The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 19, 1926, Page 2

L Saka Urge Workers to Aid Forget ‘Labor’s Victims Jawish Bakery Strikers LOS ANGELES, May 17—The Work- ers (Communist) Party local here has | issued a statement calling on the Los Angeles workers to get behind the strike of the Jewish Bakery Workers’ Union No, 453 here and aid them win the strike. GRAFT CHARGES MARK CLOSE OF PENN. CONFLICT Vast Sums Spent in| Primary Fight (Special to The Dally Worker) HARRISBURGH, Pa., May 17. — ‘Tomorrow is primary election in Pennsylvania, the heavy guns of the campaign are silenced and the vote will in a few hours be known. Charges of monumental graft and bribery be- come ever louder and more insistent. | The outpouring of money to corrupt the republican party electorate has probably exceeded anything in the way of state elections. Close observers Say that even the notorious Newberry Soandal in Michigan has been left far in the background. Hits Police Brutality in Passaic Strike NEWARK, N. J., May 17. — The League of Women Voters at one of its sessions here adopted a resolution bit- terly condemning the brutality dis- played by the Passaic police against the 16,000 textile workers on strike. PLASTERERS ON STRIKE TIE UP ‘The Mellon billions back the admin- istration senator, George Wharton Pepper. William S. Vare, boss of Philadelphia, running on a “ringing wet” platform, has the backing of the Mitten scab shop street railway octo- pus of that city and smaller manufac- turing interests scattered thruout the state. Pinchot, now governor, has mobilized his political machine and is backed by other industrial interests. Each Claims Victory. Bach of the three candidates claims victory, for purposes of last-minute | campaigning, but privately they admit | that they consider the conflict very close. Real issues have been befogged with the wet and dry question. While Pinchot, as opposed to Vare the “wet,” is decisively and vocally Union Members Deter- mined to Win Increase As the strike of the Chicago Plas- terers’ Union enters its second week the effect of the plasterers’ walkout is beginning to be felt in loop build- ing. Many carpenters and decorators on loop building jobs have been laid off. Committees representing the two Plasterer bosses’ organization, build- ers,’ and architects’ associations, and bankers will meet to discuss future Policies in the strike. pees. George Wharton Pepper, case dmsiuiicioea eanien shor the Mellon-Coolidge candidate, strad- they expected no settlement until dles the issue by stating that he is for “law enforcement.” Each accuses the other of attempt- ing to steal the nomination by “fraud,” which is probably true in each case, as is usually the case in old party conflicts. Labor’s Pathetic Role. The role of organized labor, that is as far as the official spokesmen are ooncerned, is pathetically impotent. With the shameful policy of treachery embodied in the slogan “reward your friends and punish your enemies” in the old party camps, the state officials of the labor movement, endorse Pin- chot. But hundreds of local leaders line up behind Vare, because of his wet platform. Pepper and the other state candidates on the Mellon-Coo- A lidge ticket have no labor support |Jobs. This lie has been scotched by whatsoever, which doesn’t seem to|John McLeod, international vice-pres- ‘worry them as they take the attitude | {dent of the Bricklayers’ Union. that the leaders cannot deliver the| He stated that the plasterers be- vote anayway. ~~ jlonging to the bricklayers’ union MID CLERGY 10 EXPLOIT MEXICO the Landis award are running adver- tisements in out-of-town papers urg- Labor Heads’ Protest Aids Anti-Labor Forces ing plasterers in other towns to come to Chicago. A typical advertisement these open-shoppers are using is the following sent to The DAILY WORK- ER by one of its watchful worker cor- respondents in Birmingham, Alabama, taken from the Birmingham News: “Plasterers, 1,000 in Chicago. “Wanted, competent first-class plas- terers who will work for $12 per day. A resolution protesting against the| Write giving complete experience. F. “anti-religious attitude” of the Mex-|4. Smith, employment manager, citi- ican labor government was sent by zens’ committee to enforce the Lan- telegram to Calles, president of Mex- dis award, 218 N. Clark St., Chicago, feo, by Michael J. Kelly, first vice-| Ml president of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and a leading light in the Cook County Wage Earners’ League which worked for the unionsmashing Crowe-Barrett-Thompson machine in the republican party primaries; John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor; Charles Wills, {business manager of the Federation News and another of the leading ilights in the Cook County Wage Earn- /ere’ League; James J. Conroy, secre- tary