The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 8, 1926, Page 5

CUBA RULED BY IMPERIALISM OF UNITED STATES National Independence Practically Ended (Special to The Daily Worker) FOREST PARK, Pa., July, 6.—The extent of United States control of Cuban interests were brought out here in a speech by Leland H. Jenks, for- mer university professor of history and specialist in American-Cuban re- tions. Jenk’s summary of foreign control Cuba, concentrated in the hands of half a dozen bankers, brokers and refiners in New York and Boston, {s: Strong Imperialist Grip. “Seventy-five per cent of Cuba's sugar, which amounts to 90 per cent of her entire exports, is produced in mills, which afe American-owned, or which are controlled on mortgage or operating agreement by American and Canadian banks. “The public utilities in the cities are all controlled by the American & Foreign Power Co., which was until recently a subsidiary of the General Electric Co., and is still closely iden- tified with it. “Of the two principal railway sys- tems, one is controlled by a voting trust sponsored by the National City Bank, the other is a British concern, operated from London, “The banking of Cuba, foreign and domestic, is 90 per cent in the hands of three American and three Canadian banks, of which the National City bank and the Royal Bank of Canada are niost widely extended. The Fed- eral Reserve Banks of Boston and Atlanta have branch agencies in Hay- ana for the issue and retirement of currency, Thus Cuba is part of our federal reserve banking system. What Is There Left? “Subsidiaries of the American To- baceo Co. own the largest factories manufacturing Havana cigars. “The only producing mines in Cuba’ ‘are owned by Americans, the iron by the Bethlehem Steel Co., the copper by the American Metals Co, -“Docks and shipping facilities are largely in American hands, of the soil of Cuba is owned by citi- zens of the United States. The branch factories and wholesaling enterprises we have set in operation in Cuba defy enumeration. Current estimates value these property holdings all the way from one to two billion dollars.” Troops Enforce Wall Street Rule. The United States has meddled in Cuban political affairs since 1909 “in flagrant violation of the pledges given by President McKinley and Elihu Root at the time the Platt amendment was adopted.” When Cubans tried to a back, “we landed troops.” “It has been estimated that a fifth, Return of King Is Looked for -»~ By Portuguese a O72) RES, The setting up of a fascist dicta- torship in, Portugal*by General Go- mez da Costa, a smaller edition. of Primo Rivera, may result in the re- calling from .exile ot King. Manuel, residing in London under English pro- tection. Cocta .is. known to» have royalist tendencies. Fascism seems to get along better with a king, as wit- ness Italy and Spain. In .any case England is the determining influence In Portugal’s destiny.: SENATORS RAP CENSORSHIP OF RADIO PROGRAMS k to Curb Powers. of Hoover WASHINGTON, D, C.,. July 6.—At- tempts jare being made in the senate to take the control of radio licensing out of the hands of Secretary of Com- merce Herbert Hoover and place it in the hands of a bi-partisan committee. At present* Hoover ‘has kept radio broadcasters in constant fear of losing their licenses if any talks are allowed that may be detrimental to the present Coolidge administration, Senator Dill, democrat of Washing- ton, brought out how speeches are censored and criticisms of the admin- istration and. of -policies favored by the republicans are not allowed on the air by broadgasting directors, fearing that their licenses. might be revoked. A sub.a day will hetp to drive capital away. © LENIN ON ORGANIZATION The collected speeches and writings of our great leader on organization. A book of vital importance to every worker and the most important issuéd in years. 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One of the leaders among prevailing open shop evangelists is the Indus- trial Association of San Francisco, with its organ “The Open Plan.” Re- porting on the last convention of the American Plan Open Shop this organ says its company union principle was stated as follows: “Employers shall deal directly with their employes either as individuals or groups.” This word directly is always used to indi- cate that no “outside” labor organ- izers shall be permited to intervene in any “collective bargaining” between workers and employers. Company Unions in Building Trades. In some cities such as San Fran- cisco the open shop fanatics also boast of an organization known as the “American Plan Plumbers’ and Steam- fitters’ Mutual Benefit Association,” composed of non-union workers com- mitted to the open shop. This is the first appearance of anything resem- bling a company union in the, building trades, in which the open shop adyo- cates are becoming more and more ag- gressive. Employes’ Associations. Probably the most hysterical of the antiunion organs in the East is the New York Daily Commercial which carries on a persistent campaign against all sorts of red, pink and other colored “subversive move- ments.” Recently the Commercial said: “Wisely managed companies everywhere now recognize the value of employes’ associations in prevent- ing and correcting misunderstandings which form the basis for most of our labor troubles.” These employe con- gresses, the Commercial contends, will bring capital and labor into each other’s arms and make ‘unnecessary the existence of labor unions with their restrictions and closed shop pro- visions, “Industrial Parliaments.” The open shop department of the National Association of Manufactur- PLANS PASSAIC | AS SCABS IN "TUS LABOR CHILDREN USED STRIKE MEETING) PASSAIC MILLS Many Local Unions Get Behind Textile Workers Passaic strike relief work is being rapidly organized in Chicago. The past week showed great strides in this field. Many big contributions have been forwarded to General Relief Committee, Textile Strikers, at 743 Main avenue, Passaic, N. J. On account of the fine response it has been necessary to secure a larger hall than ordinarily planned. There- fore, the hall cannot be announced at this time. Many big unions have sent in credentials for delegates. The He- brew Trades, the Workmen's Circle branches, the Lithuanian and Slavic organizations will also be well repre- sented. Among the prominent persons in Ia- bor and civic circles endorsing the call for this conference, is the presi- dent of’ the Liberal Club of Chicago. This club is circularizing its members with subscription list# for strike re- ef. It will probably send a delegate to the conference. Many of the unions are not waiting for the conference to make their con- tributions to the support of the tex- tile strikers’ fight against wage cuts and long hours. Among the contribu- tions sent from this city during the last week are; Machinists Local No, 119, $100; Local 6, Metal Polishers, $50; Machinists Local No, 26, $25; Local: 272 Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, $25. Painters Local No. 521 is to tax its 700 members one dollar each for strike relief. Several other unions are taking up the question of taxing their members, and it appears cértain that several thougand dollars will shortly be forthcoming thru this means. ’ Hughes In Fascist Italy, NAPLES, July 6.—Charles Evans Hughes, former secretary of state of the United States, arrived here to day on a vacation tour. fit 1113 Ww. whsitinron BLVD, d) eaod = 0 oa Subsoribe!. “Only ‘60 Cents Per Year! Become a Worker Correspondent! RICAN WORKER CORRESPONDENT, COMPANY UNION IS INDISPENSABLE TO OPEN-SHOPPERS IN THEIR DRIVE By ROBERT DUNN, Federated Press. The company union is an indispensable weapon in any open shop cam- paign, according to opinions expressed by numerous employers’ associations and local associated-industries groups thruout the country current periodicals issued by these bodies as well as by nationally known employers’ alliances reveals the company union, variously known as “em- ploye representation,” “works council,” “industrial democrdcy plan,” “shop committee,” as the veritable white hope of the open shop associations. eS A review of and ers, presided over by Noel Sargent. also finds much comfort in the “in- dustrial parliaments” of industry. Pointing out the barriers to trade union organization that exist in this country as compared with Great Britain, Mr. Sargent says that the corporations here have a more refined technique for dealing with the labor elements in industry, and refers, with a self-congratulateryair, to the com- pany-union methodeof “settling” the labor problem, 0 * Cleveland Open-Shopper. Another tirelessisexponent of the company union is‘William Young, guid- ing hand of the Aimerican Plan Asso- ciation of Cleveland. In his las nual report, Mr. Long says that councils and other forms of employe representation haveenaturally excited the enmity of unidmlabor officials be- cause they not only reduce their au- thority and influence .... but en- danger their meamsof earning a live- lihood.” After thtsthackhanded dig he advises his members to disregard any “fiostility from such*a source.