The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 13, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmets' Government Vol. III. No. 1 ARMOUR ‘YARDS’ LOOK MORE LIKE JAIL THAN PACKING PLANT WITH ARMED POLICE AND SPIES By VICTOR The police and spy system maintained by the Armour Co. is so intricate and so placed that one ing a sentence in some penitentiary instead of working as a “free” Every department in the Armour packing plant has its | army of police and spies, with stool-pigeons aiding these guard- laborer. ians of private property. At the doors of every department there is stationed armed, uniformed police and oftentimes with which they emphasize their If a worker attempts to pass from one department to another, he is stopped at the entrance and [ By T. J. O'FLAHERTY ILLIAM GREEN, president of the American Federation of Labor came to Chicago last Saturday, not in the role of a labor leader, but in that of a baptist preacher. While 158,000 anthracite miners are on strike and on the brink of starvation, Green finds time to discuss the welfare of the workers’ souls but is too hard pressed to help them take care of their bodies. This is an old trick of the exploiters; keep the eyes of the workers on the skies while they are robbed during their lifetime. 08 N Indiana the miners forgot the preachers for a week and proceed- ed to organize the non-union mines. | ‘They marched from mine to mine and lined up the non-union miners in the | organization. This is ohe of the ways. the workers can help. their souls. and | not by Nstening fo a Iabor faker dish out superstition to them. We have often said that a body without a soul f is a corpse and a soul without a body {s a spook. Without food in the stom- ach there cannot be any’ soul in the body. eee GREEK prince is in Chicago and-| not wishing to-shock the report: (Continued on page 2) UNION FIREMEN GET THE DOUBLE GROSS FROM CITY Chicag o F irefighters Have Grievance By CARL ~ HAESSLER, (Federated Press) Union firemen after bringing into the Chicago city treasury $166,500 that otherwise would never have gone out.| of the stronghoxes of the big. corpora tions are being left in. the lurch in the annual consideration of wages for city employes. The Firemen’s Assoc iation, of Chicago. (Local No, 2 of the International Firefighters, Association, an A, F. of L, organization) employed an attorney and carried on a success- ful fight before the board of review to raise the capital stock taxes of the big corporations in accordance with Iinois. law. The board of review, composed of higher up politicians, did not venture to offend the pillars of big business by slapp.ng on the tax directed by law} and compromised by barely precept ible inereases on the corporations brot to its notice by the firemen’s un+ ion. The total increase on about two A * score corporations amounted — to $166,500. e wil try again,” says Pres, Wm. 8. Johaston of the union, “Our $2,200 “hscription Rates: tyou belong.” Any visitor, who |ing industry that the packers want THE DAILY WORKER. Entered #3 Second-class matt.¢ scptember 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, LIlinots, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Outside ote ix.) 100 PER CENT MINE STRIKE tg In Chicago, by mail, $8,00 per year. hicago, by mail, $6.00 per year, ‘WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1926 >” ZOKAITIS. begins to think that he is sere these police have wicked billies commands. told “get the hell back to where strays from the beaten path that the guide takes him over and shows him the things about the pack- to. show in their attempt to advertise their wares, is liable to find himself confronted by one of these plug-uglies and arrested for trespass. Break Into Workers’ Lockers. Oftentimes, the lockers of the in- nocent workers are opened and searched in the hope that something can be found to be able to accuse the worker of stealing a ham or a side of bacon in order to show their employ- ers their vigilan¢y and their eager- ness to serve. The Women and girls are often subjected to a search by police and matrons, who finger the girls in their attempts to see if the girl has any of the meat products hid- den on ber person. The police employed by the com- pany are white and it is needless to say, they do all they can to impress upon the Negro workers their “su- periority” and their “intelligence” by subjecting the Negro workers to the most disgusting of insults -andesearch~}- . es. ain ¢ Bullies Workers; © © 3) One of the workers in oné of the killing departments, who hdd been sick for a number of weeks with the “flu,” attempted to pass from hig de | partment to another in order ‘to Bo to the toilet. As