The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 10, 1926, Page 3

. THIS PAGE Is Devoted to the Activity and Interests of the Trade Union Educational League (T. 0. 8. L.) é North American Section of the RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS (R. 1. L, U.) THE T.U.E.L. Represents the Left Wing of the Labor Movement. Purpose Is to Strengthen the Labor Unions by Amalgamation of Existing Unions, Organization of the Unorganized, and by Replacing Reactionary and Class Collaboration Polleles with @ Unified Program for the Transformation of the Unions Into Organs of Revolutionary Class Struggle for the Overthrowal of Capitalism and the Establishment of a Workers’ and Farm: tre’ Government. LABOR FACING NEW ATTACKS, TUE L, TOLD Foreign-Born, Negroes, Rail Workers Warned American imperialistic bosses, in preparation for an economic war with Europe, are using the U. S. govern- ment and the trade union bureaucracy to enforce industrial “peace” at home by splitting up the labor movement thru new restrictions on the foreign- ‘born, the ‘spread of company unionism on the railroads and a re-distribution of the Negro workers, This was brot out forcibly at the regular monthly meeting of the Trade Union Educa- tional League. “New bills against the foreign-born” ‘was discussed by Arne Swabeck, dele- gate to the Chicago Federation of La- ‘bor from the Painters’ Union; ‘Class Collaboration and the Watson-Parker Bill” by Pete Jensen, chairman of the Chicago Switchmen’s Line Federa- tion; and “Raising the Color Bar in the Unions” by C. A. Hathaway of the Machinists. Jack W. Johnstone, T. U. B. L. national secretary, was chair- man, “The intent of the Aswell, McClin- tock, Johnson and other bills against the foreign-born is obvious,” declared Swabeck, pointing out their two pri- mary purposes. “First, they are meant “to drive a wedge between’the foreign- born and the native-born; and second- fy, to provide a reserve of scab labor. ‘The conditions making it possible for foreigners to enter the United States ere to be such as will permit the cap- ftalists to get Mexicans and other elements in times of strikes and emer- gencies.” That the need for all foreign-born to be provided with certificates of identification places them absolutely in the power of the bosses and police, was brot out. Threat to all Workers. “These laws are a threat to the working class as a whole; some day we can expect them to be extended to include the American-born,” said Swabeck. “It is the duty of the T. U. EB. L. to create mass demonstrations against them; to take the lead in . forming councils for the protection of the foreign-born; to send deputations to Washington, And we must unite our forces on @ labor ticket to rally to the support of our class politically.” Unions in Danger. The Watson-Parker bill, which is ex- pected to pass congress within the next thirty days, will substitute a Coolidge-picked labor board for thé Present one, taking away all sem- blance of labor representation and put- ting the present unfons on practically the ‘same basis as the company unions, Brother Jensen showed, With tradé union membership already greatly reduced it is the purpose of ‘the, Watson-Parker bill to attempt to kill the unions entirely, establishing instead semi-company unions endorsed Workers Strike for Higher Wages on New Cathedral:'in New York NEW YORK—(FP)—Stonemasons employed on\ the cathedral of St. John the devitie are striking for an increase of $4 over the present $12 a day. Masons may return to work pending the signing of the bricklayers’ new agreement. May 1, whatever in- crease won to apply retroactive to March 1 for the masons, Other New York building trades unions are still negotiating new agree- ments. Wage increases from 50 cents to $4 are sought. The electrical work- ers were offered $12 a day condt- tioned on the abolition of helpers, who have been getting $7. The em- ployers suggested that apprentices be- ginning at $3.60 a day be substi- tuted. Similar propositions have been made to other building unions. es © Fakers Alded Fund Drive. It is interesting to remember that the campaign to raise funds for the building of the Cathedral of St.John the Divine was aided by the Tam- manyite labor fakers who control the New York Central Trades Council. The united front of the fakers and the clergy apparently did not get the building trades workers anywhere, Settee both by the Big Pour bureaucracy and the railroad opefators—real class- collaboration, 9%) «4 Must Organize Negroes “Capitalists are using Negro work- ers, to take the place of the more mili- tant foreign-born,” Hathaway declared. “There are now, between three and four million colored workers in the basic industries, compelled to put up with worse