The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 3, 1925, Page 6

| | | Page Six Weise THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in Chioage only): By mail (outside of Chicago); $8.00 per year $4.50 six months | $6.00 per year $3.60 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, lilinois « J, LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J. LOEB.... Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. Editors Business Manager Advertising rates on application. 290 l9 ———— Where Neutrality Aids the Enemy “John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federation of La- bor, would not discuss the development beyond hoping that the feder- ation, which has always maintained very cordial relations with the Amalgamatéd, would not become involved.” This is a quotation from a news story sent out by the Federated Press on the strike of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers against the International Tailoring company and the J. L. Taylor company. It had reference to the action of the United Garment Workers’ Union in recruiting scabs to break the Amalgamated strike. The Amalgamated is not affiliated with the American Federation of La- bor.. The United Garment Workers’ Union is, tho it is a paper or- ganization and worse than that, a scab agency. This kind of benevolent neytrality will not do the striking garment workers any good. Mr. Fitzpatrick might park his “cordial relations” in the collar and give the Amalgamated practical proof of his cordiality. In a struggle between the workers and the cap- italists the “neutral” worker is giving aid to the employers. The fact that a strikebreaking outfit posing as a union in involved, does not alter the case. How the capitalists of Chicago and of the whole country most Jaugh at the trade union movement that allows those sailing under its canvas to scab on another section of that movement! What would they think of a clothing firm that gave aid to the Amalgamated against the International Tailoring company? Their banks would put that firm out of business within twenty-four hours. What would they think of the Yellow Cab company if that scab firm refused to supply taxis to haul the strikebreakers recruited by the United Garment Workers to and from the scab shops? They would not only think, they would act. This is what the trade union movement o' Chicago must do. 3 The Amalgamated Clothing Workers will win this strike. No- body who had the pleasure of seeing them on the picket line and in their meetings could have any doubt about the result. But there is something more than the winning of one strike involved. Hasn’t the trade union movement any pride? Can the members of the American Federation of Labor in Chicago become silent partners in the scab- bery of the United Garment Workers thru their silence? This issue should be a burning one on the floor of every A. F. of L. union in Chieago and at the Chicago Federation of Labor next Sunday. 1917—1925 In 1917, and until the end of the war, any American worker who expressed the opinion that anything approaching decency could come out of Germany would find himself.in danger of getting tarred and feathered or run into jail. The Germans were “Huns” and nothing else. Not only would the patriotic:morons known as 100 per cent Americans defeat the Germany army, but they would never again buy anything bearing the trademark of the “Hun.” They would burn everything German except her coal. i This is 1925 and this is J. G. Schurman, United States ambassa- dor to Berlin, speaking.. And this is what he says in part: “While it is the policy of the United States not to participate in European problems, and it would not be proper for me to express my opinion on the merits of policies now under consideration, I hail as a happy omen for the world’s peace the fact that Germany has proposed a fresh application of the principles of good will and mutual confi- dence.” The ambassador was referring to the security pact between the west European powers, which is nothing more or less than a frameup against the Soviet Union. y In 1917 the German race had to be destroyed, because they were incapable of keeping agreements. And it cost the fathers and mothers of the United, States 100,000 of their sons to make the rul- ing class of Germany safe for American capitalism. It cost many hundred thousands in wounded. In 1925, this same Germany is proposing “a fresh application of the principles of good.will and mutual confidence.” Our diplomatic ambassador does not wish to interfere in the domestic affairs of Germany but a wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse. Wall Street has Germany by the financial neck and Ambassador Schurman is not the least bit worried that his remarks will be resented. The