The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 27, 1926, Page 5

THE DAILY WORKER once “FLIER KING” DRIVES WORKERS, AMASSES WEALTH Ruthless Exploitation Means Gold for Ford By a Worker Correspondent, DETROIT, May 25.—In department 483 at the Ford Motor company plant all of the sweepers were laid off and every man must clean up and mop up around the machines that he operates. Every man has three of four machines to take care of. He must mop up around" his machines every hour. If he fails to keep the chips and oil off the. floor, he gets a yellow ticket. The office forca was taken off in department 483 and put to work on the machines, When a worker asked one of the “star” men by the name of Starke, what time it was, he was laid off for three days. Worker Loses Eye. t One worker, who had worked for over six years on the headers, had hig}... | machine speeded up. The speed of the machine was increased to such an extent. that it-caused the machine to reverse. When the machine went into reverse it broke the cutter striking this worker in the eye. This worker was sent to the hospital for three months, ‘When he left the hospital he was wearing a glass eye. He returned to work in department 483 on the thread rollers. Later the superintendent gave him a job in the toolroom. Cut Wages. After he had been in the toolroom for a short time, the “star” man asked him how much he was getting. “$7.20 a day,” answered the worker. “We will have to cut your wages,” replied the “star” man, As this workér had lost his sight thru the greed of the flivver magnate he refused to accept the wage cut. He was then transferred back to the thread rollers. “Too Old.’ Another worker, who had been with the company for 18 years was fired several weeks ago, The explanation the..company offered for firing this worker was that he was “too ol An aged sweeper in one of the Ford departments was called into the office and asked how much he was getting. “$6.40 a day,” was the worker's ai swer. They then laid him off declaring they had nothing for him to do. As he was leaving the office, they called him back and offered to rehire him at $5 a day. Lay Off 30 Workers, About 30 men who had worked with the filvver magnate for from 10 to 20 years were canned recently. They were working on, drill presses in de- partment 483. Following this layoff the foremen in this department let the workers know they had to be near their machines all of the time and had to get out “production” or else he would fire them. All of the work- ers were told they had to cut out talk- ing to one another. If thru any accident a worker has to lay off a day and fails to notify the company, the foremen will con- sider that he quit. When the men go to the toilet the foremen time them. In one department the foremen stand) behind the posts and time the move: ments of the workers every other day. Increase Profit Thru Exploitation, Condition in department 483 are be- coming worse and worse. If one pro- tests against* conditions, he ts im- mediately fired. It is by exploiting the workers in this way that the immense} fortune of the flivver magnate has been amassed. No matter what your ailment, for Expert Diagnosis and Quick Results Dr. J. J. Scholtes, D. C. 2447 Lorain ‘Ave., Cor. Wi 25th St, CLEVELAND, OHIO, ——~ Melrose 317W Special Rates for Dally Worker Readers story sent a HUNGER RULE IN EDMONTON Poor Pay for 7 Those Who Have Jobs By THOMAS ASHTON, Worker Correspondent. EDMONTON, Alberta, May 25.—De- plorable conditions exist in Edmonton. Large numbers of new arrivals are to be seen daily at the employment office of the Canadian National Railway, chiefly Austrians, Russians and Poles, Blacklisting is getting common. The Northwest Lumber Company sus- pected that I had reported certain things that were endangering men’s lives and limbs. Several men have told me of the dangers at that job and reports are that the workmen's com- pensation board. had received com- plaints. Union Carpenters Take Note, Aman told me he was getting only 30 cents an hour for running a planer and many get only 25 cents an hour for’ loading lumber on trucks as ‘it comes from the planer. Union men please take notice that a lot of this company’s lumber ts shipped into New York and New Jersey. J. D. McArthur of Winnipeg fs one of the big shareholders. When the war broke out he gave a big contribu- tion to the patriotic fund and about the same time he reduced the wages of the men in his shops &t Edmonton, A Strong Man’s Recourse. Just a year ago I was glad to sell ® quart of my blood at one of the hospitals for blood transfusions, or I might have been sent to jail, as I was penniless, thru no fault of my own. I have been told that I have no equal with, a sledgehammer for speed, aim and power. It there is not a big change in Can- ada before long the only people who will beable to obtain food will be the criminals, lunatics, docile cravens and a number of political pets and so on. Of course the capitalists will eat well and heartily, but I refer to the work- ers. Hanlon Arrested for Embezzlement (Worker Correspondent) MONBSSEN, Pa., May 25.