The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 2, 1925, Page 3

j : | : ! | | ) GOVERNMENT IS AT SERVICE OF STANDARD OIL U. S. Report Promises To Aid Trust Heads WASHINGTON, D. C., July 31.—The report just issued by the United States government “Federal Oil Conservation Board” which consists of secretaries Work, Hoover, Weeks and Wilbur, shows that the government’s alliance with the Standard’ oil trust is be- coming ever stronger. The report frankly puts the government at the service of the oil trust and promis: every assistance to the oil corpora- tlons to help in increasing their profits, A public hearing will be held in Washington,” says the government board, in outlining its work, “to which will be invited the presidents of six or eight of the greatest oil corpora- tions in America, and these will be in- vited to discuss publicily their views.” The purpose of the board is stated to be, “to arrive at a definite and im- partial conclusion as to what should or should not be done to enhance the interests of government and industry.” “Data supplied. by the industry it- self (the corporation heads) is to be studied carefully,” we learn, “with a view of reaching a conclusive policy which will tend to stimulate greater prosperity in the industry.” In commenting on the work of the board, Secretary Weeks said: “The oil industry (the corporation owners) has realized that this inquiry by the Federal Oil Conservation Board hsa been and will continue to be contucted with but one object in view, to arrive at a policy which will be helpful, stimulating, productive of lasting benefits to the govrenment and the industry alike.” (owners of the industry) Madison Pharmacy INC. BETTER DRUGS Light Luncheon Served 1154 Madison Street, Corner Ann OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Four Phones Chicago CANADA TO HOLD (Continued from Page 1) to all trades, but in many instances seniority rights, working schedules, and rules enjoyed by the workers for many years, are being violated and abolished daily, against which the unions in their preseht condition are powerless to act. In the last four years a reduction of 297,000 in the total working force on the railroads has taken place, while those remain- ing on the job are coerced into doing extra work. Both periodic and con- tinued unemployment is crushing great numbers of our members. Of the total of 1,700,000 workers em- ployed on the railroads at the present time, only 700,000 are now affiliated to the 16 standard organizations, leav- ing the vast majority of . 1,000,000 workers in no bona fide unions at all In the face of these facts it cannot be denied by anyone who does not blind himself to the truth that a most criti- cal situation exists in the railroad in- dustry, Stop Division and Retreat “This disastrous condition was brot about mainly because of the division in our ranks, the lack of solidarity and co-operation between the different trades and the domination of the un- ions by a reactionary officialdom which has stubbornly blocked every move forward by the mentbership to solidify and strnegthen our forces by amalgamation, Against this situation, the railroad workers must rally with all their fighting strength. Already 3,500 local unions of all 16 trades have indorsed amalgamation, together with a considerable number of division, dis- trict and system federations. The pol- icy of retreat and surrender to the companies adopted by the officials must be combated with all the power of the membership and turned into a victorious advance. Wages of all trades must be increased, the eight- hour day must be protected, working conditions must be improved, the 1,000,000 unorganized workers must be brot into the unions, the organizations must be governed by a progressive and militant program, and all 16 trades must be amalgamated into one all-powerful fighting industrial union that will be in a position to protect the interests of aJl railroad workers. This is the task of the railroad amal- gamation movement. Until this is done the railroad’ workers cannot hope for relief from their present predica- ment. For a Labor Party of All Unions. “Another serious contributing fac- tor to our great'defeat was the com- plete failure of the union leadership to SAFE—POWERFUL— ;.ii0%. Four Out of Five People Have PYORRHEA! Dental statistics show that four of every five people over 40 years of age —and many younger—have PYOR- RHEA in some stages, PYORRHEA is a disease of the ims, caused usually by mechanical injury from lack of function of the teeth or from some other injury, or from irritation from tartar accum- ulations below the gum line. An in- vasion of bacteria and germs between the teeth and gums follow, résulting in inflamation, bleeding, and shrink- ing of the gums—and then come pus pockets and the final loss of the teeth, From the absorbing of poison into the »; m from pyorrhetic con- ditions, from veritable wells of pois- on in the gums, come other serious disorders such as rheumatism, kid- ney and stomach trouble and even heart dise besides, doctors say, other serious ailments. 