The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 15, 1926, Page 2

Aisclabiatelings aie eee f the law were DEFENSE SEEKS ACQUITTAL OF HENRY SWEET Chawke Shows Right of Negro to Self-Defense DETROIT, Mich., May 10 (By Mail). —The lawyers representing Henry Sweet, younger brother of Dr. Ossian H. Sweet, who is now on trial for the alleged murder of Leon Breiner, are seeking a verdict of not guilty. ‘Thomas Chawke, a Negro lawyer de- fending Henry Sweet, in a most elo- quent and able plea, attacked race hatred and showed the right of Henry Sweet and 10 co-defendants to defend themselves from a mob bent on lynch- ing them. ‘With the opening of court five mo- tions were presented by the defense, among which were: That all testimony except the proof of death be stricken from the records because the state failed to prove that @ conspiracy had been entered into by Sweet and others to kill Breiner and that no proof had been shown that Sweet fired the shot that killed him. That the court direct a verdict of mot guilty. That the jury be instructed not to consider charges of first degree mur- der, second degree murder or man- slaughter. State Evades Race Issue. Lester Moll, assistant prosecuting attorney, opened the arguments for the state and attempted to convince the jury that the main issue in the Sweet caso was not the race question, but rather one based on the technical guilt or innocence of Henry Sweet, according to his indictment for homi- cide. He said: “It is the contention of the state that Henry Sweet either fired the shot that killed Breiner or aided and abetted the one who did fire the shot. Much has been said of a man’s rights, but I wish to say that any man’s most sacred right is the right to live.” Moll sought to create a sentimental reaction to the death of Leon Breiner and thus railroad the young Negro to jail. Raps Race Hatreds. The argument of Moll and of the state was torn to shreds by Thomas Chawke, who opened the battle for the defense. Chawke painted a word picture that held the entire courtroom in complete silence. He pointed out the prejudice of race against. race, the right of a man to defend his hohe, the constitutional right of every man, regardless of his color, and the right of Dr, Sweet and his 11 co-defendants to the only fair verdict that could come from the jury—‘not guilty!” In answering the charge of the state that this case did not involve the race issue, Chawke said that he knew, the jury knew, the state knew, and everybody knew full well that if con- ditions had been reversed, if 11 white men were on the inside of the attacked premises, had defended themselves as the Sweets and their friends had done, there would be no trial. Witnesses Commit Perjury. Chawke brought to light testimony which showed how the police and the witnesses who had testified for the state were influenced by narrow preju- dices and economic interests and had committed perjury. Chawke showed how three of the defense witnesses, who were white men and having nothing to gain from the guilt or innocence of the Sweets, gave testimony to prove that there was a mob threatening the life and property of Dr. Sweet and justified the mental state which lead them to shoot in self-defense. Police Blamed for Murder, He brought to light the inconsist- ency, the conflicts, the contradictions of witnesses and intimated the gross negligence of the police who were OPEN AIR MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN CHICAGO AND TWIN CITIES, JUNE 7 WASHINGTON, May 13.—Con- tract air mail service between Chi- cago and St. Paul and Minneapolis, via Milwaukee and. La Crosse, Wis., will be Inaugurated June 7. This service will give a 14-hour service between New York and the Twin Cities. It will connect with the New York-Chicago overnight service and mail leaving New York at 8 p. m. will reach the Twin Cities be- fore noon the next day. SEATTLE—(FP)—Registration of foreignborn workers, as demanded by Secy. of Labor Davis, will make or; ganizing them into unions impossible, said James A. Duncan at a Seattle protest meeting against the measure WATSON-PARKER RAILROAD BILL WAITS SIGNING Unions, Carriers Worked Together for It (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, May 13.