—Peter J. Hanlon, who was a candidate for the third district of Westmoreland county was arrested at Pittsburgh for embez- zling funds belonging to the United States government. Hanlon was a former deputy intern- al revenue collector. He is out on $1,000. bail. He claims it to be a move: by his political enemies. He aise’ Jost ‘Gut in the primaries. The United Mine Workers’ officials had an advertisement in the local papers ask- ing the miners to give their Support to Hanion. We need more news from the shops and factories. Send It in! Rally to Demand Their Freedom! SAVE SACCO AND VANZETTI FROM THE ELECTRIC CHAIR! They have just been denied evidence proving a new trial in spite of new their innocence. MASS PROTEST DEMONSTRATION TEMPLE HALL, 1644 W. Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill. May 28—-FRIDAY NIGHT, 8 P. M Prof. Robert M. Lovett .-—May 28 Speakers: ~ William Z. Foster James P, Cannon L. Candela Ralph Chaplin All Together to Demand the Release of Sacco snd Vanzetti! 5 4 __ Bring others —Aamiaton vey Free, NEW PRIZES for the \best worker correspondent’s in the issue of May 28 WHITHER RUSSIA? In this brilliant book by Leon Trotsky every worker will find the latest facts about the world’s first workers’ government in Soviet Russia. ne year “subscription to THE WORKERS MONTHLY—twelve issues for a year’s pleasure and benefit. —THE AWAKENING OF CHINA, by Jas. H. Dolsen. that: should be in every worker’s library. SLAVERY AND } my erin in this week to be published A new book ‘NO SCABBING’ WON BY GIRL MILL PICKETS Company Fails to Get ' Weavers Back By a Striker. (Worker Correspondent) NEW LONDON, Conn., May 25— Due to the vigilance of the striking weavers of the Edward Bloom Co. of New London, the attempt to open the mill with scabs failed mfserably. Some of the foremen had gone from house to house telling the workers that the strike was over and that they should return to work. When this news reached the strike committee they at once notified all the strikers to be on the picket line the next morning. Those that had gone to work some other place were in- structed to stop work till the strike ‘was over, The company stated in the press that nine weavers returned to work, but the pickets could only count three scabs. They had been working out of town and had been brot back in an effort to break the strike, How successful this attempt will be can be seen from the shouting and singing of the girl pickets. The young workers had somewhat lost in- terest in the strike, but since the re- port came about the “scabs,” they make it their business to stay on the picket line all day. In fact the police have ordered them to stop singing and cheering, The strikers all feel that the strike .is now in a crisis, this week will prob- ably mean the end of the strike and victory for the strikers. ‘Phey are be- ing, supported by all labor unions of New London and after holding out six weeks they feel they can hold out the rest of the summer, Carpenters Support British Mine Strike By a Worker Correspondent. NEW YORK, May 25.The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join- ers, Local 2090, at its last meeting adopted a resolution supporting the British miners’ strike. It also elected a delegate to the National Council for the Protection of Foreign-Born Work- ers. At a previous meeting the local adopted a resolution demanding that all construction on the Sesqui-Centen- nial buildings in Philadelphia should be done by union labor. Every Worker Correspondent must be a subscriber to the American Worker Correspondent. Are you one? Aalkecte/ d @ MARX AND ENGELS - REVOLUTION IN AMERICA By Heinz Neuman One of the most impo' it little numbers of the Litt! Red Li- ip baat 4 o labor, written fifty vente remain of great value to all ire today. 