The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 22, 1926, Page 3

PIONEERS FIGH DISCRIMINATION INU. S. SCHOOLS Assail Teachers for Catering to Rich (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, May 20.—D fmations against working-class chil- dren in the public schools of Penn- sylvania, and especially against the children of foréign-born and Negro workers, was bitterly condemned by delegates from Wilmington, Del.; New York, Chester, Camden and other nearby cities, at the first district con- vention of the Young Pioneers of Dis- trict 3 at 521 York avenue here. Discriminations Against Children. Many of the delegates related to the convention how teachers had catered fo a select few whose parents were wellto-do and discriminated against children of working-class parents. In- eldents in school life were ‘brought up to show the need of combating this tendency on the part of the teachers to neglect the education of working- élass children and spend most of their energies in educating a select few of the well-to-do class. All of the evils of the public school system were forcibly and intelligently brought out by delegates whose ages ranged from 10 to 16, Religious in- struction in the public schools was condemned. Teachers Foster Race Hatred. The attempt of the teachers in the public schools to foster race hatred and to build race barriers in the schools between children of various races was assailed. Delegate after flelegate took the floor assailing this attempt on the part of the teachers and the public school system to keep alive,race prejudice and race hatreds. Demands were made that all race bar- riers be abolished and that the chil- @ren of Negro workers, white workers and of other races be allowed to min- §le freely in the classes. This convention of the Young Pioneers decided to reorganize com- pletely on the basis of school groups. With the regoranization of the joneers on the school group basis the neers will carry on an active and tant struggle against discrimina- s against working-class children in public schools and attempts on the be of teachers to instill race hatred, 3) judice and militarist notions into eir minds, National Convention Soon. ‘This convention is but one of a se- fies of district and city conventions that are being held all over the coun- try. District 1 (Boston) and 2 (New York) have already had their conven- tions. A number of city conventions bave also been held. At these city conventions plans have been laid for the calling of district conventions. A national convention is to be called poon. Summer Camps. The Young Pioneers, besides carry- img on a struggle against discrimina- tions in the public school system, also ry on social work. They have kes, outings, fairs and other affairs. Summer camps have been established by the Pioneers in various sections of the country. These camps are being run in opposition ta the camps that gre used by the Boy Scouts to instill mwflitarist ideas and obedience to the booed into the heads of the youth. At 6 summer camps the Pioneers Will mingle vacation sports with serious study of the problems of the working- class children. Strike Duty. The Pioneers are also active on ptrike lines. In the Passaic textile strike and the strike of the New York furriers the Pioneers have carried on excellent work on the picket lines, aiding the strikers in their fight for better conditions. The Pioneers also aid the Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers (Communist) League in their various campaigns. Bandits Take Gold Leaf. Six maskét bandits today raided the plant of Price & Co., gold leaf manu- facturers, and escaped with $20,000 worth of this product. While I. L. Shaffrey, superintendent, was forced open the vault where the leat was -etvred, twenty men and six women employes were herded into another room and forced to le down upon the floor with their hands over their heads. The bandits escaped in an automobile. =. WASHINGTON, May 20. — Senator David A. Reed, republican of Penn- pylvania, will urge the Pennsylvania Jegislature to authorize a state-wide referendum on prohibition, he an- nounced this afternoon in a formal statement, attributing the defeat of his colleague, George Wharton Pep- per, to the prohibition question, ‘ PHONE BELMONT 9181 — JENSEN & BERGSTROM TAILORS SUITS AND OVERCOATS MADE TO ORDER We Clean, Press, Repair and Remodel Ladies and Gents Garments We Furnish the Union Label 5 3218 North Avenue, Near Kedzie Waukegan Carpenters Strike Dow Company; Demand $1.20 an Hour . By a Worker Correspondent WAUKRGAN, Ill, May 20, — Car- penters’ Local No. 448 have struck the job at the Dow Manufacturing com- pany, a small, wood framework plant at 527 Julian street, Waukegan. The carpenters demand recognition of the union, a five cent an hour raise and also that union material be used in the plant. The previous scale was $1.15 an hour. The workers are stand- ing pat on their demands, as this scale has already been recognized in all other shops in the district. Fitty work- ers are involved in the strike, FRAME-UP IN MASS, ECHOED IN ARGENTINA Imperialists Seek to Sup- press Protest BUPNOS AIRDS, Argentina, May 20.