The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 21, 1926, Page 3

RANK AND FILE DENIES HEADS SPECIAL FAVORS Croatian Workers Fight Reactionary Proposals CLEVELAND, May 19.—The rank nd file seated in the convention of the Croatian Fraternal Union has as- Berted itself. The officials, who framed a constitution and by-laws for the organization, which is now the merger of three different Croatian fra- ternal unions, has not hestitated to propose emoluments for the officials which the rank, and fila has promptly turned down. Vacations for the officials ane one of the points fought by the workers. A worker in the mines and steel mills get no vacation, except when he is turned out of the mines or mill so why should an official, who gets his regular pay, be granted a vacation, they demanded. This proposal was voted down, The officials sought $5 per day while out on the road, It was voted down.! When an official gets sick, he should be entitled to a sick benefit. When a worker gets sick, they pointed out, his pay stops while the salary of the officials goes on even when he is on the sick list, so why add a sick benefit. This proposal was also voted down. A very significant motion was de- feated by the Progresive Bloc. The national committee proposed that if a local educational director does not conform to the decisions of the na- tional educational director, he may be removed by the national office, The Progressive Bloc amended that the lodges themselves may discipline a local educational director. The amendment passed by a large vote. The reactionaries who entered the fonvention like cocks in the pit, look pretty sad these days. The secretary ef the union, who reads the constitu- tion, throws up his hands in despair when the Progressive Bloc and the rank and file tear to pieces the reac- tionary’ proposals. The reactionaries talk long and loud, but the vote of #he rank and file knifes their cursory propositions, The Progressive Bloc is gaining power but the reactionaries are poll- ing ever less votes. Their tricks have worn off, and the worker dele- gates are beginning to see thru them, There is still much to be done by the convention. The constitution and by-laws have been discussed for about five days. The resolutions are to come up next. The convention sent a delegate to the national conference of the Coun- cil for the Protection of the Foreign- Born, which was held in Washington, D.C. The attorney. of the union, which has 70,000 members, was nom- inated by the Progressive Bloc to be tthe delegate and was elected. Pittsburgh I. L. D. Asks Friendly Organizations to Aid June 12 Picnic PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 19—Caro- line Scollen, secretary of the Inter- national Labor Defense of Pittsburgh, announces that the I. L. D. is to hold e@ big picnic at Schuetzen Park in Millvale, Pa., on June 12. All or- Banizations of Pittsburgh ard vicin- ity which are friendly to the I. L. D. are asked not to arrange any affairs for that day and to aid the success of the I. L. D. affair. . Lathers’ Union Heads Renew Old Contract With Plaster Bosses The Lathers’ Union officials have signed a three-year agreement with the Contracting Plasterers’ Associa- tion at the old scale of $1.50 an hour. A similar agreement was signed with the Employing Plasterers’ Association fbout a week ago, The contract provides that after a ‘This action of the Lathers’ Union of- ' ficials is a blow against the plasterers now on strike. This action aids the in their fight against the plas- The lathers could have won a {wage increase if they had followed the lead of the plasterers. Picnic PICK POSIES FOR THE LADIES! DANCE—SING—PLAY GAMES Gambol like a little lamb among the dandelions at the FIRST ANNUAL DAILY WORKER BUILDERS’ ADMISSION FRED | B SATURDAY MAY 22 “The Diminishing Empire of Ice and Snow” Byrd’s publicity stunt for the navy— An unusual and timely article by, THURBER LEWIS on in enmnird ome with A-short history of polar ex- plorations beginning 325 B. C.—with illustrations. Who owns the Arctic? How's the Weather at the North Pole? Get this issue on SATURDAY! LOST ADJECTIVE MAY CAUSE U. S, MEXICAN CRISIS ‘Religious Teacher’ For- got Religion MEXICO CITY, May 19.