The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 29, 1926, Page 2

| + | / ohunce tor +» tiow to wipe out these anomalies, May Page Two TH E DAILY WORKER LEFT WING IS DEVELOPING IN GREAT BRITAIN Coal Miners Are Getting Ready for Fight By TOM MANN. (Spectal to The Dally Worker) ‘When at the Liverpool conference of the labor party the reactionaries car- ried all their resolutions with ease, it looked ag though there was no hope for any action on the political field corresponding to that agreed upon ha | the the Scarborough congress of trades union congress. Already thore are signs amongst the workers that they are by no means satisfied with the reactionary attitude of the Liverpool conference and the London Times prints a special article entitled, “Unity with the ‘Reds’.” “Left-ward move by the I. L. P.” “Real Soviet Aims.” The report shows that the national council of the inde- pendent labor party comes forward with a proposal for a united political front with the Russian Communist Party and that the national council of the I. L. P. has decided to raise the question at fhe next executive meeting of the second international. It is alleged that many workers in the independent labor party were much impressed by what was brought out at the trial of the Communists, when it was made clear that the methods of the Communists were such that it is thought “on these lines political unity will be reached in this country and abroad.” It is significant that the Times treats this as quite a serious development, The National Minority Movement. The situation in England is such that anything may happen in the next few months. I do not recall at any time in the last 35 years when the antagonism between the employing class and the workers was as strained as it is at present, with promise of | greater antagonism in the next three months. Day by day the protagonists | on each side champion their respec- tive sides and use language that none can mistake the meaning of. The Coal Miners. A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain, most prominent of the spokesmen for the miners, and right heartily does he battle for the men. Amongst those who take up the cudgels for the mine owners is the Duke of Northumberland and Lord Londonderry. The latter gentleman is much perturbed because, Cook has declared that “the coal owners, who called themselves pa- triots, deliberately exploited the com- munity during the war, and are doing the same now that the war, is over.” A statement well inside the bounds of truth though stoutly denied by the noble lord and his colleagues. It is obvious that the mine owners and the government are planning on a large scale to make a determined onslaught on the miners’ position in May, if not before. Naturally the men are not allowing the grass to grow under their feet. Meantime there are fifty-three miners in prison in the anthracite district of Wales, and the twelve Communists are still in prison, and as yet no signs of any favorable consideration being given to the de- mands for their release. The longer these men are kept in prison the more determination will be shown by their sympathizers and the more vim will be put into the fight when the more crucial stage is reached, Sectional Unionism in Railroad Shops. The agreement entered into between the railmen’s unions and the com- panies under the national wages board did not apply to the workmen in the shops. This is explained by the fact that most of the mechanics in rail- Way shops have been and still are for the most part connected with the respective craft unions, but a consider- abie percentage of such men are mem- bers of the National Union of Rail- waymen which caters to all workers connected with the railways. At the present time a court of en- quiry is sitting to deal with an ap- Plieetion for the men in the shops of what was formerly known ag the Great Central Railway which is now Part of the London and North Eas Railway Co, and we have the picture tise A made by the flwaymen, and such as the Amalga- Union, the boiler- idry work the and o} unions With ow 5 the 5 proposals we have in this evidence of sectional unionism the chief cause of the relative weak- ness of the organized workers, who although members of one or other of the unions, are actually in the position of unorganized men, as working sec- tionally it makes their organizations practically of no effect. This matter of sectionalism is so utterly absurd, and jts harmful effects 80 really serious that it is matter for wonderment that more is not done t¢ Wipe out the anomaly. America too 4 seems to be affiliated with the same |! trouble, and both in America and in rer is the} Current Events (Continued from page 1.) union, ened to strike, pleaded with,them to accept it. conservatives like Thomas, assisted by the government. se | ty, ed towards the ceiling. official finding was }“chronic” instead of acute. honest men sometimes happened to their money. eee the Herald-Examiner, cure for