The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 13, 1926, Page 3

| OTTO MISCH CO. IMPORTS SCABS ON CARPENTERS Big Detroit Strike in Third Week (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, June 10.—The strike of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America against the Otto Misch Co., the largest builder of Detroit, which enters its third week today, is developing into an endur- ance test. The Misch Co, has been | recruiting and importing scabs to take the strikers’ places with some degree of suocess, while the striking carpen- ters are vigorously picketing the jobs. Misch Heads “Open-Shoppers.” Misch has operated “open shop” for five or six years and is the pet of the ‘big capitalists of Detroit. Much money besides his own reserves will likely be put at his disposal to defeat the strike. ‘The carpenters have been weak in Detroit since 1920 and their strength has been further impaired by separa- tion from the Building Trades in 1923 and a split in their own forces brought about by the expulsion of two local anions by Hutcheson in 1926. Strike Teaches Need for Unity. This is the first strike of any mag- nitude attempted in recent years and it drives home the need of unity with- ‘in and solidarity with the building | trades and other workers more than oft repeated statements to this effect have been able to. In fact, this di- viston of the workers in their struggle with the bosses perhaps outweigh all the other sins of omission and com- mission of which the bureancrats are guilty. If this strike accomplishes nothing else, it will at least teach all those capable of learning anything that a union which chops off its “left wing” doses its balance and most of its wal lop. ‘Anti-Saloon League to Fight Referendum on Dry Modification SPRINGFIELD, Iil., June 11—War on George BE. Brennan’s wet candi- dacy for the United States senate, a ‘ “don’t vote” policy on the proposed beer and light wines referendum, and ® campaign for funds to carry on its work, are to be the chief planks in the platform of the Illinois anti-Saloon League. Its board of directors are in executive session here. WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! Open your eyes! Look around! [There are the stories of the workers’ Struggles around you begging to be written up. Do it! Send It In] Write | 4 = VOLUNTEERS WANTED, CHICAGO, Girls, men and women to distribute I. L. D. leaf- lets announcing the big Darrow-Weisbord Pas- saic Defense Meeting. Call at 23 S. Lincoln St., Saturday afternoon, also Monday and Tuesday evenings. Chicago Local, I. L. D. ‘ THE DAILY WORKER The Carpenters’ Fight in Detroit “American Plan”—the 100 per centers’ name for the open shop—adopts methods of uninos and gets out banner in Detroit bullding trades strike, CLEVELAND TRADES UNIONS ELECT DELEGATES TO SACCO-VANZETTI CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY NIGHT CLEVELAND, June 11—The local labor unions are awakening to the need of doing something for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who are facing death In the electric chair for a crime they did not commit. Local labor unions, such as the Street Rallway Men, the Joint Board of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, the Van Drivers, Journey- men Tailors, Plumbers, etc., have already elected delegates to the conference to be held at the Insurance Center Bullding, 1783 East Eleventh street, Tues- day night, June 15, at 8 o'clock. Carpenters Vote Today on Officials | (Continued from page 1) trades, all to expire at the same time. | Shop. 3. To, work for the organization of all mflls, only union material to be used on union jobs. 4. Right of minority opinion and freedom of expression within the uinon, no illegal suspensions or use of the police against members of the union to prevent free expression. More than a year ago the member- ship were up in arms because Jensen signed an open shop contract agree- able to the Landis award crew of union wreckers. Revolt grew when he called in the police: against members of the anion and tried to expel loyal union members for. exposing this agreement. Jensen Alds Open Shop, As usual, when reactionary ma chines are confronted with opposition, both last year and in the present elec- tion, Jensen has made his leading ar- gument that his opponents are “reds,” “Bolsheviks,” etc., and claimed that the agreement was for a closed shop— a barefaced lie, as the agreement it- self proved in Article 13, This year, knowing that he faced a revolt if he openly backed the old open shop agreement, Jensen managed to confuse the members with a hasty maneuver on a new agreement, where- in Article 18, providing for the open shop, was neither definitely removed nor approved, but left blank to await whatever might be done by the Build- ing