The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 24, 1926, Page 1

. juries and the families of those who | The DAILY. WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’: Government Vol. Ill. No. £ SHAFER PO Box GARY Mav’! AND CORONER HELP ILL. STEEL Aid Company White- wash By-Products Blast (Special to The Daily Worker) | GARY, Ind., June 22—In an appeal | to the workers and citizens of Gary, the Gary Workers’ Investigation Com- | mittee points out that the mayor of the city and the coroner were in col- | laboration with the Illinois steel com- | pany, a subsidiary of the United States | | | GEN Steel corporation, to hide the real facts about the explosion in the by- products plant of the company. } The Gary Workers’ Investigation | Committee is seeking to gain the affi- | liafion of labor unions and #aternal so¢ieties ‘to it in an attempt to create a pefmanent body for the relief and aid of victimized Gary workers. At- tempts are being made to force a con- gressional investigation into the ex- plosion and “to find: out the actual cause of the blast and the actual number of those killed and injured. The appeal that is beng sent to unions, fraternal organizations and is being distributed, follows: | Gary Workers’ Appeal | | EERE aE EAN arise SEU ns Alo “To the Workers and Citizens of Gary, Indiana: — “On Monday, June 14, an explosion occurred in the by-products plant. of ‘the Illinois Steel company causing numerous deaths and injuries to work- ers in the plant. The steel corporation at the very beginning used every means -within its power to prevent a thorough and public investigation into the causes of the explosion. “It surrounded the plant and hospi- tals with police barring all represen- tatives of the press save the local pa- pers which catered to the corporation. Coroner Leaves Town. “At the time or shortly after, the coroner left the city, leaving in his lace Robert Marshall, 2 DaRanes, en undertaking establishment of liam Marshall artd-Good;-which-unter- taking establishment takes care of most of the victims that die as a) result of accidents in the mill. “The senior pardner Lloyd Williams is the mayor of Gary, As far as we could ascertain neither the mayor, nor the active coroner took proper action to assure a thorough and independent investigation. “Immediately after the explosion alarming rumors began to spread that a much larger number were killed and injured than’ was first reported and that an attempt was. being made to suppress the facts concerning the ex- plosion and there was no attempt made on the part of the authorities to allay these rumors thru an assuring of a proper investigation. Call Mass Meeting. “Under the conditions there.was a meeting for the workers and citizens of Gary interested in establishing the trath about the matter to step in and on behalf of the community to un- cover the true facts regarding the case. “Therefore the Gary Workers’ In- vestigation Committee was organized. The Gary Workers Investigation Com: mittee sponsored first a congressiogal | investigation into the causes of the explosion; secondly, the establishment of a permanent organization consist- ing of representatives of all organiza- | tions that would like to participate | for the purpose-of giving legal aid and | relief to all workers who suffer in-| are killed in the mills. Demand.Gongressional Investigation “On Saturday, June 20, a mass meet- | ing -was called under the auspices of this committee in which about a thous- and workers participated and adopted a resolution demanding a congression- nal--investigation of the explosion. The local newspapers concealed the news of this meeting and the resolu- tion of the workers and citizens of Gary, thereby showing its partiality on the side of the steel corporation, vant Seek Affillation, “The Gary Workers Investigation Committee appeals to all who may have information to impart regarding the explosion to report to James M. Garnett, chairman of the committee at 1951 Washington St. All organizations who endorse the aim of the commit- tee and desire to become a part of it report to the same address,” teh Note.—Additional revelations of conditions at Gary, Indiana, on page three. Senate Committee vers Project pisces WASHINGTON, June '22,.—The sen- ate commerce committee voted 10 to 4, to leave the Hlinois river project in the $75,000,000 rivers and: harbors BIDE IR a,» Yy | Secretary of the Red International of = i G } ~. Say ji Outsiie Chicago, “stian Rates: So 5 a ZHOTSKY, GARY vcAST VIGTIM, NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE GARY, Ind., June 22, — John Le- hotsky, 45, 1908 West Nineteenth Ave,, one of the victims of the ex- plosion in the by-products plant of the Illinois Steel company, a sub- sidiary of the United States Steel corporation, is not expected to live. Lehotsky was working on the sec- ond floor when the explosion occur- red. He was hurled from the second floor into the basement among the Qas pipes. His clothes caught fire and he was badly burned. Lehotsky has a wife and six chil- dren, One of the relatives are at- tempting to care for them, They are in great need and aid will be appre- ciated, ; JOHNSON IS. LEADING IN F-L.P. BALLOT Early Returns Indicate Davis Defeat (Special to The Daily Worker) ST. PAUL, June 22, — Attempting a comeback following his defeat in 1924 for re-election to the United States senate, ex-senator Johnson apparently has won the farmer-labor nomination for governor over Tom Davis, Minneapolis attor- ney. The wets won a sweeping victory in the fourth district, where Melvin J. Maas, “wet”, ran two to one over Fred Snyder, a “dry,” in the contest for the republican nomination for congress- man. ¢ The virtually complete vote was: Maas, 15,746; Snyder, 8,586; Represen- | tative Oscar BH. Keller, veteran mem- ber of congress, 5,240. Early returns indicated a less deci- | sive yet complete victory for W. A.