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Pare Six T HE DAILY WORKER THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WCRKER PUBLISHING CO. 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Mi. Phone Monroe 4712 Haba Ac AB seal cal SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in Chicago only): By mail (outsids of Chicago): $8.90 per year $4.50 six months j $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months $2.50 three months | $2.00 three months te Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, tilinols J. LOUIS ENGDAHL ; WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J, LOEB. Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill., under the act of March 8, 1879, + Editors ..Business Manager Gi 290 Advertising rates on application, —— —==<—= = Rosenwald’s Sociological Investigation ‘Julius Rosenwald, the Chicago mail order millionaire, is on a tour of Europe and wants everyone in Chicago to know it. ‘While at Vienna he pulled off a cheap publicity stunt by first notifying Floyd Gibbons, a Tribune correspondent, and then standing in line with the unfortunate unemployed workers who live on doles from the government. The report states that “the Tribune correspondent found the Chicago millionarie surrounded by 1,000 jobless, morey- ( less man in the northwest railroad station where the state payment of the doles for the unemployed is made daily.” The philanthropic Julius was “studying” economic conditions by standing in line with the unemployed workers. After this per- formance he and the correspondent drove away in a luxurious atto- mobile, while the millionaire ruminated about the sociological effects| omers of “Hatrack” waxed indignant of the dole system for unemployed. He discovered that in addition to the state paying a samll amount to the unemployed the workers were not required to pay rent for their dwellings. Rosenwald’s pro-| press the issue of the magazine. found conclusion was stated in a few words: “It seems to me that doles only increase the number of unem- ployed, first by making it less onerous to be out of work and sec- ondly by placing an enormous byrden upon the remaining industries In operation.” This reaction of: the Chicago exploiter of labor is quite logical. j Tf the state pays a dole to its unemployed it thereby establishes a | minimum below which no one will work. Certainly no unemployed The American Mercury ay and t he Holy Bible The Indignant Christians of the Postoffice Department and the Denizens of Puritan New England Should investigate Some of the Spicy Stories Related in the Book They Proclaim to Be a Moral Guide for All Humanity to Follow. Wave after wave of christian de- nunciation has rolled over the head of H. L. Mencken, editor of the Ameri- can Mercury, because of his publish- ing a story régarding one “Hatrack” a part-time prostitute in the town of Farmington, Missouri. The story of the lone “lady of the evening” who lived in a town incapable of support- ing a full-time prostitute was a piece of descriptive realism that was too mueh for the guardians of other peo- ple’s morals, hence a whole swarm of them have assailed the magazine and its publisher, The first action was initiated by a meddlesome skypilot, the Rev. Chase of the watch and ward society of Bos- ton, He was afraid it would corrupt the morals of the textile cod-fish aris- tocracy of the Back Bay section of that center of culture and light. About the time a decision was rendered de- claring the contents of the magazine perfectly legal, the residents of Farm- ngton who had been former cus- at the unfavoorgble publicity rene | heir town and Appealed to the post- master general at Washington to sup- But the watchful Mr. Harry S. New, who was one of the favored of the late Harding and his political mentor, Mr. Harry M. Daugherty, the low crook apd grafter from Ohio, had an- ticipated the indignation of the Farm- ington residents and barred the maga- zine from the mails without even. giv- ing the publishers a hearing. This piece of arrogant and impudent bu- rocracy may have won the admiration of the Farmingtonians who in the days of their; youth accompanied the town’s “fallen! woman” in her nocturn- al journeys to the two cemeteries— the Masonic if her customers were catholic, the catholic if they were protestant—at the'top of the hill and are now respectable rotarians and kiwanis club members, but it certainly aroused the resentment of all intel- ligent people. ¥e > e Postmaster. as Censor. Fortunately the -agtion of the post- office department was rather belated as the regular editiop of the magazine had gone thru tha mails before the order barring