Trades Council in similar provi- sions. This, too, Jensen claimed was an agreement for a closed shop, and he managed to rush the members into voting for the agreement without knowing its provisions, The question the members voted on was: “Do you aprpove of the Arbitra- tion Board’s changes to the present agreement?” To the members who did not know, Jensen's machine men “ex- ATTENTION, WORKERS OF NEW YORK! Just opened a new bargain store by the name “Popular” Men’s, Women’s and Children’s Wear. Will sell below wholesale prices. Still further special reductions for work- ers presenting this advertisement. REMEMBER: 236 E. 23RD ST. ERNEST “THE POPULAR” ZELIOT. SEMINARY CLEANERS & DYERS Pressing—Repairing—Remodeling Hats cleaned and blocked—Shoe Shining Parlor—Laundry All Our Work Guaranteed, We Call for and Deliver, 812-14 Fullerton Ave., Chicago, Ill. Phone Lincoln 3141 LITERATURE FRED. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ATHEISM P. O. Box 483, City Hall Station, New York City, . MEMBERSHIP $1.00 peer a pf Clk DAILY, WORKER. plained” that this meant the closed That is how Jensen got a majority vote for it. But, behold! Right after that, along comes this elec- tion, with Jensen’s machine issuing a circular saying—“Let’s go for a 100 per cent closed shop.” So the car- penters haven't got it yet, in spite of Jensen’s supposed “closed shop” con- tracts, The only other question the mem- bers voted on was: “Do you approve that wages should be raised to $1.50 on the first of October?” The mem- bere had demanded this raise to take effect June 1, but they were not asked to vote on that question by Jensen, but for or against an October raise, and if they voted “No,” would thus have voted against any raise at all. Thus Jensen did tha bosses a favor by saving them a lot of money and cheating the carpenters out of the same by delaying the raise four months. Jensen a Bosses’ Man. There is a general feeling among the union membership that Jensen is a “bosses’ man,” well borne out by the above facts, as well as the way the capitalist newspapers, known to favor the open shop, play up Jensen as a great “leader” of marvelous genius, publishing his photograph with eu- logistic comments, Jensen pushed thru the present agreement carrying the same clause, without change from last year’s, which provides: “There shall be no restriction of the use of any raw or manufactured material, except prison made.” This permits scab materials of all kinds to be used by union car- penters, Progressives Stand for Unity. This ignoring of the necessary solidarity with the union mill men and other material producers, is in line with Jensen’s policy of splitting the building trades and keeping them divided over one excuse or another. The progressives have always stood for unity with the other trades and affiliation with the Building Trades Council, but only recently, when they moved in the District Council that the carpenters affiliate with the Building Trades Council, Jensen's machine voted it down, altho Jensen himself admitted that the old excuse for stay- ing out of the B. T. C., the dispute with the Sheet Metal Workers over setting metal trim, was settled, Bobzin Expected to Win, The progressive candidates, who challenged the Jensen-Sand machine to debate—a challenge the machine dodged—are headed by members well known for loyalty to the union over years Of active membership. Fred Bobzin 1s the progressive candidate against Jensen for district council president. Dan H, ©, Friedricksen Tuns as @ progressive against Charles H. Sand of the Jensen machine, The progressives have an excellent chance for election this year, as only one candidate opposes Jensen, Last year two candidates split the opposi- tion to Jensen, who squeezed thru by this means, but he got only 7,970 votes against 9,782 votes of Deuel and Stahl who ran separately, This year, Fred Bobzin is Jensen's only opponent, and the progressives are united to support Bobzin and give Jensen a long de- served defeat, F ead It today and beni in The MELLON GANG — | UNDER FIRE OF GRAFT PROBERS Amazing Stories of Cor- ruption (Continued from page 1) the employment of ten watchers at Two Blind Stadents Get Degrees each voting booth, Count Out Ballots. McGovern also told the committee that Edward EB. Beidleman, the Vare candidate forthe governor's chair, was “counted but” in Pittsburgh thru the with-holdifig of ballots trom 600 districts. Enough votes were changed, McGovern said, to give John 8. Fisher, the Mellon-Pepper candidate, a safe margin. ; Election conditions in Pittsburgh, as reported by’ McGovern, probably will result in thé committee visiting that city, after ‘the adjournment of con- gress, to get additional first-hand in- formation, To Question the Gangs. The inquiry, meanwhile, will be car- ried