The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 24, 1925, Page 5

| | ! Foasxe PARENTS OB'ECT TO STAND TAKEN BY SCHOOL BOARD Children on. Strike ‘to Force Demands NEW YORK CITY.—A conference between the parents of the 100 strik- ing school children of public school 44, Prospect Avenue and 176th street, effected a compromise, by which sev- enty pupils who live in the immediate vicinity will not be compelled to make the trip to Public School 67, Mohegan Avenue and 179th street. The parents of the children objected to sending their children to Public School 67, because of the danger en- tafled in crossing streets where traf- fic was unusually heavy and a men- ace to their eleven-year-old sons and daughters. Another Bronx Strike. At Public School 61, Crotona Park Hast and Charlotte Place, strenuous " objections are raised to the transfer of children to Public School 66, Long- fellow Avenue and Jennings street. The parents’ committee insist upon the board of education renting rooms nearby instead of transferring the children to another school. This question will also undoubtedly be settled by a compromise, as it is said that the school. authorities fear the effects that publicity will have upon the appropriations for the various schools in the Bornx. ; Strike In Brooklyn, The strikes of Greater New York are not confined to the Bronx. In Brooklyn, the parents of 300 children refuse to send their children to Pub- le School 216, Avenue X and Hast First street, which they say is two miles from the homes of the chil- dren to be transferred. In order to avoid the two-mile hike every morn- ing, it is necessary for the children to plough thru mud across vacant lots. The school authorities of Pub- No School 100, in Coney Island, deny that a strike exists. The parents’ committee insist they will not send their children to school until they are assured that their children will remain at Public School 100. 1. W. W. Is Now Legal in Canada, Says the Agricultural Union Conditions in Canada during the harvest are unprecedentedly favorable for an organization drive by the Agri- cultural Workers’ Industrial Union, @ unit of the I. W. W., according to the union’s headquarters. “Laws of the dominion of Canada ‘which were formely effective against the I. W. W. have been erased from the statute books,” says the union. The I. W. W. is now absolutely legal inthe entire dominion. . “Members, of the I. W. W. have se- yeral times in the past year been brot into court on vagrancy charges, the officers trying to maké out that mem- bership in the organization was va- grancy. The I. W. W. won every one of these cases. Canadian justice is very strict against mob violence of the sort which prevails in some parts of the United States, and nothing of ‘the sort is likely to take place in Canada. Build the DAILY WORKER Poems for Workers Edited by MANUEL GOMEZ Number. THE LITTLE Including the choice of working class poetry. In these poems you will find in- _Spiration for the struggle. FOR RECITATION AT WORKING CLASS AFFAIRS— TO GIVE TO OTHER WORKERS—FOR YOUR LIBRARY JUST OFF THE PRESS! 10c. TWELVE COPIES FOR ONE DOLLAR, THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. LABOR FAKERS QUARREL OVER SPOILS; FITZGERALD EXPOSES PRINCELY GRAFT OF FAT BOYS (By Worker Correspondent) OMAHA, Nebr., Sept. 22.—A letter issued by E. H. Hitzgerald, grand pre- sident of the Railway Clerks, to officers, representatives and lodges takes a shot at Milam and Forrester who organized the outlaw union of express em- Dloyes. Fitzgerald says: “The outlaws led by Milam and Forrester have now resorted to personal attacks upon the grand lodge officers, seemingly for- getting to mention the merits of their outlaw organization, if it has any, The Brotherhood has no fear of such character assassins, which proves the point we have made that they are actuated + THE DAILY WORKER PEA by selfish motives only and are seek- ing to provide remunerative jobs for themselves at the expense of our loyal members. far as we have record at this writing, there has been deflections’ of membership from less than a dozen express lodges. It is true that in some isolated instances special meet- ings have been held by members of lodges sympathetic with the outlaws and they have voted to surrender the lodge charter. In every instance, however, loyal members of each lodge are holding the charter in the name of the brotherhood and all financial officers who. have improperly disposed of lodge funds, will be held strictly accountable .by. the loyal members, under penalty of, their bonds.” Death Benefits “Key to Heaven.” According to Fitzgerald, the death benefits ought to hold members loy- al for a while, so he warns the shaky ones and points out their interests in the brotherhood thusly: “In lodges where deflections have occurred, loyal members have com- municated direct with the grand pres- ident or grand secretary-treasurer so that their interests in the Brotherhood including grievances, death benefit certificates, and other matters, may be be properly handled and protected. Should there be any further deflec- tions, which I do not anticipate, loyal members of the Brotherhood should be governed accordingly.” Salary, Etc., Comes First, Then Zero. Bureaucracy in the-railroad clerks comes high, Just see what it costs for administration (of .;chloroform, per- haps) in this modern, very modern, eraft and graft union, Fitzgerald spills the beans in an effort to shoo the loyal members ‘ away from the other buzzard. Here is a gem in union finance squandering by a per capita eater: Continuing, Fitzgerald ‘says: “The outlaws are making much of the vast sums of money paid in to this Broth- erhood by the express members and the small returns.’ All money paid by these members which goes into the death benefit, railway. clerk, protec- tive and convention fundsis paid out in accordance with the: Brotherhood laws for the benefit of every mem- ber. Therefore, such:'money as, is paid in the. general fund"is:to be reck- oned with in the expenditure for the benefit of all employes. “On basis of the present membership the express members pay in one year ifito the gen- eral fund $36,800, out Of ‘this is paid salary and expenses of & Vice grand president and his stenographer, and his office rent and/office expenses and maintenance of express general griev- ance committee which’ totals $14,000 annually. Also chargifg proportion- ately the salary of the grand presi- dent, grand secretary-treasurer, edi- tor, national legislative counsel and miscellaneous expense such as sta- tionery, telegrams, printing, etc., to- tals approximately $20,000, making SOVIET SCIENTIST * REACHES RARE AIR IN BALLOON FLIGHT MOSCOW, (By Tass) —Fridman, director of the Central Geophysical Observatory, has risen to the high- est strata of atmosphere on an aero- state for scientific investigation. The air ballon reached the height of 7,400 meters at which Fridman ed for two hours, after which time he was forced to land, owing to metereologic conditions impend- ing further observations. a grand total of $34,000 of the $36,800 paid in. “I have made no reference to pro- portions of salary and expenses vice grand presidents railroad division, which should in reality be paid where they spend their time for the benefit of the express membership. Every member gets a copy of The Railway Clerk free, every member, if he wish- es it, gets an insurance policy free, every lodge participates in the con- vention fund and is entitled to a dele- gate, every lodge participates in the protective fund and that fund is also used to pay salary and expenses of express national agreement and wage sommittees, “Let the outlaws tell the truth, it will hurt only them and not the brotherhood.” How Ortodoxy Made Heretics, The writer had occasion a number of times to visit the clerk’s union in Omaha, during its ascending period. The bible was placed prominently in the center of te room. The meet- ings were opened and closed with prayer. During the session practical- ly the whole time was taken up in reading decisions of the railroad la- bor board, the secretary droned out these reports until the members be- came nervous or exhausted and left the room. Dues were paid in Omaha, but as far as,the average member knew, the union was part of the rail- road labor board, and they it was who gave decisions affecting pay and jobs. Apparently, members had noth- ing to do or say in the matter, The effect of this was for the mem- ber to abstain from going to church, union meetings, and then to put his trust in the government gods who sat on the railroad labor board. The “Grand Lodge” and its officialdom is a patriarchate or oligarchy against whom it is sacrilege to protest or cri- ticize. It is the old feudal system brot up to date with the grand officers and their retainers exploiting the membershfp. Orthodox feudal lords, praying pilferers, job holding satraps and government regulation caused the serfs to become heretics and assert their “independence.” Praying, preach- ing and issuing of “bulls”, has caused this stronghold of feudalism to decay. From 2,400 members the clerks’ union has been reduced to a mere shadow in Omaha, and that applies to many railroads and towns in the country. Amalgamation of the railroad unions and the drafting up and en- forcement of demands thru their pow- er and control over the industry is the only, way to solve the problem for the clerks. It is amalgamation or an- nihilation. VAN SWEARINGENS ARE AGENTS OF EETS IN LL. G:W, HERALD CONVENTION CALL Su speddéd L Locals Con fer with Sigman (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Sept, 22.—Altho conferences are being held between the two factions in the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, thru the mediation of the committee of shop chairmen, it will be impossible to make any announcement of pro- gress for several days to come, ac- cording to the-joint committee of act- ion, Reinstatement of the discharged workers is still far from complete. A conference was held Sunday in the Hotel, Cadillac-Yates in the very room where the trial of the expelled officials of Locals 2, 9 and 22 began in June. Possibly it will be in this same place that the leaders of the joint actidn committed and officials of the union will agree upon the terms of a peave plan which will be sub- mitted to the members of the union for their approval. Gangster Rule Fails Indicationa fare not lacking that the Sigman administration of the I. L. G. W. realizas that it can no longer cope with' the revolt of the rank and file which, Sigman’s terroristic tactics against the left wing has generated. This policy of expulsions and po- groms, disfranchisement, sluggings and suspensions incited and carried on by the yellow socialist Jewish datly Forward has roused the entire mem- bership against Sigman and every- thing he stands for. That gangster rule is a failure is at- tested by the call issued, following the general executive board meeting on the 11th of this month, for a conven- tion to meet on November 30th at Philadelphia; advancing the date from