dignity of the bourgeoisie is located in their bank accounts. “Good Trade Unionists” Sir William Joynson Hicks, home secretary in the British tory ) government, recently appealed to. British trade unionists to “resist -the intrigues of the Communists, in their unions.” Such an appeal coming from a flunkey of the United States government would be cordially received by the crowling lackeys of capitalism who dominate -the American Federation of Labor. But in England Sir William’s appeal was given a fitting answer. by John Bromley, M. P., general secretary of the Associated Seciety of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. Here is part of what Bromley said as reported in the London Daily Herald: ~ "Who made the rebels in the, trade union ranks? asked Mr. Bromley. The rebels were a broken-hearted people, broken-hearted in fighting against the present. system, which was crushing them, their wives, and families down to the degradation suffered by the » working: class ofthis country...They did have Commupists in the * they.a trade unions, and they could hardly elect a delegation upon, which one or two were not elected, not because they were Communists, but because they were good trade unionists. “They criticized him (Mr. Bromley) and.other. Jeaders, but T know on which side they will be when there is a battle, he added. They are not going to be on the side of the employers.” Bromley knows, and he has the courage ‘to say what he knows. Every labor faker in the United States knows that the Communists in the :trade unions are among the best fighters in the movement. They kniow that when a Communist deserts the struggle against the employers or flunks his duty, that he is kicked out of the Communist Party. And in the United States as in Britain the Communists will remain With the trade union movement despite the efforts, of the reactionary labor skates to get rid of them. ‘The workers will elect them, beeause they will gain the confidence of the workers, because re good trade unionists. And nobody is trade nnionist unless he is a good fighter against the employing class) in: general and in particular “ rv a AMALGAMATED PROGRESSIVES IN. CLEVELAND ISSUE PROGRAM. AND MEET HOSTILITY OF THE BOSSES By ALFRED WAGENKNECHT, ‘ CLEVELAND, July 1.—A militant campaign is being waged’in Cleveland for the election of progressives to t Clothing Workers. The left wing of the local unions seeks to build the Amalgamated in Cleveland and make it an instrument in che the class struggle. The Unthinking. The distribution of this program at the shops has met with some oppo- sition, both on the part of the bosses and the supporters of the reaction- aries in the unions, These latter many times.are only unthinking rank and file?’ members who have been misled into believing that only the offictaldom and not the rank and file have the right to make suggestions to strengthen the union and win concessions from the bosses. , Bosses Oppose Program. But the very fect that at the shops, where the program of the progres- sives in the unions was distributed, the bosses rushed out, threatened the distributors, shook fists in their faces and talked injunction proves that the members who oppose it are but mak- ing a united front with the bosses. The program of the progressive in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, for the election in Cleveland, follows: To all members of Local No. 112, A. C. W. of A. “The Progressive Committee of the Needle Trades Workers deems it necessary at this time to issue the following program and calls upon the members of Local No. 112 to give it thoro consideration. “A concerted effort is being made to destroy the organized labor move- ment by the so-called “American plan.” The “American plan” consti- tutes an effort by employers to break up trade unionism by substituting the open shop for union control. Just recently the formerly powerful Street Railway Men’s Union has been added to the many unions severely beaten by the combination of the bosses with the government in an effort to estab- lish the open shop. Amalgamation and Shop Committees. In order for the Needle Trades Unions to escape the fate which has befallen so many unions, we must consolidate our forces. Craft must stop fighting craft and union must cease fighting other unions. All Cloth- ing Workers’ Union must be amal- gamated .on the departmental plan in order to present a united front against the united front of the bosses. The fortes of the workers in each factory must be consolidated by the setting up of shop committees and an energétic’*tampaign to organize the unorganized ‘must be carried on, For Class Struggle. Another Scheme of the bosses is that. of class collaboration. If they find it too. difficult to destroy the unions, then they