—The de- portation order issued against the rep- resentative of the pope, Archbishop Caruana, may be the subject of a pro- test by the American government to which the papal envoy appealed as an American citizen. Caruana is the archbishop of Porto Rico and the Antilles, and it is sus- pected that he was sent to Mexico purposely to raise the protest as an American citizen in behalf of the church’s fight against Mexico’s de- portation of priests who dabble in pol- itics, A Priestly Fib, The government claims the holy man lied to the immigration authori- ties and when asked at the border as to his profession declared he was “a teacher.” This claim seems borne out by the statement issued by the archbishop himself, which says that when asked as to his profession: “I stated the profession I really have of teaching, without, however, any intention of hid- ing any other titles that I have.” Omitted the Adjective, The fine point in the argument is that the priest’s passport states that he is a ‘religious teacher,” while the adjective “religious” seems to have been conveniently forgotten by the archbishop while answering questions at the border. Caruana declares that if the order, supposed to allow him six days to leave Mexico, is carried out, he in- tends to go to Washington and place his complaint before Secretary Kel- logs. U. S. Puts Screws on Chilean Business to Force “Arbitration” SANTIAGO, Chile, May 19. — Busi- ness interests of Chile are pressing the government to accept the offer of the “good offices” of the United States in settling the Tacna-Arica boundary dispute, probably because business in the commercial and financial lines is feeling the screws of American bank- ers. Some complaint is being heard from those needing credit that “busi- ness is paralyzed” and that the only way to relieve it is to surrender to the United States. In addition the United States is busy spreading the idea that if Chile does not accept American offers of “help,” part of the territory will be given to Bolivia, which is about the same tihng as giving it to the Cerro del Pasco Copper company, a Yan- kee corporation that is part of the copper trust. PHILADELPHIA PARK ANTI-LYNCHING BILL SHELVED BY COMMITTEE Senators Refuse to Re- port Bill to Senate WASHINGTON, May 19.—The sen- ate judiciary committee by a vote of 9 to 3 refused to report the Dyer- McKinley anti-lynching bill. Several years ago a bill of similar nature in- troduced by Dyer was passed in the house but was defeated in senate. Senator William B, McKinley, an IIli- nois traction magnate, and a number of other senators were conveniently fll at that time and the bill was de- feated by a few votes. When McKinley realized that in order to win the Illinois primaries he must have the Negro vote he intyo- duced the Dyer-McKinley measure. His sponsoring of the measure was purely a vote-catching maneuver, Dyer, who is also one of the sponsors of the bill, is sponsoring the bill for the very same purpose, His district contains a large Negro vote, He seeks to be re-elected by this Negro vote. Neither of the two are interested in real anti-lynching legislation passing the legislative body. The Dyer-McKinley bill provides that the county or community in which a lynching took place would forfeit $10,000 to the estate of the victim. It also provides that the law enforcement official allowing a mob to lynch a prisoner for whom he was respontible would be subject to a heavy fine or a jail sentence, or both, Coolidge, in a statement to press rep- resentatives on this measure, declared ‘it was “too harsh.” Soviet Russia the Land of Refuge for Persecuted Workers NEW YORK CITY, May 19.—The New York Times publishes an article ;by Anna Louise Strong telling of the feeling of solidarity by Russian work- ers for their comrades persecuted by capitalism in other lands. In part it says: “When the writer visited Baku in 1923 the poverty-stricken oil workers, just emerging from chaos and hunger, URHOLM | were donating an extra Sunday at work for fellow miners in the Ruhr. Strikes in Shanghai, in Nova Scotia, called forth similar contributions. During the years of after-war reac- tion nearly 300 political refugees a month fled from death sentences and found a haven in Moscow. The Rus- sian workers érganized relief for these refugees; they