The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 13, 1926, Page 1

| | | scot amessoteniaie ext 8 nate. The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Ss) Vol. Ill. N « an EW eo THE DAIL In Chicago, by ‘om Rates: Start Big Drive to Aid British Strike Support the British coal miners by joining in the relief campaign under the direction of the International Workers’ Aid, 1553 West Madison Street, Chicago, Ill. (Special to The Daily Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 11.—The officials of the United Mine Workers of America have sent out the following appeal, signed by President John .L. Lewis, Vice-President Phillip Mur- ray and Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Kennedy, to all their local sub-district and district organizations, in behalf of the striking miners of Great Britain. “The miners of Great Britain have entered the second month of their great strike in behalf of their present wage standards AMERICAN DEBUTANTES JEERED AS THEY WAIT TO ENTER KING'S PALACE (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, June 11. — American society debutantes seeking admis- sion to the palace of King George, to be “ushered into” British royal “society”, were taunted and jeered as they sat in their limousines be- decked in all their jewelry in the Mall. In spite of the great suffering amid the unemployed in England, it ‘ig declared that the reception at the king’s palace was the most cost- ly and most extravagant ever held. Quite a number of title-seeking American “blue-blooded” dames had brought their daughters into court to be “ushered into society” as the first step towards buying one of the monocled British counts with their millions, CARPENTERS VOTING TODAY ON OFFICIALS Progressive Bobzin Is Expected to Win By a Worker Correspondent. When the 30,000 members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, go to the union polls today in Chicago, they are expected to over- turn the Harry Jensen machine and vote overwhelmingly to place in the office of the president of the District Council the candidate of the United Progressive Caucus, Fred Bobzin. The progressive candidates ask the support of the union carpenters on a program of measures designed to pro- tect the members’ interests as well as the union shop in all trades. Among others are: Some Progressive Planks. 1. No agreements to be entered in- to that’ compel carpenters to work with non-union men_in other trades. 2. A uniform wage and- working agreement with all other building (Continued on page 3) Lemberg Lawyers Assail the Tortures in Polish Bastilles WARSAW, (By Mail)—In an appeal addressed to the “State Attorneys of the Civilized World” a number of Lem- berg lawyers bitterly assail the tor- ture of political prisoners in the jails of Poland. In their appeal the law- yers point out that the persecution and the tortures of prisoners that was made known in 1924 and caused. a widespread protest in which even Painleve of France joined, still con- tinue. The lying statements of thé’ Polish authors, Shermonsky, Rejmont, and Sierschewski, which attempted to whitewash the Polish government, were assailed as a disgrace to “Polish culture.” Polish Sejm Member Forbidden to Tell Truth About Russia WARSAW, — (By Mail). — Forty were arrested by police when Bryl, a member of the peasants’ party and a member of the delegation of. the , Polish Sejm to the Soviet Union, sought to hold a lecture on the “Truth about Russia.” —+which do not at present provide a decent standard of living and against an increase of their working time. The mine work- ers of Great Britain, like the Outside Chicago, by’ mai), $6.00 per gear. Entered at §2cond-class matter September ZL, 1028. tM Pose Ofte a: Cnicagy, BUtnols, under the Act of March 3, 1879, mail, $8.00 per year. mine workers of America, are determined to resist the lower- ing of wages, conditions and standards. “The British miners are entitled to our moral and financial support. Financial aid is urgently required to assist the British miners in their ‘trouble. - “The International Union, notwith- standing its limitations due to strike and idleness in our own country, has forwarded a substantial donation to the Miners’ Federation of Great Bri- tain to use in relief work. All branch- es of our organization, in a position tevmake donations, are invited to do $0 @s soon as possible. “All donations should ‘be made pay- able to Thomas Kennedy, 1107 Mer- chants Bank Building, Indianapolis. wno will transmit the same to the duly accredited officers of the British miners thru banking channels arrang- ed to insure prompt transmission.” PROGRESSIVE TICKET IN CARPENTERS’ UNION SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1926 ee t Rejected Again Qe 290 MELLON GANG = Reo UNDER FIRE