} ~also a “wet” in the eighth PP cp a et dam. Bede, famous orator and Minnesota poet, Representative W. L. Carss, farmer-laborite, incumbent in the eighth, also was refiominated. Maas Beat Snyder, he republican congressional con- test in the fourth district, embracing the city of St. Paw), marked the most bitter fight between wets and drys in Minnesota political history. Maas, a young bond salesman, urging modifica- tion of the prohibition law, has been out of college but a few years. Sn: der, his strongest opponent, was e' dorsed by and received the active sup- | port of the Minnesota anti-saloon league. | Gov. Theodore Christianson {s lead: | ing Mayor George E. Leach of Min- neapolis, by 45,000 ia.the race for the republican nomination for governor. Extradite Abductor, SPRINGFIELD, Il, June 22.—Gov- ernor Small today honored a requisi- tion from the governor of Kentucky for the return to that state of Richard Stovall, 35, married, charged with ab- ducting a 15-year-old girl. Stovall is under arrest at Athens. Stovall is alleged to have ran away with the girl while picking berries in Kea- tucky. . The British Coal Miners Are Holding Out! |that much of this wa@ spent for’ By A. LOZOVSKY. Labor Unions, OR more than seven weeks a mil- lion British miners have been en- gaged in a fight. During the first ten days millions of other workers fought along with them, and the miners re- ceived the support of the whole of the organized, prolptariat of Great Britain, After the general council be- trayed them, the miners remained alone in the struggle against the mine owners and the infuriated bourgeoisie. The general council, as is known, has capitulated, without even consult- ing the mines, The panic, however, which set in among the trade unions immediately after the capitulation has not extended to the miners. The min- ers are remaining unshaken at their posts and are continuing the strug- gle, in a less favorable situation but with such elan, with such determina- tion and with such a belief in victory that the joy of the English bour- geoisie over the victory over the gen eral council hag been followed by a bitter after-taste, The miners are holding tenaciously to their stand- point: not a penny less, not-a minute more. general council in its shameful capitulation, not only clung to the coat tails of Baldwin but also to the In Chicago, by mail, ia af per year. \ Magnus | Entered at Second-class métter September 21, 1928, the fost Office at Cutcago, Lllinols, under the Act of March 3, 187). by mail, $6.00 per year. OVER THE LAND \Resolations Pour in | from All Sections Resolutions protesting against the unfair trial and proposed execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti | continued to pour into the office of Alvan T. Fuller, governor of Massa- chusetts, at Boston, according to re- | Ports received at the national office of | International Labor Defense, ; A mass meeting held in’ Portland, Oregon, addressed by John C.-Ken- nedy, of the Seattle Labor College, | and James P. Thompson of the I. W. | W., unanimously passed a resolution | | demanding a new trial for the two | Italian workers. The Portland local of the Building Service Employees In- ternational Union also passed a res- olution calling for a new trial for Sacco and Vanzetti. THURSDAY, TIDE OF SACCO (BRITISH LABOR PROTEST RISING | FACING ISSUES | to resist thes | affiliated to t {eouncil of which betrayed | THREATENED BY | the miners Miners Act. ‘At Avella, Penn., a mining town, a resolution was adopted by the Polar Star Mutual Benefit Society, declaring that it is their belief that Sacco and Vanzetti did not receive a fair trial jand demanding that a new trial be |sranted for them. The resolution is | signed by the officers of the lodge, Ernest Bonassi, John Ovetta and An- tonio Donnin. Workers in far-off Italy continue to protest against the frame-up of their two comrades in Massachusetts. Newspapers just received here from Italy indicate a persistent agitation being carried on by all sections of the labor movement in behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti. } Italian Press Active. “L’Avanti!”, organ of the maximal- ists, publishes a letter from Gigi Da- }miani, the director of “Fede” in which an eloquent plea for solidarity is con- | tained. | “L’Unita” is the Communist daily of Milan, reprints the letter and appends | an appeal to all workers, irrespective of political affiliations or opinions, to rally to the whd are menaced wi | ta" calls urgently for united protest }in the chamber of deputies, in. meet- ings, in the labor unions and other \labor institutions thruout Europe to be supported by all workers, \Canada May Quit League Because of the Heavy Expense OTTAWA, Ont., June 22. — Pos- | sibility of Canada’s withdrawal from the league’ of nations was being wide- ly discussed in parliamentary circles here today as the result of a heated {debate in the Canadian senate yester- ; aay. | The example of the United States together with the heavy cost involved jin maintaining the membership were Said to be the chief factors which are |influencing Canadian politicians to work for withdrawal. Senator Sir George Foster, in the course of yesterday's session, request- ed that the league question be thrown open for debate. Senator Casgrain re- marked that if the senate snatched a cause of the two-workers |Such _ | : cn ie . “L’Uni- | amon, OF IMPORTANCE Week’s Meetings Must Bring Decisions (Speci | to The Daily Worker) LONDON, |June 22.