The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 13, 1926, Page 3

THE DAILY WORKER SOCIAL WORKERS JIM GROW NEGRO AT CONVENTION Colored Delegates See American ‘Democracy (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, April 11— Cleveland Prides itself on being a liberal town. But there are limits to liberalism and surely you would not demand the same rights for the Negro as for the white man. A convention of social welfare workers is to take place in this city from May 26 to June 2. There will be about 5,000 delegates, including a Page Three BIG BUSINESS PLANS NEW DRIVE . TO SLASH THE WORKERS’ WAGES JAIRY FARMERS By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press. EXPOSE METHODS Has big business planned a few months of hectic overproduction to pave OF HEALTH HEAD the way for a new attack on wages? Labor should raise this question when studying the United States despartment of labor employment report for February. ° The report shows that altho production in January had run considerably ahead of consumption, factory payrolls were still further expanded in Feb- ruary. The number of workers on factory payrolls increased 1.1% while the average weekly payroll total increased 4.9%, This brings the total number employed 2.9% over February 1925¢——————-———____________. and total wages 4% ahead of February} now in effect against some of the 1925. . |largest concerns, Per Cent of Increase or Decrease Slight Gain Made, Such figures suggest that the con-} ‘Taking the 12 major groups of in- servatism which marked the early | qustries 7 showed material gains both months of 1925, spreading production | jy, number employed and in total and employment more evenly over the wages. But the increases occurred year, has given way to the frantic} chiegy in groups producing either speed that marked the early months SEARCH FOR U. S. PROFITS SMOTHERS PROMISE FOR FILIPINOS’ FREEDOM (By ESTHER LOWELL, Federated Press.) NEW YORK, April 11—If tempting sources of profit for American in- vestors in the Philippine Islands are once more to be investigated, this time by Col. Carmi A, Thompson, American workers should refresh their mem- e ories of Philippine events by reading The Conquest of the Philippines by Tuberculin Test Not the United States, 1898-1925, (G. P. Putnams Sons. $3.50), Once again, as Sure, Say Cattlemen Moorfield Storey and Marcial P. Lichauco show, the Filipinos are not being consulted by their American govern-+- By CARL HAESSLER, ors. In the course of their story of} o¢ developing the natural resources of It it safe milk for Chicago to drink| the shameful acquisition and subju-| tne philippines and we know that this or fs it easy money on beef for the | Sation of the Philippines by the Unit-l fielq hag scarcely been touched. I packer profiteers? This is the ques-|@4 States, the similarity between] polieye a thoro understanding of the Hon dairy farmers in the Chicago area | President Coolidge’s present actions) conditions and possibilities, if I am are trying to solve, because the an-|@Nd those of President McKinley a} mroperly to analyze them, may mean Swer means not only the health of | quarter century ago, is evident. Both), great deal to commercial and in- the city people drinking their milk] indicate the influence of powerful! qustrial interests both in the Philip- but the livelihood of the farmers, business interests seeking for them-| pines and the United States and thru- Issue Bécémes Acute, selves the wealth of the islands— out the world.” Thompson is nation- The issue Became acute beyond the desire of the Filipinos for] a) commander of the Spanish War when MORGAN BLOCKS PROBE INTO THE RADIO INDUSTRY Investigation of Trust Is Postponed NEW YORK—(FP)—Is there a $2,- 000,000 radio trust, backed by J. P, Morgan & Co. or others, conspiring to monopolize the manufacture, pur- chase and sale of radio apparatus and to control domestic and transoceante radio communication and broadcast ing? The federal trade commission in- quiry into the subject was abruptly checked when examiner William C. Reeves upheld objections of General ‘ 5 Y F i Electric Co.’s counsel to a question of bi rg Thies A material for further manufacture or/health commissioner Bundesen of Chi-| ‘Heir own management and govern-| Veterans, many of whose members angie i, Smith, the ConTItA SIO es cba i prayer nat.|f 1924. In 1924 the reaction was] aqaitional productive \power, while cago began enforcing the city ordi- be He peak te for in| 2ided ‘the conquest of the islands. He] coungel, . 