along here with the examination of Vare and Pepper leaders from all sections of*the state. The list in- cludes Eric’ Fisher Woods, Pepper's western manager; Joseph R. Grundy, president of the Pennsylvania Manu- tacturer’s Aésociation; S. J. Topley, treasurer of Pepper's western commit- tee; and W. W. Roper, the Princeton football coach, who managed Pepper's campaign in Philadelphia. The Vare leaders include Harry A. Mackey, his State-wide manager; Albert M. Green- fleld, his western manager, who is expected to be one of the “sensations” of the investigation. Mellon Family Under Fire, ‘W. L. Mellon, nephew of the sec- retary of the treasury, was the star witness at last night’s session. Under questioning by the commit- tee, he testified that more than $300,- 000 was expended in the western part of the state alone in behalf of the Pepper ticket. Of this amount, the Mellon famfly contributed nearly a third. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon gave $25,000; his brother, R. B. Mellon, $25,000, and W. L. Mellon “slightly more” than $25.00. Mellon occupied the stand for about two hours and a half at the night ses- sion, i Pepper) Before Committee. Senator George Wharton Pepper’s “personal campaign committee” spent $125,000 in sekeing to retain his seat in the senate, he testified today at the senate’s “slush fund” investigation in- to Pennsylyania’s alleged $5,000,000 senatorial campaign, Pepper, recalled as the first witness, filed a list of contributors to his “per- sonal campaign” fund, who had given him “about $84,000.” The senator earlier said he had spent only $2,500 out of his own pocket, Claims a Deficit. The cost of his “personal cam- paign,” the senator said, was “between $114,000 and $125,000.” He explained he had not received all the bills yet, but up to date, his campaign commit- tee faced a “deficit of between $20,000 and $25,000.” Pepper safd he had no list yet of the expenditures. “I must say with deep regret that the list of disbursements exceeds that of the contributions,” said Pepper. and $25,000." Pepper also filed a list of his rep- resentatives in the various counties of the state after telling the commit- tee that he had mainained sectional headquarters in Reading, Scranton, Harrisburg and in Franklin county. Pepper said he never attempted to organize a committee in Allegheny county because that section was being handled by the Pepper-Fisher ticket committee, Millionaire Contributors. The list of contributions to Pepper's campaign fund included $2,000 by Rodman Wanamaker; $1,000 by C. J. Hepburn; $2,000 by J. Howard Pew; $1,000 each by” W. W. Frazer Harris, Sidney L, Wright, J. H. Weaver, C. H. Geist, Roland L, Taylor, C. B. New- bold, Thom Devalan, Jr, W. M. Anderson, Jo! A. McCarthy; $2,000 by Edward Bok; $1,000 by Mrs, Ed- ward Bok; $2,000 by Robert Glenden- ning; $1,000 each by C. W. Welsh, W. M. Watts, Thomas S, Gates, F. H. Maguire, Joseph H. Bromley, Sidney F. T. Brock, Chérles T. Webb, William Jay Turner, J. H. Mull; $2,000 by Edward B. Robinette and $1,000 by J. Leonard Replogle, Manufacturers Head On Stand, Joseph R. Grundy, president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Associa- tion and one of the chief Pepper- Fisher leaders, followed Pepper to the stand, He first explained how he came to support Pepper thru a desire to nominate John 8. Fisher for Governor. “You were instrumental in bringing out Fisher for governor?” asked Sen- ator Reed. “Not quite that,” sald Grundy, “Well you supported the Pepper. Fisher ticket because of Fisher?” “Yes.” “In fact you didn’t want Pepper for senator?” “No, I had taken no part in support- ing him,” * “You really ferred Vare?” “No, if I'd sa¥ that now, I'd be ac- cused of trying. to get aboard the band-wagon.” “You were 3 very cordial terms with Vare?” ¢ "Xomy" A & “The deficit will be between $20,000|° E. T. Leonard of Lake Villa, Ill, (right) will receive the graduate degree of master of arts and C. A. Innis of Bellflower, Ill., (left) will receive the} degree of bachelor of arts from the University of Illinols the week of June 14, Both of these students have been blind since birth. REPUBLICANS IN Two Trainmen Killed, Many Passengers Hurt IOWA ENRAGED AT | 4s Tin Leer» Bridge BROOKHART TALK Rumors Indicate Support of Democrat (Special to The Dally Worker) DES MOINHS, Iowa, June 11. Business, banking and political circles in this state are quite excited over the _jutterances of Smith W. Brookhart, victorious republican nominee for the United States senate, at the State Fed- eration of Labor convention in Mason City, especially his advocacy of a law decreeing that all profits over five per cent. This was his first public ap turned over to a fund for public use. He also declared that the legal rate of interest should be not more than five