put them first on the list for jobs; they sent them to hospitals and rest homes until their broken nerves were restored, “So Moscow is the natural head- quarters for that far-famed organiza- tion, the Third (Communist) Inter- national. The writer asked the secre- tary why, in view of the international nature of the organization, Moscow was chosen as headquarters, He smiled a bit cynically. “We should, of course, prefer Ber- lin, Paris, London or even New York,’ he said. ‘All these places, in turn, have been revolutionary centers. They are much more central and efficient than Moscow. It would be a pleasure for us to go. Are you by any chance offering us shelter in New York.’” SUPREME COURT MAY GET TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL Case Now in the Circuit Court at St. Paul ST. PAUL, Minn., May 19.—The tea- pot dome controversy involving Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the in- terior, and other high officials, may be carried to the United States supreme court, This was revealed in the United States circuit court here when counsel for both the govrenment and for Har- ry F. Sinclair's mammoth oil com- pany, which now controls the Wyom- ing naval oil reserve, announced that an appeal will be made to the su- preme court of the United States should the circuit court rule adversely against them. WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! &>y SUNDAY MAY 30 Take No, 50 Car on Sth Street, get off 7300 N, 5th St, THE DAILY WORKER Youngstown Roofers and Sheet Metal Workers on Strike YOUNGSTOWN, 0.,:May 19.—The roofers and sheet metal workers are on strike for higher wages, The bosses organized in the Builders’ Ex- change refuse to grant the workers the increase sought, as they claim that if the roofers and sheet metal workers get the increase the other building trades will then seek an in- crease. Attempts are being made to crush the strike. The roofers and sheet metal work- ers are determined to win their in- crease and declare they will stay on strike until they win their demands. The union bricklayers have won an increase of 10 cents a day. Their wages will’now be $12.50 a day, MANY SENATORS DEMAND ACTION ON FARM RELIEF Administration Will Be F orced to Discuss Bills WASHINGTON, May 19.—The farm bloc served notice on the senate that it would call up agriculture relief legislation before the end of the week. The annotincement was made by Sen- ator McNary, republican, of Oregon, during debate over the senate’s tenta- tive program, 4 “We have waited two weeks on the house to act and the house seems to be no nearer a solution than when it first took up the question of farm relief,” McNary said. “We must have action at this session.” While McNary was giving his‘ warn- ing to the senate the house, by a vote of 65 to 0, defeated a motion to strike out the enacting clause of the $175,- 000,000 Haugen farm bill, Representative Tincher, republican, of Kansas,’ criticized members who were guided toward support of the Haugen bill by telegrams and com- munications. “That is no way to pass legislation,” said Timcher, These floods of tele- grams and postal cards are sent out ‘by minorities seeking to impose their will on the nation, The Haugen bill has been ¢halyzed as one that would destroy ee I think that anal- ysis is ‘ect..” Tinche} read a message from the Kansas fatm bureau urging farmers bed demand members to support the eae “That prganization,” he said, “has no standijg. whatever in my state. I know that, There is an example of the type of minority influence which many of you appear to be guided by.” JOLIET GRAND JURY PROBES PAROLE BOARD Colvin Called to Testify in Investigation JOLIET, Ill, May 19.—The special grand jury here, which last week in- dicted seven convicts for murder for the killing of Deputy Warden Peter Klein, when they escaped, issued sub- poenas calling for records of the JoHet penitentiaries and the state board of Paroles and pardons for the past year. The subpoenas were addressed to Will Colvin, head of the parole board, Roy B. Ziegler, parole board clerk, and Warden John L. Whitman, to come before the grand jury to testify. The subpoenas were {issued follow- ing startling testimony by convicts who named lawyers and lawyer-legis- lators as men who had received large sums for obtaining the release of con- victs. The witnesses talked in fig- ures of “grands,” meaning thousands of dollars. } Clyde Martin, sent to the prison for ten years to life for a Chicago rob- bery, is said to have told the grand jury he was,still in the penitentiary because he did not have “5 grand” to buy his pardon. “Nature Friends” Will Hold Hike on Sunday NEW YORK; May 19.