The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 8, 1925, Page 5

| 7 sein FANCY HOTELS AND CHEAP EAT HOUSES ALIKE IN’ LONG HOURS, LOW WAGES AND ROTTEN FOODS By PASQUALE RUSSO, “Laws grind the poor and rich men rule the faw.’—Oliver Goldemith, In The Traveler. In this glorious country of ours, the newspapers are clamoring for an inérease in legislation and law to check the prevalence of theft, bootlegging and other crimes. The daily plaint of the papers is Iaws, laws.and more laws. Senator James Reed of Missouri tells us that there*are now more than forty-five thousand useless laws in the United States, all of which should be repealed. Further, said he, many lawyers, judges and other respectable citizens violate these laws daily owing to the fact that they are ignorant of their existence. Like Shaving a Jackass. The laws can be compared with the case of the Italian peasant who took & jackass to the barber to have him shaved. He had hoped that in this manner he would stop the growth of hair on the animal’s body. All went well for a few days and then the peas- ant discovered, owing to a ‘new crop of hair on the jackass, that he was wasting time and money. Laws and crime are in the same case. The more laws, the more“crime and vice versa. Crime is an evil of the pres- ent capitalist system and cannot be checked by any system of law mak- ing. Nevertheless the politicians keep at the old business of making new laws. Recently we read in the pa- pers that State Representative Theo- dore D. Smith has introduced in the Illinois legislature a bill providing that cooks should have as much knowledge of gastronomy as a plum- ber does about installing a bath tub. We are also told that the leading hotel owners favor the Dill. They like the feature requiring that chefs and cooks wash their hands frequently during working hours. From the same source we learn that Greek restaurant owners oppose the bill because it infringes that which they regard as their rights. An Interference With Exploitation. Nick Stamatapolous, 2009 West Roosevelt Road, in speaking of this bill, sald: “The foolishest law ever brought up in TIllinois. The law should say how we train our cooks, It is none of the business of the state of Ilinois how I run my kitchen. That's my business and if my cus- tomers like my food what. business has the politicians sticking their nos- es in my kitchen?” Other Greek restaurant owners use more violent language regarding the bill, The principle reason why the Greeks oppose the bill is because its enforcement would interfere with the employment of newly arrived immi- grants in their restaurants. All.these owners are quite conscious of. the fact that it is comparatively easy to exploit a new arrival. Another. rea- son is because they employ non-skill- ed cooks, They are great believers in the open shop. The hours are 12 each day, seven days a week and very inadequate wages. ; Low Wages and Poor Cooks. The Greek restaurant owners ‘find it difficult to secure efficient cooks at the wages they are willing to pay and for this reason are opposed to the proposed legislation. When the Chicago Tribune states that the leading hotel owners favor the bill on account of its sanitary Come Spring Given by the Y. W. L., Local The 5th Congress of the © Communist International In this abridged historical re- port Is the substance of the pro- coedings— Of the meetings of the leading world Communist body held dune 17 to July 8 at Moscow-— Giving as much as possible of the speeches delivered In their original form. Important material is here contained for those who would world Com- Dance THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE SEASON tion of the Spanish Branch of the W. P. Saturday, May 9, 8 P. M. WORKERS’ LYCEUM, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. Excellent Dance Music by |. Letchinger Orchestra. Fine Entertainment—Good Eats. TICKETS IN ADVANCE 35c. (Get your tickets.at the DAILY WORKER or local W. P. office) ES TAiinna © a arene et OOU Cee aa JOHN REED JUNIOR GROUP PLANS BIG NIGHT ON MAY 23 Tell it to the kids! No, It ain't about a circus, but the surprise af- fair that is being arranged by the John Reed Junior Group. They pro- mise an Interesting evening on Sat., May 23, at the Workers’ Home, 1902 W. Division St. They. won't tell what they are going to pull off, but they assure that it will be a real surprise, dance, and a good time In general. So don’t forget, tell It to the kids! —— feature, it is evident that the Tribune has been misinformed or Hes deli- berately. That hotel owners favor sanitation is both false ann ridicu- lous. The hotel owners do not care a continental about sanitation; their