The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 18, 1926, Page 2

Page Two fH PASSAIC VICTORY RELIEF FUND CAMPAIGN TO ADD POWER FOR A CONTINUED FIGHT ON WAGE CUT PASSAIC, N. J., Juna 16. — Determined to defeat the mill barons’ starva- tion offensive, the General Relief Committee of Textile Strikers has launched a campaign for a $200,000 Victory Relief Fund, The move is the result of a resolution unanimously adopted at the recent “Support the Passaic Strike” conference, which was attended by over 200 delegates of labor unions, work- CHINESE PREWIER RESIGNS AS NEW CONFLICT BEGINS Nationalists and Impe- rialists Renew Struggle Special to The Daily Worker, PEKING, June 1 sent the announcement of his resig nation to the provinces and the gov- ernment here faces a new crisis as the nationalist forces to the north and west strengthen their positions daily and Generals Chang Tso-lin and Wu Pei-fu preparing for new battles which will probably settle the fate of ‘Wu Pei-fu, who will act as commander in chief of the operations against the Kuominchun. The belief here is that Chang’s part in the campaign will be merely the protection of the right wing of Wu's army, altho Chang insists that the Kuominchun (nationalist army) must be annihilated. Wu to Atttack Three Cities. Wu's forces will advance to engage the nationalist armies from three di- rections, attacking Nankow, Hawilai and Hsuanhuafu. The line of battle runs thru moun- tain country where the difficulties of transport makes the use of any great amount of artillery impossible. This means that the less well- equipped nationalist army will be able to meet Wu's forces on nearly equal terms, Premier’s Reason for Resigning. Premier Yen states that the reason for his resignation is that he feels that he has Deen sacrificed to the mil- ftertst embitions of Wu Pei-fu and Chang ‘Tso-lin and can no longer ac- cept responsibility for the outcome of the conflict which is soon to begin. Hancock Workers Urge Sacco and Vanzetti Be Granted a New Trial (Speciat to The Dally Worker) HANCOCK, Mich, June 16.—Two thousand workers, gathered at a mass meeting here today, unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a new trial and justice for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Martti Hend- rickson, well-known Finnish speaker, addressed the meeting, which was composed largely of workers in the copper industry here. Seat Schall from Minnesota. WASHINGTON, June 16.—The sen- ate today unanimously seated Senator Schall, republican, of Minnesota, against whom an unsuccessful contest was fought by ex-Senator Magnus Johnson. -Premier Yen has | ers fraternal organizations, etc. | their efforts to leaders to prison. The bosses are already displaying signs of weakening. In the early days of the strike they would not listen to talk about the union. Lately, however, as the strike has cut into their profits they have been trying to palm off a company union on the strikers. But these Jersey textile strikers, who have conducted one of the great- est strikes in the history of the Amer- ican labor movement, were not to be fcoled. Almost unanimously the stri<- ers rejected the bosses’ trick union. More Than Local Interests Involved. “Tie strikers realize that this strug- gle involves more than their own in- terests, That upon victory depends in large measure the immediate future of millions of workers. To accept less than victory would be to give the sig- nal to the bosses all over the country to intensify their wage-slashing cam- paign against labor. And the textile strikers who have been superbly sup- ported by organized labor, from Maine to California, refuse to permit the bosses to give that signal. Groups that were at first in opposi- tion, or professing a neutrality that was patently boss-tinged, are now openly for the strikers. Their stom- achs have been turned by what they have seen of the mill owners’ intense methods of exploitation and oppres- sion, They are now lined up With the strikers, And that alone speaks vol- the “Support the Passaic Sttike” con- umes for the justice of the strikers’ cause. $100,000 for Kiddies’ Milk, Camps, etc. That no cries of hungry children shall break the morale of the strikers, ference decided that $100,000 of the $200,000 to be raised in the Victory Relief and Defense Campaign should be spent for the following child relief purposes: (1) To buy milk for the strikers’ babies; (2) To open more children’s kitch- ens. (One thousand children are now being fed daily at the two kitchens in operation. The relief committee plans to feed 5,000 a day shortly.) (8) To organize playgrounds in the strike area to take care of the thou- sands of strikers’ children during the school vacation period; (4) To establish summer camps where the youngsters can be given a change from the drab, unsanitary en- vironment forced upon them by the 271,064 WORKERS ORGANIZED INTO UNIONS IN DOMINION OF CANADA A decline of 17,908 or 9.4% in the Canadian membership of international craft unions is an outstanding feature of the 1925 report of the Canadian department of labor on labor organization in Canada. This loss, the report shows, was balanced by gains in other branches of organized labor. 