The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 31, 1926, Page 2

Page Two DES MOINES CONFERENCE FIZZLES QUT A Plain Fake to Fool the Farmers (Special to The Dally Worker) DES MOINES, lowa, Jan, 29.— Overcoming the threatened “dirt farmer” revolt of yesterday, the farm conference supposed to represent the agricultural interests of eleven states, resolved Itself into a fraud by select- ing a committee of 22 who are pledged to work at Washington for passage of legislation that they hope will benefit the farmer, Proponents of this idea hail it as the realization of a long standing dream whereby the farmers will be organized to carry on legislative ac- tivity on the same basis that labor and industry is organized for the Bame purpose. Pi That means that these so-called re- presentatives of the farmers will Spend their time in the familiar belly- crawling posture of the bureaucrats of the American Federation of Labor and that at election time they will try to befuddle the farmers by induc- ing them to “reward their friends and punish their enemies.” Real Farmers Sore. The few genuine farmers who were able to attend the conference are dis- gusted with the affair and many ex- pressed a determination to go among their neighbors and expose the thing @s a mere gathering of bankers, busi- ness men and a few farm organiza- tion officials who are anxious to get into the game of old party politics. The chief event of yesterday was the staged appearance of Frank O. Lowden, who married the Pullman millions, became governor of Illinois and after a colorless record, tried to obtain the nomination for president of the republican ticket but was ex- posed for corrupting voters in the state of Missouri in the primaries of 1920. Since then this politician has posed as the “friend” of the farmer. Among those present was Len Small, grafting governor of the state of Illinois, who is trying to force his political henchmen to pay the million he illegally pilfered from the state treasury while supposed to guard those funds. The voice of the genuine farmers was drowned by the artificial din of those elements that prey upon the farmers at Des Moines and the out- come of the confab emphasizes more than ever the need for the farmers to endeavor to create alliances with the class conscious workers of the indus- trial centers who are driving toward a labor party. RAIL CONDUCTORS AND TRAINMEN DEMAND RAISE Union in Demand for 1920 Scale (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 29 — Conductors and trainmen on all roads in the country will file demands for an in- crease in wages on Feb. 1, according to instructions sent out today by the union officials. The demand will be for the restoration of the-wage scale fixed by the rail labor board in 1920, An answer to the demand is asked by March 2, Proposed Scale, The new wages would mean an in- crease of from $1 to $1.50 a day over the prevailing scale for conductors, baggagemen, flagmen, and brakemen. Conductors receiving in the neighbor- hood of $6.60 per day and $200 per month would obtain $7.75 per day and $232.50 per month. Assistant conduct- ors and ticket collectors would have increases from $5.40 or 5.60 per day to 6.84 and from $160 per month to $205. Corresponding increases will be asked for yard service employes, which include car retarder operators, foremen, helpers, and switch tenders. In many cases the demands equal an exact advance of $1 per day. $1,130,000,000 Profits in 1925, The demands come on the eve of the railroad reporting the largest pro- fits in their history. The net income of 1925 will be $1,130,000,000, it is estimated. The railroad companies will reject the demands in spite of the huge profits piled up during the year by the railroad workers, What action the union will take in event of a re- jection of their demands is not stated. After that talk with your shop- mate—hand him a copy of The DAILY WORKER, | It will help convince him, AMALGAMATED-NASH AGREEMENT WHITEWASHES SCAB COMPANY ; UNION DOES NOT CONTROL SHOP (Continued from page 1) will be paid for all hours in excess of 44, Wages—A committee representing both parties will be appointed to ex- amine and adjust the wages of under. paid sections, Unemployment Insurance—A com- mittee composed of representatives of both parties shall be instructed to formulate a plan for the creation of a fund to protect the worker in time of involuntary unemployment and of need arising from other causes. Preference—Shall be given to union members in hiring new help. Bosses Hire and Fire. Discharge—Full power of discharge land discipline lies with the employer. The power shayy be exercised with jus- tice and with regard to the reasonable tights of the employe. If the union, after investigation finds that an em- ploye has been discharged without just cause and that it cannot reach an adjustment with the representa- tives of management, it may bring the case to the arbitrator. Equal Division of Work—During slack seasons, if any, the work shall be divided as nearly as is practicable among all the employes. Arbitration—Complaints or griev> ances upon which representatives of the parties are unable to agree shall be referred to an arbitrator chosen jointly by the parties to this agree- ment. Administration—The union shall have in each shop or floor one duly accredited representative