The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 1, 1925, Page 3

3 AILY WORKER nek on ss enhance arg Ma Ns all pa acre acer TOMSKY CAPTIVATES SCARBOROUGH MILLSTEIN OF NEW GOLD FIELDS : IN SPEECH ON UNITY RESOLUTION; FUR WORKERS IN DISCOVERED AT HE AN A. F. OF L. DUBB“ALSO SPOKE” LONDON, Sept. 13—(By Mail.)——The great momenf pf the Trades Union Congress at Scarborough for which the capitalist press ha? waited, levelling all their propaganda to secure the end they desired, came~-and saw their ROLE OF THUG Breaks Up Meeting of ‘Local Union Jack Milistein, busines agent of Local 45, of the Fur Workers’ Union and leading agent of the Kaufman machine in’ Chicago, broke up a meet- ing of the: union here last Friday night when Brother Israelson, point- edly asked for information that would expose the union representative who voted with the manufacturers to dis- charge a member from his job, at a conference held on the previous Wed- nesday evening between four union representatives and four manufactur- ers. The, vote was 5 to 3/to fire the brother, and one of the union men at the conference voted with the bosses. The boss discharged the brother on the ground that he was not a good mechani.’ The contract between the union afid the employers provides that -4no memiber of the union can be dis- | chargéd aftet he is employed for two weeks Or more, except for good cause, It the Worker is inefficient, the boss will ceftainiy find out that fact at the end of two weeks. The discharg- ed member of Local 45 had worked six weeks and is a capable workman. When the question was asked on the floor of the union meeting, which one of the labor representatives vot- ed with the bosses, the Millstein ‘| spokesman replied that it was a se- cret and: the indentity of the individ- ual could not be divulged. There is a general suspicion that the individ- ual is Millstein, Threatened Israelson, Israelson ran for business agent on the progressive ticket in opposition . to Milstein, so when Israelson took the floor to discuss the treachery of union representatives voting with the employers to take the bread and but- ter out:of the mouth of a brother, Millstein went’ wild. He advanced to- wards Brother Israelson and -said: “You dirty skunk, you said all you are going to say here,” and appear- ed to be ready to- strike. He withdrew however, when mem- bers of the progressive group showed fight. He succeeded in smashing up the meeting, however. Early im the meeting Millstein’s brother ‘objected to having the min- utes of the executive board acted on seriatum, Usually they are voted on @ whole|without the membership hav- ing a chance to discuss anything But the ‘objection of Millstein’s bro er was not sustained by the vice-presi- dent, who was in the chair. The vice- president of Local 45 is a supporter of the progressive group. He declar- ed that the progressives were not go- * to stand for any more “railroad- ng.” The real reason for the’ discharge of the union member with the sup- port of one of the members of the conference committee, is that the boss wanted to employ a friend of Mill- stein's. . The furriers are wondering who is the stool pigeon in the union who is giving the bosses the names of employes who are Communists, Re- cently, a. boss told one of his em- ployes who is a member of the Work- ers Party that he did not want any Communists around:here. He al: told him that Communists were not wanted in the union and he would be better off if he left the union be- fore he got thrown out. After a recent conference between Millstein, a few other union repre- sentatives and a group of manufac- turers, Milfstein invited the crowd to supper. One of the bosses asked who was going to pay for the supper and Millstein declared: “We will.” The members are wondering where did Millstein- get the money or is he draw- ing on thé union treasury to treat his friends among the manufacturers. Millstein’s friend is now working on the job.from which the other union member was fired. This is an ex- ample ef the way the Millstein-Kaut- man gang works in Chicago. Millstein a Hypocrit. This man Millstein recently issued an open letter to the progressive group asking them to attend the meetings ‘and express themselves, but his condudt at the last meeting shows that he isstill following the same ter- rorist tactics that Kaufman used in New York; The progressive group in| New York, defeated Kaufmanism be: | cause of; his gangster methods and his local tool Millstein will get the same medicine, say the progressive. members ‘of the’ union. The question before the members of Local 45, now, declared Brother Israelson, speaking for the progres- sive group, is: “Whether the mem- bership are going to lie down and surrender to the Kaufman gangsters or whether they will fight and de- feat the gangster methods of Mill- JERSEY LABOR FEDERATION IN - VERY TAME ROLE Nothing of Importance ' Given a Hearing | NEWARK, N. J. Sept. 29.