conditions than the white workers.” “The problem of the organization of the Negro worker can be overcome only by complete union organization,” he stated. “Systematic campaigns to organize all unorganized must be de- manded and carried ‘on by the left wing. If the’ unions won't accept the Negroes, organize them into separate unions and then'fight to compel their admittance into the A. F. of L.” Iowa Mining Camps Have Many Unemployed MADRID, Ia, Mar. 8—The Looks- poor, Moran, High Bridge and Dallas mining camps have many men out of work. The coal barns promised the men more work {if they would load clean coal. The miners loaded clean coal, but more work is not forthcom- ing. There is no work for many of the miners and will never be in this section for many of them as long ag the present system lasts. Painters Win 12c Increase in St. Petersburg. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Union painters and decorators of St. Peters- burg are enjoying a wage increase of 12% cents an hour negotiated with the contractors after serious strike threats had been made, Admission, 50 (Ineluding’ war tax.) , ‘Tlokete can be secured at 156 W. Washington St.. Room 87; The DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. bess ton’ Bivd., and from all members of the “uk L * cents, 83 cents and $1.10 BOSSES AND THE -FAKERS UNITE ON AGREEMENT Miners Must Prepare for Coming Election By ALEX REID, Sec'y, Progressive Miners’ Committee The capitalist press thruout the country has entered into a campaign of silence regarding the settlement of the anthracite strike. In fact during the strike the ¢apitalist press rarely mentioned it outside ef the immediate location of the strike itself. Fakers Praise Agreement. The United Mine Workers’ Journal, with a few sheets of the other bu- reaucrats, are praising the settlement, and clapping each other on the back tor the settlement. It is well they do 80, as they are the only ones that have temporarily gained by the settlement,! larger stock dividends over the next The workers have nothing to be thankful for as result of the settle- ment, as every miner knows he has received the greatest betrayal in the history of the union. The mine owners are keeping silent about the ‘settlement, knowing the least said the better at this time. The miners’ officials are praising the settle- ment, and making a campaign thru- out the field to cover up the betrayal. On every hand the fakers have their agents busy trying to make the min- ers believe that they won a victory, but the anthracite miners know bet- ter, and they have repudiated the con- tract already in many local unions, Lewis to Washington? We are not any surprised at this attempt to cover up the real meaning of the agreement, Any person who has an inch of unionism in his make- up, and had any connection with this betrayal, would want to cover up the stench, but it wont go down, even in spite of all the oratory and slimy articles from the fakers. The miners lost every demand they made. Not one demand was granted to the miners that they made at the June tri-district convention. It is necessary that the capitalists press keep quite about the settlement. Their agent, Lewis, must not be em- barassed at this time with a victory claim by the operators, “Lewis is slated for the department of labor, as its present head is the choice of the Wall Street crowd for governor of Pennsylvania or the’ U. S. senate.” And again the stench of the settle- ment it yet too strong to add to it by a victory claim by the owners. The hard coal miners are bitter enuf against the agreement, and against Lewis, without adding to that bitterness. Yes, it is a great deal bet- ter that the owners keep silent at this time. Lewis must be given time to jam the contract down the miners’ thréats, This cannot be done very well with the operators claiming victory, hense the silence, Election Approaching. The bituminous miners also must be kept in the dark about the real meaning of the contract, as the miners’ officials, some of them con- nected with the settlement, are look- ing for the international presidency, when Lewis goes to the department |: of labor. If the miners knew the truth it would result in complete de- feat of the bureaucracy at the next election in December, so a campaign will be carried on from now until next election to fool the miners and insure the election of the traitorous officials. . The miners must be on their guard. They must organize in their local unions to insure the defeat of the traitors at the December election. full ticket of Progressive Miners will meet the coal diggers at the next election, on a progressive program, and it will be the duty of all miners who have the interest of the U. M. W. of A. at heart to