The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 29, 1925, Page 5

: CN THE DAILY WORKER NEGRO WORKERS STRIKE FOR A WAGE RAISE Teach Whites a Good Lesson in Fighting By A. N. HARVITT. (Worker Correspondent.) TOLEDO, Ohio, (By Mail)—Saturday morning, May 23, all the Negro em- Ployes at the big Standard Oil plant here went out for more pay. They went back wtih ‘the promise from the superintendent that he would give them an answer by Monday morn- ing. The men say if they don't gét the raise they won't work. The men involved in the action in- clude still cleaners, coal passers and general laborers, The still cleaners have been work- ing piece work, which they insist is not rated high enough as this is very hard work as well as being very un- healthful. None of the white workers have joined the Negroes as yet, but some of them who get less wages than the Negro workers cre expected to follow if the demand for the raise is success- tul. There is no union organization among the Negroes yet, but they are the only ones so far to protest against the low wages paid by John D. Business Depression Reflected in Federal Reserve Bank’s Report WASHINGTON, May 27.—The con- solidated statement of condition of the federal reserve banks made public by the federal reserve board, shows decreases of $21,600,000 in holdings of governmnt securities, of $7,000,000 in acceptances purchased in open mar- ket, and of $300,000 in discounted bills. Total earning assets went down $28,000,000. to $958,600,000, federal re- serve note circulation declined $19,- 700,000 and gold reserves $13,900,000, while reserves other than gold went up $5,300,000 and non-reserve. saab $800,000. A further decline of $12,700,000 i discount holdings is reported by the Federal Reserve bank reports a reduc- The Cleveland bank reports a reduc- tion of $3,300,000 in discount holdings, San Francisco of $2,200,000, and Rich- mond of $2,000,000, while Boston re- ports an increase in this item of. $5,- 800,000, Chicago of $4,200,000, St. Louis of $4,000,000 and Atlanta of $3,- 200,000. Smaller changes in discount holdings are shown by the remaining banks. The Federal Reserve bank of New Work reports a decline of $14,500,000 in acceptance holdings, and the Chi- cago and St. Louis banks seport.in- creases of $2,800,000 and $2,000,000, respectively, in this item. Acceptance holdings of the other reserve banks show smaller changes for the week. The System’s holdings of treasury noteswent down $19,900,000 and of certificates of indebtedness $1,900,000, while holdings of U, S. bonds increas- ed $200,000. All federal reserve banks show. de- clines in federal reserve note circus lation, the principle decreasés being: Cleveland $4,900,000, Philadelphia $3,~ 800,000, Boston $3,700,000, and New York $2,600,000. Catholics For Child Labor. FREEPORT, Ill, May 27.— The Catholic Union of Illinois has gone on record in a report of the legisla- tive committee, against the proposed amendment to the constitution which would empower congress to prohibit child labor, Philadelphia Workers Party Outing Saturday, May 30, 1925 at BURHOLME PARK. Admission Free, SPORTS GAMES REFRESHMENTS Directions—Take Car 50, stop at Cott- man St., walk west 3 blocks, you will meet the crowd. oe RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Seven Places 62 W.’Van Buren 42 W. Harrison 169 N. Clark 118 S. Clark 66 W. Washington | 167 N. State 234 S, Halsted PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 . Bpeciaitios: E. W. Rieck Boston Baked Beans and Brown Bread Fine Soups and Fresh Made Coffee Commiseary and Bakery 1612 Fulton ft. Phone West 2549 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. SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES Frawen-Kranken- ene Verein Fortachritt Meets every ist & Srd Thursday, Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North Avenue. 