The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 16, 1925, Page 4

Ee Aibemi THE DAILY WORKER . Page LABOR PARTY IS DEMAND OF REDS IN CLEVELAND Call On the Unions to Support Conference CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 14.—The Workers (Communist) Party of Cleve- land has sent a letter to all labor or- ganizations of this city pointing out the necessity for the formation of a labor party to work in the interests of the working class. ‘The letter, printed below, calls upon all Jabor bodies to indorse the call for a conference on the matter of labor participation in the coming municipal elections here. The letter follows: “To labor organizations of Cleve- land: “With the approach of elections, the question comes to the front, What is the government doing for the work- ers? “The usual experience after elec- tions has been a betrayal of the in- terests of labor by the successful can- didates regardless of the amount of pro-labor noise they may have made during the campaign. Councilmen Serve Railroads. “It is now well-known that most of the seventeen councilmen endorsed by organized labor at the last municipal election have served the New York Central and allied railroad interests and forgotten the workers whose votes elected them. “Organized labor well remembers the milk drivers’ strike of three years ago when the city government put po- licemen on the wagons to protect the scabs. “The street car men have fresh in their minds the freedom allowed John Stanley in his strike-breaking prepar- ations recently and the police protec- tion provided the company for strike- breakers in times past. “The city administration bitterly fought against the payment of union wages to city employees some months ago even after the courts had decid- ed in favor of the wage increase. “When the garbage collectors two years ago demanded a thoroly deserv- ed increase in pay and improvement in conditions, they found out that the city government is just as willing as any other boss to employ strike-break- ers, and besides, it has the poliée all ready to protect its scabs: Labor Must Exert Political Power. “The recent decision of the Ohio state supreme court against the street railwaymen and the failure of the fed- eral government to punish the Teapot; Dome oil thieves are reminders of what the workers are now coming to accept without argument; that from the city up, the government is in the handg of the employing class which useg the governmental power to in- creas@ ‘profits and keep down the workers. _ “History offers abundant proof of the fact that what little has ever been gained by labor from a capitalist gov- ernment has been only because of the political power it has exerted. Be- cause labor has been so weak politicl- ly, it has gained practically nothing. On the other hand, there has develop- ed in the United States the world’s most powerful financial oligarchy whose motto is, Destroy the Unions. The ‘American plan’ is the policy of these capit: tic interests which to- day contro! -government ircw city councils up. “To fight the ‘American plan’ and the open shop campaign means to fight not only the industrial control of the financial interests, but their poli- tical power as well. “The Workers Party maintains that labor should abandon forever its non- partisan policy of supporting which- ever old party politician shouts the loudest before election in favor of .la- bor. The policy of following in the train of so-called ‘Progressive’ part- jes led by professional politicians or ‘triends of labor’ must ‘also be given up, because such parties in reality represent business interests, if not those of Wall Street, then the smaller ‘ fry who are not one whit less anxious than the big interests to grind out of labor every possible penny. “Labor must adopt once and for all the policy of voting as a class for its own candidates. Let labor form a labor party, composed of the unions and political and other organizations of workers willing to unite on the basis of independent working class political action against the common enemy, the capitalist class. “We urge upon your organization _to give the fullest consideration to , this question and to endorse the cal- | ling of a conference on the matter of labor participation in the coming mu- | nipal elections