The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 26, 1926, Page 5

} THE DAILY WORK e hes ry: | 1000 TAXI STRIKERS ‘the Copley. Plaza Hotel, who were on DENOUNCE FAKE LABOR LEADERS Accuse Them of Selling Out to Bosses By JAMES J, LACEY (Worker Oorrespondent) BOSTON, M » January 24—At a meeting called originally to protest against the frame-up of seven taxi strikers, the strikers themselves took the floor and denounced the leader- ship of the Central Labor Union whom they accused of selling out the strike, The attempted frame-up failed, thanks to the activity of the local In- ternational Labor Defense Committ- tee, but the seven men are still facing contempt charges arising out of ‘the alleged violation of the injunction. In addition to this there are 28 other court cases due to police persecution. Meet Them With Mass Action. Al Shaap, who has been active in the strike, outlined the situation facing the strikers, He told them that mass action is the only answer to court injunctions. The arrests were based on flimsy evidence, and were made merely to demoralize the ranks of the strikers. The recording secretary of the union, Brother McCarthy, gave a graphic recital of the conditions the men faced before the strike. He told the men that he would “take a chance” on going to jail, and then opened up on the labor “leaders.” John J, Kear- ney, president of the Central Labor Union is also president of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers’ Union. Every Monday for the past six weeks he has been broadcasting attacks on the “reds” over the radio. Although his hands are not tied by the injunc- tion ! all this time, he has not said ® word about the strike. In addition to pleading with taxi strikers to re- turn to work, in his own union he ordered back the cooks and waiters of strike four hours, because of scabs on the cab stand in front of the hotel. Fakers on Strike Payroll. Brother Williams, chairman of the strikers’ finance committee, told that he found C. L. U. fakirs on the strikers’ payroll. This attempt to raid the treasury, and deplete the strike funds was nipped in the bud. Pointing out Kearney’s brother-in-law in the audience, he gave him the story to go back with. He accused the C. L. U. . WOLKE This Week’s Prizes! The following books will be offered for this week's contributions: FIRST PRIZE—“Flying Osip,” stories of New Russia, Eleven Short stories written since the revolution, presenting the work of the most significant of the new Russian writers, SECOND PRIZE—“Whither England?” by Leon Trotsky. A bril- llant analysis of the factors which threaten England's economic supremacy, and a shattering prophecy of England’s approaching econ- omic and political decline, THIRD PRIZE—"Russia Today,” the official report of the British trade union delegation on social and economic conditiona In Soviet Russia, Including the special report on the famous “Zinoviev” letter which was responsible for the downfall of the MacDonald government, MAYOR TURNS STRIKEBREAKER - PUBLICLY THREATENING MILL PICKETS WITH IMPRISONMENT By A. Worker Correspondent. NEWBURYPORT, Mass., Jan. 24.—The Bssex Mills here employ around | 600 workers on two twelve-hour shifts; the day workers working 66 hours and the nite workers 72 hours per week. On January 4, this year, the work- ers of this company were handed a ten per cent cut in wages and on Jan. 5, went on strike. Before the cut of ten per cent the nite workers were receiving $27.00 a week and now they will draw $24.30 for 72 hours’ work 88% cents per hour, The day work-+ ers’ wages will average $17.00 a week. Free Speech Denied Strikers The predominant nationalities work- ing in the plant are French-Canadian, Polish and Greek, When the strike began, because they had no union they were minus leaders, They sent to Lawrence and Boston for some one to take charge. Mary Thompson of the Boston Women’s Trade Union League responded to the call, But Mayor Nelson of this city, also a judge refused to allow Miss Thompson to speak, threatening to throw her out of town if she did. To her credit, ac- cording to the workers here she legal adviser of the Chetker Taxi Co., how Innes elected Nicholas, mayor of Boston; that Commissioner Good of the police was a Chécker Taxi stock- holder, and explained’ ‘the ease with which the Checker company got a court injunction against the strikers. “Capital and labor” he said, “could never come together, and when a la- bor leader gets together with a repres- entative of capital, he should be re- moved, by the labor movement from the position of leadership.” John P. McCarthy of the Interna- tional Labor Defense spoke on the in- junction as one of the democratic in- stitutions of America, which many of the strikers defended in. Flanders’ fields, He traced the development of the injunction from 1806 to the rail- way shopmen strike of 4922, “Mother” Bloor’ Speaks. The last speaker was “Mother” Bloor, (Ellé Reeves Bloor), nationally known veteran of the movement. of failing the strikers utterly—less than three thousand dollars was raised from the whole Boston labor movement, many of the unions taking a “neutral” position. He described how the esteemed la- bor leaders, Mr. James