of the Building Trades Council; James Jacobs, building, service em- \ployes; Claude Peters, janitors; Hugh /Mulligan of the asbestos workers; ; Michael Galvin, truck drivers; and | Michael Artery of the machinery mov- ‘ers’ union and asupporter of the union- e@mashing Robert E. Crowe machine, ‘The labor union heads, who by no \¢means represent the viewpoint of the ‘trades union members of Chicago, by sending a wire protesting against the ! “anti-religious attitude” of the Calles | government in Mexico, aligns itself with the Mexican clericals who have after the election in the plasterers’ union June 5 as anyone who dared to suggest compromise might lose the elections. The strike of the plaster- ers has forced many of the bosses to accept the $14 a day wage scale. The plasterers thru a continuance of the strike have all to gain. They ean get the higher wage rate. They should be careful in choosing their candidates in the coming elections in their locals so that only those candi- dates who will really carry on a fight against the basses will be elected. The employers in an attempt. to create dissension between the plas- terers and the bricklayers declared that the bricklayers’ union was pre paring to take over the plasterers’ Discuss Two Strikes, The British and Passaic srtikes will be discussed by speakers at a mass meeting Wednesday, May 19, at 8 Dp. m., at the Hull House, 808 South Halsted street. The speakers are Fred Biedenkapp, national secretary of the Internation- al Workers’ Aid; H. M. Wicks, edi- torial writer of The DAILY WORKER, who covered the Passaic strike for The DAILY WORKER; Nancy San- dowsk!, the Joan of are of the Pas- saic textile strike. Chairman, Jack Bradon. FOREIGN EXCHANGE, Great Britain, pound sterling, de- mand 4.86%; cable 4.86%. France franc, 2.9914; cable 3.00, Belgium franc, 2.93%; cable 2.94. Italy, lira, 3.51%; cable 3.52. Sweden, krone, 26.75; cable 26.78, Norway, krone Lope cable 26.26, Shanghai, taels, 25. LEFT WING IS A_ | ANTI-MILITARIST POWER IN ERIE \CONFERENCE HELD LABOR MEETING|AT HULL HOUSE Progressive Measures By GEORGE PAPCUN. (Special to The Daily Worker) ERIE, Pa. May 17.—The left-wing in the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor convention put thru resolu- tion after resolution placing the work- ers of Pennsylyania on record for pro- gressive measures. The power of the left wing was such that tho the Cappellini and Golden machine controlled the convention and the resolutions committee was com- posed of reactionaries, they did not dare bring in a report to non-concur on the Labor Party resolution. The Labor Party resolution was in- troduced by Machinists’ Union Local 536. The committee brought in a re- port that the resolution be referred to the executive committee of the Penn- sylvania State Labor Party. ‘The left wing rallied around it many of the rank and file delegates and tried to get the convention to endorse the resolution, The resolution was finally referred to the Labor Party committee for action. Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial, The convention unanimously adopted a resolution on the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, which de- mands that all work done in the Ses- qui-Centennial Exposition be done solely by union labor. A strong resolution introduced on the United States and the Mexican crisis was unanimously adopted, Mexican Controversy. The resolution in part reads as fol- lows: “That we declare our solidarity with the Mexican people in their firm stand against American imperialism and de- nounce the demands put forward by the United States state department as an assault on the sovereign rights of Mexico as a nation, and be it further “Resolved, that we hereby protest against the policy of veiled threats to Mexico demanding that all pressure against Mexico in the interests of Wall Street cease, and be it further “Resolved, that a copy of this reso- lution be sent to the executive council of the American Federation of Labor and a copy to Senator William E. Borah, chairman of the foreign rela- tions. committee of the United States senate, and to the press.” Workers’ Sports. The convention also endorsed Work- ers’ Sports and called on its affiliated units.,to help promote the idea of Workers’ Sports. The anti-sedition conference which was organized in / Pittsburgh a couple of months ago was jalso endorsed. Passaic Strike. A representative of the American Federation of Labor, who represented William Green, president of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, and who also was the first president of the Penn- sylvania State Federation of Labor when it was organized on December 5, 1901, made a speech attacking the Passaic strike. He did everything in his power to discredit the strikers and to get the workers in the convention to withdraw