The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 2, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 146. Subscription Rates: DEATH OF FESS BILL IS DEFEAT FOR COOLIDGE Beat Official Measure 54 to 26 (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, June 30. — The last hope for farm retief legislation was blasted when the senate rejected the Fess bill, sponsored by the official Coolidge family.- The farm-bloc, de- feated a few days ago in the crash of its McNary-Haugen measure made | a last stand against the Fess-Coolidge bill and managed to garner 54 votes against the President's 26. The senate later passed the ineffec- tual co-operative marketing measure that has been condemned up and down the country by farmers as being no Solution, However, it was considered unimportant enough to be worth no opposition and went over hands down G. O. P, Lines Broken. Where six months ago all save a handful of the republican majority were as regular as clockwork in their support of the White House, today there is a split of such magnitude that Mr. Coolidge yesterday could mand. in the senate but 23 republican yotes on a controversial matter on which he had asked for solid sup- port. The senate’s crushing defeat of the Fess farm relief bill, endorsed by the president and his cabinet, was ing blow at republican solidar- ity this session, Chasm Yawns. The spectacle of a republican con- gress, on the eve of a election that is all important to the party, repudiat- ing the leadership of a republican president is recent political history, and it em- phasized as nothing else could today the width of the chasm that yawns between the Coolidge and anti-Coo- lidge wings of the party. fo still further emphasize the re- | = MILLION: ALIENS ‘exc bf. belliousness of the senate republicans against the White House, the Fess bill was the first controversial legislation that President Coolidge has endorsed and made an issye of this session. Ordinarily, with two dozen republican senators facing re-election, the White House would have only to lightly wield the party whip to obtain regularity, but yesterday the whip was cracked thenacingly—and ignored. Some Regulars. Not only the insurgents from the corn belt joined the democrats in over- riding the White House, but repub- lican “stalwarts” as well. Included among the 21 republicans who voted to ditch the Fess bill were such or- dinarily regular administration sup- porters as Reed and Pepper of Penn- sylvania, Watson and Robinson of In- diana, Bingham of Connecticut, Fer- nald of Maine, Pine of Oklahoma, and the absenteeg numbered such regulars as Smoot of Utah, Phipps of Colorado, atid Greene of Vermont. Whip Doesn't Work. The vote on the Fess bill demon- strated conclusively that most of the republicans up for re-election plan to stand on their own records and make their own fight, independently of White House support or opposition. Almost every republican senator who voted against the Fess bill did so with entire disregard to the flood of tele- grams that were dispatched into the capitol during the last 48 hours from state chairmen and national commit- teemen appealing to them to “stand hy the president.” The defeats suffer- ed in the primaries already by sen- ators who bore the endorsement of the White House has not encouraged those yet to face the voters to yearn fora label of regularity. ‘ARREST NEGRO WOMAN FOR VIOLATING THE JIM GROW LAW IN MEMPHIS (Special to The Bally Worker) MEMPHIS, Tenn. Juge 30—Mrs. Blanche Cothran, 21, Negro, was arrested when she refused to move her child whom she had seated be- tide two white children in a crowd- ed street car, She was arrested on a charge of violating the infamous “Jim Crow” law, com- | the | ost without parallel in | | |Council-Refuses All De- | worker in tho open hearth department jof the Gary steel mills had his head Outside — The Rolling Franc Entered at Second-class matter September 21," 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Minois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. hicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. Briand and the French capitalist class can't stop it. CITY EMPLOYES’ ‘STRIKE TIES UP ~ CONSTRUCTION mands of Workers | The city council of Chicago, whose finance committee Tuesday refused to recommend the 30 per cent wage in- erease asked by the technical ‘en- gineers’ union, thereby started a strike at midnight of city employes. The number of technical engineers called out amounts to some 600, but other employes, also dettied needed wage raises, are bringing the figure up to nearly a thousand. Over 150 garbage handlers at the city inciner-j Laborers Join Strike. The city officials who were com- fortably expecting that work would go right ahead onthe jobs under con- plans ‘was held-up, found that actual struction even if- the making of new work was stopped on the Wacker drive project ‘by: a sympathetic strike of caisson men who left work at mid- night at the order of John O'Malley, business agent’of the laborers’ union. James Gilboy ‘of the engineers’ union announces that not only are the 600 members of the union out, but that the meeting