The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 20, 1926, Page 4

‘Page Four ~ = THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. , Phone Monroe 4712 , . SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall (in Chicago only): By mall (outside of Chicago): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chleago, lilInole J, LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J. LOD. jusiness Manager Entered as second-class mail September 1928, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879, SS ___ Aavortising rates on apttoation, Small Sees Prelates Bat Pardons No I. L. G. W. Prisoners Governor Small is in Chicago to greet the prelates of the Roman catholic church. Officials of the Chicago Federation of Labor saw Governor Small in Springfield the other day and asked him to pardon the L L, G W. U. workers who are in jail because they fought an in- juaction. These workers are still in jail. No public statement on the case has been issued either by the Chicago Federation of Labor or by the State Federation. i No attempt has been made by labor officials to arouse interest Editors re in the case of these trade unionists who are paying the penalty for/Wi]]_ Be their loyalty to the labor movement. Apparently the Chicago and State Federation of Labor offi believe that the pardon of these workers by Governor Small is the most important aspect of this case. ae It is not. sar ya THE DAILY WORKER The U. S. Steel Corp By BORISOFF. BDGRO workers are flocking Gary, Ind. Why? The glad news is being spread thruout the country that the United States Steel. Corpora- oration and t poration and after a heart to heart phardest kind of work, talk secured assurances, that prefer- ers, ‘When the Negro worker suffers in- to}ence would be given to Negro work-/} jury or death the corporation does everything possible to reduce the This policy is being put into effect. | amount of the compensation. In many dnstancesNegroes are ap- “Safety” Sples. tion is a benefactor to the Race, that | pointed as foremen over mixed gangs HE Steel Corporation employs so- it believes in equal industrial oppor- tunity for the Negro. What are the facts? were not always in the favor of the Steel Cerporation. Some time ago the corporation was showing a preference | bers of them were flocking to be hired |at the mills. if Iago the following happened. A fi committee composed of Negro of- visited the officers of the cor FARM BLOC IN . STEW AS VOTING HOUR APPROACHES “Received by cias| Governor and Mayor (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, June 18—Farm bloo leaders were in a quandary today The important thing is to make this case a burning issue in the] over whether to jeopardize the effec- whole labor movement of Chicago and the rest of the state, to or-}tiveness of the McNary-Haugen farm ganize a mass protest and demonstration against injunctions and the imprisonment of trade unionists for fighting injunctions. t To allow the politicians of the democrat and republican parties to frame the policy of the labor movement in this case is to acknow- ledge that the political leadership of the trade unions is not vested in the movement itself but is to be found in the,persons whom the employers and bankers have placed in office. relief bili by removing its alleged “un- constitutional” features, or to chance the entire bill’s fate with the supreme One clause in the bill would make the payment of an equalization fee compulsory to every produeer. This as been declared unconstitutional by hi The failure of the officialdom of the Chicago and the state labor | senator Borah, republican, of Idaho. movement to do anything else than appeal secretly for pardons for | But if the clause is taken out, leaders workers guilty of no crime except loyalty to their class and their |say, the bottom will drop out of the union is a confession that the labor unions are only appendages of | fee principle. the capitalist party political machines. What has become of the spirit once existent in the Ohicago labor movement—a spirt of revolt against the capitalist parties and Altho voting was scheduled to start today on the first of the multitudin- ous amendments that have been of- fered to the bill, Senator McNary, re- capitalist politicians, a spirit which led the Chicago labor leader- publican, of Oregon, sponsor of the ship to head a farmer-labor party? Are there no remnants of it left? The answer will be given by the manner in which Chicago labor | without troning out many