their moral and financial support. Even the reactionary lead ors at the convention were ashamed of this speech by the representative of the American Federation of Labor. Some of the delegates declare’ that even Green would not have daicd to make ; such @ dastartly attack on the Passaic strikers. It was a contradiction of what President Maurer said about the Passaic strike in his report. He said: Maurer’s Report. “The fact that the strike is not in our own state and is not being conducted by the regular American Federation of Labor union for the textile industry does not affect the fundamental truth that the wrongs of any group of work- ers are the concern of all organized labor. Wherever a valiant fight is being put up in the defense of human rights, there our sympathy and sup- port should be given, regardless of economic philosophy by some of those involved in the struggle.” Frayne was not satisfied with mak- ing his speech to the convention, but went to the convention banquet and in the same dastardy manner attacked the Passaic strike. That worker next door to you may not have anything to do to- Convention Passes Many|22 Organizations Are Represented With delegates present from a score of organizations, a conference against militarism and the menace of new wars was successfully held here yes- terday at Hull House. The conference, initiated by the Students’ Anti-Militarist League, was attended by delegates from the fol lowing organizations:’ The South Side Community Service, the Third Unitarian Church, the League of Na- tions Non-Partisan Association, the International Women’s League for Peace and Freedom, He Chicago So- cial Study Group, the Freiheit Youth Club, the Interracial Youth Forum, the Labor Sports Union, . Lithuanian Youth Club, American Negro Labor Congress, Jewish Marxfan Youth Al- Nance, Students’ Anti,- Militarist League, the India Society, the Filip- ino Association of Chicago, the Cen- tral Young Men's Christian Associa- tion, the Austin Speakers’ Club, the Friends of Nature, the Young Peo- Ple’s Socialist League, ,the Young Workers’ League, the Chicago Joint Board of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, Jane Addams Opens’ Conference. Miss Jane Addams opened the con- ference with a short introductory talk under the chairmanship of Mr. Glot- zer of the Students’ Anti-Militarist League. She spoke of the need of uniting the right and left wings of the movement against militarism into a single unit to carry on the drive. After her, delegate after delegate arose and expressed plainly the senti- ment that unity or action was necs- sary and that the formation of a fed- erative organization should result from the conference. The representative of ‘the Filipino Association of Chicago pledged the support of over 700 Chicago Filipinos and declared, in a speech which was enthusiastically recetvéd, that Amer- {ean imperialism in the’ Philippines had been the history of ‘yapine, hein- ous crime and oppression. Mr. Jagger, of the pha Unitarian Church, also expressed militantly his opposition to war and militarism as one who had gained sufficient experi- ence in the last war (Jagger is a world war veteran) to fight against the next one, : ; The other organizations present ex- pressed their opinions similarly, Schachtman ks, Max Schachtman, of, the Young Workers’ League, spoke on the prob- lems of the conference pointing out that united struggle alpne could ac- tively counteract the spread of Amer- ican imperialist militarism, The resolutions committee of the conference brot in two resolutions which were unanimously adopted by the delegates. One resolution con- demned the policy of military train- ing in the schools and:arged the sub- stitution therefore of physical cul- ture program, and it also: hit at the Citizens’ Military Training Camps. The other resolution, expressed its general opposition to war and militar- ism, demanded the withdrawal of all American troops from ‘foreign lands and waters, demanded the genuine and unhampered freedom of the Phil- ippines, Haiti, Nicaragua, and other American colonies and semi-colonies, and endorsed the demand of organ- ized labor against the use of troops in case of strikes. Conference Elects Executive, The recommendation that the con- ference elect an executive committee, with representatives of all the organ- izations present, to carry out the de- cisions of the conference was concur- red in unanimously and a committee of some twenty delegates elected. This committee was instructed to call a broader conference for the same purpose before the end.wof the coming month of June, It is! expected that at this forthcoming conference, more than a hundred organizations, youth bodies, peace groups, labor unions and the like, will be in’ attendance, The executive committee will meet next Sunday at Hull House to