and the formatioi of a labor party for Cleveland. “Down with the industrial and polit- ical rule of the open shoppers! Up with independent political action by the working class! Forward to a la- bor party! Forward to workers con- trol!” Workers Party of America - Local Cleveland J. A. Hamilton, Secretary. d d g mcrease in ‘ a ; fhat our industries have comparativ: rkers’ increased ih fel in the rais- ly little reserved capital at their d ing of labor productivi pas ina (Continue from Page 1) pre-war level (gross production pet head per day, 5 rubles, 31 kopec, and in 1912—8 rubles at pre-war prices), Towards the end of 1 wages were on the average 60 per cent of the pre- war wage, In the middle of 1924, the roductiv- ity of labor was 75 per cent and wages on an average 72.5 per cent of the pre-war level. In the following months the increase in labor produc- tivity was somewhat slower and the discrepancy between it and the in- crease of wages was greater, Demand For Goods. The slowing down of labor produc- tivity was a considerable danger for the further development of our indus- tries and for the economic develop- ment of the U. S. S. R. in general ‘The reyival of our agriculture and the growing requirements of our towns have resulted in an increased demund for manufactured articles. Our industries must keep pace with the demand, and it is not only a ques- tion of .extending industrial produc- tion, but also of making production cheaper by bringing prices for manu- factured goods into closer with prices for agricultural produce, This can only be achieved by im- proving the methods of production and by increasing the productivity of labor for the. purpose of making the process of mass production cheaper. The raising of individual productivity of labor is of particular importance in} posal that we cannot introduce the necessary technical improvements rapidly enuf. Improve Working: Methods. Under such conditions increase of wages cannot be thot of unless therey is a corresponding increase in the productivity of labor. Therefore al! the efforts of our workers organized in the trade unions and of our econo- mists were concentrated on this, starting with the last quarter of 1924. The measures adopted to achieve tihs aim consisted in the introduction of unlimited piece rates together with a revision of possible output, and Industries VII-IX X-X11 Mining .. » 48.6 52.4 considerable increas production. | Metal . 55.5 For instance, the tofaj iyplue of arti-| Textile . - 86.5 cles produced in the main branches of | Chen:ical - 90.8 industry during October-January, | Printing . 93.0 1924-25 increased 50 per cent as com: | Cotton 100.3 i pared with thé same period in 1923-24, | Lwether 73.6 j;and 35 per cent as compared with} Covi .. 124.8 June-September 1924. The gross output per head day iv the first quarter of the business year of 1924-25 increased 80 per cent com- Increase of Productivity 40 Per Cent, We will have © few more figures encerning Leningrad industry In pared with the first quarter of the business year of 1923-24,,and 6.1 per eot as compared with, the fourth quar- ter of the same year, the maximum in crease in output being observed in the July 1924 the average daily wage in commodity (real) rubles was 1 ruble, 21 kopecs, whilst the output per head per day at pre-war prices amounted to 8 roubles, 55 kopecs; in December the Soviet Union | 55 kopecsy, In the various industries Avages* in Leningrad exceed pre-war rates as follows: in the food and to- bacco industries 35 per cent, in the chemical industry 20 per cent, in the | cottom industry 19 per cent in the .5| leather industry 16 per cent and in the textile industry 8 per cent, The | wage of Leningrad metalists is now | S0 per cent of the pre-war wage and the wage of the wood-workers 85 per cont, ‘ Conditions of Workers Improve. On the whole, the above statistics show that the efforts of the trade unions and of our economists are at- proximity | | time and less malingering. the adoption of a number of organiza-| metal, electro-technical, chemical and tional measures aiming at the im-. food industries, The, average real provement of the methods of produc- wage also increased: in the tirst quar- tion. In connection with the reylsion| tar of the business year, 1924-1925 it of the output figure the