International Metal Workers’ Federation Bulletin to be published since the war—a copy reaching the metal trades department of the American Federation of Labor from I. M. F. headquarters in Berne —the denial of’the eight-hour day by German, Polish and other national groups of metal manufacturers in Eu- rope is described. Actual working time in the German metal industry has been increased to from 51 to 67 hours per week. Nom- inal working time is 51 hours. In January, 1925, full time employment was reported for 94.38 per cent of the 2,074,000 workers if the industry. Reports to the federation from Po- land showed that Polish employers use the excuse that German compett- tion forces them to disregard the eight-hour rule, Trade union leaders, fearing the ef- fect of a struggle at this time, have agreed, for the second time, to a “voluntary” suspension of the eight- hour limit for six months. This sur- render was hastened by the closing of Many plants and the reduction of hours in most of the remainder, Worker Killed by Open Shop Firm’s Criminal Neglect (Special to The Dally Worker) MISHAWAKA, Ind., April 24.—E4- ward Joyal, a pipe layer on a sewer laying job, was crushed to death here when nine feet of clay gave way and buried him. The case was the result of such carelessness on the part of the contractor, Who would not afford the safeguarding of a few boards to hold the ditch ‘sides, that even the coroner is denotneing the contractor for “inexcusable negligence.” Joyal leaves nine children and a widow. Whitcomb & Keller, the contractors, are an open shop firm, and the work- ers have no hope that they will pay either civilly or criminally for their negligence, Metal Trades Group Meets Saturday Eve. The regular monthly meeting of the Metal Trades Group of the T. U. B. L. will be held Saturday, April 25th, at 722 Blue Island avenue. Meeting is called for 7:30 p, m, The result of the elections in the machinists’ } will be reported and also other reporta will be made, This meeting prom! to be very interest- ing and all left wing metal trades workers sioald be present, LITERATURE TO CALL WORKERS OF CHICAGO TO BIG MAY DAY MEETING Temple Hall, W. Van Buren St. and Marshfield Ave., has been chosen for the monster May Day gathering of workers to be held in Chicago Friday evening, May 1, at 8 p.m. This meeting which will include an entertain- ment and concert, will be held under the auspices of the Chicago May Day committee and will be participated in by many labor organizations in Chi- cago. The committee reports the distribution of from 35,00 to 40,000 May Day leaflets. Every comrade in every branch in the city of Chicago has been IMPORTANT MEETING OF BOSTON MAY DAY COMMITTEE, APRIL 27 BOSTON, Mass., April 24.—On Monday April 27th at 8 p. m. sharp there will be a meeting of the May Day conference committee at Dud- ley street Opera House, Room 5, 113 Dudley St., Roxbury, Mass. This is a very important meeting all final ingements for the May Day celebration will be made at this meeting. Branch secretaries and executive committees must see to It that their delega attend this meeting. WHOOPEE! THE FIRST PICNIC IS IN SIGHT Tes Be L. Joyfest at Altenheim, May 30 The regular annual picnic of the Trade Union Educational League of Chicago is to be held on Decoration Day, May 30th, at Altenheim grove, and all T. U. B. L. groups and Work- ers Party organizations are requested to observe the date and to act at once in throwing all possible assistance to this picnic in order that it be a big success. This is the first big picnic of the 1925 season, and everyone is expected to turn out with bells on to enjoy themselves with the militant union- ists and left wingers. All workers are invited, regardless ‘of race, color or previous condition of servitude. Altenheim grove is one of the nicest groves in the Chicago suburbs, reached without transfer on the For- est Park “L” or by Madison street car with one change to the suburbam line. Hot Dogs and Good Union Orchestra at Tomorrow’s Dance There’s a tough bunch of hard hit- ting Communists billed for the enter- tainment and springtime dance to be staged at Workers’ Lyceum tomorrow, Sunday evening. But they’re going to put over their wallops to music, and union music at that, says Master of Ceremonies Paul Simonson, There will be excellent waltzes, fox trots, one steps and all on an excellent floor. Refreshments provided include hot dog, cold pop and chicken on the hoof. Get there early and stay late. Take the California avenue surface car to Hirsch boulevard, or the north bound Oakley boulevard bus right to the door at 2733 Hirsch Blvd. Important Meeting of Jewish Y.W.L. Members This Afternoon at 4 Every Jewish speaking member of the Y. W. L. local Chicago (no matter whether he is a member of the auxil- fary branches or not) must without fail attend a very important meeting on Saturday, April 25, 4 p. m. at the Fretheit Hall, 3118 W. Roosevelt Rd., 4nd floor. If you understand Jewish, be there. Jewish local “Propcom” Y. W. L.—J. Weiss, Sec’y. Wicks Main Speaker at Educational Meet in Wilmington, Del. WILMINGTON, Del., April 24.—An educational meeting of the Workers (Communist) Party, local Wilming- ton, was held here, with H. M. Wicks as the principal speaker, Comrade Wicks traced the rise of the Commu- nist movement from the time when Karl Marx wrote the Communist man- ifesto, to the Russian revolution, and the establishment fo the Communist International, ‘He also showed how the socialists have betrayed the workers, Diplomats Extend Condolences MOSCOW, March 21.