The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 3, 1926, Page 3

RAILWAY BARONS: PLAN GIGANTIC CONSOLIDATIONS To Submit Plans to Com- merce Committee WASHINGTON, July 1— The big railroad executives apparently con- vinced that the interstate commerce ‘commission has abandoned hope of consolidating the railroads into 19 major groups, as outlined in the trans; portation act of 1920, are now center- ing their plans on merging. various Hines to meet their own individual re- quirements. The fact that the commission has virtually scrapped its tentative con- solidation plan was emphasized to- day after L, F. Loree, president of the Delaware & Hudson, had spent 2 day with members of the interstate commerce commission and several members of the senate and house, Loree’s Merger. Loree’s mission was to explain his project of merging the Kansas City Southern, of which ‘he is chairman of the board, with the St. Louis South- western and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroads. The Loree applica- tion is expeoted to be filed with the commission some time this week. Van Sweringen Merger. On tts heels will come the renewed Van Sweringen application to merge the Chesapeake & Ohio, Hocking Val- ley, Pere Marquette, Erie and Nickel Plate, followed by the plan of the Rock Island system to absorb the St. Louis-San Francisco lines. It 4s possible that the commission will have these three gigantic railroad mergers under consideration at the same time. Harriman Project. Loree is also interested in the Har- riman project of building 284 miles of railroad across Pennsylvania into Al- legheny City to Haston. He has told the commission that this proposed road would “form the backbone of their premier railroad system of the United States.” Middle West. The Loree merger plan involves 8,965 miles of road, and reaches from the middle west to the Gulf of Mexico, its nucleus, the Kansas City South- ern, extends from Kansas City to the gulf at Port Arthur, via Joplin, Mo. Texarkana, Ark., and Shreveport, La., with several branches. The total mileage operated is 1,301. Southern Line. The second complementary line, the St. Louis Southwestern, extends from St. Louis to Memphis, Little Rock, Shreveport, Fort Worth and Dallas, ag well as to other points in Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louis- jana and Texas, Its total mileage over its own and leased tracks is 2,472. . Southwest. » The third member of the group, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas, extends from St. Louis to Kansas:City and south to Galveston and San Antonio, with branches to various ‘points in Mis- souri, Oklahoma, ‘Texas and Louis- iana. The total mileage operated is 5,192. Columbus Plans to Create a Jim Crow Tennis Court COLUMBUS, O., July 1.—Attempts are being made here to establish. a Jim Crow tennis court to be used by Negroes exclusively. The proposal is to create the court at the Sinton play- ground, Mound and Carr St., and to force Negroes to center all their ten- nis and sport activities in this park. SL (Postponed from June Sth ) FIFTH FREIHEIT EXCURSION | Wonderful ese TICKETS $1.10. net All Tickets of June 5th Will Be Good on July 10th, AT FREIHEIT OFFICE, 30 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK Cl a loa A aN dante Independent Union of Shoe Workers Giving Up to Tobin’s B. & S. LYNN, Mass., July 1, — The Amal- gamated Shoe Workers, an independ- ent union, has given up existence and is liquidating. For some time a num- ber of its members have held cards in both dt and the Boot & Shoe Work- ers’ Union which dominates the field at Lynn, The Shoe Workers Protect- ive, another independent—strongest in Haverhill, has a local in Lynn, but the majority of workers are in the Amer- ican Federation of Labor organization. CHICAGO LABOR RADIO PERMIT STILL HANGING Nockels Goes to Capital to See Hoover Secretary Ed Nockels of the Chica- go Federation of Labor, and Larry Lesh, its radio engineer, have left for Washington to appear before the department of commerce in behalf of the federation’s application for a broadcasting license and an approved wave length. The labor radio station WCFL was inspected and approved last week iby the Chicago inspector of the department. Hoover Adamant. Attorney Frank P, Walsh is counsel for the applicants. Unless Secretary Hoover backs down from his previ- ously announced position that thera are too many broadcasting stations already in the Chicago area, the la- bor station will be denied a license, WII! Insist, “In that case,” said Nockels before leaving for Washington, “we will broadcast without a license. We have the court decision in the Zenith case which was to the effect that the de- partment of commerce is without power to prevent so-called pirating of wave lengths. We will cause no radio station or radio fans any incon- veniences because we will broadcast on a wave length not