The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 25, 1926, Page 6

Page Six oo ; yc THE CALEY WORKER THE DAILY WORKER Washington Backs Brazil's League Demand Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. many should be admitted immediate-| among the nations of the world. There etd8 W, Washington Riva, COfesso, Mh). |. Feepe Menees e138 By H. M. WICKS. ly and that the question of Poland|are two ways of achieving that end; ‘ ion tone RATES ; at obese HEN the sound and fury of the bhatt yen up - the cat naay mai care he ene. or Sead ae A iy mal in joago only): y mall (eutel ing of e assembly nex eptember, | step towa: realization of the former 96.00 per year $4.50 six monthe | $6.00 per year $8.50 six months aa pbigianiyteg bh chet “ie the path was still blocked for Ger-|was made when the senate ratified $2.50 three months $3.00 three months ices flr aged srs at Deen many’s entrance by Brazil. In spite|the resolution demanding adherence Addredh all onal and take out cheeks © pe tink to. admit jeans AN a of all imprecations and maledictions|of this country to the world court, hurled against Brazil by agents of| which is the legal arm of the league other powers her representatives re-}and which formulates international mained immovable at Geneva, and| policy. A step toward the latter wag finally forced an adjqurnment with|-realized by *acking Brazil in its“de- the question of Germany’s entrance] flant stand. This two-fold policy of left over until September. Meanwhile} Wall Street will continue until the » Iinete permanent seat in the council of the THE DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chioa rr re erences | league of nations thereby carrying out J, LOUIS ENGDAHL the first and most important phase of WILLIAM F. DUNND the Locarno treaties, the role of the MORITZ J, LOEB......w —mromeewsnenenrnenn BUSINOSS Manager United States government in this af- PSII Diner aot since sano cocanssmennansttaibshs eas Ale ESAS Entered as second-class matl September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Ohi | fair will loom larger than any other ‘i " . cago, It, under the act of March 8, 1879, «single power involved with the excep-| Lcarno remains suspended in thp air) United States government (Morgan's —$—$————— $n | tion of England, between the heavenly wishes of the/executi¥e committee) gains a distinct ps Advertising rates on application. The league paul) baa Dadoind the heroes of that conference and the sol-| victory one way or another, Of course, diplomatic field of action in which id ground of realty simply because/it is necessary to keep in mind the Brazil, who was not a party to the Lo-|fact that Britain will also maneuver New Jersey Senators Fear Communism the carat” wurde -ounstoy “betw ean: be carno treaties insists upon a seat in|in every, conceivable way to thwart \ two imperialist giants of the world = * :, _}the league council, The,state depart-|the intrigues of the United States. When Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., introduced in the senate last|are carried’out.’ Tho the smaller na-) 3+ ot washington does not try to} Both DWE resekerchioeatal aa tees Saturday the resolution urging investigation by the committee On| onal anions and tho. they pe conceal from the siplomatic corps of|sourceful, with tremendous, reserve manufactures of the Passaic textile strike the two valiant senators other nations its satisfaction at the|forces thruout the whole world, - "i . ‘ : tempt thru’ thé ‘league ¢o.tealise these} | a ioe the Geneva, conference. | Whether the league survives or not, from New Jersey were instantly on their feet trying to raise a. smoke | ambitions, they can best forward their P r 6 dict weande Comb above al ih ah screen to conceal the real issue in the struggle. Since they dare not|aims by aligning themselves with one oo a Pie bey riodinttk sanontlege Pail nhegte present arguments calculated to refute the contention of the strikers |" the other of the great powers. writers at Washington, who echoes|impulse toward another world slaugh- that wages are far below the living standards of other industries, sinlonttie Setaea ee . pce iee the most vicious tendéneies of Ameri-|ter of humanity. Such an outcome can that civil liberty has been suspended and that a reign of terror apply for a’ permanent seat in the|C® imperialism, sums ‘up the matter had ue panei uy ihe woe ot exists, that police and other officials are on the payroll