—Three coming jevents of this week are of vital im- | portance to the British miners, looked, | Out by the Owners to enforce longer j hours and f r wages, and striking attacks. Kecutives of the unions | Trade Union Congress, | First, the general) strike, will Meet on Friday. This meet- ing will re} the management of the general s' and its calling off by |the gen juncil, and a serious clash is ly. certain, with A. J. Cook of miners leading in the criticism of the council for its treach- ery. ps International Support Demanded. Second, the executive committee of the Miners’ International meets today in London, and proposals will be con- sidered for better assistance by the mine workers of the world to their battling brothers of England. It is intimated that firmer measures to stop shipments of coal to Britain, and if necessary, general strike of the world’s mj workers will be dis- cussed and sibly ordered, Third, ouse of commons is due to take t the Bak mines, a iced by Baldwin as an ef- fort to break the strike and force the miners tO Work longer hours and at reduced ules. Possibilities, on the miners’ hours nted by the Baldwin May Possibly produce a movement for‘a resumption of the “strike at the meeting trade union ‘ executives. _ quite common Another:outcome of the crisis is the possibility ‘that the miners’ federation may call out the maintenance men that hitherto have kept the mines in tepair andigood order for resumption of work. Cook has warned the owners ty and maintenance men for actual jmining of coal and if putting this coal on the market continues, the withdrawal of maintenance men will be considered, JUNE 24, 1926 the legislation proposed by | win cabinet to suspend laws | limiting the hours of labor in the coal | that attempts being made to use safe-| ee” MORGAN MEANS By LELAND OLD: thru the cutthroat competition betwee! According to Automotive Industries, nomical production, The journal says: “Meanwhile the industry is showing the greatest interest in the next pany has lost ground this year | other Jarge factors in the business and | | everyone expects him shortly to take: | some drastic action. The Dearborn) MARX CABINET PROPERTY VOTE 15,000,000 Votes Are People’s Mandate (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, June 22.—The government | of Chancellor Marx is stearing an un-) steady course trying to put thru a) compromise bill on the question of | expropriating the Hohenzollern prop- erty in Germany. The fifteen million votes cast from) the important centers of the country | demanding outright expropriation of} the $600,000,000 estates of the princes | stands as a challenge to the govern-| ment in spite of the fact the refer- endum was defeated by a technicality. Marx Threatens, | Altho Marx has issued a threat to! the parliamentary fractions that he| will dissolve parliament if his com- promise bill is not voted, the mag- nitude of the vote on Sunday takes! the thunder away from him. | The democrats, who wavered be-! tween the monarchist and right par-| ties on the one hand and the com- \ bined forces of the Communist Party | have been whipped into line by the| chancellor’s threat. But the vote re-j quires a two-thirds majority and this | it will be difficult to get in the face | of the overwhelming mandate of the} Jelectorate. A parliamentary crisis is | almost certain. | Much Intimidation, | | The abstention of the middle classes | |from the polls..was aided to a large | |degree ‘hy the intimidation methods | \of the land owners in the country dis- |tricts, who at times stood themselves | and the-socialist party on-the other, | |before the polls and challenged the | land workers to vote. Communist Activity. Air-Ports a Necessity, DELMONTE, .Calif., June 22.—Air- ports near the business centers of all | WORKER. Published Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, this W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, UL COMPETITION BETWEEN FORD AND GREATER SPEED- UP IN THE AUTOMOBILE FACTORIES S, Federated Press. Automobile workers are to be the victims of still greater speeding up n leading corporations in the industry. a journal of the trade, the fact that other companies are overtaking Henry Ford is expected to hasten more eco- and Highland Park factories in the last two months have undergone move of Henry Ford. The Ford com-| sweeping reorganization of personnel | to| apparently with the object of promot- | ing efficiency and lowering costs.” How Morgan’s General Motors corp- (Continued on page 5) Two Members of the Pepper Crowd American cities will be a necessity jof the notifar distant future, accord- | ing to Lee Thompson Smith of New York, president of the National Asso- ciation of Building Owners and Man- agers, in annual convention here to- day. Rob Yellow Garage. NEW YORK, June 22.