1d “| sharp. ] 4 ss hat an overwhelming vote for in- . urally assume that’ they will. be treat: PD. the food products, textiles and cloth-|nance that bars ‘milk drawn from cows =—_= ed with equal consideration, Jim-crbw Negro Delegates. If there is any fiel@ in which there 4s supposed to ‘be tio distinction, that fs the field of. so¢fal’ welfare. But not so in Cleveland. The delegates must be housed for the week that they will be in Cleve- land. The Negro delegates, however, will not be accommodated at the same hotels as the white delegates. Jane Adams, Rev. John A. Ryan and Bishop Francis J. McConnell will put up at one hotel, and the Negro dele- gates—probably also some church peo- ple among them— will be convenient- has had various political jobs and as- pired to governorship of Ohio, where republican leaders thot Representa- tive Charles L. Knight had a better chance to beat Governor Donahey. Thompson is president of Tod-Stam- baugh Iron Ore Co. of Cleveland. Capacity For Self-Government. Storey, attorney and president of the National Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People, and Lichauco, first Filipino graduate of Harvard, attempts to show thruout their book that the Filipinos have The gains over last February are not evenly ‘distributed. Important in- dustries showing notable gains in-|1y py consumers, reported decreases. clude automobiles, fertilizers, machine} The average weekly wage paid in tools, foundries and machine shops, February was $27.02 which is 3.1% agricultural implements and electrical | above January and 1.1% above Febru- apparatus. On the other hand woolens, ary 1925. The most important in- meat packing, flour, men’s clothing,|creases in per capita earnings over millinery and lace, boots and shoes, | year ago were 6.1% in the manu- cement and railroad car building all|tacture of agricultural implements, show material decreases. 5.5% in baking, 7.3% in paper box The per cent of increase or decrease making and 5.4% in book and job in February, compared with last year printing. Woolen mills reported the both in number employed and in total | only cut of more than 5% in average payrolls for leading industries (United | wages, States report) were: Percentage change No. of Total wages dependence would result from a ple- biscite in the islands is admitted by all yeporters. Governor Wood last December vetoed the Philippine legis- lature’s bill providing such a test. The Filipinos’ fight for independence is approved by the American Feder- ation of Labor, which at the same time asks full import duty on Philip- pine products which compete with ing, leather products and tobacco fac- which have not been subjected to the tories, manufactures purchased direct- tuberculin test for tuberculosis, The Milk Producers)/Assn. believes that great financial loss is ‘being inflicted on the farmers without corresponding protection to the consumer. As evidence John F, Sullivan, a dairy farmer of Marengo and chairman of the association’s campaign committee, declates that the .tuberculin test is uncertain, failing,to spot infected cows those of certain American labor that any farmer, would condemn off-| STUDS. There are 145 labor unions hand and yet including cows as tuber-] ‘2 the islands, over half in the city culous that are healthy and sound. At of Manila, with a total membership proved their ability to govern them- a recent demonstration in Darion, of nearly $0,000. selves whenever given a chance, In Wis.,, the milk producers challenged Heavy American Investments. the interval between their overthrow the testers to say. which cows were There are already 185 or more: Unit- Slump Threatens, The report shows industry operating Fears to Divulge Morgan’s Name “Who was the largest single stock- holder in the General Electric Co, for each year from 1919 to the present time?” asked Smith. When answer was refused and refusal sustained, Smith got an adjournment of ten days to get the federal trade commission's opinion on whether the question was allowable. He said that he intended to ask each of the other defendants the same question: American Tele phone & Telegraph Co., Western Blec- tric Co., Westinghouse Hlectric & Mfg, Co., International Radio Telegraph Co,, United Fruit Co., Wireless Specialty Apparatus Co, and the Radio Corpora- of Spanish governors and the Ameri-|tion of America, which General Elec- unfit. The testers approved ed States corporations, with total capl- " Hy Sonsmnpaidnte os Sotae otis lintel] «Com ees MA | (warned eel 14% ce tail time wilh 87% ofa sarean |e ae farmers, present. rejected. aa| ‘8! stock of $443,000,000 plus, resis accepted and functioning independes; ‘Ti #8 Supposed to have founded. so as not to offend the feelings of| Automobiles 26.6% 25.8% working force, or about 82% of full|tuberculous and one of the cows died | tered in the islands, Of these, 87 Pe cancne te ape o, ial Extensive Sales Agreements, the white dignitaries. Auto tires A 9.7 time a capacity. This compares wa |on the way to Chicago. On the other | 27@ commercial, 16 mining and agricul- eetigoa’s secine Piipiniee were. in General Electric and A. T. & T Negro Sees Thru Hypocrisy, oa 79% of capacity in January when|hand