of the mill] council of the league, the internation- ig ; 2 ing the lead for nie of onlay amon owners, that the right of habeas corpus is denied workers, and that|@l experts of the house of Morgan ‘Of all:the nations south of Mexi- ; : ie i co the traditional frignd of the Unit- |the oppressed of the capitalist na- strikers are held’ without bail on trumped up charges and sentenced patent Jeeta te arew eee ed States has*been Brazil, Whether |tions., The next world war must be to long prison terms without the benefit of legal counsel that men, |into the sphere of «England. When| it be in Latin-American diplomacy pede et ee Cbeatiey eo women and children are beaten and trampled and that streams of|France brazenly encouraged Poland| °F world affairs, ace pee ran ao teipactaalet eo canensiis ie Warstic water are turned upon peaceful citizens in the dead of winter, these|—a government that was created es-| more than a century close to Wash- for advantages over one another we * ‘ A jally t ve thi ds of French} ington. That is why there is more | textile senators raise the cry of Communism. topetipitane oe ad en Re ‘Buropean| oF less sympathy: in bfficial circles |™ust strive with all our might to cre- Needless to state, it was not Communism that caused the long|hegemony—to apply for a permanent| here with the insistence of Brazil |Ste that unity of organization of the i a ‘ P ” oppressed of the world that can turn list of grievances of the Passaic strikers. However, we can state|seat to “WMsct Germany, the Wall| 0n a seat in the council.” is ativikaton bat ween xousehtaehte tae without fear of contradiction that such conditions furnish the}Street gang and its government at| The outcome of the Geneva confer-|,, ..,olutionary struggles against im- . . ij Washington was pleased. But, asjence and the split in the league is material foundation for our movement to grow and to the extent yet, the control of France by: Atmeri-|the handiwork of Wan Street— of perialism everywhere, ihat we can take advantage of the situation we will do so, As Com-}¢can finance capital is not sufficiently |that there can be no question or W N munists, we proclaim that we are the vanguard of the working class, |complete to enable Wall Street to rely |doubt. Since last September, when ot Beco we have no intersets separate and apart from the interests of the | exclusively upon its maneuvers. So/the league became the special instru- y me a 2 i the large South American nation of|ment of Britain, the policy of the b ? working class and wherever there are labor struggles we endeavor Brasil dsmbiided a: seat’ on theccouisl URMAd eS poveriinant Alan heat Worker Correspondent? to direet the action of the masses into effective channels. cil. ‘And, even after Briand, the|directed toward ousting Britain from| Be a worker correspondent. It pays Mr. Austen Chamberlain, foreign minister of Great Britain, the leader of If-the New Jersey senators are so sure they can prove Com-{French premjer, had agreed that Ger-lits diplomatically strategic position|for the workers. It hurts the bosses.| the League of Nations and the chief oppressor of colonial peoples. munism a menace to the inhabitants of their state why do they op- pose an investigation by a senatorial committee? We, as Commun- a : : ‘ ists, recognize that the government itself is an instrument of op- y e urriers ee e = our ee pression of the capitalist class, yet we advocate an investigation, because we know evidence can be produced proving that the woolen mills of New Jersey are operated on a parasitic basis, that they By HARRIET SILVERMAN, destroy more human material in the form of labor power than any] pirector Workers’ Health Bureau. other industry; that they realize greater profits thru monopolistic 2 phair os thousand organized fur advantages granted them by the Fordney-McCumber tariff for which workers now on strike in New ~ * * York City, the leading fur center of Senator Edge voted; that woman and child slavery exists to an aP-| the country, ‘are: demanding ‘euial di- palling degree and that the death rate and infant mortality are |vision of work as a partial remedy higher than in any other industry in ‘the whole United States. | against seasonal work and unemploy-|sents a danger to°Workers and to|of 50; therefore it would-seem fair Furthermore, as Communists, we are perfectly willing to explain | ment, and the. 40-hour week to reduce |those who wear thé finished furs as|to