used in Chicago by any other station and we will not set up any interference. “But we shail maintain the right of labor to ‘broadcast equally with the many organizations of capital that are now on the air.” it THE DAILY WORKE Victorious Furriers R Part of the demonstration of victortolis furriers in New York at 6th Ave. and 27th St. FRENCH FRANC 39.94 10 $1 PARIS, July 1. — The French franc was weaker at the opening of the for- eign exchange market today, being quoted at 35.34 to the dollar. The decline was directly traceable, it was stated, to the unimpressive majority obtained by the Briand-Cail- before the chamber of deputies. International Red Cross Meet in Oslo OSLO, July 1. — An international Red Cross Congress is now taking Place with delegates from many parts of the world. The congress is seeking to devise a better health service for merchant vessels. MOCKERY OF HAITIAN FREEDOM CONDUCTED BY BORNO WITH AID OF U.S. IMPERIALIST BAYONETS By LAURENCE TODD, Federated Press) WASHINGTON, June’'28.—The business of entertaining the agent of General John Russell, American military commander of the black republic, is ended, But the facts as to how Bor destroying the dearly-won freedom of no, puppet president of Haiti, has been the first of Latin-American republics, the boast of the Negro raee, are only now beginning to seep into the records of congress. Knowing that Borno was to be imported to the United States for pur- Doses of political show, as‘the Roman emperors used to parade kings of dist- ant lands taken captive by. their leg-¢——H——___________ ions, the Haitian patriotic organiza- tions began months ago to send evi- dence to their friends in the United States. Some of these Haitian Negro patriots made the journey to Washing- ton. They secured interviews with congressmen and senators, and pre- sented proofs of their story of the conquest and despoilation of their country. More to the point, they showed how Borno had betrayed the liberties of his race, in a position to which he had neither moral nor legal right. How He Was “Elected.” For example, Borno claims election al 45 Le Me Wing emma oo by the “council of state.” The United States occupation overturned the con- stitution of Haiti and at the point of marines’ bayonets forced the ratifica- ion of an American-made constitution, in June 1918, giving the president of Haiti the power to name the member- ship of this council, and authorizing the council to name the president in turn. During the past year, Borno has changed 18 of the 21 members of this council, which now has “elected” him for a further term of four years. When the people protested against being refused the right to elect a new congress, as authorized even in the new constitution, they were dispersed, last January, by troops. The mockery of this council's ac- tion is shown by the personnel chosen by Borno for the job, One man is a nephew of his wife; another is a nephew of his first wife; another, his law partner, and a dozen others are members of his official staff, from the chief of his army down to clerks. One ot the 21 councillors refused to vote for Borno, and was promptly removed by Borno for that offense. Imperialist “Democracy.” How the Woodrow Wilson admin- istration, thru Asst. Secy. of the Navy Roosevelt, in 1918 forced upon the Haitians a Roosevelt constitution which would for the first t!me permit foreigners to buy large tracts of land in the republic, is shown by an official order posted June 11, 1918, at Port de Paix, a typical community. This or- der iked” all yoters to be present on election day to vote on the new constitution, adding that “Any absten- tion from such a sojemn occasion will be considered an unpatriotic act.” Gendarmes under an American of- ficer guarded the polling places, and the frightened voters came forward, handed in the “yes” ballots of white that were distributed to them, and shrank away in fear from the pink slips marked “No” which lay tied in @ bundle on another table. To have oast a pink ballot would have been to defy the bayonets, at a time when the killing of Haitians was regularly reported as the “wiping out of ban- dits.” SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 30.—The Bul- garian Danube port of Vidin was de- stroyed. by a cyclone. Scores were killed, ron are aol sane, GROWS WEAKER, | laux ministry in its first appearange FANNY WARSHAWSKY A leader in the recent Furriers Strike in New York. JULIO: MELLA, ARRESTED FOR SACCO-VANZETTI PROTEST, IS RELEASED 11 KILLED, MANY HURT IN CHILE MINE EXPLOSION SANTIAGO, July 1.