—(FP)— pre ban on all night work for women | and the right to peaceful picketing un- der all circumstances are measures which will be fought for by the New dersey Federation of Labor. The state labor ‘convention also went on record for modification of the Volstead act in favor of light wines and beer and took the stand that tolls should be collected on the new Delaware River bridge to Philadelphia for the purpose of liquid- ating bonds. Prison made goods were condemned, the federation demanding the pro- hibition of all prison contract labor and George H. Carter, head of the government printing office at Wash- ington, recently denounced at the con- vention of the International Typo- graphical Union, was pronounced as “incompetent and un-American: he has established a spy and stool pigeon system; impaired the efficiency and morale of the printing department and should be removed as speedily as pos- eible.” Employers Violate Law. The attack on night work for women was initiated by the Waiters, Cooks and Waitresses’ Union at Atlantic City, who introduced the resolution that passed to amend the no-night- work-for-women law fixing a fine of $25 upon the employer for every vio- lation and providing that women shall be employed at nothing but house- work in their own homes after nine p. m, The violation of the present law against women’s night work has been an open scandal, the lack of proper penalties and enforcement provisions assisting the employers in setting it aside. Passaic wollen mills have been leading violators. The fight for the right to picket is stressed by New Jersey labor because this state has a bad record for injunc- sions against strikers. A law pro- tiding for jury trials in injunctions re- tently passed has proved ‘insufficient © prevent judges from temporarily ind at critical periods in a strike arrassing and”causing the arrests of ‘kets. Jury trial does not at best e relief till too late in the strike, labor demands freedom from any mterferences in picketing. Three hundred and eighty-three delegates attended’ the convention, members of the standard organized schemes come utterly to naught. The congress endorsed the Russian unity proposals of the general coun- cil with acclamation, American “Also Spoke.” It was red day at the congress. After the and Marsh, week. Tomsky made. no secret of his pol: icy. The Russians, he said, were not ashamed of their idéas. It was in the name of these ideas that in October, 1917, they up criticising the capitalist class by re- solution and began criticising them by arms. They set free the bankers from the burden of the banks—(laughter) —they set free the employers from the burden of conducting the fac- » tories; they set free the landowners from the burden of the lan: on that basis they held power and had built up a working class state. They saw no reason why after eight years of that power they should give up the. ideas they had had to fight for, and which had stood them in such good stead. 4 At the same time they did not ask anyone else to abandon their ideas. Why should there not be diversity of ideas“in the same international when they were agreed on one common aim? In a trade union they had catholics and protestants, and peo- ple of different colors and sexes, Did that prevent unity? The question was not the setting up of a political organ- ization, but a united trade union or- ganization which bad as its central aim the liberation of labor from the yoke of capital. At the close of the reception to the fraternal delegates, the congress sang the Internationale. International Unity and Russia. The question of the report of the delegation to Russia was opened up by a very effective speech from Fred Bramley. He said that unity nego- tiations were complex and difficult, but the Russians had helped these by their, attitude. The Russian revolution was the first in history. aiming at, and secur- ing, the overthrow of economic ex- ploitation. It was also the first great national experiment in working class control. Russia was a socialist republic, and, he wanted to call their attention to the fact that it was the only revolution, the only economic change, which had received the uni- versal condemnation of the explolt- ing classes. The congress unanimously endors- ed the report of the delegates who visited Russia, Then came the endorsement of the policy of the general council in its efforts to secure international unity. It was expected by the capitalist press that this would cause great dissen-. sion. But the congress had made up its mind. S. Elsbury (Tailors and Garmen Workers) moved: That this congress records appre- ciation of the general council's ef- forts to promote international unity, and urges the incoming general council to do everything in their power towards securing the world- wide unity of the trade union move- ment thru an all-in inclusive inter- national federation of trade unions. S. O. Davies (Miners’ Federation) SOVIETS INSIST. GYPSIES SETTLE OR RISK EXILE Must Do Some Produc- tive Work MOSCOW, Sept. 29--Plans have been submitted by the people's com- missariat of agriculture to the council of people’s commissaries for the set- tling of the wandering gypsies on the land. The people's commissariat of agriculture considers the nomadic life of the gypsies incompatible with the Soviet political system in which every