conclude that physical disability A ; Seotieuktannt n the time spent, under conditions that | ye1), wpe in that 1 to any committee conducting an investigation the role we endeavor ee menage to health, ‘The United Ww compels their early retirement’ from to play in. this strike and all strikes. We fear no investigation and | states census ‘of manufacture's latest have nothing to canceal. figures throw some interesting light ~~ But will Senator Edwards, the Tammanyite servant of Wall bus the seasonal nature of the indus- Street, dare to reveal before an investigation committee the role ee nas {iS"thouth of October, 1923, plays and his connection with the textile barons of New Jersey? |; 762 workers, were employed, but by Will Walter E. Edge, the New Jersey republican acolyte of the | January. this number had ge vA a -Cooli regi E before such a committee and | minimum of 6,065; in other words, ors ater SeMne, dare b9 pine ge Been cece tins | practically -nait 6r the workers in the explain his textile connections? It would e exceed: gly Cl ate werd’ aemiployed. On top of to know the connection between campaign contributions and the-con- | iyi. economic chaos the workers are cern the New Jersey senators evince for the unrestricted right of the | exposed to health dangers which sap mill owner to carry on their reign of plunder and butchery un- Sai bison tt an extent that is hampered Uy labor laws and unembarrassed by investigations that | °° Aas, : = Dust-Laden Shops. might expose them to the whole world. a p he Ae te tee atone is Yatlan with Senator Edge was most vindictive in his distribe against Com-|yarmtul dust fromanimal skins that s and indulged in expressions of moral indignation that “en-j}have been dyéd with powerful chem!- ment s » given a doctrine which fundamentally is op-|cals. This attacks the throat, lungs, ment should be given a do iy Pp: Pecthalory araten, Heart end. Book tissues of the body, such asthe heart yper cent of these 542 furriers exam-|signs of bronchitis, it is our. feeling and nervous system, ¢auses skin erup-| ined were under 40 years of age’.and | that a much greater number of such tions, irritated eyelids, disturbances | only 10 per cent were over 50 years | cases exist than could possibly be dis- covered at a single examination.” Similar comment is made on the tu- berculosis cases and attention drawn to the fact that if the workers.in the trade “had more freely shared their confidence as to their personal his- Biséase!on the increase. tory, instead of @ scant 12.per cent of | mat exhausting conditions of work respiratory _ailments,.and a still ang occupational hazards have not {> smaller number of skin diseases which creased in the past 10 years is str were discovered, the number would ingly brought out by an exami indoudtedly ave been more than | or 289 turriers completed for the fur- -« riers’ union. This study shows a de- There were actually 162 cases of | cided increase in' the number of work- skin disease due to the poisons used ers suffering from disturbances of the in the trade. Dr. Harris observes that | nose, throat and air’passages, Where because examinations were made in|the 1916 study showed 5.9 per cent winter there were probably fewer casés of bronchitis, the 1926 report cases of skin diseases than would oth-| shows 14.5 per cent, an increase of erwise have been present, 245 per Gent. Whereas in 1915 12 The examination also showed the] per cent of the workers had throat general breakdown of the health of |trouple (laryngitis and pharyngitis) turriers—67 workers anaemic, 18 oth-| the 1926 report shows almost double ers were suffering from marked mal-|the number, 21.7 per cent. Acute ir- nutrition and -74 were suffering from | ritations of the nose and throat show diseases of the heart. nf ait the same alarming increase—29.7 per It is more than likely that, many |cent in 1915 as against 53.9 per cent signs of disease _were . overlooked.