object is to cheat the public; nothing less. Their motto is profit and more profit and the public be damned. While the hotel owners are speak- ing of sanitation, let us ask Ernest J. Stevens, president of the Hotel LaSalle some questfons concerning the filthy conditions in that kitchen. Here are some of the facts: Cooks’ and Walters’ Dressing Room. able. Poor ventilation, the rooms are dirty and the smell tannot be en- dured. In the dressing room there are no chairs and cooks and wait- resses sit on boxes. There fs no place to rest and it is a daily occurrence to see the tired employes lay on the. floor like animals, breathing the si-, per abundant impure air, Towels. tel we are faced with the facts. There the employes are denied the use of clean towels, even to wipe their per- spiring faces. Is that sanitary? Food. ae that is served to the floor during the day with the result that they get covered with saw- dust, flies and other dirt, all of which goes merrily into the soup pot. Is this sanitary? Come backs from parties are used over and over again. Everything at the Hotel LaSalle is saved, bread, cheese, cold meats, salad, celery, let- tuce, scraps of meat, steaks. Surely the ownership must know that come- to the Youth Chicago, with the co-opera- AT THE DOOR 50c The conditions there are unspeak- Stevens may say all that he wishes | regarding sanitation, but in his ho-' Bread dressing the public is soaked in a filthy sink, where the pots and pans are washed. Is this sanitary? Soup meats lay on THE DAILY WORKER backs pai hru tjany unclean hands. Is this sanitary? ~/ Soup’ Pot. Bones, scraps of meat and vege- tables are dumped in the stock pot. It is boiled all day until midnight. The pot is not covered and cock- roaches and files easily find their way into it. The contents is usually a mess of filthy slime, never the less it 1s served to the public as delicious soup under a dozen misleading French and English names. It must not be forgotten that while low wages are paid to the cooks and other employes, high salartes are paid to chefs. The chefs do not receive these wages because they are more efficient than the cooks or because they are intelligent, but on account of the fact that chefs can be handled and are stoolpigeons. Chiefly they spend their time adorning the bill of fare with stupid French names. They have no meaning, but they do serve to fool the public into accepting rot- ten food. All Hotels Alike, Of course, it would be unjust to say that the Hotel La Salle was the only place where such conditions were maintained. All hotels have un- sanitary kitchens and the workers are exploited in the same manner. | It is our wish that Representative Smith investigate the filthy conditions not only at the Hotel LaSalle, but in the others as well. Having such an experience he would very likely then introduce a bill demanding clean and sanitary kitchens, providing for the health of the cooks. The law might provide penalties for operating a kitchen in the basement, and compel the hotel owners to provide the help with coats, aprons, towels and soap. Shower baths, clean dressing rooms and rest rooms provided with beds would not come amiss. The employes should be provided with a special din- ing room, and making it a .penal of- fense to feed them on sour stew or decayed food: Finally to reduce the working hours instead of ten and twelve as it now is. Hotel Owners Woufd Fight Law. But Smith understands quite well that it would be foolish to introduce such a bill. The hotel owners have an .abundance of money and they would use it to kill any such meas- ures. What then is the remedy? Appeal to the board of health? No, many jsuch appeals have been transmitted tothe board of health, pleading with fee to enforce the law regarding the sanitation of kitchens, but we have no ‘result from our efforts. In such cas- és the board of health is useless. Russell J. Poole, former city high cost of the county building in referenece to ‘the Smith bill, charged that the health department food inspectors are ‘thefficient. He also statéd that they “walk into an eating place, walk out and the inspection is over.” This is the substantial truth. Dur- ing 1923-24, not a single food inspec- tor. ever visited the kitchen of the Hotel LaSalle. It may be that the inspectors did visit the front office, and arrange the matter for a clean re- port. Thus we see that the law is a weapon in the hands of the industria! master. The rich men controk the law and for that reason it {s non- sense to ask the board of health to take action ‘against the restaurant and hotel owners. So we can ask again what is the remedy? Workers Must Organize. Fellow