try to bring the unions into so-called “harmony” with the bosses which only meahs to in- crease profits at the expense of the workers, ae This. policy has already had a seri- ous effect. upon our own organiza-; tion. Many important gains in wages and conditions won by years of mili- tant struggle have been lost and are being lost by this tame policy of look- ing first at the desires and interests of the boss. The policy of advancing our inter- ests’ thru fighting the bosses is the only one to rely upon in the present and future as in the past. That is how the A. C. W. was built up and that is how, it will, thru amalgama- tion with other Needle Trade Unions, further advance the interests of the membership. Support the following demands of the progressive needle worke: 1. Organize the unorganized. 2. Amalgamate the needie trade unions. 3. Shop committees in all shops. 4. Abolish the speed-up system. 5. Abolish piece work. 6. Establish the 40-hour week. 7. Officials to receive no more pay than members. 8. Make ail open and not behind the backs of the members. 9, Reinstate all suspended and ex- settlements in the 10. No workers to be taken off the job because of their militant ac- tivities for progressive policies in the union. 11. World unity of the trade union movement. 12. Labor party. We call upon the progressive mem- bers of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers to support candidates who have in the past and will in the fu- ture fight for the above program, which means the strengthening of the A. ©. W,, the strengthening of the other needle unions, the strengthen- ing of the entire labor movement; and better @bnditions for our own membership and all workers,” “Progressive Committee.” Wilbur to Visit U. 8. Slaves, WASHINGTON, D. C., July 1. — Secretary of the Navy Curtis Wilbur will board the battleship, Henderson at San Diego and will then go to Corinto, Nicaragua, to pick up United States marines stationed’ there. He will also visit Pi nd possibly Your neighbor } read this issue 0 WORKER. Be ‘h it to him! Haiti. like to DAILY ‘ly—give THE DAILW WORKER TRADE. SCHOOL TRAINS SCABS IN WORCESTER Bosses Teach Children Loyalty to Employer he joint board of the Amalgamated is supporting a program»which really By H. SIDNEY BLOOMFIELD, (Special to The Daily Worker) WORCESTER, Mass, July 1— “New England's industrial position is being challenged, and we must meet the challenge by’ preparing men to take the places of the experts who are holding important positions,” was the basis of an “open ‘shop” talk by the open shop Rey. Vincent EH. Tom- linson, pastor of the open shop First Universalist Church before the gradu- ating class of the Worcester Boy's Trade School last night. John F. Tinsley, of the Crompton & Knowles Loom Works and high mo- gul of the Manufacturers’ Associa- tion also took a shot at those who are discontented and said in part that “they would be more satisfied if they could realize the opportunities of work in the shop.” Visions of poor, hard-working boys, rising to position of “wealth,” influ- ence and industrial leadership, “were painted in rosy colors by the speak- ers. But to attain these ends, “loy- alty to the employers, hard work and thrift” are the underlying virtues, ac- cording to the open shoppers. The 77 graduates received their diplomas from the hands of the presi- dent of the board of aldermen, Ro- land S. Frodigh. One hour each day of the school term is devoted to open shop talks by prominent leaders of the open shop movement and the graduation exercises are the special occasions for high-powered labor hat- ing talks in which the sons of the workers are taught to scab on their fathers, HANG SOFIA RED SOLDIERS FOR AIDING REVOLT Killed Sergeant When Communists Raided SOFIA.—(By Mail.)—On May 29, at 4:30 a. m., in the court yard of the Sofia central prison political division, the execution of Iliy P. Petroff and Ivan Petroff Tundev «from: Mekhemii, took place. The executed men.were condemned to death in August last year, for kill- ing a sergeant-major of the same Mekhomii regiment ‘in . which they served as soldiers. When Communists raided the barracks, Petroff and Tun- dev took out thecbolts of:the soldters’ muskets and hid them. But when the sergeant ordered them to pick up arms and to defend the barracks, they blocked the entrance to the barrack building and killed the sergeant. Wont Reduce Pullman Rates WASHINGTON, July 1.