it was handed down. The publisher endeayored to have the action reversed and.appealed to the postoffice department, but no action was taken, hence the April number re- mains on the index expurgatorious of the New inquisition. Mencken expressed fears that the May number might also be assailed by vis enemies and was told at Washing- on that future numbers should be BY H. M. WICKS submitted to the postmaster at Cam- tien, N. J,, from whence the maga- zine is mailed, for an opinion. We do not know whether the post- master at Camden is. sufficiently in- telligent even to understand anything above the intellectual level of a Hearst publication. Probably he is, like New, a Harding or Coolidge ap- pointee. If so, he is probably the most abysmally ignorant creature in those parts. But tho he were intel- ligent such autocratic exercise of us- urped power is utterly repugnant to every thinking person. If the opinions of christians of the type of the Rev. Chase of Boston, the chamber of commerce of Farm- ington and Mr. Harry 'S. New are tq determine the type of publication circulated in this country intelligence} y will soon become a crime and ignor-| f ance a virtue. Certainly these hypo- critical réligious frauds never read the book which is alleged to be the found- ation of their creed, otherwise they would not have the gall to try to suppress anything else on the grounds that it is obscene or tends to de- bauch the public morals. Some Delectable Smut. If these smut-hunters really want to suppress books containing filth of the most nauseating and utterly de- basing character they should read the What Does American Labor Think of tlie Passaic, N. J Mil worker would be so foolish as to slave all day for an amount equiva- |THE Passaic strike is now entering ‘lent to the dole paid by the state. out of work in Illinois the Sears-Reobuck mail order house, Mr. Rosenwald is the head, would have to pay its workers more than the dole. greedy blood-sucker of labor. wald is the suggestion that industry should be forced to maintain its idle workers during periods of depression. If the state paid doles to those its thirteenth wegk. Sixteen thou- of which | $224 textile workers are on. strike demanding higher wages, shorter hours and more sanitary working con- Such a deplorable state of affairs is repugnant to this} qitions. On numerous occasions these Equally unthinkable for Mr. Rosen-}workers have appealed to President’ Green of the American Federation of Labor to organize them into the Amer- ican Federation-of Labor. Green's an- Mr. Rosenwald’s sociological investigation was not complete,}swer to their appeal has been ‘an at- otherwise he would have perceived the fact that Vienna pays its un-|tack on the strikers. Instead of at- employed not because it has particular love for them, or because it|t#cking the open shop exploiters he is a paternal government practicing a mild form of state socialism, but because it strives to palliate the discontent of the workers and thereby avert, for a time, the proletarian revolution. When the workers of this country face similar conditions, Mr. Rosenwald will attacks workers on strike for better conditions and refuses to organize them. Refuses to Organize Strikers. The’ strikers appealed to McMahon, change his mind about state doles. He views the situation in Vienna head of the United Textile Workers, from the standpoint of the individual employer, while the govern- ment of that state views it as a matter of life and death to the capi- talist class as a whole. The Right to Bear Arms | oo According to the constitution of the United States every citizen has the right to bear arms, In spite of this well known fact certain all right if only all citizens were completely disarmed. Against this) suggestion the Evening American hurls its wrath and reminds its f readers that: “Fortunately the constitution of the United States still guaran- tees the right of the citizen to ‘bear arms.’ If politicians won't let you have the handy ‘automatic’ for burglars and highwaymen, get your- self a sawed-off shotgun and load it with buckshot cartridges.” Why should the American become so indignant? Did fot Mr. Hearst’s New York publication support the Tammanyite shyster, j Sullivan, who is responsible for the law in that state against citizens possessing guns in their homes? It is a well known fact that the reason the law was passed was because Sullivan, being a Tammany- ite, was dependent upon gangster and underworld support. The | these gentlemen. Hence they appealed to their political leader, i Sullivan, to place a Jaw upon the statute books disarming the *popu- cause probably prompted all similar