workers, take a lesson from the mule. If the farmer puts a heavy load on him, he refuses to move. If the farmer whips him he shows his revolutionary heels, and in the end the farmer is compelled to remove some of the load. Workingmen, like the mule, have been exploited by the industrial lords. For centuries they have carried a heavy load on their shoulders, and submit to the exploita- tion of the capitalist, but to change all this is not too late. You still have the power to rebel; you have the power to kick like the mule. But to do this most effectively you must or- ganize, When the workers of the world or- ganize en masse, they will then be able to kick to pieces this damnable system of capitalism, and make this a decent place for the working class. Give your shopmate this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be sure to see him the next day to get his subscription. Leninism vs. Trotskyism by G. Zinovieo, I. Stalin and L. Kamenev Three world known figures of the Communist movement con- tribute In this single volume on an important discussion, making it a book of permanent value, A rare and exhaustive treat. ment of a subject that will lead to a thoro Communist under. standing. A ble book for, the work- er’s library—and a guide to Com- munist action, agitos 76 Pages—20. cents. commissioner, speaking in room 317, jParties of the Com: CROUCH FOUGHT OF THE WORKERS (Continued from page 1.) at Schofield barracks, objected par- ticularly to a paragraph which said, “The condition of the workers in Ha- wali is much worse than in America and the European countries, and prac- tically all land is in large plantations which employ Japanese and Filipino labor, Strikes are very frequent and there is a good field for propaganda,” The army officers are guarding well the profits of their imperialistic mas- ters, which are gouged out of the op- pressed dark races in Hawaii. Letter to Communist International. The letter written to the Commun- ist International, ag given out by the army authorities, is,given below. The DAILY WORKER has not, of. course, been able to ascertain from Crouch whether his letter was quoted cor- reetly by his prosecutors. The letter, accofding to the army officers, states! Executive Committee, ofmmunie International, Mbscow, ts Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Comrades: Greetings to the Com- munist International from the class conscious workers _and slodiers of Hawaii, a Knowing that uni y is essential for the success of world revolution, the class conscious workers and soldiers of the Hawaiian islands have organ- ized themselves into the Hawalian Communist League. The Hawaiian Communist League wishes to take its place in the world movement for revolutionary Com- munism and to enable us to co-oper- ate with our comrades in other lands in the fight against capitalism, we de- sire to affiliate with the Third Inter. national, The Hawaiian Communist League accepts the principles and regulations of the Communist International with out reservation and will co-operate to the full extent ofits ability in the movement to free the workers of the jvorld from the chains of capitalism. ’ The members of the Hawatian Com- munist League ‘have ‘been very ac- tive in a publicityi:mévement for the purpose of presentiig the facts about Russia to the Hawatian proletariat for bringing all class conscious work- ers into a commomsmovement. Of course this is meeting with opposition from the capitalistic ‘forces and the immediate future promises some very important developments, The condition of the workers in Hawaii is mu jse than in erica and = thi jan count and practically all is plantations which joy and Filipino labor. ket frequent and there is’a g propaganda, ” The Hawaiian proletariat desires to take its place with) the revolutionary unist Interna- panese | ‘e very field for tional, Tay All mail for the aiian Commun- ist League should te sent to the sec- retary, Roderick P; Nadeau, 21st In- fantry Band, Schofield Barracks, Ha- wail. Hawaiian Commtinist League. The executive edmmittee, Walter M. Trumbull, Roderick P. Nadeau and Paul Crouch. 