The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 28, 1926, Page 3

] THE DAILY WORKER (~~~ 2 ee Page Three HE: Organs of Revolutionary Cl: ers’ Government. “4 “| THis PAGE Is Devoted to the Activity and Interests dt of the Trade Union Edacational League (T. U. B.L,) North American Section of the RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS (R. I, L, U.) ee The T. U.E. L. Represents the Left Wing of the Labor Movement. Purpose Is to Strengthén the Labor Unions by Amalgamation of Existing Unions, Organization of the Unorganized, Replacing Reactionary and Class Collaboration Policies with a Unified Program for the Transformation of the Unions Into of Capitalism and the Establishment of a Worke: Ls Its id by Struggle for the Overthrowal ’ and Farm- DUUUUVEOCEEUTUUVTVUUOOOQEQQEOQQRNQQQUODUOUOCTOEONONENOONOOGQQQ00000000000008000te: Progressive Carpenters Perpare To Fight Reactionaries with a Militant Platform for Candidates ‘The progressive carpenters In locals affiliated to the Chicago Carpenters’ District Council have organized, to put over a progressive slate in the union elections this year, They have organized the United Progressive Caucus, which meete every Sunday morning at Douglas Park Auditorlum, room 6. Issued Platform. The progressive carpenters’ group has issued a platform for the union elections. It is understood that it Is entering Its own candidates in the field, who will be announced shortly. The following circular has been sent out by the progressives to members of Chicago carpenter locals: Election time is coming around¢————————_________. again for district council officers and it is very important to every. real union man that those whom we elect to office declare themselves, so we know what they stand for. Must Have Program, In our opinion no man running with- out a program should be considered by the voters in this election, and we submit the following program as a ‘basis for the nominations and for the unification of all progressive forces against the present administration: No Renewals, 1. No renewal of the present agree- ment. 2. No agreements to be entered’ into that compels carpenters to work with non-union men in other trades. 8, All agreements to be ratified by the membership. Uniform Wages. 4. A uniform wage and working agreement with all other building trades. time, 5. To work for the organization of all mills, Only union material to be used on union jobs. Five-Day Week. 6. A five-day, forty-hour week. 7. we pledge ourselves to stringent economy of administration expenses, elimination of unnecessary attorney's fees. 8. Right of minority opinion to free- dom of expression within the union. No Expulsions. 9. We will vigorously oppose illegal suspensions and expulsions or the use of police against union men, 10. We favor the abolition of the national board of jurisdictional awards and in place thereof the creation of a board of national representatives of the building trades unions to settle all trades disputes, the same to be bind- ing on all trades. All to expire at the same MILLSTEIN AIDS SORKIN'S FIGHT ON NEW YORKERS Joins Attack on N. Y. Furriers’ Joint Board By a Worker Correspondent ‘The reactionary machine headed by Milistein which is in control of the Chicago Fur Workers’ Union became * surprisingly and unusually generous at the last executive board meeting of the union. Millstein introduced a motion to send $1,000 to the Interna- tional Union, presumably to be used in aid of the New York strike, While the left-wing members of the board have every reason to be suspicious of Millstein and his aids, they never- theless concurred in the motion, think- ing the money was intended for the New York strikers. Schachtman Phones, , But recent happenings have caused doubt in the minds of the progressive members of the union. The call for the money came, it was learned, over the long distance telephone from New York with President Schachtman on the other end of the wire. During the telephone conversation Schachtman gave it as his opinion that the only way to treat the left-wingers was to stamp them out. “Grind the left- Seamen Tell How U. By Seamen Worker Correspondents. Letters from seamen who have stopped’ at ports under the control of the Soviet Union have been received for our Worker Correspondents’ sec- tion. Their appeal to all workers, whether seafaring or in industry, is 80 genuine that we take pleasure in printing every one of them. The first letter comes from six British seamen on board the S. S. Trelawney, which stopped at the third port of Russia on the Black Sea, ‘The first letter published today is as follows: Dear Comrades: We regret to say that our stay in this port is coming to an end so soon. We have not had the chance of seeing very much of the place or the club, but what we have seen of it has given us a very good opinion, indeed. During our stay at Nicolaeff, al- tho lying at anchor, the club repro- sentatives were so good as to come off regularly and taken us ashore and take us up to the Naval Club. We