The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 8, 1925, Page 1

So Daily Worker Annual Sub- scription Drive Now on in Full Blast! GET IN ON IT! THE SUBSCRIPTION RATES: AS WE SE A “24M SUPREME y TJ. FLAN. b rpRarric in limburger Se . ‘Sq 8 ~ BRANDS “ON ILLEGAL This was te ue Smashing Blow Aimed at Carmen’s Union (Special to The Dally Worker) CLEVELAND, May 6.— The Ohio supreme court delivered one of the most telling blows ever directed at the trade unions when it handed down a decision declaring the closed shop illegal in the case of the Cleveland Railway company against its union- ized employes. The case has been in the courts for almost a year. About that time an ar- bitration committee handed down a wage award which the company re- fused to accept, on the ground that one of the arbitrators was favorable to the workers. The meh immediate- ly took a strike vote. Then the repub- lican party convention was held and fake labor leaders advised the un- ion to call off the strike for the time being. Vol. II. No. 99. be merely a commercial but traffic in arms is not. the gist of a speech delivered by a Belgian count, in opening the interna- tional conference for the control of traffic in arms, a few days'ago. The count’s listeners applauded the speech. Tho the United States is not affili- ated with the league of nations, there is an American delegate at the arms conference. The thing is a fake and will have no detrimental effect on the business of making, selling and ship- ping lethal weapons any more than the opium conference had on the business of making profit out of dope. eee T is funny to hear some of the dele- gates talk~about “the sacred right of revolution.” This may sound revo- lutionary, but the hidden joker in the ‘woodpile is that this gives the big powers a strong lever against any small country that will not take their orders. It,is a well known fact that ‘the United States uses this club in ‘South America. The group that lines up with Wall Street gets the guns and their opponents get the bullets. So ‘much for capitalist peace confer- ences. ow -¢ HE women of Great Britain are Kicking against the tax on silk hose, proposed-by Winston Churchill, the chancellor of the exchequer. Their spokesman is Ellen Wilkinson. “The ‘poor working girl’ she declared ‘“wears artificial silk stockings at 37 cents a pair, because they are cheaper than wool.” The “poor working girl” will wear artificial stockings, and ; woolen substitutes and pay dearly for them so long as the employing class jown the industries and run the gov- ernment. Only when “the poor work- ; (Continued on page 3) ‘This Item Found in Capitalist Sheet on Page 7 Hidden by Ad WASHINGTON, D. C., May 6—Im- proved condition of winter crops and increased acreage in spring sowage featured a crop survey made public to- day by the Huseen information sery- ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OPEN OR SCAB SHOP THE CLEVELAND RAILWA. cO. BULLETIN. SUBJECT— CHANGE IN RATE OF TRAINMEN’S WAGES To Motormen and Conductors, All Lines: On June 14, 1924, the company posted the following bulletin: “To Motormen and Conductors, All Lines: The agreement hereto- fore existing between Division 268 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Em- ployes of America and this com- pany has been terminated. The present wage scale and working conditions will remain in force un- til further notice. “A, L. BEHNER, “General Superintendent. “By order of R. W. Emerson, ge| } | manager.” The operation of this bulletin has up to this time been suspended by reason of an injunction issued in the case of William Polk vs, the Cleveland Raliway Co. This injunc- tion has now been dissolved and the bulletin now becomes operative ex- cept as herein modified. " Effective May 1, 1925, and until » further notice, the wage scale will be as follows: For the first three months of serv- ¢, 60 cents per hour. For the next nine months, 63 cents per hour. Thereafter, 65 cents per hour, Working conditions will be un- changed. No discrimination will be made between union and non-union men. By order of R. W. Emerson, gen- eral manager, A. L. BEHNER, General Superintendent. Offered Five Cents. The company offered the union an increase of five cents an hour and when the men turned this offer down, the company declared an open shop. The president of the union secured an injunction preventing the company from declaring an open shop and the company bulletin announcing the scab shop was held in abeyance until a few days ago when the supreme court decision was handed down. No sooner had the open shop -de- cision reached President John J. Stan- ley of the street car company than he had couriers on their way to all car barns posting up the open shop an- nouncements and a notice that each man would receive a five-cent an hour increase in wages. Stanley declared that he would no longer recognize the union ‘representatives but would deal with individual employes. Would Not Break Laws. Stanley will not consider any. si courts have said plainly