—President Coolidge is expected to attach his sig- nature to the Watson-Parker railroad bill within a few days. The Dill, which passed both houses, abolishes the railway labor board established by the transportation act of 1920, In place of the railway labor board, which has been generally knocked about and disregarded in the six years of its life, there is set up in the Watson-Parker bill a new system of settling labor disputes—the parent- hood of which is jointly acknowledged by the unions and the carriers, Regional boards of mediation and review, composed of employes and em- Ployers, will settle regional disputes as to wages and working conditions. Above these regional boards is a pres- idential board of five members, not affiliated with either the roads or the untons, who can intervene at the re- quest of either party, or upon its own motion when a dispute gets beyond the regional boards. If both sides agree to arbitration, the judgment of such an arbitration body shall be filed in the nearest fed- eral court, and become the judgment present in the execution of their duty towards the Sweets. He even stated that this negligence was responsible for the shooting. He said: “I believe that the officers in_ sympathy that might with the crowd and that is “demonstrated by the evidence in the case.” Flays Falsehoods. Chawke said that he had practiced in law courts for fourteen years and “never before had I seen so much falsehood in any case as in this case.” Then, turning to the jury, he declared: » “When these witnesses said that they * -didn’t know who spoke at the Water- works Improvement Association; that they didn’t know if there were people on the school grounds; that they didn’t know why they, joined the Waterworks Improvement Associa- * tion; that only 50 people were present or that they didn't see any crowd there; that no stones were thrown— they were not speaking the truth.” Right of Self-Defense, He asked the jury if they expected the Sweets to wait until the mob had swept upon them and killed them be- fore they acted in defense. Clarence Darrow is expected to make a plea for Henry Sweet to a ’ erowded courtroom of interested peo- ple of both races. There have been many Detroit workers attending the trial, Students from several universi- ties and representatives of inter-racial movements of various types are also in attendance. —_— of such court, binding alike on both parties, Over and above all these, there is created a virtual “supreme court” to be appointed by the president and be known as the “emergency board,” which will make a thirty-day inves- tigation into any dispute that threat-, ens to result in a strike., During this thirty days there can be no strike on the part of the men nor a lockout by the -roads. Somewhere -along this laborious route the sponsors of the new plan believe that a basis of peace can be found before things actually reach the strike stage. Mrs. Sweetin Seeks Release from Jail for Poisoning Husband SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 13.—Mrs. Elsie Sweetin, serving a 35-year term in the penitentiary for the murder of her husband, Wilford, for which crime Rev, Lawrence M. Hight, pastor of the Ina, Ill, Methodist church, also is serving a life sentence, filed a writ of error with the state supreme court asking a reversal of the sentence, Sweetin died July 28, 1924, and in September of the same year Mrs. Hight died. Intimacy between’ the pastor and Mrs. Sweetin had been a matter of gossip in Ina, and autopsies revealed arsenic in the stomachs of both Mrs, Hight and Sweetin. New Republican States Committee is Named SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 13,—De- spite the absence of Cook county’s primary returns in the secretary of state's office, the republican state cen- tral committee met here and organ- ized, naming Gus W. Johnson of Pax- ton chairman by acclamation. Joseph Zientik of Chicago was chosen secre- tary and Guy P. Jones of Tuscola treasurer. Johnson appointed the following committee chairmen: Organization, Charles E. Pease, Chicago; executive, Justus Johnson of Aurora; judiciary, George E. Keys, Springfield. The meeting made it apparent that the committee will carry out the wishes of its retiring chairman, Col. Frank L, Smith, Dwight, IIL, and party nominee for United States senator, Use Poison Gas to Kill Rats and Groundhogs DANVILLE, Ill, May 13,—Gas, of the kind developed during the world war, will be used in three public rat and groundhog killines {n Vermillion county, May 20 and 21, it was an- nounced today by the county farm bu- reau, The farm organization has engaged R, R. Stark of Oak Park, Ill, to con- duct the demonstrations with a view to instructing farmers in the simplest and most effective way to rid their farms of the pests. o~ U.S, MARINES AGAIN LANDED IN NICARAGUA Guard American Owned Bank and Customs WASHINGTON, May 13.—Secretary of State Kellogg announces the land- ing of American marines at Blue- fields, Nicaragua, from the cruiser Cleveland, and the serving of notice that the liberal forces in that vicinity and their opponents, the Chamorristas, must not fight within the (city, The marines are guarding the custom house, the customs collector, and the Bluefields branch of the National Bank of Nicaragua. Hints have been given at the depart- ment that if and when Dr, Sacasa, ex- iled liberal vice-president, returns from Washington to his country—pre- sumably at Bluefields—he will be recognized as president. Gen. Cha- morro, on seizing power last summer, forced President Salorzano to resign, but Sacasa fled and refused to surren- der his constitutional right of suc- cession, Seek