10 Cents Each Twelve Copies for One Dollar. Ri bates “PRINCIPLE OF COMMUNISM Ngal dratt of of pt Fema ago, wo ote sadb Page Five PASSAIC TERROR |WOODLOGK AIDS SCORED AT IL. D. MILWAUKEE MEET Trumbull and Cannon|Opposes Are Speakers MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 25.—Two hundred and fifty Milwaukee workers gathered at the Labor Temple here today in an enthusiastic meeting of ‘ protest against the police terrorism and arrests in the Passaic textitle strike, undey the auspices of Interna- tional Labor Defense. “United Front.” “Political differences are of no im- portance to us when we are confront- ed with the issue of the right of the workers to organize and strike,” said J. F. Friedrick, business agent of the International Association of Machin- ists, of Milwaukee. “Every class-con- scious workér must be ready to make a united front on this regardless of political opinions.” Trumbull Speaks. Walter M.' Trumbull, recently re- leased from Alcatraz military prison for revolutionary work within the army, spoke:on the relations and con- nections between the soldier in the army of imperialism and the soldier in the army, of labor, and called upon the workers to display disciplined loy- alty to the cause of the working class. Cannon of |. L. D. James P. Cannon, secretary of Inter- national Labor Defense, recently re- turned from the strike field, told of the arrest of Weisbord, Thomas, Dunn, Lowell and the hundreds of others, and spoke of the splendid solidarity and courage of the 16,000 striking tex- tile workers in Passaic. A collection for the Passaic defense, totaling $78, was taken at the meet- ing. New York Joins the Fight .to Save 92 Lithuanian Workers (Spectal to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY,—“In the past, due to mighty protests we saved the lives of Lanzutsky in Poland and Rakosi in Huhgary. We must do liike- wise in thé case of the 92 workers who are now before the court-martial of Lithuania.” With that as his keynote Sylvan A. Pollack, who was chairman, opened the International Labor Defense mass demonstrat in Union Square to rally the rkers of New York to the defens; those workers in Lith- fuania whow#"life is in jeopardy due to the wi terror government in that country, Stop Pigketing of Consulate. Last Saturgyy the International La- bor Defense Yiad arranged a mass pick- eting demonstration in front of the Lithuanian consulate, 38 Park Row, where over one hundred policemen and detectives scattered the assemb- led workers from the neighboorhood of the consulate. The Union Square meeting was ar- ranged to voice the protests of the New York workers under all circum- stances, and altho over a score of police and am equal amount of detec- tives were present, the meeting was held to a successful conclusion. Anthony Bimba, editor of the Lithuanian daily newspaper, Laisve, pointed out that when the Interna- tional Labor Defense arranged a dem- onstration in front of the Lithuanian consulate, the police of New York are on the job to protect the agents of Lithuanian capitalism against the masses of New York. He also showed how Lithuania, which was a part of the former Rus- sian empire, was formed in 1918 and 1919 by American money and German machine guns. How the Soviets which sprang up in that country were ruth- lessly crushed and thousands of work- ers were shot.down and thousands of others sent to jail for long terms. “The ninetyrtwo workers who have been arrested:for being candidates on the Workers’ and Peasants’ ticket,” continued Bimba, “will not be tried by a civil coppt, but will be brought before a Soule tial.” Cosgrove Visited Lithuania. Pascal P. COsgrove, organizer of the Shoe Workerg Protective Union told of his visit b ithuania in 1923. He described the miserable conditions that he found in that country, How the Workers’ and Peasants’ ticket,” intimidated by fascist rulers in a coun- try where atothe present time, their is no semblence of freedom for the workers and peasants, Other speakers were George Primoff and John McDonald, A resolution in- troduced by the chairman calling upon the Lithuanian government to imme- diately release the political prisoners in that country was unanimously passed, and cabled to the president of Lithuania, Civic Opera Musicians Will Get $150 a Week Musicians report a new wage scale of $150 a week for union members in the orchestras of the Chicago Civic Opera Co, and the Metropolitan Grand Opera Co, of ‘New York. ‘The $150 scale appl both on the home grounds and on the