grief. titutes indecently mixed with | Dress. Western Union Wages '- Are Low, But Profits (Continued from page 1) fice.” every third Sunday. work thru two weeks or more withou' a day off. Lake City girls declares. have been years with the company. Nervous Tension Increased. until relieved by another. Each ma- or on rolls of paper. every mistake. sender, and nerves. for distribution. ry many messages at once. Machines and girls, producing much mvure work ators who once did all the work and were unionized. Morse operators still get higher wages than the machine workers. Pneumatic tubes connect many New York branch offices, eli- minating even more Morse telegraph- ers. Telegraphers Poorly Organized. Morse telegraphers meployed by Western Union and Postal Telegraph are now poorly organized. No local of the Commercial Telegraphers’ Jnion exists for them in New York, he brokerage telegraphers have a local of this international, but this jocal does not take telegraphers, Morse or machine, from the big com- Englund it is quite within the power |™erclal telegraph companies. of the men themselves to wipe it out, Until this is done there is not much solidarity, Fortunately there is a rapidly growing determina New York Union Meetings, Meetings of the Plumbers’ Helpers’ Club of Brooklyn are held every Friday evening at 8:30 at Thatford this be soon in America and Britain, ;}Ave, Brooklyn, Every plumbers’ "and indecd in all countries. Given the | helper should attend these meetings without fall per hour, have displaced Morse oper- thru their representatives, at ‘first turned down the award of the government wages board and threat- Thomas and Cramp The men refused to listen to this treach- erous advice but late reports indicate that they finally weakened. The British labor movement has made (Special to The Dally Worker) considerable progress towards the left since the MacDonald government went out of business, but the extreme Cramp and Hodges have still a too firm hold. Needless to say they are materially \tee of the Ilinois district take steps against the application and recom- |mendation for employment system in | SCAR Wolff, coroner of Cook Coun- joperation in many of the union mines, as this system is an attempt on the part of the open shoppers to break recently issued a sensational |statement when announcing the sum- mary discharge of a deputy coroner. The coroner cites the case of a col-|man cannot get a recommendation for ored prisoner who was shot dead by the police while his hands were point- The negro was unarmed. The deputy coroner’s|pressure of the NE of the assistant sob-sisters on Hearst's morning rag in Chicago, tells us that queen Marie of Roumania works as a The lady’s grief was caused by the awkwardness of one of her male progeny in getting his pros- the business of the Bratiano brothers who are good enough to run the country as long as they can loot it, taking every- thing in sight and forcing the poor queen to contribute to the Hearst ppress in order to support the royal family. According to brother George of England queen Marie is not exact- ly the kind of a girl to pht in charge of a nunnery. Which eminently quali- files her for a position on the Hearst Are High, Is Shown and many of the other girl machine telegraphers in the New York office are working 12 to 16 hours daily. Time and a half is paid for over eight hours work, The state law limiting women’s work to ten and restricting certain night work is posted in the Western Union office but crossed over and marked “Does not apply to this of- The girls are required to work Since the New York office cannot get enough girl workers, those on the job frequently it Western Union pays transportation of living continually increases while to and from New York to girl ma-|W@ses in. many of the basic indus- chine telegraphers who promise to stay three months, one of the Salt In the Mor- mon town the girls are not paid while learning and $85 per month is the high wage for all but workers who Girls work eight hour shifte with half hour lunch and two 15 minutes recesses. No girl can leave her place chine telegrapher must keep her eyes following the moving line of print which the automatic types out on tape She must catch She must be able to touch type messages on the automatic The work strains eyes, ears The machines connect all the prin- cipal telegraph points in the country. The girl types on the machine in New must come out next. Congratulations York and the message is printed off }02 your untiring work for labor de- by a machine in, say, Seattle, where fense. another worker pastes it on a blank| Rev. David Rhys Williams of Chicago The messages are |declares: “Ford acquittal is a signal relayed to offices not having automa-|ttiumph for the cause of the oppres- tie connection by Morse telegraphers, men and girls who tap out the mes- sages by, hand over wires which car- Union Workers VALIER, Ill, Jan. 27—Local No, up the miners’ union as a good union employment