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rer aA THE D'ATILY WORKER Page Five JANUARY 13: 1927 HAND-BAG UNION MANAGER FORCED TO RESIGN JOB Workers Expose His Profiteering By A. LINKEV. Worker Corrrespondent. NEW: YORK, April 6-—Ossip Wolin- sky, manager’ of | the: International Poeketbook Workers’: Union of New York City, has been forced to resign. Several charges have been preferred against him, including: (1) For sev eral months he has been a partner of the Yourok Universal Musical Bureau of which. Morris White is treasurer. (2) Since May he has been connect- ed with the White Luggage Company, the factory owned by Morris and Louis. White (pocketbook manufac- turers) from whom he received a sal- ary. of $12,000 a year. “Legal Adviser.” During the sevetal years he was connected with the union Wolinsky acted in the capacity of legal adviser, the union paid him his expenses, but these “expenses” soon grew to $60 a week. He then proposed that the union fire the old manager, who was getting $75 a week and give him (Wolinsky) the job of “legal advisor” and manager at $100 a week, This was done with the aid of the “boys” who are now in the administration. Not ‘satisfied with his $100, he com- mandeered the editorship of the union magazine for the “small sum” of $25, in all $125 a week. This magazine was used as a base for attacking Com- munists and progressive workers. This “idealist” has in turn been an anarchist, socialist, Zionist, and Jew- ish congressman, Terrorism. With the aid of gangsters and um scrupulous people he was able to maintain his hold on the union. No method was bad as long as it served, the purpose, Terrorizing the member- ship, expulsion of active members, handing out “soft” jobs to his boys, were some of the methods used. Before elections and nominations his “boys” got busy. Business agents got bu’y on the telephone. Shop chairmen were instructed to bring down people that could be “relied on.” In the. election meeting of 1925 Wol- insky came with five of his candidates, The meeting, however, decided to have its own representatives and nom- inated five progressive workers. The chairman of the meeting then chose “impartial” tellers and they counted so “impartially” that the chairman an- nounced that the progressives lost. A spontaneous protest arose and the chairman, refusing to grant a fair re- count, 400 workers left the hall. As a result of this 12 of the most active members of the union were sus- pended. This is the democracy that obtained in the International Pocketbook Work- ers Union. It was not unusual to hear at meetings such remarks as “watch for whom you vote or you'll know what will happen about a job.” The last chapter of the Wolinsky ‘case has not been written yet. There will yet be forthcoming many deeds perpetrated upon the workers of the union, i Lenin Shop Nucleus Gets Many Greetings on 20th Anniversary By a Worker Correspondent ROSTOV ON THE DON—(By Mail) ~The all-factory nucleus of the Lenin shops, has just celebrated its 20th an- niversary. ‘The nucleus was organized in the midst of the stormy days of 1905. Its first Bolsheviks received their revo tionary baptism on the Temernik bar- nicades. Many of them were sentenced to Siberia, Some were executed, At the«present the nucleus has 659 members and 264 candidates, thus being the strongest nucleus in the re- gion. The nucleus takes in 36.8% of the workers in the shops and offic A-great many greetings were re- ceived. HH} FOSTER SPEAKERS: RUTHENBERG NEW PRIZES For Our Worker Correspondents : bound for your library, for 12 months. bel the numbers Now, For Best Stories Sent in During the Week to Appear in the Issue of Friday, April 9: b med ads COAL, a fine working class novel by Upton Sinclair, Cloth- | Bp, year's subscription to the LABOR DEFENDER—a prize good blished (8) of the Little Red Library, Win one of thésé prizes with a short account of wages and conditions in“yoti# ‘shop, Make it short-+give facts— give your name and address, Impressions of the Workers’ School a By F..ROTHMAN, (Worker Correspondents) Sincé Iam! ‘ih ‘Ameri¢a,‘thave at- tended’ “a few bourgedis ‘Schools of Américanization’’ At first 1 thdt that I was feally going to fearn ‘Soniething that'would help me alorig itythe’every- day struggle ‘of life. But*what did I find ‘there? ‘i Instead of discussing’ with us work- er the “every-day occurrences in our lives, they tell us a great deal about heroes who lived long ago. They purposely, do that in order to draw our attention away from the daily struggle which*the’ workers’ are con- fronted with. They try to do with the foreigners just what they do with the children—poison their minds with patriotism and religion. On the other hand, when I started to attend the Workers’ School of New York, I realized that this is the right kind of a school for me because I am a worker. When we come. to the Workers’ School at night, after a whole day of toiling amidst bad con- ditions, we find teachers who are not agents of capitalists, but teacher- workers who understand us. Here we learn about ‘the bad conditions of all workers, no matter what nationality they may be.’ We learn not only about the workers in our own coun- try but of those in different countries, In other words, we study the work- ing class movement and try to find a way out of the bad conditions that are created by the capitalist system of society, Of course, the Workers’ School is poor yet. It has not the equipment which is necessary for a school, but this is not an obstacle for us and does not keep students from attending the school. My opinion is that every class conscious worker should attend the Workers’ School and do his best for it. With the support of students, we may in time establish a Workers’ College. ee PRESENTED WITH SLAVE EMBLEMS “Old Timers” Rewarded by By a Worker Correspondent DETROIT,. April 6—Five hundred twenty-five employes of the Conti- nental Motors company were present- ed with emblems at an “old-timers party” given by the company. Twenty-nine of the workers that have worked from 15 to 20 years were presented with diamond-studded em- blems for their faithful service to the bosses. One hundred ten were pre- sented with ruby-studded emblems for services of 10 to 15 years’ duration, and 390 workers that have put in from 5 to 10 years for the company were presented with gold emblems, Presentation Speech. Thomas 'M. Simpson, secretary of the corporation, made the presenta- tion speech, telling them how proud he was to present them with the em blems for their good and faithful ser- vice, and that they had played a large part in the company’s growth. Slaves All the Same. When the men returned to work the next day they found that the em- blems did not make any difference to their boss nor did they lighten the hard day’s work. Company Chicago Plasterers While union aisaite have ‘not been presented to the Chicago contactors, Local 5, Plasterers’ International As- Research Shows What Becomes of Sovereigns By OWEN STIRLING (Worker Corresponaent) DETROIT, April 6 — The reason why it is only in fairy tales that we read of girls marrying Princesses and living happily “ever afterward” is ex- Plained“by) the following figures, com- piled by.» conscientious statistician and published: in a Detroit newspaper: Of 2,550.:sovereigns whose records were investigated, 300 .were over- thrown, 10134 “were assassinated, 123 were captured in battle, 108 were ex- ecuted, 160 ‘were slain iu war, 64 were forced toabdicate, 28 killed them- selves, 25 were tortured to death and 23 became mad or embecilic. The list does not include the sover- eigns who. have gone the hard way since 1914, whose fate shows history is still running true to form. California Goes on New Anti-I. W. W. Spree YREKA, Calif., April 6 — Mark Hurley, George Ellsworth and C. 8. Smith have been arrested here charg- ed with criminal syndicalism. They are charged with being members of the I. W. W. Their arrest took place while they were at a meeting at Camp No. 6 of the Black Butte cut-off, being con- structed by the Southern Pacific rail- road. Police assert the three men tried to organize the workers and call a strike for better conditions, Soviets Remove Inheritance Bars (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U. 8. S.R., (Tass) April f i ; 6—In order to facilitate the continua- be mtn he pore aon Oh nef 4 er tion of industrial and trading enter- the 44-hour Week to 40 ‘hours, to be|PTises after the death of the owners worked in 5 days, with Saturdays and Sundays marked for dvertime. The new rate would come to $1,765 in place of the $1.50 scale wi ex: pires May 1. ‘A bonus of several, dol- lars a-day has been made customary by contractors sh. big bulldings, the owners. fi that, an. extra month of rentals will far oytweigh the relatively. small.addition .to the con- struction,.wage. bill. Bricklayers are now on strike in Florida for.a-$14 day. FOURTH ANNUAL FREINEIT JUBILEE CELEBRATION at the ASHLAND AUDITORIUM, Saturday, April 17, 1926 PROGRAM: Freiheit Children’s Chorus Tickets 50 cents in advance and 75 cents at the door-—For sale at the Freiheit office, 3209 W. Roosevelt Road; Ceshinsky’s Book Store, 2720°W. Division St., and members of the International