laws. . In face of the support of the Sullivan law by the Hearst papers Hearst paper appears contradictory. Pp ies We are inclined to think that in case The DAILY WORKER should advocate that the working class lay in supplies of sawed-off shotguns and other weapons permitted by the constitution, ‘the Hearst papers thruout the land would be among the first to raise a dismal howl about it. ih Enlightening the Britishers According to a financial writer on the Chicago Herald- Examiner an American financier, in an apologetic mood because of the oppo- sition to the league of nations and the worlé court, informed a Lon don newspaper that “mass opinion in America is painfully super- ficial.” cier, or that such a thing as an American financier exists is proof of his contention. are so dumb that they continue to slave in order that he and his class may live in idleness, luxury and debauchery off the unpaid labor of American workers. jail those against whom they riot. thugs, highwaymen, porch-climbers and other Tammany rank and | ratified child labor amendment. Thus filers had been. meeting with sanguinary, receptions at the hands of | writes the Journal: “Rumor in Wash- New York citizens who, resented the ~house breaking proclivities of |i78ton says that there is, led by the lation, so the underworld could ply its trade unmolested. A‘similar| @mory, are actively on the job.” rh sry ' » yment in this country. The class con- of New York the outburst of indignation on the part of the Chicago.) scious bourgeoisie of this land “of We agree with the financier in his estimation of American mass]"40ks of the skilled laborers is being opinion, The very fact that he is in London as an American finan-|°V®? Move narrowed down as capital- If it were not “painfully superficial” he and |states only 4,000,000 are skilled work others of his ilk would be expropriated of their wealth instead |ers while the great majotity are un- * of touring the world expressing their contempt for the dubbs who |*Killed and unorganized, to’organize them. McMahon's answer was a blunt refusal. Both Green and McMahon answered the appeal of the textile strikers to organize them and help them fight the open shop bosses by» publishing half-page ads of the struek Botany Worsted Mills and the United Piece Dye Works in the Amer- tean Federationist and half page ads Of the struck Botany Worsted, Gera freaks who profess to talk learnedly of crime, when they know nothi-}and Lodi mills in the organ of the j ing either of its nature or causes, declare that everything would be} United Textile Workers. Workers Support-Strikers. HO Green and McMahon are doing their best to aid the bosses break the strike, the major portion of the trade union movement support the strikers, The Locomotive Engineers’ Journal, organ of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineegs, in its April is- sue prints an editorial.properly char- acterizing the bosses and the rotten conditions in the Pagsate textile mills) pointing out that these workers are fighting for better living conditions. he Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gitleers is not the orily section of the organized labor movétient supporting the Passaic strike. Gther important units of the American Federation of Labor have expressed themselves for the Passaic strike. ThesDAILY WORK- ER will publish undef its head the comments of the varjous unions in their organs on the Rassaic strike. The endorsement of the Passaic textile workers’ struggle by great sec- tions of the American ]gbor movement strikes a new note hope for the American labor moyem nt. The editorial on the, Passaic strike in the April issue of,the. Locomotive Engineers’ Journal follows; he apie raped thousané* textile workers are on strike at Passaic, New ‘ersey, against industrial wrongs so workers organized in the American] rutal that Frank °° Walsh, joint Plot’ Against Child Labor Law OF FOREIGN-BORN URGES STATE By NAT KAPLAN. HE Journal of Electrical Workers and Operators throws out the hint that there is a movement on foot in Washington for wiping out the un- National Association of Manufac- turers, whose president, John BE. Eger. ton, and chief lobbyist, James A. This is more than a hint. It is a hallenge to the entire labor move- freedom” wish to perpetuate their role as the world’s child exploiters par ex- | cellence and are on the offensive in this regard. i The fact that there are over 3,000,- 000 children exploited in this country | is no suddenly exploded, unexplained phenomenon, but, on the contrary,| has its roots deeply sunk in the en- tire system of bourgeoisie economy. | The development of machine produce: tion, the