Recognition. Meanwhile there has arrived in Washington the fourth of Chamorro’s emissaries seeking recognition. The first was the Nicaraguan minister, Castrillo, who was formally notified that the United States and the Cen- tral American republics were bound by treaty to refuse reeognition of any government set up in violation of con- stitution and law. After Castrillo failed, Chandler Anderson tried. He is a famous international lawyer, so- cially prominent and influential, Next came Dr. Cuadra Passos, for- mer foreign minister of Nicaragua. He had no better luck. Now comes Maximo Zepeda, legal representative of the bank and of the National Rail- road—both of which are American- chartered corporations with American directors, altho the. Nicaraguan gov- ernment under the recent liberal re- gime bought all of the stock of both. Wants to Sell Bank. Chamorro, seeking funds with which to maintain his army, wants to sell the bank and railroad again to Wall Street. Zepeda represents President Loree of the bank, who is likewise vice-president of the Guaranty Trust Co. He brings the protest of Cha- morro and Loree at the taking of gov- ernment funds from the branch bank in Bluefields by the liberal forces. With these funds the liberals expect to finanlce their reconquest of power. Belgian Bank Closes Door While Another Delays Its Payments BRUSSELS, May 13.—The Banque Credit Populaire at Antwerp, with nine branches and 300 agencies, has suspended payment after paying out 22,000,000 francs ($677,600) during the past week. The Banque Populaire pour l’Arrondissement d’Anvers has notified its customers that it will re- quire previous notice before making payments of more than 1,000 francs ($30.80). Both banks attribute their condition to the financial situation of the country. Senate Committee Favors Gillett Bill WASHINGTON, May 13. — The Gillett bill, authorizing the alien prop- erty custodian to return the annual in- come on seized property up to $10,000 a year, was favorably reported by the senate judiciary committee. Passage of the bill was urged on the ground that the United States had no right to withhold the income of prop- erty seized from Austrians and Ger. mans during the war, while the coun- tries are at peace, Railway Expressmen Meet in Chicago The Order of Railway Expressmen, organized in 1919, opened its 4th trien- nial convention in Chicago recently. The principal business is the cam- paign for an increase of 12c. an hour in wages demanded of the American Railway Express now pending before the United States rail labor board. The order is an independent craft union that grew out of a revolt from a company union organized by the American Railway Express during the world war. Brooklyn Women Aid Passaic Strike Relief NEW YORK, May 11.—A concert and dance will be given for the ben- efit of the Passaic strikers by the Lithuanian Working Women’s Asso- ciation, Branch 1, in conjunction with the Women's Council of Williamsburg Saturday, May 15, at 8 o'clock, at 46 Ten Eyck street, Brooklyn, The ad- mission will be 35 cents. Painters Get 40 Cent Increase in St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Mo. May 11—Union painters and paperhangers here, after striking one week, returned to work today at.a wage of $10.80 a day, This was an increase of 40 cents over the former scale but 20 cents less than the increase originally demanded, 4 THE DAILYeWORKER Senate Committee Urges Passage. of Copeland Coal Control Measure WASHINGTON, May 13.—Early pas- sage of the Copeland coal control bill was urged by the senate mediation and labor committee in a favoyable report, The report declared that the meas- ure was intended to avert “a great national disaster thru the possibility of a long drawn out coal strike.” “The bill would establish a fact- finding commission, provide govern- ment machinery for the arbitration of all labor disputes in the mines and establish an emergency. coal board to mediate disputes if a strike is called.” Belgian Cabinet Resigns Office BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 13.—The cabinet headed by Prosper Poulett, which took office June 17, 1925, has resigned. $ NINETY BOSSES YIELD DEMANDS OF PLASTERERS Chicago Union Insists on $14 a Day. Scale Ninety Chicago contractors have signed agreements with the union agreeing to pay the union plasterers $14 a day instead of the $12 formerly paid, declares the secretary of the Chicago Plasterers’ Union, Attempts have been made by bosses in other departments of the building trades to force the striking plasterers in Chicago back to work under the old scale. The union plasterers are de- termined to get the new scale and in- sist they will strike until the $14 a day scale is agreed to by ‘the bosses. The plasterers also insist on the con- tract bearing a clausé which will allow them to go on sympathy strike at any time to help any of the other building crafts. he At a meeting of building trades con- tractors and