12 Spy an Ignoramus. Another “charge” against Crouch was that he “Did on or about Feb. 18, 1926, advise counsel or persuade Corp- oral Eugene Fisher (the government stool pigeon), Co, G., 27th Infantry, to become a member of the secret organ- ization, the Hawaifan Communist League, to the prejudice of good or- der and military discipline.” Crouch, in presenting his defense, proved that the Hawaiian Communist League was not a secrét organization, holding its meetings ‘fn the squad room, and sending out’ letters with the league’s letterhedd “attached. He told how Fisher had a¥Ked for’ admit- tance, but he was diich’a blundering ignoramus, the leagié members knew him for a spy and refused to admit him. a Forty Years for “ [pireepecttul Canguaht The other charge #@ainst Crouch was that, “Private Crouch did orally and in the presence efother soldiers in the United States use-the following disrespectful languag®o‘The majority of the common peopleiwill be hard to swing into the Red column. I am in favor of the overthroweof the United States government--bypeaceful means if {t can be done, if not by any other method that may prement itself, in- cluding revolution.” Crouch Tells of Gammuniam. Crouch declared that he had been misquoted, and went on to explain his Communistic views. He showed what part the capitall state plays in the class struggle, and how it is necessary for-the working class to gain control of the state in order to exterminate the profit system, When asked whether he “believed mm political action,” Grouch replied that political action plays its part in the struggle of the working class to gain power. % te Crouch's court martial was com- posed of one lieutenant. colonel, one major, five captains, flyp first Meuten- ants, and one second tenant, “Are you still interdited in Com- munism?” Crouch was abked, “Tam very much interééted in every- thing that pertains to ®ommunism,” ’ 1082 Raliway m: 278 Railway Clerk: A 14872 bio . it Si ti . 17616 wepre) use Emp., 166 W. Washing- (Note—Uni a8 otherwise stated all meetings ure at 8 <4 BUILDERS AT WORK Organization for the Present and Future Kansas City, Mo., Does This COMRADE E. HUGO OEHLER, Assistant City DAILY WORKER Agent, and other local comrades of Kansas City are beginning from the ground up. Look closely to this plan of theirs, which is systematic, and if followed will eventually develop in Kansas City a better and bigger center for Communism. Note also that in their plans the DAILY WORKER is used as the means to build up the party thru EVERY phase of party activity—which is exactly what the DAILY WORKER is for. His letter says: At the last business meeting of the English-speaking local they Indorsed the following program that the City Agent and myself have inaugurated: Lesser Kansas City to be divided into s!x districts with a manager for each district, as many assistants as possible, with the City Agent in charge. Manager to give written report once a week in campaigns; once a month in off seasons. Purpose is to renew subscriptions, take charge of Red Sunday drives, locate compact working-class areas within the district, and racial and religious groups. To have an organized yearly compact mass propaganda for the DAILY WORKER, drives against deportation, strikes, unemployment relief, notices of meetings and for elections. This will enable us to have written reports of the city according to classes so the followers may start where we left off in drives it will ellminate waste and inefficiency, giving us a periodical propaganda all over the working-class districts in the city at once, and is the rudiments of systematic propaganda for a mass party. We are handicapped regarding number of workers to handle this in detail. However, we must start NOW. Fraternally yours, E. HUGO OEHLER, Asst. Agent, DAILY WORKER, Kansas City, Mo. Detroit Leads Today! Leal DETROIT, with a distribution of 20,000 copies of the DAILY WORKER on May Day, sends us the imme- diate results of 22 new subs, with 11 more on the way. In addition, this local is distributing a mountain of “Dailies” during this week. And to climax the splendid work for the official organ of our party they will cap this tremendous dis- tribution with a mass meeting on Sunday, May 10, at the House of the Masses, 2646 St. Aubin St. Comrade William F. Dunne, editor of the DAILY WORKER, will speak at this “meeting, and without question Detroit-will not only climb up to near the top of the list in the campaign but also the party is sure to feel the results in membership increase. ' There are real Communist Builders in Detroit and City Agent Comrade Alfred Goetz is a BUILDER of first rank, as his direction well testifies. This is the total for— TUESDAY, MAY 5. DETROIT, MICH.—A. E. Goetz (22). OMAHA, NEB.—David Coutts (6). TOLEDO, O.—N. Beck (4). MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—Dan W. Stevens (7). NEWARK, N. J.—M, Helgot (3). DECATUR, ILL.—Mrs. Anna Schubert, ST. LOUIS, MO.—H. Stoltz. NEW YORK, N. Y.—Jack Samek. CHICAGO, ILL.