—The police of the capital in a series of raids upon workers’ organ- izations, chiefly those of the Commun- ist Party, have arrested fifty of the most active leaders of the labor move- ment in a socalled “investigation” of an explosion which took place at the United States embassy the night of May 16. Among those arrested are Pedro Romo, secretary of the Communist Party, and Jose F. Penelon, sceretary of the South American bureau of the Communist International. “Bomb Plot” of imperialists, Thruout the whole labor movement the bomb plot is looked upon as a “plant” and a frame-up to give public excuse for suppressive measures against the anti-imperialist and labor movement in which Communists were actively leading. This view is borne out by the fact that the explosion was practically harmless, only breaking the panel in one side of a door, with the chief damage being the wounding of 4 cafe proprietor across the street. Also the U. 8. ambassador, Peter Augustus Jay, was not at home, but arrived ten min- utes afterward to tell the police he thought the Communists had some: thing to do with it. Sacco-Vanzetti Protest. : The only basis he could give for this statement was the receipt by him of two forfhal letters of protest at. the theratened execution of Sacco and Vanzetti by the state of Massa- chusetts. These were from labor and united front organizations in which Communists are active in behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti. The labor organ- ization threatened to boycott Ameri- can goods. Following the incident a mass meet- ing against the Sacco-Vanzetti frame- up ‘was broken up by the police, THE DAILY WORKER eRe CALL ASSEMBLY TO CHOOSE NEW POLE PRESIDENT Pilsudski Declines to Set Up Dictatorship (Special to The Dally Worker) WARSAW, May 20—It is rumored in Warsaw that acting President Rataj has sent out summonses to senators and deputies in the name of the pro- visional government to prepare for a national assembly to choose a presi- dent of Poland. The date is set for June 28 or 29 in the capital. Much agitation is being staged by both the extreme left and the extreme right of the bourgeois and peasant parties for Pilsudski to declare him- self dictator of Poland. This he has declined to do because he is for “democratic government.” Disturbances in Warsaw and vicin- ity have come to an end, but the Pil- sudski supporters still feel uneasy about the situation in Posen and along the eastern frontier. Sentiment against several deputies were beaten in the street for urging pacification. Wants Loans. The new finance minister, Gliwic, to- day issued a statement in which he depicted Poland’s economic condition as being very much more rosy than an observation of things would indi- cate. He belittled the fall of the zloty and declared Poland economic- ally sound. All Poland needs, accord- ing to the minister, is a few more for- eign loans. They don’t have to be government loans. He suggests that Wall Street bankers might extend Joans to private industry. The socialists and radicals are com- pleting their desertion of their old idol, Pilsudski, Who they claim has no program for the reconstruction of Poland, by charging him with having precipitated a bloody and useless civil war. So far, the only program that Pil- sudski has championed that differs in any way from that of the last gov- ernment is in regard to graft and the reorganization of the army. Whether these can aid Poland’s ills, which are chiefly economic, is doubtful to say the least. Fascists Beat Up Deputy Conti for Criticising Them ROME, May 20—To give some point to Mussolini's declaration that the fascist state is just established (with ‘the inauguration of the law against strikes), Deputy Conti, leader of the republican party and editor of the newspaper La Voce, was attacked by black shirts in his editorial rooms yes- ‘terday, clubbed and badly wounded. Boston Central Labor Union Demands “American Federationist” Refuse Ads of the Struck Passaic Shops BOSTON, May 20.