OF The following are the progressive candidates in the Chiéago Carpen- ters’ Union election taking place to- day. The polls aré-open from 1 to! 6 p.m. * For President, Fred Bobzin, Lo- cal 62. For Vice-President, John Steven- son, Local 80. \ For Secretary-Treasury, Dan H, C. Friedricksen, Local 1,” For Business ‘Agents, outside, Frank Stahl, Local 13; Louis Long, Local 80. For Business Agent, inside, Anton Johannsen, Local 1367. For Warden, Frank Larsen, Lo- cal 181, For Finance Committee, John Brims, Local 80; Julius Birkeland, Local 13; Anton Somers, Local 1784. For Arbitration Board, outside, A. Berman, Local 504; Perry Emer- ick, Local 1128; A. T. Jacobson, Lo- cal 181; Lee Green, Local 62.. MARX. SUPPORTS STAND TAKEN BY VON HINDENBURG Cabinet Against the Referendum (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, June 11—Chancellor Wil- helm Marx in a statement defending the action of President Hindenberg in sending a letter condemning the dis- possession referendum to take plate June 20, to the monarchist State Sec- retary von Loebell, declared that the German cabinet shared the same opin- ion of the referendum as did Hinden- berg. Communist and socialist members of the reichstag assailed the interfer- ence in the referendum by Hinden- berg. The socialists and the demo- crats bewailed the lack of neutrality on the part of Hindenberg. The Com- munist and socialist members in their speeches called on the German work- ers and farmers to go to the polls and vote for the measure confiscating the vast estates of the royal families and use them to ald unemployed, vic- tims of the imperialist war and the poor peasants, Wesley rry to Marry, NEWARK, N, J,, June 11. — Wesley E. Barry, 18, the freckle-faced boy of the movies, today obtained a license at the city hall to marry Miss Julia 4., Wood, of Newark. 3 ‘ GRAFT PROBERS of Amazing Stories Corruption BULLETIN WASHINGTON, June 11.—Joseph R. Grundy, president of the Penn- sylvania Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, “loaned” $300,000 to the cam- paign committees of Senator Pepper and John S. Fischer, the Mellon- Coolidge candidate for governor, in the recent primary election, he told the senate committee investigating election corruption today. He did not say who was responsible for paying back the “loan.” “* 6 (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, June 11, — Aban- doning for a time the investigation of Pinchot, governor of Pennsylvania, whose campaign expenditures in the senatorial primary exceeded the slush fund of the notorious Newberry cam- paign in Michigan which caused a world-wide scandal, the senate com- mittee investigating election corrup- tion, plunged further along the slimy trail and placed its hands on the shoulders of W. L. Mellon, nephew of the secretary of the treasury and the arch-conspirator behind Pepper’s cam- paign of polluting the electorate which will far exceed even the $195,000 spent by the Pinchot forces, Gradually great slices of the $5,000,- 000 slush fund spent by the republican contestants in the primary in Penn- sylvania are being accounted for. Thousands of “Watchers.” The committee’s drag-net thus far has unearthed about $700,000 in ex- Penditures, chiefly in the. western corner of the state, with the great central and eastern industrial centers, including Philadelphia, as yet un- touched. Of this sum, the committee was told, almost $500,000 was spent by the campaign committees of Sen- ator George Wharton Pepper, who was defeated, and of Rep, William 8. Vare, who won the race, in employing “Watchers” in Pittsburgh. Four Out of Ten Bought. The amazing developments centered around the charges of Charles C, Me- Govern, western manager for Gov- ernor Gifford Pinchot, who testified that Pepper's forces “bought” four out ot every ten votes cast for the senator in Alleghany county (Pittsburgh) by employment of 25° watchers for each ‘polling place, He charged Vare with “buying” about three out of every ten + \ Committee sof senators who un- covered the Pinchot expenditures in the Pennsylvania primary that ex- ceeded the Newberry slush fund and who are now probing the fund of the Mellon-Coolidge: candidate, Senator George Whartan Pepper and who will next tackle the fund of “Boss” Bill Vare, the successful nominee, Hostile Reception Given Haitian Head at New York Dock NEW YORK, June 11.