The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 25, 1926, Page 4

ATI alla 2p) Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Organization Meetings Workers (C ommunist) Party Social Affairs Resolutions Our Factory Papers on the Job (Article 2.) By JAY LOVESTONE, HB} National Industrial Conference Board, one of the leading agen-\ cies of the employing class, has hailed the publication of company shop pa- pers as an idea “Made In America.” This staff of expert advisers to our leading exploiters maintains that the company shop paper fulfills a most important task in the relationship be- tween the employer and his workers. Capitalists Also Use Shop Papers. It is no accident that the first com- pany shop paper was published in the United States in 1890. At this time America was thaking its debut on the imperialist stage. Then gigantic in- dustrial organizations in which the pergonal element was being reduced to a minimum or even entirely oblit- erated, were being developed at a rapid pace. The company shop paper was launched by the bosses at this time in order to emphasize the s0- called human element from the em- ploying class viewpoint. It is rather ‘Yaughable from more than one view- poimt that the first company shop pa- per in the United States was pub- lished by the National Cash Register €o. It was called the Factory News. -The World War gave tremendous impetus to the development of the company shop papers. It is said that there are now being published ap proximately ‘one thousand of these | employing class factory organs. This group is entirely distinct from the | large number of “house organs” pub- lished by manufacturers to sell their wares. The Shop Paper—A Basic Proletarian Weapon, The various sections of the Commu- nist International have made vigor- ous use of the workers’ shop papers. The All-Union Communist Party (So- viet Russia) and the Communist Party of Germany have set the pace in the establishment of successful shop pa- pers of, by and for the workers. To- day practically every Communist Party has a number 0} papers gotten out by shop nuclel. Our own Party has already made a fair beginning im thé publication of factory nuclei papers. Tho the twenty- five papers now hfing gotten out in the various big f ftories thruout the country by our sfop nuclei ts only a small beginning Jyet we already have ough experiegce with these valuable 1 tons of class struggle to de- Arenjoe gin ir§portant lessons for ren Umjer “; fpeld. At this moment it hay ost backward districts ous di the weakest districts po- nd organizationally, which .« haye one or more virile shop apers. Contents of Shop Papers. Let us examine the main line of con- tents in our shop papers. We will analyze some of our leading factory nuckei papers. 1. Immediate Factory Problems. All of the shop nuclei papers con- centrate on immediate factory prob- lems. Such basic, elementary ques- tions as wage cuts, unsanitary work- ing conditions, the speed-up system, industrial spies, long hours, insuffi- elemt pay, accident hazards, and the right to organize are hammered home very effectively in all of the workers’ papers prepared by our shop nuclei. Thus we quote from the Rivet—“A Paper of the Pullman Workers, by the Pullman Workers and for the Pull- man Workers”—published at Pullman, in the Chicago district: i “Heavy Work for Very Low Pay.” “Laborers in Pullman do heavy work dragging steel and iron around for nine long hours each day, and all they get is only $3.94 per day. We would like to see the bosses do this work, and find out how they like it. Such ridiculously low wages are paid WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! THE Vo. FORD WORKER Issued dy Exploited Ford Workers No. INTRODUCING OURSELVES GREETINGS to all workers; face, color or creed. ,@11 toilers and be those who toil, May thie little missive, the first issue of @ publication devoted to the interests of the Ford workers, irrespective of théir reach the means of drawing us all closer together in ® common bondof working class interests, MAY {t cteate the Getermination and unity needed inthe effort to put our clasa in ite right ful position, that cf a ruling class inst@ad of ruled. We aim to bring a- bout a condition where the exploit- ation of man by man shall cease to be. , IN our efforts to win freedom we are not unmindful that the bitterest opp- osition willbe our ict, = .opposition not always coming from the boss ciees but from our own as well. Ske most humble as well as the acet highly-baid of wofkers must realize that they-are only tools end means of making - profits for the parasites who govern their every action. Then and then only i} the unity necessary for the émancipation of our glass be re- alized. because we are not organized. The company pays the least it can and each worker alone can do nothing. If, however, we get together in a labor organization, a different story would be told.” And the very live Westinghouse Workers’ Bulletin—published by the Workers’ Party Shop Nuclei in the Westinghouse plant at Pittsburgh— Says:: * “Worker Killed.” “The safety posters: put up by the company and the propaganda spread by {s safety committee would lead us to believe that aceidénts are due to the worker’s own fault. But a little investigation proves to the contrary. “In the shipping department a worker was recently kiled when the hook-block of the crane fell on the unfortunate worker, efushing him to death. Many of the cranes thruout the plant are unsafe. “How many workers will be crushed to death before the cranes are safe- guarded?” 