* The Cleveland Chamberof Commerce also is advocating this intramural form of “collective dealing” which leaves the management with absolute control over wages, hours’ and basic condi- tions of employment. Seek to Break Strike. The Passaic Council of Wool Manu- facturers, comprising the various firms against which the great textile strike of 14,000 workers is now being waged is the latest to fall into the company-union ranks. The combined woolen and worsted’ manufacturers of Passaic and vicitity in New Jersey have offered their striking workers “shop councils” iin effrot to break | the strike and maintain a 100 per| cent open shop, ‘Bit the workers have | rejected the “swéKers’ unions,” as they call them, and are holding out for recognition 6f their own union and real coHectivé bargaining. School Officials Aid to Break‘ Strike (Special to THe Daily Worker) PASSAIC, N. 'f.; July 6.—Children are now being used in the textile mills here as scabs. ‘ In their. desperation at being un- able to break the strike which is now in its twenty-third week, the company is prging little children, under age limit required bylaw, to work in the mills. Expose, Situation. Albert Weisbord, strike leader, in exposing this situation said: “The picket lines report that many children now out of school are being inveigled and compelled to go into the mills to act as scabs and replace the workers. now on strike. Many of the children now beginning their career as work- ers by becoming scabs are far below the age limit set by the law. “Yet the city authorities, knowing that this situation-exists, in fact thru their school officials inducing this very situation by'@lmost forcing the children to apply*for work in the mills, do absolutely nothing to enforce the law laid down y. the state legisla- ture. The bosses atop at nothing, even to the exetent of? using children to grind out greater @md greater profits for themselyes, © {*" Will Maitithin Union, “These little children are the in- nocent victims and'Wupes of the bosses who stop at notliing, no matter how mean and base, té'torce the strikers back into the slavéty of old. Just as the other tricks have failed, so will this maneuver fail! We shall win our strike, we shall Haye our union in spite of all the frantic and hysterical moves of the mill ‘owners,” WRITE AS YOU FIGHTI Open your eye Look around! There are the storiés of the workers’ Struggles around you begging to be written up. Do it! Send it in! Write as you fight. GET A COPY TODAY! te as you Figlil 7 ERICAN WORKER. , CORRESPONDENT ine. By and For Workers in the Factories, the. Mines, the Mills, and on the Land Price, .5 cents » CHICAGO, ILL. teal hi REVEAL FORCES — OF WETS GROWN TO BIG POWER Plan Referendum onWet Issue in Many States (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, July 6, — The $3- 000,000 Pennsylvania® primary was pushed into the background today at the Senate slush fund investigation, while the Reed committee hastened to conclude its inquiry ‘into political activities of national wet and dry organizations, The committee summoned Charles Wood and John T. Flood, of the Pennsylvania Association against the prohibition amendment, to learn more about that organization's activity in the $3,000,000 campaign, but also re- calle¢ Wayne B, Wheeler, dry czar, to resume its inquiry into national ac- tivities of the anti-saloon league of America, Wet League Grows. Wet and dry members of the com- mittee meanwhile announced them- selves satisfied with the testimony of aptain William H. Stayton, national head of the anti-prohibition associa- tion. ‘They showed interest particu- larly in Stayton’s testimony that. hi association had grown from a $300 a month organization in 1919 to a $600,000 a year outfit, with branches in 25 states, ready to participate in congressional elections this fall. . Plan Referendums Stayton gave the committee some- thing to think over when he an- nounced his association was active in arranging for prohibition referendums this year in New York and Wisconsin and was now circulating petitions for referendums in Montana, Illinois, Missouri, Colorado, Nevada and Cali- fornia. In addition, he said, they anticipated referendums on the wet and dry question in New Jersey Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts the near future. Nye Charges. Reports that the committee planned an immediate inquiry into the, North Dakota primary, on the basis of charges made by Senator Gerald P. Nye, were denied by Senator Reed, (D.) of. Missouri, chairman, Reed said the committee would only go to North Dakota if Nye produced real evidence of fraud, slush funds or cor- ruption in the camp of his enemies. ee in WASHINGTON, July 6 (FP)—Dis- cussions ,within the Vare and Mellon Republican machines