The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 4, 1925, Page 5

"emcee neem ENGINEERS TO’ | ORGANIZE; WANT BETTER TERMS They. Are Colle, e Bred “© But Poorly Fed NEW YORK —(FP)— Thirty-five bandred college bred technicians, em- ployed by the city of New York, find- ing that their wages are pretty much on the level of manual .workers’ are taking a tip from the latter and organ- ising. ;They have formed the Associa- tion of Engineers of New York and haye .as their immediate objective salary increases of 26 per cent. At a preliminary meeting speakers pointed out that the engineers hold the key positions in the essential work Recessary to the community and that the departments of water, fire preven- tion, sanitation, transportation, new construction and other vital municipal activities could not operate without them: In fact, several of the speak- ers reminded their fellow workers, the ofty efigineer is such a necessary in- dividual that when the engineers of Chicago started a strike, scheduled for three days; the city called them back to ‘work in a half hour with the pro- mis¢ of meeting their demands. As‘a start towards educating the public to the idea that the engineer is just‘an ordinarily paid person wage charts have been made public show- ing that 76.5 per cent of the city’s engifivers gol less wages than plumb- ers and bricklayers and ten per cent less than the municipal ditch diggers, Only five per cent get as much as the contractors’ superintendents whose business it is to follow the plans pre- pared for them by the engineers, Aldermen Strike When Mayor Appoints Pulpit Pounder ‘Police Chief ALTON, Ill, Aug. 2—The three Alton aldermen, arrested by Mayor H, M, Sanders, in a factional row over administration of city affairs today issued:a ‘public ultimatum that not even ‘notification of their arrest would ' force them to attend meetings of the town council “until the mayor sees the light!.the way they see it. Mayor: Sanders arrested the three aldermen;on chatges of conspiracy and: omission of duty when the coun-| Rumania gendarms atid nut (Contiiitied from page 1) blood of the Bessarabian peasants. They have shot over 20 members of the Bessarabian Parliament, the so- called “Zfatul Zeria” in order to ar- range the “voluntary” affiliation of Bessarabia to Rumania. Six years'ago the Rumanian bourgeoisie started the first Bessarabian trial of the “108” and thus tried to abolish the first mass organization of the oppressed popula- tion which refused‘ to reconciliate it- self with the rule of thé feudal éle- ments of Rumania, Peasants Formed Revolutionary Committees. The fitst-gréeat trial was followed three years ago by a second one with 27 accused, proletaridns of Rumanian and Bessafabiantowns who had joined together for struggle agaifist the rob- bery of the Rumanian capjtalists. In the time between these two trials theer took plaée that of the “47° jin 1920, Which” was ‘intended to desttoy the manidst ‘Commitiist (Patty. After this short Sutvey of the past the presenti trial @f, the 500 ap- pears more understanable, What are the. chapacterjstics of this trials there took place these two draw from it? The trials which are arranged petiodi¢ally by the Ruman- jan oppressors illustrate~clearly the development of the, revolutionary movement in Bessarabia. rienced a numben of reyolts. which ended with the defeat, of the peasants, because thé latter did not yet sufi- ciently understand the’ revolutionary role of their class. A revolt of work- ers which is not at the same time sup- ported by the organized peasants, is dooted to failure from the beginning. A quite different picture is offered by the last revolt in Tartarbunar. We must state here above all that it was specially the peasants movement which undertook a conscious attack, the attack of a politically mature peas- antry. Tartarbunar has raised high the revolutionary militant banner. It has understood that the high taxes, the suppressed economic: lifesand the arbitrary actions of the gendarms can only be stopped by the geagants and the workers. Therefore, the. rebels have first of all endeaveted to form a revolutionary committeé, —, From this we see that the ‘revolt of the peasantry had an orgafiized and conscious character. This ‘Orguniza- tion was certainly not yetesoo perfect that it could lead immediately: the whole population to revolt,'aid: this | yeria” dcclared it f i explains the defeat of the tayalution-| Sadler wrkolete bite ary peasants movement. .. | Whole districts were surtoiinded by is vil- Terror Can’t Stop Soviet Republic We expe- cil. members refused to attend the reg-|lages have been wiped out Gotiptetely. ular coyneil tneetings. The split arose} The unarmed population Was massa- over«yarious policies indulged in by|cred by the hangmen of Bratianu. Mayon, Sanders, mainly the selection| More than 1,000 people have paid with of Rev. B, N.