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Names will gladly be furnished of satisfied PYRADIUM users, Use PYRADIUM at Home PYRADIUM is a Formula that is used as a Home Treatment for Pyor- rhea of any degree—and to Peres: and relleve other oral infections, in that it is used as a mouth wi Simple directions on each bottle. Dentist Assistance Required However PYRADIUM does not re- move tartar: to do this ne thing, in the treatment of Pyorrhea, correct any mechanical condition THE DAILY WORKER RAILROAD WORKERS OF U. S. AND AMALGAMATION CONFERENCE AT 'T CHICAGO SEPT. 12 realize that our struggles against the railroad companies for better condi- tions are essentially political strug- gles. They have continued their alli- ance with the politicians of the vari- ous capitalist parties, thereby sacrific- ing the interests of the workers, This alliance must be broken and _ the masses of workers united into a labor party. To further the labor party movement must be one of the princi- pal objects of the militant elements among the railroad workers, Representation and Finance. “Yielding to the great demand of the progressive r:ilroad workers all over the country for a conference to consider ways and means of coping with the present situation in the rail- road industry, the International com- mittee is hereby calling the Second International Railroad Amalgamation Conference, to take place at the Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd., Chicago, Illinois, beginning Saturday, September 12, at 9:00 a. m, and continuing on Sunday, September 13, 1925. All local unions or local and system federations are entitled to two delegates each. Local organizations will issue proper credentials which must be presented by the delegates to the conference, also notify the un- dersigned as promptly as possible of the election of their delegates. In or- der to finance the conference, all local lodges are urged to contribute a mini- mum of.$2.00 each to the “Conference Fund.” Those organizaitons in a posi- tion to contribute a larger sum are re- quested to do so. Individual contribu- tions also accepted. Constructive Action. “This conference will deal construc- tively with the many problems con- fronting the raliroad workers that re- quire immediate action. In addition to the matter of developing and ex- tending the work of the amalgamation movement, the tentative program to be taken up at the conference is en- closed herewith. This conference must devise a plan of united action on the part of all trades to increase wages and improve working conditions, to rebuild the unions, and to consolidate them as speedily as possible into one mighty organization. The program of the amalgamation movement is an in- dispensible necessity and the only so- lution to the railroad workers’ prob- lems. “The Second International Railroad Amalgamation Conference in Chicago will mark the next step on the road to progress of the railroad workers. Elect your delegates! Act on this matter at your next meeting without fail! Send in your contribution to the “Conference Fund!” Come to this conference at all costs! “Fraternally yours, “INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE, “O. H. WANGERIN, Secretary.” This Second Amalgamation Confer- ence will be the first international meeting since the famous Shopmen’s strike of 1922 and 1923 and will con- sider many other recent developments. Progressive railway workers are still smarting in remembrance of the di- vision in their ranks when seven unions struck and nine remained on the job. They are determined that this sort of thing shall not happen again. They know that no matter what their trade, there is a common interest between all workers in the railroad industry which must find ex- pression in common action on a com- mon program, Progressives to Write. Many delegates at the coming con- ference will also be delegates to the various rail union conventions which follow ‘soon after, and it is expected that a constructive program of action dealing with amalgamation, wages, or- ganization and other vital issues will be shaped up to harmonize the work of the delegates in their union con- ventions. In the past it has been shown that the union conventions were cnotrolled by bureaucratic machines, while the progressive delegates, altho working for worthy principles, were not united on the most important issues. The coming conference promises to solid- ify the progressives of all rail unions so their work) will be more effective. Many Vital Issues. 