—Eleven per- sons were killed and many injured in amine explosion at Chuquicamata, Chile, Sixteen Rum Runners Seek to Land Cargo Before July Fourth (Special to The Daily Worker) SAN DINGO, Cal., July 1. — Sixteen British, Belgian, Panama and Mexican rum runners are hovering off San Diego seeking an opportunity to land about 000 cases of Scotch whiskey and gin, The value of the cargo is estimated at $4,750,000. Prohibition officials declare they are keeping close watch and insist that San Diego will have a “dry” Fourth of July celebra- tion. HOUSE PASSES $150,000,000 ARMY AIR BILL To Build Planes for New War WASHINGTON, D. C., July 1— The house approved the army air ex- pansion bill providing for the con- struction and purchase of new air- planes and equipment amounting to $150,000,000 by a vote of 255 to 12. This measure is the last of the three air expansion bills before the house. The navy air expansion and commer- cial air expansion bills have already been passed. The army air expansion is the only bill which has not yet been before the senate. President Coolidge has de- clared his willingness to sign this measure as soon as the senate acts on it. The other two proposals have al- ready passed the senate. The five-year program outlined by the three aviation bills provides for the expenditure of approximately $250,- 000,000 in the next five years. DECREASE OF 35 PER CENT IN THE NUMBER OF STRIKERS OUT IN 1925 F ROM FIGURE OF 1924 By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press. A decrease of 35 per cent in the number of workers in strikes and lockouts in 1925 compared with 1924 reflects lethargy in the American labor movement. This produces what amounts to industrial’ truce in many im- portant industries. According to the United States department of labor the number of strikers in 1925 was the smallest on record for the past 10 years. There were 1,301 strikes reported to¢——————————_____—————— the department in'1925. Of these 1,012 also reported the number of employes involved, the total being 428,218, For 1924 the record shows 1,249 strikes and 654,641 workers involved. Strike activity in the United States (Speviat to The Daily Worker) MEXICO, CITY, July 1.—In spite of the American embassy’s demand for the deportation of Julio Mella, who was arrested after speaking at a demonstration before the Ameri- can consulate general here for the release of’ Sacco and Vanzetti, the Mexican government released Mella and denied the request of the United States for his expulsion from the country. A mass meeting had been held for Sacco and Vanzetti in another part of the city. The audience then moved to the consulate to stage a demonstration for the two Italian workers. The meeting was held un- der the windows of the ambassador and the audience peacefully dis- banded after Mella and others had spoken. Several hours later the speakers were arrested. They were held in Jail for several days. The University Students’ Association and other bodies held mass meetings for Mel- la’s release. Mella is one of the outstanding champions of anti-im- perialism in Latin-America. The re- fusal of the Mexican government to comply with the request of the American ambassador is very sig- nificant, Soviet-British Trade Constantly Increases LONDON, July 1, — The council of the Russo-British chamber of com- merce has published figures tending to show a steady increase of trade be- tween England and Russia. The growth is given as from £15,000,00 in 1922 to £58,000,000 in 1925. The report says Russian purchases from Great, Britain exceed slightly Russian sales in the British market. The latter consists almost entirely of foodstuffs and raw material, while the Russian purchases are largely ma- chinery, tools, textiles and. other manufactured goods, Building Trades Deadlock. . FRESNO, Cal.—(FP)—The building trades council and the builders ex- change of Fresno are deadlocked over renewal of the annual agreement, and a strike of all the building trades is threatened. 16 crafts demand pay raises ranging from $1 to $2 a day. The agreement expired June 16, $2 a Day Picking Potatoes, MUSKOGEE, Okla.—(FP)—Potato harvest is in full swing in eastern Oklahoma, There is some demand for help, Picking up potatoes is paid at so much a bushel. The seale varies greatly, but some experts boast of making above §2 a day. It is back- breaking and the sun fs hot. reached a peak in 1919 when there were 3,630 strikes involving more than 4,160,348 workers. In 1920 there were 1,463,054 workers in strikes; in 1921, 1,099,247; in 1922, 1,612,562 and im 1923, 756,584. The table shows by industries the workers reported involved in strikes in 1924 and 1925: Strikers In 1925 Building trades .. 