differences officialdom continues to handle the case of the imprisoned members| °f opinion, it will be extremely dif- of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers. Labor History Repeats in Passaic A “bomb” explosion in Passaic shows that the textile capital- ists and their agents have little imagination. The strike has lasted five months without any violence except the exceedingly brutal acts of the police and the rulers of Passaic now ask us to believe that the strikers, whose patience and discipline has been the maryel of the newspaper reading public, have suddenly become believers in the doctrine of individual violence. The explosion shows also the desperation of the agents of the textile bosses, The ranks of the strikers are unbroken, the mills are idle, the strikers’ commissary is taking care of their wants, nation-wide relief campaigns have been organized and the strikers ‘are prepared, according to their official press service, to stay out all summer. ‘On the same day that the explosion took place a young striker was shot by a scab—the first act of unofficial violence. The two in- cidents indicate that the forces supporting the textile barons are very nervous. : We may expect to hear from time to time of additional acts of provocation designed to enrage the strikers. No American strike is complete without them and in Passaic the history of all great struggles of American labor is being repeated. If violence against the framing-up of rank and file strikers fail to break the morale of the workers then the big card will be played— the attempted frame-up of the strike leaders. We make this prediction in no pessimistic spirit; we have full confidence in ability of the Passaic strike leadership to take care of itself, but one needs but a little knowledge of the tactics of the American industrial lords to understand that the two recent inci- dents in Passaic are no accidents but part of a campaign against the striking workers. “WE ARE MORE DETERMINED TO FIGHT FOR THE CAUSE OF LABOR THAN EVER,” SAYS RELEASED PICKET “This tmprisonment,” declared Minnie Seidel to a representative of. The DAILY WORKER in an interview after her release from the Cook County Jail where she served five days for defying the injunction issued by “Injunc- tion Judge” Denis BH, Sullivan during the 1924 International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ strike, “makes me more determined than ever to fight for the cause @f Labor. “We have done our duty as workers and we hope to continue to do so in the future. If Judge Sullivan thought that by jailing us he would discourage our union activity, he made the mis- ~ take of his life.” Jail Is Economics’ School. IAllian Greenberg, who left the city this noon for Bryn Mawr summer col- legs where she intends to take up a course in economics, in an interview, said, “Well, this is one more subject to complete my course in economics. But this is one I took tin the Cook county jail. “I am more determined than ever to fight for better conditions,” she Giant German Plane to Make Berlin to New York in 36 Hrs. DUSSELDORF, Germany, June 18. A giant aeroplane, capable of flying from Berlin to New York in thirty-six hows, including a stop at the Azores for fuel, is now about to be construct- ed, Dr, Edmund Rumpler, Germany's foremost aeroplane manufacturer, an- VAAN MAS MOR) declared. The 10 days Judge Sullivan, the jndicial tool of the Chicago open- shoppers, forced her to serve have not in any way discouraged her, Spirit of Solidarity, Both told of the wonderful spirit of solidarity that has become mani- fest among the girls in the jail and pointed out that this spirit was such that even the criminal prisoners had become enthused and some of them had begun to see the labor movement in a different light from what they had previously viewed it. ye 5 nounced in a lecture here today, Dr. Cumpler said that the plans for the plane were the result of five years of study, The plane will be 94 meters across and 40 meters long. It will carry ten motors of a 1,000 horse power each, and will attain an average speed of 250 kilometers an hour, carrying 140 pas- songers, 6,000 kilograms of freight and 37,000 kilograms of fuel, Every Worker Correspondent must be a “slbscriber to the American Worker Correspondent. Are you one? bill, was proceeding slowly and cau- tiously. If the final vote is hastened, cult to muster a majority vote. Farm bdloc leaders, in a closed con- ference today, agreed to stand solid- ly behind the McNary-Haugen plan and to accept none of the substitute measures, Sees More Debts For Farmers. Senator Gooding, republican, of | {daho, characterized all of the sub- stitutes as “new means for the farm- er to get into debt.” He referred to the Lenroot and Fess amendments, both of which would offer straight loans to farmers, and to the Robinson bill, which would advance loans on an even broader scale, = Meanwhile, Senator Bruce, demo- crat, of Maryland, was attacking the bill on the floor as “Another economic fallacy from the Bryan-Brookhart west.” Actress’ Auto Kills Two Negro Children NEW YORK, ‘June 18.