271,064 Union Members, Total membership in Canadian tabor unions, in 1925, as reported to the department, was 271,064. This compares with 133,132 in 1911, the first year for which the department gathered statistics, and 175,799 in 1913, the last prewar year. movement reached a peak with 378,047 on the union rosters. But the sharp deflation of postwar years brot the number down to 260,643 in 1924. International craft unions, chiefly those affiliated with the American Fed- eration of Labor and the railroad brotherhoods, accounted for 172,573 of the 1925 total. In 1911 interna- tional craft unions reported a Cana- @ian membership of 119,415, while at the 1919 peak the figure was 260,247. Thus growth of the international unions has not kept pace with the growth of the Canadian labor move- ment. Their membership increased 45 per cent in the 15 years in which the total membership of Canadian unions increased 103 per cent. Union Membership. The Canadian membership reported | by! leading unions in 1925 and 1924 was: Canadian Union Membership. 1925, 1924. One Big Union 17,256 Brotherhood of Railroad TraMnMeN 6 pcccvenssrsseee d 409 Canadian Brotherhood of Railroad Employes United Mine Workers... Brotherhood of Railway Carmen .... ssh 584 12,070 Industrial Worke: of the World ...... 10,000 11,500 International Associa- tion of Machinists........ 8,500 8,798 Amalgamated Associa tion St. Ry. Employes., 7,500 7,500 Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Firemen csc 7,311 7,257 Order of Railroad Teleg- raphers ..... we 7,806 7,000 Brotherhood of Carpen- ters and Joiners......... 7,208 7,650 American Federation of Musicians . 6,850 7,000 Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers ... 6,372 6,554 WANT Men and Women Wanted. qualify. City, between 9 and 12 mornings. Apply in person to E, Lindgren, 570 7th Ave. In 1919 the Canadian ¢+———— Maintenance of Way Brotherhood -- 6,221 6,639 Amalgamated ing Workers se 5,600 8,000 The One Big Union made no report to the department showing member- ship in 1924, so that comparisons in this case are impossible. Mine Workers. The outstanding decline in member- ship in the international group is re- ported by the United Mine Workers. This reflects a secession in District 18, which includes the coal fields of Alberta ayd southeastern British Co- lumbia. The miners in District 18 seceded in order to accept a bigger wage cut than the United Mine Work- ers could agree to. They had been starved into submission by a lockout. They reorganized as the Mine Work. ers Union of Canada, which reports a membership of 6,500. Railroad Employes. Nailroad employes form the largest group of organized workers in Can- ada, with 79,009, or 29.15 per cent of the total. The mining and quarrying trades comprise the second largest group, with 26,886 members, or 9.78 per cent of the total. Other groups are public employes, personal service and amusement trades, 26,001 mem- bers; building trades, 23,243; other transportation and navigation trades, 19,680; metal trades, 15,121; printing and paper making, 13,005; clothing, boots and shoes, 12,707. The latest Canadian census shows 674,265 wage earners employed in manufacture, mining and raflroading. Eliminating public employes, building trades and other transportation trades from the total organized workers in Canada, it appears that the number organized in the industries covered by the census is 202,190, about 30 per cent of the total, A JOB? Profitable position for those who New York Experience unnecessary, ‘i ‘ neNgIRLINEN A: PUNE MSEUENR DER ie wy The $200,000 Victory Relief and Defense Campaign is designed to win the wage cut back, achieve victory for the strikers and foil the bosses in railroad the strike¢—————————__—__—__— RUTHENBERG TO SPEAK AT WEBSTER HALL ON WORK BEFORE PARTY (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, June 16,—One of the most important membership meet- ings ever held in this district will take place on Friday, June 18, at 8 p. m., at Webster Hall, 119 East lith street. Comrade C. E. Ruthenberg, gen- eral secretary