The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 20, 1926, Page 1

‘of Vice-President The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government CUDAHY’S Ct ee : In Chicago, by mi Outside Chicago, OMAHA IS NO PLACE FOR REAL REPRESENTATIVE OF WORKERS By a Worker Correspondent. OMAHA, Nebr., Jan. 18.—Here is how the. company union works at the Cudahy plant here. A worker was elected-as repre- sentative after he had pleaded with those in his department not to vote for him, but they. insiste d that they wanted him. When he went to the first meeting of the company union he found the chairman and secretary already in office and ready to do business. OHIO LABOR MEET TURNS ‘NONPARTY Committee F ormed to “Select Candidates” (Special to The Daily Worker) COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 18—The conference of the Ohio State Federa- tion of Labor held here on Jan. 15 and 16 took a most significant step. The conference was attended by 400 dele- gates from every part of the state and was presided over by John P. Frey, president of the State Federation of Labor. ™ In a lengthy speech, ‘President Frey exposed the situation of the workers in this state. He pointed out how the state legislature has ignored the work- ers, the members even going so far as to break their pledge to vote for,| He de- the child labor amendment. clared that a departure: must-be with the old. y and a_new-one he}. initiated. obs palte? ( The statement issued by the execu- tive board of the federation ‘entitled “A Labor Policy for Ohio” was the basis for the discussion. Several delegates, took the floor, notably Dele- Continued on page 2) SPEED UP GETS STRIKE REPLY FROM BUFFERS Flexible Shaft Men Strike for Day Work By A Worker Correspondent Buffers employed by the Chicago Flexible Shaft company, 5600 West Roosevelt Road, walked out last Thursday, in protest against the at- tempted speeding up. They had been working on\day work until now, but Thursday the company announced putting them on bonus rates and sent down a rate setter. The rates set were 80 low’ that the men walked out. The’ Chicago Flexible Shaft com- pany is one of the worst speed-up plac- es in Chicago and the company is con- tinually trying out different spaed- up schemes and the pace is so hard that few men can stand it and they are continually quitting. The Chicago Flexible Shaft com pany is one of the bigger machine shops in Chicago, employing about 300 men, and is at present completely unorganized. The men.who have walk ed out should join the union and pick- et the place so that they can win their demands; and the other workers in the plant should join them-tm the strike, since the speed-up concerns them as well as the butters, Oil Executives Ready for Opening of the Petroleum Institute (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) LOS ANGELES, Cal; Jan, 18,—Exe- cutives of the ofl industry from all! parts of the country were assembled here today for the three-day American petroleum institute, opening tomor- row. Harry F, Sinclair, Henry L, Doher- ty, New York; G. B. Dawes, a brother Dawes, Walter Teagle of the Standard Oil Co., of New Jersey and EB. L, Dohenf, California millionaire oil magnate, will be among those attending the institute sessions, ae) The Lenin Drive means quick. action—send your sub today! There was no election for these offices, but that +appeared to be alright. After attending the meetings for a few months and finding out how the thing worked, this worker wanted to resign. A meeting was called and the chairman announced that he had heard that someone wished to resign. Our representative got wp with an- other worker and handed >in his writ- ten resignation. The chairman placed them on the table and said to the two, “You can leave now.” That's a helluva union, no election for officers and no voting by the “representa- tives.” There are a number of Greeks and a few other nationalities who observe the Greek holidays that work at Cudahy’s. The Greek church Christ- mas comes later than ours. Two of those workers failed to show up on their Christmas, and the following morning when they reported they found their card turned, which meant (Continued on page 5) MAYOR WALKER WANTS BOSSES TO RULE N. , By SYLVAN A, POLLACK. * (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) NEW YORK CITY, Jan, 17.Proud- ly boosting of the fact that very few of the previous mayors of New York ,| City had 80 openly and ‘publicly rub- bed shoulders with the capitalists ag he is now doing, Mayer’ °James J. Walker at the “inaugural ‘lticheon” of The Associated Business’ for a Bet- ter New York, at the Hotel. Astor, stated how proudly he felt to be in the company