Ladies’ Garment Amalgama Ashland OLGIN . and Workmen’s Circle Branches. vite oe the country, the presidium of the fed- and also in order to create more fa- vorable conditions for the influx of material and monetary resources into eral central executive committee re- cently made a number of changes in the civil code, removing the limita- tions to the right of inheritance. In particular the presidium rescinded the article restricting monetary bequests to a maximum of 10,000 gold doubles, as well as the articles limiting the inheritance of, other property. and Van Buren St., Chicago fs ssive ted Clothing. Workers, eat BOL REFORMISTS IN ITALY PLAY A FASCIST GAME “Reorganize” Left Wing Unions By G, GENNANETTO, (Special to The Daily Worker) MILAN, Italy, April 6—The reform- ists of the General Confederation of Labor are playing the game of the fascist!, Following upon the fascist trade union laws, the laws of the con- federation Were altered in such a way; altho contrary/to the constitution, as to allow the réformist leaders to pro- ceéd against ‘all affillated organiza- tions underfthe control of Commun- (Continued from Page 1) organization, and was one of the field workers of the International Labor Defense in Southern Illinois. Another was Henry Corbishley, former presi- dent of Local 992 of the United Mine Workers of Illinois, now awaiting a rehearing on his framed-up case in Zeigler. These are workers whose character and devotion to the cause of labor is too well known to be in- jured by Farrington’s attacks. Farrington charges the International Labo? Defense with having “magnifi- cent New York headquarters,” when it is well-known that the I. L. D. is lo- cated in modest quarters at 23 South Lincoln ‘stréet, Chicago. Without even this elementary knowledge ‘of the organization, Farrington presum- ed to attack it. ists and left wingers. The Italian Wood Workers’ Associa- tion and the Italian Union of Restau- rant and Hotel Employes have been told by the.reactionary heads of the organization. that they are hereafter to be part of the mixed trade union federation’ The progressive local Knows Nothing of International. Labor Defense. “This organization was formed im- mediately following the close of the world war,” says the circular of Far- rington. “Its chief mission was to se- cure the freedom of the slackers and cowards who. were imprisoned for re- branches of, these two militant organ- izations will hereafter be directly un- der the thumb of the reactionary cen- ‘er. Even the Maximalists, tho violently »pposed toy,¢he Communists, have aken a stand against the “reorgan- zing activities” of Bruno Buozzi, D’arrangona’s -successor as head of he Confederation of Labor. Alto- gether, ten trade union organizations have been dissolved in this way. It ‘s significant to note that of these ten, seven were controlled by non-reform- ist elements, This is all one more indication of the strength of the Communists among the masses and the fear of the reformist leaders of the Commun- {sts’ influence in the coming trade union congress. The text step is the dissolution of the Chambers of Labor (local trade “union councils) in which the influence of the left elements is great. ” Catholic Archbishop Shows Christianity by Defaming Mexico (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 6 — Charles W. Darr, appearing as counsel for Archbishop ‘Curley of Baltimore, be- fore the house committee on foreign affairs, urged adoption of the Boy- lan resolution advising withdrawal of American régognition of Mexico. Arch- bishop City is. conducting a bitter campaign against the Calles govern- ment because of its enforcement of the foosttaee provision that for- eign-born priests and nuns shall not be permitted to officiate or teach in Mexico. The argument of his counsel was to the effect, tt the present Mexican constitution tends to mold its gov- ernment after, that of “the feared and despised Bolshevik government of Red Russia”; that this constitution and its consequent enforcement offends in- ternational standards of decency; that it deprives American citizens of rights in Mexico which Mexicans enjoy in this country; and that this constitu- tion “shamelessly confiscates” prop- erty of Americans and other foreign- res, as well as that of Mexican citi- zens. * : President Calles is described in this memorandum to the house committee ac “Mr. Elias Calles, super bigot, bandit, revolutionist and Bolshevik.” Prediction is made that his govern- ment will “fall amid bloodshed and strife.” U. S. Naval Commander Leaves for Flight to Reach North Pole (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, April 