road. ‘Traveling allowances aré increased and extra pay for ony oor es ‘on the ON during a "ma st ern It up? It may BIG BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ‘All Govern- ment Interference By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press. How Pres. Cooldige’s appointment of T. L. Woodlock to the interstate commerce commission was*part of his effort to knife government regulation of big business becomes increasingly apparent. Financial papers hail each Woodlock decision supporting the theory that the government should leave private capital to run the rail- roads as it pleases. Aids Chesapeake and Ohio. Woodlock’s first opinion to win such approval concerned the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad’s application to float a $10,621,000 bond issue. The question involved was whether the road should finance itself by the issue of bonds or stocks. Woodlock believes that the financing should be done by sale of stock but he says he would not in- terfere if the road proposed an imme- AS ELECTIONS APPROACH PILSUDSKI ISSUES ORDER, “RESPECT ME,” TO ARMY (Special to The Daily Worker) WARSAW, May 25.—With the election of a permanent president of Poland drawing near, Marshal Pil- sudski is taking the precaution of strengthening his army support, pre- sumably to prepare for the eventu- ality of the elections going against him. He has issued a proclamation entitled “First order by the first marshal of Poland.” It reads some- what like an edict of a Roman con- | sul. “1 am the man who conducted you to big victories,” he tells the sol- diers. “I expect you to cease all factional strife and unite in love for your country. If you cannot love me, you wili at least have to re- spect me.” There is a touch of Mussolini In the last line. SOLONS OPPOSE COOLIDGE DRY diate issue of bonds. He would only consider whether the bond issued was safe. He explains: “So many activities of railroad car- riers are now directly subject to de- finite control by this commission that the zone of free action available to management is considerable circum- scribed. The portion of the zone wherein lie questions of finance is perhaps the largest part of the whole. In my judgment it is our duty to avoid entering upon that zone save upon the clearest evidence of public neces- city.” Journal of Commerce Backs Woodlock Commenting under the headline Rare Self-restraint, the Chicago Jour- nal of Commerce says, “If private management is not to have some de- gree of freedom, what is private man- agement for? Why not have complete government control? These are ques- tions which Commissioner Woodlock goes on to ask. Excellent judge of railroad matters tho he is, he does not feel that he should take advantage of his official position to impose his will. In expressing this view, he displays a largeness of mind which is rare in- deed.” Woodlock again spreads the propa- ganda of big business while concur- ring in a decision authorizing the Pennsylvania to sell bonds thru Kuhn, Loeb & Co. without calling for com- petitive bids. His opinion is a direct answer to the dissenting opinion of chairman Eastman, who holds that Kuhn, Loeb and J. P. Morgan inter- ests monopolize the marketing of rail- road securities to their substantial profit. Woodlock says the main duty of the commission is to secure the lowest cost of capital to the company. He makes the bankers leap with joy by saying: Bankers Leap With Joy. “If there is any business in the world more highly competitive than the banking business in New York, I am unable at this moment to think of dt. It is the essence of competi- tion that somebody is successful as against somebody else. It is inevit- ably the result of competition that some are more continuously successful and upon a larger seale than others. Success of this sort does not nec- lessarily imply unfairness on the part of the successful competitor, nor is the unsuccessful competitor necessari- ly the victim of injustice.” Thus altho he has not yet rendered decisions notably favorable to the railroads as opposed to the public, Commissioner Woodlock is creating a body of opinion like that of the su- preme court. His opinions mark a de- finite turn from the tradition of reg- ulation which has governed proced- ure in the last 20 years. It means the beginning of a new tradition in which railroad financing will again be the sport of scheming capitalists. “The pen is mightier than the sword,” provided you know how to use it. Come down and learn how in the worker corresponden The present situa- tion in China threat- to shake the Chinese la- bor is playing a new part—and American labor is definitely af- fected. ens world. Asia. SSS EEE Saas Glimpses of the Soviet An account of the remark- able achievements of the Communist Party of France Russia Turns East ‘What a. is sare = AGT PROPOSALS Question ie: Legality of Cal’s Program WASHINGTON, D.C., May 25.