condition of | amounted to 78.4 pey cent of war the equipment of the enterprise and | :utes, having increased 5-6 per cent as all other conditions affecting produc-| compared with the fourth quarter of tivity.of labor are taken into consid-, i23-1924, The increase of the daily eration, | eal wage in some branches of indus- It has been ascertained that when| try was as follows: 9 per cent in the the revision of the output standard is) metal industry, 1.7 per cent in the tex- accompanied by technical orfaniza-| tile, 7.2 per cent in the chemical, 12 tional measures for the improvement| per cent in the leather, iv per cent in of working methods, positive results| (he food, and 9.3 per cent in the print- have been attained; both, producttvity| ing industries. There was no change of labor and wages have increased; a| in the mining industry. more rational use is made of the| working hours; there is less waste of| Changes in Monthly Wages. The following table shows the | chonges in monthly wages in 1924 as (percentage to Output Per Head Advances, The fact that all the measures in-) compared with 1913 the U. S. S. R. in view of the fact| troduced were accompanied. by the| i91% wages): VICIOUS FRAME-UP PERPETRATED BY AHERICAN AND JUGO-SLAV JUNKERS LANDS COMMUNIST WORKER IN PRISON A letter has come to us from a Jugo-Slavy comrade in one of the bastilles of American capitalism at MacNeal Island, Wash., telling of a vicious frame- up that has been perpetrated against him. years after which time he is to be deported to Jugo-Slavia. Here is the ~ letter: To the DAILY WORKER:— I am greatly overjoyed and more grateful then I can say for the subscription to the DAILY WORKER. It may inter- est you to know something about my- self and my imprisonment. I am a aative of Dalmatia, formerly Austria, and now a part of Jugo-Slavia. ing the world war I was exempted from military service on account of physical disability, but I had to sub- mit to some government service. I could not bring myself to co-oper+ ate with the bourgeoisie to take away the lives of the people of my class. Consequently my services were not of tuch value to them, Ru His Inspiration. I visited a number of European countries including Russia, which is now a marvelous country. The people ure now better established than ever before. They have a system of edu- cation that is their greatest security. I came back to America to study working conditions here, and to earn my livelihood and support my aged parents back home. But ever since I cume to this country they have been trying to frame-up something on me ind put me in prison. As soon as I departed from the old country the Jugo-Slavonian authorities had immo- diately notified their agents here that a dangerous agitator was on his way to America. That he has done time over there for advocating Bolshevism. I wasted three months in Mitrovice, Sriem, for my views. ‘The following message was forward: ed here and it read thus: “Peter Dur- |» | NEW YORK STANDS BY COMRADE GITLOW NEW YORK, July 14—The follow- ing resolution was adopted by the D. E. C. of New York District No. 2, Workers (Communist) Party at its meeting held recently, with the request that it be sent to all party papers: “Whereas, the United States su- preme court, the buttress of capital- ism, has decided that our Comrade Benjamin Gitlow must'Serve the re- mainder of his ten yéars’ sentence for uttering the famous left wing manifesto of 1919; Whereas, our Comrade Gitlow has during the past six years held aloft the red banner of Communism in America, devoting himself unflinch- ingly to the cause of the Commun- ist International, be it Resolved ‘by the» D; £. C. of Dis- trict No. 2 of the Workers Party in regular meeting heldcin New York City to congratulate Comrade Git- tow for his.determined stand for the exploited masses. and to offer our support and our pledge to work un- remittingly for Comrade. Gitlow's freedom so that he may continue his splendid activities and in buila- ing the Workers. (Communist) Party of America into a genuine mass Communist Party, and be it further Resolved, that we send this reso- lution to the C. E. C., the DAILY WORKER, and all other party or gans with the request. that the | same be printed therein, and be it further Resolved that District,No. 2, W. P, ceptecing around