The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 23, 1926, Page 5

BOSTON LABOR FIGHTS BAN ON NEGRO WORKERS Union Head ‘Uses Klan Methods on A.N.L.C. By a Worker Correspondent BOSTON, April 21—Repudiating his (nvitation extended a week previous— svendenying that he extended the in- ‘itation—John J. Kearney, president < the Boston Central Labor Union, arbitrarily ruled. out. of participation in the parade of or @nized labor the members of the Boston local of the American Negro Labor Congress. et Let the Negro Inl The parade opened the local com- paignto “organize the: unorganized.” At the: last meeting of the Central Labor Union Brother Robert H, Isaacs, flelogate from. Apartment House. Jan- Ktors’ Local No, 5, introduced a regolu- tion aimed at removing the restric- tions.placed against Negro workers in the unions and. calling for .a special campaign to organize Negro workers. Kearney, took the floor against the first provision of the resolution, claim- ing that in Boston there was no dis- crimination. After the resolution passed Brother Isaacs, who is also a By a Worker Correspondent member of the American Negro Labor DETROIT, Mich., April 21— “The Congress, applied to Kearney for per-| way to hold what we have of pros- mission for the American Negro Labor | perity,” said Henry Ford, “is to keep Congress to participate and Kearney | up the standard of wages, and the way invited them to march with the Cen-|to have more prosperity is to cut tral:Labor Union division, prices and increase wages.” **’ Tears Down Placards, But Ford’s workers know the hypoc- Despite the refusal of Kearney to|risy back of this statement. Here is Mlow-the Negro workers to partici-}an example of how Ford increases pate» the American Negro Labor Con-| wages at the Ford plant. tress-proceeded to Fanuel Hall (the} A man worked on one job-for sever **Cradle of Liberty”), where a mass | years, receiving $7.20 for 8 hours work’ meeting followed the march, andjeach day. Recently this man was placed their-banners and placards on| transferred to another department on’ the press, Ford Makes Speeches About Prosperity While: Wages Are Cut at Plant riew,. Kearney, on entering the hall, mmediately threw down the placards, Brother Isaacs protested to State Or- sanizer Frank McCarthy, who in- mected the placards and then ordered them replaced in position. The plac- trds. of the American Negro Labor Dongress read as follows: “LABOR, THE NEGRO WORKER IS WITH YOU—LET US IN!” “ORGANIZE THE NEGRO WORKERS,” “NEGRO. WORKER, BE A UNION MAN!” ‘BLACK WORKERS AND WHITE WORKERS AGAINST THE BOSS!"5 tld. “NEGRO WORKERS ARE ~NOCKING AT LABOR'S-DOOR!” Will Fight Klan Tactics. . The American Negro Labor - ress does not intend to let this mat- fer end here. They are in the cam- paign for racial equality and the al tion of all discrimination against N ‘0 workers in the trade unions ey mean to make it a finish fi Brother Isaacs declared he would)... wing up this matter and endeavor to | ° ind out whether the ku klux klan tae- fics of John J. Kearney will be en-| © forsed by the delegates. The American Negro Labor Con- ‘ess is calling for a united front of «i working-class organizations, black r white, to fight for the abolition of ace discrimination in the trade unions f Boston. Did you subscribe to The American Worker Correspondent? @ different job, at which he will te~ ceive $6.40 a day, a-cut in wages of 80 cents a day. q .. Another method, used.,in cutting Wages is the speed-up, system inaugu- rated in the Ford plant. One man.in. every three is dropped from the pay- Toll and the remaining two are driven (thru fear of losing their jobs) to, pro- duce the amount of labor. put out by, the former three men, ‘ ., When Henry Ford blahs about pay- tng’ high wages he does not fool the men: who work for him. Ford’s gen- erosity is only a myth. By this time not one-of us is*foolish enough to be taken in by such lies. We all know hat: we must fight for our rights. There is only one way and that is thru organization. Divided we’ are being driven to our own destruction. United we will win decent living con- ditions, better homes and higher edu- cation for our children, _——. WORKER CORRESPONDENTS WILL HOLD CONFERENCE ON MAY FIRST A call for the first Chicago district tonference of worker correspondents meet on May 1 has been issued by he American Worker Correspondent, ‘ficial organ of the worker corres- jondents of The DAILY