—Four well- dressed youths with drawn revolvers calmly robbed the garage early today and forced the free evening it might have a “pleasant time talking about the league of na-|up their hands while they looted the | in the affirmative and little more than tions ere it dies a natural death.” night manager and cashier to throw safe. They got $3,500. . The Communists were the moving | influence in getting out the voters. | They sent fleets of trucks thru the|a Mellon tool who did his best to cities -crdwded with wounded veterans | spend enough funds among his consti- and displaying placards that said,| tuents to assure Pepper’s nomination. Mayor Chas. Kline of Pittsburgh is | NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents PINCHOT USED WOTUAS ~ AN AUXILIARY 'Woman’s Union Head | Is onthe Grill (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, June 22.—Gow |ernor Gifford Pinchot used the Penn | sylvania Women’s Christian Tempers lance Unioh as an auxiliary campaign | committee in the $3,000,000 senator. ial primary, it was revealed to the senate slush fund committee today | by Mrs. Ella George, of Beaver Falls, | Pa, the state president of the organ+ | ization. | The union sent out speakers urging | Pinchot’s nomination, and three ¢tmes broadcast circular letters in his be- half while throwing all its inflwenmce {to his support. Pinchot paid the | bills, Mrs. George said. | Special Organization, Pinchot, Mrs. George said, spécial im- vestigators were employed to get eri- dence of dry law violations, “There was a force created te go out and get information and that force was appointed by the govern- or?” asked Reed. “Yes, but I do not know whether these investigators were given estate commissions.” $130,000, Reed pointed out that the Women’s | Christian Temperance Unton had rais- ed $130,000 and spnet only $91,611 on the law enforcement program. “That leaves $40,000 unaccounted for,” said Reed. “What became of that money?” “The rest of the money is in the | hands of Mrs. Leah Cobb Marion, the | custodian of the fund.” “Do you understand } $40,000 now on hand?” “Yes.” Said Mrs. George, Pinchot Paid. The union sent Pinchot a bill for $712.84 for the letters sent out in his behalf, said Mrs. George, and the gov- ernor paid it, The ‘organization also supported |John S. Fisher for governor, she jadded. + “We have 47,112 women members and thousands of men are honorary members,’ said Mrs. George.: “Do you oppose candidates for of- fice whom you feel are Spposed or in- imical to prohibition?” Senator Reed, democrat, of Missouri, asked. “Yes.” Employ Speakers. “Do you employ speakers against such candidates?” “Yes.” “Do you pay these speakers?” “Yes.” “Do you send out literature oppos- ing or supporting candidates?” “Yes.” “Did you do that in the last cam- paign in Pennsylvania?” there ~ is | The monarchists are showing only) {a mock joy over the result of the/| Yellow Taxicab | Voting. Altho the referendum did not! Thomas Barker, of Shelbyville, I1., to-| |win there is little comfort in the! | knowledge that fifteen million voted half a million against expropriation. “This is*what we got.” Thousands of| John Flynn, below, helped to raise the | “Yes.” streets meetings were held in the, million and a half spent in the vain “Not a Cent.” residential sections by the Commun-| effert to put Mellon’s man over. “Whom did you support?” ists in an effort to get out the voters, | Peps Ea neccsae, Bee “Governor Pinchot and Mr. Fisher.” Mail Theft. “How much did you spend in the last campaign?” “Not one cent because Governor Pinchot paid the speaker himself.” Other Witnesses, Other witnesses, members of the |W. T. C. U. who have been called SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 22. — day was ordered by federal Judge | Louis Fitzhenry taken to Danville, Ill, to face a charge of stealing a mail pouch at Shelbyville, Samuel did not contain anything in| they will fight, they fight to the end. particular; according to its proposals everything would be left to the deci- sion of the “neutral” chairman of the wages board; nevertheless it was hail- ed with great triumph by those people who were only seeking a pretext in order to abandon the struggle. When, after the capitulation of the general council, the Miners’ Federa- tion asked the government, how the proposal of Sir Herbert Samuel was to be interpreted, they received from the prime minister the reply that the Samuel memorandum did not bear any official character, and that if the miners had accepted it under the im- pression tht the government would do the same, an éxtremely difficult sit- uation for all interested parties would arise. LL the complicated proposals, both of the government and also of the mine owners, regarding the question of settling the conflict in the mining industry, rotate round one axis, reduction of wages and length- ening of the working day. The min- ers will neither agree to the one nor the other, and are determined to hold out even if they do remain on strike for months. This is no idle boasting on the part of the English miners, ‘They have already