New York be recordéa as giving its: full support to tne resolution. He was sentenced to thirteen N. Y. Greek Branch Free Speech Fight Gets Bigger Meetings (By Worker Correspondent.) From Greek Branch, Dist. No. 2. NEW YORK, July 14— Our branch, the Greek branch of the uptown dis- trict, is holding successful meetings at the corner of 39th and 8th avenue, the Greek workers’ center. Last night we were holding one of our regular meetings (peacefully, as usual) with a very good Greek audi- ence, when a bull instigated by a Greek bible society, surged into the meeting and demanded that we stop. We ignored him and continued our meeting. He dragged our comrade, Pappayianis, a garment worker, off the platform. Comrade Serros, the chairman, protested. He placed the two comrades under arrest. Before taking them to the police station, he aicked the platform down end to fur- ther show his heroism, he started clubbing the platform. He did not dare to club our comrades for the look in the faces of our audience told him what was good for him. Hold Another Meeting. A few minutes passed and the plat- form was up again, this time Com- rade Stanitsides speaking. He was followed by Comrade J. Jamos, who spoke for half an. hour to an audience of over 300 Greeks. He told them that the Communists are not afraid to fight the exploiters of this coun- Detroit Y. W. L. Picnic taining good results: productivity of labor inereases, and with it wakes also. If the rise in wages during the current business year is not as con- wage was 1 ruble, 45 kopecs and the output 10 rubles 15 kopecs, namely the increase in wages and output dur- | ing the half year was 20 per cent in |tound figures, whilst for the whole! siderable ‘as before, we have every | year—from January to Decemer 1924,! reason: 'to believe that the develof- wages increased 40 per cent and pro-; ment and extension of our industries ductivity of labor 35 per cent. These! and increase of productivity of labor figures show very graphically the posi-| will enable us to improve consider- tive results of unlimited piece rates|«biy the material conditions of the and of the revision of the output| workers im the near future. Mention standard, must also be made of the fact that We will give a few more figures to] wages are not the only indication of | show how Leningrad wages compared | !tuprovement in the material and cul- with wages thruout the entire indus-| ral conditions of the workers of the try. According to latest statistics the| W. 3%. R., for-besides wages, there average real wage of Leingrad work-| are a number of state and municipal ers is at present 94 per cent of the| measures which benefit the workers pre-war wage in the same town (in| wud xive them considerable privileges 1913 the average wage in the Peters-| uither free of charge or at a yery Jow burg industries was 35 rubles, 35 ko-| cust (housing policy, communal serv- pecs, whilst at present it is 33 rubles,| vs, cducational institutions, ete.) “Stand by Soviet Russia!” Demand “Hands Off China!” Mass meetings and demonstrations have already been arranged as follows: ’ KANSAS CITY, MO.—July 15th, 8 p. m., 12th & Forest. Filipino, Chinese, Japanese and English speakers. BUFFALO, N. Y.—July 15, Labor Lyceum, 376 William St. Speaker Willlam F. Dunne. ITHACA, N. Y.—Cosmopolitan Club, July 16. Speaker William F. Dunne. ZEIGLER, ILL.—July 16, 7 p. ™., Pavilion Park, open air meeting. Speaker, K. Mikalachky. ST. LOUIS, MO.—Mass meeting, Friday, July 17, Labor Lyceum, 1243 N. Garrison. Speaker, K. Mikalachky. | WASHINGTON, D. C.—July.17, 1814 N. St. N. W. Speaker, Rebecca Grecht. ingen ROCHESTER, N. Y.—July 17.at 8 p. m. Labor Lyceum, 580 St. Paul St. Speaker Wm. .F: Dunne. NEW YORK, N. Y.—July 17 at 6 p. m. Union Park, 17th and Broadway, open air demonstration. Speaker, Wm. Z. Foster. or LOS ANGELES, CAL.—July 17. United Front Meeting. Auspices: Kuo Min Tang, Civil Liberties Union, Japanese Workers Association, Workers Party, at Music’ Arts Hall. PHILADELPHIA, PA.—Friday, July 17, 8 p. m., Grand Fraternity Hall, Sixteenth and Arch. W. FRANKFORT, ILL.—July 18, 7:30 p. m., at Band Stand. Speaker, K. Mikalachky. SEATTLE, WASH.—July 18.. Speaker, N. H. Tallentire. DULUTH, MINN.—-Sunday,. dul 19, 2 p. m., Fairmont Park, 7ist Ave. W. Speaker, C. A. Hathaway. MILWAUKEE, WIS.