that 1 forbidden to do so. I know you wi not ask me to do anything illegal... Strikebreakers are being assembled lat all the car barns and guards ar veing posted all around the company’s properties. Heavy wire armor for the cars, thousands of wooden clubs, barricades for the barns, and bunk houses for strikebreakers, have been in readiness for more than one year. The supreme court decision is con- sidered the most drastic ever handed down by a capitalist court in the Unit- ed States. It means that: No public utility enjoying a mon- opoly of its field can make a closed shop union contract with any kind of labor. Closed shop union contracts are contrary to public policy on the ground that they might bar from em- ployment individuals not wanting to join a union. The Fakers Crawled. Radicals point out that the crawfish- ing of the labor fakers to the capital- ists, did not mollify the latter's bitter hatred against organized labor. A Workers Party leader in Cleveland declared that “had the streetcar em- ployes of Cleveland struck when they threatened to do so last June, when the republican party convention was in session, they would have compelled the company to surrender.” He con- tinued: “The workers have again learned to their cost that the capital- ist courts are tools of the employing class. The workers’ only salvation lies in their trade union and political class organizations.” International officials of the street. carmen’s union are expected in Cleve- land. Give your shopmate this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be sure to see him the next day to yet his subscription. SACCO AND VANZETTI JAILED FOR FIVE YEARS BY WHITE TERROR AND STILL MAY DIE By ART SHIELDS NEW YORK—(FP)—May 6—The internationally famous Sacco and Vanzetti labor defense case begins its sixth year with the passing of the fifth of May, anniversary of the arrest of the two Italian workers on a street car in Brockton, Mass,, as they were preparing for a mass meeting of pro- test against the department of justice for the death of their friend Andreas Salsedo. Vanzetti Restored to Health. ‘The anniversary finds Vanzetti in firm mental health again. He has In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mai], $6.00 per year. gestions to make or ne See ae mess halls: Ly Wo AMERICAN IMPERIALISM FOR HIS DEFENSE OF HAWAIIAN WORKERS (Special to The Daily Worker) HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 6—Paul Crouch was sentemced to forty years in a United States federal prison at hard labor for declaring his solidarity with the workers and soldiers of Hawaii, The principal “evidence” used against Crouch atthe court martial of the Hawalian’ Communist soldier, was-a letter written by Crouch and signed by the executive committee of the Ha-#—— waiian Communist League to the Com-! munist International. Rouses Ire of Imperialists. It was this letter, which pointed out the oppression of the Japanese and Filipino workers by the American sugar trust which roused the ire of the American imperialists who control the United States army. The prosecutor at the court martial of Crouch, carried on by army officers (Continued on page 5.) THE BOSS RESURRECTS AN OLD Gets Favbred Position GENEVA, May, 6—The United States was today. unanimously elected a member of the international bureau of nine countries fo carry on the work of the present ference for the con- trol of internati arms traffic. International seeurity was the chief issue before the eanférence today. .The Swedish, Polish and}Greek delegates were the’ principal speakers. Entered as second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1925 Ge 290 MEXICO JOINS MORGAN'S INTERNATIONAL WAR ON LIFE OF SOVIET RUSSIA (Special to the Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, May 6.—The di- rect subservience of Mexico to Wall Street is seen in the fact that Presi- dent Calles today formally notified Soviet Russia thru the Soviet lega- tion here, that Mexico would not tolerate any interference in her in- ternal affairs nor permit Russia to “use the Soviet legation as a step- ping stone to Communize the Am- ericas.” This follows the acceptance by Calles of the Morgan-made la- mont-De la Huerta agreement, which is the signal of Mexican serv- itude to United States imperial- ism. FRIEND MCCARTHY WILL TELL STORY OF IRISH FAMINE Mass Meeting Will Be Held Tomorrow Evening John P. McCarthy, recently return- ed from Ireland, will be the principal speaker tomorrow evening at an Irish famine relief mass meeting in North Side Turner Hall, at 827 North Clark street. Comrade McCarthy spent several months on the west coast of Ireland where the failure of the crops and the constant downpour of rain hit the peasantry most severely. During the course of his visit to Ireland McCarthy interviewed leaders of all factions of the trade union and radical movements in Ireland. He tells a very interesting story of the present. situation in that country which has passed thru years of revo- lution and civil war, William F. Dunne, editor of the DAILY WORKER, T, J. O'Flaherty and Robert Totten will also speak. Pictures of Irish ‘scenes will be shown, The proceeds of the meeting will go towards the relief of the famine stricken workers and peasants of the west of Ireland. Trim Padding on Officials Expense WASHINGTON, ‘ay \ 6.