—President Louis Borno of Haiti was given a hos- tile reception by several hundred Hai- tians as he entered the country. Ban- ners were carried on the dock pro- testing against his rule in Haiti, Better Remain Silent, WASHINGTON, June 11, — Presi- dent Coolidge has not decided whether he will make pelitical speeches during the congressional compaigns this sum- mer and fall. e Your uefghbor will appreciate emmite: 1PRINTERS VOTE NEXT TUESDAY May Mean Strike in City of Chicago Next Tuesday, June 15, the member- ship of Chicago Typographical Union No, 16 will hold a referendum on two propositions affecting the job printing scale in the union composing rooms of the city. One proposition is sub- mitted by the Franklin Association, the employers organization, The other is submitted by the executive council of the International Typographical Union and the job scale committee of No, 16. In the event the bosses’ proposition is accepted it will terminate negotia- tions and the contract, covering a five-year period with a three dollar raise the. first three years and a two dollar raise the last two years, will be signed. May Ask Strike Sanction. In case the membership votes, as they unquestionably will, for the pro, posal of the union, the bosses may turn it down, in which event a strike vote would be taken and a strike would be immediately called, The proposition of the union is a raise in wages of three dollars a week; the day scale from $51 to $54 tor 44 hours, the night scale to be $55, for a forty hour week. Resist Shorter Hours, As far as the day scale is concerned the two propositions are identical for the next two years, but the employers resent the reduction of hours on night work from 44 to 40, and that will be the principal issue Involved. The membership of No, 16 will not vote for a five-year contract as they have always opposed long-term con- tracts for either the job or newspaper branch of the industry. Even a two- year agreement is bitterly fought by a very large element in the union, but they will vote for the proposition of the union in this case. Prepared for Strike. For three months the membership of No, 16 have assessed themselves five per cent of their earnings in order to have a strike fund on hand in case it becomes necessary to close the plants in Chicago in order to gain their demands. The last strike in the job printing industry of Chicago was when the union participated in the international 44-hour strike on May 1, 1921, It lasted just four days on that occasion with the employers yielding to the demand for shorter work-week, Get your friends to subseribe to the Published Daily eer, Suntey by THE DAILY PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. \|\N. Y. Furriers Win fashington Bivd., Chicago, IL This Issue Consists of Two Sections. SECTION ONE. WORKER Price 5 Cents Strike Under Left Wing Leadership By BEN GITLOW,. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, June 11.—The four months’ struggle of the 12,000 furriers, which was declared by the New York Joint Board of the Fur Workers’ International Union following the lockout of the workers by the Fur Manufacturers’ Association has ‘ended victorious! gle that started ‘or the 40-hour, five-day week. for the workers. eb. 17, has come to a close. The long and bitter strug- It was a victory At four o’clock Friday morning Ben Gold, chairman of the general strike committee and S amuel E. Samuels, of the Fur Manufacturers’ Association, signed the new agreement which expires Jan. 31, 1929. The strik week, but ten per cent increase minimum r ers win not only the forty-hour, ise and a substantial reclassification of minimum scale, no overtime, no sectional con- tracting and no discharge dur-¢ ing a week preceding a holiday, and the union to permit work on Saturday during four autumn months of September, October, November and December, with extra pay. » pale The strikers waited all night for ynews of settlement, then paraded thru the fur manufacturing section singing and thronged to meeting halls where the celebration continued all morning. The agreement was presented to the shop chairman at a meeting Friday afternoon at Manhattan Lyceum. It will be brought before tpe workers for ratification of mass meetings xton-| day morning, at nine o’clock, at web: ster Hall and the Manhattan Lyceum. The majority of the workers will be back im their shops by the end of next week. PICK UP Pd The Original Demands. The original demands of the union | Presented to the manufacturers early |in January were as follows: 1. Forty-hour week. 2. Thirty-two hour | slack period. } 3. Equal division of work through- | | | week during out the year. 4. Unemployment insurance fund to be raised by contribution from the | bosses at the rate of 3 per cent of / wages paid, distribution of the fund to |be completely in the hands of the | union. 5. Manufacturers to be punished for failing to obey the agreement. 6. A 25 per cent increase in wages over the present minimum scales. 7, All skins must bear the union label. 8. Foremen must not be permitted to work in the shops. 