—The inter- state commerce commission today refused to order a reduction of fifty per cent in the surcharge on Pullman rates. This action was taken in deny- ing the petition of’ the International Federation of commercial travelers’ organizations asking that such an order be made. ’ HIS is the beauty of having such a thing as a government in your hands, It’s a mighty convenient tool. Things may look bad for the ruling class, but with a government they can pull off many tricks and stave off the inevitable. Radicals who spurn the idea that the workers should not bother about getting control of the government are all wrong. Until the French workers get control of the French government after the Rus- sian fashion the initiative will be with the capitalists. ** * LL this shows how chaotic in- dustry is under capitalism. Despite the backwardness of Russia before the revolution, that country is making rapid strides forward. The big in- dustries are owned by the govern- ment. There is increasing efficiency and there is a centralized authority that plans for industry as a whole. The introduction of more efficiency in methods of production, will not in- troduce more chaos as happens in countries where individual manufac- turers and trusts are only concerned with their own particular interests, but more wealth and leisure for the producers. oS HE Labor World of Duluth in its issue of June’ 13 last gives the premier position on its first page to a speech delivered by Kate Richards O'Hare in that city, under the au- spices of the Federated Trades As- sembly. Mrs, O’Hare is carrying on a campaign against prison contract la- bro. The prisoners make shirts which are sold on the market in competi- tion with “free” labor. One of the most widely advertised of this brand of clothing is “Big Yank.” Yet we find on the second page of this same Labor World “that featured Mrs. O'Hare’s speech against prison-made goods on the front page, a quarter page advertisement from the First Street Department Store extolling the virtues of “Big Yank,” ‘ee THs is wei . O'Hare sald about this pri: co! ct labor in her Duluth spe ag reported in the La- bor World: “The contract system of employment™obtaine in the Jefferson Give, this copy to your shop-mate. —_—— eS _. VIENNA.—(By Mail,)—Bessarabia, the south-west corner of the former Russian giant, has been, because of its geographical situation, since 1917, desired by Roumanian imperialism. The agnets of Roumanian government of Margiloman-Mackensen, Germanofil at that time, had the special order!to co-operate in everysway with the decomposition of the Russian south front army in order to-facilitate for Roumania the annexation of Bessarabia. “The true Russian patriot, General Tscherbatscheff, successfully forced the retreat of the Russian revolutionary army,from Roumania. The’ 6ther agents of Roumanian Etat Major, the+ Bessarabian social reyolutionaries, Inkukez, Halipa, Katareo, Erhan and AS WE SEE IT others, prepared the country for the annexation from inside. (Continued from page 1)- On the 20th of" Outober,' 1917 the| future they will be in the sate con-| Congress of Bessarabian officers with dition as a man after a good spree, the active participationof the above! who may have recollections of happy mentioned agents, decided to convoke moments, but an awful pain around the Bessarabian national assembly to the temples and a bad taste in. his settle the autonomy. question. The mouth, In the meantime the French number of members of this assembly government, which is the servant of —“Sfatul Zerl,” were determined in| the French ruling class, will wipe out advance—120. persons—from which | its internal debt as the German number 85 were MoldavVians. government did. Fifty of those Mold@¥anians were see elected at once, in a congress session, Those 50 persons, agents of the Rou-| manian Etat Major ha’ been the deputies of “Sfatul Zert” who sup- ported the idea of the annexation of Bessaraby. ~ On the 21st of Novemiber the Sfatul Zeri was opened and on the’ 2nd of December it declared the Bessarabia Moldavian democratic republic, On the 27th of March, 1918, Sfatul Zeri, in the presence of the Rouman- ian prime-minister, Fargiloman, de- clared Bessarabia annexed to Rou- mania, on the conditions of local au- tonomy. To understand the note we must re- member the declaration of the chair- man of the session, Professor .E, Spere, immediately before the vo: “Honary gentlemen, before voting the annexation of Bessarabia, to Roumania I declare: woe to a national minority which dares vote against this annexa- tion.” i? Before the 27th of ‘March act sev- eral members of Sfatoul Zeri, of the Presidium of the congress of peas- ants’ deputies of Bessarabia, Kataros, Fantzer Pramitzky, Tchoumatchenko and Litvanoff were shot: for their op- Position. ae Bessarabian Workers Protest. On the 28th of November Sfatoul Zerj disowned the loeal autonomy and finally “annexed” Bessarabia to Rou- mania. The proposition of the “final annexation” was made in the night session of Sfatoul Zeri, at which only a quarter of the members were pres: ent. The vote was made by the sim- ple raising