|in 1926, The report discloses other This is because all the necessary equally significant danger signs, such urine; and blood tests. were not. made. t as 12.5 per cent of the workers suf- Without these tests it is impossible | ering from neurasthenia and 38.6 per to discover what is going on in the human body. In a seasonal trade such as the furriers with periods of speeding-up alternating with months of unemployment, want and hardship, the strain of trying to make ends meet is bound to have its effect. Anaemia, malnutrition and neurasthe- nia are only some,of the results. of the air passages—nose and throat | of age. From this the report draws —and of the digestive system. One j|the conclusion that “the working: peo. ery noticeable symptom is dryness, |ple engaged in the furriers: trade are soreness and hoarseness of the|surely not in such financial .cireum- throat, a frequent Complain among |stances as to be able to retire volun- furriers, The use of arsenic repre-|tarily from business before ithe age Since “many of the furs are in| vocational activity.” In other words, whole or in part dye@®with chemicals | workers are compelled to leave this containing lead, this “constitutes an|industry. because their health,.and additional source of*Wanger,” states |strength have been shattered. The Koker and Hayhiirs€ in “Industrial |medical findings brought out in Dr. Health.” Lead is a’ménace to health, | Harris’ report show the direct effect It affects the blood’ vessels, causes |of working conditions on the Aealth of hardening of the afteries, colic and |furriers, aap At paralysis. The poisofmay act slowly! ‘The most oustandin; health danger and insidiously so that before the | gisclosea re this eae isudust, asa worker realizes what § troubling him | result of which 251 workersy over 46 his health has alreatly been under-| per cent, were found suffering from mined. ya ‘ disturbance’ of the nose, throat and What Medical Exarfinations Show. |air passages. In addition there were In 1915 Dr, Louig’T. Harris, now |i2 cases of furriers’ asthma, 11,:cases commissioner of health of New York, |of tuberculosis and 7 of emphysema investigated working conditions in |(a disturbance ofthe lung tissue) ‘and 113 fur factories and_ ‘Arranged for the|32 sub-acute and chronic» cases of medical examinations of 542 furriers. | bronchitis. Regarding bronchitis; the Only 77 of these Workers, a little)|report states: “Altho only thirty-two over 14 per cent had no physical dé | (slightly less than 6 per cent of:those fects. The striking,fact is that 72 |examined) were found to have definite munis courag' posed to the sacredness of contract.” Edge has a record in the sen- resulting in the inevitable breakdown ate that eloquently testifies to his lofty ideals of government and|o¢ the body and the scrapping of Pd Ro sgie sieaicn i cncieeein . sacredness of contract to serve the people who elected him to office. | workers in the prime of ed x beet - the old positions and stabilize itself |since nailers stand up all day “ft He displays his exalted principles on every occasion by voting for ane heniee: victims of the industrial Tendencies in World Trade Union Movement on the theory-and-practice of reform-| cutters most. of the time. every demand of the thoroly corrupt republican administration. |* pate habit Whven cheat ism. Whereas the social-democsats| The conclusion to draw from these When Trumen H. Newberry debauched with millions of dollars the|;, 4 powerful incentive for using intentionally seek no new paths, or]findings is that dangerous working near gre a ie into the senate reeking with|highly poisonous dyes to transform The following is the first of a [separate facts and give his diagnosis ek them where they will least find | conditions are undermining the health whole state of Michigan and came i 9. nae ia A skins, Australian rabbit and| S¢Ties of articles on present tend- Jof what ails “stabilized” European|them, the minds of the masses are|of fur workers and that immediate tilth and corruption the eminent Senator Edge of New Jersey voted Pe Tanti ‘animals, into imitations | ecles in the international labor | capitalism. International social-demo- | stoping towards 6ome way out; The safeguards are necessary in all shops to seat him, slime and all. of genuine furs, which are sold under} ™Oovement by the president of the |cracy has long since lost all ability |OPPression and pressure are far too|to get rid of existing hazards. Spe- The enmity of such creatures as Edwards and Edge will not! trades names especially invented for =e International of Labor ‘|for ee rae ed Gore, seep a te keke cep min oarete is we 18k Aye n fo ve Pye . n = i his dan- nions, events, e reformists have long en ) harm our movement, but instead will distinguish us and we will do ne yl gmneeetnied ified “a By A. LOZOVSsKy. living from hand: to mouth trying to| Method has ‘been tried 4nd found |but from all indications these have all in our power to merit their