bankers’'called by the open-shop Citizen’s Committee to En- force the Landis Awa?d at the La Salle Hotel, a resolution Was passed declar- ing that they would furnish non-union plasterers to any ‘¢bdntractor who sought to break the plasterers’ strike, They also put themselves on record against increasing the wages of any of the building tradesi: In this meet- ing it was pointed out by a number of rabid open-shoppers {that the building trades are facing a ¢risis on June 1 when the present coptract with the building trades expires, and that if the plasterers’ demands ,are granted it will encourage the other unions to pre- sent demands for ,wage increases. They pointed out that jf the plasterers’ union members lose .their strike for wage increases that it will be easier to beat the other séctions of the build- ing trades into line. |. The open-shoppers, thru the daily newspapers, are having long articles printed in which officials of various plaster substitute concerns extol the virtues of their products. The open- shop committee is urging the contrac- tors to use substitutes to break the strike. At a meeting of the Plasterers Union, held at their headquarters at Marshfield Ave. and Van Buren St., attended by close to 3,000 members of the union, it was decided to con- tinue the strike for the $14 a day wage, to insist on individual contrac- tors signing agreements with the union and ‘to insist that the clause allowing the plasterers to go on sympathy strike at any time needed to aid the other crafts in the building trades remain in the'agreement. Many of the bosses declared they were willing to pay the higher wage but were opposed the sympathy strike clause. The bosses seek the elimination of this clause as they are seeking by separate agreements with building trades unions to split the workers’ forces, Their willingness to Prisoners Feel that Jails Are Merely Places to Get Out of and Avoid By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. E came into “Cell I 18,” in the Allegheny county (Pittsburgh) jail as I was reading the latest copy of The DAILY WORKER, that had just been smuggled thru, “Oh, that’s that Chicago paper,” he declared. “He” was a sailor discharged from the United States navy. But he was without funds. He had been beating his way home on the trains. The journey from Georgia to Wyoming took him thru Pittsburgh. There were four or five others with him, “riding the rods.” They were all nabbed by the police on the usual charge of vagrancy. That was his “story.” see I handed over the copy of The DAILY WORKER and “He” read eagerly the latest news about the British strike. “This reminds me of ‘The War of the Classes’ by Jack London,” he said, after a time. But that was about the entire extent of his read- ing of London’s works, His touching the fringe of the working class movement, however, had not left a very deep impression upon him. He looked upon the United States navy as a wonderful institution. He had been with the marines when they slaughtered up- wards of 4,000 native in Hayti. His explanation coincided with that of the government at Washington. Altho he had a free, buccaneering spirit, thinking for himself occasion- ally, that did not make him any the less valuable as a killer for imperial- ism. He did not connect in any way his imprisonment with the murder of the Haytians. He didn’t connect the oppressive power of thé Pittsburgh coal, mine and railroad barons, that put him behind bars, with the im- perialist fist that struck down Hay- tians by the thousands when they refused to submit to the foreign ag- gression that sent soldiers, marines and warships against them. To him it was just another “scrape” to be gotten out of as lightly and as quick- ly as possible. It was not much dif- ferent than being sent to “the brig” for ten days on shipboard when an- other sailor accused him, falsely as he claimed, of having provided his mates with moonshine. “When I get out of here, I’m going to beat it out of this town,” was his constant declaration, repeating al- most word for word what John Michale, the 18-year-old Italian boy, had said, “I’m never coming back to Pittsburgh.” Not one of these prisoners had the least conception of the social system under which they lived. The result was that they had no solution for their difficulties. They were without the least comprehension of the or- ganized might of the oppressed, or of the nature of the class struggle. It was therefore interesting to watch how satisfied most of them were teenth neat nnn with their individual prowess in dif- ferent directions, John Michale, his first time in jail, admittedly having made most mis- takes in dodging the police which re- sulted in his arrest, felt keen satis- faction in his success in defeating other prisoners at checkers. Some- where in the human stream that poured thru this jail there had been a checker enthusiast who had carv- ed out a checker board on his bed of wood. Now this cell