proved their fight- ing capacity and endurance and not the working class but the bour. also know that the miners are the habit of making play with but when they say that | words The miners who in the year 1921 fought for!thirteen weeks are now faced with the prospect of an even longer strike. Why? Because wages have reached their lowest possible level; a further reduction of wages would placesthem on the level of Paupers. ‘Things cannot go any further. This is how the position is regarded byo the leaders and the simple fighting miners. That the fight will be’a,long drawn out and bitter one is already to be seen from the | very fact that the miners have held out after the: capitulation of the gen- éral council. HAT are the general council now doing in view of the continued struggle of the miners? What is their standpoint? They are now engaged in complaining against Baldwin, they are “exposing” the insincerity and dis- loyalty of the English cabinet. Their main occupation cons! however, in the attempt to wash themselves clean in the eyes of the working masses. They do not believe in supporting the striking miners nor in rallying the hundreds of thousands of workers who have been thrown onto the street. They are all worrying their hei over the simgle question; how they can represent the capitulation and the grovelling as an honorable “com- promise,” how they disguise t naked, unadorned truth with RH ! y \ The general council now intends to convene a conference of the union executives in order to explain the motives leading to the capitulation. | But why did they not convene this conference before the capitulation? | Obviously they had no time, théy had | to hasten to Baldwin and, as a token | of respect and of loyalty, present him | with the calling off of the general strike, There exists no reason for wishing to hide the sad truth by empty words. One must have the courage to say to the workers that the capitulation of. the general council, the abandon- | ment of the fight without a serious and tenacious struggle rendered pos- sible a magnificent victory for the bourgeoisie. It will not help the workers in any way when the mem- bers of the general council declare the defeat to be a victory, 'N addition to this attempts are be- ing made to justify the general council and their tactics. “Left” lead- ers have already been found who ap- pealed to the workers not to criticize those responsible for the defeat. Lansbury wrote an. article in the | Sunday Worker in which, no doubt from honest motives,,he appealed to the workers to forget all and to for- give all, oar vf Forget what? That the strike was) called off by the generalcouncil? Can the millions of a. this | jto testify are credited with saying jthat a $250,000 fund for “law en- |foreement” raised by that bedy has forget it now, the same story will be) repeated on the next occasion, Pardon? Whom? Thomas, Mac- Donald, Henderson and those “left” members of the general council who went with Thomas? If they are for- given what guarantee will there be that they will not once again repeat this shameful comedy? We do not believe that the slogan of a general} pardon will find much sympathy among the British workers. We do not believe that the slogan “forget and forgive” can solve the questions which are now agitating the working masses of England. Woe to the English work- ers if they forget what happened dur- ing the general strike and forgive those people who led their army of millions to defeat, E will see how the British work-| ers will reply to Lansbury’s ser- mon, Let him deliver his sermon to the miners, hé will then learn how the workers appreciate his christian exhortation. The miners did not be-| lieve for a moment in the promises of Baldwin, They knew the value of all the machinations of Sir Herbert Samuel. The, miners. are holding out after the capitulation. They are manfully and tdisplayed. But of course the butchers, determinedly carrying on the fight} and, with the help of the interna-| tional proletariat and of the advanced section of the, British working .class, not been accounted for, it is hinted Pinchot. So far the committee has j Unearthed about $200,000 spend by | Pinchot’s committee, | Butchers of New York Asked to Join Union and Help Improvement By ARNOLD V. SHAW (Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK CITY, June 22, — The Butcher Workers of Local 19 of the | Manhattan and Bronx are striving to organize the workers of its territory. The present conditions average about $38 per week for 65 hours of labor—_ a very bad situation, indeed. ty This is known to all butcher work- ers as the result of lack of organiga- tion for the last several years, The bosses take advantage of slack periods to beat down the wages and lengthen the hours ahd are not satis-. fied even with the present standards, They want still lower wages and still louger hours. 3 Therefore every militant in the im- dustry or even out of it may do some- thing to help, the housewives of our class can help by demanding union. cards in shops where there are none, themselves must wage their own fight, and to.do this must organize, union meets each second and f will carry it.on.to @ victorious con- clusion, el ‘Thursdayat 8 p. m,, at Room 7, Kast 84th street, All butcher are invited, Under an organization created -byy *