—Sunday, July 19, 8 p. m., Labor Temple, 808 Walnut St. Speaker, :J. Louis Engdahl. OSTON, MASS.—Sunday; July 19, 4 p. m., Boston Common Mall. Speaker, Earl R. Browder. PITTSBURGH, PA.—Mass inparing. Sunday, July 19, 2:30 p. m., Labor ‘Lyceum, 35 Miller St. Speaker, Ben Gitlow. PORTLAND, ORE.—July 19, at 8 p. m. Workers Party Hall, 227 Yambiell St. Speaker, Stanley J. Clark. Tass Musidin or Mulberg or under what ever aliases he may go, is in Ame rica on a radical mission. He is 6 | try and that like. our comrades all |over the world, they will keep up ; the fight to a finish. He urged them Detroit, Mich., July 14—The Detroit Young Workers League picnic will be held on Sunday, July 19th at the head CHRISTOPHER, ILL.—Jul 19, 9 a. m., 2 blocks north of high school. Speaker, K. Mikalachky. P NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.—Monday, July 20, 7:30 feet 7 inches tall, light complexion with blue eyes. He is educated and well mannered, speaks several lan- guages, with a light voice. We urge you to take any steps that you consi- ‘ler necessary and report to us what- ever facts may come to your knowl- edge regarding his connections. We should like to know as definitely as possible who the people are and his conversations with them. Incidental details will be of interest and value to us.” - ‘The frame-up charges have their origin in the following. A man with whom I had only a slight acquaint- ance wished me to keep a suitcase for him in my room until he returned to town. Later government authori- tles swooped down upon my room, stabbed the suitcase and opened it up in my presence. It contained some counterfeiting copper cuts for print- ing cirrency.” Needless to say, I know nothing about the contents of the suit- case. They have given me a savage sen: tence of thirteen years imprisonment at MeNeil Island, Wash., by the U. S, court of Portland, Ore. I am to be deported at the expiration of my term. ‘They can deport me, but they can- not take away from me my faith, ideal and ambition, altho Jugo-Slav- enian authorities are eagerly await- ing my afrival to grab me when | get there, In conclusion, I wish to eypress my kindest regards to you and all. With deepest appreciation, I remain, Yours fraternally, Peter Mulberg. COMMUNISTS OF McKEESPORT, PA., —_|svw pins MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR PICNIC |» sin’ iow sat McKEESPORT, Pa—The city central committee of the Workers Party of America, will hold a omg Run Road, near Olympla Park. jonic on the 19th of July at Petra Brietical Farm, MERCH $2, attend Ship pionicg to join their unions, to learn about Communism and to fight the Greek and American bosses. The audience cheefed the speekers. To show their sympathy with our ideals they volunteered to act as witnesses for our arrested comrades. Over six- ty of them gave their names and ad-| Water on other side of island and you dresses, among them being some Greek women. This shows us that the Greek worker is awakening and we are determined to draw them to the class struggle. At the police station our comrades | ©: C. C. of the Wor were charged with disorderly conduct. They were sent down to the night | the death of our beloved Comrade and court where the Workers Party coun-|™émber Norman Ghous and pledge ell asked for a postponement of the | 0Urselves individually and collectively ease until the next day. The com- rades were set free after we produc- ed $25 bail for each, Picnic in Providence to Honor Imprisoned Class War Prisoners PROVIDENCE, R. |, July 14.—Un- der the slogan, “Workers, Defend Your Fighters,” the workers of Provi- dence are called to a unity picnic at Thienert’s Farm outside the city to be held on August 2nd. The proceeds of the picnic will go to build up “International Labor De- fense,” as a great mass movement rousing the whole labor world to re membrance of its imprisoned fighters and to help in the latest’ move of the I. L. D, to raise a fund to send $5.00 per month to each of America’s 128 class war prisoners. ter, take a Woonsocket-Provindence trolley, get off at Albion Road and follow the signs. There will}be speak- ers in English, Russian, Ukrainian and Italian besides games, music anc study and] 0f Belle Isle. Refreshments will bef served and there will be all kinds of sports, contests and swimming. Good time is assured to everyone. Admis- sion is free. To get to picnic grounds walk across the bridge until you reach Speaker, John Brahtin. will find the ideal spot chosen for our picnic, 4 Passaic Com as Their Loss PASSAIC, N. J. July 14—We the rs (Communist) Party of America, local Passaic morn William F. Dunne. 