The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 8, 1926, Page 3

| IL ‘SIMPLE’ WILLIAM WOULD KNOW WHY COOLIDGE DELAYS Green Gets Angry at the President (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 6.—Following upon disclosures that President Coo- ldge ts “studying” the financial bur- den involved in raising the civil service retirement pensions to a max- imum of $100 a month, Wiliam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, issued a statement denounc- ing further delay in the enactment of this legislation. “While persons in high authority publicly state that they favor the re- tirement bill,” Green declared, “at the same time they injure the cause of the federal employes by raising fic- titious issues. “The same campaign from hidden sources caused the defeat of the bill in the last congress. The Dill had passed the senate unanimously and could have passed the house also by a practically unanimous vote if it had been permitted to come before that body. 'The civil service committees of the senate and house ie unani- mously approved of the There os no opposition in* either committee in the present congress and both are anxious to report the measure favorably. Every member of the cabinet in his report to congress has favored @ change in the law. The president has favored a change. Hear- ings have continued for weeks and not a single witness has testified against liberalization of the retire- ment law. “Is it any wonder, therefore, that not only the federal employes ‘but the people generally are anxious to know what influence is holding up a vote? What is the hidden power that pre vents members of congress from vot- ing on the measure?” Cooke; Waiters and Soda Clerks Start Organization Drive By CARL HAESSLER, (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) Cooks, waiters and soda clerks are catching the fewer of organization in Chicago and follow the machinists, millinery workers, laundry workers, ladies’ garment workers and cemetary employes in union drives. A practical measure of directing public pressure toward organization is the proposal to leave no tips for waiters or wai- tresses who do not wear the button of the union. Pickets in front of three struck laundries are being arrested in spite of the law limiting injunctions which ‘was wrung from the Illinois legis- lature last summer. The Chicago Laundry Owners’ Association is ad- vertising in the Negro press ( a sure sign that the strike is erippling the owners) that there is no strike—only propaganda. It further states that the workers are “all satisfied, well paid, well treated and would not leave their present positions on a promise of more pay elsewhere.” The fact is that the colored girls on strike had ‘been getting $8 a week and the men $12. The ad is a disguised appeal for strikebreakers, LY WORKER Page Three NATIONAL SECURITY LEAGUE CALLED IN BY BOSSES TO BREAK STRIKE OF THE PASSAIC TEXTILE WORKERS (Special to The Daily Worker) PASSAIC, N.,J., April 6.—J. Robert O’Brien, who has been chasing around the country scaring the dollars out of the pockets of businessmen for the National Security League by telling hair-raising tales of the “coming revo- lution,” is now in Passaic playing the credulity of the Babbitts. At a gathering of the Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and Exchange clubs he, in his most dramatic manner, told the fat little businessmen that the Passaic textile strike was the result of a plot¢¢————_____________. on the part of the New York Bol- shevists and that the great power be- hind the strike was Ben Gitlow, a “pardoned convict.” He pointed out to the nit-wits that had assembled that this strike was but a rehearsal and preparation of the forces “for a bigger and more serious. fight later.” Tries to Get the “Cash.” After he had sufficiently frightened these Babbitts he sought to touch their pocketbooks to aid the “great cause” that he had “devoted” himself to, O’Brien declared that it was the intention of the National Security League to hold a series of meetings in Passaic. This is an attempt on the part of this aggregation that spent most of its time during the war spy- ing on labor unions and causing active union workers to be jailed and per- secuted, to break the strike of the Passaic strikers. The Passaic work- ers should be careful of any of the elements associated with O’Brien or the National Security League. Bryan Proven Stoolpigeon. Jack Bryan, a stoolpigeon, calling himself a “free lance speaker,” was on the same platform at the Smith Academy with O’Brien making ground- (Continued from page 1) press reports of Mussolini’s latest re- fusal to permit elections for the Ital- fan parliament. An appeal to all Masons in the senate to vote in ac- cordance with their duty to protect Masons who have been persecuted by the Italian