WORKHER. ind. ‘the Communist press. Explaining the importance of the yorker correspondents’ movement the fall says: “Until the pegse the worker pspondents of the United States tad no organization of their own. Thi ave been working as individuals with- jut any co-ordination of their efforts, vithout general guidance. “It is high time to get together and py the basis for a powerful worker respondent movement in the United ates.” 4 4 e conference.ig called to meet hs 1, at 1 p. m,, at the ‘workile’ louse, 1902 W. Division St., Chicago, the following agenda is proposed: 1, Our press as. the collective agi- stor, propagandist, and organizer, 8. The role of the worker cor- respondents as the vanguard of the revolutionry proletariat, 4, The shop bulletins, 5. Closer co-operation between our ‘newspapers with the ald of worker correspondents, Exchange of im- portant and exclusive information. 6. The party press builders and the worker correspondents. ‘ 7. Classes for worker correspond- 8. National organization, | 9. International relations: Interna- tional Communist Press Day, May 5. All worker correspondents of our district are urged to secure credentials from the newspapers for which they write and to come to the conference. All who expect to attend the confer- ence are also urged to fill out the attached coupon and return it to the] ; office of the American Worker Cor- respondent. All the expenses in con- nection with the conference will have to be covered by those who participate, 2, What is news for a militant/ All our newspapers are urged to have yorkers’ newspaper? @ representative at this conference. CUT OFF AND MAIL AT ONCE sees To the American Worker Correspondent, 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. _ Dear Comrades: I will attend the First Worker Correspondents’ Conference of the Chicago district to be held Saturday, May 1, at 1p. m., at the Workers’ House, 1902 W. Division St. Chicago, I. t write for (MAME Of PADET) sucrarerereoser-sessorssececssssernessonssossoereersssneresoonsonssssssnennesioe + Pet A EN DER OE Sa. Mh 6 4 gteeesannensverssnesenenegnes. (All wito-Sxpect to attend the conference’#hould: mail in this coupon ~ Fs ‘ a8 soon as possible.) ok For the best stories sent in during this week, to appear in the issue of Friday, April 23, Worker Correspondents CAN WIN THREE NEW BOOKS! dg PRIZE—“Selected Essays,”by Karl Marx. A book of great Im- portance, issued for the first time in English. A new book, just off ane PRIZE—“The Awakening of China,” by Jas, H. Dolsen. An un- usual publication—and a beautiful one—ready now! P se PRIZE—“A Moscow Diary,” by Anne Porter. A record of im- pressions of the first workers’ government. DO IT THIS WAY: Make your story brief. Write on one side of the paper only. Give facts. Give. your name and.address. Write about the job. NEARING TALKS ON BRITAIN AT DETROIT FORUM Says British Empire Is Crumbling Fast By T. JUKES. (Worker Correspondent.) _.. DETROIT, April Z1—The season of the..Detroit labor forum closed today with. the largest audience it has ever Wad, come to hear Scott Nearing speak on “The Crumbling British Empire.” ‘ The speaker sketched the ever-sharp- ening imperialist struggle between the two major forces—Great Britain and Germany which culminated in the Breat war. The war witnessed the shattering of the great European im- perialist powers and led to the dom- Snation of the United States. Bri- fi telat superiority, which was due to her ‘highly developed methods of ma- ghine production, has for a long time beet declining owing to her colonies becdining more and more self-support- RE: Native capitalism is springing up. Tarif barriers are raised against Brit- ck joods. This was supplemented he establishment of textile fac- ories. in India by British capitalists fvho ‘were able by means of inhuman exploitation to produce goods cheaper ere-than in England. Soviet Russia. Another important factor in the de- ¢eline of the British empire was the halienge to British hegemony in the ear Bast and China by Soviet Rus- whose anti-imperialist policy has favorable recognition from China other Eastern countries. « What ‘may yet prove to be the most powerful challenge to British capital- ist-imperialism, however, is to be found inside the British Isles, in the form of a powerful and militant labor movement of the British workers. Bri- tish capitalists, faced with a constant- ly declining trade, have shut down