6—Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd, of the United States; navy, sailed on the teamship Chantie this afternoon for King’s Bay, Spitzbergen, where his Aight to the North Pole will begin. Six thousand gallons of high test gasoline willbe carried. The planes we a@ large ‘Fokker motored mono- plane, christefted the Josephine Ford, and a smaller Curtiss oriole to be used for observation work. Plan for a Uniform State Building Code (Special to The Daily Worker) CHAMPAIGN, Ill, April 6 — Steps towards drafting a state building code were started by Representatives of seven trade organizations in Illinois at a meeting last evening at the Uni- versity of Illinois. Various plang of building regulations, together with the scope and method of enforcement were discussed, Several bills on the subject have been submitted to the state legislature but nothing has come to them. A com- mittee will be named which will en- deavor to find some plan that will ing basis. Soft Coal Productibn Falls Off. since last Auglist National Coal ‘Ass ending March’ £7, abditt week, The lowest a nous production | more work at lower wages. fusing to do their duty to our country during that mighty conflict.” This is absolutely untrue. The Interna- tional Labor. Defense was organized at a conference in Chicago on June 28, 1925, some seven years after the signing of the armistice! “They make no accounting to those whose money they solicit and none but they know what has become of the many thousands of dollars they have beguiled workers into giving out of their hard-earned and meager means, declares the circular, This is also a lie. Every issue of the Labor Defender, the official organ of the International Labor Defense contains a complete and detailed list of the receipts of the organization and books are regularly audited by certified ac- countants, Not a Communist Body. Farrington charges the International Labor Defense with being a Commu- nist organization, controlled by Com- munists. Again this is a lie. The chairman of the International Labor Defense in Andrew TT. McNamara, well-known member of the Interna- tional Association of Machinists, and | Eubor Defense Challenges Farrington formerly the business agent of the Pittsburgh district council of the union. The vice-chairman is the well- known Chicago Mberal, Edward C. Wentworth, The National Committee. On the national committee of the International Labor Defense are such famous liberals as Alice Stone Black- well esley, Robert Whitaker of California David Rhys Williams, and E. R. Meit- zen, leader of the farmer-labor party movement in the Southwest. Other non-Communist members include such well-known socialist figures as Upton Sinclair and Eugene V, Debs, Men of no: political ‘party such as Scott Nearing, Robert W. Duhn, Bishop Wm. M. Brown, Ralph Chap- lin, Fred Mann and others are also members of the national committee, A glance at the list is:conclusive proof of the falsehood of Farrington’s charge. Doesn’t Know Mader. Farrington charges that the Interna- tional Labor Defense is behind a mevement which is haying printed in the establishment of one Carl Mader, of Terre Haute, Indiana, a leafiet con- taining an attack upon him, and men- tions three individuals in Zeigler, Ill. as having ordered. the ircular,, The International Labor,.Defense. Positively denies any knowledge of such.a leat- let, or of Carl Mader, or of the three individual named and defies. Far- rington to prove that it is connected with this proposition. “Prove Your Charges!” “The International Labor Defense has aroused Mr. Farrington’s wrath because of its unflinching defense of the framed-up Zeigler miners,” con cluded Cannon. “These fniners are victims of a conspiracy, and altho they are members of the United Mine Workers of America Farrington did | not raise a finger to defend them “The International Labor Defense will issue a detailed statement in re- futation of Farrington’s charges and distribute this statement thruout the country and especially thruout the mining field of Southern Illinois. We will put the facts before the miners] foe let them judge, And we repeat our challenge, to Farrington, “Prove your charges!” SHALL GOBOLOGISTS BLESS OUR SLAYERS? ATHEISTS ASK JUDGE (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 6—A suit to prohibit the expenditure of pub- lic funds for the hiring of chaplains in the army, navy. and. marine corps was inaugurated in the district su- preme court today by the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism. The. suit was filed in the name of James 1. Elliott, of