T. Moriarty, head of the Sheet Metal Workers’ Union, now member of the Boston elty council, Frank Fenton, of the Teamsters’ and Chauffeurs’ Union, and Kearney—had come down to the strike meeting and tried to induce the men to return to work. The Story in a Nutshell. Williams told how Charley Innes, the republican boss of Boston, was the She began by saying ‘that she had been in many countries, but this was the only country that had 2,500,000 little children slaving.in the mines, mills, and fields. She told of the re- pressions used against the strikers in the labor battles she had participated in during the last 25 years, of the little children killed by troops in Colorado and Michigan of the K. K. K. and the splendid fight the strikers made at Herrin, Illinois, She explain- ed why the organized workers are feared and advocated a greater inter- national solidarity—that we the work- ers, are all of one blood and should stand together, didn’t take any back talk from the mayor and promised to be back soon to test her free speech rights. The mayor than set out to deliberatedly break the strike, actually standing on the platform and telling the workers that if they dared to hinder in any way those that wanted to scab he would put them in jail. The French workers were intimated and flocked into the mills the next day. The Polish were the last to return. Those who took the lead in the strike were fired. CCC WORKER. CORRESPONDENTS BY JANUARY 13 1927 Bills for Water and Electricity Take High Jump in Youngstown By A Worker Correspondent YOUNGSTOWN, O., Jan. 24. — The new bills for water, gas and electricity have just arrived and the housewives are out on the sidewalks discussing them, The new water bills for 1926 jumped from $5.00°to $8.50 for three months—electricity’ in like proportion, Last fall the Communists and the soldiers and sailors put up a campaign against the renewal of the franchise of the gas company in Youngstown on|in the lumber camps of Wisconsin the grounds of the increased rates. and after getting more than enough signatures for the franchise to go to a referendum. the gas company hired an army of solicitors under the com- mand of their ablest lawyers, and they found enough cowards to withdraw their names under threats of shutting off the gas and. general campaign of intimidation, tp defeat the Com- munists and soldiers and sailors in their campaign. The more you'll write the better you'll like It. The strike was lost at the start be- cause the workers had no organiza- tion, By A Worker SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Jan. 2 He Asked for Work and Got It Correspondent. 4.—"Of course, Ishould not kick; I asked for work and got it,” was his parting rome Walking on State street today, a tall, young overtook me and asked if I knew where Figueroa | ‘was a stranger in town and hunting for the vi parked his car ‘the night before. As I was’ going come along. “I worked from six o'clock this one dollar and a cigar for it,” he confided. I looked at him. His clothes and shoes were It was four o'clock. working clothes et is located. He where he had LUMBER JACKS OF WISCONSIN GROVEL IN DIRT Deadly Booze Keeps Them in Stupor By a Worker Correspondent. ANTEGO, Wis., Jan, 24. — I am moved to discribe the living condi- tions which exists for the workers and Michigan. These conditions ob- tain in general, tho I speak of one case in particular at Pearson, Wis, where seventy men are employed. There are two bunk houses with thirty-five men to a shack, beds are two story high, and in some cases four men to a bed. Filthy, coarse blankets, which reek with vermin furnish the scant cover ing. It is winter, the weather is cold, so | all windows are closed, no ventilation with 35 men to a room. | Picture yourself, if you can, going to rest after 12 hours of hard toil in| a place like this to be annoyed by vermin, smoking, swearing, card-| UNITED FRONT MOVEMENT WINS By FRED E, BEAL, Worker Correspondent. DOVER, N, H., Jan. 24.—The main industry of this city is the Cochecho Mills, which belongs to the Pacific Mills. Before the big strike here in 1924 fifteen hundred workers were employed in this mill, but now, due to the doubling and speeding up of work, there are only about 800 working. During the 1924 strike three unions were in the field—the United Textile Workers’ Union, the American Federation of+ Textile Qperatives and the One Big |hree of the United Textile Workers’ Union. | Union officials lost their jobs after the Today there is not one O. B. U. or| strike and had to move out of town U. T. W. member left and only a | for work, The same thing happened handful of A. F. of T. O. members, | to those taking an active part in the One Bib Union. Mary Henderson, one of the most militant of Dover strik- ers, hasn't been able to get work since the strike. The workers here are | hopelessly discouraged and are afraid | to éven talk unionism for fear the boss has his spies listening. A group of ten was rounded up and the united front movement explained. WITH ONE LAST PUSH WE GAN PUT IT OVER! playing, singing, drinking and what not. Men come and go, but the bed-| ding is never changed, all sorts of | diseases are herded together and | spread. | There are