cows regarded as sound by the | tural, and 25 manufacturing enterpris- almost all government posts and ad- have a contract agreeing to share all The Negroes are protesting and 67 many concerns were slowing down on|farmers were condemned by the test-|@S: Sugar, tobaeco, embroidery, hemp, ministered affairs admirably, If the |*@4!0 Patents, but A. T. & T. is limited > t a “Ch hwy lk the. Clave: Car building and account of inventory, The startling] ers, cocoanut, timber, ete, are Philippine basisefor America’s grantin, * mdepen- to the sale of broadcasting transmit- land Herald Die eer aoe is roan be rat fact is that industry producing nearly Packers Take Diseased Cows. Drixes, aiready being, taken. Amer} dence to the Philippines is ‘their abi, | CAE epparaiue for mercial, Sai ares. ‘They are 2) tia to. the| Cotton *2.5 o2.1 20% less than it could produce on a] “we Illinois dairy farmers have | C428 have about 63 million acres of ity to establish and maintain a stable|Wile General Hlectric has exclusive ‘Welfare Federation sd 2% pyle Electrical apparatus 10.2 10.3 normal schedule is yet running far|taken every precaution suggested by public lands in the islands, U. 8. government, they believe they have Tight to manufacture and sell receiving to bear on the hotel keepers, But in Foundries and ma- ahead of what the workers can buy |the Chicago dairy companies,” says department of agriculture experts es- bE bowed: théir caus. apparatus for non-commercial pur- Jooking over yen eontay: ok Alone dic- saaiee chops. i Sie back. That is why a slump threatens, |Sullivan, “and we have produced milk Fae har te sae Dak oe ania sekh it tie ee * E ngirecegdytie : x that commissioner Bundesen officially . tating the policy of the Welfare Fed Hostery and knit i ‘ (a Mdislins, Yat ermits | PBilippines. Plan Crematorium at against alleged infringement of its they find th is not a singh eported as firs! . Yet he permits ‘ eration, they find there is not a single * British Form League Thompson’s Views. tube patents, eliminating competition Negro among them in this “city of| 8000s 0.1 99 gu milk from untested areas like Indiana Moscow for the Dead among them in this “elty of] | ta siwel, *01 03 th Sahatk a Cc ° ese | to come in to affect the Chicago milk Thompson .himself says of his mis- © Wea |in this field. “Not to be outdone, the Friendship| Mest packing... °16 — *6.8 Nati E — ee tee ie ae ee eee ee ee ee °ceabidaa 6 Tc rapa ee rs ? Club, a Young Womens Christian or- as Kee ationalist truggle ae cooperation ‘with these socalled Yankee Mine Bosses i . sters,” ganization, refuses to admit Negro girls, and this antagonism has spread even to the Girl Scouts. The Negro will thru experience learn the hypoc- tisy of these “superior” whites—and perhaps thru that, the sham of the three institutions—the Friendly Club, the Young Womens Christian Assoc- fation, which regards all men as “chil- dren” of the “same father” in heaven, and the Girl Scouts who boast of their patriotism, and love of this “most democratic country in the world.” “Democracy is all right, pro- vided: yow- don’t ‘abuse it and don’t you know the Negro is an inferior race,” they say, SEND 50 CENTS Add to your library MOSCOW, U. S. S, R., April 11— (Special to The Daily Worker) trade workers in Montreal employed by the Ethpire Clothing Co, are out on|sand New Orleans school teachers in SHANGHAI, April 11—A “Constitu- tional Defense League” has been or- ganized here to counteract Communist influence in China, None seems to know whether it originated in this country or England, but there is no doubt at all that it is British inspired. Only lately has the organization come out into the open with a statement of its purposes, specifically disclaiming any intention to oppose the nationalist movement. The Chinese, however, have not been taken in by the organization, even tho a few renegades have sold themselves for a high salary. “Un- limited funds” which are at the dis- posal of the league, according to the admission of a member of its own general committee, have helped to re- veal its true character, No accounting is made of its funds nor their sources, but it is evident that the big foreign business interests are strongly backing the outfit. Some Chinese are also those of the wealthy class, but they are taking might good care to keep the contributions secret. (The sign before a figure indicates decrease.) The big decline in the woolen mills is largely. accounted for by the strike Wisconsin Farmers Fight Bundesen Edict DEPERE, ‘Wis. — (FP) — Wholesale tuberculin condemnation ‘of Wisconsin dairy herds is bringing not only bank- ruptcy but revolt into the farm dis- tricts. The. Brown county farmers around Depere are organizing into the Progressive Farmers and will take out injunctions against the authorities if the transportation of untested cows is interfered with. The