hatred as long as’ they live. If the ale CRoview, for February, 1926 ARTICLE I. give answers to individual questions} Wanting; reformism has shown all it|been flagrantly ignored. There can New Jersey workers come to know them as well as we know them calls attelition to ih Sat: that “Ow. It is more than two years since the} Without being able to lay down ‘any | May ever have been ‘capable of. be mo defense for a situation of this sy will repudiate the republican and democratic parties represented | ing to the extraordinary number of | third congress of the Red Internation- |2€w line on the basis of the new ¢on-| All past and present social-demo- | kind in the fur industry in New York they will rey af is is f ditions, Run thru the files of” cratic governments have proved to be | City, the richest fur center in the by these creatures and will rally behiud the slogan for a labor party | legal proceedings against furriers in|al of Labor Unions, and we can now . Run thru the files of ‘the so- se : h “al ch 4 i y h litical | England on ‘the complaint that cus-|look around us and, take stock of all |cial-democratic and Amstétdam press |Hothing but the tools of the bourge-|country with products valued at $155,- that. will challenge the agents of the mill owners on the ‘politic tomers developed dermatitis or skin | that has happened. “During that, time ]@ud you will seek in vain for an‘ an-| ile defending it even Sole J extent} 000,090 out of '® total of $198,000/000 yield the same as they now hurl defiance at their minions who try infection from wearing dyed furs, a|@urope has gone” fi “stabilizing,” |Swer as to what is to be done today ot organizing strike-breakers against|for the entire country. . to beat them off the picket line, by using policemen’s clubs as Poli-|jeading insurance company found it|happy humanity hag*had it dinned in-|— not a single new thought, “not a sere out on strike, belon ging t ; Ogcupational diseases are caused by tical arguments. so unprofitable to insure against this to its ears, not only by the lead-|single new idea, pe pope Menti: Yop only bi bo: ioe a es, by fumes, — ee re ‘ ' 1 danger that they discontinued writing |ing lights of the boUfgeoisie, but by Socialists Talk Peace. . P min Mapes Bah hppa” ne cae ss: Ares Cae roe A < h Ww hi Cl such policiés.” t! of bo ye xd ind bone eps Het ae ope old musty tall of demo- Aah Bae: in peg e ontop A aout cha e the Weonts pited up “4 ‘The New York state department of |dam Internationals well, Ye! is }cracy, of peace in industry, the wis- Wiz; a Disarming the ore IRE id labor industrial hygiene «bulletin for |odd that the more Europe has “stabil-|dom of popular government, eed ces to the motherland by the Mac. | the ifidustry would provide mechant- Behind the announcement that Chicago detectives are to. be November, 1925, also points out the |ized” the more disq#i@ting and uncer-| tions from the league of ions and nald’s government, and what is at |cal devices urgently needed to remove 1 « present being done jn Sweden and dyst, and all other necessary safe- given “tear bullets” for use in their: revolvers ‘lies the larger fact | danger ftom! dyes, describing — ae id OA entakeee eerie until rengh pi Sag se pears pny Denmark where the Worthy: 4 ards for the control of present haz- | ‘ ce is “eH iti i i larly the ‘effects of ursol (parapheny- | today, at the begin oO} , We are |to the good faith of the rgeoisie, &, oct t 8 that the whole police force of this “elt and other cities is being vied dsaithe), | Ureol te: one,of the| teced with K'inoe: pebCound crisis that land. an asdent ambition nak besive mocrats are prot tases \ ; { prepared to handle rebellious “mobs' of workers by the latest and most powerfully poisonous dyes used |is shaking all Europe. Britain, France, |somehow or other at the dignity of a fo the great harm of’ ‘the _.» Need Health Protection. f jnost approved mass methods. in the industry. According to Dr.