of the open shoppers and slave drivers of this coutitry, stat- ing that there has “not been many mayors who sat down with go many presidents of railroads in a long time.” He spoke in part as follows: “Of course, you appreciate that some of us at this table have not made a habit of sitting down with the rest of us, There have not been 86 many mayors who sat down with so many presidents of railroads in a long time. “Let me say to you Very publicly’ that I am very happy in the oppor- tunity of meeting these men of great accomplishment and men. who are capable of doing so much for the city we all love.” Wants Them to Help Make Laws, He said that the association and other capitalist organizations would be invited to sit down with the offi- cials to work out the city’s prob- lems. “I am going to work as your prest- dent suggested, as the hired man our folk in the town. .Let’s do this thing in a great big way. “nd so. let’s all submerge our- selves and let’s feel that i: is convent ent, for you to have me say, ‘Come in and let's settle this problemi,’ Among those who were at the guest table were the following: Otto H. Kahn, Dewight Morrow, H. H. West- tMghouse, Michael Friedsam, Leopold hillip, “William C, Alexander, Guy A. Tripp, C, Stanley Mitchell, Patrick G. Crowley, Grover A, Whalen, as well as many other bankers and industrial- ists. George Olvany and John H, Me- Cooey, Tammany Hall leaders, were also present. There were 2,500 guests altogether, The Bosses’ Mayor. We can easily see from the above, whose mayor, “little Jimmie” Walk- er, the songwriter, is. Brazenly pro- claimed how proud he is of his capi- talist affiliations, without a blush of shame, he openly invites them to the ojty hall, to help “work on the city problems.” In. the next election the workers of New ‘York City, must havg their own labor party with work- ing Class candidates, to oppose ‘Tam- thany “Hall, the open flunkey and “Wall 'Stroes Entered as Second-class matt - Post Office at Chicago, NUARY 20 wil, $3.00 per year. by mail, $6.00 per ear. Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 1926 << Publ PUE 1113 W. Washington Blvd. MASSES RALLY IN LENIN’S MEMORY | (Special to The Copeland said the executive tiations for a utmost political significance, sagt between the administration re-+ publicans and the Wall Street democrats to crush the mine strike with the full force of the United, States government. The decisive action of the grievance board in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in calling out the maintenance men when the conference between mine owners and union officials broke off last week is responsible for this action. It is to be hoped that the miners of the anthracite will reply to this contemptible suggestion of Copeland by pulling out all the maintenance men and insisting that the union of- ficlals sanction a sympethetic strike in the soft goal flelds in order once and for all to crush the sinister forces now operating, with the aid of both the democratic and republi- can parties in the government, to de- stroy organized labor in the coal reg- ions of the country. HOOVER WANTS TO CONTROL EVEN THE AIR on the globe,. tens’ ‘ab thousands are a gathering in the greg made by a counter-revolutionary assassin. I this list. . m., J. P. Reid. ag * It St.. 2200 Go to these meetings bee t es g roe ideal Hall, 18 i work- ‘anter. n your city. Bring other wo Fitchburgdan. ‘24, ‘Suomi Hall, 801 ers who realize that Lenin be- longs to them, to the whole working class! The meetings, Man St., 7:30: po m. rade. Boston—Ford Hall, Bert D. Wolfe,\Jan, 22, + local Finnish com- Ashburton place, 8 m. time, place and speakers, are as High St, Romine da Rance Sub: follows: .- «| 7:30 p MASSACHUSETTS. Lan ille—Finnish Workingmen's As te hes eg jan. 24, Mainatis wot 4 Liber. | sociation Hall, 1060 Washington, L. ty St., 7:30 p. m., Eva Hoffma Marks, Jan. 23, 7:30 p. m. Maynard—Dan. "24, Walham "St. Hall, Gardner—Ai ‘Schaap, dan. 24, 8 p. m. ANTHRACITE STRIKERS BEGIN TO PICKET AGAINST “MAINTENANCE” SCABS; WAGE WAR ON “CARD MEN” By PAT TOOHEY, Worker Correspondent SHENANDOAH, Pa., Jan, 18—Several more anthracite unions in this region have demanded of their officials the immediate withdrawal of the maintenance men, the 10,000 union men who have been scabbing in the anthracite mines since the start of the strike on Sept: 1. This the officials refuse to do, which creates more sentiment againstthe maintenance men. Several towns witnessed drastic attempts’ to stop these men from working latter days of January to pay tribute to the memory of the test working class leader of all history, Vladjmir Ilyitch in, who died on January 21, 1924, from an old wound - States