of the union at 169 North La Salle, which voted the strike, also accepted 264 néw members who had applied for union cards. Officials Hope For Scabs. The city officials count upon the supposed lack of solidarity and unity | among “white collar” workers to! break the strike and bring the en-| gineers dribbling back to accept the old conditions. If the men stick to- gether not only the Wacker drive, but the two mile water tunnel, the West- ern avenue pumping station, all plans for bridges, widening and paving streets, sewer construction, building permits, sanitation and all city, work will be paralyzed. John Fitzpatrick of the. Chicago Federation of Labor and Margaret Haley of the Teachers’ Federation led the fight for wage Taises for all city employes, including the “firemen, po- lice and clerks. What these later groups will do in the face of denial of salary raises is yet to be soen. How Steel Trust Cares for Injured By A Worker Correspongent GARY, Ind., June 30.~-A Greek and hand badly injured. pany put him in a hospital. The worker deteloped rheumatism. This was due to the nature of the work that he had and also to a con- The com- siderable loss of blood. The hospital put him in an ambulance and sent him |home, declaring they would accept him back in the hospital only after he had cured his rheumatisra, U.S. Declares Old Russian Bonds Worthless WASHINGTON, June 30.—Bonds of the old imperial * Russian government are worthless, and can be charged off as bad debts in computing income tax, the board of tax appeals ruled today. ~ NEW YORK GHEER FILIPINO WHO SAYS, “WE ARE AT WAR AGAINST IMPERIALISM” (Special to The Daily Worker) MANILA, P. |, June 30—Filipinos applauded speeches of their leaders here today denouncing Governor General Wood and the Coolidge ad- ministration for their support of the Bacon bill now before congress. “We are at war against a surg- ing tide of imperialism,” declared Manuel Roxas. “We compose a great army of freedom called upon to meet our foes face to face in this great death grapple.” Senator Tirona charged that Gov. ernor Wood and his “imperialistic Partners” are behind the present disorders in Moroland. REFUSED ENTRY Quotas of Large Coun- tries Are Exhausted (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, June 30.—With the closing of the government's fiscal year today, immigration quotas were ex- hausted and more than 500,000 for eigners were vainly seeking admission to the United States. Under the present quota law many must wait three years or more before making legal entry. Quotas Exhausted. Of the larger countries it was indi- cated that the Irish Free State alone would fail to exhaust its quota. The number allowed Germany, Great Brit- ain, Norway, Poland, France and other large countries had been reached some time ago. The restrictive immigration law permitted 164,657 immigrants to enter the country during the year ending today. The unfilled demand for visas is indicated in ‘reports of consuls to be well over 500,000. Many Disappointed, During the next fiscal year more than 71 per cent of the Huropean im- migrants will be examined abroad by American consuls, state department officials declare. In the pasi many aliens have sold their slender possessions and sailed for the United States, only to be told at Ellis Island that they must go back, NEGRO CAN BUY HOME IN RESTRICTED SECTION BUT GANNOT LIVE IN IT (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., June 30.—Judge L. W. Carr in the Wayne circuit court granted an injunction to Will- jam Starkes and his wife, Negroes to own a home in the Lakewood Boulevard subdivision but prohibit- ed them from living in their home. The judge declared that the re- strictions of the subdivision which State “property shall not be sold nor leased to persons whose ownership would be injurious to the locality,” barred the Starkes from tiving in their home, but not from owning it. ON THE | SAYS CAL'S AID y| Attorney General in at FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1926 HELPED BREAD TRUST ESCAPE Dismissal of Charges (Speciat to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, June 30.—Charges that Attorney Genefai Sargent helped arrange for the dismissal of the bread trust cas@ pagainst the Continental Baking Connpration at a secret con- ference thdt day before the federa! court at Bargmore dismissed the case, LONG WORKDAY PASSES SECOND READING; FIRE AT BALDWIN ON STOCK (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, June 30. — The house of commons favors increasing the working day of coal miners from seven to eight hours. A bill to this effect passed sécond reading last night. During an acrimonious debate, Premier Baldwin was accused of owning 200,000 shares of stock in an iron concern and being personally interested on the side of the coal mine owners in their controversy with their men. The premier admitted having a large block of shares in Baldwin's Limited. He said that during the war he could have realized a fortune Published Datly except Sunday by THE PUBLISHING CO., } 1 NEW YORK EDITION ER. DAILY WORKER Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il. Price 3 Cents L178 W. British Miners issue Appeal to All Union Labor (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, June 30.