black shirts, was publish- ed by a fraternal paper in the capital that devotes much space to klan ac- tivities. It pointed out that two-thirds of the senate membership belong to the Masonic order. The published statements of Mus- solini, hinting his dreams of colonial expansion for Italy, are playing a part in turning sentiment against the set- tlement on the ground that it merely enables the dictator to secure the funds without which the prosecution of his ideas are impossible. To Block Loans. Progressives in the senate helieve that the Italian debt settlement pact has been crippled, if not killed. Forty- five senators are listed as having stated their imtention to vote to re- commit the bill to the senate commit- tee on finance. As only 49 votes are needed to make an absolute majority, it is conceded by the administration forces that the fate of the measure is at least doubtful. If the bill goes back to committee, it will not emerge during the present session. In that case Mussolini will get no more loans in Wall Street, and the senate will have done what it can to hinder his making war this year. Election Contest Delays Devision The debt settlement will be. side- tracked Monday to permit the senate to take up the Brookhart-Steck election contest. This threatens to be bitter- ly fought and may last the whole week. The delay is not calculated Lirrte Rep Lisrary No, E1cur 1871 Pash Plan to Delay Debt Approval A new pamphiet by the author i . . The Paris Commune The Zeigler ‘ Frame-Up By Max Shachtman ==10 Cents “This history. , . is due to their =— children, to all the workingmen of + the earth. The child has the right Lenin, to know the reason of its paternal Liebknech: defeats, the Socialist party, the cam- It, paign of its flag in all countries. He Luxemburg who tells the people revolutionary legends, he who amuses them with =10 Cents sational stories, criminal as geographer who would draw up false charts for navigation.”—Lissa- garay. Bweive copies ot TEN CENTS 1871—THE PARIS COMMUNE will be sent for one dollar, Published by the Daily Worker Publishing Company, MM CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY Meat Market ‘ Restaurant IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONSUMER, Bakery deliveries made to your home, FINNISH CO-OPERATIVE TRADING ASSOCIATION, Inc. (Workers organized as consumers) 4301 8th Avenue Brooklyn, N. Y.. wards Ameri ocrat, less accusations against the strikers and assailing the character of the strike leadership, An admission fee was charged so that the Passaic textile workers would not be able to enter the hall and give the lie to the accusations of this tool of the Passaic textile barons. Bryan has tried to pose as the in- jured innocent when he was bounced from the strike committee. Strikers can now see that this injured innocent is only a tool of the National Security League and the bosses and when he was on the strike committee he was there for the express purpose of spy- ing on the activities-of the strikers ‘and reporting the proceedings to the bosses. Bryan and O'Brien announced that the proceeds of their meeting was to go towards the relief of the Passaic strikers who have no connection with or have sympathy for the Commun- ist Party, Arrest 134 Pickets. One hundred and thirty-five pickets have been arrested by the police of Passaic and surrounding towns since the strike started, to improve the chances for favorable action on the Italian controversy. Propaganda for Concellation. The proposed debt settlement met a barrage of oratorical opposition last week and the results were evident in the comparatively weak defense put up by the administration spokes- men. Senator Howell, (R) of Ne- braska, based his opposition on the contention that the armistice had hardly been signed before the British chancellor of the exchequer had hint- ed thé possibility of a mutual cancel- lation of inter-allied debts. From this time on, with increasing frequency the responsible officials of the European governments concerned have harped upon the ultimate pro- bability and the immediate need of such’ a step, he charged, backing his statements by copies of official cor- respohdence between the various gov- ernment heads. He contended that the patt wiped out the principal of $2,150,151,000 due the United States and imposed besides an annual deficit of $67,067,000 on the interest charge. This represents the difference be- tween the 1.1 per cent which Italy would actually pay annually as in- terest'and the 4.25 per cent. which the United States is obligated to pay the holders of its liberty bond issues, out of the proceeds of which the Italian loans were made. England, Better Bargainer, Great Britain, Howell pointed out, had obtained more favorable terms than the United States, As Senator Borah brot out in his speech a little later, the Italian debt mission, fresh from their success in driving a bar- gain with America, had gone to Lon- don and there agreed to pay England $22,500,000 a year for the first five years of the agreement. This com- pared with the $5,000,000 a year which was all the American debt commission could get out of them, Borah explained. The British, in ad- dition, were to get 5 per cent interest annually while the United States got nothing. Moreover, Howell pointed out, Italy agreed to allow the British gov- ernment to retain as security $108,- 114,000 in gold, which has been on deposit in the Bank of England since the last part of the world war, Approved Without Discussion. Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississip- pi, in a speech which denounced the agreement as a. discrimination against the other ally nations, declared, with- out any contradiction from Smoot, the chairman of the debt board, that the finance committee of the senate had had no opportunity of discussing the pact. “It came before the finance committee,” he continued, explaining that he was on this committee, “and it was not discussed for as much as half an hour. Nobody knew anything about it except the Senator from Utah, Mr. Smoot, and he would not tell, nor did he. tell us.” Territorial Gains Versus Debts, In his address, Borah emphasized the fact that the European Powers were charging the United States with trying to extort huge payments from them, all the while ignoring their own extraction of installments on the basis of a $10,000,000,000 reparation from Germany and the vast territorial gains they secured from the world- war, Great Britain alone getting 1,600,000 square miles, Getting Nowheres, The fruit of three years settlement of the British debt upon the basiy of “capacity to pay,” Borah declared, “was @ campaign for debt cancella- tions and a growing bitterness, to- a abroad, Another dem- McKellar, of Tennessee, in speaking against the settlement, term- ed Mussolini a “bandit dictator.” itandpat Republloans For, Senators Edge, of New Jersey, and David A. Reed, of Pennsylvania, both republicans, spoke in favor of the bill, Sp annua WOMEN’S COUNCIL HELPS TO FEED MILL STRIKERS Deliver Two T ruckloads of Food (Special to The Daily Worker) PASSAIC, N, J., April 6.—Last Wed- nesday was a great day for the women of the United Council of Workingclass Housewives, as well as for the kiddies of the Passaic textile strikers. At 10 o'clock sharp in the morning, the women of) the council left New York with two trucks packed with food and clothing for the Passaic strikers, singing all the-way. They were met by the camera men of the general relief committee of the Passaic strikers. They were photo- graphed with the big ‘banners an- nouncing the opening of the kitchen to feed the strikers’ children and help win the strike, and calling upon other women to join them. * Parade Passaic, Afterwards they formed in line with the banners, and proceeded to the kitchen at'25 Dayton avenue. They were met by the members of the Pas- saic branch of the U. C. W. H., who are in charge of the kitchen and also by women'strikers. From the kitchen they marched from hall to hall where the strikers/hold their meetings. They were. fecelyed with enthusiasm and applause, They marched for hours thru the Passaic streets where the workers met them with joy. New Councils. Women are joining the councils and forming new ones. Newark has organized a council of housewives and is very enthusiastic and doing all they can for the kitchen, The United Coun- cil of Working Class Housewives ap- peals to the women and women's or- ganizations to help feed the hungry children of the Passaic strikers and help win the strike, Money, checks can be sent to the Relief United Council of Working Class Housewives, 80 East llth St., Room 422, marked for kitchen, or to Mrs. Raskin, secretary, Passaic ‘branch, ¢éfe of General Relief Com- mittee for Passaic Strikers, Passaic, N. J. Reactionary Head of British Seamen’s Union Asks Bosses for Relief LONDON, April 6. — Havelock Wil- son, the ultra-reactionary president of the National Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union, hag. appealed to the national maritime,.board,, composed of rep- resentatives of the union and the ship- ping interests which broke last sum- mer’s maritime strike, for relief to the families of the strikers. The bosses donated almost $6,000 in re- sponse to his plea, made in person. Wilson got on his hands and knees to prove that 90 per cent of the union members loved the king and queen and the dégenerate Prince of Wales, their future ruler. The terrible Bol- shevik minority, he claimed, had in- timidated the whole organization in- to striking, Hypocritical Sympathy. In reply, F. C. Allen, chairman of the shipowners’ section of the board, declared that huge losses had been suffered as a result of the demoraliza- tion of shipping, both by the com- panies themselves and the fruit grow- ers of Australia and New Zealand. However, he stated that “something must be done for the suffering women and children,” It is doubtful if Havelock Wilson’s action avill do him any good, tho the gift from the shipping corporations was clearly made in order to increase his prestige with the union members. Wilson is one of the very worst of the English labor skates, Steam Shovelmen Go on . * : Strike in Washington —- ° WASHINGTON, —(FP)—April 6.