The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 13, 1925, Page 5

it 4 DUMMY TOILERS USED TO FOOL HOLIDAY TRADE St. Paul ‘Open Shopper’ Has New Stunt (Continued from page 1.) ful achievement of the company and in praising the founder and the man- agement. During the evening, Mr, Broustein, Jr., safd for the benefit of the business men present: “All you know of the company is the salesmen that gall on you; you do not know of the men who are back of the company here in the plant.” So the various foremen of the Plant were introduced to those pres- ent who arose but said nothing. Workers Left Out. The actual workers who have been at the machines and have been doing the other work of the plant were en- tirely forgotten. No mention was made of them during the entire eve- ning. The impression left was that the Brousteins and the foremen were the only necessary forces to make the plant a success. The plant has not been running full capacity for some time. And the com- pany wanted to make a big show of Sow the business was booming. It would not do to have idle machines in sight. ‘So in order that the proper impression might be left on the entire gathering who were taken thru the plant it was necessary to employ a number of dummies in addition to the regular working force. It was stated that 30 of these dummies would be re- quired to fill the vacancies at the idle machines. We do not know how many dummies were obtained but we do know of a number of persons who worked there for a few hours in the evening to make the grand showing and who obtained $1.00 for their serv- ices. After 9 p. m. the employes were called in to join the concert. Some of them went in, others were so disgust- ed they went home. These workers were told that cold beer would be served and really felt that cold drink would not be amiss after sweating at the machines during the hot evening. But they stood around for a long time watching the upper class partake be- fore there was any chance for them, and then some of them failed to get a handout. In fact those who did manage to get a bottle had waited so long that the beer was warm before it got to them. In order to provide a spicy atmos- phere for the evening a hula-hula dancer appeared who performed every- thing known in the hula’ aclence, even to vulgarity. 1 The United States Bedding company is one of the notorious open shop con- cerns who openly state that they will not employ members of organized la- bor. Any worker is immediately dis- charged who mentions unionism. League of Robbers Closes. GENEVA, June 11--The council of the league of nations closed its thirty- fourth session at noon today. Don’t you be a campaign shirker— get subscriptions for the DAILY WORKER! OUR DAILY | Carpenters Fight Yellow Dog Contract (Continued from page 1) are given until June 25, to sign the pledge, failing to do which they will}: forfeit their membership, according to Hutcheson, |; Two local unions, have voted unani- mously to refuse to sign the pledge, while a vigorous minority in the other two locals are refusing to sign it. Hutcheson tried to expel one mem- ber in violation of the constitution and his stupid actions in trying to make good that expulsion has brot him to a position where he must ex- pela thousand-. members or back down very considerably. It is our guess that he. will back down, Will Take. It to Membership. It is the intention of the two local unions whose expulsion now seems certain, to maintain themselves as ex- pelled locals of, the, brotherhood and carry the case to, the rank and file of the brotherhood thruout the juris- diction. There can be little doubt that when the carpenters ‘of Ainerica become fully acquaintéd ‘with the czarism practiced by Huteheson and his flunk- eys in Detroit,the rank and filers in Detroit will be reinstated and Hutche- son’s wrecking. crew will stand ex- posed as the most.contemptible and unscrupulous gang of self-seeking parasites that ever fastened them- selves on a trusting membership. The record of their actions in De- troit will stand as the foulest page of the history of & gang of petty, in- capable and tyrannical grafters main- taining their privileged positions by the rankest fraud and betrayal. The answer of the carpenters of Detroit to Hutcheson’s “yellow dog pledge” is contained in a leaflet issued by the Carpenters’ Progressive Com- mittee, which was widely circulated in Detroit. It-is reproduced herewith: Carpenters of Detroit, Don’t Sign Hutcheson’s Yellow Dog Pledge. “Out of the struggles of the workers to organize themselves in the various industries, notably the lumber work- ers and mine workers of the west, and the machinists of the east, has come a weapon of the bosses Known as the “Yellow Dog Pledge.” “During times of agitation for organization of unions the master class in these industries compelled those working or applying for work to sign a pledge not to “affi- liate with, or give support, assistance or comfort to” any trade union “or similar or kindred organization.” Na- turally the weak-kneed and servile were the first to sign these pledges which thus came to be known as “yel- dow dog pledges” as indicating the color of those who signed them. “Hutcheson’s yellow dog pledge is identical in form to hundreds issued by, the bosses against rank and file workers and goes to. proye that Hut- cheson gets his ideas, methods and tactics from the class enemies of the workers. Hutcheson not only apes the master class in his mode of living but thinks their thoughts and sup- ports their fight against the militant workers struggling to educate them- selves and improve their condition. The pledge is as follows: “1, the undersigned, do hereby promise and agree that | will ob- serve and comply with all the laws, rules and regulations of the United Brotherhood.of Carpenters and Joiners of America, and that PATTERNS A PRETTY FROCK FOR A LITTLE MISS 4906. Figured or dotted prints, wash silk, or batiste would be pleasing for this style, The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: .2, 4, 6 and 8 years. A 4 year size requires 2% yards of one material 32 inches wide. If made as illustrated it will require 1% yard of figured material and % yard of plain material. Pattern mailed to any address on yeceipt of 12c in silver or stamps. ee NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERS—The mi being sold thru the DAILY my eo pattern department are fur- y Uh 4 ant oO cee eS manufactur 5 ers are forws DAILY WORKER day. as ved, and they ai urer direct to aks bong ne hs ta Bot Keep @ rns on han ver ne ord Wil tao at Tense i 30 date of met spore inpatient aE you your pattern is PITTSBURGH, PA. ‘To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all thelr dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST . {in the large view will require 3% A COMFORTABLE DANCE FROCK. 5161, Faille, crepe, satin or metal brocades could be used for this smart style. The godets and ve pufts may be of contrasting mi . The pattern is cut in 6 sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure, A 38 inch size, if made as illustrated ards of 82 inch material with 14 yard of contrasting material for the godets. Sleeve puffs require 4 yard of contrasting material. The width at the foot is 2% yard: ef FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send i Bg or stamps for our See 1 will In no way affiliate with or give support, assistance or com- fort to the Trade Union Educa- tional League, or any similar or kindred organizations. “In subscribing to the above |! do 80 of my own free will and ac- cord, and agree that should 1 violate sald agreement, or pledge, it Is undrestood that my member- ship In the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of Amer- lca be forfeited without complain “Hutcheson fears the awakening and enlightenment of those from whose toil he lives in master class style and splendor and he seeks by this pledge to retstrain them from association with their fellow workers in an endeavor to understand the problems arising out of their poverty and uncertainty of employment and life. The pledge asserts that one signs of his “own free will and accord,” when as a matter of fact the most extreme coercion within the power of Hutcheson and his bullying crew is re- sorted to. The pledge is typical of the whole attitude of Hutcheson which is a mixture of liés and arro- gance, fraud and subterfuge. “This cowardly attempt of Hutche- son to make us sign away our rights and privileges guaranteed by our con- stitution shall be as barren of results as his former coercive measures. His expulsion policy met with defeat be- cause we rallfed almost to a man in defense of our