who shall be recognized as the officer of the union having charge of compalints and or- ganization matters within the shop. The preamble of the agreement brazenly sets forth that a “working democracy in industry” can be estab- lished, and at the same time the other provisions refuse to the 4,000 workers in the Nash plant even the privileges that workers get in other union shops. Shop Not Unionized. The boss has full power to discharge and discipline the workers, and even be brot before an “arbitrator.” In the hiring of workers “preference shall be given to union members.” In other words the shop does not become a union shop. Union hours are not established, union wages do not pre- vail and all that is promised is that Some very low paid sections may get a raise after investigation. Arbitra- tion is to decide all questions arising between the workers and the manage- ment. Regarding the administration of the shop the union is “allowed” to appoint one representative in every depart- ment. The usual shop machinery is (Continued from page 1.) had concentrated a number of Mex- icans with arms, ammunition and provisions for the purpose of going to Mexico and joining the revolution- ists and they met at Carrizo Springs, Tex., and started on their journey for Mexico, The sheriff of Dimmit coun- ty, having been informed of the ex pedition, started in pursuit, dividing his forces. A deputy sheriff by the name of Buck and a Mexican spy by the name of Ortiz, acting as deputy, came upon Captain Rangel and his company and were taken prisoners by Captain Rangel. His reason for taking them prisoners was to prevent them from giving information as to the whereabouts of the expedition and to be able to continue on their march to Mexico, Expedition Overtaken, j Some of Captain Rangel’s men stated Ortiz had spied upon them, killed one of their friends, and had told the sheriff of their whereabouts, and the purpose of the expedition, and was the cause of their being pursued by the sheriff and his posse, The state in its case claimed that Captain Rangel and three members of his com- pany remained behind and ordered the balance to proceed on their journey and then shortly caught up with the company and proceeded on their journey, The expedition was overtaken by the sheriff and here was a parley had, and it was agreed by the sheriff that if they would deliver Deputies Buck and Ortiz, that they would not be pursued and would be allowed to go on to Mexico, The state claimed they found Ortiz, the Mexican spy, tled toa tree with four wounds || WEST VIRGINIA UNIONS SEND FINANCIAL AID TO MINERS; GIVE GLOTHES HUNTINGTON, W, Va. Jan, 29— The Electricians’ Union donated $10. The Plumbers’ Union $25. And the Bricklayers, $15 to the miners, The label league is collecting old clothes and sending them to the miners’ headquarters at Charleston, Fairmont and Grafton, W. AMERICAN RADIO FANS HEAR MOSCOW BROADCASTING STATION In the International radio reception tr which have just ended, a number of New York and Chicago radio fans reported that they heard the Moscow broadcasting station REW, ¢ ’ 1 not to be allowed. No shop meetings, no election of shop chairmen, and no job control by the union is provided for. With the power of hiring and firing in the hands of the boss it is quite evident that the union is to have no say in the running of the shop whatever, Nash Loses Nothing. his workers to join the union under these conditions. He loses nothing by this agreement, and the workers gain nothing. It is the most brazen case of the union whitewashing an open shop manufacturer that has become public for a long time. Hillman thru this agreement has taken the final step in class collaboration. This is the application of the principles of the company union to the Amalgamat- ed. , Hillman’s Developments. The development of Hillman as an exponent of class collaboration has been steady and consistent. In 1924 he announced in Chicago that the pol- icy of the Amalgamated officialdom was for “ten years peace in the in- dustry.” In 1925 he renewed the old agreement in Chicago with the pro vision that the bosses would b granted “adjustments,” and now he brings forth the Nash agreement. Ten years peace in the industry means surrender to the bosses. “Ad- justments” mean cuts in wages and the introduction of more intense speed-up systems as the Amalgamat- ed members in Chicago know. The Nash agreement means co-operation with the bosses in the exploitation of the workers under pretense of union agreements, Slave Drivers for Bosses. The Amalgamated, under the lead- ership of Hillman and company, has become a leading exponent of class collaboration. The officials have be- come slave drivers for the bosses. They enforce their rule by slugging, expulsions and blacklisting of mem- bers who oppose them, Under these circumstances the | membership of the Amalgamated have a discharge without cause can only| the duty of denouncing the Nash agreement and the other schemes to aid the bosses. Around the Amalga- mated Action Committee must be built the force that will rid the union of Hillman and his crooked policy and bring the Amalgamated back to the path of the class struggle and militant defense of the interests of the mem- bership. As for Nash, the membership of the Amalgamated must show that they see thru the oily phrases of this