con- sider plans for its work’and the com- ing conference. The honorary chair- man of the united ofganizations is Miss Jane Addams and the honorary vice-chairman is Mr. David Rhys Wil- Mams. Mr. Glotzer, adting secretary, SE ter ea soos dart as 9 ite American Worker Correspond-| night. Hand him this copy of the bigs se dk oe Sk The church owned over 20,000,000/°"" © Out! /Dld you subsoriber DAILY WORKER. dents’ Anti-Militarist League. j acres of land in Mexico at one time pomniontcttncnnacnctvtc tr fe 5 and on its land it exploited the Mex! & can workers and farmers. The church today is the agency which is foment- ing revolutions against the Calles labor government. The Calles government in its move to divorce the church from the state and to end the exploitation of the workers and farmers on church lands, has made a progressive move. The Mexican clergy is given the right to preach religion to the workers and farmers provided they abide by the constitituion of Mexico which pro- vides that no clergymen shall try to link up the church and state. The clergy are allowed freedom of relig- fous expreésion as long as they stick to religion. ’ FIRST Picnic We need more news from the shops ‘and factories, Send it int A f, ‘ Rak i | PICK POSIES FOR THE LADIES ! DANCE—SING—PLAY GAMES Gambol like a little lamb among the dandelions at the DAILY WORKER BUILDERS’ ADMISSION FRER | ANNUAL BURHOLM rP~PARK ( &>y PHILADELPHIA — Take No, 50 Car onbth Street, get off 7300 N, Sth St, ~HE DAILY WORKER ~~ str erteeeeomc mens oeran-or teen ee ar ureneae sent rattan NE of the choicest aggregations of apologists for capitalism, that has ever assembled under the stars and stripes, has just adjourned its sessions in the sylvan retreat provided by the exclusive resort of parasites known as Briarcliff Lodge, New York. The consensus of opin- ion, as keynoted by such outstand- ing defenders of the American dol- lar as Elihu Root and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Colum- bia University, was that “the center of gravity has shifted from ques- tions of pure politics to questions of pure economics,” It must have been rather difficult for these scholars and exponents of American “democracy” to admit that economic forces dictate the de- ‘cisions of their Wall Street gov- ernment at Washington. That is what Communists have always con- tended. Karl Marx carefully pointed it out to the whole world about 75 years ago, while Lenin applied these theories to the present period of development of the imperialist -epoch. eee There was no denying the fact, by any of those present at Briarcliff, that the possibilities of igniting the world powder barrel are greater now than ever before. In 1914, the strug- le was limited more or less to the European slaughter house, in the war over “coal” and “fron,” altho it was sedition, to be punished with long terms, to mention it then, Now the capitalist “intellectuals” gravely discuss and sagely declared that: H “ “We must concern ourselves more than ever before with problems arising out of those multifarious trades and commerces which are the outcome of our industrial ctvil- ization.” Just how that situation has been met by the great imperialist nations is pointed out by Richard V. Oula- han, the Washington correspondent of the New York Times, when he says: “Byer since the peace makers at Paris seven years ago inserted in the Versailles treaty an agreement to have a disarmament conference, the business of improving death- dealing engines of warfare has been carried on industriously by the na- tions whose representatives sat at the peace table.” oe ie The Harding disarmament comedy at Washington, in 1921, no longer receives serious consideration. It had to do merely with limitation of naval strength, that offered numer- ous loopholes to evade its decisions. The proposed disarmament confer- ences repeatedly planned to be held in Europe, were to consider merely the limiting of armies. The profes- sors at Briarcliffe Lodge, however, try to get down to the real prob lem when they declare: “The discussions on the subject of disarmament have called atten- tion to the fact that the whole cen- ter of gravity of that problem has shifted in recent years. The prob- lem of disarmament no longer rises CHICAGO LABOR RADIO 10 GO ON AIR THIS MONTH Capitalism’s Professors Admit War Danger in || GAVE SUPPORT Hunt for Raw Materials By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. out of armies and navies so much as out. of the great air forces and the resources and inventions of modern chemistry and industry.” se 8 The fact is that every nation is straining itself to the utmost to develop its battle fleets of the air. There are no limitations and none will be tolerated. The invention of new and more powerful poison gases, and other means of mass murder, are hidden