4 MINERS OF EACH COUNTRY SET... AGAINST ALL OTHERS BY.COAL OPERATORS TO BREAK UNIONS (By The Federated Préss) BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 27-—-Why must English miners accept starvation wages? To undersell Belgian and German and American miners. —Why must Belgian miners accept starvation wages? To undersell German and American and English miners:—Why must German miners accept star- ‘vation wages? To undersell American and Hnglish and Belgian miners.— Why are American operators demanding a 33 per cent wage cut? Oh! quit your kidding, it just works round in a circle and starts over again. That is what the Mine Workers’ In- ternational meeting at Brussels has decided. It elected Frank Hodges, former ‘secretary of the British min- ers, as permanent salaried secretary to handle the interests of coal miners of all countries as a single world prob- lem. Long Hours—Accumulation—Then Unemployment. Ruhr miners, forced to accept long: hours and low wages, have accumu- lated 8,000,000 tons of coal for which there is no-market and are now :fac- ing part-time. Yet Italians have closed their purchasing office in England and contracted for 2,000,000 tons a year for six years from the Ruhr. American miners have accepted such low wages that they have taken away the French state railway market from British miners who are now faced with part-time employment or none at all in spite of the lowest wages in their history. Belgian miners accept a five per cent wage cut May 1, and face a de- mand for a further five per cent cut tentatively set for July .1. German coal has killed even their home mar- ket. Amsterdamers Slaps I. on Wrist. Says the ((Amsterdam). Intl. Feder- ation of Trade Unions: “Since the coal slump is international it is not in the power of individual nations to take any very effective steps toward remedying it. If the International La- bor Office, instead of being able mere- ly to institute inquiries, could use its, highly. qualified staff to intervene in acute situations and,to provide the expert advice requisite for an imme- diate. and effective solution it would haye drawn the conclusion that less coal would be needed and that perma- nent adjustments and. conversions must be made.” Production of coal has been over; developed on a world basis. This is a natural result of competitive capi- talism. It means a waste of world resources. But it means still more the ability of the owning class to pit national groups of coal miners against: each other to force low wages, Instructing Worker Correspondents in New York City Class NEW YORK, May 27.—Members of ‘the Worker Correspondents’ school ‘will bring in one story each to the next meeting to be held Saturday eve- ning, June 6, at 7 p. m., at the party headquarters. Jack Carney will again conduct the class. “Worker correspondents are invalu- able, and without them’ editors ‘of party papers. are helpless,” declared Jack Carney at the last class. “Do not pass up what seem trivial items of news, because out of the small af. fairs“of life big events develop,” L. 0. Gently e ' i Carney’s talk was cut short due to the presence of Moritz J. Loeb, who addressed the class on the necessity ‘or a wider circulation of the DAILY WORKER, Subscribe for the DAILY WORKER! FAIRY TALES FOR WORKERS CHILDREN TRANSLATED BY IDA DAILES | Your Union Meeting Fourth Thursday, May 28, 1925, Name of Local and Place of Masts Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Joint Board, Chicago, 409 §&, Halsted St. 180 W. Washington St, 5010 &. 92nd St. 180 y Workers, a inuner St. Boller Maki Boiler Make: Brewery Woi ae St., 2 Brewery Workers, 1700 E. 21st St. Brick and Clay, Leavitt and parry Brick and Clay, Chi Oo eee its. Brick and Clay, Mareten: Bridge and 8. |., 180 W. a ton St. 113 S. Ashland Blvd, 6416 S. Halsted St. 1440 Emma St. South Chicago, 11037 ind Kedzie. » 1 ‘ashington St. Merchant Helpers, 126 Ww. Rangelgh St. W. Wash. Carpenters, Carpenters, 885 Cooks, 166 W. Washington St. 793 Electrical, R. R., 5436 S. Went- worth ve. 794 Electrical, M. 7ist and Cottage ‘s orrison jotel. 