Jamaica, L. |, and was against Frank White, treasurer of the United States, and both houses of congress. The papers set forth that the ex- penditure of public moneys for the hire of ecclesiastics to propound sec- tarian doctrines is in vioiation of the constitution, which prescribes that “congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of re- ligion, or prohibiting the free exer- cise thereof.” Soviet Republic Plans Syndicate for Handling All Exports of Lumber (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R. April 6—The soviet government is planning to es- tablish a lumber, export syndicate. This organizatién is to handle all ex- Ports except those from the conces- sion companies. The organization will be formed as an ordinary stock com- pany, the shares to be owned by the soviet government and the present lumber trusts, Trusts producing, but not exporting lumber, may also subscribe for shares, but will not.be compelled to do so, All trusts and companies engaged in lumber exporting will have to ship thru the new syndicate, whose func- tion will be to finance the sales, buy outright the lumber, or receive it as stock on a commission basis, Special Syndicate, The capital of the new syndicate will be 16,000,000 rubles (1 ruble equals $0.5146), and it has been esti, mated that a credit of about 25,000,000 rubles may be obtained within the country, A special syndicate to handle all lumber business inside Russia will also be formed, in collaboration with the export syndicate, Cincinnati Metal Polishers on Strike CINCINNATI, April 6 — The metal Polishers at the Corocoran Lamp Com- pany, manufacturers of automobile lamps, walked out against an attempt of this concern to slash wages 21% be accepted and can be put on @ work-| cents an hour, This strike followed the employ- ment of an efficiency expert who at- tempted to force the polishers to do This reported by the | company made enormous profits dur- ‘ation for the week | ing the war ith 9,750,000 tons,| have decreased but little since the alf a million tons ,war. The company pleads poverty in war, The company's profits attempt to justify the wage cut. FRENCH CHAMBER VOTES FOR STATE MONOPOLY OF OL Opposition Predicts U. S. Retaliation (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, April 6 — The Briand gov- ernment, after a bitter struggle, has at length a balanced budget within its grasp. A vote of confidence was pass- ed, 227- to 130, with a large bloc of deputies abstaining, The chamber of deputies voted in somewhat amended form all the addi- tional resources demanded by the gov- ernment in the interest of such a budget for 1926, It also adopted the increase in the business turnover tax, which Briand made a question of con- fidence and which has aroused such violent opposition. The whole scheme was saddled at the last moment with a provision requiring the government to undertake monopolies in all oil and sugar sold in France, The acceptance of the monopolies is freely interpreted in chamber lob- bies as the price the government paid the socialists ‘for permitting the adop- tion of the budget. A governmental oil monopoly will necessitate interna- tional negotiations. The government is fearful that its e8tablishment wili upset the debt negotiations with Great Britain and the United States, A New Problem, It is estimated that the oil business in France now, represents 2,000,000,000 francs investment of English and American capital. The government will be hard pressed, to find:funds to take over the industry, The Briand government, expects the American government, to take retali- atory measures such-ras ‘putting into effect a law requiring that all Amer- jean exports be carried”in ships flying the American flag and therefore under United States, registry. Bulgarians Negotiate: for Aegean Sea Outlet (Special to The Daily Worker) SOFIA, April 6 — Negotiations are going on between Bulgaria and Greece for the settlement of their differences, During the league of nations meeting at Geneva the foreign ministers of the two countries had a number of con- ferences, resulting in liquidating all controversies except the Bulgarian de- mand for an outlet to the sea and the inking up of the state railroad system. Bulgaria insists that Greece cede her territory reaching to the Aegean Sea. In the treaty of Neuilly this was promised to the Bulgarians, The Greeks have offered to accord Bul- garla a sphere of influence, but the government here insists on the abso- lute possession of the required strip of land. The Bulgarians have a seaport on the Black Sea now. » With access to the Aegean, Turkey