secrets of the laboratory, carefully protected from the prying search of all enemy governments. ; arya Dr. Richard Mead Harle, Associate Professor of History at Columbia University, dares to whisper that there is “a tendency in this country by both government and private business to develop sourees of raw materials overseas and that an ag- gressive policy of such American investments was certain to meet re sistance.” It is difficult to understand what the professor means by “a ten- dency.” The agents of the Standard Oil company roam the world, hunt- ing new fields of expliotation. The rubber barons, in competition with those of Great Britain, do likewise, Control of nitrates in Chile ranges in importance with the natural re- sources of Mexico and other Latin- American countries. These are facts not “tendencies.” he ee Surely the capitalist brains gath- ered at Briarcliff must offer some metiiod by which American imperial- ism can plunder the world without running the danger of engaging it- self in a fratricidal world war. But the best that the scholars have to offer is the claim that, “The change from autocracy to democracy in in- ternational relations {s capable of leading to the peace of the world.” Their only meaning can be that they believe the capitalist republic of the United States is a greater safeguard of world peace than the German autocracy under the late kaiser. There were those who were fooled into believing this when Woodrow Wilson .presented the nations with his “14 points.” But the number of believers has been steadily dimin- ishing. They are not so numerous now. o>, = The American capitalist republic is the protector of that imperialism that seeks new sources of raw ma- terial, new markets in which to dis- pose of its finished goods, new na- tions to burden with its export cap- ital. For this it needs armies, navies, airfieets, poison gas and all the other weapons of modern war- fare. All the professors in all the col- leges with all their lectures and dis- cussions cannot delay the inevitable war. It is even becoming less pos- sible for them to persuade any num- bers of people, let alone the workers and farmers, that such a war can be avoided. Since it is to be war, there- fore, the only war worth fighting, so labor is learning, is the the war of the masses against the imperialist war. graph company had a broadcasting station WEAF in New York which operated on a 491.5 wave-length and had the field to itself at this wave- length. The Federation pointed out that a wave-length of this type in Chi- cago would not crowd the air and would make it possible for the Federa- tion to broadcast its programs all over the country, Will Broadcast Despite] From tne lengthy correspondence Hoover’s Opposition The Chicago Federation of Labor radio broadcasting station is expected to be on the air before the end of this month. This broadcasting station has been made possible thru the Chi- cago trades unions assessing them- selves $2 for each of their members. Tho the law regarding the issuance of wave-lengths and permits for opera- tion of radio stations states that it is mandatory on the department of com- merce to issue the permits and wave- lengths, Secretary of Commerce Her- bert Hoover in his letters to the Chi- cago Federation of Labor intimates that he will not issue the Federation @ permit when an application is made, In lengthy correspondence between the Chicago Federation of Labor and the department of commerce, the de- partment of commerce raises the cry that there are “too many radio sta- tions in the Chicago district and that air is too crowded” to permit the is- suance of another broadcasting per- mit. ‘The department of commerce stresa- ed the fact that in the Chicago district there were too many stations within the ai ed wave-lengths, To these deliberate attempts of Herbert Hoover, representative of big busi- ness, to keep the organized trade union movement of Chicago from broadcasting its message on the air, the Chicago Federation of Labor replied with a letter pointing out that the American | Pix Telephone and Tele-} grounded one can easily see that the department of commerce is determined to keep or- ganized labor off the air. It is deter- mined to keep union organizations from having a station to counteract the vicious open-shop propaganda that is being spread on the capitalist-con- trolled radio stations. The Chicago Federation of Labor station WSFL is determined to go on the air. If the department of com- merce refuses to issue a wave-length for the Federation station, the station will broadcast and make a test case of this discrimination. John F, Glenn, secretary of the Illl- nois Manufacturers’ Association, and the staff of lawers maintained by the open-shop bosses are planning to get an injunction to restrain the Chicago Federation of Labor station from going on the alr. The radio station will be open next Sunday for inspection to Chicago workers, The Municipal Pier tower in which the radio 1s located will be open from 10 o'clock in the morning until 4 in the afternoon, 200 Passengers Saved From Ship. MIAMI, Fla., May 17—The 280 pas- sengers taken off the Clyde line steamship Seneca early yesterday morning when a leak threatened to sink the vessel, were nearly all on their way north today by train. Not @ life was lost in the transfer of the Passengers which took place two miles off Miami after MEXICAN LABOR TO BIG STRIKE Amazed at Attitude of U. S. Leaders (Special to The Dally Worker) MEXICO CITY, May 12.