2. The More Basic, General Class Questions, Of course, the shop papers do not limit themselves to the elementary, immediate factory problems, impor- tant as these are. The laws proposed to limit the rights and freedom of the foreign-born workers, May Day, the British Gen- eral Strike, company unionism, the company shop paper, the labor party, the DAILY WORK®x, trade union unity, recognition of the Soviet Re- public, political prisoners, the Passaic strike, the Negro question, the youth workers’ conditions, nationalization of coal mining, Lenin Memorial Day, the ku klux klan, and the role of the po- lice as strikebreakers are among the basic class problems dealt with in our shop nuclei papers. Let us turn to the fighting Ford Worker, issued by the Ford Nuclei of of the Workers’ Communist Party, Vol. 1, No, 2. “Business and Politics.” “Did you ever notice how capital- ists and business men in general sup- port the democratic and repiblican WESTINGHOUSE WORKERS’ BULLETIN PUBLISHED BY THE WORKERS PARTY SHOP NUCLEUS copes: eee Vol. 1. No. 3. HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO LET HIM TEASE YOU? ‘APRIL, 1926 . ee Published Monthly WESTINGHOUSE WORKER AVERAGES $85.00 PER MONTH: It is one of Mr. Wilson’s favorite |averages $4,250,000 pastimes to informe¢he Joint Confer-|metic shows thy ence Committee (Company Union) per that the standard of wages paid thelr’ Westinghouse worker is on sd Now, aD Ffoards favorile Tune MAY thid little Paper of ours not be judged alone on literary merit but rather as a medium of exp! ing the intense longin, aspirations, hopes anddesire for brq- therhood among the class to which we belong. A LET us strive by exchange of opin- ions in this paper to bring about ar common understand- ranks ing in our t ment without room fcr capitalist domination and in whichithe chief claim to honor will be the’ work one performs and ‘the services he renders for the benefit of the great mass of workers from whose labor all wealth comeg. You can aid in this task by contributing to this paper. Send your stories to THE FORD WORKER, 2646 Saint Aubin, Detroit. Voll Ife... ePronet teeegeeeerces dustry. is VERY LITTLZ when we get it. jome people are gettin, notice and get their moncy. WORK IS Two of the denurtment. get profits. to live on or not? That fer care of ourselves. The bossee know they are insts every ~ worv Briand Refuses Call for Parliament; U. S. PARIS, May 23.—While the Ameri- ean Connecticut Footguards and the Richmond Blues were parading down the-Champ Elysees, many Frenchmen who were incensed at “the offensive from New York against the franc,” cried out derogatory remarks from the sidewalks. “Long live the dollar at thirty-five,” was the favorite cry. The radical-socialist group of the chamber of deputies, led by Louis Malvy, has called upon Briand to de- mand an immediate convocation of parliament. Premier Briand refused, saying, “The franc will take care of itself without the assistance of par- liament.” Workers of Lawrence Aid Sacco, Vanzetti LAWRENCE, Mass., May 23.— “Sacco and Vanzetti must live” is the slogan of the General Workers’ Com- mittee, organized by delegates from 14 #roups representing 2,000 workers of all nationalities. Plans for hold- ing a big mass meeting are already under way. “Stand firm, the workers of Law- rence will not allow two innocent men to die,” read telegrams sent to Sacco and Vanzetti in their cell at Dedham jail and Charleston prison. Italian workers assembled in a mass meeting sent the massages to their fellow workers in prison, The General Work- ers’ Committee was formed in re- sponse to a resolution of this meeting. Eucharist Secretary Arrives., Count Henry de YanvVille, general secretary of the permanent committee of the International Hucharistic Con- gress, to be held here in June, today arrived in Chicago. He will assume direction of the activities of the com- mittees which have in charge the preparation for,the congress, expected to be. ateendéd by a million visitors. % parties? These parties represent their interests, “The workers should support a la- bor political party. A government of the working class would prevent fur- ther exploitation of the workers. A labor party is a step in the direction of a workers’ government. Get wise. Support a labor and working farmers’ party.” The Hot Ingot, issued by United Al- loy Steel Plant Nucleus of the Work- ers (Communist) Party, Cleveland, handles the question of ‘the foreign- born very effectively when it says: “We are all workers, no matter what language we speak! _ “There is no difference hetween us workers. It is only an accident that ; We speak different isu, We have the same interests. "We all want decent wages, decent conditions. We don't want to creep on knees to get a job. We don’t want to slave like a dog in the mills and be broken down before we are forty years old. We want to be ablecto give our children and families a degent living, “Do we get it? b “We do not! On the contrary, they tell those of us who are-foreign-born that if we don’t like conditions here we should ‘go back to wh we came from.’ We are good enough to do all the dirty work in the mills, that is why the boss likes ‘alien’ labor. “Let us stick together." We have presented only typical ex- amples of approach made by our shop papers in dealing with immediate fac- tory questions and with the more gen- eral, the more fundamental class prob- lems. In the next article we will discuss the method and organizational plan of ‘WHERE 18 THE. PROSPERITY? roaperity = ook at the STEEL CHIPFERS DEPANTMENT. ® thousand pounds. Now they get less than 60¢. When ie a did not want to take the cut, they were told thet they coul ve ‘All over thé plant, wages ere Being j-~ered What's the differa getting out the shop nuclei papers. ~ IGOTS ay : “OBU 'SSUEU BY UNITED Avvoy, STHEL PLANT AUCLEUS \WORKERS. PARTY ~ £9. The capitelist papere tell us there Gs prosperity in the steel ine The plent#: are supposed to :be working full capacity and we are supposed to be earning very high wages. We know better, for it's our pockets that get the money - LIXE HZLL # APE. id there 33° 72 nd they sre the BOSSES. The workere used to get 90¢ SLOWING UF * bar mills, 9" and 12" mills, are now running on 0. 8-hour turns. The workery of the third turn heve been Ja: . In the shipping department, three-quarters of sthe 600 men Were Taia off, and the men remaining on the jot had to take a wage rgBuytion. A few days ego, piece work wae introduced in the cole drawing wirg. Next will come a wage reduction. WAGS REDUCTIONS ALL OV FOREST VIEWIS CAPONE GUNMEN Gangsters Rule Village to Suit Self Forest View, a small village just south of Cicero, is practically owned and absolutely controlled by “Scarface Al” Capone, notorious Chicago booze runner, declares Captain John Stege of the detective bureau, following a raid by his squad on this-village. The entire village consists of two hotels and forty shacks. It was in- corporated about 18 months ago by Captain Joseph. Nosek, commander of the headquarters company of the Ili- nois National Guard, when it was dis- covered that about 212 acres of land, formerly believed to be a part of Stickney, were not in the village at aly - Shortly after the incorporation of the village “Scarface Al’ Capone and his gunmen descended on the village and forced the village authorities to move out, and the Capone gangsters assumed control of the village admin- istration. Frank “Porky” Dillon, a paroled convict living at 3207 West North ave- nue in Chicago, is the chief of police of Forest,View. Harry Fisher, an- other Capone henchman, is president of the village. The three village trus- tees have never been in the village. Police Magistrate Albert E. Jares lives in Chicago, and a number of other Capone gunmen that are of- ficials of this village, which has be- come “Caponeville,” are not even reg- istered voters in the village. This village has run wide open with no interference onéthe part of State’s Attorney Crowe, who is in charge of crime prosecution in Cook county. “Scarface Al” Capone maintained a notorious resort known as the “Stock- ade” in the village. Governor Blaine Assails Ku Klux Klan and Other Terrorist Organizations MADISON, Wis., May 23.—Governor John J. Blaine in a statement assail- ing various terrorist organizations, such as the ku klux klan, in the state of Wisconsin, declared that he would hold every sheriff responsible for any acts committed by these bands in his respective county. “A body of men, armed as fully as is an army, experience has shown, be- comes ruthless and shoots down men according to whim, caprice, inexperi ence, misjudgment, or even willful- ness,” the governor said. “As to preventing bank robberies, it is interesting to note that the rec- ord at the penitentiary shows that there have been more bank thieves among bank officers than there have been bank burglars.” “Holy Bonds’ Unite SWEET DEFENSE Blamed for Low Franc] SEEKS QUASHING OF MURDER CASE Ask State to Nolle Prosse Indictments DETROIT, May 23.