of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, will report for the Central Executive Committee on the latest decision of the Communist In- ternational and on the work and de- cisions of the last plenum of the Central Executive Committee held in Chicago. There will be a general discussion by the membership. Every Party member should at- tend this meeting. All other Party meetings are called off on this eve- ning. Members will be admitted to the hall by new membership books. All members of the Young Workers (Communist) League are asked to attend this meeting. bosses’ refusal to pay decent wages to the parents. A few weeks at camp will bring a smile to these peaked faces. The beneficial effects of sun- shine, fresh air and wholesome food will give these puny, undernourished bodies the power to resist disease. Contributions for strike relief may be sent to the General Relief Commit- tee of Textile Strikers, 743 Main ave- nue, Passaic, N. J. Train Dispatchers Join Movement for Railway Wage Raise Action which places the Train Dis- patchers’ association in line with the general wage movement of the rail- day brotherhoods, was taken yester- day by fifty general chairmen of the dispatchers’ association at the finish of a three-day meeting to determine the policies of the organization under the new Watson-Parker law. Presi- dent J. G. Luhrsen presided, Plans were drawn up to establish a standard wage of $275 a month for train dispatchers and an increase for chief and assistant chief dispatchers that would “maintain the differential” between these positions and the dis- patchers, Jersey Drys Gather More Votes Than Wets (Special to The Dally Worker) TRENTON, N. J., June 16.—On the face of unofficial returns fhe drys ap- parently were returned victorious over the wets in New Jérsey’s prim- ary election. Congressman Randolph Perkins, a confirmed dry, was leading his wet opponent, B. Duncan McClave, by a majority of mordé than 1,200 for the republican nomination to congress from the sixth district, Arrest Child Murderer. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June 16.— Charged with slaying his father, F. A. Brown, a carpenter, with a revolver while defending his mother, 13-year- old Claude Brown was arrested and paroled in the custody of police with instructions that he should not be put in jail. Durand Must Go to Jail. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., June 16.—Jack Durand, foster son of Mrs. Scott 8. Durand of Lake Forest, must serve his term of from three to twenty years in the penitentiary, the state supreme court decreed in affirming his convic- tion and sentence. Arrest Rapist. LODZ, Poland, June 16,—Polish po- lice arrested Stanislaus Zsettner, charged with committing more than @ hundred safage murders and numer- ous attacks on women. Zsettner, who is wanted by the po- lice of a dozen European capitals, will be summarily court-martialled. Grete Beep Rates Subscriptions: The Daily Worker 1 year—100 points M% year— 45 points 3 mos— 20 points 2 mos— 10 points ‘The Workers Monthly: 1 year— 30 points % year— 10 points The Young Worker: 1 year— 30 points 1.00 % year— 10 points 60 ‘The Young Comrade: + 1 year— 10 pointe chro eatiunlimmeneEe E DAILY WORKER GOVERNOR AND| Bankers Winning All MAYOR KNEEL T0|) Victories as Session of AGENT OF POPE] Congress Comes to End . By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL, Smith and Walker Kiss Cardinal’s Ring (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, June 16,—After being received yesterday on bended knee and having kisses bestowed upon his episcopal ring by Mayor Walker and Governor Smith of New. York, Cardi- nal Bonzano, papal nunéio to the Chi- cago Eucharistic Congress, boarded his “Red Special” for Ghicago accom- panied by a group of other cardinals. 30,000 Watsh. in New York yesterdi some 30,000 At the welcome ia cardinals people filled city hall are to watch the colorful procession of ithe prelates and their aides, : The special train that/is carrying them to Chicago was specially prepar- ed by the Pullman Company with lux- unious appointments. The cars were painted red in observance of the offi- cial cardinal colons. 