from the coal operators: located at Valier, Ill, is feeling the open shoppers “justifiable | against the United Mine Workers of | homicide.” The widow of a man who| America thruout Sub-district No. 9 of | died of “acute alcoholism” was not |pistrict No. 13 in establishing the |legally entitled to any insurance her |application and recommendation for |deceased husband might carry be-| employment. |cause the verdict was made to read | This is the way justice is meted out to the poor in this great democracy of ours. I have a suspicion that Mr. Wolff's moral indignation which has _ been suddenly awakened was prodded into consciousness only by the exigencies of politics. But when thieves fall out learn what “THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That this local union go on record condemning this action of the open shoppers, and be it further resolved, That we call on all local unions thru- out District No, 12 to take action against the open shoppers, and be it further resolved, that we demand of jour president, Frank Farrington and the executive board to take action immediately to do away with this dirty form of making a wage slave blacklist himself, and be jis impossible if you are active in thi junion or ever received any compen- sation from any coal company. “THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER |RESOLVED, That a copy of this reso- lution be sent to every local union in Sub-district No. 9 of District No. 12 United Mine Workers of America and one to every labor publication.” Prince of Wales Kills 'Horse After Imbibing Too Freely of Joy-Juice MELTON, Mowbray, Eng., Jan. 27— “Oh Dear”—one of the best hunting horses of this section was killed by the prince of Wales. All efforts are being made by the gentry here to hide the fact that the prince had imbibed too freely before the hunt and that in his fear that the charger might jtoss him over, he beat the horse to death, As the horse dropped, the prince was thrown and suffered a few slight injuries. This makes the second horse in the past few months that was killed by the prince after imbibing of “joy- juice” too freely, Cost of Living Increases 3.1 Pct.; Wages Decrease WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—The cost tries have decreased, according to the report of the United States de- partment of labor the cost of living has increased 8.1 per cent in the year ending December, 1925. Living costs were 77.9 per cent higher in 1925 than in 1917, and have dropped but 17.8 per cent from the peak prices of 1920. RECOMMENDATION FOR JOBS MUST END, MINERS GRY System Used Against 3613 of the United Mine Workers of America adopted the following resolu- |tion demanding that Frank Farring- |ton and the district executive commit- “WHEREAS, Local Union No. 3613, it further “RESOLVED, That getting a recom- mendation from your former master MINING ENGINEERS AID BOSSES TO PROGURE A SUPPLY OF MINE SCABS technicia its annual year apprenticeship in the hard coal fields, Virtual repeal of this law by amendment of its, most important provisions has alrea@dy been recom- mended to the sti legislature in a bill approved by'the state senate committee on mines, And the same committee has shoWn its pro-oper- ator stand by disapproving the Pinchot measure that would make anthracite a public utility under state regulation, \ BELIEVES IN HIS OWN GOD; Is An Agnostic between Luther Burbank, famou plant scientist, and Henry Ford, build- er of automobiles, had not subsided today, despite the fact that Burbank has declared the incident, so far as '@}he is concerned, closed. Beginning as an infidel because that god exists in man?” js Luther Buri counter question to th spirit of mankind. “An infidel, well, the accepted sense least. An agnostic? is, perhaps, I believe in the ligence.” Sweeping asite | controversy with very intelligent one; many of his learned Pacific coast—Mr. Bi accept the time. cifixion?” he asked. cause he spread a d to that of the Jews?’ his views; David St: cellor emeritus of St: and internationally entered the list wearing the Bur- bank colors. the same.” matter of reincarnation. trary to all the science,” he declared, Release of Ford Is Hailed Thruout Nation (Continued from page 1) Ford acquittal message” said Henry W. L. Dana of Massachussetts, Robert W. Dunn, author and lec- turer wires: “Ford acquittal is check of reactionary terrorism in California and a victory for the workers, Suhr, Mooney and syndicalism prisoners sed and the politically persecuted everywhere, It is a herald of better things to come, More power to In- ternational Labor Defense.” Sara Bard Field of Los Gabos, Calif, wired: “We regard Ford's acquittal as a triumph of justice for labor and a hopeful sign for California and a credit to the jury.” American Imperialism Is Subject at the Bronx Workers’ Forum Sunday NEW YORK, Jan. 27—Is the United States imperialistic? Is “democratic” America embarked on the same im- perialist policy which drove the Eu- ropean nations