their industries. England has an im- mense army of permanently unemploy- ed and this forces the wages of the employed down to starvation level. The miners are receiving as low as three or four dollars a week. In face of this there is no move made to re- duce the immense royalties the de- generate survivals of the feudal aris- tocracy receive on coal, ‘ Militancy Grows. * Such factors are driving the British working class towards direct action. This is well shown in such incidents in the British Trade Ufiions as the formation of an Anglo-Russian unity committee and the militancy of such leaders as A, J. Cook, head of the miners’ federation. The address was well received andthe audience, when appeal- ed to wipe off the $370 debt on the Shoulders of the forum, responded so well that over $400 was collected and es it possible to reopen next fall. Pittsfield Workers » Demand Restoration of 10 Pct. Wage Cut . PITTSFIBLD, Mass., April 21—(FP) --Workers representatives from five wool textile mills of Pittsfield have again appealed to employers for resto- ration of wages prior to the 10% cut of last fall, In August the workers struck and the United Textile Workers organizer came to help form a union, The workers were induced to submit their fight to arbitration but the board them a Christmas present of the employers making and sustained the 10% reduction, ‘There are 400 workers at Berk- shire Woolen Co, Inc, 450 at Pon- toosuc Woolen Manufacturing Co., 275 at S. N. & C, Russell Mfg. Co., 900 at W. B. Tillotson Mfg. Co, and 570 at James & E. H. Wilson Co., a total of about 2600, Three of the five mills have been working only part time, The American Worker Correspond- ent is out. Did you get your copy? Hurry up! Send in your sub! it's only 50 cents, — | THE DAILY WORKER SLONIM MEETS COLD RESPONSE FROM WORKERS Anti-Soviet Tool Is Ex- posed at Meeting Marco Slonim, member of the social- revolutionary party of Russia located in Paris which. is working hand in glove with the monarchists, met a cold response when he spoke in Chi- cago in Italian with the intention of arousing anti-Soviet feeling among Italian workers. ‘The meeting was called by the Ithlfan section of the fast-expiring socidlist party. Rehash of Capitalist Attack. His speech was nothing more than a rehash of the: filth gathered from the columns ofthe capitalist press, Slonim told nothingsnew. He tried to create the impres#ion that the Soviet Union is returning'to capitalism. His speech was a mass@/of contradictions, Historical dates, facts, figures meant nothing to Slonim.». He waved them all aside. His solg, purpose was an attack on the Soyiet Union and the Communist Partysof the Soviet Union, Jingo Fears’ Discussion. When the meeting was opened by G. Bertelli, member of the socialist party and an ardent supporter of the imperialist world war, a number of Italian workers asked whether a free discussion would be permitted after the speech. Bertelli declared that he was going to be “boss in his own house” and would not permit discus- sion. Later he changed his mind and said that he would allow questions. When some of the workers declared they wanted not only the right to ask questions but also the right to answer the speaker, he shouted that he would refuse to listen to anyone until “after the speaker was thru.” This caused great excitement in the meeting. Comrade Candela took the floor and pointed out that the chairman was trying to incite .@ gertain section of the audience to vinlence against those workers who~demanded a free dis- cussion and declared that if any dis- turbance occurred the chairman would be responsible. The chairman wae finally forced to agree to allow af answer to the speech by Slonim, S Flays Anti-SoViet Tools, After the speech’ by Slonim, Can- dela defended the’ Soviet Union, pointing out that’ the speaker had stressed the question of the jailing of the counter-revolutonists in, Russia in an attempt to the sympathies of the anarchist. .He pointed out that Slonim in his defense of these “polit- ical” prisoners did ‘not mention that these prisoners half aided the forces of counter-revolution inside and out- side the country during the period of civil war and that they had done all in their power té‘Mestroy the first working class repyblic, Candela pointed out that tho Slo- nim carried a “denidcratic” mask, his party used aterrorism much worse than the bolsheviks were ever charged with using, He