The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 10, 1926, Page 5

=> TO FIGHT WARD BAKING COMPANY Central Labor Body to Hold Protest NEW YORK, Feb, 8.—(FP)—A.un- ited front of unions having members employed by food and baking trust plants is forming in New York. Bake- ry wagon drivers, milk wagon drivers, stationery engineers, machinists, and cereal workers unions are in the movement to offset the advancing food trust sponsored by William Ward thru Ward Food Products Corp. There are nearly 22,000 workers in New York plants alone of Ward, United General and Continental baking con- cerns and other companies involved in the food trust. A mass protest meeting is being arranged by the central trades for the end of March or early April probably in Carnegie Hall. The Bakery & Con- fectionary Workers International un- ion urged action by New, York unions. The unions will try to get support among cooperative dairymen of New York state in the campaign against the non-union food trust, Working Women Ask for Cheaper Rents and Better Homes NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—(FP)—Work- ers’ wives representing League of Mothers Clubs of United Neighborhood Houses of New York visited mayor ‘Walker to ask support of a better housing program. The petition was signed by 1,500 mothers asked relief from the present housing situation. Workers are forced into crowded tene- ments at higher rentals than eco- nomists figure they should pay. None of the women in the delegation can pay over $6 or $7 per room per month, they said. They asked decent homes for their children and said that they could not afford the high-priced apart- ments that lie vacant. Boston Elevated Profits, BOSTON, Feb. 8.—(FP)—Boston Elevated Railway made $502,195 pro- fits in 1925, says the trustees annual report to the legislature. Total in- come was $34,547,379. After lengthy arbitration the motormen and con- ductors were denied an increase in wages late in 1925 and. were forced to continue at 72% cents an hour given by the arbitration board in 1924, Qne-man car and bus operators, were granted a 10 cents an hour differential LUMBER BOSSES lumber town’ completely domintéed'-by the Union Lumber company whléh tit- erally owns the town and everything structed by the yards of the company. lished weekly are subsidized: and. be- sides. the, life-and-death notices - print long eulogies of “loyalty and co-opera- of the more intelligent THE DAILY WORKER FEAR POWER OF WORKERS’ UNITY Go to Big Expense to Keep Them Apart By WM. SCHNEIDERMAN. "(Worker Correspondent)’ * Fort Bragg, California, Is a’ little in It, Even access to the bay Is ob- The :two newspapers that are! pub- tion” with the boss. Two more reac- tionary sheets could not be found any- where in America, Teachers Gagged. The public school teachers are care- fully picked by servants of the com- pany for their reactionary views, One teachers. of Fort Brabb said to the writer, “The smallest expression of liberal. senti- ments or anything that is not com- pletely 100 per cent American would be enuf not only to take our job away, but to drive us from the county,” In this way even the teachers are driven into the ranks of the class con- scious workers. The business interests have attempt- ed to boycott and drive out the Finn- ish Co-operative, by refusing to sell them goods, or allowing them to print advertisements, and with similar threats. Injuries are numerous in the lumber camps. Only last week, a man had his finger cut off, and the bossés, of course, blamed it on “carelessness.” Import Scabs, 71°" Many times the lumber companies of Humboldt and Mendocino counties have imported lumber jacks all the way from Maine to head off a strike or sporadic walk-out, most ‘of ‘whom were ignorant of the-purposé for which they were brot. It would have cost less for the companies to grant a wage increase:than to” import sédbs, but they are willing to go to ‘any’ ex- treme to prevent ‘the: encouragémént of a union-organization, which they: This Week’s Prizes! This week's prizes for the best contributions by worker cor- respondents will differ somewhat from those previously offered. The first prize will be a valuable fountain pen. In the near future when the Increased circulation thru the co-operation of our worker correspondents will permit we promise to offer a portable typewriter. Now we must confine ourselves to a fountain pen, but even that Is not a gift to be sneezed at by a worker correspondent, since it Is a useful tool In the trade of writing. \ The second prize will be Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume No, 1, because we feel that every worker correspondent should familiarize himself with Marxian economics. se The third prize will be Lenin on Organization, Volume 1, a valuable and necessary book for every worker correspondent’s library. It needs no further recommendation. Who will be the hard workers next week? = °° BULGARIANS IN MINNEAPOLIS TAKE INITIATIVE IN HELPING VICTIMS OF ZANKOV REGIME By a Worker Correspondent: MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 8—For the first time the Bulgarians of this city came together at the Orpheum Studio, 17 South 7th St., to consider some of the consequences of the white terror of