Into the great war? What are the conditions in some of the American colonies? What does this mean to the American worker? These are some of the questions which will be discussed at the Bronx Workers’ Forum on Sunday evening, Jan. 81 at 8 p. m. The speaker will be Joseph Freeman. ‘The Bronx Workers’ Forum has an interesting discussion every Sunday evening. A question and discussio period follows the talks, (Continued fromm page 1) the hall on the eve of the meeting would be sufficient to prevent the holding of the meeting. But immedi- ately Turngemeinde Hall, which has a far greater capacity than Labor Temple, was obtained, The authorities refused to issue a permit, saying there, were many pro- tests from “citizens” and from the American legion, against such danger- ous reds as Gitlow being allowed to speak in this city. 4, he hopes of this gentry to disrupt the meeting were shattered, for as early as seven o'clock; masses of work- ers commenced to pour into the giant hall, filling the seats long before the meeting was opened and soon there was hardly any standing room left. This mass meeting surprised even the most optimistic on the arrangements’ committee, Comrade Baker opened the meeting and introduced the Young Pioneer chorus, composed of about sixty mem- bers, who sang revolutionary songs. After the singing, Comrade Trachten- berg, a pioneer of about 13, delivered a short and concise speech with fire and vigor. The Pioneers were followed by Norman Tallentire, district organizer, who spoke on some of the lessons that the working cla thru Lenin. He brought the meeting to a stormy applause when he de- clared that the greatest monument that could be built for Lenin is a strong Communist International, Comrade Yusem, district organizer of the Young Workers (Communist) League, spoke in behalf of the young workers, pointing out that Lenin had _.P more hope in the youth because it was SCRANTON, Pa,, Jan. 27.—(FP)— The Engineers Society of northeast- ern Pennsylvania, an organization of a majority of whom are In the employ of the big anthracite companies adopted a resolution, at meeting and banquet, urging repeal of the miners’ certi- ficate law that forbids the use of miners who have not served a two- NOT FORD'S Burbank Says.That He SANTA ROSA, Cal., Jan. 27.—The backwash of the religious controversy _ Socialists Go to Norris, Republican, for Their Coal Problem Remedy By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ODAY, workers and farmers are given another insight into where the socialist party goes for its peculiar brand of nostrums for labor's ills. In the current issue of the American Appeal, which is the official organ of the socialist party, Senator George W. Norris, of Nebraska, is presented as having the “true coal remedy,” which is, therefore, offered as the party’s remedy. ° e Senator Norris is a republican. to socialist leanings. He makes no pretense He has followed in the wake of Sen- ator Borah and the late Senator LaFollette. The lashing waves of discontent among the Nebraska workers and farm- ers have never been able to force Norris to quit the repub- lican ranks. Senator Norris is a lawyer, therefore the same kind of a olitician as Borah is and LaFollette was. He was prosecut- ing attorney for two terms in Nebraska, which means that he invoked capitalist law against the workers and farmers of his district. political action. remedy” and gets it. is He was for five terms a member of the house of representatives and he is now in the senate, yet the pre- datory interests have never had cause to tremble at any of his utterances. He was considered an excellent safety valve to head off the drive of Neraska labor toward independent Yet it is to this republican politician that the editor of the American Appeal, who happens to be none other than Eugene V. Debs, writes for a statement of the “true coal Even Victor Berger, the socialist par- ty's congressman, and Morris Hillquit, who has had first hand opportunities to get acquainted with the coal problem, are pushed aside. Norris is of an extreme individualistic type. He comes with their divergent views on rein- carnation, the controversy widened in ik’s pertinent ecusation, “I do believe in god, but, ainly not in} competition with the that sense. To m is something “ideal conditions.” less tangible—a fOrm'~of a supreme being that influences \the heart and ly that, not in the word, at would better describd y views—for human intel- current | beliefs of his “What brough{ about his cru- With the prospect (that his great friend might be pillotied because of | Jordan, chan- ford University own educator, “Our supreme being,” he said, in referring to Burbank’s opinion, “is David Starr Jordan also holds with Luther Burbank on the “It is con- indications of Workers Everywhere Honor Lenin scope until Burbank assigned to . the ranks of the “intidels.” even do that. He says: Believes in God, But Not Ford’s God. “it has seemed to me that the “Am I to be defini filed