pointed out that the mensheviks and.sogjal-revolutionaries did all in their power to aid the cap- italist offensive aghinst Russia and did all they could to strengthen cap- italism internationally, He showed that soon after Kerensky became head of Russia that the death penalty was established and thousands of militant workers were murdered by this so-called “democratic” regime. It was brought out that the Communist Party was an underground organiza- tion during the Kerensky regime, Reads Workers’ Reports. In answer to the lies spread about Russia by Slonim, Candela read trom the reports of the German, Czecho- Slovak, English and’ other workers’ delegations that had been sent to Rus- sia, He pointed out that most of those in the delegations were social-demo- crats, He ended his talk’ by an’ appeal to the Italian workers tb repudiate men like Slonim. In ordér to show the character of men such as Slonim he read the confessions 6f Boris Savin- kov and showed that the social-demo- crats are responsibit’ for Horthy in Hungary, Mussolini fi’ Italy, and Hin- denburg in Germanys~ Iowa Reactio: in Long Distante 1 Fight for U. S. Senate Seat (Special to The Qaily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 21.—Senator Albert B, Cummins (R.) of Iowa will conduct a “long distance” campaign in his fight for renomination to the sen- even tho former Senator Brook- is on the ground fighting to take away his seat, “The pressure of business before the senate judiciary committee, of which Tam chairman, prevents my returning to Iowa for the primary campaign,” said Cummins. “I shall write a few letters and my friends in Iowa will do the rest.” : Bathing Beauty’ Exhibit. NEW ORLEANS, April 20—Col, J, R. McQuigg, national commander of the American Legion {s scheduled to, visit this city April 29, and as a result the local Legion posts are scouring the city for shapely girls to stage a bathing revue in one of the numerous Page Five PRESIDENT OF PORTO RICAN SENATE... PROTESTS PROPOSED U. S. LAW WILL IMPOSE AN AMERICAN DICTATORSHIP WASHINGTON, April 21,—Antonio Barcelo, president of the Porto Rican senate and foremost leader of the dominant unionist party, has cabled to Cordova Davila, his representative in congress, that Porto Rico is “alarmed with the Kiess amendment to the Organic Act, which practically ties us to the will of an opprobrious dictatorship.” The Kiess measure increases the powers of the appointive American auditor for Porto Rico, just as for the appointive American auditor for the Philippine Islands. by General Leonard Wood to rob the Philipipne legislature of its power to appropriate Philippine funds raised by local taxation to such public purposes as the legislature may think suitable. Because discrimination against the Filipinos as against the Porto Ricans would be dangerous, since the Filip- inos are more advanced and are insist- ing upon independence, Porto Rico must be brot under the same humilia- tion. The effect in San Juan has been just what might have been expected— the reactionary, anti-labor, job-hunting Unoinist party has been suddenly transformed into a Latin-American, anti-imperialist hornets’ nest. Barcelo Insincere. “Nothing could be done without the will of the dictator,” Barcelo cabled, “by whose action even the courts of ustice are suppressed. We are un- der the weight of a bitter deception, considering that while under a pretext of lack of time, no consideration is given a bill granting Porto Rico the It was designed+ right to elect her own governor, there s time enuf to’ approve laws restrict ing the sovereignty of our people. If you believe that such an amendment is going to be inevitably approved, DEMAND STRICTER cable us to consider then the advisa- bility of preparing the country in such manner as our dignity demands, stop- ping the trip of our commisison from going to Washington to receive only humiliation and a terrible slap in the face. It is possible that the hour has been reached to take final action, and thank God that a last the wanton egotism of so-called American capital that now pretends to defend the oppressor by converting him to a victim, has torn the veil of hypoc- risy with which it has masked its false promises of liberty and democracy that had held the faith of this people.” Of course Barcelo, tool of American sugar companies and bankers, does not seriously mean to start an inde- pendence agitation for that would play into the hands of his enemies, the Porto Ricon labor and radical organ- izations. What he wants is the aban- donment of a bill that threatens his control of public expenditures and pa- tronage. In defense of his own privvy- ileges he will denounce the northern imperialism loudly enuf to be heard around the Caribbean—until Washing- ton mollifies him, Insurance Lobby at Washington Hopes to ENFORCEMENT OF|Peisy Compensation Act DRY LEGISLATION Religious Leaders Op: pose Relaxing Law WASHINGTON, April 21.