688 Firemen and. Gnginemen, 9118 Commercial Avenue 80 Firemen and’ Enginemen, 5088 Wentworth Ave., 7:30 p. 718 Firemen and Enginemen, Ogden and Taylor. Ave. 17010 Gas House Workers, 180 W. Wash- ington St, 3s ks boeing 311 8. Ashland ba Hod Carriere, "a14 W. Harrison &t. Ladies’ Gai ee Workers, 328 W. vi uren nee a Way, 318 W. 68rd 263 Roseland,, 11405 Michi- an. 128 Mgchinists, R. R., 113 8. Ashland ve. 12788 Employes Assn., 166 W. ington St, 6:80 p.m, H Painters’ District Council, 1446 W. Adame &t. 871 bi os Dutt’s Hall, Chicago 266 2045 W. North Ave. 897 20 W. Randolph St. 783 nt & Halsted 8t., (Paper Box Washington St. 849 W. Washing- Raliway. “Clerks, 87 E. Van Buren 668 Railway Carmen, 5445 S. Ashiand ve. 964 Rallway Clerks, hy W. Adams St. 991 ee Lg @ St. P. R. We North Ave. 494° Ralitoad Preclamen: 127 N. Fran- 115 Ogden and Taylor. 124 jen and Taylor Sts. 7 S. Chicago ‘Av 763 jand and Van Buren 742° msters, 9206 Houston Ave. 112 Uphsisteree Ogden and Taylor. is Watchmen (Mun.), 113 S. Ashland 16 Warehouse Employes, 1 Wood Turners’ Union, Liberty Hall, 3420 W. Roosevelt Rd. Washington. St. (Note—Unless otherwise meetings are at & p. m.) 18) 176 stated all Weather Retards Crops ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27. — The season was early and conditions were generally favorable for farm work so that for a time all farm oper- ations were in advance of the usual in most of the country the U. 8S. de- partment of agriculture reports. For some weeks past, however, the wea- ther has been too cool for growth and germination of crops and progress in this- regard has been slow. Drought and lack of moisture in the soil have also prevailed in many areas and have checked up the pre- paration of the ground and the seed- ing and growth of the crops. Recent rains and slightly higher temperatures have improved conditions consider- ably, however, but more moisture and warmer weather were still greatly needed in many areas on May 15th. NOVY MIR RUNS EXCURSION 100 MILES FROM N.Y, Charters Steamer for Workers’ Hudson Trip NEW YORK, May 27.—Are you a worker? Are. you a New Yorker? Are you spending your days in the sweatshop, factory, office or store? If you are then we have a message; of cheer for you. The Novy Mir invites you to take part in its first Grand Excursion, uD, the Hudson River and into the most beautiful part'of the Catskills. We have been most fortunate in se; curing one of the finest steamers of the Hudson River line—the “Ida.” The steamer “departs on Friday eve- ning, May 29,’8 p. m., from the Chris- topher St. ferry, Pier 43, N. R, Entertainment on Steamer. On the steamer will be concerts, dances, entertainments, lots of fun and enjoyment, after which state- rooms are provided for the night. Af- ter a restful night on the steamer the boat will arrive in Saugertise, more than 100 miles from New York—Sat. urday morning, 7 p. m. Automobiles will await us at Sau- gertise and a most refreshing morning ride in the snappy. morning country air will take us inland 12 miles to the camp. The camp is some 2,000 miles above the sea level and the air is, most invigorating. In the camp, will be arranged hik- ing parties, canoeing, bathing, fishing, sight seeing and other things too nu- merous to describe here. Dancing In Camp. In the evening there will be again concerts, theatrical performances and of course, dancing. The sleeping quarters are taken care of for Saturday night in the camp, ; Regular meals will be served. The food will be. -most wholesome and fresh, Vegetarians will find plenty to choose from... Full provisions will be made for the sleeping quarters. Therefore, it is not necessary to take any blankets, The steamer will return to New York on Sunday midnight. The price ¢ the ticket is $4.25 and includes a 1 trip on the steamer, automobile ri , boating, canoeing, fishing, sleeping quarters. There will be no overcrowding as the tickets are limited and everything is assigned. The administration wishes to secure the most comfort for all Darticipating and is making’ adequate’? arrangements for such, * a Tickets imay’ ‘be obtained. at the ofp fice of the Noyy Mir, 30°Union Square (near 15th St.).,. . Those coming first will of course get the best staterooms as well as the best accomodations in the camp, tho of course,,all will be comfortable. Get your. tickets early. Both Old Parties Aim to.Reduce Tax on Wealthy Incomes WASHINGTON, May 27.