of hand: id the number of voices pro and /@ontro were not counted, There is a written protest against this double lie signed by the general secreatry of Sfatul Zeri, the leader of Peoples’ League, the chairman of the Officers’ Congress Enoury, the peas- ants’ fraction, Trade Unions and 40 deputies of the same Sfatul Zeri. These so-called acts of annexation are unheard of violations of the’ will of the Bessarabian ‘workers and peas- ants and the manifestation of the brutal force of Roumanian imperial- ists, of what happens in story and ‘send it Tell other work your shop. Write City prison. ite furni: tl to the DAILY wi ER. Order a buildings, afer. icrmnuat ry bundle to distribute th the men and i—evervthing but La ** (the raw material, and the contractors the state for the use of the in- NEW ENGLAND: 6. 0. P, GIVES FIRST WOMAN TERM IN CONGRESS (Special to The Dally Worker.) LOWELL, Mass. July 1.—New England has decided to send a wo- man to congress. The first woman to go to congress from this region ls Mre. Edith. Nourse Rogers, of this city, widow of the late con- gressman John Jacob Rogers. Complete returns today from the special election in the fifth congres- sional district gave Mrs, Rogers, re- publican, 23,614; former Governor Eugene N. Foss, democrat, 9,251. Mrs. Rogers got 72 per cent of all the v east, carried every town In the district and received a larger Proportion of the total vote than her husband did last November. KLAN LICKED IN MINE UNION BY LEFT WING Zeigler Dalon. Slams the Kluxers By ALEX REID. (Special to The Daily Worker) CHRISTOPHER, Ill., July 1—The election held Wednesday, June 24, in Zeigler, was a victory for the left wing in the Miners’ Union and a complete repudiation of the friends of the faker Farrington, the K. K. K. The, militant miners in that vicinity, remembering the disgraceful, treach- erous,work of the klan in former elections, showed their contempt by the following results: Henry Corbishly received 74 votes for president, while his K. K. K. op- Ponent received 162. For vice-president, Oscar Farthing got 331, and K. K. K. O’Berry, 221. For recording secretary, Matt. Corn- ovich, the progressive candidate of the left wing, received 568 votes, his K. K. K. opponent receiving 158. For financial secretary, Joe Filipo- vich, 607 to 138 for K. K. K. Jones. In most of the offices the klan was Swept under by the feeling of repul- sion of the miners against the klan, due to the klan’s anti-labor record and work. Zeigler, the home of the klan of that vicinity of Egypt, has gone the way of its predecessrs, the Citizens’ Alliance, etc., etc., and the miners draw a breath of relief at the pass- ing of the vermin. By T. J. O'Flaherty | mates a daily amount equal to from one-sixth to dne-tenth of the wages paid for free labor.” By “free labor” Mrs. O’Hare means the labor of slaves outside of the penitentiaries, ~ oe HE Labor World is one of the most loud-mouthed defamers of Com- munism in the United States. It never misses an opportunity to sland- er the radicals and parrots the anti- revolutionary concoctions of the cap- italist press with great glee. It poses as the defender of simon pure trade unionism. But like evety paper of its kind it is a shameless prostitute, and peddles its principles for cash. never turning down a dollar no mat ter where it comes from. Compare its conduct with that of the DAILY WORKER. Whatever else our enemies may say about us, they can never bring forward one bit of evidence to prove that we ever said a good word for the enemies of labor, or that we ever ran a line in our news, editorial or advertising columns that would give aid or comfort to the enemy or injure the working class, Duluth work- ers should think of this when select- ing their labor paper. ee O’Hare’s campaign will not be out of Place. This lady was once a socialist and no doubt is still one, after a fashion. But like most scolalists she seems to be trying to live down her past. While in. Duluth Mrs. O'Hare visited the stores and found that with one or two exceptions, they were selling prison-made goods. And what do you think was her proposal? Call a meeting of organized labor to formulate plans to fight this evil? Let the lady speak for herself. Here is what she said, as reported in the .