—Sunday, May 23, the tourist club, “The Nature Friends,” will, hold a hike. Meeting place Erie Ro R. ferry, Chambers street and Hudson river, at 3:40 in the morning. Fare $1. Walking time, about five hours. Leader, W. Schmidt. Last Sunday the rain proved disap- pointing to @ great many who no doubt were all prepared for a day of genuine enjoyment, This Sunday will give those who were disappointed an opportunity to participate, for the weather man promises fair weather. All nature-loving proletarians are wel- come. Six Places 169 N. Clark | 118 8. Clark 66 W. Washington | 167 N, 42 W. Harrison 234 8, Halsted PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 Bpeciaitios: E. W. Rieck Boston Baked Beans a rown Fine Soups a’ Commiseary and 1612 Fulton £t. .. MAGYAR FORGERY TRIAL INVOLVES HIGH OFFICIALS Every Day Hooks More Government Heads (Special to The Daily Worker) BUDAPHST, May 19. — The stench of the Hungarian franc forgery scan- dal rose to high heaven in today's session of the court trial of former officials, army officers and nobles. Ex- Premier Frederick, on the stand as a witness, gave testimony clinching the claim of the prosecution that the gov- ernment was aware of the forgery and gave support to the forgers. Official Connivance, He said that he had seen, “safe con-| ducts” with the signature of Prime Minister Bethlen in the possession of Prince Windischgraetz, chief of the forgers. “In 1922 Julius Messaros and Prince Windischgraetz visited me, showing me lithograph stones for 1,000 franc notes, The prince told me that they had safe conducts from ‘the government and hence were in no danger,” said the ex-premier, Jail Break, Frederick testified further that he, Prince Windischgraetz and Premier Bethlen’s bureau each furnished a third of the necessary money to get Messaros out of jail in Vienna, where he was held for forging Czech notes. Messaros was given a diplomatic courier’s pass by the government with which to get back to Hungary. He fled to Constantinople after this last scandal began and so far has not been extradited. Chief Involved. With the prince, chief of police Na- dossy is the principal defendant. Count Telekyo testified that in 1923 he had warned the chief of police against the impending forgery. Sfnce the chief was in on the deal, there is every reason why the forgers were npt apprehended before they had issued so many million bogus francs that France began to investigate. T. U. EL, HOLDS FIRST PICNIC OF SEASON; FOSTER AND DUNNE WILL SPEAK The fourth annual picnic of the the Trade Union Educational League will be held Monday, May 31 (Dec- oration Day). The picnic will ke held at the new Chernauskas Grove located in Justice Park, Ill. Page Three RAILROAD WORKERS’ WAGES FALL tistical bureau of the United States rail labor board at the direction of A. 0. Wharton, Wharton, who is chairman of the board’s committee on statistics, had the data compiled to counteract an unfair picture of rail- road wages circulated from the of fice of Horace Baker, one of the rail- road representatives on the board. Baker's misleading propaganda showed the increased purchasing power of railroad wages since Feb- Tuary, 1920, a time when wage in- creases were long overdue. Baker had these figures prepared ostensibly for his personal use but circulated them widely without the knowledge of the board. This tended to place the board's authority behind employer ar- guments against wage increases, Wharton takes as a basis Decem- ber, 1915, the date used by the Lane federal commission in its recommen- dation to the director general of rail- roads. This affords a fairer picture of the position of the railroad worker with reference to his prewar standard of living. It shows the rates of pay of typical classes in 1915 and 1925 and the changes in purchasing power as follows: Rallroad Wages. Change in pur- American Daily wages chasing Railroads 1915 1925 power Clerks, 1 year or more experience $2.58 $5.00 **14.5% Freight handlers... 