no bath houses, no wash | |or dry room so how can men keep! | clean? | | Several families live in camp some! |have children; there are no toilets | provided, so the grounds around the} |cook and bunk houses are used | to satisfy this need. The well which | is located near the cook house is very | shallow and throws up only surface} seepage water. Because of the unsanitary condi-| tions the water has been contamina- ted and several typhoid patients re-| moved from camp. | The cook house crew numbers three. This is not nearly enough to care for the food properly. Con-| sequently filth abounds, Here are a few tit-bits found in the meat house, which has no floor. Great | , I tofa him to a morning Cleaning four cars and got fh mute, but effective witnesses. He had been cleaning cars and without overalls too. ive He continued: “I was broke and went in and ‘asked for work. I was foolish to tell him I was broke, tho, Théy always take advantage of you when they know you are down.” “Didn’t he give you anything to “Yes, he took me to a Chinese eat,” I asked. restaurant and bolight me a 35-cent dinner. When I had cleaned the first car I told him: ‘Look here, I am hungry; I’ve got to have something to eat before I do. any more work,’” On being questioned he said: each car. Wood's garage. I don't side of the street a few blocks down.” “I have no doubt he gets $3.50 for know the number, but it is on this By this time we had reached Figueroa street and he made the remark quoted in the beginning. I went back and found the Wood’s garage, a big sign hanging out over the sidewalk. It is located at “Where is the boss,” I asked a “In the office,” he replied. State and Gutierre streets. man working on a. car. I found him sitting in a chair smoking a cigar and reading a news- paper. (Not The DAILY WORKER.) “What does it cost to have a Studebaker sedan cleaned,” I asked. “Oh, around $3.00 or $3.50,” came the answer. and being walked on. A barrel of tainted liver sausage, sausage, and a rabbit so rotten the skin dropped off in pieces, There is no organization on the part of the workers. No labor paper, no literature of any kind; nothing but seething filth and moonshine. A Job Hunting Experience. chunks of meat lying about the dirt) spoiled pork | THIS IS THE LAST WEEK in te LENIN DRIVE Mew dude to THE DAILY WORKER 1000 New subscriptions are in today and The Daily Worker is bigger, better and stronger. One thousand more workers (By a Worker Correspondent.) | I answered an ad in a Chicago pa- per which read: Wanted men with at least five years’ experience on the “L” lines. Having had 14 years’ ex-| perience I applied for the job. } “Yes, we have a few positions open. Of course, you understand it is not exactly ‘L’ work but selling real estate on commission” was the ans- wer I received when I applied for a job. “What has real estate to do with ex- perience on the elevated lines?” I asked in astonishment. “We figure that making so many friends on the ‘L’ roads you ought to be able to sell them some real estate for us.” - A Fascinating Imaginary Tale About Lenin By RODION AKULSHIN (Worker Correspondent) MOSCOW, U. 8S. S, R.—(By Mail)— The people always have their favorite heroes who stir their imaginations by their life and deeds. In the past, tales were told of Czar Peter, of Sterika Razin, of Pugatchev—these tales ex- press great fear and amazementat the cruelty of czars and of robbers’ au- dacity, . In our days the creative power of the people (of which there are many examples) has itself chosen its own favorite—Lenin—“with head as clear @s the sun,” and have made him the hero of all their tales. The story I am sending is written by @ peasant. It takes into account our entire position at the present mo- ment and is a kind of artistic illus- tration—rough and ready, but pro- foundly truthful—to the slogan: “Lenin is dead, but his work lives yet.” Here is the story; “Clever” Lenin oO day Lenin was sitting at home in his room after dinner reading various books and papers, No mat- ter what paper he glanced at, no mat- ter what book he opened, he always found something about himself to read, Why should we cringe to the en- tente or fear America, when we have Viadimir Myitch, whom they call Lenin? Lenin suddenly had a bright idea, He got up from his Vienna chair and walked up and down the room saying to himself. “Good, ‘8 what I'll do,” And | that he sent his messen- ger to the chief Soviet doctor. The doctor comes and Lenin says to him: “Can you arrange for me to die, only not properly, but just for the sake of appearances,” “I can, Vladimir Ilyitch, but what do you want to do this for?” “Well” he said, “I want to test how things will go without. me.” “Why not then,” replied the doctor, “It is possible. We will put you, not in a grave, but into a kind of wide room and we will put.you in a glass case so that no one will touch you, or else they will all touch you.” , “Only, there is just.one thing, doc- tor, I want fhis to be a great secret between us. Only you will know, and I will also tell Nadezhda Contanti- novana,” And soon the whole nation was in- formed that Lenin had died, The people wailed and moaned and the Communists also could not hold back, but burst into