May, 19267 A Change in Administration This cdll for an I, L. G. W. conven- tion signed by Sigman and Abraham Baroff admits that the union is “pas- sing through the severest crisis of its existence,” Sigman tries to dodge responsibility by alleging that this condition ds/caused “by enemies from outside ‘the union.” But the member- ship has} stated forcibly enough that Sigman imselt is to blame. The call mentions that the general executive! “realizes that the next conv is likely to produce a change in the administration,” and mentions that Meyer Perlstein has re- signed from the G..H B. Perlstein’s resignation. was accepted, but a si- milar resignation by Joseph Breslau was not accepted. Locals are asked to vote on the proposal of advancing the date of the convention to Nov. 30th. More Automobiles Made in 1925 Than 1924; Yet Jobless Still Hoof It WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, — While hundreds of unemployed workers are pounding the sidewalks in their ef- fort to find a master, the U. S. de- partment’ of commerce sends out in its news service an announcement that more automobiles were produc- ed in the’ first eight months of 1925 than in 1924. There were produced in the first’ eight months of 1924, 2,- 361,913 passenger cars in the United States and Canada. In 1925, for the same period, 2,516,389 passenger cars were produced. Make your friend a friend of the DAILY WORKER. Send in his subscription. J. P. MORGAN, STOLE SMALL ROADS TO COMBINE WITH N. Y. CENTRAL WASHINGTGON, Sept. 22.—(FP)—Counsel fot thé ‘minority stockhold- ers in the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad are about)to bfing to the witness chair before the interstate commerce commission O. P. Van Swearingen, one of the brothers whose mysterious financial backing. hi abled them to form the biggest rail merger since the days of E, H. Harriman. That mysterious backing, the minority is promising to prove to the commission, is none other than J. P. Morgan & Co., financial masterg of the New York Central system. Van Swearingens Are Agents. At one of the sensational hearings before the commission, the protest- ing minority displayed a chart show- ‘ing the financial connection of the Van Swearingens, thru a long string of companies organized by themselves to hide their transactions, back to the New York Central. One of their most daring feats of financial banditry, according to this showing, was the buying of their way into the board of the C. & O., fol- lowed by transfer of funds of the road from banks along its line to the Morgan bank in New York, then the loan of this C, & O, money to the Van Swearingens for the purpose of their buying the road. They secured from the interstate commerce commission the right to issue equipment bonds for the prop- erty, secured by equipment that had actually been used and rotted and sted with the proceeds of bond sale they bought up new a. They raised the dividend rate on preferred stock to 7 per cent but took away, ‘voting power; this was vest- ed in the common stock, which they RED LIBRARY kept tor themselves, ake Van Swearingens, according to shade SE ~— et the minority stockholders, are agents for Morgan & Co., and their “pick- ings” in the present case will be rich enough to make the late Jay Gould turn enviously in his tomb. Germany Gives Leader of Fiery Cross Short Shrift; Shows Him Boot BERLIN, Germany—-The German prototype of the Knights of the Fiery Cross were given short shrift in Ger- many, Gotthard Stroschein of Chica- go was given six days to pack up his bags and leave Germany. This depor- tation of the former Lutheran minister of Chicago, came as @ result of his attempt to found an organization simi- Jar to the ku klux klan in Germany. Otto Stroschein, father and accom- plice of Gotthard, was given to un- derstand tht that kind of nonsense won't go. He is allowed to remain as he proved Kis German citizenship. Gotthard is now in Warsaw, and intends to return to oe at an early date, WE REFERM R. INSTONE TO THE 2) BRITISH MINERS’ FEDERATION NEW YORK.CITY, Sept. 22.—Theodore Instone, vice-president of &. In- stone Co., Ltd., he expected to's British coal and} fuel substitutes. any shortage in the United St. rived In New York Saturday on the Mauritania. jegotiate with American use “We have abundant anthracite to meet »” he said, He said of anthracite to ship them (Continued from page 1) the past year, and no scabs seem to be forthcoming. Company Attempts Coercion The company is now attempting to coerce the laborers within the plant to operate the automatic stove polish- er. The laborers are not willing to do this in spite of the inducements the company offers them in the form of higher wages and better jobs. The Cribben and. Sexton Co. has done everything in its'power to keep out union men. This attempt of the polishers to unionize the department in which they work is a challenge to the anti-union stand of the corpora- tion.. Vice President Smith, who is also the general manager of the company, in .no uncertain terms told the men that he refused to recognize the union or any combination that the men wanted to form, Smash Workers’ Union At one time the polishers and but- fers in the plant were organized. They maintained an organization in the plant for over twenty-seven years. During a dull season three years ago the general manager of the plant smashed the union by laying off and firing active union men. During the period of union control the piece prices were so arranged that every worker was able to make a living wage. Today, the company