work for the election of the ticket, that their union will be once again the union that it was in| 915 the days gone by, a real instrument of the working cl instead of the weak class collaborating excuse that it is now, under its present incompe- tent, and treacherous leadership. Or- g@anize for the progressive miners’ program, A wage increase, shorter | 1786 work day and week, organize the un- organized, national yearly agree- ments, unemployment benefits, and a labor party. Threaten Blacklist By W. FRANCIS AHERN. SYDNEY—(FP)—The Australian | jo57 shipowners threaten to use the whole- sale blacklist, having notified the Seamen's union that the companies comprising the Australian shipping combine would not employ any mem- ber of the union guilty of having caused any vessel to be delayed, or) 4,, of having attempted to exercise job control, {? The socalled job control is a bogey to distract public attention from the plot against the maritime workers, The shipping companies want lower wages, increased hours, worse condi- tions and colored labor. Up to date the shipping combine has the Seamen's union out of Al 202 THE DAILY WORKE R REAL ESTATE SHARKS, BRICK. ‘AND GYPSUM M. ANUF ACTURERS MAKE HUGE PROFITS IN YEAR By LELAND OLDS, , Federated Press. The poor wage earner whose only road to a home lies thru a real estate office is out of luck. For, added to the real value of the land, will be an| exhorbitant toll which gives the operator a return not of 10 per cent or 20 or 50 per cent, but of 100 per cent or more. Lower profits are beneath the | dignity of the bonafide real estate shark, Such thots are provoked by the 1925 report of H. O, Stone and company, Teal estate operators in Chicago and v $1,232,889 on 1925 business, equivalent icinity. This firm reports a profit of after preferred dividends to $40.29 a share on the common stock, As the value of a share of common is only $10 this means a year’s profit of more + than 400 per cent. In 1924 the prof. its amounted to $25.72 a share, ap- proximately 257 per cent. 660 Per Cent Profit in Two Years. Here ate two years during which a single real estate firm has made 660 per cent gn.the value of its common stock by establishing a toll gate on the road which leads a worker to own- ership of @}home. The regular cash dividend is 80 per cent, the remainder of the profit; going into surplus, Out of this surplus’ H. O. Stone has just paid a 10 per cent stock dividend and there is the promise of similar or few years. Gypsum Gets $15.45 a Share. Another excessive toll exacted from the home-builder appears in the 1925 annual report of the United’ States Gypsum company, U. 8. Gypsum’s profit of $10,474,302 means, after all deductions including preferred divi- dends, a return of $15.45 a share of common stock. The par value of the sfock is $20. Stock dividends in re cent years total about 116 per cent. Consequently the 1925 return on the original investment really amounts to 167 per cent. Gypsum is @ leading manufacturer of building materials, It produces hard-wall plasters, cement, wood fiber, stucco, fireproof partition, floor tile, roof tile, sheetrock and other plaster boards. It fs the largest producer in its field in the world doing about 40 per cent of the business in the United States. The huge profits from this business have enabled it to pay cash dividends tanging as high as 31 per cent in a “year, equivalent to more than 60 percent on the real invest- ment. : IMinois Brick company belongs in the same group of profiteers at the expense of home seckers. Its 1925 Profit of $2;036,292 means a return of $5.51 a share on the common stock. But as thé Stock has a $25 par value this is a profit of 22 per cent, United States Radiator company with contr. of 12 per cent to 15 per cent of the)country’s radiator business will reportia profit of between $27 and $30 on each $100 share for the year ended Jam,~31, 1926. The Bucyrus company, largest manufacturer of steam shovels and excavating machin- ery in the world, is expected to show about $35 on each $100 share of com-| mon stock, ,Last year’s Bucyrus prof-! its amounted to $30.23 a share. For! the last 8 years the average has been | nearly $20 a share. Such profits show one food reason why the cost of housing remains high, Some of the concerns, like Illinois Brick, hav@ accumulated excess prof- its in liberty bonds to such an extent that the interest is expected to pay dividends on the stock when business is slack and the réal workers cool their heels at home without jobs or wages, 8 | Your Union Meetin Second Tuesday, March 9, 1926. Name of Locat and Place f Meeting. ° 3 Boot and Shoe Workers, 1939 Mil- waukee Ave Calumet Joint Labor Council, 514 Ww. 1 Street, c nters, Witten’s Hail, High- land