The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 2, 1926, Page 3

+ police, Zober is not the man to get “Canadian parliament by A,.A, Heaps, ‘ Meetings of the thousands of striking textile workers are being held each morning where reports of the strike a municated to the strikers. POLICE TRY 10 BREAK PASSAIC PICKET LINES Chief Calls Pickets a Parade (Special to The Daily Worker) PASSAIC, N. J., Feb. 28—The ef- forts of the Passaic police to stop mass picketing in the past was always a failure. | We all recall the acts of terrorism, the beating up of women and children and many other provoca- tions. The purpose of the provoca- tions was to find some basis for the calling in of the militia. Due to the firm attitude of the strikers, this much cherished idea of calling in the state troops was to be dropped tem- porarily, Our most ingenious friend, chief of discouraged soon. For five weeks he was trying to discover something of violence in the picketing. Not being successful, he finds out now, that the picketing is not a picketing but a pa- rade. , Thursday* morning the pickets at Bethany, Gera and New Jersey Worst- ed mills met with a big police force, about 30 to 40. They broke up the picket line and told the strikers that they are mot against the picket- ing, but here this is a real parade, for which they must have a permit from Chief Zober. Their purpose was clear. By asking for a permit the strikers would haye given a good precedent to be used against them in the future. Of course the strikers, thanks to their former education, saw their tricks and refused to disband. The unpartial po- lice answered with a real attack, and by swinging their clubs succeeded in dispersing the pickets this time, after having clubbed several strikers. They didn’t even allow the newspaper photographers to take pictures. This new wave of terrorism, this new attempt to break the picket line is also doomed to a failure. The an- swer from the workers will be still firmer and still larger picket line. The strikers in Passaic are firm lke steel—and ‘this firmness is increased with every new attack of the police. “The picket line of the day will be stronger than it ever was”-—so they say. The always increasing army of strikers, the real solidarity displayed by workers in other cities, the welt functioning relief committee will but strengthen them until the big strug- gle will end in a victory. Increase Production; Lose Jobs. MONTREAL—(FP)—Thanks to im- proved machinery and speeding up, production in Canadian manufactur- ing industries in 1923 was about 40 per cent greater per employe than in 1917, although real wages, that is wages based on purchasing power, on- ly increased about 4 per cent, This was the gist of a speech made in the labor member from Winnipeg. Heaps quoted government statistics to show that the number of wage earners employed in Canadian mgnu- facturing had declined from 531,466 in 1917, to 446,994 ‘in 1923, or 17 per cent, But, allowing for price differences, the volume of production in 1923 was 18 per cent greater than in 1917, You do the job twice as well when you distribute a bundle The DAILY WORKER with your story init. — : a lad IE at nat RRs fee Shae ROMER BAIR ood aa ine Pits an Bad cal oS Re 2 RD Et tee A Le AS I oA Bes A AR IPOD Bt xe Gc atc, SE Of| ship and working to incréas re given. Gera and Botany Mills Control 33 European Shops NEW YORK, Feb. 28—German woolen workers of Griez and Gera mills. are seeking 10 per cent wage in- creases, New York textile trade pa- pers report. The employers are de- manding a return to the 10-hour day, altho the 1918 national, Jaw made the 8-hour day only legal. Passaic, N. J., workers are striking against a 10 per cent cut. Gera and Botany mills are in,a group control- ling 33 central European mills. EXPERT SPILLMAN ‘SPILLS’ ADVICE TO THE FARMERS Advises Sabotage of Pro- duction Acreage By A. C. MILLER. WILLISTON, N. D., Feb. 28.—Dr. Spillman, an agricultural expert, threw a monkey wrench into the op- timism of many farmers of this sec- tion who have grown enthusiastic over the last two good crops of wheat. At a meeting here he warned against increased acreage in wheat, predicting a still lower price for the grain next fall when the country, he asserted, would have 200,000,000 bushels to export. _ Regarding flax, he declared that a moderate increase in its planting would be safe as domestic produc- tion the past year was only about half the consumption. He forgot to mention that the price of flax is now 40 per cent under the cost of produc- tion. Spillman stated that despite the complaints from the corn belt statis- tics showed the best conditions there since 1920. Railroad President Just “Talks.” President Budd of the Great. North- ern railroad opened up the meeting by warning that as freight rates de- pended on the costs involved, the farmers must be' careful not to “send legislators to Bismarek (the state capital)—who would make any more full-crew laws, thus increasing the cost.” Rex. EH. Willard, who is employed by the Agricultural College