farmers charge that the test for tuberculosis is unreliable, passing by obviously diseased cattle but con- demning healthy animals, They are not opposed to testing if it is reliable, they say. Peter Panasier has had 26 that profit by the ‘wholesale slaughter, paying cutrate prices for what they later sell as prime beef. influence and shows no sign of be- coming’ a power in the near future, The prestige of the Soviet Union, on the other hand, is steadily increasing. Clothing Workers Strike. MONTREAL—(FP)—Men’s clothing Teachers Protest 10% Slash NEW ORLEANS—(FP)—One thou- The packer end’ of the situation comes in on the disposal of the con- demned cows, A'piirebred cow worth many hundreds of dollars brings a maximum of $90 When condemned. A grade cow bring#lup to $40, packers are suspected of getting good beef way below’ murket prices, pre- tending that the darcass was diseased and fit only for thé selling it for highgrade prices, Will Drive Out Small Farmers, “If this continues 35% of our north- ern Illinois dairy;.farmers will be driven out of business,” says Sullivan. “Yet everyone was producing highly satisfactory milk for the companies that serve the city.” north and east, statistics from the sec- retary of state show there were 3000 less farms in Louisiana in 1925 than in 1920 cultivated by individual own- ers and tenants. shows a decrease of 5000 in the same period, sion merchants and low pay for help South Mississippi Low prices by the commis- The rtilizer tank, but The recent disclosures, of fraud in the stockyards made bythe department of agriculture tends, picions of the daipy farmers. found that cattle were paid for as in- ferior or even diseased at the stock- yards when actually they were in first- class condition, The graft stayed down at the yards and the stockraisers were defrauded, Ke confirm the sus- It was Due to the shortage of cemetery space, orders have been given to level all uncared-for graves and the ground CITY OFFICIALS FOR 5-CENT FARE === No Twelve-Mile Drink Verbose Ordinance to be| —__ Limit for Noah’s Ark Handed Council (Special to The Daily Worker) The attempt to restore the five or) PHILADELPHIA, April 11— Noah’s six cent fare on Chicago Surface] ark recognized no 12-mile limit, serv- Lines has been abandoned by city of-| ing beer and wine in abundant quanti- ficials. The case will still be argued|ties whenever Noah and his sons got in the supreme court, Corporation| thirsty, according to a rendering of Counsel Busch has advised Specialjan ancient tablet given by Professor Counsel Stephen A. Foster and Wil-| Paul Haupt, John Hopkins University, liam H, Sexton that the city will not} before the American Oriental Society press for the lower fare rates, meeting here. Raise Poverty Plea. The Chicago Surface Lines raise the poverty plea and ask the city to relinquish its right to the 55 per cent of the net receipts which was agreed to in the franchise granted in 1907, to agree to a reduction of wages. Verbose Traction Ordinance, Busch has declared that the draft of the proposed traction ordinance will be ready for the traction commit- tee within a day or two. It will con- sist of 35,000 words, Burn Mexican Coal Miners’ Co-Operatives CLEVELAND — (FP) — American mine owners in Mexico, according to the All-American Cooperative commis- sion, are guilty of burning down a union miner cooperattive store in re- venge for successful strikes. The Mexican miners had won 3 strikes against the Yankee employers, the last one receiving the support of the fed- eral board of arbitration. In retalia- tion the employers fired active union members, closed one of the pits and then destroyed the miners’ cooperative store. This coop had been established to afford workers protection against the company store. Don’t waste your breath, put It on Paper. FOR cows condemned out of a herd of 37./A number of American business men that the renewal and damage funds 4 A. J. Nackers had 19 out of 24 con-|are included in the organization. The Number of F arms be lessened and that the wages of the | ALL 5 NEW BOOKLETS demned, though his entire herd was | general committee is composed of rep- D ecrease as the workers on the lines be cut. Distribute! BY declared clean 5 months ago. Wm. |resentatives of all the foreign groups N So th The city officials point out that they ing ae bag ppt aac his 13 | except the Soviet Union and Germany, egro Leaves ui cannot relinquish the 55 per cent of = NEA cows butche) as reulous. Little Real Influence. the net receipts without action by the SCOTT RING. The farmers believe that the pack-| ‘The league, despite its powerful po-} NEW ORLEANS—(FP)—Owing to city council, The city patiielaies fous 0 ing companies of Chicago are the ones | litical and financial backing, has little|the migration of the Negro to the RALLY FORCES FIRST OF MAY! Speak Up Thru THE DAILY WORKER! and