Park, Ill, . Van Buren Clerks, Grocery, 59 Street. Rapipaues (Locomotive), 6058 Went. Ave. No, 133 E 461 wort! x 826 y rere (Locomotive), 2647 W. 381 Electricia 505 S. State St. Ego Inspectors, 418 N. Clark ‘St. 27 Hod Carriers, 62nd ane La Vergne Avenue. ‘al, Union, 3046 W. 26th St. Workers, 777 W. Adams Lea Workers, 777 W. A Mach ‘3 8, 2548 S. Machinists, 4126 W. Lake St. Amalgamated Clothing Workers, 409 S. Halsted St., 5:30 p. m. 12 St. 7 si 180 Gormens Workers, 176 W. Wash- ington St. 21 Bi y 9 58 Ci 141 h St. 272 6, all, Chicago leld and 26th. i] Washington St. 1, 225 E. yethe Stre ights, I, 14 W. Harrison St., Garment Workers, 328 W. ren St. 6234 Princeton Ave. 175 W. Washington it. Cutters, 9206 Houston Ave. Lda Hall, Oak Park. 5 Hor 6 Hod 130 Ogden Ave. 402 4111 w Ma ison St. 1170 Carmen, 111 Michigan Ave. Raliway Carmen, 5324 S. Halsted rect. 739 Railway Clerks, Moose Hall, Ghi- Railway Clerks, 6438S. Halsted jaliwa: Li * alert a a8 Ralirond Trainmen, 3359 W. ‘Madl: Teamsters’ District Council, 220 S, a Bouleyate, 180 W. Washington ermen, 8617 Vincennes erka,'849 W. Washington oe and Oilers, 367 N, 20 W. Randolph st. re, N. E. cor, California and Halsted St. 67 ayers, 614 M7 OP | Madiso Painters, i painsere 180 184 19) 276 1 raltway ‘Giorke, '600"W." Washieht 7 Waiters, 834 W Randolph st. MINERS FLEE TO CITIES IN HOPE TO FIND WORK Hundreds Walk Streets as Mines Close (Special to The Daily Worker) CRAIG, Colo., March 8 — Hundreds of coal miners have been thrown out of work in the Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming districts. Some of the mines are working two or three days a week, others have shut down entirely, Many of the miners in desperation are seeking every possible means of escaping from the fate that awaits them in the mining towns. No work to be had, grocers refusing credit— the men must slowly starve, A number of miners in the town of Oak Creek, Colo., after being out of work for a considerable time and hav- ing used up what little they may have saved, decided to board a train for Denver as it stopped at Oak Creek, re- fuse to pay fares and forcibly resist ejection, A great crowd gathered at the rail- road station at the appointed hour de- termined to escape from the hell-hole they were in. Someone notified the railroad officials and the train did not stop at Oak Creek but sped by at 40 miles an hour. It ran on to Pitts- burg. There a number of armed guards were put on and then the train returned to Oak Creek, In the mean- time the unemployed miners had gone back to their hovels, Efforts were made by the unemploy- ed workers to get a box car and £0 to Denver in that manner. The Denver and Salt Lake railroad refused to char- ter a box-car for the unemployed min- ers and declared that the only way in which the miners would get transpor- tation to Denver would be to pay full fare, All attempts of the miners to get cars at special rates or to get trans- ported at lower pricés failed. When the situation became threat- ening with the miners getting into worse and worse straits, the Moffat Coal company furnished $600 worth of tickets to the miners so that they could go to Denver and seek employ- ment. This company when it hires workers advances their fare—deduct- ing it from the first week's wage—and gets the miners to come to Oak Creek on the promise of steady work. The company in order to avoid the wrath of the men that it had bull-dozed bought the tickets so that they could return to Denver, oneness “The unions are the pillars of the workers’ power.”—Losovsky, T.U,E. L. CONCERT MARCH 13 AT THE 8TH ST. THEATER The international concert arranged by the T. U. BE. L, Local Chicago Group and the needle trades section of the league, March 13 at the 8th St. Theater should be supported by all left wingers in the Chicago unions. The proceeds will be used for the benefit of the left win press in the various industries. It is of the ut- most importance for the needle trades *:| workers to establish their own left wing organ which should be the con- necting link of all the militant forces in all the needle trades unions, Those who have not been in Ireland should come to the concert and they will have an opportunity to watch some real Irish stepping. The Irish and Scottish dancers should not fail to draw the old Irish and Scottish rebels on a Saturday night. Margerite Lewis, pianiste, who has appeared in & Number of concerts in other cities among other numbers will play “Revo- lutionary Etude” by Chopin, The well know labor cartoonists, Fred Ellis, Bob Minor and Lydia Gibson are offering something never before seen in Chicago, They are keeping it a secret as yet until the night of the concert but we are as- sured these artists will give us some- thing real, One more