65,540 @othing 82,300 Coal. mining 200,101 Furniture 1,276 Iron & Steel Leather .. Metal trades Japer manufacture Printing & Pub, Meat packing . Stone work . Textiles .. Transportation Lumber 1,100 1,600 Tobacco 16,878 789 Four industries account for more than 87 per cent of all the workers involved in strikes in 1925. These are coal mining, clothing, building and textiles. Two Largest Conflicts, The most important strike in 1925 was the anthracite in Pennsylvania, /}it involved about 148,000 workers and lasted 170 days. The miners demand- ed complete union recognition, a 10 per cent wage increase for contract miners and $1 a day more for day la- borers, The 5-year agreement which ended the strike practically renewed the old one, About 30,000 members of the Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union struck successfully from March 10 to 16, 1925 to enforce their agree- mept with the Wholesale Dress Manu- facturers Association. Another strike in the clothing industry involving about 15,000 workers resulted in a compromise. Thread Mill Still Struck. The strike of 2,360 employes of the American Thread company in Connec- ticut which began March 9, 1925 stands out as one of the most stub- bornly contested in the history of the textile industry, It is, still in prog- ress, The department reports that 989 strikes ended in 1925, Of these 349 ended in favor of the workers, 253 in favor of the employers, 138 in compro- mise and 51 were referred to arbitra- tion, Results are not reported for the remaining 198, Prince Goes to Yellowstone. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, July 1. — After spending two days in the Twin Cities, the crown prince and crown princess of Sweden left today by spe- clal train for Yellowstone National Park where they are to spend ten days sightseeing, Divorce Constantly Increases in Chicago Divorces are constantly increasing in Chicago, points out a report made by the superior court clerk on the num- ber of divorces for the fiscal year just }ended. In 1924 there were 6,730 di- vorces. In 1925, 8,475 and in the fiscal year just ended 9,250. Carmen Seek Increase. WINDSOR.—(FP)—Windsor street railwaymen demand an increase of 3¢ an hour. The employes claim the On- tario Hydro-Electric Power Co, prom- ised this increase would be granted in 1926 provided the revenue warrant- ed it. Sign! to which even the RATES: Outside of Chicago Per year . Six month: Three MONths srw 2.00 with a |, A WORKER to celebrate Name Street City TO CONCLUDE THE CAMPAIGN The Declaration of Independence When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for workers to dissolve the political bands which have bound them to the old parties, and to assume with other workers all over the world an equal station by taking rights titled, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that we should declare the separation and join with revolutionary workers everywhere. 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Page Three FASCIST RULE TO LENGTHEN WORKING DAY Fall of Lira Alarms Mus- solini Cabinet ROMB, July 1. — Things are get- ting more difficult instead of easier for fascism, altho it has held power since 1921, Th s seen in the adop tion by the cou of ministers of the most rigid gover al gulations since war time or unds of “the special circumstances fac the coun- try.” The “special circumstances” seem to be the continued fall of the Italian lira, and the most vital regulation of to “cure the ills” r government order for a longer work de: The decisions are as follows: Lengthen Working Day. The decisions provide: 1. Increase in the length of the working day in every walk of life where the employers desire it. 2. Prohibition, until further notice, of the construction luxuri ings; in other wc tended for worker 8. Restriction of to six pages. 4. Employers must examine means by which the food necessary for the y newspapers workers may be pv sed at bottom prices and sold to the workers at cost, Increase Production, 5. Increase of mineral production, 6. Increase of iron and steel pro duction. 7. Increase of coal production. 8. Reduction in the consumption of all luxuries. 9. After Nov. 1, gas for automobiles must be blended with alcohol obtained from wines which is not consumable or exportable, which will mean a sayv- ing of millions of gallons on importa- tion, and thereby affecting the trade balance, The government prohibits the open- ing of any new saloons, dance halls, cabarets, pastry shops, or other de luxe amusements, Catholic Lay Youth Hold National Meet GERMANY—A report was presented at the Dusseldorf on the international position of the movement: there are delegates and members in 26 coun- tries. It will be necessary to collabo- rate with non-Catholic Youth Leagues who are for the peace movement. The international organs, Katholica Mondo and La juna Battalanto, are to be widely circulated. A report was also presented on the movement in Ger many and a programme of work was placed before the conference. Earthquake in Germany. BERLIN, July 1. — Inhabitants in the Freiburg district and around Lake Constance and along the Rhine were awakened by earthquate shocks. At Breisach on the Rhine crevices were formed in the streets and houses. The Rhine region is also suffering from floods. before all laws we are en- our toil but most elementary needs—and subscription to The DAILY the 4th of July as a worker State .,