12,000 Railway Cops. The New York Central Railway an- nounced that more than 12,000 rail- way detectives and policemen were assigned to guard the train on Ite way to Chicago. Long before the train pulled out at 10 a. m, there was a large contingent of railway detectives on hand at the Grand Central Station augmented by a large force of New York police, 2. we Chicago Procession. Final instructions were issued to- day from the ‘headquarters of the Eucharistte Congress here to the twenty-one language groups that will participate in the procession of the blessed sacrament around St. Mary's Lake at Mundelein, IH., on June 24. One hundred marchers will repre- sent the churches of each of the twen- tyone countries participating. The procession will be three miles long and will include floats and bands. Only men aré”allowed to take part in the rubric ceremoni¢és of the catho- lic church. There will) be no women FURRIERS’ UNION VICTORY PARADE STIRS NEW YORK Happy Workers March 20,000 Strong By J. 0. BENTALL. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, June 17.—In a mon- ster demonstration that stirred even this huge city the Furriers’ Union cel- ebrated its strike victory on Tuesday morning in which its 12,000 members joined to the last individual and in which 10,000 other union men and women participated, while hundreds of thousands of sympathetic workers blocked the streets for four hours to cheer the marchers on their way. Cheer Freiheit. | Starting from the meeting halls in lower Manhattan, the line followed 4th Street to 3rd avenue to 8th street and to 2nd avenue, to 11th street, left | to 4th avenue, up to 21st street, then to 7th avenue, to 32nd street, turned back to 6th avenue, to 22nd street, back to 4th avenue to Union Square, where a tremendous demonstration was held in front of the Fretheit, with prolonged cheers and the singing of the International. Business ceased and the multitudes in stores and factories waved their handkerchiefs and red bandannas, shouting and cheering. “Three cheers for .the 40-hour week.” “Long live the Furriers’ Union.” “Long live our present leadership.” Large sections kept singing “Soll- darity Forever,” and after each stanza they shouted, “Three cheers for the Passaic strikers.” Gold Pra Membership. A large wreat of red roses made up into the huge letter “G" had the pic- ture of Ben Gold in the center. “The success of this strike,” said Gold, “lies in the fact that the rank and file was drawn into this struggle and the workers thewselves were called upon to shape the policies and to carry them out. Other unions must do the same and will meet the same success when that plans is followed. ° “Our next step is amalgamation, which will insure strength to the union and thus make it invincible against the bos: “The present leadership is made up of the expelled members, driven omt ‘We came back and have made a success of our work. “We brought into this struggle all the unorganized and have added over 1,000 new members. Most of these were Greeks, and they have already proven to be among the most active, It is now 18 months since the Left Wing came into office, and we have ‘won many advantages’’ during this time and now we have won the strike.” J i 3 — Vi Rac present session of congress is rapidly nearing adjournment, Its absolute subserviency to the great banking interests is shown by predicted action on two bills. It is claimed that the Haugen bill, ex- tending relief to the farmers, will be killed. It is equally certain that the McFadden bill, strengthening: the position of the powerful na- tional banks as against the smaller state banks, will pass and become law. So sure are the profit interests of their position, that the Chicago Journal of Commerce, for instance, taunts the so-called “progressives” with their absolute failure to put up a fight of any kind. Here is what it says: “The most amazing thing about the funeral ceremonies of the Hau- gen bill was the fact that Mellon’s death blow to the measure was tak- en lying down by the fiery advo- cates of the measure in both the house and senate. In the upper house (senate) the debate droned along, with Peter Norbeck of South Dakota taking up most of the time and with everyone realizing that the whole debate was futile.” se 8 That is the final kick in the face that the cringing “progressives,” who have tried to be good boys all during the present session, get for their efforts. It has been a most successful session for the greatest business interests. The world court plan went thru. Favorable tax reduction legislation was passed. Railroad legislation, in which the most reactionary trans- portation barons joined, has been made law. The power interests won in the struggle over Muscle Shoals. And now the McFadden bill is about to become a law as the Haugen bill is scheduled for the congressional waste basket. se @ There is nothing “radical” in the Haugen bill. It is merely an effort to apply to the farm situation what already applies to industry, Be- hind a high tariff wall it is proposed to keep up the price of farm prod- ucts in this country while selling cheaper abroad in order to be able to compete