the greatest demonstrations will be held in Chicago at the great Coliseum, Sunday night, and in New York at four large halls, noted in the list below. Workers! Watch ‘|Wants Them to Obey after the union officials have refused to stop them. Stop) Union Scabs, The maintenance men of the Maple mh and the Ellangowan collieries were stopped on their way to work a few days since by a crowd of un- fon miners. The miners attempted to convipce the “maintenance men” that by working they were assisting the operators in breaking the strike. The organized scabs thought other- wise. A disturbance followed. One miner was struck on the shoulder by a pick handle and probably has a broken shoulder as a result, while the rest were chased from the street car. Street cars that arrived later were stopped by the union pickets. Planks were thrown across the tracks which forced the cars to stop. The last car went thru the lineg without any dis- order, with™the exception of a stone being thrown thru its window. Resentment Grows, Resentment against the mainte- nance men working during the pro- gress of the strike has been high here for a long time. The question was for+ cibly brought to the attention of the general assembly on several occasions, (Continued on page 6) N.Y. L. Trains Collide, NEW: YORK, Jan. 18—Bptween 25 and 60. ons were injured during _Tush hour today in a sion between two ele- on the Williamsburg Carpenters Warn All ~Home Buyers Against Non-Union Structures MILWAUKEE+-(FP)—The carpen- ers district council of , Milwaukee warns buyers lef homes to be careful when considering dwellings built on the openshop ‘plan. Flimsy nonunion structures put up in bunches of a dozen do not compare in permanenge, ease of heating:and quality with the product of union carpenters working under fair contactors, the council as- serts, Deport Marine Worker for I. W. W.Membership SAN FRANCISCO—(FP)—James K. Bryson, a member of the Marine Transport.Workers, has been deport- ed to Scotland following police raids during the I. W. W. marine strike. David Drunimond is awaiting deporta- tion. Cold Sweeps Spain. Madrid, Jan, 18-The Mediterran- ean provinces'@f Spain are suffering from unprecedented cold. Heavy damoge has been done to farms and vineyard: ke train from Lerida was derailed v Tarragona, owing to heavy dite, Many villages are isolated. | } C harges /s Government Aids Radio Monopoly A scathing attack upon the United States department of commerce for its “abuse of its discretionary powers” in radio regulation was voiced here to- day by E. L. McDonald, president of the Zenith Radio corporation, Chicago, against which the district attornéy’s n the United a a a a S. Bloomfield, Jan. 24, 7:30 p. Woreester—Belmont Hall, 54 Belmont St., Bert D. Wolfe, Jan. 24 RHODE ISLAND. Providence— Rus: f Hall, Randall St., ci Range til he 24, at Pp. z office was preparing to ask, probably NEW YORK today, an injunction to restrain it New York—Central Opera House, 67th St. and Third Ave., New Star Casino, 107th St. and Park ‘Ave., Miller’s Grand Assembly, 318 Grand St., Brooklyn, Man-) attam Lyceum, 66 East 4th St.: Jay| (Continued on page 4.) ENVOYS’ BOOZE RUINS WOMEN, SAYS BLEASE from. its station WJAZ on a wave Jength not assigned to it. Alleged use by the station of a wave band of 329 meters, allocated to a .| Canadian station which is not using it, when the department of commerce had limited it to 322 meters on Thurs- day nights between 10 p. m. and mid- night is back of the contemplated plea for an injunction. Hoover Faces Monopoly. Denying that WJAZ is engaged in “piracy of the air,” McDonald in a formal statement asserts that his com- pany’ deliberately went on the air in an effort to force a showdown on “the right of citizens of this country to use the air and have a fair division of it and to determine whether the government shall regulate in favor of monopoly and against the independent interests and the public generally,” The right of the secrétary of com- mercé to divide time between broad casting stations is questioned by the company, McDonald said, and present “choas'.and congestion in the air which makes it almost impossible for the’ ‘listener with the average radic set of Iimited selectivity to separate one broadcasting station from another is hot due to the great number of broad “casting stations in the United States but is the result of the abuse of the distretionary power which the secretary of commerce claims to have in the division of wavé lengths and gperating’ time.” Greek Debt Must Be Met, Says Washington (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan, 18.