The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 9, 1926, Page 5

LEFT WING IN HARD FIGHT IN FURRIERS’ UNION Want to Carry Out Ac- tions of Convention By A Worker Correspondent In a previous article | tried to make.|. clear how. one of the comrades on the executive board of the Furriers’ Local Union, J. Sonnenshein,. is .being hounded by the clique in contro}: and. how this same comrade was threaten- ed with blacklist which those in power are able to use, if not openly, at least, under cover. I also pointed out that when it came to one of the members who is in-with the clique, it was a matter of protec- tion for him and all lined up with him, Now what is it that J. Sonnenshein and the left winers want? First, the left wingers, in general, want a series of class conscious, educational lectures among the members on such topicd as Class Struggle, Class Collaboration, in other words, an open forum to learn about the struggle in the fur in- dustry. Second the left wingers want to know what happened in the Boston convention and what the resolutions that were proposed are. What is the future of this organization and what was the attitude of the convention on such matters as Amalgamation, Labor Party, World Trade Union Unity? What did the convention decide upon these matters and why are they not being taken up at the meetings? They also demand study classes on various -topics that union men and women are and should be interested in. These are to be pat into the hands of a committee created for this: purpose. Now there is a fact that the busi- ness manager for some reason or an- other has never had a thoro audit of the books he has under his charge. We ask why and in listening to his reasons we find that we know even less than we did before he started to tell them and we are very much in doubt of the seriousness of his argu+ ments and how are our elections car- ried on in Local 45 of the Furriers’ Union? Everybody is welcome to participate, members who have been three years in arrears, two years, six months and who have no cards at all are allowed in the hall—and some to whom cards were issued for that pur- Pose. All these are given ballots and all may vote as they were instructed. And because the left wingers kick and put up a battle for what they think is right, an expulsion policy is. initiated. The rest of the members are intimidated and promised .hat if they want jobs, they had better keep their mouths shut. Did you subscribe to The American Worker Correspondent? \" YW \ NEW PRIZES For Our Worker Correspondents ’ For Best Stories Sent in During the Week to Appear in the Issue of Friday, April 9: —KING COAL, a fine working class novel by Upton Sinclair, Cloth- bound for your library, Be year’s subscription to the LABOR DEFENDER—a prize good for.12 months, ac the numbers published (8) of the Little Red Library, ‘Win one of.these prizes with a short account of wages and conditions»im your shop, Make it short—give factsa— " give your name and address, BAD CONDITIONS |STREET CARMEN IN LOS ANGELES (OF CLEVELAND IN IRON SLAVE SHOP FIGHT FOR UNION Pay Is as Small as $12|Oppose New “Outlaw” ‘Per Week By a Worker Correspondent LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 7—I am working at the Architectural Iron Works of Los Angeles. The condi- tions there are the worst I ever saw. We have to work 9 hours.a day doing all kinds of hard work, for as small pay as $12 a week. When the boss hires anybody he tells him, by the way, how good he is that he, the boss will raise his pay $1.50 every three months. This is to all those who will try to do their-‘best and what he meant by. that’ is to work like hell without any stop; ‘not’ to question any of ‘the un- sanitary conditions in the factory and pespeécially not to talk to anybody in the shop. And whenever he notices anybody Say @ word to his shopmate across tht | bench, the “Fat Guy” (as we used to call the chief boss) is right there, and with'a’‘voice so sweet he utters: “I see you ‘boys talkin’ too much, next time’ have to fire you.” And usually he keeps his promise and lays off all those “guilty.” For how can we keep the boss from doing 'so,when the shop is unorgan- ized and the city is full of unemploy- ed?