better with the products of foreign agriculture and dispose of the American surplus in the world grain market. The high tariff on steel, textiles and finished food pro- . ducts, like flour, as well as on all “protected” products, enables the great profiteers to hold the home market, at high prices, while selling cheaply, and still at a profit, in for- eign markets. The wellto-do farmers have always supported this robber pol- icy in congress, resulting in a high VANDO'S DEATH IS CAUSED BY FAULTY HARNESS Window Washer Loses Life in 16-Story Fall A broken harness, it was brought out at the coroner’s inquest, caused the death of James Vando, window washer who fell sixteen stories from his perch on the Marquette Building, corner Dearborn and Adams St. Kills Woman in Fall, In his fall Vando struck Mrs. Kath- erine Jez, mother of five children who was waiting for a street car. Mrs. Jez died at the Iroquois Hospital four hours after the accident. Edwin Groelle, manager of a cigar store, was struck a glancing blow and has a badly bruised shoulder, “Saftey Belt” Broke, Alex Sobolewski, who was working with Vando said that the “safety belt” which Vando was using broke, W. M. Knight, superintendent of the building, declared that he believed the death of Vando to have been caused by the breaking of the harness, but declared that he “could not under- stand the breaking of the harness as it is inspected frequently.” Non-Union Conditions, Window washers in this building work under non-union conditions, In an interview with The DAILY WORKER reporter an official of the Window Washer’s Union declare “We tried to organize that place many times. They would not join the union. They were afraid of the bos: Company Negligence, ‘The accident was attributed by this official of the Window Washer’s Un- jon to negligence on the part of the| company for which Vando worked and declared that the non-union workers are afraid to complain when they are forced to use defective equipment for fear of losing their jobs, Vando worked as a window washer for over SA a hl Se ES lh te sae in mn. Sr Se ahd eer es cost of living for the whole Amert- can working class. Thus Represen- tative Dickinson now wails that: “Ever since the Civil War, the farmers of most of the great grain belt states have supported the pro- tective system, not because they be- lieved it meant anything to them directly, but because industry in- sisted that it had a right to a fair price in the home market.” Thus Dickinson confesses that the well-to-do farmers have been the dupes of the nation’s great indus- trial overlords. It was Secretary of the Treasurer “Andy” Mellon who attacked the “protective” policy for the farmers as “economically un- sound.” It is not unsound, of course, in its application to the Products of the steel trust, the coal trust and other large industrial in- terests in which Mellon has his mil- lions invested, When Mellon issued his edict on behalf of the Coolidge administration Dickinson , declared: “All Pye got to say is that if this is the verdict, then the thunderbolt that je out of lowa the other day (in the nomination of Brookhart against Cummins) is merely the sheet lightning of the coming storm,” : eee It is this storm that should help tear the farmers away from the old political parties and bring about an alliance with city workers for inde- pendent political aciton. Following “progressives” in the old parties has merely led the workers and farmers into blind alleys. They must learn that the way out is thru the Labor Party. eee As a result of the promised pas- sage of the McFadden bill, the farmers will see the power of Wall Street creeping ever closer, with the eilmination of the small state banks, The national banks are to be allow- ed to have branches, as many as five in cities with a population of 1,000,- 000. The only hindrance now con- Sists of state laws that will be doomed for the political graveyard. Instead of dealing with the small country banker, who sometimes talked his language and joined with him in third party movements, like the LaFollette movement, the farmer will be faced with the vis- ible evidence of Wall Street's power in the form of a branch of some great national bank depend- ent upon eastern financiers, The farmer as well as the city worker faces the power of the great bankers. He must learn to unite with the labor in industry to op- Pose that menace with his own class power, VICTIMS OF THE INFLATION RAP VON HINDENBURG Assail President for Sup- port of Royalty . BERLIN, June 16.