tenant farmers are given as causes, Haley Seeks Presidency of Bookbinders’ Union A campaign for: universal 44-hour Siecle Ge:the tea is the principai |!" New Orleans and too young for the |2 will rally with greetings to election plank in;;the platform of home for the aged, was discovered by The Daily Worker on May = i i the police living in a culvert near the Day in special ads. Get your strike because, local officers of the | ma: meeting branded the 10% cut in Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union wages as a blot on the good name of allege, the firm is preparing to estab-|the city, claiming that a lower stand- lish itself in St. Hyacinthe and openjard of teachers would be forced on a nonunion shop. One hundred per-|the public schools, Teachers in the sons are employed by the company | public schools here receive on an ay- jand union officials declare they are erage lower wages than girl clerks and all out on strike, factory workers. Too Old to Find Work, Too Young for Poor Farm, Lives in Culvert Bundles The May Day Special Issue will be one of 12 pages— filled with news and stories and cartoons—features from the shops, factories and Greetings and give to your shop-mate these new valuable and most interesting pam- phiets: Russia Turns East What Russia is doing in Asia. Trade unions, workers’ benefit societies and other working class organizations NEW ORLEANS—(FP)—John Ross- ney, 41, too old to secure employment Pe NEW! trade unions, en ee or Lehi pie canal. peep yore abode |2 organization to take some wha ; ° Lenin and th Trade Uni binders, ‘The eleation , will be by [Puce tiscovered 250 milk bottles, odd /2 gnace in The Daily Worker. e Special will be printed Glimpses of the nin the Trade Union referendum in August, following the |Pit# of clothing and several articles |E Anas at the rate of to enable every part of the t j Soviet Republic’ M ternational convention in Des Moines [OF furmitre: he culvert is high country to receive it before pi pa ovement tn July, sight ad bas’ auMiclont dry. botton $1.00 An Inch May Day and in time for ie Bt ant Maas, The BY A, LOSOVSKY Haley is a union bookbinder of 20 space for a mattress supported by r . distribution and your May J author has just returned years standing, originally of Nash-|iricks. He is now in jail charged with Individuals can join the bi Day meeting. Get a bundle from there, Mi (Seoretary of the Red International ville and now a member of Local 8,| tne crime of attempting ‘to live while im uals can jo’ 4 at the special price of of Labor Unions) Chicago, which hag unanimously in- looking for work. parade, and names of — 4 dorsed him for office. He is a ers sending greetings will be { Stopping a War iti ti ree kk Bistinas oeths Chetea iccls coca printed Pcie ery 2 Cents } An account: of the ger Introduction 15 Cents. tee and delegate for the bookbinders ae rpcomt Gay ideon: nest Son 4 able achievements of by en’ a — —, jzzard whic! i Communist Party of France, Earl R. Browder. hath haa ARS ee etae ‘pete recently visited St. Louis brought sut- 25 Cents a Name ns PY fering to many unemployed. The city’s free lodging house sheltered 614 uoien ea oa erp jobless men in one night. City of- De dima in the Intl, Ladies Gar- ;"!#!8 postponed closing the lodging ment Workers must undergo a medical bi dome bral ea of cold, weather and examination and obtain a health cor- |“2°™Dloyment. =o TRADE UNION EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE Room 37—156 W. Washington St., CHICAGO, ILL, World Labor Unity Giving facts about a subject being discussed by the 4 whole world of labor. 50 Cents. THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. JOIN THE BIG PARADE! Enclosed $. for a bundle sas * he union health tel es ee ener British Labor Bids re sare aap ier gue ; Of swum Copies of the May Day for Power : x \ new leaflet issued by the union’s Plumbers Helpers Sign the Honor Roll! Special, A graphic story of the latest steps of the great labor movement of England, 10 Cents Each Send Fifty for All Five to DAILY WORKER PUB. CO. health organization tells why this pre- caution ‘is taken. One reason is that the sick and consumptive benefits paid by the local unions to members must be protected. Another is that mem- bers must be safeguarded from infec-|]/ the club. Meetings every tious diseases, ; RID. :30 p. m., Shop chairmen are urged in another PI Ae niet 8:60, oh iat, leaflet to participate more actively in at the union's health work. Club of Brooklyn, New York calls on all helpers to join DENTIST 2232 N. California Avenne Telephone Armitage 7466 Near Milwaukee Avenue I guarantee to make your plates Mi and make your appearance “GName) Gas or Novol for Extraction. we NO PAIN, Hover scien. IM 7 Thatford Avenue, 9 Logan Square “L,” Milwaukee, Kedzie and California Ave. cars to door, A sub a day witt help to drive Brooklyn, N.Y.