_ The boss can get ds many work- ers for as small pay as he pleases, Progressive Candidate Makés Good Showing in Mpls. Carpenters’ Union ‘By\a Worker Correspondent MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., April 7,— & specially called meeting of Carpen- ters’ Union Local 7, Minneapolis, was held: Friday, April 2, at Labor Head- quarters; 601° Fourth avenue, south. At the ‘last regular meeting Business Agent J. R. Bjorlund resigned because of personal matters, leaving a vacancy for an unexpired term of three months, Under a. special order of business, nomination and elections, the following candidates were nomi- mated: Edwin Hudson, L. A. Rose- land, Phil Carlin, Andrew Leaf, B, E. Nelson, Harry Haley. Voting by ballot with the eliminat- ing process, four ballots were neces- sary to elect. Ed, Hudson defeated L. A. Roseland, a progressive candi- date who ran on the only program submitted by any candidate, by. 35 votes. The local is in the midst.of an organization drive. Large classes of candidates are initiated at every meet- ing. . Read Carefully Next (and every) Saturday’s Issue of — Add to this weekly feature ; of The Daily Worker all the news of the labor world— Don't omit the splendid spe- cial feature articles— Speak about the unusually good stories on the Worker Correspondent Page— Point out, chuckle over and paste up in your shop the splendid cartoons in The Daily Worker— And your shop-mates and trade union brothers will surely Autecrcte{ Ss : months .... 3. months, 2.00 - THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, 11). EMCl0BCd Borsssssorsere £OP ssrosomeone MONKS sub to the Dally Worker, THE DAILY WORKER Charter for City By a Worker Correspondent CLEVELAND, April 7—The carmen working on the street railways are fighting for the recognition of their union by the city and the company. A so-called “Taylor grant” is now be- fore the city council, which is fixing the relations between the men and the company, and the company and the city. The point under contest is whether the carmen’s union is to be recognized as the official body of the men or not. The railway company, led by the open shoppers, refuses to recognize the urion, on the grounds that a court decision. in 1924 practically outlawed unfons on public utilities. The grant now ‘before the council makes it pos- sible for the union to make demands and the union has introduced an amendment to the grant as follows: ‘It is understood that in consideration of the acceptance of this grant the railway company shall not directly or thru any) m do anything to pre- vent the Ployes from joining or organiz! fa labor union affiliated with thd /|American Federation of Labor. . |) TTpy, to Bribe Men. The ¢o refuses to accept this statement, and declares that it is un- constitutional, The city council is not worried abotit the constitutionality as yet. The railway company, on the other hand, is making an appeal di- rect to the men. Officials are now speaking at the car barns, and offer- ing the men, an increase of 5c an hour if they give up the amendment, which means practically giving up the union. It is charged that the company is trying to form a union of its own, and if the union is not recognized in the) grant it is clear that by the offer of @ wage increase and the threat that if the men do not accept it “they Wil be lucky if they don't get a decrease before the end of the year,” the com- pany hopes, to convince the men of the uselessness of a union. Men Sticking. The men are determined to stick to the union and to the amendment pro- posed. They recognize the trick of the company, since they went thru a strike two years ago with a court de- cision against them. “The pen is mightier than the sword,” provided you know how to use it, Come down and learn how in the worker correspondent’s classes. Eastern Ohio Miners Must Fight Bosses and Union Officials By a Worker Correspondent PRIMROSE, Pa., April 7 — Condi tions in the fields are growing worse day by day. This worsening of conditions is not confined to any single field but is prevalent in all of them. The miners of eastern Ohio work only three and sometimes four days a week. Two men work in one place where the union contract demands that two men work in two places. The mine foreman at Clarkson Coal company No. 1 mine told one of the workers that the company was consid- ering putting on three workers in one place. ' The bosses do as they please. Re- cently the miners struck to defend one of the mners that had been dis- criminated against. The mine union heads instead of helping the workers see to it that the operators put this worker back to work, fined the miners and threatened them with expulsion, Bach of the miners was fined $6, In spite of this collaboration of the union officials and the bosses the miners demand that the bosses live up to the union contract, WORKER CORRESPONDENTS, ATTENTION! SESSIONS OVER; “REPORT OF LAST All Resolutions Are Adopted (International Press Correspondence.) MOSCOW, March 15 (By Mail).