of North} Dakota, in his address contended that the price of industrial products rang- ed at a higher level than those of, ag- ricultural products because the pro- ducers of the former were better or- ganized for the curtailment of their production. He ignored altogether the fact, for instance, that last year the short crop of barley in this coun- try should have boosted prices. In- stead the American brewers shipped barley in from Canada, paying a 22 per cent duty and a price of 50 cen‘ a@ bushel. At the same time they r fused to pay the farmers in America more than 28 cents a bushel. Farmers Waking Up. It is such situations as thig which is causing the more intelligent tarm- er to realize that the so-called incen- tive under capitalism is fast vanish- ing and that it can come into play only under a socialist system, Butte Miners Get Low Wages. BUTTEH— (FP) — Metal miners in Butte are getting $4.75 a day. Mine laborers get $4.25 and some skilled craftsmen about the mine get $5.50 a day. Butte Miners Union’ No, 1, Intl. Union ot Mine Mill & Smelter work- ers, is slowly increasing its’mémber- In the Coeur d'Alené district jaho i ss sheath fy ick Gera mills, } In this way every development of the strike is com- Plumbers Renew Contracts. ST. LOUIS—(FP)+Union plumbers of St. Louis have renewed their con- tracts at $1.50 an hour. The contrac- tors rejected a proposed increase of 25c an hour. Strike action failed to receive a two-thirds vote of the un- fon. St. Louis bricklayers and plas- terers receive $41.75 an hour. The agreement runs for one,year. THE; DAILY WORKE The Passaic Strikers Are Fighting For Every Textile Worker By BERT MILLER. EVERAL weeks ago 5,000 textile workers of Passaic threw down a challenge to the textile bosses, After months of careful organization under the very noses of the company spies} in the Botany Worsted mills, they de- termined to call a halt to the cam- paign of wage cutting initiated by the mill owners. The strike begun by the Botany workers has since spread to almost every large mill in the vicin- ity of Passaic and by this time the ranks of: the strikers has reached nearly 10,000. At first the workers contented themselves with the moder- ate demands for (1)—abolition of the wage cut;%(2)—time and a half for overtime} (3)—no discrimination against fhé representatives of the workers, But as they perceived the determination of the bosses to resist these demands, to force the workers instead into a period of suffering and privation, rather than submit, the textile. workers therefore resolved to make the.bosses pay for their stub- bornness.., ‘New demands were formu- lated including the addition to the old {| demands; of (1)—a 10 per cent in- crease over the old scale paid before the cut; (2)—back pay; (8)—sanitary working conditions; (4)—recognition of the union; (5)—44-hour week. Fight for Whole Industry. HE textile workers thruout the United States will follow the Pas- saic strike with the deepest interest and concern. Every textile worker knows that in Passaic is being fought the battle which will decide whether or,not the wage cuts will continue un- til the living conditions of the work- ers in the entire industry are to be reduced to a starvation level., Should the Passaic strikers succeed it will set a stayidard for the entire industry and lay, the basis for the establish- ment of decent working conditions in the textile industry—an industry which has been most bretal and inhu- man in its treatment of the workers. Should the Passaic workers fail it will be ignal for a generat onslaught on wages and hours in every textile cen- ter in the country, which will bring untold misedy to thousands of textile workers and their families, There is no doubt that the bosses of every textile center are following this struggle with great attention. There is no doubt that thru the banks and financial institutions which con- trol the textile industry of the nation, ic mill owners are receiving ble means of support. The d fully the signifi- ance of this strike to their future profits, Significant for Lawrence. OWHERE does the Passaic strike assume greater significance than it does in Lawrence, where the heart of the New England textile industry is located. The Pacific Mills for in- ‘stance, which is /issuing $17,500,000 worth of gold notes to attract capital, is vitally interested in reducing the cost of production. It hopes to ac- complish this in two ways: (1)—by extending its operations to Lyman, South Carolina; (2)—by reducing wages in its northern plants. The fact that the Pacific Mills averaged $4,580,157 net earnings for the ten years ended Dec. 31, 1925 does not satisfy the owners, who live in luxury and idleness on the backs of the tex- tile workers.. No! No! This fabulous sum is not enuf, They must have more, even tho every dollar be wrung from the sweat and blood of their em- ployes. The textile workers of Lawrence have a history to boast of—a history which places them in the forefront of the struggle against the forces of American capitalism. The textile workers