constitutional rights to a fair trial. The bodyguard of unt- formed police with which the under- lings Botterill and Sharrock sur- rounded themselves in holy fear of the wrath of an aroused membership while they carried out the dirty work of their master Hutcheson merely served to steel the rank and file to resist infringements upon their rights. His despicable resort to a capitalist court for an injunction came to naught because the manhond of our member- ship stood as a unit against the yel- low few who for Jndas, silver or Promise of jobs supported the dirty work of the Indianapolis autocrat. “It is within the power of any in- dividual member to successfully fight this latest piece of stupid arrogance. However, it is important that as many as possible be enlisted in this struggle for justice so as to broaden the fight and make the burden light on each individual. No one possessed of man- hood desires another to bear his bur- den and this is a common cause vital- ly concerning all workers, “Wendell Phillips, America’s fore- most liberator, speaking on behalf of the emancipation movement which led to the civil war and the emanci- pation of the Negro from chattel slave- ry said of those too timid to engage in the struggle: “They are cowards who fear to be In the right with two or three.” “Already there are hundreds and thousands in this fight for manhood rights against official tyranny. No great amount of courage is required to refuse to sign this yellow dog pledge. We hope the percentage of cowards among the carpenters of De- troit is very small. “It stands to the lasting credit of the carpenters of Detroit that the in- famous and unconstitutional-expulsion Policy of Hutcheson has been smashed and his shameful resort to capitalist courts for injunctions defeated. “It is now within our province to once for all settle the question whether or not union men are to be compelled by their overlords in of- ficial positions to sign away their rights to do their own thinking. No greater service can be rendered to the labor movement, It can easily be ac- complished if we tally up to the measure of men. “Members of the brotherhood, re- member your manhood! “Don’t be yellow dogs! “Carpenters’ Progressive Committee of Detroit.” British Company Gets Soviet Gold Mine Concession MOSCOW (By Mail)—The Soviet government has ratified the conces- sion contract signed by the supreme concessions committee with the Brit- ish company, the Aryan corporation, Ltd., providing for the concession lease for a period of 36 years of a gold mining area in the Okhotosk district, of Kamtchatka province. According to the terms of the con- tract, the government has the right the concessionaries forbear the right they have to export that gold abroad. Apart from the rent pay, the con- sionaires are to turn over five per cent of the output to the government, the latter also becoming full owner of the enterprise on the expiration of the concession term without any special compensation, GET IT! ‘The ine Issue of WORKERS MONTHLY Now On Sale 1, cable 78.50, OVERA Clothes NY HE DAkkY WORKER MINNEKPOLIS LABOR FAKERS AIDED BOSSES Treason Ruins Work of Years (Continued from Page 1) standing, Leach, 50,866; Elwell, 43,- 084; with only 10 precincts yet to be heard from. Conservative labor men supported Leach in the election. In the last city council there were 14 labor representatives to 12 reac tionaries; in’ the new council there will be 8 labor) men to 18 conserva- tives. 8 During the past four years much progress had been made in unioniz- ing city employes. Working condi- tions had been’ greatly improved and wages had been increased. As a re- sult of the eomplete victory for the “open shop”'forces it is the concen- sus of opinig@n)here that a drive will be instituted immediately after July 1,.when the mew council assumes of- fice, to break up the city and county employes’ union.and reduce the wages of city employes. This opinion is born out by the fact that the reac- tionary members of the council have bitterly opposed all wage increases that have come before the council. Defeat Result of Sell-out. The defeat suffered by the labor forces in this election fs due to the betrayals that have taken place with- in the labor movement. As long as the movement in Minneapolis was waging its fight both political and economic on the basis