— The closing session of the enlarged executive bureau of the Red Interna- tional o® Labor Unions was held on March 15. At. the beginning of the session the resolutions upon the most important questions were discussed and adopted. The’ enlarged executive bureau expressed, its agreement with the activity of the.executive bureau on the whole in the past one and a half years. A resolution was adopted upon the next tasks pf the trade union movement which emphasized the ne- cessity for a funther struggle for unity. Resolutions. Resolutions were adopted upon the tasks of the Chinese trade union move- ment, the program of action of the Japanese left trade unions, the neces- sity for an energetic struggle for the eight-hour day, for social legislation and upon the attitude of the revolu- tionary movenients to questions of immigration and emigration. Lively discussions follawed in connection with the resolution of the commission upon the questions of the Czecho-Slo- vakian independent unions which are affiliated to the’ Red International of Labor Unions, Comrade Walcher (Red Interna- tional of Labor Unions) pointed in the name of the commission to the passive attitude of several of the unions, par- ticularly the woodworkers’ unions, in the question of amalgamation with the International All-Trade Union Federa- tion. The chairman of the Czecho- Slovakian red woodworkers’ union, Kratky, declared that he was not em- yowered by the union to undertake any. obligation in the question of amalga- mation. On Joining |, F. T. U. Jusefevitch” (Soviet Union) and Lo- sovsky pointed‘out that already at the third congress.of-the Red International of Labor Unions the necessity of the amalgamation of the independent red (nions with the Jaternational All-Trade Union Federation was émphasized and pointed out that the international dis- cipEne of thég;revolutionary trade union movement and the urgent needs of the Czech: vakian proletariat de- manded the anfalgamation of the inde- pendent red unions with the All-Trade Union Federation. The resolution of the commission, made possible a grad- ual and painles§;transition for such an amalgamation, |.” Unemployment. The resolution upon unemployment points to the necessity of the struggle for the organization of the unemployed and to place the costs of the mainten- ance of the latter on the shoulders of the ruling class, In connection with the organization question it was de- cided to send the directions worked out by the commission to all organiza- ions affiliated with the Red Interna- tional of Labor Unions for discussion. The resolution adopted. upon a re- port of the Balkan commission recom- mends that the supporters of the Red International of r unions conduct an.energetic struggle fon the organi- zation of the working class in the Bal- kans and forthe establishment of the united front as a counterweight to the disruptive efforts of the reformists. Losovsky’s Speech: In his closing speech Comrade Lo- sovsky remarked that the enlarged ex- ecutive bureau had been fairly suc- cessful in its examination of all its important tasks, which consisted in the working out of methods for ap- proaching the masses. The work in the trade unions is very important po- litical work. The methods used by us must be carefully discussed in the places where they are to be applied. The workers of the Red International of Labor Unions thust do their best to make the international experiences their own. t With this the sessions of the en- larged executive! bureau of the Red International of Labor Unions were closed. Charge Railroad “Dick” with Beating Up Wife (Special to The Daily Worker) PEORIA, Il, April 7—Lee A. Kid- der, one-time chief of the prohibition agents in the ‘Peoria district, is charged with forcing his wife to flee from the home ‘barefooted, and in night garments, th a suit for divorce filed here. Kidder is now a railroad detectivi Mrs. Kidder alleges she was knock- ed to the floor one night two years ago when Kidder was under the in- fluence of liquor, They have been mar- ried since March 20, 1920, ‘and have a four-year-old daughter, Pacific Fleet Returns from Winter Maneuvers LOS ANGELES, April 7 — The Pacific battle fleet will arrive in Los Angeles tomorrow returning from win- ter maneuvers in Panama waters with the Atlantic scouting fleet. The fleet counts ten battleships with auxiliary craft, a squadron of airplanes and carries 14,000 saildts, will engage in of the California waters, be held’ in the party headquarters, 521 at 7:30 o'clock, WORKER subscription drive will be Katterfeld, eastern district agent of The DAILY WORKER, will be present at the meeting. Classes in Elements of Communism, Basis of Thoro Understanding Two classes: in the “Elements of Communism” will be given at the third semester of the Chicago Work- ers’ School, which opens next week at 19 South Lincoln St. William Simons will begin a new course in that subject, his class to be held on Thursday nights, beginning April 15. The course will be based largely on-Lenin’s study of imperial- ism in his book on that subject, to- gether with a review of the Marxian theory of price, value, and profit, and wages and capital. The class on “Elements of Commun- ism,” now being conducted by James H. Dolsen on Tuesday nights will en- ter