he was going thru the doors, a big husky plug-ugly stopped him and roared: “Where in hell are you g0- ing to? Get. back to your depart- ment and do your work!” __ ii “7m on my way to the toilet here,” answered the worker. “You fellows have got one’ out there,” pointing to a shack about two hundred yards away from the killing department. “Well, I've been sick and I won't go out in my shirt sleeves—heated up the way I am—in the sleet. I’m not look- ing for a rest in a pine box yet. I'm going in there and I don't give a damn what you say!” This worker was finally allowed to go thru the department but was fol lowed by the policeman and was care- | fully watched the rest of the day. Instance after instance could be written of ,workers, who have been forced to all kinds of inconveniences by the police system maintained in (Continued on page 4.) DITOR'S Note—Here is the re- port of the opening session of the fourteenth conference of the Communist Party of Russia in the Kremlin «at Moscow. The speech by Stalin, secretary of the Russian Communist Party, will be published in.great part in tomorrow's i Today's report follows: “es * (International Press Correspondence.) OSCOW, U.S. S, R., Dec. 18.— (By Mail.) — Today the four- wage level is $300 below New York and some other cities and it is con- «Continued on. page 2° teenth conference of tHe Communist Party of Russia was opened in the EAST ST. LOUIS “YARDS” WORKERS *NEED REAL UNION ORGANIZATION IN WORST WAY TO BETTER CONDITIONS By a Worker Correspondent. . EAST ST. LOUIS, IIL, Jan 11.—The workers in the meat packing plants here work from 40 to 55 hours per week at present during the busy season, gotting from 87% to 45 cents per hour for unskilled labor, \.ahiy skilled workers get up to only 85 cents an hour, jowest paid, tho many of them are doing héavy work in the “yards” here. ‘\hey receive anywhere from 25 to 31 Semi-skilled and Women are the % cents an hour. Most of the workers that are employed in the “yards” are Polish, Lithu) vuian, G.rman, Slav, native-born Americans, and Negroes, : (Qantiniet on page 3) beyal ke Communist Party : A TOTTERING STRUCTURE WA LEFT WING IN LABOR MOVEMENT To the Central Organ of the American Workers (Communist) Party, The DAILY WORKER. OMRADES:—In the name of the central commi(if of the Com- munist Party of Germany | extend to The Di WORKER the fraternal well wishes of the German Commu larty on the occasion of the celebration of its two years’ existence: The German Party followed with great interest the ideological etrggle carried on by The DAILY WORKER against the pods. group of Ludwig Lore. We hope that the German workers eitAmerica have taken these lessons to heart and-are attracted In gre: masses close to the Workers Party and to its central organ, The DALY WORKER. Unquestionably the American Communists havellearned much, as the resolution of the central executive committee f the Workers Party on the German question proves, from the latdinternal party discussion of the Communist Party of Germany. Thephief lesson of the struggle of the Communist Party of Germany gainst the un- bolshevist group Maslow-Ruth Fischer ig the recognithn of the chief mistake of the ultra lefts: false estimation of trade gion work, We must make a radical break with the sectarip spirit. Only then can the struggle for the formation of a left wiy in the labor movement on the broadest basis be carried thru wit real success. In this connection consists—in spite of all the great pjective. diff ences—an analogy between the American and the Ge: movements. Long live international proletarian solidarity! Long live our brave, young American brother pan WORKER. HEINZ NEUMANN, Secretary, German Co » The DAILY junist Party. Kremlin. There are 651 delegates with a decisive vote and 602 dele- = gates with a consultative vote pres- ent representing 591,000 members and 433,000 candidat as against 736,0300 members and candidates at the thirteenth party conference. Comrade Rykov opened the party conference in the name of the cen- tral committee. In his speech of greetings he pointed to the great progress which had been made with the work of reconstruction since the last party conference and ti strengthening of the sympathies shown by the working masses of all countries towards the Soviet Unions as the country of socialist recon- struction, as the support of the in- ternational proletariat and the sym- bol of the freedom of the oppressed peoples. Upon the basis of the quick pro- cess of reconstruction, the political activity of the workers and the masses of the peasantry has strong- ly Increased and this assists the party to overcome all the difficulties 1. 