of the class struggle steady progress was being made. In every election since 1913 gains always resulted. Two years ago the first break took place when labor was deliberately be- trayed into supporting Leach the re- publican for mayor. The rank and file insisted on a labor candidate in opposition to the views of the leaders. Lindsten failed to satisfy this demand, two days after the filing of candi- dates closed, he went into court and had his name withdrawn on the grounds “that his wife did not want him to run” but the actual reason was that he had. been “gotten too” by the labor leaders led by Robley D. Cramer. Last fall these same leaders further destroyed the idea of independent po- litical action by lining up with the petty-bourgeois, La Follette thus lay- ing the way for the complete slide to the right that took place here yes- terday. A. F. L. Affidavits Aid Reactionaries. The A, F. of L, executive council also played their part in the demoral- izing process,,. Sensing the growing radicalism of the Minnesota ‘move- ment, they sent, Paul J...Smith to Minneapolis with instructions to line the. movement up for the class colla- boration policies of the leaders or de- stroy it. He succeeded in creating enough confusion so that the sincere workers will have to expand much energy in order to overcome it as the election shows. Ex-Socialists Worst Enemies. The worst enemies of the working class, are none other than our former “socialist” leaders, Van Lear and Harthill. Van Lear thru the Minne- apolis Daily Star, which he stole from the workers and farmers, carried on a continuous attack against the labor members of the council. “His propa- ganda was particularly effective be- cause the workers have not yet learn- ed that the Star is no longer their paper. They looked upon these daily attacks as the official statements of the labor political movement. Harthill distributed thousands of copies of his red-baiting sheet, “Minnesota” in all the labor wards. In addition he ac- tively campaigned for the capitalist candidates. His paper is plainly sub- Sidized by the bosses of Minneapolis as thousands of copies are being sent to workers’ homes every week with- out them having subscribed. The workers have not yet learned the character of these former leaders, but with the city now in the hands of reaction they will have two years in which to léarn the lessons of so- cialist treachery. Communists for Unity. During the campaign the Workers (Communist) Party carried on a con- sistant campaign in an effort to over- come the confusion that had develop- ed as a result of these betrayals. The party now has the task before it of showing the workers the cause for this defeat ‘and of the necessity of uniting thefr forces in a labor party that will’ Wage future campaigns on the basis of the class struggle. ET | n Exchange. , June 11.—Great Brit- ain, pound sterling, demand 4.85 9-16; cable 4.86 1-16.’ France, franc, demand 4.86%; cable 4.87%, Belgium, franc, demand 4.82; cable 4.8214. Italy, lira, demand 3.96%; cable 3.97. Sweden, krone, demand 26,73; cable 26.77, Norway, krone, demand 16.85; cable 16.87. Denmark, krone, demand 18,86; cable 18.88, rmany, mark, no quote, Shanghai, tael, demand 77.50; Philadelghia, Attention! For best, -Union Made and Work ABE GREENBERG, 804 Vine St. ‘Page Five | Your Union Meeting SECOND FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1925, Name of Local and Place of Meeting. Bakers and Confectioners, 3420 W, Roosevelt Road. Blacksmiths, 64th and S. Ashland Ave. Boller Makers, 105th and Ave. M. Boller Makers, 55th and Halsted. Boller Makers, 624 and Halsted, Building Trades Council, 180 W. ‘Washington St. Carpenters’ District 184 ‘W. Washington St. Carpenters, 4339 8. Halsted St. Commercial Portrait Artiste, 1@ ‘W. Adams St. 901 W. Monroe Bt. 19 W. Adams St. No. 237 122 429 434 633 BUILDERS AT WORK MANY LOCALS RESPOND Red Week Looms Big 9. lectrictans, 182 Electricians, Council, 683 Engineers (Loc.), Madison and ‘ Sacramento. VERY mail brings an ever Increasing response to Red Week. Locals 845 Engineers, 130 W. Washington St and Individuals are sending in orders for bundies to be distributed 674 Firemen and Enginemen, 6428 Wentworth Ave. and for special sub cards to be used—as well as sending in their pledges 46 Daw, Workaa assuring the DAILY WORKER a certain