its second term with a study of the state and its functions under cap- italism. All members should at once secure a copy of the pamphlet by Lenin, entitled “The State and Revo- lution,” and read thru the entire pamphlet. If you have already studied this work, read it again as carefully as possible, Questions for Study. The assignment in Dolsen’s class for next Tuesday night will be the first chapter in “The State and Revolu- DETROIT LABOR RALLIES TO AID PASSAIC STRIKE Labor Exploiters Call Conference ‘“‘Red”’ (Special to, The Daily- Worker) DETROIT, Mich,, April 7—Sixteen, workers’ organizations of Detroit , and will then de- Alaskan " have organized a Relief Conference for the striking textile workers of Pas- saic. This conference.includes the car- penters, painters, bakers, bakery driv- ers, barbers, and peddlers’ unions, five Workmen's Circle branches, the Northern Progressive Ladies’ Society, the Women’s Educational Assn., and the Workers (Communist) Party. Thru qe efforts of this’ conference, more than $200 was collected on lists and thru donations from various or- ganizations. A Tag Day was held rais- ing $285 for the strikers. Business Men Assail Conference. When a committee of trade union- ists went to Workimen’s Circle Branch No. 156, which is controlled by socialists, and extended an invita- tion for this organization to partici- pate in relief work, the leaders of this branch accused the trade union commitee of being “reds.” The chair- man of this particular meeting, who led the attack on the conference, is a wealthy landlord and was expelled about two years ago from the social- ist party because he raised his worker tenants’ rent too high even for the socialist party to overlook. A motion was then made to refuse to participate in the conference and to condemn the efforts to aid the Passaic strikers in the columns of the Jewish Daily Forward. , The maker of this motion was ‘gentle- man” who owns a chain of parking space lots in the downtown district where he exploits Negro workers. Another who atacked the confer- ence is the owner of a laundry and linen supply plant and employs about 150 men on an open shop basis. These people did not care to participate in a united front conference for the re- lief of the Passaic strikers. Hold Mass Meeting Wednesday. The conference has called a mass meeting for Wednesday, April 7, at the Labor Temple, 9179 Delmar Ave., where plans will be laid for a city- wide campaign to raise funds. An- other Tag Day is being planned for April 17. ; Prohibition Gets a Blow from N. Y. Court (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 7 — Prohibi- tion enforcement received a body blow thru a decision handed down last night by the New York court of ap- peals which will permit more than 200 alcohol denaturing plants to re- sume business. The treasury depart- ment had recently promulgated regu- lations which put scores of these plants out of business, but the court of appeals held the regulations were illegal. Prohibition authorities were de- jected by the court's decision, declar- ing it had undoné much of the work they had accomplished during the past year. bed —i We need more néWs from the shops factories, Send ‘it Int WRITE AS ‘PIGHTL Special district and national age Five York avenue, Friday evening, April 9 business and The DAILY| among the questions taken up. L. E. tion.” The following questions are to be answered and brot to the class. Readers will notice that while the class is concerned with the “elements” of Communism, it fs not a beginners’ class. 1, What is the state? Give a con- crete illustration showing that the government of the United States an ,organ of capitalist class. domina- tion. 2. What mistake does Kautsky and his followers make with regard to the state? 8. Why does the law in this coun- try forbid the organization of any club or association for militany drill without permission from the authori- ties? 4. How can a government elected by universal suffrage be an instru- ment for oppressing the mass of’ its workers and poor farmers? 5. How does a state away”? “wither Register Now! Registration for these and the other courses are now in progress. The fee is $1.00, to be paid on enrollment. Ap- plications should be forwarded to the Workers’ School, 19 8. Lincoln St., Chicago. Prospectus of the entire is| course of studies offered will be mailed on request, SEND IN A SUB! Conditions in Mexico Are Improving, Reports Methodist Church Head INDIANAPOLIS, April. .7-Bishop Wilbur P. Thirkield, of. the Chatta- nooga, Tennessee area of. the Metho- dist Episcopal church, in an address here to 1,500 young» people of that church advocated a policy of co-op- eration with Mexico and deplored the jingoistic attempts to work up an in- tervention sentiment. The bishop served in that position in Mexico from 1920 to 1924. “Conditions are improying in Mex- ico,” he stated. “An era of peaceful evolution has taken place, Under Obregon and Calles, the armaments have been cut and the money used for schools. No longer do we find two-thirds of the children in Mexico without school acconsmodations.” More Bandits in VU. S. Regarding the allegation of solidar- ity in Mexico, the bishop answered: “There is more banditry in the United States in a single week than in Mex- ico in a year. I have traveled all over the country of Mexico on foot, horse- back, and by train, and have never been molested. “The United States should not over- look Mexico because the country is so close,” he concluded. “Mexico should be treated in a true neighborly spirit.” 