citizen must engage in useful, productive work. Must Settle in Three Years, | According to the plans worked out by the people's commissariat of agri- culture, the gypsies must take up set- tled life within three years from the publication of the official decree to that effect. The g¥psies are to be*ot- fered the choice of either settling in uvban communities, in residential quarters allotted to them, or taking up agriculture, . Those gypsies who will not avail themselves of the three-year period American and Canadian delegates, Messrs. had addressed the congress, the delegates greeted All-Russian Trade Unions) when he stepped forward to address them, was the most intense moment of the ¢#———-—~—----—- - Evans, (the This Adamski, Tomsky seconded, and the resolution was im- mediately put to the conference and carried unanimously. With the passing of this resolution the most important work of the con- gress had been accomplished. Tomsky Interviewed Later, Tomsky, interviewed on ‘Friday on the congress decision on the subject of international unity, declared that it was the biggest step yet taken to- wards building one organization for the world’s workers out of the scatter- ed sections of every country. “The effect,” he sald, “will be per manent and far-reaching. Its first step showed itself today in the en- thusiastic message of gratitude and greeting received by the congress from 1,500 members of factory com- mittees in Munich, Similarly the una- nimous decision of the Norwegian T. U. C. last week was proof of the cor- rectness of the policy of forming an Anglo-Soviet council. “Friends of unity of working- class movement elsewhere will be jouraged and igthened by events of this week. “That soljdarity is the best reply to those who assert that the cam- paign for world trade union unity is only a political maneuver of a small group of Russian leaders, “Such a suggestion can only come from petty politicians who are ac- customed to tricks and swindles them- selves. The man who attempts to mislead millions of workers today is soon found out. “Workers of Britain and Russia, as well as workers in many other coun- tries, are finding new hope and in- spiration in the Anglo-Russian agree- ment for unity and the Anglo-Russian advisory council, precisely because we have always told them the truth about the difficulties and dangers facing them and the experience of our own struggles, proving to them we were telling the truth. 11,000,000 on the March, “They are realizing that our cause is the cause of liberation of tens, maybe of hundreds of millions of op- pressed workers of all countries from the capitalist yoke. “My message to the British workers is the same as it will be to the Rus- sian workers: “Be of good cheer, comrades, To- gether we have beaten down many obstacles and we shall beat down moré. “No obstacles can arrest the march of, eleven million organized workers. “More than ever we can be confi- dent that there will yet be a single united"International of Trade Unions.” maps and charts, Labor Unions, 288 pp. ‘ THROUGH THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, By Albert Rhys Williams. 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The Aldait goldfields comprise the following system of rivers: Big and Small Nimgere, Nimgerican, Zelidgar, Yakonat and a series of smaller tri- butaries of Aldan, which itself is a tributary of Lena. In the center of the region runs the Tommot river, the valley of which is most abundant in gold. The Tom- mot gold area numbers 15 thousand square kilometers. There is no ever- ing frozen’ state of the soil on this region, owing to this fact, the excavatory work can be carried on during a long period every year. The total amount of gold deposited in the Aldan regions is being estimat- ed at about 420 tons. In the best land portions of the Tommot region the daily yield of gold per worker is up to 1 pound. Average land portions yield 20-30 zolotnics (one zolotnik contains 2.40 grams), while the poor portions of land give a worker 10-15 zolotnics daily. Some districts are particularly fit for dredge work. The possibility of mechanizing the works at Aldan is now being under consideration. Last year the goldfields were exploited by a local Yakut trust. At the present time, this trust has been reorganiz- é@d into an all-Union one and bears the name of Aldanzoloto. Its stock capital amounts to one million rubles. To regulate communications be- tween separate goldfield regions, an air line is to be established from the Larinskaya station (formerly Rukh- love), of the Amur railway, thru Tom- mot-Aldan-Yakutsk. A new town bearing the same name as the river, Aldan, is rapidly grow- ing in the, goldfields. ‘aa Mellon Lays Hands on Canadian Power Site; Adds to His Monopoly MONTREAL, Sept. 29.—(FP)—An important power site on the Saguenay river, Quebec, which the late Sir Wm. Price of Quebec and Duke, the Amer- ican tobacco magnate, acquired for a song, has been sold to the Alumninm Co. of America, secretary Mellon’s trust, for $16,000,000 according to re- port. This, says the Mining Journal of N. 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