—While her chauffeur stood on the sidewalk, Alice Kennedy, an actress, started her road- ster on a wild drive thru 134th St., plowing thru a crowd of Negro pass- ersby and residents and crashing into a house. Two Negro children were killed and two others seriously injured. An angry crowd gathered around the ac- tress who was saved by the police and taken to the station. - (Continued from page 1) not to consider ways to make condi- tions more safe for the workers, but to speed them still more and increase production higher than ever, regard- less of life or limb. Negroes Highly Exploited. The Negro workers in the mills are uniformly given the worst and hard- est jobs. Rare, if ever, do they get placed at a decent job, no matter how long they may work at the same mill. When, by chance, any Negro does stand in line for a decent job, the steel trust transfers him around and puts a white worker in his place, This causes great jealousy and tends to lamentable race hatred, tho the com- pany itself is to blame, deliberately doing this to keep the workers of both aces divided and inflamed at each other, altho the company makes a great pretense of being a “friend of the Negro.” In the Merchant Mills of the U. 8S. Steel Corporation there is a general grafting suffered by the workers from foremen and men in the employment office. To hold their jobs or get one, certain sums of money or “presents” are extorted from the workers, par- ticularly the Mexican and Spanish workers, who see no way out of being victimized because there is no union in the mills. * Mike Barber, Grafter. Mike Barber, one of these grafting foremen, is especially bold and bully- ing toward gettting graft. Last Christ- mas Barber forced every man to give - a) composed of Mexicans and other for- eign-born workers. called safety inspectors, These “safety men” are supposed to look And why not? Why shouldn’t the | after the safety of the workers, But The DAILY WORKER was able to| Negro workers have the very same]}they are nothing but company spies. secure authentic information about | opportunities as are accorded other |In case of an accident they do their the labor policy of the U. S. Steel| workers? But does it mean that the | best to throw all the blame on the the Negro at heart? All Exploited. Corporation in Gary. Negro workers | Steel Corporation has the interests of | workers. These are the conditions un- der which the Negro workers work. When they dare to object to these No, a thousand times no. The Ne-| conditions they are fired and in order given the most difficu hausting, the most The Negro worker Mexican worker and afl others is com- pelled to take the 1 WORKER ARREST GARY FOR GIVI FACTS OF EXPLOSION (Speciat to The Dally Worker) GARY, Ind., June 18Milam Mal- asevich, 1969 Broadwg: , was arrest~ ed by a police officer 24th and Washington Sts, last night. He was putting in a mail box a leatet an- nouncing a protest maeting to be held tonight, the officer told the ludge in court this m@rning. The leaflet dealt with the terrific explo- sion in the steel corporation plant in Gary last Monday. Malasevich admitted that he was distributing these leaflets together with coples of The DAILY WORK- ER. The judge fined him $5 and costs. International Labor Defense is making an investigation concern- Ing the law under which the sen- tence was Imposed and will fight any arrests of a similar nature in the future. “when the ordinance, Number 10%, passed on February 28, 1911, was looked up by the city clerk, upon request of representatives of tne I, L. D., the words “Null and Void” were found written in red ink across the face of the whole affal ind the clerk stated that the ordinance was never signed by the mayor of the city, Thus the arrest and fine were entirely illegal. for Mexican workers and large num-|gro, along with all other workers, 1s | to get a job in another department are the most ex-/forced.to