-Maberry as a member|their lives for the attempted libera- | tion in the middle or 1917 was an object of the desires of the Rumanian imperialists.” The agents of the gov- ernment, of that time, Margilomanus- Makensen,, which was favorable to Germany, were specially instructed to contribute to the decomposition of the Russian army on the south front in order to facilitate for Rumania the annexation of Bessatabia. The “true Russian” General Tcher- batcheff carried thru successfully the driving out of the revolutionary Rus- sian troops from ‘Bessarabia. Other agents of the Rumanian state, the Bessarabian social-revolutionaries In- kulez, Chaline, Katereo, Jerchah, etc., prepared the annexation of Bessara- bia from within. On the 20th of October, 1917, the incompetent congress of the Bessara: bian military under active participa- tion of the agents mentioned above, decided to call a national assembly in Bessarabia in order to establish its “autonomy”. The composition of the “Statul Zaria” was decided by them in advance. On the whole 120 per- sons were to participate in the as- sembly, among them 84 must be Mol- |davians and 50 Moldavians must be elected to the assembly by the ¢on- gress. These 50 persons, agents of the Rumanian state, were those mem- bers of the parliament, who supported the idea of the annexation of Bessara- bia by Rumania. On November 2ist, 1917, the “Sfatul Zeria” was opened and on December 2nd it declared Bessarabia to be the independent democratic republie Mol- davia. On March 27th, 1918, the “Sfatul Zeria” proclaimed in the pres- ence of the Rumanian Prime Minis- ter Margiloman the affiliation of Bes- Sarabia to Rumania on the basis of local autonomy. The voting took place in an atmos- phere which is best characterised by the statement of the chairman of the “Sfatul Zeria”, Professor H, Spere, shortly before the voting: “Before we vote on the question of the affilia- tion of Bessarabia to Rumania, I de- clare: Woe to the national minority that should dare to vote against the affiliation!” Before, the voting several members of the,;“Sfatul Zeria”, the members of the Presidium of the con- gress of the peasants, Kataros, Pan- ay, Prachnitaky, Techumatchenko and Litvanoff were shot on account of op- position. On November 28th, 1918, the “Sfatul local autonomy and for complete amalgama- tion with Rumania. In a night session when only. one-fourth of the members were present, the voting took place by lifting of hands and the votes for and against were not even counted. Against this two-fold deception a protest was raised signed by. the gen- eral secretaty of the “Stfatul Zeria”, THE DAILWWWORKER _ Of the police force. 7 Escaped With Booty. PEORPA; Tl, Aug. 2—A bandit to- day “hela up the H. & F. Weisser|t© the most horrible tortures. jewety “stére’ in the south business distfiét atid escaped with $3,000 worth of diamonds, a large assortment of high. grade, gold watches and a small amount of, money. Telt-other workers what. hap- pens*itt your shop. Write a story and send it in to the DAILY WORKER. Order a bundle to distribute there. OUR DAILY PATTERNS tion of Bessarabia from the yoke of the exploiters and hangmen of Ru- mania, hundreds of innocen€®people were thrown into prison and s' ected the leader of the People’s League, the chairman of the military congress, Jokuri, the peasants fraction, the trade unions afd 40 members of the “Statul Zeria”. The so-called “Law of Affilia- The voices of the 500 peasants who | tion” constitutes the most unhedid of are today tried by the hangme#’s gov-| violation of the will of the Bessara- ernment of Bratianu, call the Bessa-| pian workers and peasants and af rabian peasants for new struggles for| act of brutal violence on the part of the liberation of the occupants. From the bench of the accused C6: the powerful call; i “Against the occupation! For a free Soviet Bessarabia!” { | Hangmen Occupied Ressatabia. Bessarabia, the south western cor- ner of the: gigantic Russian Empire, on account of its geographic situa- {ret coor ii ae a 5164. Yoke and Flounce effects a! among the newest fashion features, The model here portrayed will develop well in printed crepe, combined with plain crepe. It is also. attractive in figured silk and crepe de chine. The Pattern is cut in 5 sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust measure, A inch #izé 18 made as illustrated, will require 24% yards of figured ma- terial and 2% yards of plain material $2 tiehes wide. The width of the dress at the foot is 2% yards. OTOH TO PATTORN BUYERS<The CR, thru the DAIL ti lepartmen t= 4 , Teles: A SLENDERIZING. DRESS 4392. ‘This. one-piece. dress is be- coming to yourthful and to mature figures, Gingham with linen would be fine for this, or ratine with binding in a contrasting color. Taffeta too will be attractive for this style. The Pattern is cut in 8 si: 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50 inches bust measure. A 38 inch size re- quires 61%) yards of 82 inch material, The wirth at the foot of the dress is 2% yards, FASHION BOOK NOTICE! jh ai 0 heen vari valuable hints tothe: wras HH a ed the Rumanian occupants. Your Union Meeting First Tuesday, August 4, 1925 No. Name of Local and Place of Meeting jamated Clothing Workers, 1829 8. Throop St. Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Douglas Park Auditorium. Amalgamated Clothing Workers, 1864 N. Robey St., 7:30 p. m. Amaigamated Clothing Work 409 8. Halsted St. 39 182 270 6 7 30 298 Was Worke: 180 W. Wash- on St. eindery Worn ) 19 W. Adams St., i Pp. 5 Boot and Shoe Workers, 1939 Mil- waukee Ave. Brick and Clay Workers, Clark and mening 12 W. Monroe St ricklayers, «Monroe St. B's Mi w. si iv see Cottage Grove Ave, ‘Meeks Chicage Moose Hall, La Grange, nters, 14th St. Hall, North Lhd Ss. Haleteg St. |. W. cer, State’ and , 9202 So, Chicago Ave. vi “ieithte, Car. H Raltway Clerks, 549 Wi Washing. ton Bivd. 12346 Fi lia Glerks, 649 Washington St., Gierks, 6436 Wentworth and Ogden were, 180 W. Washington ro, 234 We " buperintendents, & 0, 2:80 p.m, less otherwis week oe stated al) KEEP SCHOOLS RUNNING FULL YEAR, NEW PLAN No Vacations for Kids of Working Class From the latest developments it is more likely than not that Chicago public school children will lose their summer vacations. A committee ap- pointed t6 investigate the possibilties for all year School for Chicago brought back a report strongly recommending the change. The committee was. com- posed of assistants to the superin- tendent, William, McAndrew with Chauncey Willard, principal of the Hale High School as chairman, The report is now before thé board of education. Hdaward B. Ellicot, presi dent of the board,.favors the all year round school plany The superintendent not only favorsit—he advocates it. For the board of education it means a big monéy savitig. And since it has been the policy of Chicago's School board to place’tlie saving of money more than assured that the schools will soon be running on the all year plan. Bait for Tired Parents. Questionairres are being gent to the parents by McAndrew. He says they will prove to ali that the parents are for the new plan. And the éommitteé in its report further throws out bait for overworked and discouraged work- ing class parents. The report says: “There are thousands of parents in Chicago who are gravely concerned every June about what their children will be doing during July and Au- gust, where and how they will play, what dangers they will meet.” They figure working class parents are driven by economic necessity. The mother as well as the father must supply the running expenses of the home. Whether the mother is em- ployed in gainfil occupation, which is the case. to a large extent judging from recent “statistics, or whether she does all the'Rotséhola chores to keep expenses déWh, fhe children of work- ing class famities are turned loose upon the streets during the summer. As a tieatis Whéreby they would be kept off the stheé(s and off the hands of the btisy ‘tiother the new plan is site to be*weléome. Of course the board of education would receive the surprise of-femlife if working class parents demand, that the summer school be condtigted in;camps out in the open fields where education and recreation can, he combined as is, be- ing done in Soylet Russia, Run Schop is Like Factories... 5 The ti .paragtaph from the report gives’ ynote to the board's inotive in Pos this move. |... “Chicago haga school plant valued at $120,000,0 is the feport, “At present over per cent of the high school facilities and niliéty-five per cent of the elemiéntary™school facili ties are untifedsthruout! the summer. No industriel toheern’ sould volun tarily keep its plant idle for two months each year.” ; Under the proposed plan the present school year would be divided into four ten weeks Yéims, with a fifth ten weeks tert add in the summer rée- cess, thus permitting a week's vaca- tion at Christiha$, and a week's recess during the saiitier. A pupil would be required to‘lttend any four of the five terms or ablj of-them as he chooses. Teachers would-work either four or five terms and be paid accordingly. GROCERY CLERKS UNION. DEMANDS HANDS OFF CHINA PHILADELPHIA, August 2—The Fruit and Grocery Clerks’ Union? of Philadelphia in a ringing resolution denounced the finperialist rébbers” of the United Statés, Europe ‘afd Japivh for their brutal’ War on thes Chinese St; people and calling’on the workers of America to take steps to prevent for. eign troops ftom interfering tn Chins. The resolution is signed by Morris Rosenberg, recording secretary of .| the union and by Joseph Drttl, finan +| cial secretary. pi A conference. of all labor unions to devise ways And means of stop- ping further interference of foreign troops in the Chitiese strike and the withdrawal of “all foreign troopy from China, is urged in the resolu tion, te SICK AND D TH BENEFIT si ETIES Frauen: Kranken-Unterstuatzungs Verein Meets every ist & 3rd Thursday, alee PITTSBURGH, PA.. “hard for their money, | will cave 80 per cent on all thelr Ugntal work, DR. RASNICK — DENTISS, ait 645 Smititleld Streot, a, + as ‘To those who ee above the needd’of the children, it is |* The Party Press Is a Communist Teacher St. Paul Shows the Way Time and again the leaders of the Communist movement if this country and in the international have pointed out the importance of the pre a factor in building Communist parties. The