—At a meeting of the Boston Central Labor Union one of the left wing delgeates brought up the matter of advertisements of struck Passaic mills appearing in the “American Federationist,” the official organ of the American Federation of Labor. These advertisements are from the Forstmann and Huffman companies, whose workers are now on strike. American Federation of Labor in the position of a strike breaker because of its support of a shop whose work- ers are on strike. The labor fakers made the opposition that the United Front Committee which is conducting the Passaic strike is not affiliated with the American Federation of La- bor, and that therefore, the “American Federationist” has the right to pub- lish the strike-breaking ad. The motion to ask the American Federation of Labor to withdraw the Forstmann-Huffmann ad was carried after considerable discussion. It was voted to have the Central Labor Un- jon circularize all affiliated unions with a call for relief for the Passaic strikers. It was further decided that a com- mittee from the Boston Central Labor Union will request a conference with Mayor Nichols with the object of get- ting a definite answer to requests for wage increases for members of three unions employed by the city of Boston. The mayor was scored for his eva- sive attitude to the request of thése employes for an increase. The em- ployes affected belong to the Women’s Municipal Dmployes, 15,906, Station- ary Firemen’s Union No, 3, and En- gineers’ Union No. 849. They have been seeking an increase for more than a year, The attitude of the mayor toward the city employes is a siriking ex- Dilla CHICAGO, ILLINOIS It was pointed out that this puts the MEETING TONIGHT WILL HEAR DISCUSSION ON THE CRISIS IN POLAND The Polish Workers’ Educational Club will hold a mass meeting to- night at Schoenhoffen Hall, Ashland and Milwaukee, to discuss the pres- ent situation in Poland. The speak- ers will be B. K. Gebert, J. Kowi ski and R. Zoltowski. The latest reports from Poland will form the basis of the discussion. The Polish bureau of the Work- ers’ Party is arranging mass me ings thruout the country in all ters having a large Polish popula- tion. B. K, Gebert will speak in De- troit and vicinity, J. Kowalski will go to Cleveland and Buffalo, K. Niemyj- ski is holding meetings in New Eng- land and K, Okraska will cover e earn Ohio, West Virginia and w ern Pennsylvania. ample of the need in Boston of more activity on the part of labor to elect {ts own representatives to public of- fice. This incident will serve as an eloquent argument to the local labor movement for the need of a united la- bor ticket in the coming election cam- paign. Use Lethal Gas for . Executions in Nevada ' CARSON CITY, Nevada, May 20.— ‘| Stanko Jukick and John Randolph are to be executed in the lethal gas cham- ber of the state penitentiary here to- morrow morning. RUTHENBERG FOSTER—DUNNE Will be the speakers at a general membership meet- ing to take up most impor- tant ‘party problems. Be sure to bring along your membership book. SUNDAY, MAY 23 at 8 p.m North-West Hall, Cor. North and Western BANKRUPTCY OF FRANCE NEARER FINAL DEBACLE No Statement Since War, ‘Says Expert (Spécial to The Daily Worker) PARIS,,, May 20—Raoul Peret, French finance minister is back from London after failing in his effort to patch up a debt afrangement with Great Britain. Among the small circle which un- derstand the’ French financial situa- tion it is felt that the nation is hang- ing over the edge of the abyss of bankruptcy. A well-known expert who admits that the “straight truth of the terribly critical financial condition” is concealed from the public says: “In all the years since the war we have had not a single statement of finance and no public examination worth mentioning. And over all is the silence of the grave.” Point is given the remarks by the floundering of the franc on the bourse. Yesterday jit closed at 35 francs and 15 centimes to the dollar after drop- ping to 86.17. Meanwhile demands are current for calling parliament and rumors are heard ofthe resignation of the cabi- net. But the war against Syria, the Druses amd Morocco goes on. “Every Member Get a:iMember,” Is the ’ Party’s Slogan so. (Continued from page 1) most effective means of carrying out the instrifetions. “Particiflar effort is being made to win back into membership those com- rades whé'failed to register during the veorganizdtion campaign last winter. Committees of the different Party units are'to be selected to visit the homes of these comrades who dropped out temporarily. All who register in this drive and come back to the Party immediately will be re-admitted as old members /fnd be considered in good standing, ‘provided that they pay their dues for the months during which they failed to attend meetings of the Party units and provided that they pledge themselvds to be active Party workers from now on. Use Shop Papers. “The Party now has more than 25 factory papers. The circulation of these shop nuclei papers runs into the thousands. It is the plan of the or- ganization department to have these papers play a most prominent role as recruiting agents for the Party in the present membership campaign, “The various language fractions and the trade union fractions will have special tasks assigned to them in the drive. “There is also being prepared a se- ries of articles by leading active Party, members in order to stimulate interes™ STATEMENT ON THE ELECTIONS IN THE TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION Issued by the National Committee for Amalgamation in the Printing To the Members of the International Typographical Union: Two full tickets are in the field for the coming International Typographi- cal Union election, One, the administration slate, calls itself the Lynch-Hays faction, but in popular parlance is known as the “Wahnetas,” and is in control of the union, The other faction, headed by Charles P,. Howard, calls itself “progressive.” The programs of both these groups have little to say concerning the needs of our union, such as: 1, The shorter work day—fiveday week. 2. Full control of apprentices by the union, 8. Lowering the old age pension limit to 55 years. 