—The British miners have placed their case before labor in a letter to all trade unions. They state their position and that of the owners and the government. They point out that both owners and government demand reduction of wages and lengthening of hours. The miners them- selves will not accept these lowered standards, and demand re- organization of the industry, maintenance of the national agree- ment and maintenance of the same wages and hours as before the lockout. The reorganization they demand has been accepted in its main outlines by four government inquiry commissions on them, but that for five years he were mad«@§today in the senate by 3 . Senator LigFollette, republican, of |. had received no earnings from them. Wisconsiatt If the longer work day is forced He decle: the dissenting opin- ions handedadown in the case by fed- on the miners, Baldwin, therefore, will be able to profit by it. eral trade ¢dmmissioners Nugent and STE Thompson i@vealed not only this, but showed that “gross fraud” had» been per fed upon the court be cause of * alse statements” in the consent di 8. GIVEISSUESIN | OUT BY U.M.W. RAILE'AY UNIONS er Claim Mow Pt AND THE REMEDY Urge (Special to The Daily Worker) FAIRMONT, W. Va., June 30.—The } United Mine Workers of America, thru | Van A. Bittner, international represen- tative, has issued its third call for a general strike of miners in northern West Virginia “not under contract” to begin on July 4. Virtually all mines in the field are operating under the open shop and | paying the 1917 scale or/even less, the 1917 scale being much lower than | the union agreement signed in Balti- | more and New York in 1924. The courts recently refused to grant ) an injunction asked for by the union to prevent the operators from violat- ing the agreement by paying lower scaleg than the agreement. The courts held that the contract was not en- torcable and ‘the operators could pay what they pleased, algamation of il Unions The employes of the Pennsylvania railroad and the Chicago Burlington and Quincy who are not entranced at the way their union affairs are being handled “Nave issued a circular | against what is called the “trade un- |ion capitaligm,” which they declare is | undermining, the brotherhoods. The cirenlar analyzes exhaustively in each brotherhood, but} ‘ing thing in the general Facts, bos 1,137,000,000 $638; The other two strike calls were is- Workers 1,800,000] sued on April 1 and October 26, 1925. Workers $00,000 | Van A. Bittner claims that “the great Average $130| majority of the men working in the | Engineer’: jwage (mo.).. $259| non-union mines where the operators Trackma: ¢wage (mo.).... $72] abrogated the agreement are now Railroad @ jions .. 20] members of the union.” f the railroad workers ‘like this grave conditior stry is recommended as: mation of the railroad one fighting front. STRIKE IN ALL 2. © Evi bove their own wage and hour dem@ jds, the skilled workers of the broth@fioods must insist that the CHICAGO SHOPS unskilled semi-skilled workers be brganize. nm of an American labor the railroad unions for a numerical }jnd finangial nucleus. 4. Conttl of the railroad system by_the ‘worsers ‘and technicians with The capmakers of Chicago, Local 5,! allowed t 3. Cr party, wi Chief Tinineged to Stop Sweatshop System Deady Forest Fires in California, SAN FRANCISCO, June 30.—One man was dead, another badly burned and hundreds were in the fire lines today as a result of the flare-up of the worst series of forest fires thru- out the state this season. — suitable refresentation for the body are on strike by vote of the union of other workers and farmers, | Tuesday night and all shops are either ee, out or are being pulled out, although Percy Ginsburg, that 13 shops wil} settle on the union terms Thursday morning. - l H The chief demand of the capmakers 5 is for control of the work thru com-| WORK iS DITCHED pelling all work to be done in the | ably vile sweatshop system of taking | ~ . work into homes and all sorts of cor- Important Legislation Is} ners and paying all sorts of scab wage | ‘ rates for it, Put Aside Other demands are for the 40-hour week, unemployment insurance and | WASHINGTON, June 30.—Congress| an increase in wages. | will adjournsthis Saturday, July 3.) This morning there will be a meet- noon at a conference of senate and/ the office of the International Ladies house leaders. Both chambers will be) Garment Workers’ Union at 328 West asked promptly to approve the ad-|Vvan Buren street. All capmakers are journment resolution. urged to attend. Because of a filibuster against it, the rivers and harbors bill will be leaders agreeto bring it to a vote not later than December 21. Only the Dill radio bill and the sec- ond deficiency bill are on the sched- ule for passage before Saturday. ,All other important pending legislation CONGRESS QUITS the union announces thru Organizer shops, thus eliminating the unspeak- | This was decided definitely this after-| ing of all Chicago capmakers held a | | shoved over until next session. The will be ditched. Wisconsin Democrats Demand the Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 30.