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This is the leadi woolen city in the country and the wage cuts affect more workers here than in any other tex- tile center. Cuts have taken place in the huge mills of the American Wool- en Co., and the Arlington, Kunhardt and Uswoco mills, Last fall and winter the cotton workers had their wages slashed until today government figures state that the wage for a cotton worker in New England is $17.20 a week. Having re- duced the wages of. the cotton work- ers the bosses are now out to cut wages of the woolen workers. Great unrest has beem created here by the recent wage cuts. United Front ‘Meeting August 4. The United Front Textile Commit- tee, composed of representatives of a few local unions, has taken the initia- tive in calling a mass meeting of tex- tile workers for August 4, in the Win- ter Garden Theater to rally the work- ers for the struggle against wage cuts. The meeting will be addressed by Tom Bell and John Bellam, and will be devoted to explaining to the tex- tile workers the necessity of a mili- tant program of struggle against the wage cuts, and the need of a general strike of all textile workers against the bosses’ plan of crushing down their standard of living. Little Union Organization. The United Textile Workers’ Union local here is very weak and is run on the basis of “co-operation between capital and laber.” The union lead- ers spend their.time hobnobbing with the bosses advocating plans for “in- dustrial peace.’): There is also a local of the American: Federation of Textile Operatives which has confined its ac- tivities to the cotton mills. mass of the textile workers are not organized at all. The textile ‘workers of Lawrence have a militant history, and have struck in the past in face of all the against them. capitalist state thrown history is one of bitter strugglé against the bosses. In the past struggles in the textile in- dustry the lead has been supplied by the Lawrence workers. And today it is likely that the. Lawrence workers will again show the rest of the tex- tile workers how to fight wage cuts. Unemployment in Canada WASHINGTON, D. C., July 31— The office of the secretary of the De- partment of Labor reports serious un- employment in Northern Ontario, Can- ada. The report says: “In sharp con- trast to 1924, unemployment this year in Northern Ontario is a very serious problem. A marked lull in construc- tion operations is said to be one of the prime causes of the large surplus of labor.” POLISH ORGANIZATION HOLDS PICNIC FOR: THE INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE The first organization in Chicago to get into action with an affair for the International Labor Defense is the Conference to Aid Political Prisoners in Poland. A big picnic is to be held under the auspices of this conference on Sunday, August 9. The Polonia grove, Higgins and Gist Ave. To get to the grove take any car going North to Lawrence Ave, then take Lawrence car West to the end of the line, then walk two blocks South.’ The speakers at the picnic will be James P. Cannon, national secre- tary of the I, L. D. and B, K. Ge- bert in Polish, (secretary of the con- ference) Comri M. Marek will act as chairman. The picnic will also be an organizational meeting for the |. L. D, and it is expected to put a solid foundation under the Polish Section of defense move- ment on this occasion. Get a bundle for every meet- ing of your trade union local. MIKE GOLD TURNS PEN ON MONKEYS FOR BENEFIT OF LABOR DEFENSE NEW YORK, July 31.