The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 22, 1926, Page 1

ere tam | The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 9. ae ald Rates: THE } By T. J, O'FLAHERTY HE. New York Times is worrying” over the new stir in the ranks of the American Negro population. This time it appears they are not looking for salvation to the fantastic pipe dreams of Marcus Garvey but are inclining more and more to the idea that the labor movement is their hope. This does not mean, of course that section of the labor movement that is dominated by William Green and the reactionaries but to the com- paratively small section that is under Communist influence, and specifically under Communist.influence. ee 8 MOVEMENT to organize the Pull- man porters is a straw which shows in what direction the wind blows. Just as soon as the Negro porters began to join a union, the tools of the Pullman company among the Negroes got busy, pointing out that the employes of the company would lose their seniority rights and other alleged advantages if they join- ed a union, Full page advertisements began to appear in Negro papers, boosting the Pullman company. Those advertisements were not paid for, at least openly, by the corporation. Ostensibly they were financed by a fake benevolent organization of the porters, which is actually a sort of company union dominated by Pullman officials. 8 6 ANY of the Negro intellectuals support the movement to organ- ize the Negro laborers into unions. Others oppose it. Both fear the Com- munists getting influence over the Negro masses. At bottom the only issue between them is one of expe- diency, The movement will go for- ward however no matter who opnoses it. ‘The Negro workers will be driven by the pressure of exploitation to or- ganize for their own protection. The American Negro Labor se epeat which was held in Chicago.rece! ea nsctode in the ‘history American’ Negro worker. It is cae that it was only a miniature of what future congresses with a similar pur- pose will be. But it is a long way from the dumb, ‘slave-driven Negro of sixty years ago to the outstanding Negro of today who is learning to fight effectively against his real ene- my and who is lining up where he be- longs, with the workers of all races and colors, e+ e's E sheriff and county attorney of Sheridan county, Montafia, have been arrested, charged with the “ob- struction of justice.” ~This was to be expected. As was told several months ago in those columns the officials of Sheridan county, had the complete confidence of the progressive farmers and workers; They encountered the bitter enmity of the bankers, and the confidence men who had fleeced the farmers at leisure during the regime of the old party politicians. The blow was inevitable, But it appears the farmers are not taking it lying down. J€ may mean a more vigorous cam- paign to organize the working farm- (Continued on page. 2) RAPS AMERICAN IMPERIALISM Workers Protest Forces Cuba to Free Mella By ENRIQUE FLORES MAGON, Acting Secretary Mexican Section, All- America Anti-Imperialist League. MEXICO CITY, Jan, 20.— Reports are still coming in to the capital from outlying sections of Mexico testifying to the activity of workers, peasants and students of this republice on be- half of the Cubans oppressed by the present wave of imperialist terror-on the island known as the “pearl of the Antilles.” Latin-American solidarity against the common Wall Street ene- my is creating a widespread move- ment which cannot fail to have perma- nent results, particularly if seconded by the» working masses in the United States. In the recent triumphant campaign of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League for the release of Julio An- tonio Mella from the Cuban prison in which American sugar kings and the corrupt Machado government of Cuba had placed him, the Mexican section league was exceptionally ac- Many Teal blows were struck ‘for the liberation of Mella and the twelve Cuban labor leaders ar- rested with him, with the result that (Continued on page 2.) FRENCH FINANCE MINISTER MAY BE-FORCED OUT Franc in Danger of New Inflation (Special to The Dally Worker) PARIS, Jan, 20.—Finance Minister Doumer may go the way of his several predecessors—out of the cabinet. The possibility loomed today when it appeared that there is little likeli- hood of the finance minister and the finance commission of the chamber of deputies reaching any. compromise agreement on a financial program. Briand Will Accept Anything. Premier Briand has now reached a state of mind, where, it is said, he is willing to accept almost any finan- cial program which can be assured of passage by the chamber of deputies. M. Doumer has given the members of the finance coymission warning that they must face the wrath of the French people if they force measures which bring about new inflation, but this warning does not appear to have brought the prospects of a. com- promise any nearer. ARMOUR'S SPEED-UP SYSTEM MAKES ONE WORKER DO THE. WORK OF TWO ON HOG KIL By JUKKA SALMINEN, Worktr: Correspondent. Under the speed-up system killing floor at Armour & ompany’ one worker is forced to do the work of two. that the hog is shackled until the ho; every operation—the packers have that ds ‘in operation on the hog Chicago meat packing plant From the moment is put into the cooler—-at out workers on, the chain until the workers are so speeded up that they are not able te turn around as they would miss their operation and be “called down” and possibly fired by the boss. The shacklers must start work at 6:30 a, m. They shackle the hogs and put the chain on a hook which is then elevated to the hog killing floor. This is a dirty and disgusting job. These men look as tho they rolled in manure all day long. For _ this work they get the low pay of 471% cents an hour. When the hog reaches the killing floor, the sticker starts to work-—one man to each chaih. At times the hogs come so fast (Continued on page 5) 67th St. and 3rd Ave. h St. and Park Ave. In Chicago, by mail, Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. DAI Entered as Second-cliss matt: $8.00. per year. >eptember 21, erties Make It a Thousand! 665 new subscriptions in the first 7 days of the LENIN DRIVE 5000 New Subs to the DAILY WORKER! RUSH!—Brother—Comrade— Send in your Sub or Renewal. FLORIDA MOB STAGES RADIO LYNCHING BEE Victim’s Screams Sent Over the Air OCALA, Fla., Jan, 20.—No tales of war's atrocities nor of the tortures of wild Indians can eclipse the barbarity exhibited here in “civilized America” when the wanton lynching of Nick Williams, a Negro, was made the oo- casion of what was termed a “unique and entertaining” pian. Spoke Impolitely to White. Williams was seized while on his way to work, on the suspicion that he “had spoken impolitely toa white grocery clerk.” The clerk, who had never seen him before this occasion, identified Williams as the impolite person. Thereupon began the unspeakable reversion to veneered savagery. Northern guests were summoned from their hotels and real estate specula- tors were brot from their beds to “en- joy” the spectacle of butchery. Broadcast Victim’s Screams, Suggestion was made, as there was a@ radio station near, that the “pro- ceedings” be broadcasted. And so it was. The victim was brot up to the station, @ line connection made and the shouts of the mob and the pierc- ing screams of Williams as the mob tortured. and shot him to death. Meanwhile, before the “entertain- ment” began, an announcer called over the radio summoning all Florida to stand by for to hear the mob at its ghastly work, announcing that the particular broadcasting station had scored quite a hit over its competitors in furnishing radio fans this “feat- ure.” There has been no one arrested for this amazing murder and no one ex- pects that anyone of the mob or the participants will be arrested. That is not the custom ifi the southern sec- tion of the United States—and in the northern section, tho arrests some- MILLER’S ASSEMBLY 318 Grand St. B’klyn | times are made, no one is punished. One marvels at the nerve of the United States government which re- fuses to recognize Soviet Russia on the excuse that the Bolsheviks do not conform to the pleasantries of Ameri- can civilization. Wage Raise Demands of 37 N. Y. Building Trades Hanging Fire NEW YORK—FP—New York build- ing workers continue on the job pending consideration of their new wage proposals by the full member- ship of the Building Trades Bm- ployers’ Association. John Halkett, president building trades council, urg- ed an employers’ committee to ac- cept the union offer to remain at work at $1.a day increase while the remaining 50 cents demanded is sub- mitted to arbitration. Thirty-seven unions are trying to raise wages so that the minimum for all mechanics would be $12 a day, for helpers $10. ‘Lenin Memorial Meetings arranged by the Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers (Communist) League . SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2\P. M. CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE — NEW STAR CASINO MANHATTAN LYCEUM 66 East 4th St. The Workers Now Rule One-Sixth of the Globe. WORKER. 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1926 all A Good Beginning. HILLMAN GANG LOSING HOLD ON MEMBERS (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 20—The de- feat of the Hillman machine in its ef- fort to terrorize the New York mem- bers of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers into acceptance of the policy of class collaboration, of betrayal of the workers’ interests to the bosses for sake of “peace,” was clearly shown not only by thé mass protest at Manhattan Lyceum where the left wing organized around the Trade Union Educational League showed its power of influence:in the tailoring trade, but also by the Hilman gang's own meeting. Boasts a Little Early. Upon failing to aget the Cooper Union hall, the Hiliman gang held a meeting at Webster'Hall. Here Hill- man himself spoke of how his gansters had “wiped out” the action committee. Joseph Schlossberg, too, that great “idealist” had a fewrwords to say, in order to show which side he was on. But when Blumberg tried to speak even his own gang turned thumbs down on him and many people left the hall in obvious dsgust. Quite a num- ber of tailors who somehow had thot that they could come there to air their grievances were disillusioned. They too left. Refused Right of Discussion, For a time there was a terrible sil- ence. Tailors wanted to discuss and ask questions, But the Hillman dic- tatorship decided that rather than al- (Continued on page 3) ADMI JAY LOVESTONE WM. W. WEINSTONE 50 CENTS. | |WORKERS MUST PLAN’ OR BOS osed new Watson-Parker bill. vinced about the great service o sign agreements with them. railroads following in line. agreements with the unions? The reason is that