had a royal welcome, ‘This is the third port of Russta that we cue Goa ‘ah the Black Sea, and the conditions’ are the SS Sa TB SES BoB a BS Rh at Masia Re SS ERE ip AR Re REE La ales dep al SIE Se RnR lS aa S. S. R. Workers Live wingers,” were his words, Then Came Carnegie Hall. It is also significant that directly after this money was sent, Schacht- man, Sorkin and other international officers of the union called the dis- creditable Carnegie, Hall meeting in an attempt to take the leadership of the New York strike out of the hands of the progressive New York Joint Board. Zhe question is arising in the minds of Chicago furriers: “Was the money we sent used to help the strik- ers, or was it used by the interna- tional officers on behalf of their con- spiracy to take the leadership of the strike from the New York Joint Board and then make a quick compromise settlement of the strike?” Millstein Nervous. The New York Joint Board has been victorious. The international officers have been discredited. But what be- came of the $1.000? Since the defeat of the maneuver of Sorkin and Schachtman against the New York Joint Board and the re-affirmation of the confidence of the strikers in their present leadership Millstein’s attitude in Chicago has also changed some- what. He is a little more cautious now, Expulsion Policy. But he has embarked upon a policy of ruling the Chicago furriers’ union ‘by suppressing all progressive voices within it. As a starter, J. Sonnen- schein has been thrown out of the executive committee on a framed-up charge and Grossman and Chambers; also left-wingers, have been fined and suspended. same—the working man reigns su- preme. We are all-glad to see the way in Which Russia hag regained her footing, and the leaders should be welt rewarded for what they have saved her from. After comparing the Rus- sian seamen with the British and see- ing the advantages he has over us, every British seaman will be glad when he is under the same conditions, What is a British seaman’s life to- day? Nothing but pure slavery! But yet it is called England the free coun- try. We hope that you will accept our most sincere thanks for livening our short stay and we all wish that the ship was stopping longer. We also hope to soon see the Seanien’s Inter- national Clubs all the world over. Perhaps conditions will be altered, who knows? But to do so the working men must stand together. We are, yours sincerely, B, Williams, A. H, Fouracre, H. Hales, J. Moran, R, C, Keats and R. Uren. The other letters will be published from day to day in this section, = NORWAY WORKERS FACING LOCKOUT; 30,000 ) INVOLVED Refuse to ined 17 Pct. Wage Reduction (Special to The Daily Worker) OLSO, Norway, April 24—A lockout of 30,000 workers, mainly in the min- ing, bulding and printing industries, will begin tomorrow. Negotiations be- tween the trade unions, the employers and government arbitrators Wave end- ed in the flat refusal of the unions to accept the 17 per cent wage-cut de- manded by the employers. Pass Losses to Workers. The employers give as their reason for the decrease the drop in the value of the crown in foreign exchange. They say their exports sell abroad now for only 225 crowns where form- erly they sold at 330 crowns. The deficit they wish to pass on to the workers, Communists Active. The Norwegian workers are rebel- lious at this drastic demand. The left wing elements in the unions are leading the fight against not accept- ing any cuts. Trade union officials were willing to accept a 13 per cent cut they told the employers but it was not at all certain that the union mem- bers would accept this. In any case the employers demand for a 17 per cent reduction has united all labor forces against them. The Communist Party is particularly active and is calling for a general strike against the reduction of the living standard— which is already low. Struck in 1924, Only two years ago thee workers of Norway struck against similar reduc- tions. In the long fight they conduct- ed at that time they were aided by the Swedish and Danish unions. They expect similar help this year. Their union ‘treasuries were depleted at the time but have been, rehabili- tated meanwhile and the workers are prepared for a stiff fight. General Motors Closes Canadian Plant as Law Requires Tariff Cut (Special to The Daily Worker) TORONTO, Canada, April 26 — The General Motors company plant at Oshawa, Ontario, closed down yester- day as a result of the Canadian tariff reduction on autos. 