change their names. testable jobs. | final example of the interest which the Swell as the | Steel Corporation has in the Negro is The shown ‘by the recent explosion in the age for the | by-products plant. The Explosion, The Steel Corporation did every- thing to conceal the number of Negro and other workers killed in the explo- sion. It hinders every attempt on the part of the reporters of labor news- papers to inspect the plant in which the blast occurred. It did not permit them to view the bodies of the killed. It seems even when they are dead the Negro workers (most of them in the plant are Negroes) are the property of the company, Engenders Race Hatred. No, it is not the interests of the Negro worker that the Steel Corpora- tion has at heart. What is it, then? There is just one answer. The U. S. Steel Corporation strives to create jealousy and hatred among the workers. It plays the Negro work- ers off against the Mexican and work- ers of other nationalities, The Steel Corporation wants the Negro workers to believe that it is their friend and benefactor, that they need not organ- ize and fight for better conditions. In Time of Strike. HE Steel Corporation would lke to use the Negro workers as scabs in time of strike, One of the Negro workers, when informed of the labor policy of the corporation, said: “The United States Steel Corpora- tion is preparing a mive that it will be able to explode in time of strike or other labor struggles. This policy will result in race riots ang bloodshed,” Join Together. HERE is only one way that the ‘workers can prevent such conse- quences, and that is by all the work- ers in the mills, no matter what their race or color, joining hands, organiz- ing, and fighting their common enemy —the United States Steel Corporation, Workers (Communist) Party BOSTON MEMBERSHIP MEETING UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES WORK OF THE WORKERS PARTY PLENUM BOSTON, June 18. — At the close of C. E. Ruthenberg’s speech on the party situation which included an appeal for the mobilization of the whole party under the slogan of Unity and Mass Work, the Boston Workers (Com- munist) Party membership meeting applauded enthuslastically for several minutes, WORKERS PARTY FOURTH OF JULY MASS MEETINGS ‘Thru mass meetings, indoor and out, Picnics, debates, outings, and in a number of other attractive and in- structive ways, thousands of workers The membership meeting opened with a discussion of the district work | this year are going to show that July by Organizer Bert Miller showing the substantial progress made In breaking | Fourth means something to the Ameri- LA EXPLOSION DEL LUNES EN GARY, INDIANA Se Verificara Gran Mitin de Protesta . This Spanish item is printed for the bénefit of the thousands of Mexican workers, several of whom lost their lives in last Monday's disaster, in Gary, who have no press of their own. NOTE. Gary Open Shop Hell for Workers «ee , Como llegar-a saber la verdad acera de la explosion espantosa del lunes pasado, acontecida en la planta de “by-products” de Gary, Indiana? Pre- cisamente para indagar este asunto tan leno de interes palpitante para todo el proletariado de Gary, se ha . | ARDUOUS ARRIVAL organizado el “Gary Workers’ Investi- —_—_— gating Committee” (Comige investi- Worried About Scores of | #40" obrero de Gary), el cual invita a todos los trabajadores sin excep- Amendments ciones ni de nacionalidad ni de raza, para que concurran a un gran mitin John, Cardinal Bonzano, papal le-| publico que se verificara HOY, SA- gate to the Eucharistit-Congress and }BADO, a las ocho horas p. m. en el eight other visiting cafdinals rested | salon re TURNER HALLAi esquina 14 today in luxurious suites at the Drake |avenida y Washington, Gary, Indiana. Hotel after the arduous’ lqbor of put-| Entre los companeros que haran ting forth their episcopal rings-to be|}uso de la palabra se encuentra el kissed by the faithful yesterday on|conocido luchador obrero William Z. the occasion of their reception to the | roster, quien encabezo la gran huelza city. iz de 1919. Cardinal Mundelein (ef Chicago was] jyasta la fecha no se sabe cuantos visibly fatfZued at the rites of wel-|obreros encontraran la muerte en la come that took place in the Holy | explosion del lunes. Oficiosamente se Name cathedral, richly decorated for} habla de doce muertos ya, entre ellos the ANTE eS ee el mexicano Jesus Perez, pero los were held commemorating the safe acrtval ifthe casdiaae as Simian obreros que trabajan en los molinos sat