away} be by the government taking over operating them.” ment should take over a few couldn’t be done. gets its political direction politicians. ae owned industry, or the capitalist state. They will refuse to acc from a state where no coal is mined, where there are no “coal interests.” It is, therefore easy for him to offer ‘“na- tionalization” of the mines as a remedy. But he does not settlement of the coal question must at least a portion of the mines and This is the remedy of the individualist. The govern- of the mines, operate them in at owned mines and thus create lorris forgets, and the socialists ac- cept this oversight, that the government is a capitalist government in the hands of the private owners of property, with whom Norris would have the capitalist state compete. Some western governors, notably the governor of Nebraska, ,, @ political bedpartner of Norris, tried to sell gasoline in com- petition with the Standard Oil Company. They learned it Rockefeller owns more than oil. part owner of the government. * * He is In his “coal remedy” as published in the American Ap- peal, Norris does not even present a single provisi workers’ participation in the control of even the partially government-conducted industry. ' Somewhere, however, he has heard of the scheme Prest- dent Frank Farrington, of the Illinois coal miners’ union, is offering to Illinois miners as a cure-all for their woes. proposed to erect furnaces at the mine mouths to produce electricity for the new “power age.” There is one great obstacle, however, and that is that waterpower is cheaper than power secured from coal. ion for It is So this hope fades. * * This is merely cited in brief to show the absolute bank- ruptcy of the socialist party when it comes to espousing definite working class principles. It has shown again that it rom irresponsible middle class The “true coal remedy” will be found when the work- ers take over all industry thru their own Soviet power. Until then they will fight for every advantage in the conduct of even industries conducted by it any fake cure-all as a final solution of their problem, which is the absolute abolition of | private ownership in property, the wiping out of capitalism. not corrupted by a labor aristocracy which forms the basis of reformism. The next feature was a pantomime showing Lenin's bier and workers marching by to take a last look at their leader. The last speaker was Comrade Jay Lovestone. He was greeted by a stormy applause. He began by analy®- ing the most important contributions of Lenin to the labor movement and showed that Leninism was not a Rus- sian but an international phenomenon and that it is even more applicable to the United States than in any other country, When Lovestone announced that he had received a telegram from Gitlow, one of the stormiest demon- strations that took place at this meet- ing started. He read the telegram which expressed hope that the work- ers of Philadelphia would soon’ estab- lish the right of free speech and that he would hold himself in readiness to speak at any meeting arranged by the workers, As the orchestra played the “Inter- national,” more than 2,000 workers marched out singing this revolution- ary song. Baltimore Has Enthusiastic Meeting. In Baltimore, hundreds of workers, many of them active trades union members, listened intently as Norman Tallentire, organizer of District 3, told of how the Bolshevik party was form- ed, showing the important role that Lenin played in its formation. He traced the development of this party thru the overthrow of the bourgeois government to the dictatorship of the proletariat. He showed the interna- tional significance of the Russian revo- lution and the works of Lenin, urging the assembled worker jfnionists to — study the works of Lenin, to acquaint themselves more thoroly with his writings, David Howat acted as chair- man of the meeting. A musical pro- gram was furnished by a number of working class societies, Buffalo Fills Labor Lyceum., In Buffalo, a large and enthusiastic audience filled the Labor Lyceum. Here several speakers pointed out the significance of Lenin’s life and the lessons that the workers of the world learned from the Russian revolution, Herbert Benjamin, district organ- izer, acted as chairman of the meet- ing. J, O, Bentall of New York City was the main speaker and he pointed out to the workers present what great contributions that Lenin had made to the working class. “Lenin showed us the correct path to freedom. He was able to do this be- cause of his earnest study of the cap- italist system, and of the teachings of Karl Marx. More than that, Lenin knew the workers; he lived with them; shared their hardships with them; and he finally led them to the greatest event in the history of human progress—the Russian Bolshevik revo- lution!” declared Bentall amid great opplause, , Following Bentall, Benjamin showed how the lessons that Lenin had taught us were put into practice by the Communist International and its American section—the Workers (Com- munist) Party. Franklin P. Brill also spoke on the life and work of Lenin, Lenin and the Youth, Isadore Greenberg, district organ- izer of the Young Workers (Commun- ist) League, spoke in the name of that organization, pointing out the significance of Lenin to the young workers, A number of revolutionary songs were played and sung by work- ers’ organizations of Buffalo, 1/2 your fellow worker, RAILWAY CLERKS REFUSE TO OBEY A, FOF L HEAD Insist on Right to Organ- ize Drivers (Special to The Dally Worker) CINCINNATI, Jan, 27.