—Nelther coal, fuel oll, nor combustibles of any kind will be loaded for transport to England at Mexlean ports, according to spontaneous decision of the work- era of Tampleo and Vera Cruz. The varlous Tamploo labor organizations notified the British miners of their decision in a joint cable addressed to General Secretary A, J. Cook, Tam- pico is one of the most Important oll centers In the world, This concrete manifestation of in- ternational working class solidarity— more valuable in the present struggle of the miners than a big cash con- tributino—is in line with the stand taken in support of the British miners by practically the entire Mexican la- bor movement. Despite the bankrupt condition of most Mexican treasuries, many organizations sent funde to the strike committee in London. The Mexican Regional Confederation of Labor (C. R. 0. M.) sent $2,000. One-Hour Strike. The Electricians’ Uinon, one of the most powerful trade unions in the re- public, carried out a one-hour protest strike on Monday in sympathy with the British workers. During this period all electric Hghts were shut off, power plants were paralyzed and street cars remained motionless, Cables expressing solidarity were sent to the strikers in England by na- tional labor organizations, industrial alliances and even local unions. The Committee for Trade Union Unity is taking the lead in the campaign among Mexican workers’ organizations in support of the strike. Amazed at Green, Everywhere among Mexican work- ers amazement is expressed at the hesitating and double-edged utterances of William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, regard- ing the strike. Barrios, of the railroad workers, pointed out to The DAILY WORKER correspondent that the A. F, of L, is the only important labor or- ganization in the world that did not range itself unequivocally with the struggling British workers, “Green stabbel the British workers in the back,” continued the Mexican labor leader. “I do not believe the American workers—the rank and file of the unions—will be satisfied with the kind of statements their president issued about the strike. The American workers should realize that the time may come when they will be in the same position the British workers were in. “American labor organizations should have contributed large amounts to the British strike fund. The treach- ery of Green and the A. F, of L. bureaucracy in the hour of test is an international scandal.” Six New Schools to * Open in the Chicago os . District During May Six new schools containing a total of about 5,000 seats will be opened dur- ing this month, according to a state- ment by one of the members of the board of education. Two of these schools will be opened this morning. They are the Farsnworth school at Balmoral and Linden avenues, with a the aliip| See Mr. Lindgren, 670 Seventh seating capacity of 864, and the Bridge school at Grace street and New Eng- Jand avenue, containing 672 seats. The remaining four schools are to open on Monday, May 31. They are: Lewis, Leamington and LeMoyne ave- nues, 768 seats; Hale, 62nd street and Linder avenue, 768 seats; Scammon, Henderson and Keeler avenues, 768 seats; and the Nightingale, 63rd and Rockwell streets. In the next three years it is planned to build 60 new school buildings and additions with a total seating capacity of 57,000. Thirteen additional build- ings providing 10,000 more seats are to be built at once in an attempt to abolish the shortage of seats in Chica- Bo schools. Chicago school children are inoreas- . ing at the rate of 20,000 a year and the board claims that to meet this increase at least 20 schools must be built immediately, Milk Producers’ Renew Fight Against Bundesen Attorney J, McCarthy, representing the United Milk Producer's Assoctia- tion, has notified Corporation Counsel Francis X. Busch that he will appear before Cirewit Court Judge Fulton in Geneva and ask that the demurrer of the city of Chicago against proceed- ings instituted by the United Milk Producers’ Association for the viola- tions of the Shurtleff act be dismissed. WANTED: SALESMAN — Experience unneces- sary. Good opportunity for hi iy 4 ot