—Govern- ment officials submitting expense ac- couts for official trans-oceanic travel will be limited to $5 for tips to cabin and dining room stewards, Comp- been declared sane by state alienists and returned to Charleston prison from troller General J. R. McCarl ruled to- y (Continued on pase a day. HOLD FULL N. E.G. SESSION OF Y, W. L. HERE ON SATURDAY A full session of the National Executive Committee-of the Young Workers League will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10, to hear the reports of the delegates to the sessions of the enlarged exe- cutive committee of the Communist International and the Young Com- munist Internationat and to lay out the plans of work forthe American league up until the coming national convention, The session of the!N. E. C., it has been announced, will |be open to all league and party members, and the place and time of the:two days’ ses- sions will be announoed jin an early issue of the DAILY WORKER. Out- of-town comrades are especially in- vited. The sessions will also be occupied with reports on the work of the league in the past few months, as well pecial reports on Negro work, press, and Leninist educa- tion. The first session will be held from 1p. m. to 6 p. m. on Saturday at the Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. (upstairs hall), The second day's session will be held Sunday beginning at’11 a. m. at the same place. Polson Jack Kills 3, WARREN, 0O., May 6.—-Three per- sons, vietims, authorities say, of raisin jack, dropped déad here today. Police are trying to locate the source of supply. Two of the victims were Negroe” CHICAGO CARMEN MAY STRIKE FOR THE 1922 SCALE Ask Nickel Raise on New Contract Chicago streetcar and elevated workers are likely to face a wage war with the traction magnates when their contract expires on May 31. Conferences will be asked by Presi- dent Wm Quinlan of Division 241 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America, with President Blair of the Chicago surface lines. The union has instructed its of- ficials to fight for the 1922 scale, call- ing for 80 cents an hour, limitation of night runs to not later than 6 a, m. and insurance to be paid for by the company. The elevated employes are also demanding the 1922 scale. The surface men are now getting only 75 cents an hour. The matter of whether there shall be a strike or not is wholly up to the company, and depends upon whether or not it refuses to consider the de- mands, Firemen Die in Atlanta Blaze ATLANTA, Ga., May 6.—Six firemen are dead and others are missing in a fire that destroyed the cotton ware- house of Schoen Brothers here today. While firemen are fighting the flames, a number of bales of cotton crashed thru the floor of the second story and the walls toppled in, burying a number of firemen in the blazing debris, 4 ae Published daily except Sunday PUBLISHING CO., | by THE Washington Blvd., COMMUNIST CAND 1113 W. (Special to The the Workers (Communist) Part Limited as were the issues them the major issue of the class cacy of a Communist society as educational needs of their c The program began with the cha that the present educational system is simply a part of the capitalist dicta- torship, as follows: “The existing school system is one of the institutions used to perpetuate the capitalist system. The working class has no voice or influence in| shaping the educational policies. Our} school system must be changed to} train and fit the child and youth to be} citizens in a society based upon pro- | duction for use and not for profit; in| , Which the means of production and distribution and natural resources are | in the hands of the workers and farm- ers.” A complete change was outlined in detail, embracing the policy of the} educational system toward the bod | struggle and definite issues including | management of schools by councils of teachers and students, unionization, | opposing military training and race} | segregation. If Elected Would Work for Communism Comrade Levin, however, any illusions that these demands} would be permitted realization unier | capitalism. He said: “The ‘candidate running on the above platform knows | that the ruling class will not permit | the realization of his demands under the present system of society, and therefore’ pledges himself when elect-' ed to work for the establishment of a Communist society.” dispelled _|BUILDING TRADE "WORKERS STRIKE FOR UNION SHOP 2,000 Walk Out on New Market Project Two thousand building trades work- ers employed on the immense new market project at 14th St., and So. Racine Ave., being constructed for the Central Cold Storage company by the McLennan Construction Co., went on strike yesterday morning against the open shop. Strikers, which include the