upon and emblazoned gold throne. After their day of rest, the car- dinals will attend a municipal func tion at the Coliseum at which they will be officially welcomed by Gov- ernor Small and Mayor Dever. The serie ag Congress opens on Sunday. It is a ctualmente Ja compania misma estimated that a quarter of a million | "8° Una investigacion del pavoroso visitors have already arrived. reventon, dizque per medio de su Namado “Safety Board”, mientras que tambien el medico de! crimen, Robert Marshall—hombre de conflanza del “Trust” de acero—aparenta hacer una somera indagacion oficial. Pero no ha at least $1 to get a “present” for the |habido ninguna tentativa de investi- general foreman, E. L. Borch. Barber|sacion que no este bajo el control de knew nothing of his”own job when la compania, put in by a pull of Borch. He fired Poro eso vino la constitution del experienced men and put in his own| Comite Investigador Obrero de Gary, friends. * el cual tratara no tan solo la explosion The hours in the mills of Gaty are|del lunes pasado sino timbien todas 8o arranged that if the men work an/las demas cuestiones relacionadas con eight-hour day, themeanne no time whatever for lunch. \ Marvelous Strength Saves Worker’s Life NEW YORK, June 18,—(FP)— $100,000 Fire in Indiana, Marvelous strength was shown by EVANSVILLE, Ind., June 18.—Dam- Dominick Borg, a window cleaner,|age estimated today at $100,000 re- when he lost his footing on the 18th| sulted from fire at the Southern Gas floor of a Park avenue apartment|and Electric Company. The blaze, house while working. The worker | which started late yesterday and was grasped the 17th story ledge as he fel] | not brought under control until early past and hung on. Failing to attract j today, raged within a short distance of aid to himself, he dragged his body up |a tank containing 1,000,000 feet of gas, by the fingers until he was pulled thru CARDINALS REST de acero no creen que los victimas sean ‘menos que cincuenta! La compania tiene toda la oficia- tidad de Gary bajo su influencia y no proporciona ningunos datos que la los molinos de acero, asi como las gon- diciones de trabajo, etc, Concurrid al gran mitin de hoy! Turner Hall, esquina 14 avenida y Washington street. la incertidumbre de la vida obrera en’ +the isolation of the Workers (Com-|°an working class—but quite a differ- munist) Party thru the United Front|©®t thing from what it means to the tactic, Security Leaguers and the ‘pay-triots” Ihe mempersnip meeting atter a| Whose business it is to round up the discussion unanimously adopted tne | American workers and turn them into following resolution: “The members of District One greet with enthusiasm the work of the ple- num of the central committee to unify obedient slaves and good cannon fod- der and voting material for the bosses. “Fourth” of Great Importance. Fourth of $uly this year is of espe- the party and create a forward move-| cially great importance, for this year ment under the slogan: Mass Work, Unity and|the whole country is aroused by the celebration of the 150th anniversary “We endorse the resolution on the|of the ‘independence of the United tasks of the party in the light of the|States~ (Sesqui-Centennial Celebra- Gommunist International decision. | tion.) “We pledge our loyal support in| The bosses’ propagandists are tak- moblfizing the whole membership be-| ‘28 g00d advantage of this opportunity hind the central committee in the|' pees boy sabato the qed can revolution and American history aaa mae OR MEG ANE with the aim of branding the labor Over 200 members of the Workers movement, the trade unions, independ- (Communist) Party of Boston attend- ed this meeting. see The district offices of the Party are taking up energetically the work of arranging the largest membership meetings of the Party to hear the report of Comrade C. E. Ruthenberg on “The Tasks of the Party in the Light of the C. |. Decision.” Additional meetings will be held in the following cities: Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 20, La- bor Lyceum, 35 Miller street, 4 p. m. Cleveland, Monday, June 21, Gra- dina Hall, 6021 St. Clair avenue, 8. p- m. Detroit, Tuesday, June 22, Finnish Hall, 5969 14th street, 8 p. m. Chicago, Wednesday, June 23, Northwest Hall, North avenue and Western avenue, 8 p. m. Minneapolis, Friday, June 25. Every member of the Party in the cities named should attend these meetings, Members from nearby cities also invited. The Party is mobilizing to go for- ward under the slogan “Unity