— Senator William H. King, democrat of Utah, announced that he will pre- sent a resolution in the senate call- ing for a congressional investigation of the legality of thé order of Presi- dent Coolidge to put local and state officials on the federal prohibition pay roll. The opposition to this move of the Coolidge administration, as a, means to enforce the dry law, has become so great that the administration leaders fear that the entire administration prohibition program will be scrapped. Representative Fred A. Britten of limois has declared he will intro- duce a resolution in the house prohi- biting the president from the use of $1 a year men in dry act enforce- ment. Chicago Bricklayers Will Get $1.50 an Hour Local 21, Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers International Union, is signed up for another year at $1.50 an hour with Chicago contractors begin- ning June 1; The local has almost 9,000 members. i Tho engaged last year in a bitter jurisdictional dispute with the Oper- ative Plasters International Associa- tion, the bricklayers international has no intention of helping Chicago em- ployers in their fight to keep plaster- ers out of a $1.75 an hour rate if Local 5 of the plasterers can get it, the local office indicates. The plaster- ers declare that only a few hundred of their several thousand members are still on strike, the rest having obtain- ed work at the $1.75 scale they de manded, an increase of $2 a day. Russian I. L. D. Branch Meets Wednesday Night The Russian branch of the Interna- tional Labor Defense will meet Wed- nesday, May 26, at 8 p. m., at the Workers’ House, 1902 W. Division St. All members are requested to'come in in time, at 8 p. m. and bring their Russian speaking friends. All mem- bers are also requested to bring their membership cards. Meat Market Bakery deliveries m: 4301 8th Avenue BROOKLYN, N. Y., ATTENTION! CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY FINNISH CO-OPERATIVE TRADING ASSOCIATION, Inc, (Workers organized as consumers) ‘CHICAGO POLICE SEEK CREMALDI'S HIDDEN FORTUNE Gold Coast Bootleeger Leaves $1,000,000 Police are seeking a $1,000,000 es- tate said to have been left by Frank Cremaldi, gold coast bootlegger and friend of “Scarface” Al Capone. Cremaldi ig known to have banked $7,500 two weeks ago, just before his arrest by detectives who had been trailing him, and is said to have re- marked that the money was “a couple of days’ profits.” Police declare he either has deposited in banks, under an assumed name, or placed in safety deposit vaults, close to a million dol- lars. Cremaldi was found, blindfolded and shot four times, beside his car in Franklin Park. Mildred Kavanaugh, 24-year-old divorcee, sought in connec- tion with Cremaldi’s death, has been found and proved to the satisfaction of police that was not with him on the night of the murder. Police now are seeking another “Mildred” who, it is believed, can shed ight on the murder. she Resctionartes. Seak to Get Buffalo Unions Behind Old Parties BUFFALO, N. Y., legislative committee of the Buffalo Central Labor Council succeeded in jamming thru a resolution which de- clares that labor must make efforts to advance its political interests and for that purpose suggests a conference to be held of all labor unions belonging to the Council to take up the inaugur- atid@n of a more “cohesive political movement.” The legislative committee, which ta composed of the most reactionary members of the council, undoubtedly have some “out,” who seeks to be in,” that they are seeking to get the council to endorse. This conference is sought by these legislative com- May ‘25. — The mittee members in an attempt to get si the unions to pool their resources to- gether to put over some so-called “friend of labor” on the old capitalist party tickets. Real Estate Brokers Must Face Trial for Assault on Woman The Cook county grand jury has returned true bills, charging a statu-: tory offense against Arthur Dundas, William Cooper, John W. 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