—C. Garfinkle. Your Union Meetin First Thursday, May 7, 1925. Name of Local and Place of Meeting St., 6:30 p. m. Clothing Workers, 408 Hi id St. 227 Boiler Makers, 2040 W. North Ave. 93 be and Shoe, 1939 Milwaukee ven je. Boot and Shoe Wkrs., 10258 Michi- ja | SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES Frauen-Kranken-Unterstuetzun; ve Fortschritt sda wes Meets every Ist & %rd Thursday, Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North Avertue. Secretary. PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street. ie, iy W. North Ave. Drug Clerks, 431 8. Dearborn Room or c Houston Ave. ?) Victoria Hotel, naman, 38th and 345 [> m. jouth Chicago, 3101 . Van Buren City Hall, Garment Workers, 328 W. Workers, 1214 N. t Workers, 328 W. 810 W. Harrison Si Hearing WM. F. editor of the DAILY world) will Carmeu, 1259 Cornell 'y Carmen, 75th and Dre: nu en, 1900 W. 17th St. 549 W. Washing- 01 504 Railway Clerks, 8188 Commercial nh Hangers, 810 W. Harrison , 6236 Princeton Ave. le Roofers, 1224 Milwau- SUNDAY MAY 10 2 P.M. FH Py ites ten, rs . 90 beh se rere, 180 W. Washi ton GET A SUB AND GIVE ONEL STANDARD OIL. Ll55 TLS See S See See SSS See eee IN DETROIT! ; well known fighter for organized labor and English daily Communist newspaper in the Daily Worker Mass Meeting Other well known speakers. A treat to every worker who gives, thought to,his problems Page Five FORCED TO STOP Government Came to Aid of Monopoly (Continued from page 1) from sale, “pending the outcome of the investigation by the United States surgeon general into effects of its use on public health.” "Throws Off Poison. However; Harvard, Yale and: éven Columbia “untversity professors: have condemned ‘the sale of the gasoline, declaring it-throws off:a lead polson which is sléwly absorbed into the sys- tems of thosé Who come into: eontact with it. The poison gasoline made by the ethyl company gives those ex- posed Bright's d , diphtheria, tu- berculosis, insanity and other fatal diseases, physicians state. Even the investigation by Columbia University was unfavorable to the sale of the looney gas. Columbia Univer- sity is closely connected with the in- terests backing the sale of the new gasoline, and, the Columbia investi- gation was, paid for by the Ethyl cor- poration, which made a contract with Columbia to conduct the researches. Two Columbia workers were over- come by lead poisoning during the course of the experiments, Columbia Report Suppressed. The Columbia report has so far bene suppressed, having been sent to Surgeon General Cummings at Wash- ington. It is known to be unfavorable to the sale of the gasoline. This gasoline has been sold in twenty-seven states despite the criti- cism leveled against it and the known deaths of at least a score of persons from the effects of the gas. Government Involved, The sale‘ of the gasoline was “in- vestigated” by the United States gov- ernment, Which; thru the bureau of mines, issued & favorable report on the sale ofthe gasoline. This inves- tigation was also paid for by the Mor- gan-Rockefeller combination. As soon as the criticism of the gov- ernment's' report exposed its bias in favor of ‘the ‘corporation, the bureau of mines’ issued a statement that thé favorable report: was only a “progress report,” and» that. “further investiga- tion now develops that raw tetraethyl gasoline «is «sodangerous to handle that it may be a memace to the pub- lic.” Officials:of the United States public health:service now say that the report of the-bureau-of mines “never should have been issued without more ade- quate explanation,” and an independ- ent investigation may be conducted by the health department of the govern- ment. Local Unions Join Utica Workers Party in May Day Meeting UTICA, N. ¥, (By Mail.)—The Utica Workers (Communist) Party May Day celebration in Labor Temple was a success,,with many local labor unions participating. J, J. Bouzan, local or- ganizer for, the Workers Party and vice-chairman of the local Weavers’ Union, was the chairman of the meet- ing. Comrade Franklin P. Brill from Buffalo was the principal speaker. He showed up the Wall Street Dawes plan as an instrument of the Ameri- can ruling class to wring out of the exploitation of the German working class the vast reparations that the Versailles treaty imposed on Ger- many. He said that the only victor of the “last international slaughter” was the American banking fraternity. Resolutions were adopted protest- ing against the imprisonment of Com- rades Crouch and Trumbull for 40 and 26 years respectively for Communist activity in the U. S. army. In spite of the Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers backing out at the last minute, withdrawing their speaker and renting their own hall, we had a very fine and enthusiastic meeting. DUNNE WORKER, (the only speak at the House of the Masses 2646 St. Aubin St. Detroit, Mich. LOONEY GAS SALE: