The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 24, 1926, Page 2

‘aa Page Two FARM CRISIS SEIZED UPON TO AiD LOWDEN Plays Upon Misery of Farmers (Special te The Dally Worker) CHAMPAIGN, IlI., Jan, 22—Political agents of the scab Pullman combine, the packers and the International Harvester company staged the show anticipated here today In an effort to aid in the campalgn to secure the presidential nomination of Frank O. Lowden on the republican ticket In 1928, Lowden is trying to live down his notorious reputation as a briber and corrupter of voters by defending the “cause” of the farmers. His speech delivered here before 1,000 bankers, merchants, doctors, lawyers, well-to-do retired farmers, who profess to represent 63,000 farm- ere, but in reality represent nothing but themselves and the industrialist @ang around the Chicago Tribune, in the game of trying to put over Low- den, was mere froth with no sub- ptance. He repeated the usual banal plati- tudes that the government should do gomething for the farmers and said he disagreed with the speech of yes- terday delivered by Secretary of Agri- culture Jardine who said that the Problem of surplus crops was one that the farmers themselves should solve with only supplementary gov- ernment aid. Wants Federal Reserve System. Lowden, in his campaign speech, thinly disguised as an effort intelli- gently to discuss the farm problem, Proposed that a system of handling crops along the lines of the federal Yeserve system of ‘handling credits be established. He explained that the federal reserve system was designed, among other things, to mobilize the credit resources of those banks which had a surplus and employ them where credit resources were difficult, He did not explain how this sort of Panacea could be applied to a condi- tion of production exceeding the world market, which is the basis of the present farm distress in the corn belt of the. middle west and the cot- ton belt of the south. Of course, Lowden and his backers do not expect to solve anything, ex- cept the problem of getting their names before the farmers and hoping that they will thereby gain the sup- Port of this improverished group in the coming presidential elections. A notorious industrialist, who mar- ried part ofthe Pullman millions, Lowden poses as a farmer, but he is no more a farmer than is the present occupant of the white house, the down east politician, Cal. Coolidge. Union Delegates Demand Protection for Working Women WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—Repudiat- ing the “equal rights” fight of the Na- tional Woman’s Party, and disclaim- ing the authenticity of that organiza- tion’s so-called “labor spokesman,” 27 trade union women, delegates to the ‘Women’s Industrial Conference now in sesion here, called at the White House and urged President Coolidge to support a movement to retain the 8-hour laws for women and other pro- tective legislation. Miss Melinda Scott, representing the American Federation of Labor, chairman of the delegation; told Mr. Coolidge that organized labor and or- ganized women, not only want reten- tion of the present laws, but are seck- ing additional legislation for Protec- tion of women in industry, Will Not Tolerate Union Men in Passaic, Says Police Judge “Labor agitators will not be tole- rated in Passaic,” said police Judge Davidson on January 16 in passing sentences on four representatives of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers on a charge of disorderly conduct. One was given six months in jail and & fine of $25, and the others were fin- Later, however, the judge te- the jail sentence, ur men had come to Passale narge of a strike which had put against the firm of Kopp, ‘eldman, and Kopp, manutacturers of children’s clothing, in an endeavor to enforce a 44 hour week, If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Commnnism—study it. GRIGER & NOVAK GENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS Union Merchandise 1934 West Chicago Avenue (Cor, Winchester) Phone Humboldt 2707 J. KAPLAN MERCHANT TAILOR Suits Made to Order at Reasonable Pricos 3546 ARMITAGE AVENUE Phone Albany 9400 Current Events | (Continued fiom page 1) does not deter. There is only a nomin- al charge of $1.00 for each course, ‘or further information apply to Wil- m Simons, secretary, 19 South Lin- coln street, Chicago, Ill, ** 8 ERE ifs one of the reasons’ why | the capitalists of the world would like to see the parasitical Romanoff back in throneless Russia: MOSCOW, Jan. 18—Should the world ever run short of coal, Russia will be little affected. Recent govern- ernment figures put Russia’s total coal deposits at nearly 350,000,000,000 tons. This is said to be the largest-in the world. The Kuznetsky basin, situated {on the northern slopes of the Altai mountains, is estimated to contain not less than 250,000,000,000 tons. Next comes the Donetz basin, which ex- | 000 tons, about 60 per cent of which is anthracite, Be oe P obapacramagtn Sheffield is having tough luck in Mexico. His latest misadventure may be the means of a diplomatic rupture between the two countries, provided the relations can jbe more ruptured than they are now. After the ambassador had played a nine hole game of golf, he found him- to the clubhouse for luncheon and learned that the waiters had gone on strike, Entering his automobile to leave the club grounds the unfortun- ate ambassador was dumbfounded when he saw the locked gate decor- ated with red flags. The strikers com- promised by opening the gate and al- lowing the ambassador home to take a bath or drown his sorrow in a tank- ard of pulque, see 'WENTY-TWO ocean liners are en- gaged for the transport of dele- gates to the next convention of the American Legion which will be held jin the Grand Palace of the Champs |Elysees. Thirty thousand of those ex- |warriors are expected to attend. No |doubt many of them will see France jfor the first time. The French goyv- jernment will welcome them, and |rightly so, as they—or those of them who served in the war—helped save the French capitalists from a certain defeat. But what will the French workers think? How have they ben- \eficted from the victory over “German jmilitarism?” Not much. The franc is on the tobaggon, which may wipe out the savings of the workers and the middle classes as the slump of the mark did in Germany. Several lead- Jers of the French workers are in jail jfor protesting against French militar- ism in Morocco and Syria. The wine merchants, hotel owners and ladies of elastic morals may be benefitted but the class cotscious workers will give the militarist show a cold shoulder, ILLINOIS HERD OWNERS DEMAND COWS BE TESTED Where Has $1,750,000 Disappeared? Illinois» f-rmers, who had an in- junction issued to restrain Dr. Bun- deson of the Chicago health depart- ment from excluding their milk from Chicago, have signed applications and filed them with their attorneys agree- ing to submit their herds to the tu- berculin test provided that the state and federal governments pay two- thirds of the value of the condemned herds. The farmers have let Governor Small know that they are willing to let the federal inspectors carry on their tests provided the condemned pose it was intended?” Small Antics Farmers, The antics of Gov. Small are amus- ing to the farmers. The state set aside $2,000,000 to indemnity farmers for diseased herds. Of this money only $250,000 has been spent for this purpose. Now when the farmers ex- press ‘their willingness to submit to the test, they are told that they must wait until July 1, when taxes ure col- lected, to be paid for their herds. The farmers are wondering where the re- maining $1,750,000 has disappeared to. “What has become of the money?” ask the farmers. “Has Gov. Small spent it to pay off his political hench- men instead of using it for the pur- pose it was intended?” Many of the bankers in the down- state sections are offering to advance |money to the farmers on the war- rants that are to be issued by the State for condemned herds at eight per cent interest. In making this of- fer the bankers are trying to pose as the saviors of the farmers, but the |farmers laugh at this pose of the | bankers, and declare: “Why should we pay 8 per cent to the bankers, when the state is supposed to pay us for our herds out of funds that are set aside for this purpose? Anyone can get money at 6 per cent from many banks without paying the 8 per cent these fellows want.” Can't Make Up Their Minds, BILOXI, Miss., Jan, 20—The king and queen of Spain have not yet defi- nitely decided upon a proposed visit to the United States, according to a cablegram received here today by the local chamber of commerce, which chbled them an invitation te visit Biloxi, ie po perts figure contains about 60,000,000,- | self in a tenth hole when he returned ; NORTH WESTERN SHOPMEN SEE THRUB. & 0. PLAN Good for Railroads; Bad for Workers (Continued from page 1) at an end, just at a time the men thot they are winning the strike. This same Jewell could not be found and could not be dragged to come and ar dress a strikers’ meeting, for fear of the Daugherty injunction. At the Wicker Park hall, however, Mr. Jew- ell felt at home, and these good natur- ed shopmen had forgotten everything’ about Jewell’s misleadership of the railroad strike and sat down to listen to what he had to say about the “co- operative plan.” As could be expect- ed—a lot of platitudes, and nothing more. “We are in favor of securing for the workers all that can be pro- cured, by conferring, negotiating and consulting with the employers,” de- clared Jewell, Not a word of consoli- dating the ranks of labor as an or- ganized power; not to organize to command better conditions and a higher standard of living, but to beg, to negotiate, to confer, to collaborate with the poor employers. And to make sure that the railroad owners should and must take us into consideration, he winds up to say: “In order that the present railroad owners protect their property, in order to keep their property and to develop it, they will need the help of their employes. The co-operative plan is a step toward that end,” That’s plain, is it not? The Fun Starts, The two speakers took one hour each. The shopmen in the hall got restless. They wanted to ask ques- tions. They wanted to tell their “grandies” galore sitting on the stage what they thot of the plan. But the “grandies” wanted different. Finally, after half a dozen “grandies” had spoken, Brother Bernard Kortez gets the floor. He makes the point that “consulting engineer” Beyer is sell- ing the wares of the railroad company nothing more or less and that to lead the shopmen to believe the railroads, including the Northwestern, are not run and operated for profits; is all bunk. The applause Kortez received was a sure sign that the men thot the same, The climax came when Brother Dozenberg, member of Lodge No. 478, of the machinists, rose to ask ques- tions. The chairman, after six of the “grandies” sitting on the stage whis- pered in his ear, refused to recognize Dozenberg. The chairman was soon “convinced,” however, that the rank and file want a fair deal. They were ready to leave the hall unless the brother was granted the privilege of asking questions. ‘ Questions Asked. Some of the questions that were asked were by Dozenberg after he got the floor were: 1. Why cannot the present shop committees of the different unions settle all the grievances as to sanita- tion, lighting, etc., in the shops, with- out the “co-operative plan?” 2. Were shopmen laid off on the “B, & O.” railroad while the co-opera- tive plan was in force? 3, How much of the savings thru the co-operative plan on the “B. & 0.” did the shopmen get? 4. What are the fundamental dif. ferences, if there are any, between the company union plan and the co- operative plan, since the railroad companies agree to both plans? 5. What studies did Engineer Bey- er have about the relationship be- tween labor and capital in the process of production and distribution of wealth? Beyer Unable to Answer. Capt. Beyer, as some of the speak- ers called him, could not answer the questions, At any rate, he admitted not understanding question 5, and on two others he was commanded to keep quiet by Jewell. Objections were raised that Beyer was asked these questions and not Jewell but to no avail. Beyer did not protest against Jewell’s action and Jewell was definite: “I am going to answer these questions.” But when he got thru “answering” he asked the shopmen in the hall whether they were satisfled—and they were very antenna in calling out, in unison: “Not” It was 11:45 p, m. when the meet- ing came to an end and the men went home, asking each other such ques- tions: “What in hell do these cap- tains and grand lodge officers think we are, damned fools?” The manner in which The DAILY WORKER has handled this B, & O. “co-operative” plan that they are try. ing to put over in the Chicago & North Western shops has caused the men to look to The DAILY WORKER as their fighting paper. The officials in the union have thru their bulldoz- ing methods and their refusal, to Bive workers, who see thru their schemes the floor, have shown their interests to be on the side of the bosses, The workers realize that as far ag the of- ficials are concerned, they are trying to deliver them bound hand and foot to the railroad barons. The DAILY WORKER supports the demands of the men and because of its stand the shopmen are backing The DAILY WORKER, the Riviera ~ Hits Pleasure-Mad Rich (Special to The Dally Worker) NICH, France; Jan, 22.—Pleasure- seeking parasites, who have flocked to the Riviera from all parts of the globe, were put into gloom when the cooks went on strike here for an 8-hour day. The cooks waited until the hotels here would be swarming with these pleasure-seeking and exact- ing parasites before delivering to the hotel managers their demands for an 8-hour day and better conditions, In order to bring the dismayed man- agers to terms a little more quickly, instead of carrying on a long series of negotiations, they went on strike, Cooks in private homes are in sym- pathy with those in the hotels and will make no effort to scab on their brothers. 2,500 WORKERS TIE UP NEW YORK MILLINERY SHOPS Union Conducts Active Organization Drive By ESTHER LOWELL (Federated, Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 22—All down- town New York nofiunion millinery manufacturing shops, are closed by a strike. Over 2,500 workers responded to the strike call issued by the In- ternational Cloth Hat, Cap and Mil- linery Workers’ Union, Most of the 250 factories are handwork, not ma- chine millinery, shops Some employ up to 300 workers. Want Better Conditions, Strikers are demanding week work instead of piece work in novelty hat shops. In straw hat shops the work- ers thru their union negotiations with employers will decide for piece work or week work as preferred. Written agreements with cash, security to in- sure enforcement are insisting upon by the union before settling with any employer. Employefs ‘began beseig- ing the union for settlements as soon as the effectiveness 6f* the union or- ganization drive wag proved by the splendid strike turnotit. The benefits of higher wages and shorter hours already ‘won by union- ized machine millinery-.workers will be extended to hand 'orkers if union plans carry thru. \Muchine ‘workers have a minimum p of $65 per week for operators, *’ fe 44-hour weék prevails and limita’ [ ployers’ discharge hive Haba workers have no hour limitati tion against discha’ Carry on Organization Drive.: Since the Americati’ Federation of Labor awarded juri m over mil- linery workers to the Cloth Hat and Cap and Millinery Workers’ Union, the organization drivé has been on. The machine shops have been organ- ized, however, since the 1919 strike. Now the handworkerg who make and trim countless hats forthe heads of American women are Striking to catch up to the better con ms of machine workers. The unidnization drive among uptown millinery workers and in other cities will be benefitted by the strike demonstration in downtown New York shops, union members be- lieve, * HONOR ROLL OF WORKERS AIDING PRESS Finnish Werkere cl nor protec- Spice oS 30.18 M. Esterkin, Cincl : 1.00 Finnish Bi rtland, Ore. 3.50 Street nue ction 1. Oak. ton, “D. Cc. Donations eB Ryderto8szh 88 S88s88s3s' e8 Total today z Previously reported causummemunemn 999,147.64 Mexican Workers Are Displacing Negro in Southern Cotton Belt LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan, 22.—Mex- ican laborers are being brot into the south by the cotton growers to dis- place Negro workers in the cotton fields. In many parts of the south Mexican labor is being hired instead of Negro workers at lower wages, “The power of t organization, Wit the masses, the Be Placed T a so-called two-gun killer, Ma that the’ Capitalist System Must 'ODAY, priests, preachers and rabbis by the thousands are preparing their sermons over the I Upon the Gallows by the Workers By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. redicament in which Durkin, finds himself in the grip of the Chicago police and the federal government. Their whole discourse will be summarized under the general theme, “The wages of sin is death.” converts thru terror. The present occasion offers an oppor- tunity to threaten all those who transgress, which implies must belong to and attend some church, or, in the Religion seeks to win words of the religious editor of Hearst's Chicago Herald and Examiner, “The end is evitable.” It is merely another ver- sion for ore of the threat made to the child in the nursery that, “ he bogeyman will get you if you don’t look out.” Durkin is held up as a horrible example. eS Durkin is charged with being connected with the killing of three men: Special Agent E. C. Shanahan of the United States Department of Justice, Police Harry Gray and Lloyd