The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 14, 1926, Page 5

— EA By a Worker Correspondent, NEW YORK, May 12. — The Eagle Pencil company plant is one of the few big factories in New York which employs nearly two thousand work- ers, “It is considered one Of the big- west pencil factories in the world. This factory is noted for its low wages, long hours and ruthless exploi- tation of child and adult labor. When the Workers (Communist) Party was organized in territorial branches we were not much concerned with this factory. As soon as a shop nucleus was organized in this shop a factory newspaper was issued. Not having any experience and attempt- ing to do a thing almost unknown to us was quite difficult at the beginning. The paper is written by members of the nucleus only. The shop paper committee controls the publication of the paper. The name of the paper at the: Hagle Pencil Co. is the “Eagle Workers Point.” It carries a cartoon on the front page. All the articles €*al with prob- lems, which affect the Workers direct- ly. They are interpreted from a Com- munist view point, With the “Eagle Workers Point” every thing was done excellently but the distribution, Com- rades attempted to distribute 1,000 copies in five minutes. They failed. The highest they distributed was 350 copies. When the other day they tried to distribute the rest they were arrest- ed and the paper confiscated. But those few distributed brot more than the expected results. The news of the paper went like a lightning thruout the twelve buildings that make up the plant. Those workers who did not get the paper offered a dollar for a copy. The articles on wages and the lunch room stirred the workers, Work did not start that morning untfl 10 o’clock. Workers in small groups discussed the articles in the paper. The foremen who saw the paper and saw the effect on the workers did not know what to do. Some of them completely lost their heads. It is planned to issue the “Eagle Workers Point” regularly. —————— Why don’t you write it up? It may be interesting to other workers. CHICAGO FUR WORKERS WILL AID NEW YORK Union Votes Half Day’s Pay for Strike Relief By a Worker Correspondent At.a May Day meeting of the Chi- cago Fur Workers’ Union, Local 45, which was called to help the New York striking fur workers, it was un- animously decided to levy an assess- ment of one half day’s wages on each member for the New York strikers’ relief. : It was also voted to levy another assessment of a half day’s wages to create a war chest for the Chicago union as the agreement this union has ‘with the bosses expires in July and a strike is contemplated to enforce the terms of the fur workers’ union. John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, Ida Weinstein, International vice-president of the Fur Workers Union and a num- ber of other speakers showed the need for shorter hours and urged the mem- bers of the union to fight to get bet- ter conditions in the industry. Don’t keep it to yourself, tell it to the. world on the worker correspond- ents’ page of The DAILY WORKER. The eighth number of Prolet- Tribune, the Russian living newspaper ‘by the Chicago worker correspondents of the Novy Mir, will be out this Sat- urday, May 15, at the Workers’ House, 1902 W. Division street, ‘The Prolet-Tribune is the oldest liv- ing newspaper in this country, being published regularly for the last eight months. It is a powerful weapon in the hands of the worker correspond- ents who are fighting the white guards and czarist lickspittles, This will be the last indoor issue of the paper. The next number will, be issued in the open, probably at some special plenfe arranged for this pur pose, } Beginning at 25 cents, * 8 p. m. Admission {f s* GLE PENCIL |#? CO, BOSSES FEAR ‘WORKERS’ POINT’ Shop Paper Enthuses Under-Paid Toilers RIDES OVER (Worker Correspondent.) It is almost unbelievable that a person with so little intelligence as the president of the Carpenters’ District Council, Harry Jensen, has been able to hold that position fo nearly five years, However it a fact, and the reasons I will here try to deal with some of them. are many. TCHESON’S IMITATOR IN THE CARPENTERS’ UNION IN CHICAGO THE RANK AND FILE In the first place, Jensen got elected, posing as a progressive and with a loud voice pronounc- ing himself as favoring the rank and file, and rule by majority vote, He denounced in strong words the conservative and inefficient administration of Bill Brims, former president. At every meeting of his local union he would find something wrong with the district council, and when it was dis- covered that the union label had been missused and put