does not tell the men what the piece rate is on certain jobs. At the end of a hard grind the worker finds that he has made but $4 or $5 for the day’s work. Not only are the workers kept in ignorance of the piece prices, but those on the day pay are forced to speed up. The work is not easy. The stove castings are placed in a chentical solution. Then they are placed under emery wheels revolving at about 2800 revolutions a minute, The dust from the castings fills the air and the men become covered with it and get it into their lungs, for the blowers and fans are not adequate. After the emery wheel has taken off the rough surface then the hand polishers complete the job of polish- ing the dark surfaces. The other parts are taken to the electroplating bath and a coating of nickel is placed on the parts of the stove or range. The parts are then again handled by hand polishers, The work of electroplating the'farts and polishing the surfaces so that they shine is now being replaced by @ process called enameling. Enameling is done by women. The dressed stove parts are sent to the enameling room and th women place the enamel on the parts. They re- ceive a high wage of about $25. The company is sending more and niore of the stove parts into the enameling room as they are thus able to make more profit per stove. Molders’ Union Next (7) The molders, who cast the stoves are members of a union. At present the molders are tied down by a con- tract and are not able to assist the metal polishers on strike. If the com- pany, is successful in beating the polishers and buffers, will undoubted- ly next smash the union of the mold- ers in the shop, The laborers do the heavy and un- skilled work in the shop. Their, aver- age wage is about 45 cents an hour. The semi-skilled workers are treat- ed but little better than the laborers. Their wages are about 60 cents an hour. Most of the men in the shop are married and have large families. The wages are far from being ade- quate to clothe and house the workers and their families properly. Wages Slashed The company at present is attempt- ing to cut the wages of the workers in the plant and the strike of the Your Union Meeting Fourth Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1925, Name = Local and Place Meeting. disoudianoan District Council, 119 Throop St. No. Monroe Racine. Gernela Ww tern and Lexing- . Ashiand Ave. State 1638 N HH. Fehling, Rec. Grace St. Irving 7597. Carpenters, 6414 8. Halst 2507 tony tl 1581 Maple Ave ston, Ill. Escanaba Av 352 W. of Way, 42 64 Sherman | & mg 6 697 5444 Wentworth 340 6445 Ashiand Ave. jarme| hikes 426 W. 68rd St., Washington St. 220 8. Kshiand / 6989 S. Halsted ter 810 W. Harrison st, Tunnel an ubway Workers, 914 Harrison w. St. Note—Uniess otherwise stated Stove Workers Picket Large Plant metal polishers’ and buffers came as a protest to this move by the company. The workers on strike insist upon STEEL WORKER KILLED WHEN DEFICIENT MOLD GRACKS, 2ND MAY DIE Robert Knavich, 43 years old, was killed and William Estell probably fatally burned when the mold at the Interstate Stee! Co., mill which they were filling with molten metal cracked and showered them with the flery mass. The plant is located at East 118th St., and Prairie A The company had neglected to scrap the deficient mold, their right to organize and demand that their shop committee be recogn- ized by the bosses, “The men in the polishing room are out 100 per cent -and ‘will stay out un- til the company comes across and re- cognizes our shop committee and the union local,” the strike chairman re- iterated. “We will not go back to work under the old conditions. Our fellows need the increase in wages to take care of their kids and we cer- tainly have. not gotten fat on the wages this company has paid us.” To impért Scabs McNamara Faces Jail for Aid in Indiana Iron Workers’ Strike INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 22.— |The fate of John McNamara, labor leader on trial in criminal court here on charges of “blackmail” growing out of labor troubles here last year, was declared guilty today. McNamara is a member of the Iron Workers’ Union, McNamara js liable to one to The strikers held a meeting yester- | five years prison sentence to which @ day morning at which they discussed | $1,000 fine may be added. the next step in their fight with the es bosses, It is expected that the bosses Convicts in Desperate Fight. may attempt to bring out-of-town| LONDON, Sept. 22.— Twenty-five strikebreakers into the plant to-| convicts and one warden of the Kiel morrow. The strikers were assigned | Prison in Holstein on the Baltic Sea their posts for the next day. were killed in a desperate attempt — of 400 prisoners to fight their way to freedom, according to a Central News Tigert Again Co-Operates With Legion INDIANAPOLIS, ‘Sept. 22.—Selec- ; ‘isPatch from Warsaw today. tion of John J. Tigert, United States | Eleven convicts and two wardens commissioner of education, Judge | Were injured in the pitched battle. Troops were called to aid the prison officers and rounded up all the es- caped criminals. Harry F. Atwood, of Chicago, and Dr. Thomas B. Finegan of Harrisburg, former state commissioner of educa- tion for Pennsylvania to serve as Judges in the 1924-25 national essay contest of the. American legion was announced here today by National Adjutant James F. Barton. Wrap your lunch in a copy of the DAILY WORKER and give it (the DAILY WORKER, not the lunch) to your shop-mate, In Detroit! R. U. R. 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