tears, Everyone was thinking and hearts were throbbing: what will we do now? Look how the English and French will go for us now, “And Kalinin the elder of us all says: ‘But what can we do? It is beyond our power... tears will not help our grief. Well, you've cried, young ones, and that 4s quite enuf, we must get to. busines 'O they placed Lenin in a kind of barn which they call.a mausoleum, and placed sentries at the door, A day went by, two days, a week, a month—Lenin got tied of lying under glass. So one night he went out on the quiet thru a back door in the mausoleum—straight \into the Krem- lia into the main palace where they have all kinds of commissars' meet ook aitiag 4) 6 Gaul ings, They let him in thru the door be- cause he had a permanent pass in his pocket, and he pulled his hat down over his eyes so that the soldiers would not recognize him. Lenin got there, but the meeting had already finished and the cleaners were sweeping the floor. Lenin di: “Finished. “Finished.” “Do you know what they were talk- ing about?” “Yes, about various things... We hear something about the British wanting to live in peace with us and about some other foreign states. “Why, we only caught stray sen- tences and did not hear everything properly.” “I see, I «.. and didn’t they say nih iy anything about Lenin?” “Why, of course, they spoke about Lenin, He is dead—they said—but for that the Communists have almost doubled their number “And is not the entente squawk- ing?” “Don’t you believe it, they’ve shut up and cannot be heard,” “T see, I see” murmured Lenin, and bade goodbye to the cleaners, H® came back to the mausoleum, lay down under the glass and thot to himself, “Well, that's not so bad, they are working without me. Good! I will test a few other places, To- morrow I will go to the workers in the factory.” The next night Lenin weit to a face tory. Here also he'was not detained, but went! atraight to the machine ‘ht time there are very few people the'thotorg:: ‘They only not get hold of afything. “These will do tho,” thought Lenin. “After all I have questions!” “Hullo, comrades, “Hullo.” “Well, how's thidgs?” ‘Not so dusty . alright.” “Are you non-party?” the non-partyites, but now we Communists .. . the Leninists,” This came as bajm to Lenin’s heart. “And is there any delay in the peace-time level.” luck to you meanwhile, goodbye.” thot Lenin to hi are getting on.” village, on foot. typical. A light hut. Lenin walked tp. ‘ “May I have a rest here?” “Yes, come in” Lenin walks in keep an engineman, piler and stoker so that steam doés not go down, and also a watchman th see that spies do . Getting along “Before Lenin died we belonged to are .|but ‘Face to the Villages,’ the . “Yes, and we will soon catch up to “Well, work and work, and good “Things are going well here also” If on the way back to the mausoleum, “Now I have oaly to see the mujiks, to find out how they OF the third night Lenin got up earlier as he had to go to the sta- tion and then he would have to go iat: from an out of the way station to the He came to a village as outlandish as possible, so that ‘{t would be more ‘as burning in a and’ atmost has a fit. Lenin purposely asked: “What, -are you unchristianized?” “We are citizens, comrade! and in our house there is a reading room and . that is the Lenin corner.” ‘ ot to speak at a meeting but need to simply ask a few “And they remember me here also,” thot Lenin. ants?” “Well, I wouldn’t say it was any- thing too bright, but still things are beginning to get better. We now hear from the papers and journals and from the speeches of all who come here that they want to turn all their strength to the countryside... in other words, not ‘Back to the Villages’ “Lenin told his Communists about work? Have you got plenty of ma-|the ‘Smytchka’ (alliance between terial?” And he began to pile on| workers and peasants—trans.) long questions, ago. Now you see we have begun thinking about getting closer together, and it is high time we did.” ND Lenin left the hut happy. And has already been sleeping several days in his mausoleum with his mind at rest, after his wanderings, It is pretty certain that he will soon wake up now. Then won't there be joy! Words will not be able to recount it, nor ink describe it. That is the story. It is all there in a nutshell, It is joyful for me, a peasant, to think that our new life has entered the consciousness of the countryside, that the villages are be- ginning to think for themselves, as part of the huge Soviet entity, that the countryside is not only groaning nd yawning, but is heiping to There are no more ikons, Red ngthen our present day trac: and portraits, with the entire a “Well, how's the life of the peas-| are in the reading-thinking ranks of labor. | THIS WEEK—And Next— Hundreds of Lenin memo- | rial meetings thruout the | country assure The Daily Worker a couple thousand more subs. But we will fall short in our task before February First unless you will put your shoulder to- gether with the shoulders of the rest of our readers in One Long Last Big Push! Put Your Shoulder Back of This Blank! Send in a sub NOW! CLIP IT! Add your remittance and we will PUT IT OVER! 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