on nonunion ma- terial, he made a real campaign and promised that he was going to clean up that whole situation. He stated that himself and his colleague, council business agent, Tom Ratcliff, had the goods on the, “label fakers.” How- ever when they were elected to office they lost either their interest or their evidence, or both. No one was found guilty. “Our Friend Contractors.” Since then Jensen has talked less abont rank and file control and more about our laws, our lawyers, the gen- eral president and our “friends the contractors.” When the Landis award was handed down the carpenters’ organization took a real stand against it and the rank and file have not changed their attitude towards it. In spite of that, Jensen with the help of Hutcheson, the general president, two years ago signed an agreement almost verbatim the same as the Landis award uniform agreement for the carpenters of Chi- cago, without putting it before the rank and file for a vote. They based their action on a loophole in the con- stitution which gives the general president the right upon the invita- tion of the district council, to sign an agreement, Put Over. ‘ Nobody was aware of the invitation being sent out, least of all the rank and file; but it was. put. over, being nicely wrapped in the . president's weekly report to the district council and adopted together with it; in. spite of the fact that the by-laws. of the district council - state specifically: in section 25: ‘ “No working rules, terms or condi- tions affecting wages or) working rules, shall be binding upon the*mem- bers of this district, unléss ‘such agreement has been approved by ref- erendum vote of this district.” Con- trary to that, the agreement went so far as to state, in paragraph 28: “No by-laws or working rules conflicting with this agrement shall be passed or indorsed by either party thereto.” From this it can be seen how much regard Jensen has for the rank and file and the majority vote, Expulsions. A year ago, Jensen’s tools. in Local 181 under the leadership of Jensen, declared five of the most active mem- bers expelled, without a hearing be- fore the local or the membership vot- ing as the constitution provides. When an appeal was taken against that ac- tion, Hutcheson ruled that it was the way to do and sustained the action. The reason for the expulsian was a protest sent to the general convention against the already mentioned agree- ment from Local Union 181. The five members were charged with slander- ing the officers, by presenting such protest before their local union and having them adopted. Czarist Way. A later example of regard for the rank and file was demonstrated by Harry Jensen at the district council meeting of April 30, 1926, when Local Union 1367 forwarded to the council a communication containing excep- tions to the ruling of Jensen at the previous council meeting, in regard to his declaring the millmen’s demand for $1.25 an ‘hour, as without a ma- jority tor adoption. In his talk he. also stated that he had already consulted Hutcheson on the phone before he made the ruling. He then ruled the whole motion, com- munication ‘and all, out of order, and an appeal was taken against the rul- ing. It lost, 40 to 60. The president having plenty of his puppets there to get a majority. The Election Is On, Of course the real reason for Jen- sen mot wanting to let rank and file demands go in the minutes was that it would hurt his personal prestige and it is time for the election of dis- trict councll'officers. Jensen and his official staff’ had worked hard to have the bosses’ proposition carried, giv- ing $1.15 an hour and 6 cent increase six months from now for the inside men. But when he saw the large ma- jority voting for $1.25 he was able to get the millowners to give a promise of $1.20 to start the first of May. He did not insist on only union material being used, because he had found out from the bosses’ lawyers that that would be illegal, So the proposition now sent out for a referendum among the milimen is one-sided. ‘There is no chance to vote for union material to be handled by the millowners, Asjare WORKER CORRESPONDENTS TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE PARTY PRESS BUILDERS At the worker correspondents’ class Monday night the students en- thuslastically endorsed the idea of having another living newspaper In English In the near future. Con- structive crit?cism of the first liv- ing newspaper was made and steps taken to make the second number still better, In the spirit of the resolution passed by the Chicago worker cor respondents’ conference calling for closer co-operation between the worker correspondents