—A $500,- 000,000 tax reduction dri will be started in the next congress by the democratic party, Senator King, of Utah, . democratic. member of the senate finance committee, announced today following a conference at the White House with President Coolidge. The tax reduction would relieve the rich from payment of income takes. Among other features of the King measure will be a maximum sur-tax on large incomes of not more than 25 per cent. The republicans aim at similiar legislation to relieve the pocketbooks of the wealthy. Page Five BUILDERS AT WORK Buffalo Finnish Branch Takes Lead A GOOD WAY TO FILL THE CAMPAIGN QUOTA OCAL Buffalo, considering it's size and local difficulties, has made splendid efforts to make the DAILY WORKER Sub Campaign a suc- cess—and not without results. And now, as one means of reaching the quota of subs apportioned to It, Comrade Dirba, city DAILY WORKER agent, writes of a method adopted by the comrades In the Buffalo Fin- nish Branch which could well be adopted everywhere. Here ts A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION. Dear Comrades: The Finnish Branch, the largest in the city, in order to raise their quota of 42 new subscribers, have decided to run an enter- talnment, the net proceeds of which will go toward PROPA- GANDA 8UBSs. Of course the DAILY WORKER agents of all other branches are going to do all they can to make this entertainment a big success. This entertainment, in the nature of a concert and dance, will be held Saturday evening, June 13, at the Finnish Hall, 159 Grider 8t., and we trust that every Buffalo reader of the DAILY WORKER will be present to make this affair a great success, which will also help to make the DAILY WORKER a greater success as well. Fraternally Yours, CHAS. DIRBA, Buffalo Dally Worker Agent. If you live In Buffalo—or anywhere near it—BE THERE! This le a practical way to net the amount needed for PROPAGANDA SUBS to fill your quota to “Make Another Communist.” We can build the. Communist movement—with the DAILY WORKER. A Reminder to All C. C. C's. Now i is the time to make arrangements for a picnic to be held for the DAILY WORKER. Take this matter up at the next meeting. IN THE SECOND ANNUAL SUB CAMPAIGN these Bullders have sent in new subs on Tuesday, May 26: WARREN, Ohio — Finnish branch (5) AKRON, Ohlo — M. Chelovitz (3) CHICAGO, Ill. — Anna Block; Mrs. M. Arbatch; A. Valentine, PORTLAND, Ore. —'L: Mitseff; A. Ozeransky. PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Fred Merrick (2) BALTIMORE, Md. — Philip Chatzky. WILLIAMSVILLE, N. Y. — Franklin Brill. ROCHESTER, Minn. — Geo. F. Partridge. ST. LOUIS, Mo. — H. Stoltz. Skilled German Labor Working for 20 Cents An Hour ‘Under Dawes’ BERLIN,—(FP).—Rising labor costs are being actively opposed by German employer associations. The number of wage demands is increasing. There have beer sporadic lockouts in bran- ches of the metal industries. No seri- ous strikes have developed. Official estimates show that the general wage level rose 2.5 per cent in March and about as much again in April. This brings the average pay of unskilled labor to about 58 pfennigs (14e.) and of skilled labor to 82 pfennigs (20c.) an hour. Increases were most marked in the textile and paper industries, although there were advances in the metal, chemical, wood working, building and rubber industries. The number of workers employed on part-time in- creased but the average number of hours worked per week by part-time workers also increased materially. This book of Fairy Tales is the first ever issued in the coun- try to really fill the urgent need for children's stories from a working class view-point. The author, Herminia Zur Mihlen, is recognized in Ger- many as a writer of children’s stories of the highest order— stories that'are distinct from any ever written and carrying a promise of the new proletarian literature of the future. The translation by Ida Dailes brings out in bold relief the beauty of these stories. This American publication is also enriched by four, full page, beautiful drawings and cover designs by Lydia Gibson—in addition to many smaller drawings from the original Ger- man edition. Size 9x12 inches, with large clear type. 75 CENTS (with Duroflex Cover) $1.25 Cloth Bound THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. ‘4413 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. ib one an . CHICAGO, ILL. . LEAGUE OF NATIONS DISCUSSES HOW TO MURDER “ETHICALLY” GENEVA, May 27.