was empty and John Michale would challenge anyone to enter it and beat him at checkers, the checkers being mere slips of paper. So far as I know, no one succeeded in defeating him. That was John’s great satisfaction. The young worker who was locked up because he had tried while drunk, to fight a policeman, found satisfac- tion in the declaration that “I just can’t help it when I get drunk. I have to fight the cop.” He would doubtless repeat the performance when he got out. Cees Discussing these things, going over their troubles again and again, with the little time taken to glance at newspapers that came their way, does not help speed the days and nights for prisoners in Pittsburgh’s county jail. They hover about rest- lessly, as they are allowed the free- dom of the range (the runway out- side their cells) during the daytime. This means from about six o’clock in the morning until 4:20 in the afternoon. During the greater part of the day they crowd up close to the end of the range that opens on “the circle” in common with the other cell blocks, Our lawyer came to see Abram Jakira and myself three times while we were locked up. After the first time he was known to all the prison- ers on our side, so that I didn’t have to wait for the jail guard’s announcement. “Here’s your law- yers,” would come from the throats of several prisoners, like an alarm being sounded. hte, Ba, Sometimes, however, they crowd up too closely, the guard gets nerv- ous, orders them back into their cells and locks them in for the rest of the day. Then the prisoners grow surly. Even the regelar hour for locking in, shortly after four o’clock, which is really three o’clock standard time, finds them rebellious. The sun is still streaming thru the prison bars. It seems like mid-day. It is not until many hours later that the last ray of sunshine steals away over the distant prison wall. During such hours men may think and ponder, if they have knowledge stored away for reflection. But being ignorant, all they can do is to exclaim, like my cellmate, “Oh hell!” But it is the end of another gay. One day nearer the end of the time that they must serve within this huge structure of stone and steel. AMERICAN WORKERS AND FARMERS ARE URGED TO JOIN PROTEST AGAINST THE MURDER OF 92 LITHUANIAN MILITANTS Workers and farmers in America are called upon to protest the attempt of the Lithuanian clerical government to murder 92 Lithuanian workers and peasants for being candidates on the Workers’ and Poor Farmers’ tickets in the recent Lithuanian elections to the seimas (parliament), in a statement by Joseph Gasiunas, secretary of the Lithuanian Fraction Bureau of the Workers (Communist) Party, to The DAILY WORKER. Widespread Protest. “This attempt of the Lithuanian clerical government must be met by sulates on Saturday, a widespread protest of workers and farmers in America. Protest demonstra- tions have been arranged in New. York City, Washington and Chicago to should a take place before the Lithuanian con- coe ar cee, eles ae send them on to the consulate at grant the increases if this clause is removed is all the re reason why the plasterers should insist on this clause in the contract. The Employing Pjasterers’ Associa- tion have until ngon to sign indi- vidual two-year agrgements at the $14 a day scale. If they fail to sign the individual contracts, 600 journeymen employed by the meinbers of the asso- ciation may also Join the striice. Prosecutor Seeks An Investigation of the Joliet Honor Farm JOLIET, Ill, May 18. — State’s At- torney Rehn of Will County declared that an investigation would be made into reports that prisoners at the hon- or farm near Joliet have been permit- ted unusual liberties, Rehn sald that prisoners at this farm are reported to have walked away and returned at will, that some of them frequently have gone to Chi- cago overnight, and that. others have been found spending their evenings at roadhouses, “Protest demonstrations are to be held in other parts of the country. Unions, fraternal societies and other working class organizations are send- ing protest resolutions to the Lithuan- ian consulate in Washington protest- ing against the court martial of the 92 Lithuanian workers and farmers for being candddates on the Workers’ and Poor Peasants’ tickets. Joint Meeting, “The Lithuanian section of the In- ternational Labor Defense, the Lithu- anian fractions of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, the American Lithuan- ian Workers’ Literature Association, the Lithuanian Working Women’s As- sociation, and the Proletarian Art Association have arranged a number of joint protest demonstrations against this act of the Lithuanian vlericals. International Labor Defense, “The International Labor Defense is sending out notices to its sections showing them the Importance and the need to join the protest against the attempt of the Lithuanian clericals to send these 92 workers and farmers to their