|Germany, Poland,.the Seandinavian | ministerial portfolio — that 1g all you | 8t trade unions. |, X vast sacrifice of life and lim These bullets, which were invented by a Cleveland chemist, fit] Alice Hamilton, a leading industrial ot Balkan Aaa all oy in one [are likely to glean from the multitude Left Wing Grow aria Rei step ws Wwe : into the ordinary police revolver and’ produce upon striking their rae prrcayy Abort rine another bap ok is of this jot fe saegntoragae yaa papers.” by the masses, amoi - nates the world in economic resou vietim an effect similar to that of the “tear” bombs used in the |iitts of bronchitis and asthma,” | During the time hat there was 80 | ino unbridled trscion veajee Ramee Po pan gt pate Foe wealth: Lane nest Exec world war. Five hondred of them have been ordered by the Chicago] yjinions ‘of: far skins dyed with para-}much noise about the “stabilization | ing the whole of its welght against the Cai” fee Y. mark, 4 pea eisai ee hig ier police department after a demonstration. The bullets cost only 50/phenylene diamine in New York are ase bees mpeg Pree yt pespenre reformist organizations, reformist | meh peeps er pregyrsd rsd Pedal race ~~ oe cents each compared to the $7 for a “tear” bomb. ites mockery adn tar pba Bs re abt its most elementary cats be ipnritag Ao rey in to conceive | present search for a way out of the |of fighting for safeguards. Under cap- The increasing tendency to restrict the use of firearms to only iy acenendaar against which theland has been successful to a certain ager ye Arte ant ae caiapusalins mess they are in; Opposition currents |italism strength and energy are those officially licensed gives the police authorities a monopoly on] insurance companies have taken ac-|¢xtent, thanks to the economic crisis |ine exis ing regime, Reformism has Haallheseos we diga ht Ve ee “dist ri aba Da dry aoe ‘+h weapons and thus operates, along with the exclusive control} tion, that is sticking like a shadow to the | stopped at and stabilized itself on the |” i ¥: Oe ee hop aae Treen ieongary wer r invariably such 1 d the risk of poisoning trom |Present “stabilized” Europe. evel! has taken shape — that left wing that} pays the price. Every health measure of such new inventions as those of “tear bullets,” “armor plate tae hice ves Arche te ive Ritotalite Benkiupt holy pri heals soa etiam ree stands between the R. I. L. U. and the |as well as every slight economic ad- vests,” ete., to keep the working class quite unarmed. are the chiet health*dangers of the! Perhaps the most characteristic fea-|no great wish to notice that the bour. EA TB or Be Se al adn ns ae gained only as the result Add to this the bourgeois propaganda for pacifism, and youlfur trade. The dust is thrown off injture seen against the background of | geoisie has sucked out of reformism ed character, epee i real threat i Pai ied oa hazards in the furriers’ would, if this process were not checked by other forces—and partic-|brushing, pulling, clipping and han-|the continuous crisis, growing unem- |all it needed and now, instead of being to orthodox feformism, trade ae within control and should y fe i . > id * , ‘ain, - terly helpless labor movement in this country. sages, The poisons used in the trade | worsening of working conditions {s | tensification of the political and econ. ria Leth ih alle yey oes bp ise bevel utd week is ae ential 4} cause skin diseases and more serious |the behavior of the leaders of the |omic crisis, a weakening of the stab- Asta one pagt ral pe tt pecans op page rien! tov Po bis Get a member of the Workers Party and a new subseription | internal ciara anes Poe hay oe 4p Anaad Paty. org prwpirs natd we a ie of shouting Belgium’ and in Czecho-Slovakia Peg the oaeers of harentat conditions and 7 sen 9 4 Arsenic Poisoning Great, an eir national sections, ‘Not a|about Europe's pacification and stabil- M for The DAILY WORKER, Arsenic is one of the poisons often |single socialdemocratic party, not a|ization, and reformism adapting itself rvirk pease Fg yeild et at the seme time would help to used as a preservative of skins, The |single true-blue Le og organiza-|to the growing reaction — such-are tious fet Chis: Abate aloe ta y area, hides are treated With a mixture of jtion has made any jeffort to get to|the outstanding features of the pres- > red arsenic and lime, Arsenic is light }the bottom of the is, to its causes, |ent phase, ‘ ‘ syed pacity Page haptoe er ne or Pel "juadae ee peony hip ruben eau npr rersgted fear Gli political conclusions) ut though f ‘toned iby the -bourge- |instability .ot capitalism and the sta-| pared to draw up a set of health regu- CAUSE jes easily, - ‘ects . " ois state in y countries and pb; and ossifica' . skin, is absorbed by the blood, Not one of the ye of social de-}the social demovratic ¢"tanization, baa jane ms Hea oto setonty pct the fone ¢t E tacks the most important organs has tried to generalize these working oh (4 bres is ment t