4, Reaffirming the Quebec amalga- mation resolution and an active cam- paign for its enforcement, 5. Elimination of the arbitration clause in the constitution, and the full- est use of the strike weapon, In policy and leadership there is little to choose between the two fac- tions. The previous actions of the heads of the tickets show that they care little for the opinion or the inter- ests of the membership. So well is this known that, since the abandonment of the 1916-20 pro- gram by the so-called progressive lead- ership, many militant members of the International Typographical Union no Jonger support this leadership. The record of Lynch and his admin- istration is well known as thoroly re- actionary. His organizational basis is the 7,000 or 8,000 prtnter-proprietors whose interests are opposed to those of the journeymen. His recent actions and utterances conform to his previous record, as the following shows: 1, His official statements can be in- terpreted only as repudiating the weapon of the strike which brought our union such successes unter the administration of the late President McParland—a genuine progressive, 2. The raising of the old age pen- sion assessment without consulting the membership. 3. The raising of the age limit for receiving pension from 60 to 65 years —a blow at the faithful union men of advanced years. 4. The Lynch-controlled Kalamazoo convention rescinded the Quebec amal- gamation resolution of 1921. We believe that the victory of Lynch and his satellites, in view of their previous records and the above’ facts would be a tragedy for the In- ternational Typographical Union. Un- der no circumstances ean we support the Lynch slate. Charles P. Howard, by his support of the injunction process against the union in New York, has shown that he is unfit to be called a progressive. Other questionable actions of his in connection with the reinstatement of discharged members in Chicago and in the difficulty of the union in New York call for his repudiation as the leader of the progressive party. His aid to the public printer, Carter, in Washington, D. C., and his sabotage of the New York six-hour movement all show hith to be everything a pro- gressive should not be. The Progressive Party, however, has @ real record of achievement and we believe it is the duty of every honest member of the union to bring it back into line with the 1916-20 program. Failing this, a crystallization of the genuine progressives outside of it is inconceivable. An indication of the community of interest between the leaders of the Wahnetas and the Progressive Party is shown by the fact that on the pro- gressive slate is Frank Morrison, hand-maid of the late Gompers and upporter of everything reactionary and activity on the part of the entire ; }Tuout the labor movement. membership in the campaign. The entire Party press will feature this series, Campaign Starts May 30. “This campaign will be in full swing thrueut the country beginning May 30. From this date until July 4 the dis- tricts will, arrange Red Recruiting Weeks. For July 4 every city com- mittee will arrange a special demon- stration or picnic, The present nation- wide campaign to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence is to be utilized especially in our propaganda during this perlod for the purpose of winning over American workers for Communism. “Simultaneously, a thoroly organized effort is to be made to bring new life and energy to the existing shop and street nuclei and to make each of these a vigorous, active Party unit.” City Laborers Get More. BOSTON, —(FP)—Boston City le borers are to get $5 a day after May 28 instead of $4.50, Public Works De- partment Employes Union Local 149 announces.’ Coal teamsters organized in Local 68 have won $1 a week wage increase by the new two-year pact signed by the union, As a result of a communication from the Passaic Cen- tral Labor Union, the Boston central body is calling on all affiliated unions to assist the textile workers’ strike in New Jersey. On the Lynch slate, however, is Max S. Hayes, candidate for delegate to the American Federation of Labor con- vention, who has favored progressive Policies thruout his career. John Braun, of St, Louis, a real progressive representative of the rank and file, is an independent candidate for first vice-president. In this difficult situation for our union, and because we believe that neutrality will only play into the hands of the reactionary Lynch ma- chine and its kindred elements among the opposition slate, we ask all honest union men to support Max Hayes, while at the same time repudiating his eulogy of Lynch in the official journal to support John Braun as the in- dependent candidate for first vice- Picnic ADMISSION FREE Trades, president and James Simpson, who supports the Canadian progressive movement, against Perry and William Robinson, We believe that these three candi- dates are the only genuine pro- gressives in the field. Our general policy in the coming election is to support the progressive slate, with the exceptions noted above, | as against the Lynch ticket, in spite | of the shortcomings in program and leadership that we have enumerated above. We come to this conclusion for the reason that the Progressive Party has @ certain militant tradition, and this we cannot entirely disregard, in spite of the defection of its leadership, We believe that the best elements in the union are among the progress- ives and that they, must form the basis for afy party which will free our union from the evils of machine rule and collaboration with the bosses. We'believe that there is taking placé fin the International Typographical Union a revolt against the unprinci- pled manner in which the affairs of our union are conducted, and we are firmly determined, if the attempt to make the Progressive Party a real in- strument of the rank and file fails, to bring about a new alignment of hon- est, intelligent and militant elements opposed to the old leadership of both factions. We believe that in addition to the economic program given above that the inclusion of: 1, A Labor Party based on the trade unions; 2, Recogni- tion of the Workers’ and Farmers’ government of the Soviet Union, will form a platform on which all genuine progressives can agree. In this election the genuine pro- gressives should exert the utmost pressure on the Howard faction and | its following to the end that they are | forced to fight for the full progressive program or line up openly with the reactionaries on the other slate. We denounce the scurility and vile personalities which both Progs and Wahnetas are using as a substitute for discussion of fundamental trade union issues and We call upon all true progressives to conduct the campaign in such a manner that the vital af- fairs of our union will not be dis- cussed in the tone of a saloon brawl. In this campaign we call upon all} true progressives to remember that, as the best elements of the union, the safety of the organization really | rests in their hands and to 80 conduct themeelves as to bring into being in a Place of influence tn our union a solid group which puts principle and policy above the scramble for office. National Committee for Amalgamation of the Printing Trades, Soviet Union Spends 395,000,000 for Public Health During 1925-26 MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., May 20—| Three hundred and ninety-five million | gold rubles for public health work dur- | ing the current fiscal year is provided | for in the budget of the Union of the| Soviet Socialist Republics and those | of the federated states, according to} the Isviestia. | This sum is twice as large as that} provided in 1923-24. Isviestia further | reports the establishment in Ukrainia| in 1925 of 24 infant consultations in | cities, 177 in rural districts, 60 day | nurseries in cities, 324 in rural dis- tricts and 18 milk kitchens. In Kharkov, Kiev, Odessa and Eka- terinsolav day nurseries were estab- lished for the care of children of uni- versity students, “The pen Is mightier than the sword,” provided you know how to use it. Come down and learn how In the worker correspondent’s classes. IN NEW YORK! The Next Lecture of the Course of Nine Lectures on COMMUNISM AND CIVILIZATION will be given by LEON SAMSON at the LABOR TEMPLE, 244 E. 14th St. (Cor. 2nd Ave.) SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 22 at 8:30 P, M. Subject: “The Civilized Passions,” an analysis of “Human Nature.” Questions and discussion after the lecture, Admission 25 Cents. vvvtuvvvttsveeccnceuvicciaveeccvcctveceeacvaeevievnnoattivanaeenecivavettrientvitigncivveiasgivreinee sii PICK POSIES FOR THE LADIES! DANCE—SING—PLAY GAMES Gambol like a little lamb among the dandelions at the FIRST ANNUAL DAILY WORKER BUILDERS’ ‘PHILADELPHIA BURHOLM PARK &y Page Three Come to the Aid of the NOVY MIR TOMORROW Saturday, May 22 CONCERT & DANCE at the WORKERS’ HOUSE, 1902 W. Division St. Chicago for the benefit of the Russian Communist weekly NOVY MIR Some of the best talents of the colony will participate. DANCING AND GAMES after the concert, NOVY MIR needs your ald! Come and bring your friends! Beginning at 8 p. m. Admission 35 cents. 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