the Zankov regime in Bulgaria which has sent thousands of militant workers wandering the border coun- tries of Bulgaria hounded by the spies of the fascist.government. Stage Two Plays. q The outcome of the meeting was the undertaking of the staging of two plays, the “Iron Cross” and the “Three Corporals,” for the benefit of the Persecuted Communists, peasants and+ their families, Everyone present res- ponded enthusiastically. Many work- The Bulgarian workers of other states would do well to follow our ers offered to participate in the plays and committees were chosen to carry out the project. Christ Zeman who has a host of friends both among the Bulgarians and Americans of Minneapolis, trans- lated the two plays from Bulgarian into English as they will be given in English. Comrade Stancheff, popular among the Bulgarian workers, will direct the plays and coach the actors. Jim Staynoff, a self educated worker, capable and intelligent, will take a jand gallows of the enemies of the leading role in the drama. PRLS SENT” |” ne ree ee FINGERS CUT OFF, WORKER GETS PALTRY SUM AND THEN LAID OFF By BERT BUSH, Worker Correspondent, St#dent Chicago Class. The Wolf Manufacturing company, Robey a: example and assist our comrades in Bulgaria who have made untold sacri- fices, who bravely faced the bayonets working class and those who are now being tortured in prisons and await- ing death sentences from butcher Zankov and his brother Laptchey. We shall. not let our suffering com- rades who bitterly fought fora work- ers’ and peasants’ government perish without our.organized effort to assist them! Fulton streets, of this city, has made another helpless creature of one 0 ‘its faithful slaves, when the punch press on which he was speedily turning out dollars for his boss, cut two important fingers off his left hand. not The blame can be laid to three factors of capitalism. First, piecework, which gives one a living only if he speeds. ‘Seconds lack of organization to over the basic rates. The Awakening of By Jas. H. Dolsen. The first publication of its kind to be presented to American workers. Written by a student of Chinese affairs, it is a care- ful study of the awakening of millions of workers—a fact of vital and immediate effect on American labor. Supplemented by original documents, generously il- lustrated and bound in noveland attractive covers, . Off the press about March 15. $1.00 SSE EEE EEE phony Orchestra. 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The intense exploitation of the’ ‘hen ‘in the woods and miflls makés “them extremely susceptible to propaganda for the union, despite their backward- ness becausé of language and naffon- ality divisions; and the effectivé black- list system of the» companies. “Altho the lumber workers know from ‘eXperi- look after the workers’ welfare and third, the ‘state compensation act which protects the employers, When this man’s fingers were lost to him the company promised him a permanent job so as to pacify him. But it was only a short time after that he was laid off. As to the com- pensation it does not amount to a drop in the ocean. It provides him ence they will havé fo face thugs and clubs, the more advanced of them realize that they are helpless to fight the bosses unless they can organize 4 union of organized resistance to the open shop conditions prevailing. With the initiative of a few militant lead- ers to start the ball a-rolling, it can be done. Pittsburgh T. U. E. L. Will Meet Thursday PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 8.—A gen- eral meeting of the T. U. E. L. of this city will be held at the McGeagh Building, 607 Webster Ave,, 8th floor, on this Thursday, Feb, 11, 8 p, m. John Otis will speak on the exten- sion of the “B. & O.” plan into the other industries and the menace of company unions. In addition to this several important and urgent prob- lems will be taken up. i All progressive trade unionists and members of the Trade Union Educa- tional League are urged to attend. Admission is free. eS ns ¢ ? : ‘s : : AR at with ten dollars a week for two years, a provision which is an invitation to commit suicide, To sum up what the compensation law did for him—he can neither live on $10 a week nor can he get employ- ment easily, What’s more his fingers are gone for the rest of his life. Years ago a worker could go into court, demand a just amount for in- jury and take his chances, But of course this Jaw, like all the laws of this capitalist government, was chan- ged to serve the capitalists better, and the provision of a fixed amount for certain Jimbs was made. This state, compensation law can be blamed for the recent increase in such injuries. An employer pays insurance and that is, all the responsibility he has. When workers in a factory are injured the law protects the employ- er, The worker cannot sue him. Why? Because lawg under capitalism are not made for the benefit of the workers, The number of such accidents are appalling. It is up to the workers to carefully look into this matter and work for a farmers’ and workers’ government which will support the in- terest of the workers. The following letter received from DAILY WORKER IS GOOD ANTIDOTE FOR BOSSES POISON PROPAGANDA San Deago, Cal., who has just