* | WOULD suggest that before or- ganized labor starts a campaign in Duluth against prison labor that a conference be called of manufacturers and businessmen to discuss the ques- tion, You will get better results in that way than by starting an im- pulsive war against them.” (Em- phasis ours... O'F.) The question now arises, who is the biggest faker, the editor ofthe Labor World or Kate Richards O'Hare? Here is the cloven hoof Of class-collaboration, “capital and labor getting together” sticking out'from under the skirts of this vocal fo y suffer from by beg- * Bgl while on the question of prison contract labor, a word about Mrs. bets BS ISG eS SS TEXTILE BOSSES SPEED WORKERS, REDUGE JOBS Output Jump in Mass., Figures Show (Special to The Daily Worker) WORCESTER, Mass, July 1— Products of the manufacturing indus- tries in Massachusetts in 1923 at ft tory prices were valued at $3,583,206,- _ 000, an increase of 26.8 per var tf the figure for 1921, the previous a sus year. ee The U. S. Census Bureau's figures made public recently showed the ay- erage number of wage earners 6m- ployed during 1923 to be 667,758, an increase of 15.3 per cent over 1921. In other words, while the profits in- creased 25.8 per cent, the opportuni- ties for employment actually de- creased in the per centage represent- ed by the difference between the in- crease of employes, 15.3 per cent and the increase in the value of the products turned out. The cotton goods industry led all others in the state in both number of wage workers and value of pro- ducts. The average number of wage workers in this industry increased from 106,337 in 1921, to 113,717 in 1923, or 6.9 per cent, and the value of products from $313,830,000 to $416, 932,000, or 32.5 per cent. 4 The above figures show, that the textile workers in Massachusetts are the most exploited in the state. With an increase of only 6.9 per cent work- ers an increase of 32.5 per cent pro- duction values were turned out. And the poor textile bosses who spend the winters at Palm Beach and the summers abroad are not exploit- ing their slaves enuf so they again cut wages 10 per cent, Cops and Sluggers Escort Scabs to and from Struck Shops (Continued from page 1) of ‘the Amalgamated and member of the general executive board addressed the strikers yesterday morning. ti Rosenblum told the strikers that the entire resourcees of the Amalgamated were behind them in the struggle. The shops of the International Tailoring company and the J. L. Taylor com- pany in New York were emptied of workers in five minutes he said, tho the company officials refused the busi- ness agents permission to come into the shops and confer with the shop chairmen. But other means were found of bringing the strike message to the workers. In New York the struck shops did not threaten a re- duction as in Chicago. The Chicago reduction evidently was to be the en- tering wedge. The Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers Union will not sign any agreement with the struck, shops unless they agree to the Amalgamated conditions according to statements by the strike leaders. “Dectectives Sleep With Scab It was reported that one fourteen year old boy is working in one of the scab shops, Another scab was taken to a hotel by a detective who stayed with the strikebreaker all night. No work is being done in the struck shops and the windows are painted so that those on the outside cannot see what is going on inside. Samuel Levin, manager of the Chi- cago Joint Board, branded the United Garment Workers officials as scabs and strikebreakers in a statement to the Federated Préss. The same news agency quotes George Slater of the United, as saying: “If trying to or- ganize that shop under the American Federation of Labor: is scabbing and strikebreaking, I am proud of it.” ~The Amalgamated picket line ig holding up admirably. The strikers are gaining enthusiasm and in deter- mination to win. Such a spirit knows no defeat. **#e Mass Picketing In New York By MAX MARIASH (W. 6.) NEW YORK, July 1.—Upon the arbitrary refusal of the International Tafloring company to sign a contract with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, a strike’ was de- clared June 29th, at 10,00 a. m, on the above firm and J. L. Taylor & Co., which is owned by the same firm, Approximately 900 workers are em- | ployed in the shop, which ig located at 107 Fourth Avenue, near 12th St. Workers were stopped and addressed on each floor by leaders of ‘the firm, promising them 52 weeks work per year and wage increases, However, that did not in any way aff Der cent walk-out and~ mags picketing in front of shop. . The company formulated a letter to the workers with the following state- ment in it: “The company has severed all relations with the Union and the workers must return as individuals or not at all.” The workers however, realize that only thru a workingmens’ union can they keep their present wages and keep a grip on the. bosses So that the bosses never will be able to cut their wages, 1 ee wot connate has engaged an open shop law » Which hts» striki rkers in the obra Se gets rd ctions against strikes. The -comp- Dany will soon know that it in no way help them as the workers are peas to smash any attempt on © part of the hosses to establish open shop, bs ”