Austin. Durkin is denounced by so-called “business and civic leaders,” frightened at the reception given the killer by thousands of morbidly curious who gathered at the Union Station upon his return to the city in handcuffs. He is called “a cheap automobile thief.” State’s Attorney Crowe, who seeks the life of this offender against capitalist law, is out with his usual declaration, “Durkin Will Hang!” mobiles constitute valuable private property and must be protected. Va., hang for the murder of not held to- apply here. A copy of the Fairmont ives the- list of worker dead ‘ollows: Survived by wi and James, 6, American. ican. single, 4—LESTER, F, D., no data a Farmington, American. tified). Americ: 7—CARR, W. P., (tentatively identified). burgh. American. 108—Unidentified, data. American. data. American, 16—SELL, P. J., loader, 43, 1—MYERS, W. E., day man, aged 53, Westeh f er, 26, single, Lafollette, Tenn. 8—CUTLIP, Arch, dayman, 28, married, two children, Betty Lou, 3 and Benton, 1; lives at Farmington. (Two bodies here not numbered by state inspectors.) 101—.DENNIS, John, loader, 22, single, Chalk Hill, Pa. 102—-F ROSKOFF, Wassal, machine man, age unknown, married, five children, one child lives at Farmington. 11—FLAHERTY, Joseph, loader, 29, single, Cannelton, W. Va., American, | 12—STARENSKY, John, loader, 32, married, no children, Pitts~ Auto- But no United States government, no state or local pro- secutor, no agency of capitalist law anywhere is demanding that the owners of Jamison Mine, No. 8, at Fairmont, West the 19 coal miners who lost their lives in this non-union pit disaster last week. The murder of workers is not considered a sin by the dollar-sub- sidized church. The threat “the wages of sin is death,” is Times has just arrived and which is published in full as iter, (Fairmont). and three children, Lillian, 16; Leona, 10; 2—MAHANEY, Neil, no data available by company officials. Amer- 8—MYERS, Herbert, son of W. E. Myers, aged 20, trackman, Lived at Westchester, (Fairmont). American, lable. American, 5—CUTLIP, Leo, machine man, age unknown, single, lives at 6—LOUGH, Coy, driver, 24, single, Farmington (tentatively Iden- American. American. American. American. 14—FANNER, Clarence, machine man, lives at Farmington, no other 15—FANNER, Charles, machine boss, lives at Farmington, no other married, four children, Arnold, 17; Woodrow, 12; Marguerite, 10; Ella, 1; Hutton, Maryland. Amer ican. 17—ZAPOTOSKY, Nick, machine man, 28; married, John, 6; Steve, 4; Anna, 3; Julla, 1; Southwest, 18—THOMAS, John, machine man, 49, wife living, Ohio. Colored, 19—BEE, Lonnie, Colored. loader. 29; The American Engineerin declared that two-thirds of fat try are preventable. meditated murder. four children, Pa, Ukrainian. Portsmouth, wife living, Charleston, W. Va. Standards Committee has accidents in the coal indus- This means that at least 12 of the workers listed above were the victims of wanton and pre- Labor will never be able to bring the actual murderers—the owners of capitalist industry—to justice under capitalism. to the last. Working class Capitalist justice will protect them justice comes only with the ending of the capitalist system. It is capitalism—the murder system— that must be p Cleveland, Ohio, Has an Inspiring Lenin Memorial Gathering (Continued trom page 1) inism, the theory and practice of the revolution,” said Minor, The other speaker was Israel Am- ter, who told of the scenes in Moscow when Lenin died. Amter was present in Moscow when Lenin was buried and gave a vivid picture of the emo- tions of the Russian workers and peasants, Battle American Imperialism. Amter also showed how American imperialism is reaching out to the ends of the world—into South Amer- ica where an army general was sent to settle a dispute regarding a border, Militarlsm is the slogan of the’ Amer- ican capitalist government, Prepar- edness, the preparing of the American youth by enforced military training in the schools, the use of these organ- ized youths against the rising working class show what the capitalist class contemplates. Miss Menkel of New York contrib- uted two numbers on the Hungarian Workers’ Chorus and the Freiheit Gesangsverin sang. The “lirmmer and Sickel Drill” by the Finish Ath- letic Club showed how proletarian sports can be developed for the revo- lutionary movement. Build Workers? Theater, One of the achievements of the Cleveland organization was the per- formance of the pantomime “The In- ternational” under