—Wis- consin democrats have nominated a state ticket and have adopted a plat- form opposing the Volstead law and demanding the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. executive committee of the Miners’ F. draw the safety men who have been during the strike, Earlier today the government had ing the state of emergency for anothe: Two Miles of Beach and Woods Bathing, Boating, Fishing, Dancing Athletic Contests, Water Sports Musical and Lecture Prograny SAFETY MEN TO STAY AT WORK AND MARTIAL LAW TO CONTINUE LONDON, June 30.—Altho expressing their disapproval of the govern- ment bill to increase the working day of coal miners one hour a day, the since 1919. From the other labor unions the miners of England demand financial aid and an embargo on coal. Thé rank and file of trans- port workers are increasingly indignant at the failure of their yfficials to order a boycott strike against coal. the workers are refusing to unlo is made in direct violation of their officials’ orders, letter to the secretaries of all+— trade unions is as follows: Dear Sir and Brother— The lockout of the miners is now entering its ninth week. The attempt/ of the mine owners to force down wages and to lengthen hours is meet- ing) with the solid resistance of the miners in every part of the country. | On the other hand, the government, ; the chambers of commerce, and all] the spokesmen of “Big Business,” are | behind the mine owners. | Owners and Government. | The demands of the mine owners, repeated at Tuesday's informal meet: | ing with our representatives, are still: Lower Wages.—An all-round re- | duction of wages, averaging 13 1-3 per cent, on standard rates, and bringing the minimum percentage down to 20 per cent over the 1914 standard rates of wages. Longer Hours.—An extension of hours by one hour per day, and re- | duction of piece rates in conformity. with this. The “compromise” proposals of the government are equally drastic, in- volving an immediate wage cut of 10 per cent on present earnings, followed by ‘a further cut after three weeks, the amount of the second cut to be de cided by compulsory arbitration. The extension of hours is suggested, and the break-up of the existing uniform national percentage additions to standard rates is also indicated by the insistence on wages being fixed for each district. What Miners Demand. Our executive, basing itself on the} rein- | decisions of our conferences, forced by the determined spirit shown by owr members in every declares that the only possible bas for a settlement is: (1) The immediate reorganization of the industry in order to remove the waste and inefficiency revealea by repeated inquiries. (2) Maintenance of the national basis of the wage agreement. (3) Maintenance of wages at not less than those ruling prior to the lockout, such wages are already much too low, and cannot be reduced without inflicting even more severe hard- ships and privation on our mem- bers. (4) Maintenance of hours and other conditions as before the lockout. On these points we are further en- (Continued on page 2) [DESTROY NEGRO SCHOOL WITH DYNAMITE; BLAST HURTS EIGHT WORKERS MIAMI, Fla., June 30. — Eight workmen were injured, ome perhaps fatally, school for Negroes was dynamited or collapsed today. Three probes j; have been launched, Repeated threats have been made against placing the Negro school adjacent to the white residential section, school and building officials stated after the disaster, The new building, which covered half a city block, was completely shattered. ederation today decided not to with- left in the mines to prevent flooding issued a royal proclamation extend- rf month, ry New coalfield, in view of the fact that | when the new Washington | Room 32, 108 East Fourteenth Street sap cinnamon hip In many ports ad coal, even when their refusal The miners’ “GARY BLAST REPORT 10 BE GIVEN WORKERS AT MASS MEETING JULY 4 (Special to The Daily Worker) GARY, Indiana, June 30.—The ex- plosion in the by-products plant of the Illinois Steel company is not for- gotten. And Gary workers are to hear the report of their workers’ investigation committee at a mass meeting July 4, 7:30 p. m., at Turner Hail, Gary. In addition to the report on the terrible explosion which killed and injured so many of their number, Gary workers are to: discuss plans at this meeting for relief and pro- | tection of other workers who are in- jured every day in the steel mills. | Many speakers, well known to the | steel workers as representing their | interests, are to speak. They are: W. M, Elston, member of the Execu- tive Committee of the Steel Work- ers’ Council during the great strike of 1919; Pat Toohey, member of the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica; George Marovich, member of the Steel Workers’ Council in the 1919 strike; Senor Espinosa of the Mexican Protective Society of Gary; Lovett Fort-Whiteman of the Amer- | ican Negro Labor Congress; B. Borisoff, newspaper man, and James M. 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