and Work.” Cleveland July 4th Picnic to Be Held At the Manono Park cunvedaNp, June 18—The Work- ers (Communist) Party, District 6, has arranged a mass outing and _pic- ent working class political action, and, in fact, every form of real militant action of the workers, as “un-Amert- can” and “foreign.” Meet the Security Leaguers. ‘To combat this sort of propaganda of the bosses and the government and to spread true working-class ideas about the American revolution and American history, workers all over the country are arranging all kinds of meetings and affairs for the July Fourth wéek end. Speakers of national reputation will be at these meetings. Wherever pos- sible, debates are being arranged be- tween Security Leaguers and other “pay-triots” on the one side and class- conscious workers on the other, on subjects connected with July Fourth.’ Every wide-awake worker who wants to know the truth about July Fourth and the Americann revolution should take note of the meeting in his vicin- ity and bring as mary of his fellow workers as possible to it. Some of the Meetings. New York, New Jersey, Connecti cut—There will be a mass encamp- ment, at a beautiful spot on Long Island, Jay Lovestone will speak on July 4 and J. Louis Engdahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER, on July 5. Binghamton and Endicott, N. Y., duly 2—Charles Krumbein, Utica, N. Y., July 3—Charles Krum- bein. Albany and Schenectady, N. Y,, July | 4—Charles Krumbein. Rochester, N. Y., July 5, afternoon— nic, to take place at Manono Park, | Charles Krumbein. Cleveland, on July 4, starting at 11 a.m. Admission, 35 cents, The principal speaker is to be Ben Buffalo, N. Y., July 5, evening— Char! Krumbein, Niagara Falls, N. Y. duly 4—Re- Gitlow, member of the central exec-|dolph Katz, utive committee of the Workers (Com- munist). Party. There will be several other speakers. In addition there will be a great field for sports. There is. Jamestown, N. Y. July 5—Herbert Benjamin. Syracuse, N. Y., July 5—S. Essman. Philadelphia, Pa., July 3—Jay Love- a fine dance hall and an excellent or- | stone. chestra. There will-be plenty of-en- tertainment for young folks and old folks. To get to Manono Park take a West 14th Brooklyn or West 25th St. car; set off at carbarn, take State Road car, and get off at the end of the line. Baltimore, July 2—J. Louis Engdahl. Pittsburgh, Pa., July 5—Robert Mi- nor, at Gajdas farm, Cheswick, Pa. McKeesport, Pa., July 4—Robert Mi- nor. Erie, Pa., July 4—Herbert Benjamin, “Grand Rapids, Mich., July 2—J. P, From there it is three minutes’ walk | Cannon. to the picnic grounds, Aged Mennonite Burns Self. PEORIA, IL, June 18.—Fred Ra menstein, 65, an inmate of the Men- nonite Old People’s Home, at Bureka, lL, near here poured a quantity of gasoline over his clothes late last night and then toughed a match to them. He died early this morning,|}may not have anything to He had been in ill health for some |night. Hand him this copy of the window. He found that his leg had been broken in the fall, Pacific Fleet in Prisco. SAN FRANCISCO, June 18,—The | Herrin tomorrow, according to orders Pacific fleet returned to San Francisco | issued by Adjutant General Black to- today, headed by the flagship U. 8, S.|day. Troops have been on guard in California with Admiral ©, F, Hughes | Herrin and Williamson county since in command. Sixty-eight vessels were | the recent election clashes between to make port during the day to remain | klan and anti forces. = here until Monday, when they will de- part for the north, The entire 20,000 personnel ts ex-| American Worker Correspondent... pected to have short leave while here. | price is only 60 cents.a year. ’ Troops’Still in Herrin, tte, 1 SPRINGFIBLD, Ill, June 18—Com- pany L of Hillsboro, under command of Captain J. A. Dort, will. relievo Howitzer company of Jacksonville at Get your friends to subscribe to ry i We suggest the organization mittee by the labor and fraternal A Warning to the Workers Who Suffered inthe Gary Steel Mill Explosion O not sign any agreements with the Stee! Corporation dealing with compensation for injuries you received, : Do not give up your insurance policies or premium books, Secure first the best. of legal advice, Muskegon, “Mich. July 3—J, P. Can- non. Detroit, Mich., July 4—J. P. Cannon, Chicago, IIl., July 4—C. E, Ruthen- rg. St. Louis, Mo., July 5—C, E, Ruthen- berg. / That worker next door to you d 10 to- the DAILY WORKER. es *\ of a Legal Aid and Relief Com- organizations, he Negro Worker ,