—The main feature of the outing of the International Labor Defense, New York section, on August 23 at Pleasant Bay Park, will be a mock trial exposing the evolution proceedings at Dayton, Tennessee. The skit is being written by Mike Gold and Joe Freemaniand promises to be one of the finest things of the season, “Monkey or Man” will bring the largest crowd that has ever attended an outing in New York. In addition a movie picture will taken of scenes of the trial and of the entire outing. There will be manne and every- thing to make the outing most enjoyable. Tickets are 85c and every worker who wishes to do hueabhis in building up the International Labor Defense, for the lense and protection of all workers who @re arrested for the expression of opinion amd for the acts in she ‘clnga struggle, would be present, The vast |§ BUILDERS AT WORK Another Good Opportunity Is Here Take Advantage of It Yourself The serial publication of RUSSIA TODAY got three long cheers from hundreds of workers thruout the country whose letters from every section have been pouring into the DAILY WORKER office. These same workers and others will now be able to feel even more pleased. RUSSIA TODAY—in book form!— bound in attractive duroflex covers and selling at $1.25, to- gether with an eight months’ subscription to the DAILY WORKER (six months in Chicago) can be had for $5.00. Here is a splendid opportunity to secure subs from other workers on the basis of giving RUSSIA TODAY with a DAILY WORKER subscription at an especially low price. Every worker will want this great account of the first world’s workers’ government in Soviet Russia—all the more so if he can. get the only paper in this country that gives fruthful news of Russia everyday! Here is another way for Builders to keep up the good work of building the revolutionary labor movement—another good tool for Communist Builders. And of course you will want to take advantage of this yourself! INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE TO SET UP LOCAL UNITS ON SEPT. 13 The national office of the International Labor Defense is accumulating more defense cases day by day. In addition to having a number of im- portant deportation and other cases to handle as well as fulfill its obligation to look after the comfort and well being of prisoners and their families. there remains the problem of building up the organization nationally. The day upon which the local units will be set up is September 13, “Labor Defense Day.” In the meantime the work must go on. Here is the way contributions came to the of- ;J. Fromholz (Local I fice between the sixth and sixteenth | ,,Cleveland, Ohio... of July: D. C. (Local € Thicago) F. Burman (Finnish Workers R. & first Ward, Italla D, League), Chicago. ES . Fortin, San Fran dD Cc) , San Francisco, C. Lawrence Harsar, Johnston Gy, m J. J. Kohan, Hudson, Mass. F. tihinone New York Cit: 2.00 1c. Berger (nglish Br. Buffalo, N. Y. 2.00 John Post, Chicago, Iit W. P. 8. Osasto, Kalama, Wash. 4.00 Jr Cassidy’ (8, Slavic Br.) Ganton, 5 | John “Krejsa, Hackensack, N. J 2.00 16.45 |, D.C. Local, Chicago, Iil.... 5 L. Baltimore, M. Restetar (W. 4 Branc h i, E. Beidel, Chicago, Il, Woodlawn, Pa .. A. Mencke, Cleveland, Obrana (Ch. Musiel Anonymous, Chicago, I | Tom Lewis (D. 0. J. Buskar, Chicago, Ill. Francisco, Calif. At 152% a. 8 Brookfield’ Czech Branch, Chicago Stevenson, San Pedr 3.80 S. Osasta, Mass, Mich. J. Albanskis, Chicago H Pir iil. 12.00 John Sydor, ‘Rochester, *300|3 J. Bazan, Utica, N. 10.50 Sonna Maki (Woman's Club of A. Overgaard (W. P. Local) Miiw: = Sturgeon & Olanga) Angora... 32.40 | uke, Wis. ...... 2.25 E,W. Theinert (English Br. W: Ernest R. Reichi 25.00 P.) Providence, R. L. 2.00 | Lenetta M. Cooper, 12.00 Estella Tarkoff, Bould 2.00 | Astoria Finnish Socialist Club, As- Richard Madler, Hartford, Coni. 2.00| _ torla, Ore. . - 25.00 Arthur ve Bee (Local No. 275 John Young (P. S. W. P. of A.) B. of H. 25.00|_ Warren, Ohio 5.00 Roy Hahoney {Paxesh Br) Bast & )« x % Thtnert (English Br, Liverpool: Onio 3.50 The Official Report of the 8 Mos. 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Joseph Kreu- ter, executive secretary.” “T am still anxiously waiting to hear from you, dear Friend in Christ,” Kreuter says. “Several people have written that they can’t spare $10.00 for the Catholic Union. But the ten dollars for which we ask need not be paid all at once. “Every mite will help. Every cent that you can spare is needed so badly right now that we may train priests to work among our separated breth- ren. In the name of our separated brethren of Russia and the Near East, I am awaiting your answer.” This letter, which asks for the pen- nies of the unemployed and toiling masses who are living in such “sub- lime happiness” that they havent ten dollars to their name, exposes the anti-Soviet activity of the Catholic church which plans to send trained spies, garbed as priests, into Soviet Russia. 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