Communist Intrenational in its decision on the American ques- tion, telis us that we can build the party—and must—and tells us to do thie on the basis of the DAILY WORKER and the Workéfs Monthly primarily. Comrade Lenin calls the Communist newspaper the “collective or- ganizer” and a teacher of the movement. And slowly as the growth and unde: iNding of the movement pro- ceeds we find that more and mofe these lessons are being put into prac- tlee by our comrades, To teach our own membership Communist practice ahd to reach outside workers with Communist principles witness this proof in St. Paul where Communist ate doing work by means of our press: Dear Comrades: Po] - | am writing you to see if it is possible to get 50 copies each of the June and July Workers Monthly. We are trying hard to or- ganize Communist fractions in the unions, but we find that many of our party members do not get the full significance of what we are doing this for, and the benefit the party will get from such organ- ization. The industrial committee has read very carefully the articles of Foster on the trade union fraction and think that a wide circulation of thi two copies of the Workers Monthly, cially calling the at tention of the members to these two arti above referred to will do a great deal of good, and help us in our work and get the member- ship to see the importance of being subscribers to the Workers Monthly. So far the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and the Cloth Mat and Cap Makers have been organized on the fraction basis and the Carpenters are will under way. We have some good material in the Painters, but we also have a very stubborn reactionary group there. We are going to do our best to get a left wing functioning in the Painters. Hoping that you have copies of the Monthly on hand and that we will receive them at your earliest convenience, | am Fraternally yours, rae ©. L. JOHNSON. & The Workers Monthly was sent to these comrades to help secure among them the understanding of the importance of the industrial work in our party. And the DAILY WORKER and the Workers Monthly can help to Bolshevize your loeal ae well. Get a bundie each month (this month eupecially)—and let no professed Communist be permitetd to go without subscribing to these official organs of the Workers (Communist) Party. Get a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription for the DAILY WORKER. ai “The Official Report of the (GERMANS, IRISH Russia Today British Trade Union Delegation to Russia Page Five LEAD ARRIVALS OF IMMIGRANTS 401 Contract Laborers Are Turried Back (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Aug. 2—A report of the bureau of immigration for the ten month period July, 1924, to May, 1925, shows a total of 269,010 im- migrants admitted to the United States and 86,981 departed, leaving a het increase in the immigrant population of approximately 185,000, If the present rate for the full fiscal year is maintained the net increase in immigrant population will be ap proximately 215,000. During the same period 147,997 non- imimigrant foreignets arrived in the United States and 119,998 departed. Of the total number of. immigrants who atempted to land in the United States, about 17,000 were turned back because they did not have proper visas under the immigration act of 1924, and 2,654 were refused admis- sion on teh ground that they were likely to begome public charges. Four hutidred and one contract Ia- borers and 211 criminals were also turned back, Of the total number of immigrants received, 125,574 came thru the port of New York and 95, 839 came across the Canadian bordet while 27,410 came from mMexico. The Pacific and Gulf ports com tributed very few. In the order of the number of their national emigrat- ing to America during this 10 month period, Germany ranks first with 41, 344, Irish Free State second with 23,- 505, England third with 12,959, Seot- Inad, 11,460. Sweden sent approximate- ly 8,000, Norway 6,000, Italy 5,300, Poland 4,700, Czecho-Slovakia 2,200, and Russia, 1,650. From the North American continent 94,327 came from Canada and 27,964 from Mexico. In the racial groups Germans again led with 48,885; Eng- lish, 47,130; Irish, 88,466; Mexicans, 27,487; Scotch, 25,530; Scandinavians, 19,211; French, 21,654 and Hebrew, 9,502. The rest were scattered thru- out the remaining nationalities. Among the skilled workers admitted, outside of clerks and accountants whose number was 12,000, carpenters and joiners led with 5,000; miners, 2,000; mechanics, 2,500; machinists, 1,800; masons, 1,200; painters and glaziers, 1,300, and tailors, 1,200. Of the unskilled 31,000 were laborers; 14,000 farm laborers and 13,00 were classed as farmers. Of servants there were 24,000. This unbiased report of a Commission of British Trade Union leaders and experts after a visit to all sections of Soviet Russia, giving an accurate and complete picture of the world’s first workers’ government as it is today— 8 Mos, Sub to the DAILY WORKER (6 Mos, in Ghicago) 94.50 BOTH FOR $8.00 1113 W. 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