of Lawrence were never faced with a graver situation than that which confronts them now, They Mass Demonstration of Passaic Strikers By means of such mass demonstrations the Passaic strikers are showing their deter- mination to hold out until their demands are granted despite the violence of the police against them. PASSAIC POLICE BRUTALLY BEAT STOREKEEPERS “Law ’n Order” Slugs Strike Sympathizers PASSAIC, N. J.; Feb, 28 — Victor Nawrot and his wife were beaten by Passaic police after Mrs. Nawrot in- directly expressed sympathy with the striking textile workers. Mrs, Nawrot, who is not a striker, but who keeps a store near the Gera mill and is known to be sympathetic to the strike, went into a store where liquor is said tobe sold, just after the morning picket line at Gera and been broken up and one boy Theodore Ti- mochko of 1238 2nd Ave., struck by a policeman, pert J According to bystanders and her own story, she said to the storekeeper in Polish “Now they drink and then they come Outside and beat the work- ers.” Two policemen who were in the store understood aer and chased her to her own store, where they locked the door on the inside and beat and choked her and beat her husband who tried to aid her. Dr, Daniel Tellman, of 223 President Avenue was called to attend the two and made the following statement: “I found evidences of contusions and abrasions and hails marks around Mrs. Nawrot’s throdt'as if she had been choked, + Shé Ys in a hysterical con- joe tome, D — Garment Shop Workers Donat to Passaic Funds ; (sped to The Daily Worker) EW MORK CITY, Feb. 28 —By donating’ $21.85 to the relief commit- tee of the Passaic textile strikers, the 20 workers of the dress shop of Sweet & Sand, West 17 St., mem- bers of the International Ladies’ Garment, Workers’ Union, showed their solidarity with their fellow workers .on the other side of the Hudson River. Calles Lays Down Hard Ruling for Americans MEXICO" CITY, Feb. 28—Mexico Radio Operators Form Union, CLEVELAND—(FP)— A radio broadcasters and wireless operators union has been formed by the Cleve- land: Electrical Workers union. Get your tickets now for the Inter- national concert of the T. U. E..b. Sat., March 13, at 8th St, Theater. welcomes all foreigners so long as they are willing to work with the country and not exploit it, President Calles declared in a speech here to- day. This type of foretgner, however, has not yet appeared in Mexico, the president said, The speech was interpreted as a defense of the new Mexican alien land laws. To Give Police More Power. TAMPA, Fla., Feb, 28—The Tampa Anti-Saloon league at the next session of the legislature will demand that a law permitting police to' search any automobile on the highway without a |Search warrant be passed, — hha dition, Mr, Nawrot has a wound over his right eye as if he has been struqk ‘by @ heavy blow" must take up this problem immedi- ately and tackl eit with the same en- ergy and spirit of solidarity which has made Lawrence famous. The P: strike must be given every pc means of support, Relief funds must be raised with the greatest possible speed. But contributions alone will not be enuf. The textile workers of Lawrence must be ready to take their places in the struggle against the tex- tile bosses, shoulder to shoulder with the men and women of Passaic. They must. at once proceed to organize {their forces, build up their ranks, on ]@ firm, centralized basis for the com- ing struggle. Workers of Lawrence! the Passaic strikers. Their fight is your fight. Their victory will be your victory. Their defeat will be your de- feat. Join your forces with the Pas- saic strikers for the unity and solidar- ity of the textile workers against the bosses. Stand ‘by By VICTOR HAILEY, LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23, (By Mail) — Walter Trumbull, arrested with Paul Crouch, Is now free, having serv- ed one year in man-made hell of Al- catraz, But Paul Crouch, who was sentenced to 40 years at hard labor and thanks to the efforts of the In- ternational Labor Defense, his sen- tence was reguced to three years, is still confined in the military prison at Alcatraz Island, It is for him that we must now fight. From the day of their arrival at Alcatraz, both Crouch and Trum- bull have been persecuted. When they arrived from Hawaii they were in possession of valuable technical and reference libraries, Crouch, in particular, had a very valuable col- lection of books, many of them scien- tific treatises. In addition to his books he also had a collection of papers, let- ters, etc. of varied importance to him. Many of his books were destroy- ed outright. Others were torn across and otherwise defaced. His papers were reduced to mere tatters, And to climax their conformance to inqui- sition tactics those in command de- nied him what remained of the ‘ol- lection when their systematic despoil- ation was completed. Cannot Get Papers. . Many. volumes of literature—not tubbish—were sent him, but never to reach him. They were destroyed, re- turned to the sender or placed on de- posit