simplification of the produc. tion process thru the division of la- bor (in its higher form the Taylor system, etc.) has laid the basis for @ large influx of child and woman labor into the production processes, The ist production develops, Out of 35 to 40 million workers in the United Child labor enormously increases the surplus values which the bour- geoisie extracts from the sweat and blood of the workers. Its more than The negation of child labor necessari- ly implies the negation of the entire capitalist system, its economy and its Super-structure, and we are under no \illusions to the contrary. However, we are now faced with jthe problem of the immediate strug- |sle against child labor. In that re- gards the warning of the. electrical \ workers journal is of great importance. |It takes on additional life when we {note the resolution passed by the house of representatives and intro- | duced by Representative Garrett of | Tennessee (“who admitted that. he was opposed to the,gunendment.”) The jTesolution reads: jg, “Resolved, That ithe secretary of state be directed to transmit to the house of representatives a state- ment showing what” states ha thru their respective legislatures, as certified to his office, taken action upon .the proposed amendment to the constitution ‘ofthe United States authorizing the "Pegulation of the labor of persons''linder 18 years of age by the congréss, and what such action has been, "giving in each in. stance, where aVailable, the vote in the several legislatures that have acted.” . The intention behind this resolution is very evident, , Our “legal fixers” made a marked error in “applied Jurisprudence” at the time that the resolution was first sent on its trip to the states, There is no time limit set for its ratification. Thus altho 23 States have already rejected the amendment (after the child exploit- ers carried on an energetic campaign, spending huge sums of money for propaganda and other purposes) there is nothing which can prevent the 10 doubly exploited position makes it act living standard of the masseg of adult workers and for the greater bribery, and hence greater corruption, of the ever narrowing circle of the labor aristocracy, Thus we see the influx of children into the industries not as a mir but as an inseparable feat. of capltalism—when capitalism reaches a certain stage on its Coraline ‘ ais Wl amendment from again becoming an Jersey Justice: Police start a riot, then read the riot.act and|®’ ® Wedse for the lowering of the} issue, even in a state where it has already been acted upon, This ac- counts for the cold sweat appearing on the brow National Associa- tion of Manul irers. It is very likely now that once the secrotary of state supplies the information to the house on the actions of the states that the N. A. of M*TLe, its representative in congress) will rush thru some pro- chairman of the former U, S. war la- bor board, brands them the most shameful existing in any American in- dustry. “Geographically the Passaic textile mills are in the United States, but spiritually they belong to the period of the divine right of kings or the ruthless ézars and kaisers of a by- gone age. In fact, the largest of the Passaic mills is chiefly owned by Ger- man capital that invested in America because German labor laws would not permit the conscienceless exploitation of employes allowed in free America, Sixteen-Hour Day. “M\HE Passaic textile barons enjoy a high tariff subsidy averaging 78 per cent, which is justified on the ground that it will enable them to pay good wages. Instead, they have ground wages down to $12, $16, or $18 a week, and out of sweated labor have squeezed profits that, in the case of the largest mills, average over 93 per cent for a seven-year period. Nor do the workers have fixed hours of la- bor. A drive system compels them to work at break-neck speed for four or five hours, and then they are laid off for the day, with pay only for the hours worked. In the case of day la- bor, workers are often compelled to labor sixteen to nineteen hours at a stretch, with one man to do the task of two. Even decent sanitary con- veniences are denied these mill slaves. vision for limiting the time for the ratification of the amendment, If this is done, it will be done in a great hurry, since the senators and repre. sentatives have already started the exodus “back to their wards” to en- gineer their re-elections and this will soon become general, This means that the labor move- ment must act—and act quickly. To merely repeat phrases which have no content in reality and in practice viz. Frank Morrison, secretary of the A, F. of L. answers Egerton of the