9, Shops to be inspected by union representatives. Strike Was Significant. The Furriers’. strike is significant because it marks the first strike in (Continued on page 2) WESTBROOK AND HOFFMAN 60 TO PRISON TODAY Sheriff Peter M. Hoffman and For- mer Warden Wesley must go to jail today on contempt of court charges for allowing Lake and Terry Druggan, two Chicago millionaire: bootleggers, to visit Chicago cabarets while they were supposed to be in jail for violat- ing the federal dry act and for allow- ing them to use the Cook county jail as their business office in disposing of their bootleg wares, Hoffman was sentenced by Federal Judge Wilkerson to serve thirty days in the Du Page county jail at Whea- ton. Westbrook was sentenced to serve four months in the De Kalb county jail at Sycamore, Hoffman has structed Deputy Warden Charles Peters and Assistant Sheriff George Webster to act in his place, Hoffman declared that as he was was not sentenced by an Illinois court to serve a sentence in the jail of the county of which he is sheriff for a criminal offense, he will refuse to vacate his office and allow Coroner Oscar Wolff to take his place during his absence, Tho the stay granted Hoffman and Westbrook expires today, it is not ex- pected they will start serving sen- tence until Monday, as the commit- ment papers have not as yet been made out. FARM RELIEF PUZZLES BOTH OLD PARTIES lows Uphiacd: Salt Haunts Politicians (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, June 11, — While the Iowa political explosion continued to detonate around the capitol today, it appeared better than an even money bet that congress will fade out of Washington in a few weeks with- out having done anything to placate the rebellious corn belt in the way of farm relief legislation. A vote on the McNary-Haugen bill, which president Coolidge has char acterized as “economically unsound,” and which Vice President Dawes has pronounced, an estimable piece of legislation in every respect, ig/ now scheduled for the middle of next week inthe senate. It has already been defeated in the house by a coalition of eastern republicans and southern dem- ocrats, and a similar fate probably awaits it in the senate, altho the vote is expected to be close. Expect Coolidge Veto. Even if the bill is passed by the senate, it stands little chance of enact- ment, as it must then go back to the house which already has reje 1 it, and even should the house reverse it- self, with an eye on the November elections, it still must run the Gaunt- let of the White House. And Presi- dent Coolidge has clearly intimated a veto awaits it there There remains only the revamped Tincher bill, providing a $100,000,000 revolving fund to be loaned to co- operative marketing societies, which Senator Fess, republican, of Ohio, in- troduced yesterday as an administra- tion measure. It is entirely unsatisfactory to the farm bloc and the corn belt, No More Borrowing. The corn belt committee of 22 dis- missed the Tincher bill with the ob- servation that the farmers “don't wait to borrow any more money, they al- ready owe enough. What the farm- ers want is better prices, so they won't have to borrow money.” Both parties are badly split on the issue of farm legislation, altho the republican split is more definite, and more significant from a political stand- point. Democrats Fear Action, The democrats are in a quandary over what party position, if any, to take in the situation. There are two distinct schools of thought on the democratic side, one which advocates supporting the White House in killing the farm bloc bill, and thereby let- ting the White House take the onus for it, and one which believes it bet- ter political strategy to. jump in and help the Dawes-Watson-Lowden com- bination pass the bill, thus enabling the democrats to claim credit for it in the approaching election. Consequently the prospect today was that after several weeks of de- sultory internecine fighting, congress will pack up and go home in fear and trepidation to face whatever punish- ment or approbation the ballot boxes hold, PRINTERS’ UNION APPEALS FOR JUSTICE FOR RUSSIAN WORKERS ON REACTIONARY CHICAGO DAILY The following appeal, issued by Chicago Typographical Union No. 16, calls on the Russian workers of thé United States and Canada to aid the striking printers of the Russky Viestnik-Rassviet in their fight for union recog: nition; “To All Worlters and the Russian Colo ny in America! “Brothers:—The Chicago newspaper Russky Viestnik-Rassviet f¢ now be- A aud a day will hetp Jot his votes in the same territory thru | the fayor—give him this copy of | American Worker Correspondent. The} ing printed by strikebreakers. The employers refuse categorically to accede i eapitel away. m “(Continued on page 3) the DAILY WORKER. price is only 50 cents a year, (Contitiued on page 2) t edie) th demain hina 4 _ ™ ‘ ’ ne 4 ‘ e TN