per cent nor less than four per cent. This was the first public ap- pearance since his defeat of Senator Albert B. Cummins on Monday. Republican Machine Furious. The official republican machine in the state that supported Cummins against Brookhart has seized upon his utterances as an excuse to start a campaign for the support of the dem- ocratic senatorial candidate, Claude A. Porter. They have not yet officially endorsed Porter, ‘but the railroad and harvester trust papers are trying to incite them to do so. Contains No Dangers. Brookhart’s proposals are calculated to insure “business stability” by guaranteeing a certain definite in- ome on all forms of invested capital and he hopes to win support for his proposals among the small business men, He explained that he had in- vestigated the history of mational wealth and had discovered that the han four per cent n will materially bene- ally petty capitalist pana- cea is the excuse for a campaign by the agents of imperialism in Iowa, who are bound to big capital in Chi- cago and New York. They will prob- ably support Porter, the candidate of the democrats, which party is the property of the House of Morgan, just as they supported Steck in 1924, who was placed in Brookhart’s place in the senate by a vote of the Mellon- Coolidge coalition of republicans and democrats. The farm crisis which became acute last winter will probably ensure Brogkhart a decisive victory over his democratic opponent even tho the re- publican machine carries out its threat to fight him. Sub-Section 2A, New York, Membership Meeting on Monday NEW YORK, June 11. — A special meeting of Sub-Section 2A covering from 14 to 23 St. west of Broadway, will be held on Monday, June 14 at 6 p,m. This is a special reorganization meeting and every member must put everything aside and attend this meet- ing. All those who did not attend meetings and get their new book can straigthen out by coming to thig meet- ing. Ansonia Demands a New Trial for Sacco and Vanzetti ANSONIA, Conn., June 10.—A reso- lution demanding a new trial for Sac- co and Vanzetti was unanimously adopted by a mass meeting held here under the auspices of the Council for the Protection of the Foreign Work- ers. RALBIGH, N. C., June 11. — Two trainmen were instantly killed, two others seriously injured, and 50 pas- sengers narrowly escaped with their lives when the Norfolk Southern passenger train No. 4, Raleigh to Nor- folk, plunged from a burning bridge over Chicods Creek, near Grimesland, N.C. A number of passengers in the day coaches and sleepers were slightly in- jured, but railway officials here de- clared that none was seriously in- jured. The dead: J. P. Slade, c.ugineer, of Norfolk; William Herrington, fireman, Norfolk. Baggagemaster Simpson, and Flag- man Sevenson, both of Norfolk, were seriously injured in the crash. Sparke from a freight train are be- lieved to have set the bridge afire. It is near a curve, and engineer Slade was unable to halt his train in time to prevent running into the flaming structure, after he saw it was ablaze. Pate Bae? Page Thre@ FASCIST TROOPS « IN MASS MURDER OF CYRENACIANS Kill Colonials and Steal Live Stock (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, June 11. — Troops of the Italian fascist regime are carrying on & war of extermination against the natives of Cyrenacia, an enclent Greek colony, rich in historical traditions of the ancients, that fell under the domination of Italy tn 1912. A central news dispatch from Rome reports that 168 natives, termed “rebels,” have been slain and that 9,000 sheep and 5,000 camels, the sole _ wealth of the murdered victims of Italian frightfulness, have been stolen by Italian troops. The operations ere being conducted by airplane and armored cars, Sixty Injured in a N. Y. School Panic NEW YORK, June 11. — Sixty pub- lic school children were injured, two severely, when 2,500 boys and girls, gathered in the playground before as- sembling in their classes, were thrown into a panic by a cry of “black hand!” Vincent Di Riossi, 9, and Nicola Ne vella, 9, were taken to a hospital. The cry was uttered by two of the boys. In the rush for exits by the entire attendance many children were trampled. Shortly afterwards, the school was besieged by parents of the children and police reserves were called to quell the disturbance. The Awakening of China By Jas. H. Dolsen This book presents to American workers the his- tory of events which led to the present upheaval of millions of people—and the latest facts om the situation. = With original documents, maps and illustrations, $1.00 ‘8. The Story of the British General Strike Told by TOM 0’ FLAHERTY who was in England during the whole period of that great conflict. TONIGHT, JUNE 12, 8 P.M. 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