8 p. m., Deutsche Hoyse, 444 Dunne. sade Ave. Building Trades Council Hall. AKRON, OHIO.—July 20, CHICAGO, ILL.—July 21, y« and Western Aves. Speakers: Foster, Chi (Chinese), Cirilo Manat (Filipino), Max Shachtman (Young Workers League). MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—Mass meeting, 21, 8 p. m., Finnish Hall, 1317 Western Ave. No. p.m, ker, T. R. Sullivan. ~ p. m., 601 So. Main St. Ss 7 m., Northwest Hall, North uesday, July Speaker, ST. PAUL, MINN.—Mass meeting, Wednesday, July 22, Rice St. Speaker, William F. YONKERS, N. Y.—Saturday, July 25, at 8 p. m., 23 Pali-° to carry on the struggle for the eman- cipation of the working class and the establishment of the.Communist state which was so dear to him and to which he dedicateg his life. ~ 8. Raskin, Secretary. Van Sweringen Hi stand them: WASHINGTON, ily 14, — Hear- ings on the appliffttion of the Van Sweringen brothers to consolidate five railroads into a single system and to issue certain securities will be re- sumed on July 20, the interstate com- merce commission announced today, No decision has been reached as to limiting the scope of the hearing with wings July 20, The Evolution of Man By Wm. Boelsche Cloth, 60 cents The Triumph of Man By Wm. Boelsche respect to the admissibility of evi- Cloth, 60 cents dence relating the personal and priv- ate affairs of the Van Sweringens. 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Roe TB ee as | Cloth, $1.25 4 REICHERT DIED i ) VICTIM OF FOES ‘OF THE WORKERS Was ‘Jailed Because He Led Clothing Strike The death of Jacob Reichert ten days after he was released from prison by Governor Donahey of Ohio because it was known he could not live thru his fifteen years sentence, marks one more of a long series of such crimes being committed yearly against work- ers active in the ranks of the labor movement. Reichert went into Columbus prison three years after the beginning of a frame-up prosecution that grew out of a strike of Amalgamated Clothing Workers in Cincinnati in 1922. Reichert was business agent of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union during the strike and it was because of his zealous work that he won for himself the persecution that caused his death, Now Swimming Blamed for Empty Church Seats; Pastors Ask Blue Laws (By Worker Correspondent) MONESSEN, Pa., July 14.—The pastors of the Charleroi churches passed a regelution that the Charleroi bathing beach be closed on Sundays. They claim that the beauty contests that are held there every Sunday in- jures the-morals of the young people and they are not attending church; therefore the beach and others must be closed on Sunday. When these pastors are successful, which they will be, what is the poor working man going to do on Sundays? We are not allowed to play baseball on Sunday, now we are not allowed to swim. Monessen, which boasts of being a third class city, has no beach. They even prohibit you from swimming in the city limits. When you go out of the limits to swim you have to cross the railroad, and the railroad ‘bulls are always on the lookout for you for trespassing on their property. The rich around here take out théir high power cars and motor to the country club for the Sunday golf. The ministers don’t have a word to say. about this. Probe Rates on Farm Products, WASHINGTON, July 14.—The fn terstate commerce commission’s in- vestigation of all freight rates in the United States—the most comprehen- sive inquiry ever undertaken in the history of American transpoptation— will start on September 1. It was announced today that thé first hearings would be held at Chi- cago and that they would be con- cerned chiefly with the rates on farm products on western railrodas, Foreign Exchange, 7a NEW YORK, July 14.—Great Brite ain, pound, 4,85%—4.86%, France; franc, 4.68—4.68%%.- Belgium, fran¢, 4.64—4.64%%. Italy, lira, 3.66%,—3.67. Sweden, krone, 26.85—26.88. Norway, krone, 17.90—17.92. 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