and the party press buliders, a committee was elected to attend the next meeting of the bullders Friday night at Northwest hall. for the outside men’s agreement, Jen- sen’s arbitration board is very quiet. Eleven Friends. Jensen claims that we must not hurry our friends the contractors who are having trouble with the other trades which are insisting on a sym- pathetic strike clause. According to a member of his own Local 181, he stated two weeks ago, that there are eleven big contractors who are our friends trying to help us defeat the citizens’ committee. To sum up, Jen- sen’s power lays in his having the in- ternational president behind him with all the resources of the international. Up Militants, It is up to the militants to arouse themselves to the necessity of a change in the policy of the union, to organize progressive caucuses in the locals and districts, and see to it that the bosses’ friends be retired from leadership. Workers who under- stand what is good for the working class and are willing to fight for union conditions, and the elimination of scab agreements must be put into office. SEGREGATION OF NEGRO PLANNED IN KANSAS CITY Real Estate | Operators Behind Move By a Worker Correspondent KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 12—An attempt is being made in Kansas City to segregate the Negro into a small strip of territory between Twenty- eighth and Twenty-ninth streets on Woodland and Michigan avenues. Real estate brokers have had secret conferences with property owners in this section at which they proposed to the property owners that they sell their property to Negroes and then the whites will move into other dis- tricts and force the Negro to live in this section. Another meeting inspired by the real estate operators was held of the property owners in the district south of Twenty-seventh street to Thirty- first street and between Brooklyn and Highland avenues, where it was pro- posed that the propery owners refuse to sell their property to Negroes and refuse to rent their houses to Negro tenants. A resolution was passed at this meeting urging the city officials to condemn a strip of property between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-ninth streets and connecting Spring Valley and Troost Parks for park purposes. This move was made so as to create a barrier between the proposed “pure white” district and the “black belt” that is being planned for Kansas City, Don’t keep it to yourself, tell it to the world on the worker correspond- ents’ page of The DAILY WORKER. Freiheit Youth Club to Conduct Class in Worker Correspondence A Young Workers Correspondents’ group has been organized by the Frei- heit Youth Club of Chicago to write for the Youth Section of the Fretheit, DAILY. WORKER and the Young Worker,, The class will be conducted in the Jewish language and its first meeting will A id on Thursday, May 13, in He eit hall, 3209 W, Roosevelt All those who want to join the class to come on time, F t THE DAILY WORKER Page Five ELECTION BOARD | The Daily Worker and The Farmers ABANDONS ITS PRIMARY PROBE Deneen-Lundin Forces to Contest Vote in Courts The board of election commissioners in Chicago has abandoned its hearings on the gangster tactics used by the Crowe-Barrett-Thompson machine in “putting over” their candidates in the April primaries. The Denneen-Lun- din alliance, which caused the hear- ings to be started, has consented to abandon them, The Deneen-Lundin ,faction in the open-shop republican party claim they took this step.to allow them to begin contests in ie jcourts immediately against their ¢pponents in the Crowe- Barrett-Thomgson faction. Judge Indes Injunction Against the Barring of the Mercury from Mails NEW YORK, May 12.—An injunc- tion restraining the postmaster gen- eral and the postmaster of New York from interfering with the sales and distribution of the American Mercury was issued by Federal Judge Julian W. Mack. Assistant United States Attorney Thomas Crawford argued that the story entitled .“Hatrack,” by Herbert Asbury, in the, April issue of the mag- azine was unfit for carrying thru the mails and an “obscene article.” Judge Mack said he had strong views re- garding the freedom of the press and was generally against censorship of the average human being. Asbury, author of the article, filed an affidavit declaring the article was based on “life incidents” in his home town, Farmington, Mo. \ N. Y. Strikers’ Relief Gives Benefit Dance for Passaic Families NEW YORK, May 12.