until such time as Crouch will be released from confinement. In the meantime, he may read Zane Grey or the bible, as he chooses. He cannot receive any paper or periodical that even suggests Com- munism. Even the Nation is denied him. His mail is strictly censored; it is almost impossible for him to compose a letter that will pass. A clause in the prison regulations provides that no frivolous correspondence will be tolerated. The interpretation of the word “frivolous” as applicable to Crouch means that any matter not pertaining to family, business or his case will not be passed. His attor- ney being resident in San Francisco and paying him regular visits elimin- ates the necessity for the latter. And, having no commercial interests, he cannot make use of the second pro vision. Thus he finds that eis circle of correspondents is reduced to father, mother and a cousin resident in Cali- fornia. But even to these three he cannot write as he chooses. His cor- respondence must be confined to mat- ters of family and personal welfare, and may not involve any discourse whatever of conditions and treatment in the prison, A Visitors Barred, A section of the revised statutes of the United States specifically pro- vides that military prisoners may re- Work for the Release of Paul Crouch! | that fact does not j setts Buying of Bolivian Land by Britain Is O. K. with Kellogg WASHINGTON—(FP)—Feb, 28-016 a British syndicate leases or buys ® large part of the territory of Bolivimp in any way com stitute a violation of the Monroe Dog ,|trine, in the opinion of the state des | partment. This opinion was expres# ed after Rep. Tinkham of Massachte had reported to Secy, Kellogg that a British concern had acquired huge areas of mineral lands in Boliys” ia, Tinkham wanted to know whether this was not a British invasion of the western hemisphere, contrary to thé Monroe Doctrine Secy. Kellog, olds that anyone may buy land y country without iolating the Doctrine, which desis with political government only, $5,000 to Aid Miners. CLEVELAND— (FP)— Over $5,000 in cash and supplies was sent from Cleveland to members of the miners union the past few months. Funds raised for the anthracite strikers will be diverted to West Virginia and Ohio bituminous strikers, ceive visitors one day each week. The word is not qualified. When Crouch and Trumbull arrived at Alcatraz the interpretation was changed to imply that by visitors it was meant that only relatives could visit. They ac cepted the revision and Crouch imme- diately got in touch with his cousin and had her furnished with a pass to visit him in prison. For three or four Sundays all was well. The interpreta- tion has again been changed. Only wife, mother or father may visit. The denying of constitutional rights was not considered sufficient punish- ment for this disciple of Marx and } Lenin. He is abused most vilely on every possible occasion. On one occa- sion the executive officer of the prige-” on made the remark that they—~ Crouch and Trumbull—were poor half- witted damned fools. On another he expressed a great desire to tar and” feather them both and run them out of the country. Crouch Bulidozed. When Crouch is obliged to appear before this “cultured” officer and “gentleman” of the American army, he is baited as I have seen bulls bait- ed before slaughter, This is done in _ an attempt to anger him so that they may extend his prison sentence. If he can be made to lose his temper and flare up there is solitary confinement on bread and water. Again there is second and third class, a designation whereby they can revoke what few privileges he now has and call it legi- timate. A few nights ago representatives of this class of “cultured gentlemen”— officers of the U. S. navy—staged en- entertainment on the U. S. S. Missis- sippi. On this occasion 20 officers participated. As hostesses they had twenty women, from whence no one seems to know. Volstead was tempo rarily relegated to mythology. As the night wore on numerous couples succumbed about the floor. Others re- tired to the officers’ staterooms. The dancing ‘was such as to cause the Negro trap drummer to hide himself behind the piano. Morning found the place a shambles. Crouch, whose only crime is agitat- ing for the downtrodden of the world is lying behind prison walls, with such men as these, his keepers. Will you tet him stay there, comrades? Form Labor Party. VANCOUVER, B. C.-(FP)— The merging of 5 labor political organiza- tions in the Vancouver district 4s al- most complete. The new organization will be affiliated with the Canadian La- bor party. The units in the merger are the labor parties of South Vancou- ver and New Westminister and branches of the Federated Labor Par- ty of South Vancouver, Burnaby and Vancouver City. Police Gathering for Attack on Strikers’ Meeting In the Passaic textile strike the police as usual have been a valuable ally of the mill owners in attempts 1 to smash the solidarity of the strikers’ rank snes | to emash the strike. But arrests of pickets and organizers ha SN ea Me oa Ba ys ha i tae