number which is going to be @ surprise will not be made public as yet. You will keep guessing, but in the meantime provide yourself with ckets for the concert from Room 87, 156 W. Washington St., 1118 West Washington Blyd., or 19 §. Lincoln St. Reserve the date, Saturday night, § o'clock sharp, at Arion Grotto (8th St. Theater), 8th St. and Wabash Ave, Tickets are 50 cents, 83 cents and $1.10, including war tax. See you Saturday! Page Three Sailors’ Lives Don’t Matter in Coastwise Trade, Boss Implies WASHINGTON—(FP)—Capt. W. J. Petersen, employment manager for | | the Pacific-American Steamship Asso-| ciation and for the Steamship Owners’ Association of the Pacifi¢ coast, told| the house committee on merchant ma- | rine and fisheries that it was unneges-| | sary and costly to place a safety| load-line on American ships in the} coastwise trade. He wanted the load- line put on American ships in foreign | trade, but not because of any desire to insure the safety of passengers or crew. He wanted tt because Japan and Britain and other nations require it of ships entering their ports. If America has no law fixing what is the load-line for safe loading of cargo in ships, these foreign governments may hold up American ships for’ in- spection, At present the shipping board vessels use the British load- line rules. Rep. Davis, backed by Andrew Fur- men’s union, demanded that coast- wise vessels be brought under the pro- posed rule, and they made Petersen admit that coastwise ships stood as much chance of sinking in bad weath- er ag do deep-sea vessels in foreign trade. One American ship out of every 125, in the years 1911-21, Davis showed, foundered while overloaded. N.Y, ITALIAN LEFTWINGERS OPEN CENTER To Rally Left Wing Trade Unionists By NICOLA NAPOLI NEW YORK—On Sunday February 21, about 60 Italian trade union left wingers inaugurated their progressive center at 42 Third Ave,, with a mem- orable banquet. Comrade Enea Sormenti was the “toastmaster.” From beginning to end we were much impressed by the cor- dial and fraternal spirit which ani- mated all the guests, The banquet was well. prepared and the small hall of the headquarters of the Italian pro- gressives was completely filled, While the coffee was served, the toastmaster introduced the first speaker, Comrade Marx, who very clearly expressed the importance of an Italian progressive center in New York. His brief speech caused enthusiasm particularly when he promised the support.of the Jewish comrades. The next speaker was Comrade Zack,-well known amongst the Italian workers, who agreed with and con- firmed the general line of the previous one. ,He spoke of the necessity of organizing the Italian elements in the various locals against the present bureaucracy, “Only when the Italian and foreign workers are well organ- ized ‘and militant can they prevent the passing in congress of anti-for- eign-born laws.” Others followed. We listened. to Amico, Fuggetta, Caico, secretary of the center, Biazzo, the persistent organizer of the Italian left wingers in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, etc. They unanimously con- demned Luigi Antonini, Salvatore Ninfo of the Sigman machine and their tactics were justly compared with those of the fascist dictator in Italy. They hailed the new center of Italian progressives as a first big step toward the organization of a sound progressive movement among the Italians, We are glad that a good number of Italians after long and effective work, has finally come together with the main purpose of educating the Italian workers, to organize strong progres- sive groups within the reactionary lo- cals of the A. C. W. of A, and of the I. L. G. W. U. and to overthrow their dictators, who today, rule and des- pise the interests of the organized working class, While Il Nuovo Mondo, the yellow organ of the trade union burocrats was severely condemned, Il Lavora- tore was greeted as the only Italian paper that has continuously and effec- tively fought for the victory of the Italian left wing in the unions, The Il Lavoratorg shall continue this fight and shall alway support the progressives in their locals until the burocrats shall be deprived of their positions. After the speeches a collection was made for the benefit of two victims of the fascist terror in Italy, and for the anthracite strike, We sincerely hope that all Italian workers will give their earnest sup- port and join this new progressive center which should develop into a large mass movement ready to fight and defeat all the labor fakers and treacherous officialdom of the trade unions, i Can't Deport Russian Without Passport, TAMPA, Fla.