N. A. of M. at the women’s industrial confer- ence held in Washington in January: “The A. F. of L. has taken an officiad position in favor of protective legisla- tion for women and children”) is not sufficient, The entire force of the labor movement must be organized to bring pressure to bear against congress preventing it from rushing thru a pro- vision which wipes the amendment off the books. Not only that but the la- or movement must put up additional demands. Not only: “the authoriza- tion of congress to regulate the labor of persons under 18 years,” but the complete abolition of all child labor up to 16 years of age, state mainten- ance for the children and severe pun- ishment to all employers who violate same, Behind these demands must stand the united forces not only of the trade unions,-but the political parties of the working class and all workers’ organizations, BAD BELYAGHE KEEPS GOOLDGE IN HIS BED; OTHER ORGANS FUNCTION WASHINGTON, April 16.—Presi- dent Coolidge has been orde: to stay in bed because of a bad belly- ache. His physician declares that the president is suffering from “slight intestinal disorder, accom- panied by some pain in the abdo- men. His heart action ‘and tem. perature are normal.” delightful sex stories in the so-called book of god, the holy bible, In case they are not able to recall these stories, we pick a few at random, Since the stories are so filthy that we cannot publifh them for fear of having our publication barred from the mails for carrying obscene mat- ter, we. will only refer to the chap- ters and verses in the holy bible where they may bd read in the eyen- ing before family circles in the chris- tian homes of the nation for the edi- fication of the children. First, we suggest the story of the la- mentable failure of the heroic attempt to stimulate the circulation of the feeble King David's blood as related in First Kings, I, 1-4. 2, The delectable story of Abraham ng his wife, Sarah, to deceive roah, according to Genesis XII, 10-20; atid its sequel which is found in Chapter XVI of Genesis. 3. “Intensified surgery as related in Genesis XVII, 23-27. 4. ‘Why Sarah laughed out loud at what she considered a joke of the Lord God Almighty as eloquently told in Genesis, XVIII, 10-12, 5. Highly moral and religious epi- sode from the intimate family life of the late Mr. Lot according to Genisis XIX, 30-36. 6. The. wrath of the Lord visited And when they finally dared to rebel “gainst a 10 per cent wage cut, their sommittee of protest was “fired” on the spot. Textile Barons’ Low Wages. : “Wages are so Jow in this textile baronetey that mothers and children have to,work to eke out the father’s income. Over 50 per cent of the women working nights are mothers. A mother with nine children toils all night in the mills for from $14 to $16 a week, goes home in the gray. dawn to get breakfast for her husband ‘and oldest daughter, aged seventeen, to go to work (the husband, a skilled machin- ist, made but $25 in two weeks be- cause of part-time employment), and then she gets breakfast for the rest of the family, washes them up and sends them off to school, or lets them roam the streets while she snatches a few hours’ sleep, interrupted by pre- Yaring two more meals for a hungry family before trulging back to work again. a Terrorize Strikers, IN the striking employes *: peatefully assembled outside the mills; ;the barons had them drenched with:fire-plug streams on a bitted cold day, assaulted them with tear gas bombs;,-minions, the police, to club them, ride them down, and throw them) into jail. Even newspaper re- porters were beaten and their cameras smashed by these ‘peace officers,’ upon a young man as described in Genesis XXXVIII, 8-10. 7. Forcible capture of women and polygamy approved in Deutronomy, XXI, 10-15. 8. Marked consideration for the soldiers of God as revealed in Num- chapter of Isaiah, Other portions of the holy book con- tain guides to morality. and etiquette. We will give but four references of that nature, which will be quite enuf for any good Sunday school teacher: 1. Heayenly suggestion to. christian dieticians as told in Ezekiel V, 12-13. 2, The etiquette of eating accord: ing to St. Matthew XV, 20. 3. Godly hospitality as eloquently set forth in Deutronomy XIV, 21. 