dema- gogue by insisting that his shop be organized, and control of shop condi- Rangel and Cline to be Freed tions be placed in the hands of the Amalgamated members in the shop. _—__ in his body, dead. Deputy Buck was unhurt. There was no direct proof as to who killed Ortiz or how he was killed. The sheriff appealed to the United States cavalry to join his party and they came upon Captain Rangel and six-other compatriots, the com- pany having scattered, believing that they would be better able to reach Mexico in that way. When Captain Rangel saw the American flag, he and his men immediately surrendered, tho some escaped and were killed. Those captured were tried and con- victed in the May term of the district court of San Antonio, Texas, for the death of Ortiz and were all sentenced to life imprisonment in the state’s prison at Huntsville, Texas, where they are now serving their sentences, i, e., the balance of them, COST OF LIVING ON INCREASE AS WAGES DECREASE Food Prices Higher Now Than in 1924 (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—For the year period, Dec, 15, 1924 to Dee. 15, 1925, all of the following 26 cities showed increases in food prices: At- lanta and Cincinnati, 13%; Omaha, 12%; Philadelphia and St, Paul, 11%; Indianapolis, Kansas City, New Haven, and Peoria, 10%; Boston, Bridgeport, Columbus, Louisville, Manchester, and Rochester, 9%; Cleveland, Fall River, Providence, and Washington 8%; Memphis, New York, Portland, Me., Charleston, S, C, and Little Rock, 7%; and Dallas and Salt Lake City, 4%. As compared with the average cost in the year 1913, the retail cost of food on Dee, 15, 1925, was 72% higher in Washington; 70% in New York; 69% in Philadelphia; 68% in Atlanta and Boston; 67% in Fall River, New Haven, and Providence; 65% in Charleston, 8, C. and Omaha; 64% in. Cincinnati; 63% in Kansas City; 62% in Cleveland and Manchester; 61% in Dallas and Louisville; 60% in Indianapo! 56% in Little Rock and Memphis; and 40% in Salt Lake City. When that argument begins at lunch time in your shop tomor- ’oW>show them what the DALLY WORKER says about it, It is no wonder that Nash urged | ‘their sake, aa - THE DAILY WORKER U.S. Attorney General Is ~ |MORE TEXTILE WORKERS QUIT IN PASSAIC, N. J, Picket duasé ) Genieusds Many Mills (Continued from page 1). pany. We are the real friends of the workers, If we cut wages it is for to get more work for them. ...” All this led up to the sug- gestion that the committeeman take the Lawrence job, filling in the length of time for which he’ wanted the con- tract to run. : Police Attack Workers. The strike in the bigger Botany mill that started the;fnay, was called in thrilling fashion by eommitteemen returning from a fruitless interview with Colonel Johnson and his associ- ates. The thirty committeemen went from department to department pull- ing out the workers. Captain Zober and a mob of police rushed in and at- tempted to throw them,out, But the double task of chasing the committee men and trying to, herd back the workers to their machines was too much, The weaving;room, barred in time, was saved for a)half day, but 1 half day only till, it, was likewise 2mptied. ri Botany Mifls are in the woolen coun- cil of Passaic, which centralizes em- ployment from one office and keeps a record of every worker. Its black- list and espionage systems have been exposed many times. Strikers demand old wages with time and a half for overtime and reinstatement of dis- charged men, They are unaffiliated with an outside union: and pay dues into the United Front Committee of Textile Workers, which says it will co-operate with any union entering the Passaic mills for the purpose of fighting wage cuts. ft Over 6,000 on Strike. PASSAIC, N. J. Jan, 29. — The strikers at the Botany ‘Worsted Mills have had their ranks swelled to the extent of over 700 moré° workers em- ployed by the Garfield Worsted Mills joining them, completely tieing up that mill. The workers of the Gera Mills are also expected to walk dut any minute. At the Botany Mills even the ma- chinists went on strike, thus uniting the more higher workers with the rest in a united front against the bosses, who are making attempts to break the strike by having the little crafts meet separately and make separate agréemeuts ‘hen. ‘They are also trying to frame up Albert Weissbord, strike leader. The spreading of the strike to the Garfield was achieved by over 2,000 strikers of the Botany Mills en masse calling upon them to join in a united struggle against the wage reductions which they did by a gne hundred per cent response, : More than 6,000 workers are now on strike and are being joined by the few who have not lined up. Enthusias- tic strike meetings!))addressed by Pascal Cosgrove, J. ‘0, Bentall and others are being held at Neibauer Hall and Belmont Hall, where hun- dreds of strikers are assembling and eagerly listening to the speakers. $20,000,000 SILK THREAD MERGER IS COMPLETED 2 Companies Combine Their Resources (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Consolida- tion of Belding Brothers & Company and the Hemingway, Silk Company, two of the oldest and largest silk thread manufacturers in the United States, was officially announced. A new company with total assets in ex- cess of $20,000,000¢ will be formed, joining Belding Brothers, with assets of $15,000,000, and