8 Secretary of the q IN, munist Party of a. plans, are only ptial errore which no not alter theigen: growth of Soviet econo: It Is true thathe ‘elopment Of the state administration. These | of the people's ehomy is proceed: egy: ‘les can. be traced back to a | ing rather slow.in comparison _experie in the fg with the optim hopes of the aed leadership of economic life, to ithe ol oon solution of the complicat- mic questions, nevertheless jetakes for Instance in inging: In of the harvest, a y,, working out sa! Industrial more sanguine, evertheleas, the present rate ofbrogress will be sufficient to strenhon the socialis- tle elements in let economy very strongly. Tiquestions of the relation of the wting class to the } i AGAIN MIXES IN POLITICS Left Wing Growing and Determined By C. A. HATHAWAY. (Special to The Daily Worker) ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 11. — Min- nesota labor Is again interesting itself in politics. A city convention of the Farmer-Labor Asspciation has been called at which time plans will be made for the city election to be held here this spring. This convention is of great im- portance to the workers. For the past several years St. Paul labor politics has been completely dominated ‘by a corrupt underworld political machine known locally as the O’Connor ma- chine. In the last city election, held two years ago, this gang, supported (Continued on page 6) ntry and the questions con- tookea with the building up of the co-operatives remain the cardinal questions. The decisions of the conference and of ion of the central committee have proved themselves to be completely correct. Since the thirteenth party confer- experienced the Trotsky discussion which represent- ed one of the most difficult situa- tions thru which the party has pass- ed since the death of Lenin. In this the party showed the greatest una- nimity and determination, The pres- ent party conference will have to deal with another complex of ques- tions which arise from the process of economic reconstruction in the Soviet Union. The party has proved itself worthy of its teacher, it has not only kept pace with events, but it has gone ahead of them (stormy applause). ‘ The conference then unanimous- ly elected a presidium of 47 mem- bers amongst them being Stalin, Rykov, Bucharin, Tomsky, Zigoviev, Kamenev, Trotsky, Kalinin, Djerjin- sky, Molotov, Voroshilov and Krup- skaya. The agenda of the conference wae deo wa: (1) The political report of the central committee, . (2) The organizational report of. the. gentral committee. (3) The report | Published Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO,, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. TELEPHONE STRIKERS STAND SOLIDLY WHILE BABBITS RAVE AT LOSS HARRISBURG, III., Jan. 11—With both strikers and company officials outwardly obdurate, no signs of an Immediate termination of the strike of operators for the Illinois South- ern Telephone company were visible today. The want of long distance service is resulting in most serous damage to the city, business men here de- clare. The special committees ap- pointed last week to effect agree- ment appeared discouraged today and unwilling to continue after four days of futile parleys. GREEN TRIES T0 SFLL CHICAGO LABOR SPEED-UP Active Union Workers Are Disgusted The active trades unionists who at- iam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor speak, lé¥t the hall with a bad after-taste wondering whether they had listened to the offi- cial head of the American labor move- ment or to the president of the cham- ber of commerce. Thruout the entire | speech Green attempted to sell the speed-up system to the workers as a price for higher wages. Small Attendance. The Apollo theater which is quite a small hall, was not as full as the ~laniericalt Federation of Labor thead with his “progressive” backers in the Chicago Federation of Labor had an- ticipated. There were seats inthe house crying for occu- pants and staring the speaker in the face, John Walker, president of the IIli- nois Federation of Labor was intro- duced by Fred Moore, the chairman ‘jot the meeting, as the official intro- ducer of the president of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor. Walker Lauds Self. Walker spent most of his time laud- ing himself and telling of the horrible time he had in the past and how he had “risen” to his present status of president of the Illinois Federation of Labor. He then began to “scratch” Green’s back, lauding him as the “eoal miner who had risen to the highest position of honor the American labor movement can bestow.” After this display of platitudes, at times Walker nearly breaking into tears, he then launched into the “Introduction” of the speaker of the