—(FP)—Sus- pension of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks from the American Federation of Labor looms as the automatic aftermath of the reiterated refusal to obey the jurisdictional decision of the Atlantic City convention, 90,000 Clerks In Union, By unanimous vote the grand ex- ecutive council of the railway clerks declined to turn over to the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Teamsters & Chauffeurs the several thousand rail- way express drivers awarded to the teamsters by the American Federation of Labor convention. The term of the award as adopted at Atlantic city, Oct. 13, 1925, included a clause for the suspension of the clerks in 90 days if they remained refractory. The 90 days if they remained refractory. The 90 days expired early in January. Sus- pension would pull over 90,000 railway clerks out of the federation. “The grand executive council in refusing to comply with the decision of the American Federation of Labor is following the specific instructions of the membership of the brotherhood as expressed by the convention held in Kansas City last May,” says Phil £. Ziegler, editor The Railway Clerk. “Were we to consider the compa tively few men involved in this dis- pute and the financial and economic strength they add to our organization, as against our continued affiliation with tlie federation, we would comply. But we hold that the primary considera- tion in the settlement of these juris- dictional questions should be the wel- fare of the workers involved and that has been ignored in the decision of the federation. Organized 1,400 Citles. “Ours is a transportation organ- ization specializing in the railroad and express industry. The teamsters un- ion represents men outside this field. To bring another organization into the transportation field would simply make for confusion in the relations between the carriers and their em- ployes, and make the unions less ef- fective, We hope some way may be found by the officers of the federation to permit our continued affiliation. Having jurisdiction over express workers, the right of our organiza- tion to continue to represent these men, whom we organized and have been representing the past seven years, should be recognized.” The teamsters have organized ex- press workers only in 7 large cities while the clerks have organized them in 1,400 cities all over the country. Progressives Hold Meetings in Drive to Organize Steel Workers WARREN, Jan. 27.—The Warren unit of the progressive educational conference in the Amalgamated Asso- ciation of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers has had a number of successful meet- ings in Warren and the Mahoning Valley. The Pittsburgh unit has held some excellent meetings in the Pittsburgh district, There will be a mass meeting at Warren on Feb, 20, to stir up in- terest in the Amalgamated Associa- tion, and get unorganized workers to join the union and fight the wage reductions that are now taking place in the steel industry, A meeting is being arranged for Girard, Ohio, on Feb. 7. A tetivai e interest in the union thruout the steel centers is being shown since|the steel barons have cut the wages of the workers. Italian Workers Prefer Proletarian to Fascist Dictatorship, Says Fant CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan, 27—¥Fol- lowing the appearance in the local press of a statement by P. A, Fant, editor of La Voce del Popolo Italia. no, a local Italian daily, declaring that Italian workers prefer red to fascist black, the district organization has issued a statement showing the dif- ference between the Italian fastist dictatorship and the Russian prole- prt eb 4 and pointing out why the workers gu; t tarian dictatorship, eae In the statement the various fas- cist governments that are in existence today in nations whose capitalist eco- nomy has reachéd a low level is ana- lyzed and the manner in which they force the workers to submit is out- ined. The declaration further urges the workers to unite against these dictatorships, and to resist attempts of the open-shoppers to put over a dictatorship of a similar nature im other lands, PARES SALA or nN The Bronx Plumbers’ Helpers’ Club meets every Thursday night at 8 o'clock at the Bronx Labor Lyceum, 3693 Third Ave,, Bronx. Come to every one of these meetings, Watch the Satur Magazine Seetion for new pros Hows week. This is a good issue to iF }