sent in his renewal points of the necessity of having The DAILY WORKER in every working class home to counteract the poison propaganda of the capitalist prostitute pres: “Dear Comrades:—Your letter at hand in regards to the Lenin drive | 1¢mocratic parties, the parties of the|| a reader of The DAILY WORKER in Page Five Central Labor Union | in Pittsburgh, Pa., | to Hold Election! Officials Betray. Workers. (Continued from page 1) | | The delegates of the National Union in a most vicious campaign to smash| of Railwaymen in a eonference of the trade union movement in this im- eighty decided by a majority of five (Continued from page 1) | portant industrial district as well a3| to accept the award of the national thruout the entire: country. Take for| wages board. This acceptance means example the two basic industries of| that the men receive no advance of this district, coal and steel. any kind. On the other hand the de- The gigantic steel industry is prac-! mands of the employers for reduc- tically unorganized and the steel work.) tions in- wages are wiped out, so that ers are at the complete mercy of the} the po: steel magnates, | negotiations began. This is beyond The coal operators are systematic-| doubt a great disappointment of the ally trying to enforce the 1917 scale) peace at any price, compromisers win- in one mine after ‘the other. The} ning against militants. The reaction- miners are putting up a fight here) ary officials are mainly responsible and there, each mine fighting its own| for the result, battles, A reduction in wages in the ee a mining industry is bound to have its effects upon the wage scale in other trades. It must therefore be the con- cern not only of the miners but of the entire labor movement. Thruout this region armed deputies are hired by the operators to protect scabs to intimidate men loyal to the union, The chamber of Commerce thru its various hirelings is attempting to or- ganize dual unions in order to ‘help the open shoppers in their campaign] conferences to deal with the men’s against organized labor. demands. Our Tasks, eer The only way to meet existing) con- Strike at Hoe Plant. ditions is for the trade unions, to| For some time past the union men solidify their ranks and to carry. on have been conducting organizing cam- an energetic and militant struggle|P@igns with a view to getting 100% against the organized forces of the | Tsanized and in connection with this employers. The trade unions must|® Strike against the employment of adopt a definite program of action non-unionists took place and still con- which would stop the offensive of the|timues at the firm of Hoe and Co, employers and would put new blood | Printing machine makers in London, into the organizations. The Central|22d 900 men are out. This is the well Labor Union, as a délegated body of the various trades, must become the initiator, the leader, the prime mover Claims of Machinist Engineers. Highteen months ago, the Amalgam- ated Engineers and others unions in the metal trades submitted a demand ings a week. As little or no success was being made by the negotiators on national lines, a number of the dis- tricts decided to put in claims for their respective districts, and arrange- ments between the bosses and union representatives have been made for known firm of New York which has a branch establishment in London, It is now reported that the London em- ition is as it was before the | for an increased wage of twenty shill-| English Minority Urges Solidarity Ployers refuse to participate in any conference until this unofficial strike jis closed, so it looks as’ tho there will | be further delays before any definite change takes place in bettering the vage rate. Again it is a case of reac- | tionary officials fearing to get at grips |} with the actual situation in a militant jfashion and the men suffer in conse- quence, oa. @ .. The Miners. In the opinion of many it may prove |.to be a good thing for the miners, | whose ease is to come at the end of April, that the other sections have |mot had their cases adjusted as they | will. be all the more ready to stand |by the miners than would have been the case if their own grievances had been settled in advance. I have put the bald facts, that it may be understood what the nature of, our industrial. machinery is, In numbers we are perhaps better organ- ized. than some other countries, but we-are far from being properly or- ganized. It is true to say, however, that the mental outlook of the trade unionists is distinctly better ‘than in the past. There is a clearer concep- tion of what should be the objective of the unions and a stronger deter- mination to have the unions used not only for the purpose of immediate. bet- terment of conditions but always mak- ing for the complete control of in- dustry by the workers. The capitalist press is bitterly hostile to all such efforts and is systematically engaged in providing obstacles to the workers’ progress, Hold Enthusiastic Lenin Meetings, This week all left wingers are en- gaged in holding Lenin memorial meetings and they are all well at- tended and enthusiastic. in this campaign. Organize Unorganized. The. Central Labor Union must |} initiate and encourage a campaign to | organize