3,000 employes are out of work until such a time as “the company is able to arrive at an in- telligent conclusion as to what future course may be considered advisable,” according to the posted announcement of the concern. The Canadian auto industry will, in general, according to T. A. Russell, president of the Canadian Automotive Industries Assdciation, continue their operations temporarily. The state- ment declares that many of the plants will have to begin transferring im- portant parts of their operations from Canada and increase their imports of motor cars and materials from the United States, Tariff Charges. The tariff changes, in effect yester- day, reduce the tax on imported autos of a value at retail not exceeding $1,200 by 15 per cent and reduces the import on autos valued over that sum by 27% per cent. Mine Shutdéwn Against Jacksonville Agreement CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 26 — A. Augustus, president of the Cambridge Colliers Co. of this city, has offered the 2,500 men who work when the mines are running to open his mines near Cambridge, Ohio, provided the men accept a wage reduction. Inside day laborers he offers $5.50 a day, compared with $7.50, the Jacksonville scale, Cutters and loaders’ rates are to remain down near the 1917 scale. He offers to retain the check-off and some other parts of the Jacksonville agreement. In case of rejection, he declares that the mines will remain shut down. The Eastern Ohio Coal Operators’ Association of Cleveland has also been considering the abrogation of the Jacksonville agreement but no an- nouncement as to its policy is yet forthcoming. The J. A. Paisley inter- ests of Cleveland, who operate mines in the “Panhandle” section of West Virginia recently tried to force a wage reduction on the men. They refused to accept and the mines were shut down, 8,500,000 Women Now Toil in U. S. Industry MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 26—Miss Mary Anderson, head of the woman’s bureau of the United States depart- ment of labor told the club women of Milwaukee in a recent address that there are now 8,500,000 women em- ployed in gainful occupations in the United States, half of whom work in industrial plants. Improved automatic machines has greatly increased the de- mand for woman workers, she claims, Watch the Saturday Magazine Section for new features every week, This is a good issue to give Cy) worker, NINETY-DAILY WORKERS SOLD { PLASTERERS AT IMPORTANT UNION MEET The DAILY WORKER city agent reports that at the last meeting of the plasterers’ union, when the men voted for a five-day week and a wage ralse against the advice of their business agent and their in- ternational president, who came to town for the purpose, ninety copies of an edition of the paper carrying an advance story on the meeting were sold in front of the hall. A story in the DAILY WORKER that was sold there told the plaster- ers that their international presi- dent was trying to get the union men to accept the agreement offered by the bossesi' Whether or not the story had any affect upon the ac- tion taken in the meeting the DAILY WORKER is too modest to say, but this much is certain, the paper made ninety new contacts that it hopes to keep. PRODUCTIVITY OF RAIL WORKERS IS BOOSTED 11.3 PCT. By LELAND OLDS, (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) Steady increases in the amount of transportation service rendered by the average railroad worker are shown in a U. S. department of labor analysis of railroad statistics from 1922 to 1924. Extension of the study to include later figures indicates that 1925 saw an even greater gain in pro- ductivity. More Work Per Man. In 1925 1,769,099 railroad employes working 4,458,702,308 hours handled 456,265,000,000 ton-miles of freight and 35,963,862,000 passenger miles. In 1922 1,645,244 employes working 4,- 242,404,808 hours handled 375,952,000,- 000 ton-miles;of freight and 35,513,- 782,000 passenger miles. Thus, while the railroads paid for only 5% more hours of work, the employes handled 21%% more ton-miles of freight and about 1% more passenger miles, 11.8% Increase. Using the accepted method of treat- ing passenger‘iiriles as equal to 3 ton- miles we find an increase from 1922 to 1925 of 13% in the amount of traffic handled per man-hour of work. The railroadsiin 1925 were getting 11.3% more sérvice in return for each hour’s work for which they\ paid wages. That: this increase has tbeen steady is showmiby the fact that the traffic handled!per man-hour of work in 1925 was 75% ahead of 1923 and 5.2% ahead of 1924, a Sweeping, Injunction Issued Against Union by Cleveland, O., Judge CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 26— Tem- | porary court injunction has been is-|/ sued against the workers belonging to the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Uniom, who are on strike at the Lovinger Dress Co. The court declared that. the strikers can put up only two pickets and only one striker can picket in front of either entrance to the building on 25th and Superior. The banner which the strikers have carried must be changed. The word “strike”. must be eliminated. Not sat- isfied with this decision, the court de- cided that the picket cannot speak to the strikebreakers either when they leave work or when at home. This is a sweeping temporary injunction, and the union intends to fight it. With such a precedent, the court will be able practically to stop the strike. “The organization drives of the Ladies’ Garment Workers and the Machinists’ Union in Chicago will tend to make labor more militant. So does the May Day demonstration at the Coliseum. , Oil City Carpenters Win Wage Increase (By a Worker Correspondent) OIL CITY, Pa,, April 26—Unton car- penters of Oil City went out on strike on April 10 for’ 25 per cent an hour increase in wages. After staying out 10 days they w | an increase of 10 cents an hour.’ Oil City carpenters are the lowest paid carpenters in the Pittsburgh district. They will now receive $1.25 an hour. CARMEN FIGHT OPEN SHOPPERS IN CLEVELAND Party Backs. Demand for Union By a Worker Correspondent CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 26—The Carmen’s Union, which suffered a de- feat in their effort to get an amend- ment to the Taylor grant given the Street Railway Company to the effect that the union be the recognized body of the workers to negotiate with the employers, will hold a meeting to de- cide on further action. Plebiscite. Altho for a time, the leaders of the union intimated that they might re- sort to a strike, they seem to have lost heart. Two years ago, the courts de- cided that there could be no union— closed shop—on a public utility, This broke the back of the strike two years ago, and the workers still remember it. The plan now is to take a referen- dum among the workers generally and if a sufficient number of signa- tures is produced—10,000 signatures are required—then the grant will have to be submitted to a public referen- dum. Open-Shoppers Fight. Unquestionably, the railway com- Pany, the chamber of commerce and the open-shoppers will do everything possible to defeat the referndum. Wfat the result will be is not to be foreseen. The workers will join sol- idly in the demand of the Carmen’s Union for recognition. It is not im- possible, however, that the open-shop- Pers will find some technical method of evading the issue and thus defeat the referendum. For recognition of the Carmen’s Union means the fight of all unions for recognition. The open-shoppers will do everything to beat this attempt. The workers will then be compelled to use theiir organ- ized strength to compel the employers to recognize their organizations. The test will soon come. Party Bulletin. The Workers (Communist) Party has issued a bulletin to the carmen. It points out that the workers had had too much confidence in the municipal council and the belief that the presi- dent of the Cleveland Federation of Labor had secured its support for the amendment. It also points out the lessons of the test and states that the workers must realize that they can de- pend only on themselves; that the par- ties represented in the city council, the Ohio state legislature and the U. S. congress do not represent the work- ing class. Labor Party. “Tt is time for the workers of this country to form a party of their own, which will represent and fight for the interests of the workers of this coun- try. They must have a party of their own, with a program and candidates of their own. This party must be controlled and financed by the work- ers of this country, so that they have no obligations to anybody. You must ‘fight for a Labor, Party, Labor must organize industrially and politically separate from the bosses and their political parties.” Party Support Assured. The bulletin of the Workers (Com- munist) Party also states that “If you strike—if you are prepared to go out to force recognition of your union and to let the bosses know that if they have the right to organize, the work- ers have the same right and will fight for the right, if you are ready to wage a battle against the railway company and force them to recognize your union—which you can only do by showing your strength—then the Workers (Communist) Party will stand by you.” Fight against a lowered standard of living. Fight before It is too late. Shortage of Skilled Workers. MOSCOW, U. 8S. S. R. (Tass.), April 26—Altho there are a large number of unemployed in Russia, the overwhelm- ing majority are unskilled laborers There is a shortage of skilled work ers, particularly in the metal industry. The commissariat of labor has ar ranged with the Moscow labor ex change and the institute of labor to train 2,000 laborers for skilled work The first batch of 200 unemployed laborers has been sent to the institute of labor for training and the rest wil! follow as soon as the arrangements for them are complete, 1886—-The 8hour day movement— 1926, GET THE POINT! Subscriptions: The Daily Worker a year—100 points r— 45 points % mos— 20 points 2 mos— 10 points The Workers Monthly 1 year—30 points Ya year—10 points The Young Worker 1 year—30 points Ya year—10 points The (Young Comrade by pout '0 pointe in Chicago Subscription Rates: Elsewhere $8.00 4.50 2.50 1.00 Weer A Banner rom Berli TO THE SECOND LEADING CITY A BANNER FROM 'HE German workers have THE BARRICADES! experienced revolution. They have fought on the barricades. They haye made working class history. The Communist Party of Germany hag led the glorious fight. 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