— Greece was formally advised today by the American government that no exten- sion of a $33,000,000 credit will be made and that she is expected to fund her existing debt of $15,000,000 on terms approximating those of the Bri- tish settlement. Further meetings of the two com- missions were postponed until next week to afford the Greeks time to communicate with Athens, “The central question of the revo- Dry Law (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—All for- eign diplomats, assigned to the United States, would be stripped of their “diplomatic immunity” and subjected to enforcement of the prohibition law under terms of a bill sponsored in the senate this afternoon by Senator Cole Blease, of South Carolina, Due to its broad terms the bill would apply all American laws to foreigners, whether they were temporary visitors here or sent in an official capacity. The American criminal code also would be made to apply to the for- eign embassies, legations and consu- lar offices just as they do to the homes of Americans. A second section of the bill would make it a felony for a civil, police or court official to refuse to enforce American laws against diplomats, Altho Blease made no statement when introducting his bill, it was ap- parent that it was linked to his recent attack upon diplomats, who, he charged were “feeding liquor to Amer- ican women, debauching them and keeping open houses of ill fame.” He declared then he was opposed to a situation which permitted foreigners to drink all they desired and made it a crime for a poor man to take a drink. At that tithe, he announced he would do all within his power to compel enforcement'of American laws, | lution is the question. of power,”—Len- particularly the hibition law/|in. Hear this question, discussed at against foreigners. ? « pthe Lenin Memorial meetings. NEW YORK EDITION WOR ik Price 3 Cents |TAMMANY HALL SENATOR WANTS COOLIDGE TO STEP IN AND KILL “STRIKE OF ANTHRACITE NINERS Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Senator Copeland, Tammany sen- ator from New York, made an appeal in the senate this afternoon to the strike-breaking president of the United States, Cal Coo- lidge, to step into the anthracite strike situation. ought to lead the way in nego- settlement of the strike. This suggestion, coming from a democratic senator, has the it clearly reveals a secret pact NEW BETRAYAL BY LEWIS OF COAL STRIKE Refuses Withdrawal of “Maintenance” (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) HAZELTON, Pa., Jan. 18.— Presi- dent John L. Lewis and his machine have again autocratically rejected the demand of the rank and file of the anthracite strikers that the union call out the maintenance men, Under the guise of maintenance work the oper- ators are mining coal and running the washeries to furnish coal to break the strike. At the meeting of the anthracite seale_ committee, and Lewis with the tri-district officialdom, the Lewis ma- chine suppressed the militants who voiced the demands of District No. 1, as set forth a week ago, and decreed that no call for withdrawal of main- tenance men would be issiied. “**>*” To cover up this treachery the ma- chine tied onto the decision the state- ment that if the operators attempt to operate the mines before an agree- ment has been reached, then the call will be issued. This, of course, ig- nores ‘the fact that the min tho not operating at the full, are ing kept in perfect order for the operators while they try to starve the miners into submission and while the men employed are doing work that is not maintenance work but plain scabbing. The general grievance committee ot the Scranton-Wilkesbarre district brot the demand into the conference. THEIR APE ANCESTORS Former Klaxer Fights Evolution n Teaching (Special to The Daily Worker) ATLANTA, Ga.,, Jan. 18+A new na- tional crusade against evolution head- ed by Edward Young Clarke, formerly a high official of the ku klux klan, was under way, here today, having been launched by a meeting Sunday, pre- sided over by Roscoe Carpenter of In- dianapolis. The new organization advocates the elimination of the teaching of the evo- lution thedry in all American schools and colleges and the dismissal of all teachers neta CF the theory. KELLOGG DENIES SECRET TREATY WITH OBREGON Says All Details Have Been Published WASHINGTON, pe . 18. Secretary of State Kellogg denied today that there was a se clause in the War- ren-Payne agreement upon which re- cognition of the Obregon government of Mexico was granted, All details of the agreement have been published, said Kellogg. This information was in response to the resolution introduced in the sen- ate by Senator LaFollette ‘of Wiscon- sin, asking for all documents relat. ing to the Mexican situation, » ” hots ar tetramer