Hemingway, with assets of more than,$5,000,000. It will be known as the Belding-Hemingway Company, Belding Brothers purchas- ing Hemingway outeight. Bankers Trust Finances Merger. Negotiations weré concluded after conferences with representatives of Edward B, Smith & Co, and the Bankers Trust Company, on the one hand, and the Hemingway interests on the other. The Smith firm and Bankers Trust Company purchased a controlling interest in the Belding Company from the Belding family early in June, General B. C. Young, vice president of Belding Brothers & Co, said that the business and management of the two concerns would be combined as soon ag practicable. H, Morton Merri- man, president of the Hemingway Company, will become first vice presi- dent of the new company, Location of Mills. Mills of the Hemingway Company are at Watertown, Putnam and Wood bury, Conn., and in Haverstraw, N, Y., and New York City. Belding Brothers & Co. had @ thread plant in Rockville, Conn.;*a fabric plant at Northampton, Mas$,; two fabric and two thread mills in Belding, Mich., ond one thread mili each in Winstead Cal. / TOPAY: one of the myths the multitude. this illusion. sense. Revealed As Capitalism’s Prize Boob Now in Office Capitalist Press Sees Red By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. that the working class must knock on the head effectively is the illusion that because some individual occupies an important position in the capital- ist state or industry, therefore, he must needs possess excep- tional ability, that he is far above the average human being that he is gifted with peculiar talents that separate him from Thus many workers are carried away with the idea that the boss is a gifted human being, that the working class can- not get along without the boss class. The capitalist class, of course, does everything possible to perpetuate and develop Socialists even lend aid to the perpetuation of this myth by raising the question, “Are the workers read have they sufficient intelligence) to take power? workers able now to take over industry?” and similar non- They set aside the question of whether the condi- (meaning y “Are the tions are ripe for the workers to seize power, placing implicit faith in the genius of the working class to meet every prob- lem that will present itself. * * An example of the kind of 100 per cent dumbbells that capitalism places in responsible positions is found in the vo- luminous proportions of John Garibaldi Sargent, attorney general of the United States by the grace of Coolidge, president, another is friend, Cal admitted nonentity. Millions of workers in the United States are under the impression that the attorney general, as head of the department of justice, is protecting their “rights.” * One of the biggest bandit organizations of predatory capital today is the aluminum trust. justice is supposed to be hot on its trail. facts? The department of But what are the Sargent confessed to a senatorial committee Investigating the alum- inum case, which involves Secretary of the Treasury “Andy” Mellon, the Pittsburgh multi-millionaire, that he had not heard of the resolution of the federal! trade commission refusing to give the aluminum evidence to his department. Sargent admitted he did not know of the letter of his predecessor, Mr. Stone, stating that it was apparent the company had violated the law. Sargent went On record as declaring that he was positively unaware of any controversy over the Melion’s aluminum trust until a newspaper- man mentioned it to him. Sargent innocently declared that he had not heard of the aluminum trust at all before he came to Washington. Sargent said he had no recollection that he had ever taken any per- Sonal action in the important aluminum case. Later he corrected this because it was found that he had really signed a memorandum to one of his subordinates. This condition is not the exception. It caused a republi- can senator, for instance, to exclaim, “incredible as it seems, the attorney general, knows less about the department of justice than Denby did about * * the navy.” The robber interests actually do not need able men in the government. In fact, the more ignorant the government bureaucrats happen to be, the easier are the: led about by the nose by the few able thieves who have sold their talents to capitalist industry and finance. Ignorance is therefore at a premium under capitalism, especially when places are to be filled in the capitalist government. Any brainless parasite can be converted into a swivel-chair office holder. * Thru the big fact that he is compelled to work for a liv- ing, however, the worker becomes acquainted with industry. Labor furnishes the genius that is exploited by capitalism. But labor in time will learn to abolish capitalism, realiz- ing the fact that it has the brains to build its own social order. When _ workers feel today that they do not possess enough ability to take over power, let them consider the case of the monumental ignoramus, John Garibaldi Sargent, the “know-nothing,” attorney general of the United States. SOUTH AFRICAN LAWMAKERS PAS COLOR BAR BILL Will Restrict Natives to Unskilled Trades CAPE TOWN,, South Africa,Jan 29 —The assembly here ‘passed the first reading of the government's color bar bill by a vote of 54 to 53. The gov- ernment’s color bar bill for the Union of South Africa includes industrial segregation, residential segregation and the gradual extinction of the par- liamentary franchise now held by the natives. The industrial segregation clauses would limit the natives to certain un- skilled work in industries and would not allow them to become skilled workers, Want More Pay and Pensions. ROSTOK, Jan, 29.