—Warnitg congress that “any surrender” to the wet drive for modification of probibi- tion will result in “a new orgy of law- lessness” Fred B, Smith, of New York, chairman of the citizens’ committee of one thousand, today urged the senate judiciary to recommend stricter. en; forcement of the national dry law. Taxes, tariff, world court and farm relief are but minor issues, Smith de- clared, compared to the “supreme question” of compelling obedience: to the American constitution. Smithhad nothing to say in protest against: the suspension of all constitutional rights} of the Passaic strikers by the pol! of that city, tho it is taking place right under his nose. i s Bishop Hits Wets. Most of the demand for modifica, tion, said Bishop Cannon, another wit- ness of the drys, came from New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Penn- sylvania, and Maryland. Two of these states, Maryland and New York, have. utterly refused to pass any state en- forcement law,” he said, “and yet the very men in these states, who are largely responsible for the failure to pass an enforcement law, are the ones who are loudly and illogically de- nouncing the failure to enforce the law.” Phillip King, of the Christian Sci- ence church’s committee on publica- tions, said his church opposed modi- fication of the dry law. The dry demand for stricter enforce- ment of the law was endorsed by Mrs. Ella A. Boole, president of the National Women’s Christain Temper- ance Union. She particularly con- demned the Canadian systems of gov- ernment control. Hits Business Appointments. The treasury’s policy of securing business executives to handle impor- tant posts in the prohibition enforce- ment machine was criticized before the senate judiciary sub-committee this afternoon by Senator Reed, demo- crat, of Missouri, wet member. Reed closely cross-examined Frederick G. Baird, of Pittsburgh, prohibition ad- ministrator for Western Pennsylvania who said his appointment was recom mended by Judge Elbert H. Gary of the United States Steel corporation and that he was still drawing $12,000 a year as an official of the Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad. Baird was one of the men selected by L. C, Andrews, dry czar, who ap- pealed to business organizations for the “loan” of officials to become &d- ministrators. Close Chicago Boozeries, Twenty temporary injunctions against saloons, soft drink places and roadhouses-in or near Chicago, order- ing them closed, were issued today by Federal Judge Adam C. Cliffe, making a total of forty such restraining or- ders issued in two days by him, Weavers of Bloom Co. Plant Strike ‘ . NEW LONDON, Conn., April 20— (FP)—The entire weaving department of Edward Bloom Co, Inc., silk dress goods factory, is closed by the si of 160 weavers, The strikers ask piece work rates paid before the 10% wage cut of six months ago plus a 10% increase on certain grades of goods. ‘The frm has another plant in Putnam, halls, tar from water or sandy beaches. | Conn, lal to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 21.—The in- surance lobby here is working night and day to prevent the passage of the Fitzgerald workmen's compensation ‘hill for the District of Columbia, The measure is intended to be the model for agitation in behalf of a similiar law all over the country. The District of Columbia committee has for the third time in five years. reported favorably on the proposal. The report caustically criticises the lobby maintained here by the insur- ance concerns and condemns the cham | ef commerce propaganda fgainst the Dill, specifically naming. that organization, to the great dis- comfiture of its members who prefer |” to work in the dark in a matter of this. kind, It states that the companies’ claims that the bill invades the field of private business merely means that the private corporations want the “op: portunity to make private profits out of injuries to