— Steam shoyelmen and hoisting engin- eers on building construction work in Washington have struck for a $12 day in place of the old wage which was $10. They have tied up construction Jobs that involve an ultimate expendi- ture of $15,000,000. About 135 men are concerned, They belong to the Steam and Operative Engineers Un- ion. Local papers at once raised an alarm becausé contracts for repair of city streets and for building of additional schools were held by firms that refused to grant the raise, Sup- port has béen pledged these 17 con- tractors ‘by the Operative Builders Association, Four other trades in the building industry in the city have demanded from $1 to $2 a day increase, and the contractors propose to resist them all, beginning with the steam shovel- men. Similar contests two years ago and a year ago by various building trades in the capital were won by the unions, ey A sub a day will help to drive eapital away. No mattér what your allment, for Expert Diagnosis and Quick Results Dr. J. J. Scholtes, D. C. 2447 Lorain Ave., Cor, W, 25th St, CLEVELAND, OH10, = Lingoin 2888 ee. eee ne |The Birds That Guard the Vultures The Wealth of Wall Street Robbed from Labor Is Well Protected. GHAIN STORES MAKE PROFIT OF $10,000,000 Realize 50 Per Cent On Original Investment By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press. Huge profits that would be divided among consumers if business were organized on a co-operative basis are revealed in the 1925 reports of the mail order houses and chain store cor- porations. Ten of these big distribut- ing concerns in 1925 handled over a billion dollars of business. Their profits totaled nearly $100,000,000, A. & P. Not Included. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea com- pany is not included in this group because its report is not yet out. Its inclusion would bring the total sales to over $1,500,000,000. A. & P., with its 14,000 stores, selling about $450,- 000,000 of goods in the year is un- approached by any other chain sys- tem. Sears Roebuck. Sears Roebuck leads the present list with sales of $258,342,236 in 1925. But its $20,975,304 profit is second to Woolworth’s 10c stores. The Sears Roebuck profit represents a return of $20.87 a share on the common stock outstanding. Since 1910 stockholders have received in stock dividends 2% additional shares for every one origi- nally held, So the 1925 profit means 73 per cent on the original investment, 5 & 10 Profits. Woolworth comes second in total sales with a 1925 record of $236,032,- 946, Its $24,601,764 profit leads the parade, Woolworth owners profit more than 1c out of each 10c purchase. These profits mean a return of $9.46 on a $25 sharevof common stock. Tak- ing into account the expansion of ‘holdings thru stock dividends the 1925 profits are more than 60 per cent on their investment, Woolworth is op- erating 1,423 stores in the United States, 203 in England and one in Cuba, 50 Per Cent Profits. The profits of 6 of the 10 big dis- tributing corporations in this list gave the owners at least 50 per cent on their original investment. Since full information on stock dividends is not available this is probably an under- statement. By plowing back the huge surplus profits which remain after cash dividends the owners are extend- ing their control of the country’s dis- tribution system, In England and Russia chain store distribution on a national basis thru consumer co-operatives is as fully es- tablished with savings to the con- sumer and decent wages to the work- ers employed. In the United States, according to department of labor fig- ures, the employes of the big distribut- ing corporations are universally un- derpald, Pycckaa Beyvepunka A Russian vecherinka, concert and dance jwill be given by the Wicker Park jan Children’s School on Saturday, April 10, at the Workers’ House, 2 W, Division St, The chil- dven of the school wil) particlpate in the program,’ Tick#ys in advance $0 cents, at the door Ld tani! Boginning at & pm id gilt ANTI-ALIEN LAW IS OPPOSED BY TWO PROFESSORS Write Letters to Boston Conference (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, April 6. — The Boston Council for the Protection of the For- eign-Born has received from Profes- sors Zachariah