in Burope will be subject to @ Bulgarian attack by water from both ends of the straits, Professor Ellen Hayes of Well- | CITY COLLEGE STUDENTS FIGHT SCHOOL HEADS |Protest Ban on Passaic Strike Discussion | (Special to The Daily Worker) | NEW YORK, April 6—Events are passing in such rapid order at the | college of the city of New York, as to |leave the students there in bewilder- jed amazement. At a mass meeting, held by the Social Problems Club, the j students after listening for an hour |and a-quarter to members of the offi- cers’ club extol the benefits of mili- tary training, passed a militant reso- lution; unanimously demanding that }the authorities immediately abolish |this obnoxious course. This militant spirit on the part of the student body had its affect on the faculty. Fearing further demonstra- tions, the authorities deliberately re- fused to grant the students a room the next day to discuss the Passaic |strike. The indignant students ad- journed to the concourse where they held a meeting, attended by at least 300. Here they drew up a resolution protesting against the unwarranted action of the authorities in refusing to allow the meeting. Authorities Get Busy. The editor of the Campas, the col- lege paper, who in the past has op- posed the action of the authorities in his columns, and who has on various occasions given publicity to the meeting of the Social Problems Club, was summoned before the authorities and forbidden to comment on the | action of the faculty in refusing to |8rant a room to the Social Problems Club speaker, He must have refused | to sacrifice his editorial honesty be- cause the next issue of the Campus came out with the announcement “that the editorship of Harry Heller came to a close with the last issue of the Campus.” The news of the student mass meeting was greatly cut and no mention was made of the reso- lution demanding a room which was passed unanimously by more than 300 students. Instead of the stimulating editorials that characterized the college paper, a harmiess sentimental editorial ap peared telling the students that “spring vacation was here.” Thus we see a clear cut attempt on the part of the authorities to stifle the truth, and prevent the college from knowing about their shady dealings. Coming as it does on the heels of. the ban on the Passaic mass. meeting of the Social Problems, Club, it confirms the truth long known by the workers—that the schools and colleges are not instru- ments of education but of capitalist propaganda. Students Resent Interference, The students at the college are aroused over this unwarranted inter- ference. The entire Campus staff met behind closed doors. It is rumored they refused to accept Harry Heller's resignation and demand reasons of the authorities for his removal. They are prepared to strike, refusing to publish the paper if Heller is not restored, The student council held a spectal session on receiving news of what had happened and it is rumored that they demanded the reasons for the in- terference with the editorial policy of the college paper. This movement of the student body representing their resentment against the authorities is in reality an ex- pression of the growing revolt against cannot free themselves until they join hands with the workers and present @ united front against the exploiters and oppressors—the capitalist class, FOREIGN EXCHANGE Country Demand Cable Great Britain, pound , Sterling 485% 4.86% French, frane 3.44% 3.45 Belgium, franc 3.64% 3.65 Swiss, franc 19.25% 19.27 Italian, lira 4.02% 4.02% Swedish, krone 26.79 26.82 Norwegian, krone 2141 21,48 Danish, krone 26.16 26.18 Gréece, drachma 134 1.34 Spanish, peseta 14.12% 14.14 Holland, florin 40.08 40,10 Austrian, crown 0014% 0014% Poland, zloty 12,50 12.50 Hungary, crown 0014 1/16 0014 1/16 Finland, mark 2.52 2.52 Jugo-Slavia, dinar 1761.76 |Czecho-Slovakia, crown 2.95% 2.96%4 Roumania, lei A2 42 Rio de Jainero, milreis 13.89 Buenos Aires, peso 39.60 Uruguay, Dollar 101,73 Peru, pound 3.85 Chile, peso 12.10 Shanghai, tael 73.00 Unemployed Worker Steals to Get Food TOPEKA, Kans., April 6—Luke Par sons pleaded guilty to grand larceny and burglary in the district court at Topeka, Kas., and was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in the penitentiary for hav- ing broken into the storeroom of the Union Pacific Hotel here to get some- thing to eat. He told a long story of unemploy- ment and suffering, and when the judge was questioning him he declared hed had purposely done this to be sent to the penitentiary, where he oould get something to eat. ) the chains that enslave them. They .