workmen.” Object, To Delay. The whole object of the lobby, which recognizes that the bill is almost sure to pass if brot up, is to have it delay- éd until so close to the adjournment of congress that it would be left over, as it was last year. Methodist Ministers Fear Probe of Donors to Reform Societies Methodist ministers in the Anti- Saloon League and the Better Govern- ment Association and other reform or- ganizations are not concerned as to where money donated towards these movements comes from. The ministers, in an executive ses- sion, had a lengthy word battle as to the acceptance of the $23,000 ‘gift” from George E. Brennan to the Bet- ter Government Association, which has-eaused the association to be called the Better Graft Association. The or- ganization had promised to throw €rowe votes to Hope Thompson and thus insure the election of Michael Igoe; the democratic nominee. It failed to live up to its promise and Brennan “spilled the beans.” Dr. A. M. Pennywell made a motion calling on all reform organizations to make known the sources of their in- come, This motion was overwelm- ingly voted down. In opposing the motion Bishop Ed- win Holt declared: “Such a motion would be construed as a reflection on the work of the Anti-Saloon League. juch organizations as the. Anti-Saloon ague and the Better Government Association have served a good pur- pose, and are a strong bulwark of the church in its fight against those who favor modification of the dry law.” By his attitude the bishop expressed great fears that if an investigation were made of the financial backers of these organizations it would be found that many prominent Chicago boot- leggers would be on the lists as heavy contributors, Two Negro Workers Are Sent to the Bryn Mawr Summer School Among the thirteen women employ ed ih industry that are being sent to, the Bryn Mawr summer school are two Negro women. sBoth represent unorganized trades. Marketta Harris is a cushion worker and Margare( Grayes works on lampshades, The Bryn Mawr summer schoo’ opens its sixth session on June 11 a) Philadelphia, cyte A ub a day will to dri: capital away. ai “EXTRA!! COURT HOLDS SCAB BUT FREES STRIKERS Judge Calls Finks Thugs, Hits at Employers By a Worker Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO, April 2i—Squads of blue-coats were sent from one of the city police stations to a building under construction, where more than 100 union carpenters were parading before an open shop job, Three union men and a strikebreaker were ar- rested. Police Judge Joseph M. Golden dis- charged Walter Smith, Joseph Smith and Jacob Baraker, union carpenters on strike, accused of assaulting Louis MgDermott, a non-unionist, McDermott was taken into custody on charge of assault and battery. The bail was set at $5,000 in bonds or $2,500 cash. “Thugs and Rufflans.” Judge Joseph Golden said the fol lowing in discharging the union men. “Strikebreakers such as this man are thugs.and ruffians.. They should be tarred and feathered and driven out of town, The same treatment should be administered to the men who bring them into San Francisco, They are not “real mechanics—only thugs and ruffians. In San Francisco and any other city in the United States, there is only one way in which the working men can better their condition and that is by walking out. That is their right.” Picketing to Continue, The police are threatening to put an end to all picketing. The carpenters maintain that picketing will continue as usual.’ Police Judge M. Golden during the McDermott case said, “In urging workers to join the union these union men are only working to better their condition and the condition of every other man that works!” German Communists’ Demonstrations Clash with Forces of Police * (Special to The Daily Worker) HALLE, Germany, April 21—Easter Monday, which was a holiday, was marked by a pitched battle here be- tween the Communists and the Were- wolfs, a semi-military nationalist or- ganization, The clash resulted in 28 ounded, one of them seriously. see Dusseldorff Parade DUSSELDORF, Germany, April 21. The Communists here held a great paradé last Monday. A few clashes with the police lent an air of excite- ment to the day. ** Police Break Up Convention. MUNICH, Germany, April 21—The police broke up a Communist Party convention here and arrested 23 dele- gates on their refusal to leave the hall. 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