death, Importance of Protest. “The importance of these protest meetings cannot be stressed too much, Workers in New York, Chicago and Washington should participate in the cussed by Gea. L. ©. Andrews, dry | demonstrations before the Lithuanian chief, and G. A, Brunson, newly ap-| consulates. At meetings of organiza- pointed administrator for the etates, tiong to which they ,belong they \ protest is great as of the 92 opens Monday. Labor Protests Arrest of Haitian Journalist WASHINGTON— (FP)— Latest of Latin-American labor groups to join the protest against imprisonment in Haiti of the labor journalist, Jolibois, is the Confederation of Labor of Ecua- dor, He is declared to be a victim of the American military occupation of Haiti, which the workers of Ecua- dor declare should be removed at once. Pres, Green of the A, F. of L, has sent inquiries to Port au Prince as to why the labor editor was sent to jail, ent is out! Did you subscribe? Plan Prohibition Clean-up. WASHINGTON, May 11,—Plans for a new prohibition cleanup in Nebra ka, Iowa and South Dakota, were 4 PHONE BELMONT 9181 Washington. The need for immediate The American Worker Correspond- ~ JENSEN & BERGSTROM TAILORS SUITS. AND OVERCOATS MADE TO ORDER We Clean, Press, Repair and Remodel Ladies and Gents Garments We Furnish the Union Label 3218 North Avenue, Near Kedzie AUSTRALIAN SEDITION LAW HITS UNIONS Threaten Strikers With Jail Sentence By W. FRANCIS AHERN. SYDNEY—(FP)— The drastic pro- visions of the new crimes act indi- cate that the workers of Australia are in for savage repression. Under the act revolutionary workingclass organ- izations are outlawed while strikes rat- ed as serious industrialist disturb- ances Will make union leaders, propa- gandists and strikers Hable to impris- onment or deportation or both. M Persons threatening boycotts are Mable to a year’s imprisonment, as ate persons who induce others to strike. To bring the king’s name into hatred or contempt is classed as seditious in- tention. It ds also seditious intention to create dissatisfaction against the king or his representatives in Aus- tralia or to promote hostility between classes of people. This crime is pun- ishable by 3 years imprisonment, Imprisonment for life awaits any person attempting to seduce a soldier from his duty or incite him to mutiny, This means that if any person advises a soldier not to shoot his own father or brother on strike or not to serve in an unjust capitalist war or shoot down his working class comrades, he will be jailed for life. It is now a crime to give money or goods to an unlawful association (such as the Communist party or the I. W. W.), sell any book, pamphlet or news- paper og such associations, or take up any collection for same or print and publish any literature of such organiz- ations. The penalty is six months. The same penalty awaits any person performing similar acts to assist any union on strike. Police can arrest without warrant. The Communist Party and the I. W. W. will function underground. The Communist newspaper at Sydney, the Workers’ Weekly, has already sus- pended publication. Heirs Seek to Gain $50,000,000 Estate of Senator Wm. A. Clark BUTTE, Mont., May 12. — Hearings to establish heirship to the $50,000,000 estate of the late Senator William A. Clark, mining magnate will start in district court here. Mrs. Anna E. Hines, Mrs. Effie McWilliams and Mrs. Addie Miller, all of Missouri and claimants of part of the estate filed a complaint in the local district court asking the will of the late senator be set aside in that it is “contrary to the intentions of the maker.” The will does not recognize them as daughters of Senator Clark. Administration Leaders Discuss Strategy at Coolidge Breakfast WASHINGTON, May 13.— At an- other breakfast conference at the White House President Coolidge dis- cussed the legislative program of the administration with a group of repub- lican senators. Those attending were: Senators Johnson of California, Keys of New Hampshire, Willis of Ohio, Cameron of Arizona, Harreld and Pine of Okla- homa, Couzens of Michigan, Butler of Massachusetts, Means of Colorado, Bingham of Connecticut and Robinson of Indiana. Nancy Sandowski and Biedenkapp Speak at Toledo Sat., May 22 TOLBDO, May 11—Nancy Sandow- ski, youthful Passaic strike leader, and F.G Biedenkapp will speak at a meet- ing Saturday, May 22, at 8 o’clock at Banquet Hall, Labor Temple, under the auspices of Workers International Aid. ee Frisco Car Men Get Raise. SAN FRANCISCO—(FP) — Mayor Rolph has instructed the board of public works of San Francisco to raise the pay of municipal railway platform men from $5.80 to $6.30 a day, the raise being retroactive to April 16, ‘The original demand was for $1 a day raise. The trackmen, car repairers and other employes wonder why they were not included. WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! Telephone Lehigh 6022 DR. 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