—Great bitterness prevails thruout Germany as June 21, the date on which the national dispos- session referendum will be held. Victims of the inflation of German currency in the period following the war made public an open letter at- tacking President Von Hindenburg. The letter charged that while the President championed the claims. of royalty he turned a deaf ear to their pleas. ‘ Jugoslavia to Give Pound of Flesh to American Bankers BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, June 16.— The finance committee of the chamber of deputies adopted by a vote of 17 to 9 @ bill providing for settlement of oe Jugoslavia debt to the United e8, “Bandits” Are Students, MADISON, Wis., June ” who followed the automo- bile of President Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin, from Lake Geneva to Elkhorn and caused him to obtain a police convoy from Elkhorn to Fort Atkinson, proved to be four youths who were following the uni- versity president’s car because they ant it would lead them to Mad- json. Floods Do Much Damage to Crops in Germany BERLIN, June 16.—Floods, follow: ing heavy rains, are reported as do- the socialists are understood to refuse -|cabinet positions, while former Pre- BEG SMALL T0 PARDONI.L. 6. W, STRIKE PICKETS Labor Officials Seek Executive Clemency A delegation of Chicago and Illinois trade union heads and a number of catholic clergymen left for Springfield yesterday afternoon to plead with Gov- ernor Len Small for a pardon for the International Ladies Garment Work- ers Union 1924 strike pickets who are now serving 10 to 60 day jail sen- tences or are about to serve. Victor Olander, secretary of the IIli- nois State Federation of Labor; John H. Walker, president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor; John Fitz- patrick, president of the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor; Edward Nockels, secretary of the Chicago Federation of Labor, and Agnes Nestor, of the Wom- en’s Trade Union League, were among those in the delegation. One of the memtars of the Chicago Joint Board of the’ International La- dies Garment Workers Union accom- panied the delegation to Springfield. American Bankers Very Class Conscious By a Worker Correspondent, MORRISTOWN, N. J., June 16.— Morristown is a small town with about 15,000 population. Thousands of New York bankers have their estates here. When I entered the public library here I did not expect to find much literature at my disposal which would give me the latest and correct news of working-class events. Finds “Workers Monthly.” My surprise was great when I found among other magazines the Workers Monthly. I could not resist from ex- claiming: “Why, the Workers Monthly!” A man at a nearby reading table gazed at me with curiosity and asked: “Have you read this magazine be- fore?” “Yes, sir.” “Where?” “In New York. Not at a public library, but at a workers library, and I’m surprised to see one here.” Banker Very Class Conscious. The man smiled and said: “Why, young man, if you want to fight the devil you must know what he looks like.” Then I asked him why they don’t allow such literature for the use of the public in all the great industrial cities. fe smiled again and said: those people are ignorant and will take everything for granted.” “And here?” “Well, here it is different. This fs a bankers’ town.” I understood his remark. The capi- talist class is very class conscious and watches the working class with fear. BRIAND VAINLY TRIES TO FORM A NEW CABINET Herriot and Poincare De- cline Positions “Why, (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, June 16.—Although Presi- dent Doumergue of France persuaded Aristide Briand, who resigned with his cabinet yesterday, to form a new cab- inet, Briand is having no happy time trying to persuade anyone to take cabinet positions, The calamitous fall of the franc makes the new cabinet as unsafe as the one just fallen. It is planned to form a sort of coali- tion cabinet from all parties of the right and as far to the left as anyone of that tendency will accept. How- ever, Edouard Herriot, old leader of the left ‘bloc, refused to have any honor thrust upon him by Briand and mier Raymond Poincare also shows no desire to enter the new cabinet. This is the tenth time Briand has become the premier of France, three times this year taking the head of the government, though it must be id France’s condition speaks no good of his guidance, Fireman Killed When Steam Boiler Explodes Robert Thompson, a fireman in the boiler room of the Albert David Chem- ical Company, Twenty-second and Stewart avenue, Chicago Heights, was killed when a steam boiler exploded, ‘The fore! the explosion was such that the boiler crashed thru the wall of the building and landed in a field sixty feet away. SEND IN A SUB