the direction of noth- | Comrade Sadie Amter, Read—Write—distribute The DAILY WORKER, nay j faced upon the gallows to pay the penalty for its Durkins, its mine horrors and all the other crimes in- herent in this passing social order. The workers will in time put their own meaning into, “The Wages of Sin is Death.” Lewis Accepts Terms of Kept Newspaper Publisher of Scranton (Continued from page 1.) distance’ telephone,” said Pepper, “that the strike has been settled.” Senator Pepper later informed news- paper men that his information came from “a very reliable source” in Penny sylvania, and from a man prominent politically, “I am informed that the operators accepted the plan last night, but left it open this morning until John L. Lewis could pass on it,” said Pepper. “Mr. Lewis has mow approved the |plan.” The Pennsylvania senator was in- formed that operators at the Philadel- phia office denied having acepted the plan. He merely smiled, Freiheit Children Hold Lenin Memorial Meeting on Saturday Saturday afternoon, the children’s section of the Freiheit Chorus will hold a Lenin memorial meeting at 8837 W. Roosevelt Road, Paul Back- al will be the main speaker. A fitting musical program has been arranged for the occasion. The parents of the children are invited to attend this celebration, Put a copy of the DATLY WORKER in your pocket when you go to your union meeting, WORLD COURT MEANS WAR, SAYS BORAH Senator Launches New Attack on Tribunal (Special to The Dally Worker) . WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.— Senator William E, Borah, of Idaho, leading foe-of the world court, this afternoon launched a new attack upon Ameri- can adherence to the international trl- bunal. He warned the senate that the court was an agency of the league of na tions, created to “enforce peace by force,” and predicted a world em- broiled in bitter war at no far distant date if the United States is plunged into the “maelstrom of Huropean jeal- ousies and hatreds.” Bread Trust to Be Built Along Lines Used by Henry Ford (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, an, 22— Formal an- nouncement of a great bread-making combine is expected shortly in Wall Street. The combine planned by William B. Ward would be of the type that Henry Ford has used in his jndustry. Sugar, flour, yeast, salt, milk, and other in- gredients would be controlled by the new company to the extent of the re- quirements of the Ward Baking hold- ings. Ward figured in a consolidation last October when 157 bread bakeries were grouped into the General Baking corporation. : Uplifters Take Poor Parents’ Children But Wealthy Escape Social workers armed with court power can reach into the homes of the poor and take away children they think would be better off in institu- tions but this is not so easy when. the parents are wealthy, social worker Farris Laune admitted in a talk on the neglected child. “The children of the rich are hard to place in institutions where they can receive better training than they would at home, for the parents have money with which to contest court ac- tion,” he said, “which the poor lack.” Demand Wage Boosts of 6 to 10c an Hour for 250,000 Clerks CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 22.—Rail- road barons will be presented with demands for wage increases ranging from six to ten cents an hour for 250,000 railway clerks, freight han- dlers and station employes following a meeting of general chairmen ‘of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steam- ship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Ex- press and Station Employes here, Bricklayers to Get $11 for 8-Hour Dr NEW BRITAIN, Conn.(FP)Jan A dollar a day more, the dem the Bricklayers, Masons and ‘Plaste ers Union of New Britain, will b< yielded, employers unofficially say Wages are now $10 a day. Elever dollars is asked, Italian Parliament Ratifies Locarno Pact ROME, Jan, 22—The Italian cham- ber of deputies ratified the Locarno security pacts, A sub a day will help to drive capital away. ee . To those who work hard for thelr money, I will save 50 per cent on all the'> dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street, - PITTSBURGH, PA. Huu tncncutsee cca Genova Restaurant ITALIAN-AMERICAN 1238 Madison Street N. E. Cor, Elizabeth St, Spaghetti and Ravioli Our Specialty Special Arrangements for Parties on Short Notice George E, Pashas- COZY LUNCH 2426 Lincoln Avenue One-half block from Imperial Halt PHONE DIVERSEY 0701 CHICAGO.