—The acquittal of Henry Sweet, younger brother of Dr. Ossian H. Sweet, has smashed the case of the state against°the 11 Ne- groes charged with the , murder of Leon Breiner, one of the, mob that sought to lynch the Sweets. and their friends for daring to move into a home they purchased.in a “pure white” district. Lawyersyfor the de- fense are now taking the steps to have the state nol prosse:the indict- ments against Dr, OssaimeH. Sweet and nine other Negroes. “r It is expected that thé*state will comply with the demand#of the de- fense as it realizes the titter impos- sibiNty of getting a jury thwt will send the Sweets and their frfnds to the gallows or to long ternis fir prison, The state lost out in two trials, In the first case the trial resulted in the dismissal of the jury after failing to reach a verdict, At the second trial;] Henry Sweet, against whom the state claimed they had the most evidence, was acquitted after the jury had de- liberated but a few hours, Walton Coming Back. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., May 23.—- Oklahoma political circles were astir today over the apparently authentic report that J. C, Walton, removed from the governorship, ‘by impeach- ment in 1923, would file candidate Bank Account of 62 With a Girl of 11 TAMPA, Fla., May 23—The eco- Mmomic aspects of marriage under cap- italism is fittingly illustrated by the Johnson, 11 years of age, and Albert O. Driggers, who is 62, man and wife. The mother of the girl gave her con- sent because of the bank account of the groom and says she is satisfied, “because it will take Mary Lee off her hands.” Find Nine Machine Guns in Herrin, Ill., Library (Special to The Daily Worker) HERRIN, Ill, May 23.— Nine ma- CONTROLLED BY + legal ceremony which made Mary Lee} and immediately reopened on a scab | scale is being paid. The Paisley interests, with exten- sive holdings in this territory have but recently decided to vigorously emulate their brother robbers by indulging in a bit of extensive union-smashing and persecution of the workers employed by them, by openly repudiating the contract and operating their mines scab, importing scab labor, evicting wholesale all miners who refuse to scab, who live in the shacks called “houses” by the coal company. A General Policy. All this is but in line with the gen- eral policy of the bituminous operat- ors to smash the miners’ union, which is the only barrier of protection 6f the workers, lower their wage scale and worsen their working. conditions, not content with the already great dividends made possible by the blood and suffering of these exploited min- ers. This concern owns four large mines in Elm Grove, Wes Virginia. As an experiment they selected the Boyd mine to start on. Using the very flimsy excuse that the workers re- fused to accept their pay monthly, while the contract specifies semi- monthly, the company declared a lock- out. This minor infraction of the contract was but utilized to gently prepare the ‘miners for the ultimate cut in wages. Merely An Excuse. The lockout was declared, on the basis of the excuse of the workers’ refusal to accept monthly pays. The mine re-opened on a scab basis, state cossacks were transferred to a point near the mine where their services could be utilized efficiently by the bosses in case the workers did not act according to Hoyle. The workers who refused to return to work under scab conditions were served with eviction notices... Mean- while the bosses poured a steady’ stream of propaganda to the workers as to the wonders and beauties-of life and work under their “new” contract. The workers refused to work and they also refused to move, declaring that it is just as well to starve, Sight- ing as to starve slaving for tuthless exploiters, Quite evident is the fact that the bosses have more reasons for going scab than the “refusal to accept) pay monthly.” At the time of the réopen- ing of the mines, Joseph Awkwright, a mine official, made a statement to the effect that— 3 The Usual Poverty of the Rich. “We have found it impossible to pay the union scale and operate our mines, due to the low price of coal and competition of non-union mines. All former employes will get prefer- ence if they apply for work :before Wednesday. Those who do not apply will be required to vacate company houses.” He added that the wage cut was about $1.50 per day per employe. In the absence of assistance from the district and international union, rank and file members of the local union are fighting their own case. Fifty-seven miners will carry their case to the cireuft court in Wheeling in an effort to restrain the company from evicting them from the houses. The Sub-District Union intimates the union “may” attempt to secure an in- junction restraining the company from breaking the contract. The ut- ter fallacy of this is quite obvious when one considers the class charac- tert the West Virginia courts. Sev- chine guns and nine rifles were found in the public library of Herrin, the county seat of “Bloody Williamson.” Ownership of the weapons is un- known. The custodian of the library has admitted that some of the guns had been taken from the building and later replaced. He denied knowing who owned them. The American Legion claims it bought the guns from the govern- ment several years ago for use in a parade. This is taken here as a blind to cover the actual ownership. The guns are now in the hands of the mayor, at Marion. Cotton Spindles Reduce. WASHINGTON, May 23. — There were 37,725,744 cotton spinning spin- dies in place in the United States on April 30, of which 32,893,042 were in operation at some time during the month, as compared with 33,233,382 in March, the census bureau announced today. The aggregate number of spin- ning hours during April was 8,347,- 811,947. Medal For Byrd. WASHINGTON, May 23.