—The emer- gency committee for strikers’ relief will give a dance at the Rand School, 7 East 15th street, Wednesday even- ing, May 19, at 8 ’clock, to raise funds for the benefit of the Passaic textile strikers. r The feature of the evening will be a magic show by 'F. Serrano Keating, well known #féight-of-hand expert, just off the Kejth vaudeville circuit, who specializes In mystifying at close range and whd"thas offered his ser- vices gratis to Héip the strikers. Tickets may be had at $1 from the rommittee office} room 638, 799 Broad- way, or at the’ Civic Club, 14 West 12th; the Rand'‘School, 7 Bast 15th street, or at nmie Higgins’ Book- shop, 127 University place. a Mussolini Unable to Gain ‘Possession of Florentine Diamond ROME, May 12.—Attempts on the part of Benito "Mussolini, the fascist dictator of Italy, to gain possession of the “Florentine” diamond from the ex-Empress Zita has failed, Mellon Crew Seeks to Grab Power Site WASHINGTON — May 12.—(FP — Martin Madden of Chicago, chairman of the House committee on appropri- ations, has come out against the Boulder Canyon dam _ construction bill. This “measure appropriates $125,000,000 for developing as a na- tional asset the biggest waterpower in the country ‘except Niagara Falls. Seven states are interested in the allotment of the irrigation waters which will be stored, when the huge dam is built, in a deep canyon of the Colorado river) Madden’s move is dictated by Sec- retary Mellon, who declared some months ago that the government ought to make no such improvement, but should let private enterprise find the money and‘make a profit from the electricity which would be generated at the power site. Mellon, who is interested in hydro-electric and other enterprises connected with his alumi- num trust, is mobilizing the opposi- tion against the Swing-Johnson bill which provides that the government shall build and‘own and operate the power plant. Don’t keep It to yourself, tell it to the world on the worker correspond- ents’ page of The DAILY WORKER. Big Business Protests Govt. Interference WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.— Several thousand delegates to the fourteenth anntal convention of the United States chamber of commerce are meeting in Washington from all parts of the country and plan to pre- sent a solid front against government interference in private ind These big business representatives will lay plans to “throw off the shackles” of government interference from the national government down thru the state governments to the municipal governments, Why don’t you write it up? It may be Interesting to other workers, By ALFRED KNUTSON, a AM glad to know that the national builders campaign of The DAILY WORKER is now in full swing. This is a work that is highly commendable and of the greatest importance to the Communist movement of America and the world. The greatest possible energy and enthusiasm must be exert- ed by our comrades on the farms to make this campaign a success. With proper organization and a will to work the quotas can be easily reached. Those militant farmers who read The DAILY WORKER and have got- ten used to it cannot be without it. As one farmer expressed it: “I feel lonesome without my DAILY WORK- ER in the house.” It is becoming more and more ap- parent that the Communist press is the only press that is fighting all the time squarely and unhesitatingly for the interests of the exploited farmor. The farmer who suffers under a heavy load of taxes and interest and must aia “re é ry { i al a ed s <s a 7 <9 et oe ——a v ‘ | HAS HAPPENED IN The great British strike has a kick behind it! The powerful press of the English workers has made this possible—fighting, encouraging, helping to put the boot of Labor at the seat of the government. Till ATUUAGULnGSUsUveLctaeegegyeneteeecevotegaeanneoveoe gece sveta sence sen agence Anca NU 1113 W. Washington Blvd. NAME STREET. cry. 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Bring the message of Communism and build the Workers (Communist) Party membership among the farmers of America! Philadelphia Clothing Salesmen’s Union Aids Bakery Workers’ Strike PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 12.—The * South Street Clothing Salesmen’s Union unanimously voted to support the Bakers’ Union in their strike against the Beard Bakery, well know” open shop in Philadelphia, and also the White Palace Bakery in Logan. When they heard that the bakers were on strike in these shops they sent a special committee and offered their services to help the bakers: in» their strike for the 8-hour day and liv- ing wage. WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! Be ee TITLE LLL LLL LL LLC Ts SOMETHING LIKE THIS--- = = E E = = ENGLAND (to second city) Get the Point! oe ies) 2 <storeeme FG AES meron ganas: 1