—The military committee of the league of nations’ conference on the limitation of traf- fic in arms and munitions decided that it is much more moral to blow a worker to pieces with a cannon than to kill him with poison gas, and recommended a conference to discuss the use of poisons and germs In war. The resolution passed by the con- ference declared that the killing of soldiers by using disease germs and gas, “has been condemned by the elvilized world.” They consider it ethical, however, to slice a worker to ribbons with bayonets, to club him to death, or to blow him to atoms with bombs, grenades and artillery. Patronize our advertisers. ‘SOVIET EXPORTS | OF PETROLEUM | JUMPED IN 1924 Egypt saci India Took Large Supplies May 27.— Soviet WASHINGTON, D. C., Petroleum exports from the favorably with Union now compare pre-war volume, according to the cur- rent issues of the Petroleum Bulletin, of Moscow, received by the Russian information bureau at Washington. istics for of the current Sovi | 1, to April 1, the first six months cal year, Oct, ly, which in firs f last year ab- sorbed only a negligible quantity of Russian petroleum: exports, had jump- Soviet export ed to first place on the year imported he Russian export oil, pped to third place, im- porting 90 tons, against 171,532 tons for t me period a year ago. Russian petroleum exports to Ger- many for the period jumped from 32,- 644 tons last r to 88,460 tons, Ex ports to France doubled and those to um jumped from 3,642 to 26,760 ificant feature of the statistics according to the bulletin, are the heavy exports to Egypt and India, which last year cut.no fig in Sov fet oil exports, During alf year Egypt stood fourth on the list of coun- tries of export, with 74,730 tons, and India stood seventh, with 19,437 tons. Daily Worker Agents Must Come, and Other Live Wires Ought to The Daily Worker business and edit~ orial offices, to say nothing of the stock rooms are piled up from the floor to ceiling with papers, books, pamphlets—in fact there is no more }room to move and the staff will pret- |ty soon (if the weather allows) move jup on the roof. This will be neces- |sary unless something is done and done quickly about getting on the job and selling this tremendous sup- ply of Communist literature, latest editions and important new works never before printed in English, The Chicago comrades realized this and also the fact that the sub cam- Ppaign could be pushed a lot faster, and the circulation of the Dafly increased, are having a “Literature Conference” tonight, Thursday, 7 p. m. at 19 So. Lincoln. Street. Every comrade taking seriously the matter of securing subs for the DAILY WORKER and selling Communist literature should make it his business to be at this meeting and take part in this important work. Comrade Sam Hammersmark, the new city agent, will welcome any com- rade who is interested and willing to do this work—come up to the meeting and you will be received with due ap preciation. Y. W. L. members are especially urged to attend as this con- ference is held under the joint aus- pices of the W. P. and Y. W. L.— All W. P. and Y. W. L. branch agents must attend—other comrades should come along if they are interested. Ambassadors See Crown Jewels. MOSCOW, May 27.—The officials of the Soviet Union displayed the “crown” jewels formerly belonging to the czar, to foreign ministers and am- bassadors, thus removing the belief abroad that the jewels had dis- appeared. The estimated value of the collec- tion viewed in the vaults by the di- plomats. is $50,000,000.