190,000 Children in 190,000 British children who had at- England Are Thrown Upon Labor Market LONDON, April 7.— More than tained the age of 14 have been re- leased from school and thrown upon the labor market which has little place for them. In the past children were permitted to leave school on attaining the age of 14. This. released them thruout the year and it was possible for them to go to work gradually. Under the new system children who become 14 during a school term may not leaye school until the end of that term. This makes so many appli- cants for jobs at the same time that employers say many of the children must nedessarily remain idle for a considerable time before they can go to work, Open Shoppers Exploit Stereopticon Slides CLEVELAND, April 1 — William Frew Long, manager of the American Plan Association, announces that his association will give stereopticon lec- tures showing the destruction that has been done to property by bombing, burning and defacement. The pur- pose of this exhibition is obviously to advance the interests of the open shoppers. House Burned, Only about two months ago Mr. Long’s house “mysteriously” burned down, after some organized men tried to persuade unorganized men work- ing on Long’s house to join the union. Long is sure that union labor com- mitted the act, and consequently his “pelief in the Open shop” has been strengthened. Workers Winning. The building laborers and painters are out on strike, and there is every likelihood that ‘they will win their strike, The open shoppers think that by means of these ‘stereopticon lec tures they will ‘be able to enlist the ‘support of the “public” on their side, Workers (Communist) Party PHILADELPHIA GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING TO BE HELD FRIDAY NIGHT PHILADELPHIA, April 7—A general party membership meeting will HELP SECTION 3, CHICAGO, ESTABLISH AN AGITATION AND PROPAGANDA FUND Section 3, Chicago, Workers (Com- munist) Party, will hold a dance and get-acquainted party at the Vil- nis Hall, 3116 South Halsted St. Saturday night, April 10. This section covers one of the most important industrial districts in the city and has the smallest membership of any section in the city. The comrades are handicapped greatly by the lack of finances to carry on propaganda work, Comrades of other sections are called upon to help this section make this dance a success and establish an agitation and propaganda fund: No tickets will be sold in advance. An admission of 60 cents will be taken at the door, San Francisco Opens Workers’ School; Holds Sunday Night Forums SAN FRANCISCO, April 7 — The: San Francisco local of the Workers (Communist) Party has started’ a class in “History from the Workers’ Viewpoint” at 225 Valencia street. The °° course is taught by EB. &ttlinger every Thursday night at 8 o’clock. 3 The Workers (Communist) Party is also conducting Sunday night lec- tures at 225 Valencia street. On Sun- day, April 11. E. Levine will speak on “China in Revolt.” April 18 Chas. Pilgrim will speak on “The Turmoil “ in Europe.” On Sunday, April 25, the local has arranged a picnic to be held at the East Shore Park. Farm Values in U. S. Shrink by Billions (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 7 — The chronic farm crisis is graphically por- ‘ trayed in the last figures of farm val- ues issued by tite department of com- merce. Shrinkage of farm values from 1920 to 1925 were given as $66,316, 002,602 for the first year and $49,546,- 523,759 for the last, a difference of over sixteen billion dollars, or a little more than 25 per cent, Farm acreage in the same period declined by almost 31,000,000 acres. The range country, the wheat and corn belts and the eastern cotton states were the hardest hit in the five years under review. SEND 50 CENTS FOR ALL 5 NEW BOOKLETS BY SCOTT NEARING. oO Add to your library, and give to your shop-mate these new valuable and most interesting pam- phlets: Russia Turns East What Russia is doing in Asia, Glimpses of the Soviet Republic How the first workers’ re- public looks today. 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