—(By Mail)— All the foreign diplomatic represent- atives at Moscow have officially ex- pres: condolences to the Soviet government at the death of Nariman- off, president of the central executive committee of ‘the Soviet Republic of Trans-Caucasia, Does your friend subscribe to the DAILY WORE? at hiss | mobilized in the house to house lit- erature distribution campaign prior to the meeting and posters advertising | the meeting are on display in all the working class districts. To assure every worker knowing about the meet- ing, Martin Abern, district organizer, informs us that noonday meetings will be held on May 1, in front of the larg- est plants and factories in Chicago at which leafiets will be distributed and the workers will be invited to parti- cipate in the revolutionary workers’ holiday. Big List of Speakers. The meeting promises to be the biggest and most inspiring May Day | gathering ever held in Chicago. Such nationally known and prominent speakers as Comrades C. BE. Ruthen- berg and James P. Cannon are on the list of speakers. There will also be a speaker for the Negro workers, Com- rade E. L. Doty, who’ will tell us about the Negro Labor Congress. Martin Abern, district organizer of Chicago will tell about the work in Chicago, and Max Shachtman, editor of the Young Worker will review the big achievements in the youth move- ment during the year. Our very ac- tive, very lively and very aggressive little comrades known as the Juniors inform us that “They are Ready” to show all the older comrades a good time in addition to reporting on their activities for the year. Singing Societies In Program. The Scandinavian Singing Society, the Freiheit Mandolin and Singing Society and the Young Workers League orchestra will liven up the entertainment and concert with revo- lutionary songs in which the audience will join. And of course there will be the Juniors. May Day Carnival Harlem Casino on May 2, of T. U. E. L. The Eastern District, and the Needle Trades Section, T. U. EB. L. have arranged a joint May Carnival and dance for Saturday evening, May 2nd, at Harlem Casino, 116th street and Lenox avenue. This will be a regular get together of all trade union militants. The ar- rangement committee is doing all in its power to make this final affair of the season a unique event for all rebels. An excellent orchestra has been hired to help liven matters up, and they will too. However, all militants should real- ized that this affair is arranged also for the purpose of raising some money to help conduct the T. U. B. L. There is still much to be done, and the question of money is a troublesome problem. You can, therefore, kill two birds with a half-bone (50c.) help the T.U.E. L. in its work and have a good time yourself, For tickets get in touch with the T. U. B. L. office, 108 E. 14th S., New York City. St. Louis to Have United Front May Day Celebration ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 21. — Our united front May Day celebration which will be held on Saturday eve- ning, May 2, at 8 p. m. at Drude Hall, 9th and Market streets, promises to be the biggest event of the season, Com- rade Manuel Gomez of Chicago will be the principal speaker, Workers Party of Cicero, Ill., to Hear Reeve Speak Monday At the next open meeting of the Cicero English branch of the Workers (Communists) Party, to be held Mon- day, April 27, at 8 p. m. at Liberty Hall, 14th St. and 49th Ot., Cicero. Karl Reeve, member of the DAILY WORKER editorial staff, will speak, The subject will be “Communists in the Labor Movement,” It’s All SUNDAY, APRIL Two live branches have arranged many novel features THE SPRING DANCE at Folkets Hus (Workers’ Lyceum) 2733 Hirsch Boulevard, ONLY FIFTY CENTS TO GET IN— And for these festivities you'll be sure to thank the Mid- City Branch, W. P. and Area Branch No. 2 YW. COME ON OVER——IT’S ALL FIXED! CELEBRATE MAY FIRST HOLIDAY Communists Plan Many, Demonstrations NEW ‘YORK, N: Y:, April 34, — In addition to many outdoor ral- lies the Workers’ Party and the Young Workers League have arranged two latge indoor mass meetings to be held in the evening of May Day. The first at Céntral Opera House, 67th St. and Third Ave. and the other at Grand Millers Hall, at Grand and Ha- venmeyer streets, Brooklyn. Comrade William Z. Foster, chair man of the Workers Party, willspeak at both meetings. The other speakers will be M. J. Olgin, W. W. Weinstone, L. Lore, J. Stachel, with C. Krum- bein, chairman for the New York meeting, while in the Brooklyn meet- ing the speakers will be. in addition to Foster, S. Epstein, I. Amter, J. S. Poynts, L. Pruseika, Herbert Zam for the Y. W. L. with S. Nessin as chair- man. In a four-paged leaflet that will be distributed to about 200,000 workers of this city the Workers Party and the Young Workers League call upon the workers of this city as well as the workers of the entire country to lay down their tools on May 1 and join with the rest of the militant workers to celebrate the first of May thru mass demonstrations thruout the city. The strengthening of reaction, the wage cuts, open shop drives and the persecution of the workers of this country generally must be met with a united resistance on the part of the workers against the system of capi- talist oppression. The Workers Party and the Young Workers League calls upon the work- ers of this city to strike on May the First. To come to the tens of outdoor rallies that will be arranged for that day and demonstrate against wage cuts, against open shop drives, against imperialism and war, against the | Dawes plan, against all the repressive measures and persecution of the work- ers, whether they be native, Negro or foreign-born. For recognition of so- viet Russia, for the unity of the world trade union movement, for a labor party, for a workers’ and farmers’ government. It calls upon the most militant sections of the working class to support and join the Workers Party and the Young Workers League. Fellow workers, down with your tools.on the First of May, Out into the streets to demonstrate. Attend the meetings in the Central Opera House and Grand Millers Hall. Ail meetings held by the Workers Party and the Young Workers League are affiliated with the United Front May Day Conference representing tens of thousands of worker in this city. Dr. S. ZIMMERMAN 2252.N. 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