—(FP)—Boston park workers organized in the Metro- politan Park Employes’ Union, Na- tional Federation of State, City, Town and County Employes’ Union, are asking for higher wages and pensions of one-half their yearly pay on retire ment. The metropolitan district com- missioner is asked by the union to assist in having the legislature enact legislation providing pay increase and peasions, Read—Write—distribute The DAILY WORKER. Telephone Lehigh 6022 » DR. ABRAHAM MARKOFF Surgeon Dentist 249 East 115th St., Cor, Second Ave. NEW YORK CITY @ Hours: 9 to 12 A. mily, except Friday; Su Special Rates to W. P. M.; 2 to® P.M. inday 9 to 1B, M: Mombere| Eyes Suffer Most. NEW YORK, Jan. 29—"The cost of lost eyes due to industrial accidents is estimated at 40.5 per cent of the total amount of compensation award- ed for all classes of permanent injur- jes, almost twice the next largest award, which was for loss of hands and more than the combined awards for all other losses consisting of legs, arms, feet, fingers,” says the Eye Sight Conservation Council of Amer- ica, “The power of the working class is organization. Without organization of the masses, the proletariat—is noth- ing, Organized—it is all. Organiza. tion is unanimity of action, unanimity of practical activities.” JOHN VARGA Hear All Bad bps a and Good Music 'y We build, repair and remodel radio sets of all kinds at reasonable rates. | 1327 W. 18th St., Chicago, Ill. CHICAGO READERS—RESERVE THIS DATE SUNDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 7, at 8 P. M For the Lecture at BOWEN HALL, HULL HOUSE, Halsted and Polk Streets to be given by ANNA LOUISE STRONG “The Struggle of Chinese Labor for Freedom” _ Auspices International Workers’ Aid, Admission 35 cents at the door—25 cents in advance, Tickets for sale at 19 S. Lincoln St. and Room 803, 1653 W, Phone Haymarket 2683, TOLEDO HOLDS LENIN MEETING in Los Angeles (Special to The Daily Worker) TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 29—The Lenin memorial meeting was one of the most successful and enthusiastic meetings held in Toledo. i The meeting started at eight o’clock with Comrade Bruce Smith as chatr- than. Several of the local speakers among which was Comrade Buehler explained the difference between the role that Lenin played and that of Ex-mayor Brough, who died three days before the Lenin meeting and who left behind a labor record that will be re- membered by Toledo workers for many years to come, Robert Minor, editor of the new magazine section of The DAILY WORKER held his audience for two solid hours telling of the life of Lenin and the work that Lenin had accomp- lished. It was a lecture that will never be forgotten by the workers that attended the meeting. ‘ At the close of the lecture a num- ber of questions were asked by work- ers in the audience. After Minor had finished answering the questions, the chairman spoke on ‘fhe DAILY WORKER and the need of the work- ers to support the fighting organ of the American working class. *-_ * © By L. P, RINDAL. (Worker Correspondent) LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan, 29— Communism is making progress—even in this stronghold of the “American plan” and 100 per cent Americanism. This was fully demonstrated at the Lenin memorial meeting in Music-Art Hall, The Lenin-Liebknecht-Luxem- burg spirit was there—and it is here to stay. The large hall was too small for the big crowd. Many people stood for three hours, thruout the splendid program. The orchestra, directed by a lad of about 12, conducted the singing of the juniors, who are “always ready.” The Russian, Jewish, Lithuanian and Hun- garian singers made the program the best ever arranged. A large number of new faces were seen in the audience. This was, no doubt, the result of vigorous attacks on Communism (for a period of two weeks) on the front page of the cap- italist press. The papers are advo- cating direct action as well as sup- pressive measures by the authorities. The police have started to act against the “reds.” A meeting of tin- employed at the slave market was broken up. Shop Nuclei Behind Daily Worker Drive The shop nuclei are showing up splendidly—special mention should be made of shop nucleus 20. At the last meeting four new subs were secured— two from South Slav and two from Lithuanian comrades. This shop nuc- leus also distributes a bundle of The Negro Champions eyery issue, Shop nucleus No. 13 is so near the of names with a promise of more as soon as some one adopts them, Shop nucles No. 13 are so near the 100 per cent mark on subs that we are not worrrying about what is left un- done—we know they will soon finish the job right. Other shop nuclei have been prev- jously mentioned but shop nucleus No. 5 is so far ahead of every street or shop nucleus with DAILY WORKER donations that they deserve to be mentioned again. If every nucleus did as well per member The DAILY WORKER would be sitting pretty. 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