Chafee, Jr., and Felix iFrankfurter statements indicating their opposition to the legislation] which has been proposed calling for the registration, finger-printing, photo- graphing and deportation of non-citi- zens. Ina letter dated March 24 Pro- fessor Chafee says: “I am opposed to the proposed legislation.” Emphatic Letter, Professor Frankfurter makes the following emphatic statement in a let- ter dated March 30: “I am thoroly opposed to the various bills now pend- ing before congress for the registra- tion of aliens.” Coming from two legal authorities of such undoubted stand- ing, this condemnation of the proposed legislation will carry considerable weight with all opensminded citizens. Conference April 4. A conference of labor and fraternal organizations is being held on Sunday, April 4, at the American House in Boston for the purpose of co-ordinating the campaign against these bills. Pro- fessor Harry W. L. Dana will be the chief speaker. Interested organiza- tions are invited to attend. Your neighbor will appreciate the favor—give him this copy of the DAILY WORKER. WARSHIPS OF U.S. AID CHILD LABOR BOSSES IN CHINA Columbia Students Aid Chinese Brothers (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Aipril 6. — American marines and gunboats are protecting those who benefit by inhuman work- ing conditions in China, declared Jean Dickinson, professor of economics at Peking un at a mass meeting ot American students at Columbia unt- versity. Cancellation of all unequal treaties with China and America’s withdrawal from the protocol of 1901 were demanded by the students, num- bering 2,000 or more. “Mothers are forced to work 14 and 16 hours during the day or night while their babies lie on the floor near the machines,” declared Dickinson. “They are beaten by the managers for trivial annoy: and then when their long day’ S finished, they are herded into filthy pens called workers’ homes and paid at the rate of 25 cents a day. These are the working conditions which American marines and gunboats are perpetuat- ing in China.” U. S. Imperialism Responsible, American imperialism wes respon sible for the killing of the 2 students in Peking on March 15, declared Pro- fessor Harry F. Ward, head of the American Civil Liberties Union, au- other speaker. “The students were shot,” he stateti, “during a peaceful demonstration against the acceptance of the 24-hour ultimatum presented by the foreign powers, including Amerti- ca, who threatened to use force un- less the business interests of their nationals were accorded special pro- tection and privileges. The right for such privileges is claimed because of certain unequal treaties which were presented to China at the point of the bayonet and are now being main- tained by marines and gunboats. We, as American citizens, demand that America stop building gunboats for use on the Yangtze river, that she cease quartering thousands of marines in the cities of a peaceful nation, and that she refuse to support the other imperialistic nations in their policy of the ruthless shooting of Chinese stu- dents.” Act to Show Sympathy. A cable expressing sympathy with the Chinese students and regret at the position taken by America in signing the ultimautm, and pledging them- selves to work to change that posi- tion, was sent by the 2,000 students at the Columbia meeting to the stu- dents’ union of Peking university. A delegation of six Columbia students is visiting Washington to see President Coolidge and Senator Borah, chairman of the foreign relations committee. This group carries the demands of the meeting to the government offi- cials. Booze Hunters to Take Civil Service Tests By a Worker Correspondent WASHINGTON, D. C., April 6. — The Cramton bill which provides that all of the prohibition agents must take a competitive civil service examine- tion to qualify for the office in the prohibition enforcement department, passed the house of representatives by unanimous consent. This measure provides that those in office now must take the test in six months from the passage of the bill if they want to hold down their jobs. A new head has been placed in charge of watching the breweries and another the sacramental wine with drawals. MASS M for the Relief of Pas EETING saic Textile Strikers SPEAKERS: ROGER BALDWIN, of the Amer ican Civil Liberties Union, J. LOUIS ENGDAHL, Editor of The DAILY WORKER. F. G. BIEDENKAPP, National Secretary of the International Worker’ Aid, Thursday Evening, April 8th, 8 P. M. DOUGLAS PARK AUDITORIUM, 3202 Ogden Avenue Auspices International Workers’ Aid. Everybody Welcome, Admission by a Can of Food or 15 Conta. INTERNATIONAL Telephone Stuyvesant 9964 WANTED! SHOES—CLOTHING—DONATIONS FOR THE PASSAIC STRIKERS, HELP KEEP UP THE PICKET LINE!!! Bring or send to the ‘ Room 237—799 Broadway WORKERS’ AID New York Otty or