—Deportation of Rus- sell Klein, a Russian, ig held up at Tampa because the department of la- bor cannot obtain a Russian passport and sea captains will not take him without one, American failure to recognize the Soviet Union produces the passport difficulty. Klein is charged with writing threatening let)’ ters to President Coolidge, Get your tickets now for the rnti national concert of the T. U. E, Sat, 18, at Sth St, Theater. useth and Patrick O'Brien of the Sea-| BRITISH GOVT. TRAINS SCABS TO AID BOSSES: Conference of Minority | Movement, March 21 | By TOM MANN, | (Special to The Daily Worker) | LONDON—As with you in America, | so with us in England anything in the | nature of militant trade unionism Is | met with the most determined opposl- | tion by the bosses and by the govern- ment, For twenty-three months at- | tempts at arriving at some improved conditions for the million and a half of | workers in the engineering and ship building industry has been attempted | by the workers by means of negotia- tion, and after all this time not one | single item has been obtained, and the unions are thrown back on them- selves having decided it is useless to again meet the bosses for further friendly talks. The basic fact in con- nection with all this is the absence of militancy on the part of those who have been the spokesmen for the men. And the chief cause of this is the fact that the responsible spokes- men on the men’s behalf share the same economic views as the bosses themselves, they are thoroly bour- geois. Railroaders Betrayed, Readers of The DAILY WORKER will know that a week or two ago the railwaymen in Britain who had submitted claims for substantial im- provements after prolonged negotia tions not only did not obtain anything they had asked for but sections of them have been reduced below what they have had for years past, and again it was beyond any doubt due direetly to the fact that the men’s officials—by their boss class outlook, made it easy for the bosses to ensure a victory, There must be a stop put to this and the National Minority movement is determined to do it, The fighters in the engineers’ and railmen’s unions are naturally bitter- ly disappointed at the turn of affairs, and whilst on principle they are whole heartedly in favor of national action, seeing that for the time this is impossible they are now giving at- tention to local or district action, Government Trains Scabs, < The government is assisting in the building up of organizations of the old time Pinkerton order. They are subsidizing blackleg organizations and training blacklegs to fill key positions in the event of strikes. They are strengthening: the police force and ap- pointing special officers to be re- sponsible thruout the country, and the home secretary, Joynson Hicks, a few days ago referring to left wing activi- ties said, “Do they mean they will oppose the government scheme? Let them beware. Do they mean they will hinder the government scheme? Let them beware. Do they mean they will try to get control of food and keep it for their own class? Let them be- ware!” This indicates the kind of prepara- tion the capitalist government has al- ready set up to be used in the event of action being taken when the min- ers’ strike is on in two months time. To meet this situation, we of the Minority Movement are calling a spe- cial conference on March 21st, at which conference will be decided the action to be taken to meet the situa- tion, What the tory government will do to help the boss class is well seen in its outrageous behaviour in helping the shipowners to reduce the wages of the seagoing wireless operators, these having been locked out since November 26th because they would not submit to a reduction of twenty two shillings and six pence per month, The result is at the present time, 18 February 1926, there are thirteen hundred British vessels on the oceans without wireless operators! This isa rime against humanity! At a time too when the Atlantic’ has been more stormy than for the previous half century, and disasters have been ex ceptionally numerous, and most British ships by this disgraceful ac- tion of the British board of trade, ‘eliberately helping the shipowners, have been deaf and dumb to all ap- Deals of the helpless!’ What a humil, jation to a people hitherto proud of the traditional behavior of her sons of the sea! The coming Battersea conference of the National Minority Movement will fearlessly deal with these questions from @ workers’ class conscious view point; and I can guarantee that we shall have the militant workers of Aterica in mind and in some way or other will send our revolutionary ym to the workers of all coun tries, Plumbers Helpers’ Club of Brooklyn, New York calls on all helpers to join the club. Meetings every FRIDAY night, 8:30 p, m,, at 7 Thatford Aven Brooklyn, N.Y, meng tee