afternoon, William Green. Green Looks Like Banker, William Green, as he stood before the microphone, in his frock coat and a diamond ring glistening on his fin- ger (he resembled more some banker from the Wall Street district of New (Continued on page 6), Congre s Opens i in Red Moscow of the revisional committee. (4) Report of the central contro! com- mission. (5) The report of the rep- resentation of the Russian Commun: ist Party in the executive committee of the Comintern. (6) The urgent questions of economic reconstruc- tion. (7) The tasks of the trade unions, (8) The work of the Com- munist youth. (9) Propot for al- teration in the constitution. (10) Election of the central institutions of the party. + Then Stalin commenced to give the poiltical report of the central committee amidst enthusiastic and protracted app! on the part of the delegates. tended the meeting here to hear Will-| many good| ‘ar oa W YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents 7 [DEMAND ALL MEN ON MAINTENANCE “WORK COME OUT Lewis-Cappellini Hit by Grievance Body (Special to The Dafly Worker) WILKESBARRE, Pa., Jan, 11—A sige nal victory for the program of the Pro» gressive Miners’ Committee in the ane thracite strike is seen In the passag@ late Saturday of a resolution by the general grievance scommrttee of Die trict 1, United Mine’ Workers—whieh is Cappellini’s own district—demand- Ing the withdrawal of maintenancé men and a complete opposition te ar- bitration now being half or more aw cepted by John L. Lewis in the New York negotiations, The resolution reads ag followay Complete Strike—No Arbitration, “Resolved, that in order to wage our struggle effectively and to bring our struggle to ® quick, successful termination, our district scale commit- tee be urged to call a general strike |in the anthracite region, including all |maintenance men, thereby making it | impossible for the scabs to continue to produce coal for market under the guise of maintenance work, and be it further “Resolved, that we convey to our scale committee once again the assur- | ance of our support in our aggressive fight to the finish for all our demands, jand that we reaffirm our decision to |reject absolutely the operators’ pro- posal for arbitration.” Victory for Progressive Policies. How sweeping a victory this is for the policies proposed by the Progres- sive Miners’Committee, may be under- stood only by recalling the fact that the committ and its secretary, Alex |Reid, together with Pat Toohey and jother progressive leaders, were vigor- ously attacked by the leading officials of District 1, particularly Cappellini, | for proposing these polices at the time |the strike began. Now the leaders | who are prominent enuf to represent the miners on the general grievance committee are adopting these policies. It was upon the demand of the Pro- Sressive Miner’ Committee for a with- (Continued on page 2) LABOR FAKERS OF NEW YORK PRAISE DONKEY POLITICS Sidestep "Question of Scab City Labor By Sylvan A. Pollock, (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Jan, 11. — The last meeting of the Central Trades and La- bor Council can be rightly called Tam- many Hall night. It opened with the reading of the minutes of the executive board, which included a plea to Mayor James J. Walker and ex-Judge Olvany, boss of Tammany Hall, calling upon them to use their influence to prevent the dis- continuance of the industrial aid bur- eau, which is located on Worth St, Shortly before, Delegate Curtis, in- troduced a motion to congratulate Gov, Alfred E. Smith on his recent message to the state legislature and a little while later a resolution was introduced by Joseph P. Ryan, vice president of the Longshoremen’s Association, calling upon Mayor Walk- er, Gov, Smith, as well as New York members of congress, to use their in- fluence to prevent the American Tele- phone and Telegraph Co. and its stib- sidiary companies, from raising the local telephone rates. Leaning Towards Socialism (2) Delegate Curtis, in introducing his motion to congratulate Gov. Smith (Continued on wage 4) LEFT WING OF WORKMEN’S CIRCLE FORMS “VERBAND OF PROGRESSIVE torical gather! elements of the machine, which continues its policy of open war on the progressives le; BRANCHES” A T N. Y. CONFERENCE By BEN LiIFSHITZ. (Special to The Daily Worker? NEW YORK CITY—(By Mail.)-~-T! Workmen's Circle held here recently which marks a new orkmen’s Circle. he left wing national conference of the at the Manhattan Lyceum was a his- phase in the struggle of progressive Not only did the conference protest against terrorism of the right wing ments og making members at large, dissolving branches, district committees (Continued on page 2)