our union officials have surrendered to the open shop and the new agreements that are being made transform the labor organiza- tions into “company unions” in real- ity. , The principles of the company un- fon plan to replace the trade unions 8 an independent working class power with a machinery for consultation be- tween the worker and employer, to eliminate strikes and speed up pro- duction. What is the principle of the “B. and (Continued on page 2.) SPEAKERS: M. J. OLGIN AND OTHERS SSION H eee eneane Published Daily except Sunday by PUBLISHING | LEADERS WILL CRUSH UNIONS Workers of the North Western Railroad! Beware of the “B. & O. Plan” and the Company Union! Fight Against the “B. & O. Plan” and the Watson- Parker Bill! Do Not Give Up Your Right to Strike! HE railroad workers in the North Western railroad shops are being asked to endorse the-so-called “B, & O. Plan” and to establish peace and harmony in industry as embodied in the pro- The labor-hating President Atter- ury of the Pennsylvania system has all of a sudden become con- The Baltimore & Ohio railroad was the first to establish the so-called peace and harmony and now comes all the rest of the Every railroad president is talking peace and harmony but especially “efficiency.” these bitter enemies of organizéd labor are now ready to sign BEN GITLOW CHAS. KRUMBEIN Tickets on sale at Workers Part | NEW YORK | YORK EDITION THE DAILY WORKER Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. CO,, 1113 W. Price 3 Cents “|INEW YORK WILL JAM FOUR BIG HALLS SUNDAY |“Every Worker Attend | the Memorial’ ’-Slogan (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 20—Four hig halls. have been secured by the New York Local of the Workers (Communist) Party to take care of the thousands of workers who will come together on Sunday, Jan. 24, to celebrate the vic- tories of the workers in different parts of the world and to pay their respects to the leader of the revolutionary vanguard—Vladimir Ilyitch Ulianov Lenin. To Take Care of Overflow. The Central Opera House, Millers’ As- sembly (Brooklyn), New ar Casino and Mynhattan Lyceum will be open at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Prep- arations are also being made to take care of the overflow crowds at these meetings. Jay Lovestone, Ben Gitiow, M. J. Olgin, William W. Weinstone, and Charles Krumbein will speak as each of these halls on what Lenin means to the American workers and to the workers of other ‘lands. Along with the speakers there will be appropriate revolutionary music to make this occasion one of the big- gest celebrations that the workers of NeW York have ever arranged. Victories in Past Year. The victories of the workers have been many in the past year. Soviet Russia today is stronger than ever and is growing ever stronger. In Czecho-Slovakia the Communists were able te force the yellow social-demo- crats into the background and are the second party in the Czecho-Slovakian parfiament. In Germany, the Com- munists have madé great gains. In England, despite the activities of the fascists and the “yellow” socialist lead- ers in the labor party against the Communists, the influence of the class conscious ‘workers is growing. Lenin’s Spirit Lives On. Thruout the colonial and semi-col- onial world new flames of revolt against the imperialism of France, America, England are breaking forth. Tho Lenin is dead, his spirit is alive |and is sweeping the masses of discon- tented workers and peasants onward to the realization of the workers’ and farmers’ government in every land. Every worker to the Lenin memorial meetings! should be the slogan of the workers in New York for that day. Let the attendance at these Lenin memorial meetings in New York be the answer of the workers to the chal- lenge of the labor-hating Coolidge ad- ministration in Washington and the plutes who have their offices on Wall Street. Every worker to the Lenin memorial meetings! Lenin Memorial Meetings, SMASH 'B. & 0. SES AND LABOR INDIANA Gary—Turner Hail, 14 and Washingtoi, Tom O'Fla Jan. 24—7:30 p. Y Howe ‘ais Hol- 24, 2 m. Hall, McCook and Vernon St., fe. je ao. Simons, Satur- day, Jan. 23, 7:30 p. MICHIGAN Detroit—House of the Masser Aubin, J. J. Ballam, Jan. 24, 2:30 p. m Grand Rapids—Workmen’s Ciicie Tem- 2646 St. ple, 345 Mt. Vernon Ave., J. J. Ballam and Nat Kaplan, Jan, 23, 8 p. m. Muskegon—Modern ‘Woodmen'se Hail, 10 'N. Terrace St., J. J. Ballam and Nat Kaplan, Jan. 22, 8 p. m. MISSOURI Kansas City--Musicians’ Hall, 1017 Washington St., W. Dunne, Jan, 3). w CONS IN Milwaukee—Freic Genwinde Hall, 8th and Walnut St., Earl Browder, (Additional f the unions and stands ready to Why is it that + WAUKEGAN PLANS INTENSIVE DRIVE TO BOOST DAILY WORKER SUB LIST By JUKKA SALMINEN, WAUKEGAN, IL, Jan. 20.--This month marks the death of our great leader,.Lenin, He is dead, but his memory, his work lives on! An ever in- creasing number of workers all over the world unite to follow the direction which he has pointed to us, to the workers’ commonwealth. The working class can no longer close its ears to the cry which like thunder rumbles from hemisphere to hemisphere: Workers of the world unite! You have (Continued on page 4.) CONCERT Freiheit Gesangs Verein Lithuanian Choruses Hungarian Orchestra MARIA SCHUPAC, dramatic soprano, will sing revolutionary folk songs ( office, 108 E. 14th St., Jimmie: +| iggins Bookstore, 127 University Place, and all party organs. st ee —