numbersof new subs. 17117. Gardeners and Florists, Villagé Hall, Garment "bite ington St., 6 Glass Workers, Piomily and Marsh~ Morton Grove. Youngstown, O., Omaha, Neb., Los Angeles, Cal—one local after an- 175 W. Washe other from all parts of the country have sént’ word that they will push RED WEEK and get on the job to make thousands of workers acquainted fleld. with the paper that is fighting their battles. us Hod Costiots,, 1960 Shermans Oey Has your local—HAVE YOU—sgnt in your request for free copies 7 Janitors, 166 W. Washington St. Ladies’ ' it Work Joi and special sub cards to be used during RED WEEK? Beart, 326 W. Van ‘Soren st nt Lithographers, 639 8. Ashland Blvd, AA HOS SE 113 Machinists, 113 8. Ashland Blvd. Machinists, 113 8. Ashland Blvd. Machinists, re and Halsted Ste, 145 Machnists, E. cor. Lexi These Are Red Week Pledges: Ae Rees: baa Machinists iia a 74 eee etal Polishers, 119 8. English Branch, Portland, Orego 50 at Painters, School and Sheffield Ave, English Branch, Los Angeles, C 60 ettern Makers, ay COR its 5 Photo Engravers, 814 W. Harri South Slavic Branch, Export, P. 0 | St, 6:30 p.m. mains Finnish Branch, Avella, Pa..... 0 be Plumbers int 8. Hanpasien ba e jumbers, 9261 S.C Avi Y. W. L., Monessen, P: 10 207 Railway Carmen, 59th and Halsted Jewish Branch, Revere, M 20 ed Renwey. Carmen, Blue Isiand, Ill, Itallan Branch, Woonsocket, R. jo | an Railway 61 vk & clinton Be ope Splicers, waukee English Branch, Youngstown, ©. ‘0 2 Teachers (Aen), 315 Plymouth © English Branch, Cicero, III fi) man 2. .m. * Finnish Branch, Chloago, I! 5 83 Aint ote, et a phere Jpholsterers . it. North Side English, Chicago, 1! 5 | 301 Watchmen (Stock Yards). 3140 Shop Nucleus 5, Chicago, Ill... 5 | Halsted St. 9 a. m. English Branch, Kansas City, Mo. 20 lo pps " hese ry — Russian No, 2, Hamtranck, Mich. 40 1 seoan tee uate (Note—Uniless ee stated all * |meetings are at 8 p. m. | In the Second Annual Sub Campaign New subs from the following Builders were received on Wednesday, dune 10: NEW YORK, Adele Jager (3); Katterfeld (3); Harry Fox (2). BARTON, 0O.—Louis Eich. BRIDGEPORT, CONN.—Simon Feldman (2). PITTSBURGH, PA.—Arne Swabeck (2). » ST. PAUL, MINN.—O. L. Johnson (2). WEST ALLIS, WIS.—St. Korade (2). COROAPOLIS, PA.—Nick Pentek. BOSTON, MASS.—Albert Weisbard (2). CANONSBURG, PA.—John Stose (2). CHICAGO, ILL.—M, S. Rajkovich. | Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your sbopmate and you will make another mem ber for your branch. Dr S. ZIMMERMAN DENTIST MY NEW LOCATION ASWESEEIT -:- ByT. J. O'Flaherty || Prices | ‘ as (Continued from page 1.) a third. First, was the pioneering Npreaee Given and fighting stage. Next came thé “consolidating stage.” Now, says Green, we are “cashing in” on the sacrifices and heroic struggles of the founders. True, very true in the nar- row sense. Green and his gang are “cashing in,” but what of the mil- lions of unorganized workers and even of the organized? the ‘war Was supposed ‘to knock out forever is very much alive; much more so than Woodrow Wilson's four- teen points. Things look a little rosier for capitalism on the whole than they did a few years ago, but there are big black clouds on the horizon. o'@le NE of those clouds is in China, the other in Morocco. Those who are inclined to get pessimistic when they see reaction restored in Germany and in fact, see it in the saddle in every capitalist country, should never for- get that the red flag of proletarian rule flies over one-sixth of the earth’s surface and it would not surprise us to see it fly over another big stretch in the near future. 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The capi- talists have real reason to fear the workers today. They know that their power is not to last forever. They know that the labor fakers will not always be able to keep the masses in check; that the workers will lose faith in those fake leaders, when they are betrayed once too often. And more than all they fear the Commun- ist movement which knows what it wants and how to get it. Clonds also appear on the proletarian horizon, but they are destined to disappear. +o 8 RESIDENT GREEN of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor and War- ren S. Stone are in complete accord in their analysis of the labor move- ment. 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