1.87 3.43 ** 83 Sectionmen 150 2.81 **10.8 Machinists 4.18 5.86 *17.1 Boilermakers 4.10 5.89 *15.2 Blacksmiths 4.37 6.95 %19.6 Elec. workers 434 5.76 %21.7 Carmen 3.05 5.88 ** 4.2 Helpers 2.37 4.08 °° 6 Car cleaners 2.01 3.02 *11.4 Telegraphers 2.37 5.09 **26.8 Pass. engineers... 4.39 6.30 **15.2 Preight eng., thru 5.18 7.65 *12.8 Freight fire., thru 3.38 5.79 ** 1.2 Pass, conductors. 4.45 6.72 *10.8 Frght. cond., thru 4.08 6.25 * 9.5 Freht.brake.,thru 2.75 4.94 ** 6.1 Yard helpers ...... 3.42 6.15 ** 6.2 **Increase. *Decrease. Most of those with greater purchas- ing power since 1915 are the lower paid, less skilled workers. Their gains reflect wartime recognition of the fact that their prewar wages were unjusti- fiably low. The Lane commission re- porting in 1918 said: “It has been @ A complete new dance hall has just been erected, which should in- terest those who are interested in the Charleston, etc. A great open fleld is available for baseball games. The grove is one of the most tractive ever rented by the Trades Union Educational League and pro- vides nice and shady spaces tor tired radicals.” Letchinger’s Union Orchestra will provide the music. Al! kinds of re- freshments will be served. Admis- sion is only 50 cents, William Z. Foster, secretary-treas- urer of the Trades Union Educa- tional League, and William F. Dunne, editor of the DAILY somewhat popular impression that railroad employes were among the most highly paid workers. But fig- ures gathered from the railroads dis- pose of this belief. Fifty-one per cent of all employes during December, 1917, received $75 per month or less.” The wages of these low-paid work- ers still fall short of a decent living standard. Those of the more highly skilled and responsible fall short of their accepted prewar standard, Stokes, Wealthy Hotel Owner, Dies in N. Y. NEW YORK, May 19. — W. E. D. WORKER, will speak. Both speak- §tokes, millionaire hotel owners, died ers have just returned from an ex- tended tour thru Europe and Soviet Russia. How to get there: Take Archer Ave. car to Cicero (end of line), thereafter Joliet car to grove, which is located at 79th street and Archer Ave. Tickets are on sale at the fol- lowing places: Room 37, 156 W. Washington St.; DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington St.; 19 S. Lin- coin St. and members of the Trades Union Educational League. Salmon Fishermen here. His life was one continual round of legal suits with his wives and other women with whom he had intimacies. His first wife divorced him for in- fidelity, his second fought him to a standstill for five years in the courts when he sought to divorce her. Two chorus girls once shot him, and an- other woman in Kentucky sued him tor the maintenance of her son. His estate probably will amount to something between $7,000,000 and $8,000,000, but there are legal actions claiming considerably more than that still pending. Win an Increase Sub-Section No. 9 of Section No. 6 ASTORIA, Oregon, May 19.—The Meets. This concerns street nuclei Nos. 29, commercial fishermen on the Colum-]39 and 31 and shop nucleus No, 28. bia River in Oregon, have won an in- crease in prices to be paid for salmon thru their strike. The strike started at the beginning of the season, May 1, when the packers offered the fish- ermen 18 cents a pound for raw Chi- nook salmon. The fishermen’s union demanded 14 cents. The strike has now been settled and the fishermen will get 13% cents a pound, About 2,000 gill net operat- ors were affected by the strike, Alienists Examine Scott. CHESTER, fl, May 19.