the unorganized. A vigorous organizational campaign ~will be a/|/ powerful weapon against the attempt of the open shoppers to smash the trade union moyement and against | dual unionism, which the chamber of commerce is. trying to promote. A campaign against the use of armed | guards by the operators and. against | the outrages: of the state police,” an-| other agency of the employers, must | be started immediately. \] The so-called sedition law #'which } was passed during the war ‘hysteria } is one of the mightiest instruments of the employing class to be used against | | the workers at all times, especially. so | during a strike. Have we,done, our share to have this vicious strikebreak- | ing law repealed? Our answer must, | unfortunately, -be—No! The »Central | Labor Union must take up \this: vital problem and carry on .a campaign | which would defeat the ‘sedition. law | decisively and forever, | For Labor Party. | In order that our struggle against the. chamber of commerce, against) || the united forces of the open shoppers and their agents, state police, armed guards—and the various anti-labor laws, may be effective, we must TI strengthen and build the labor’ party movement. In this city the labor party was stolen from the wage earn- ers by the crooked politicians of the | old parties. Our trade union repres- | entatives on the labor party commited | | a crime against the labor movement || by turning over this mighty weapon of labor to the politicians of the open shoppers and the chamber of com-/| merce, The Central Labor Union must take| the initiative to clean the ranks of| the labor party and make it what it) really should be—a party of the work-| ers and for the workers, This year when we are to have state. elections Sor Five Thousand New The Daily Worker is this question becomes one of utmost importance. Are we again to turn over our labor party to the republican and | to power. LENIN DRIVE: Ends February 15 of having three thousand new readers— three thousand more workers to join the ranks of fighting labor who ‘have chosen the road that Lenin pointed out as the road} dibs to THEDAILY WORKER { now well on the way for new subscribers of The DAILY WORKER. I,must say it is a timely maneuver and I am sure it will make+ a great success, and it will be a bene- fit to all concerned, The crying need today is for a clean newspaper like The DAILY WORKER in every work- er’s home, especially where there is young people to enlighten them with the real facts. Every worker should have a DAILY WORKER in his home to counteract the poison the capital- ist prostitute press has been feeding him and his children, such as murd- ors, suicides, robberies, divorce cases and black magic advertisements, “IT will do my best to get subscrib- ers of The DAILY WORKER, In- closed find %6.00 for another year’s subscription,” “More powé? to The DAILY WORK- ER.—Carl Giele.” Why a worker correspondent? Why not? Is there, nothing of interest hap- pening around you? Write it up and send it in! 5 fs a Five thousand new subs in three weeks is a big job—but it can be done with your helf, Send in a sub, Hear All Bad gs ‘and Good Music y We build, repair and remodel radio sets of all kinds at , reasonable ‘ates. JOHN VARGA All Work Guaranteed. 3 * "1327 W. 18th St., Chicago, Ill. Call or phone your jobs. COMMUNISM and CHRISTIANISM tion just off the press of this wnusual publica- whit has proved a bombshell in the church—at a are open shoppers, of the coal barons and steel magnates? The labor party can and must be made one of the strongest weapons in the hands of the workers, The Central Labor Union must, .ful- fill this task. Delegation to Soviet Russia. The question of sending a’ delea- tion to Soviet Russia to investigate || the conditions there is an important one and of vital concern to the Yabor movement. The yellow press, owned and controlled by the same open shop- pers that are out ot smash our unions is practically the only source of in- formation thru which we can learn what is going on in Russia. Can we expect these yellow sheets to tell the truth about Soviet Russia where the |employing class is deprived of its | power? Soviet Russia plays an im- | portant part in world commerce and | industry. Recognition of Russia would undoubtedly have a beneficial effect upon the standard of wages and work- ing conditions in this country. We must at least make a sincere effort to learn the truth about that mighty country. This can be done best if || we send our own representatives | across who will come back and be able to give us @ true report. These are but a few of the prob- jems with which labor is confronted. | They touch the very heart of the labor movement, Without properly solving these problems a struggle against the open shoppers and reduction of wages cannot be ‘very effective. Where do the candidates: for office in the Gen- tral Labor Union stand on these vitdl issues? : iid to give? Make > Bam J you going Bit Sk ull Ks The readers did not all come to The Daily Worker without being told—without being SHOWN—that this paper is THEIR paper. Workers in the factories and in the trade unions have spoken to their fellow-work- ers and ‘brothers. 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