— Lieuten- ant Commander R. B. Byrd and Avia- tion Pilot Floyd Bennett would be awarded congressional medals of hon- or for making the first airplane flight over the North Pole, under a bill in- troduced in the house today by Rep- for, lieutenant governor @ present campaign. If elected, mn would preside over the state senate, largely composed of the men who voted to re- move him from office, resentative Tilson, of Connecticu republican floor leader. 4 Don’t waste your breath, put it on. p } eral local unions just now are at- tempting this method in Monongalia county but they are having little suc- cess, Officialdom Destroying Union. ‘With two-thirds of the industry un- organized, and day by day the union DR. S. Gas or Novol for Extraction. OPEN SHOP DRIVE ON MINERS’ ...... UNION CONTINUES WHILE THE UNION OFFICIALS DO NOTHING By PAT TOOHEY. i union-smashing campaign of the bituminous coal operators continues unabated. Within the past month, and in particular the past two weeks, a host of mines, hitherto operating on a union scale, have been, closed down basis of operations, the 1917 scale of wages being the rate paid (being 20% below that of the union contract) and in some sections of the eastern Ohio and northen and southern West Virginia |area a rate even less than the 19174 going to pieces in every part of the nation, the present adminisration of the union takes little interest in the union-smashing campaign of the bosses, On the contrary, the chie pastime of the bureaucrats is an in- tensive attempt to exterminate all militant and progressif#e elements and thought from the union. The bosses go merrily on with their union smashing, little or no official opposition being met. In Elm Grove the union has held but one mass meeting and at» that meeting the whole speech of the organizers was to the effect “look out for the reds, tell us who they are, we’ll expel them.” Organize The Unorganized. Within a very short period of time the miners’ union will be a thing of the past, if things are left as they are just,now. The miners’ union must undertake an intensive campaign to organize the unorganized, to attempt organizing every coal miner in Amer- ica, before the miners can feel se- cure. Only with a powerful union and militant leadership can the coal bossesbe taught a lesson, can the miners stop their ruthless campaign of lowering wages and worsening i DENTIST 2232 N. Near Milwaukee Avenue 1 Intee to make your plates fit and make your appearance guara to your p ‘i y Logan Square “L,” Milwaukee, Kedzie and California Ave. cars to door, conditions, The question of organizing the un- organized is a question paramount at this time, and for the realization of this demand and necessity the Amer- ican miners must fight. To stand idly by and permit the employing class to wreck the union and lower the standard of life of the miners is a repudiation of the principles and function of the U. M. W. of A. and cannot be tolerated by any thinking miner. The miners must rally to the progressive miners’ cause if the U. M. W. of A. is to be saved. Finnish Sport Club ‘Vilkas’ Stages Field , Event Sunday, May 30 The Finnish workers’ sport olub, “Vilkas,” will stage a fine program of athletics on Sunday, May 30, at a picnic at Beyers Grove. A javelinthrowing event, high and broad jumping, a-440-yard run, a mile run and relay races for men, women, boys and girls wall be held. Excellent prizes are being offered for the win- ners. In addition to the athletic program there will be dancing. Admission is 50 cents in advance and 60 cents at the gate. Beyers Grove can be reached by taking an Irving avenue car to 2800 west, then walking two blocks south, Students Continue - Fighting R. 0..T. C. _A nation-wide campaign against op- ponents of military drill was planned by Scabbard and Blade, collegiate military fraternity, at its fifteenth an- nual convention at Baton Rouge, La. A resolution to that effect will be broadcasted thru the United States. see Complete silence is still main- tained by faculty committee of the University of Minnesota as to the nature of thejr report on compulsory drill to be given President Coffman dn May. The committee is investigating the success of compulsory drill and of optional drill at other sehools. —New Student, Open your eye Look around! There are the stories of the workers’ struggles around you begging to be written up. Do itl Send It in! Write as you fight! On to Moscow! Every pomt you get for subs sent in— WHETHER YOU WIN PRIZES OR NOT— counts for’ a vote for the Trip to Moscow! ‘ Send in That Sub! ZIMMERMAN California Avenue ~ NO PAIN. ahi