brick- ee sheet metal workers, tile set- , the structural iron workers, the atentstigon, the plumbers and the or- namental iron workers, demanded that the several thousand carpenters, ce- ment mixers and laborers who are working on the market buildings un- der the non-union “Landis award” scale, be unionized, All laborers who belong to the union have come out on strike, and the non-union workers are expected to join the walkout this morning. Unorganized to Join Strike A conference was to be held last night between the McLennan company contractors, who are building the pro- ject to replate the old South Water St, market, dhd representatives of the Building Trades Council, 179 West Washington St., which called the strike," S.J) Conroy, secretary of the council, said: When the DAILY WORKER re- porter talked’ to groups of workers gathered around the cement mixing machines, the non-union workers ex- pressed the desire to be organized. “Everybody will be on strike Thurs- day morning,” was the statement of all workers questioned. The I, W. W. members working on the construction job have joined the walk out and are co-operating to make the strike effective. While the McLennan company was (Continued on page 2) DAILY WORKER attaining even the immediate #————_—— | sheets in these parts. | supporter of [NEW york | if EDITION Price 3 Cents Chicago, IL IDATE IN LOS ANGELES GETS 23,041 VOTES FOR REVOLUTIONARY PLATFORM Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 6.—Emanuel Levin, candidate of y for member of the Board of Education, has polled, even according to the capitalist vote count- ers, 23,041 votes in the city election held yesterday. involved in the control of city schools, Comrade Levin raised in connection with every one of struggle and declared his advo- the only method of the workers CROUCH CASE STIRS ANGER OF VETERANS Ex-Soldiers in F ight on “Labor” Editor By JOS. A. WINTERS (Special to The Daily Worker) GIRARD, Ohio, May 6.—The Labor Record, official organ of. the trade unions in Mahoning and Trumbull county, supported by most of the trade | unions in the valley, has come-out and | out; as one of the leading red-baiting Edited by an ex-socialist and recent LaFollette, this sheet turns loose its vomit upon the two sol- dier members of the Hawaiian Com- | munist League, privates Crouch and Trumbull, and applauds the efforts. of the enemieg of labor in sentencing these soldiers to long terms in a mil- itary prison for the exercising of their so-called political rights. Ex-Socialist a Public Stool Pigeon. In an editorial dated April 30th and headed “Bolshevist Propaganda In Aimed At Our Democracy” this sheet applauds the army authorities for. jailing».these..two soldiers and.” thereby saving “our democracy.” The editor calls upon the government to go further and jail “the directing heads of this vabt;organization aiming to un- dermine our.army and our navy.” Progressive members in the trade unions are preparing to demand that the career of this red-baiting editor be cut short. The combined efforts of the labor faking and capitalist sheets are being used to support the brutal sent- ences handed out to soldiers Crouth and Trumbull, and especially in the steel district where a ‘ong senti- nt amongst the ex-servicemen ex- ists in favor of Crouch and Trumbull. War Veteran Aid Soldier Victims. A clear and honest statement of the cases of Crouch and Trumbull will be sent to every labor organization in the valley and the red-baiting work of the Labor Record exposed ad doing the dirty work of the foes of labor. Jos. A. Winters, of Masury, O., a veteran of the Canadian forces during the world war, heads the committee of ex-service men leading the fight in behalf of Crouch and Trumbull and for the public education on the so- called democracy that sentences sol- diers to prison for 40 years for exer- cising their alleged political liberties. SMALL DEALS ANOTHER BLOW AT LABOR, HOUSE KILLS 8-HOUR BILL (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Til, May 6\—The bill to limit the labor of IMlinois women to eight hours a day failed by one vote to secure the necessary number of votes to press the bil. The vote was 76 in favor and ee against. M the bill, changed her vote in order to move for a new roll call. It Is admitted that the bill has Tittle chance of passing. Governor Len Small! is in céntrol of'the Illinois house, and the failure of the bill to pi en as further evidence that Small is aiding the manufacturers’ lobby against the labor bill STANDARD OIL FORCED TO STOP SALE OF “LOONEY GAS” DESPITE AID GIVEN TRUST BY THE GOVERNMENT NEW YORK, May 6.- The sale of ethyl “looney” gasoline, has been tem: R porarily suspended by the General Motors corporation and the Standard Oil , company, following universal condemnation of the “looney gas” as a menace to public health, The ethyl gasoline corporation, owned by the Morgan-Rockefeller and. nant Du Pont combination, declares that the lead poison gasoline has been removed (Continued on page 5.) ‘ me L. H. O'Neill, who presented “