—Alienists today conducted an examination into the mental condition of Russell Scott, convicted slayer of Joseph Maurer, Chicago drug clerk, at the asylum here for the criminal insane. The re- sult of the examination was not an- nounced but, is expected within the next few da A membership meeting of our sub- section will be held Monday, May 24, at 8 p. m., at 2633 Hirsch boulevard, Folkets Hus. William F. Dunne, who has just returned from Europe, will speak on “The British General Strike in Relation to the World Labor Move- ment.” Every member should be pres- ent. There will be a check-up on the attendance of each nucleus. After the lecture and discussion is over one or two organization questions that need immediate attention will be taken up. Attend the meeting! Chicago Must Continue to Pay 7-Cent Car Fare Federal Judges Evans, Page and Anderson, sitting en banc, issued a final degree upholding a ruling of Master in Chancery ©. B, Morrison, that the five and six cent street car fares ordered in Chicago by the Iili- 8. If declared sane Scott will be brot back to Cook County where he is un- der sentence to hang. Robert Scott, Russell’s brother, is to be tried soon for the same murder. important party work will be taken uy; The Chicago Party Membership GENERAL party membership meeting will be held Sunday evening, May 23, 8 p. m. at the North West Hall, corner North and Western Avenues. The party speakers will be Comrades Ruthenberg, Foster, and Dunne, nois commerce commission are con- fiscatory, SENDINA p and each member should bring his pald up membership book.—Arne Swabeck. SHORT OF COST OF LIVING INCREASE By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press. The wages of 230,218 railroad employes in December, 1925, fell short of the increase in living costs since 1915. in purchasing power ranging from 3 per cent to 21.7 per cent. includes engineers, conductors and a majority of the This is the story told by the sta-+ These workers suffered decreases The group shop mechanics, TOBACCO FIELDS SHOWN SCENE OF CHILD SLAVERY U. S. Report Reveals Terrible Conditions WASHINGTON, May 19. — That thousands of little children, ranking from 7 to 12 years of age, are slaving from ten to thirteen hours @ day during the hottest months of the year in the tobacco fields of the South and New England is admitted by the re- Port of the children’s bureau of the U. 8, labor department in a report following a long investigation, Not only are the children compelled to work, but they are whipped if their work lacks of efficiency, and they are given, according to the government report, “the most tedious and disagree- able tasks of suckering and worming.” Revolting Tasks, Suckering is the stripping of the plant during its growth of the side branches to cultivate the large leaves, while worming is the picking off by hand from the plant of the revolting tobacco worms. The report says: “The children complain that their backs ache from bending over the plants; that pulling off the suckers hurts their hands; that the strong odor of tobacco makes them ill. Worming is so disagreebale and, ac cording to some workers, so irritated the skin that premiums are occasion- ally offered for it, or the children ‘are threatened with severe punishment if any worms are found on the plants after the work is finished.” Government Does Nothing. In spite of these atrocious condt- tions and the declaration of the gov- ernment bureau that they constitute a menace to child health, there is little or nothing suggested as to how to stop this barbarous slavery of child agricultural workers, Forest Fire Threatens WINNIPEG, May 19. — Railroad trains were held up, tracks ruined and mililons of feet of valuable timber menaced by devastating flames in forest fires in Manitoba and along the north shore of Lake Superior Two towns are threatened with disaster with flames creeping steadily toward the water works threatening to cut off the supply every moment. Aero planes were pressed into service by forest patrols to carry fire fighters to scattered areas where new fires are continually springing up, BULGARIAN |, L. D, HOLDS DANCE SATURDAY TO AID DEFENSE OF 264 STRIKERS The Bulgarian Branch of the In- ternational Labor Defense will hold an entertainment and dance at the American Musicians’ Hall, 777 West Adams St., near Halsted, Saturday evening, May 22, at 7:30 o'clock. The proceeds of the dance will go towards the defense of the 264 arn rested by the Passaic police. Ad- mission will be 50 cents for men and 25 cents for women, The Latest Book ON RUSSIA Against the lies of the Capitalist Press on the progress of Soviet Rus- its FACTS.on a. Oy ae add this book to your library, ’ Cloth bound. By the same Author: Whither England? .... $1.75 Dictatorship vs. Democracy—— Paper Cloth THE DAILY WORKER PUB, CO, 1113 W. Washington Bivd. Chicago, Il,