4. Most anyone would rather be- lieve that he rose from the apes than that he is a fallen Adam“ after reading the twelfth verse of the thirty-sixth chapter of Isiah. Pillory the Hypocrite. It is not'a bad idea for workers to keep this list of bible quotations to use against the pious hypocrits end frauds who are always prattling about their superlative virtue and morality. The present writer has used them from time to time in debates with ministers of the gospel and other de- fenders of christianit¥ and can recom” mend them as highly efficacious. | Strike? Bosses ignore Workers’ Demands, “The governor of the state, clergy- men, rival and commercial bodies be- sought the mill owners employes. They haughtily ignored these proffers. Only when the strikers carried their case to Washington and laid it before members of congress with a plea for federal investigation did these in- dustrial tyrants condescend to listen to their employes, and then only on condition that they first go back to work and have nothing to do with ‘outside’ agitators—in other words break their. strike and give up thé union they had formed for their pro- tection. The workers offered to return to their jobs if they are first paid a living wage as determined by the cost of living studies of the United States department of labor. Many of them now get less than one-half of this amount. Their other grievances they offer to, adjust by a joint com- mittee on which they and their em- ployes have equal representation. BA yin owners refuse to deal on these terms, Meanwhile, Senator La- Follette has introduced a resolution in the senate for an investigation of the denial of constitutional rights and the other illegal acts of the arrogant mill owners, whose sole ridiculous def is to cry ‘Communism’ at these strikers struggling for an American standard of living and a vestige of industrial freedom.” BOSTON COUNCIL FOR PROTECTION FEDERATION OF LABOR FIGHT BILLS (Special te The Dally Worker) BOSTON, Mass., April 18—The Council for the Protection of Foreign- Born has sent the following letter to John F. McCarthy, president of the Massachusetts State Federation of Labor, and John J, Kearney of the Boston Central Labor Union pointing out the official attitude of the American Federa- tion of Labor on the alien registration acts and asking what action these two units of the American Federation of Labor intend to take locally to Protest + against the anti-alien legislation: Cite Green Letter, “Sits and’ Brothers: “Your attention is called to the fol- lowing letter dated April 10, received from William Green, president of the Aterféin Federation ‘of Labor, in re- ply'to'a communication from this or: gal lization: ‘ bl ‘in’reply permit me to advise’ you that the American Federation of La- bor is: opposing the bills providing for registtation, photographing and finger: printing f aliens coming to America, While we are in favor of restriction of immigtation legislation and while we aré-in favor of the maintenance of the present immigration law, we are op posed .to legislation which would pro- Wide, fingerprinting and registration of alle “The legislative committee of the American Federation of, Labot ‘has been instructed to oppose the passage Johnson, McClintic and others,’ eration of Labor, we should like to ed a8, Pledge Full Co-Operation. take any action on this legislation, end “Fraternally yours, “L. Gilbert, Secretary, Bo ia ' NEW YORK, April 18—Bdward W. Browning, elde..y husb&hd of 15-year- —_______ of the resolutions submitted to the congress by Representatives Aswell, “In view of the fact that this is the official attitude of the American Fed- know whether your body intends to if so we should be very glad to co-operate with you, i = Browning Triples old Frances “Peaches” Heenan, tripled his bodyguard to protect himself and his bride against threats made. ever the telephone. > | | ANSONIA LABOR IN CONNECTICUT PLANS " FOREIGN-BORN MEET ANSONIA, Conn, April 11 A conference for the protection of. foreign-born workers will be’ held at the Samson Hall, 9 High street, on Sunday morning, April 25, at 10 o'clock, FO A The conference is called. by mem- bers of trades pa yh pg Ia. bor organizations. An appeal has been sent to all labor organizations. in the city to send delegates to the .gonference, opens Guggenheime Biéy in acna-Arica Dispute (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 16— Reports that the Guggenheim Copper inter- ests are marpulating to have Bolivia purchase Tacna-Arica from Peru and Chile persist. A reliable Washington source has said that the Guggenheims are arranging a $50,000,000 loan to Bo- livia to make the purchase possible on the basis of $20,000,000 each to Chile and Peru, 1h This, it is claimed, would settle the Tacna-Arica dispute and at the same time give Bolivia a much-needed let to the sea, It is very whether or not the two other urles can be persuaded to come such an agreement but if the made the benefit will be genheim’s than Bolivia's, l

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