in Pennsylvania, as to what concessions must be made this year.te.the.rebel spirit’ looged by the slush fund inqairy and the farm agitation have already begun, accord- ing to information current in Wash- ington. Pull From Coolidge. One of the first things asserted by the Vare element is that Pennsylvania shall take an anti-administration or independent attitude during the pres- ent campaign, serving notice that its delegates in the next national conven- tion will support a new candidate. They release themselves from Cool- idge, but will not accept Lowden, who has too western a political back- ground, Meanwhile they will talk in general terms of possible changes in the election laws of the state, to sat- isfy the current unrest over boss rule, and to forstall any dramatic moves by Gov. Pinchot. ° *e Nye Charges Slush Fund. WASHINGTON, July 6 (FP)—On behalf of Sen. Gerald P. Nye, of North. Dakota, progressive candidate in the June 30 senatorial primary in that, state against former Gov. L. B. Hanna, Coolidge western manager in the 1924 campaign, the Senate com- mittee investigating campaign funds was asked June 28 to probe Hanna’s expenditures, Nye believes hundreds of thousands of dollars were poured into the state by eastern corporation interests to nominate Hanna. Rail Convention in ‘Resolutions Praise Many Union Officers The convention of the Railway Em- ployes’ Department of the American Federation of Labor was yesterday devoted principally to resolutions pay- ing tribute to various officials, D. B. Robertson of the engineers, received commendation for his part in the making of the Watson-Parker law as did Donald Richberg, the at- torney for the rail unions who shared in the eulogy directed at this accom- plishment. Other resolutions of praise were given’ to William H. Johnston of the machinists, who retired from the presidency of that union recently and was succeeded by Arthur O, Wharton, Wharton, also, was rewarded with a laudatory resolution for his services as a member of the railroad labor board, now abolished. A resolution was passed in com- memoration of all general chairmen | who have died since the last conven- tion of the department in 1922. The report of officers wag accepted late Thursday. ‘ Read it today on page 5, , gadis ey ANEW NOVEL Goa Giaclair (Copyright, 1926, by Upton Sinclair) WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE. J. Arnold Ross, oil operator, formerly Jim Ross, teamster, drives with hie thirteen-year-old son, Bunny, to Beach City to sign a lease for a new oil fleld, Meeting his “Lease Hound,” Ben Skutt, in a’ hotel he goes to meet a group of small property owners whose land he wants for drilling. Sut other of concerns have been intriguing and the meeting breaks up in a row. Bunny meet Paul Watkins, son pf a Holy Roller, who has run away from home. They become friends but Paul leaves for other parts before their acquaintance is very old. Dad begins to drill in Prospect Hill near Beach C He needs the roads fixed and smooths the paim of a city official. In short order his first well, ‘“Ross- Bankside No, 1," is begun. Dad spends busy days in his little office and Bunny is always with him—learning about oil. Bertie, Bunny's sister, comes home from finishing school on a vacation. She is very snobbish. Her Aunt Emma has been trying to make a lady of her. Bunny tells Bertie about Paul. Bertie doesn’t like Bunny to know such “Horrid Fellows.” They meet Mrs, Groarty, Paul's aunt, whose land has been taken over much to her sorrow by question- able oil promoters. Yes, that was all; but the news affected Beach City as if an angel had appeared in a shining cloud and scattered twenty-dol- lar gold pieces over the streets. You see, Ross-Bankside No. 1 “proved up” the whole north slope; to tens of thousands of in- vestors, big and little, it meant that a hope was turned into glori- ous certainty. You couldn’t keep such news quiet, it just didn’t lie in the possibility of human nature not to tell; the newspapers bulletined the details—Ross-Bankside was flowing sixteen thou- sand barrels a day, and the gravity was 32, and as soon as the pipe line was completed—which would be by the end of the week —its owner would be in possession of an income of something over twenty thousand dollars every twenty-four. Would you need to be told that the crowds stared at Dad and at Bunny, everywhere they went about the streets of the city? There goes the great J. Arnold Ross, owner of the new well! And that little chap is his son! Say, he’s got thirteen dollars coming to him every minute of the day or night, whether he’s awake or asleep. By God, a fellow would feel he could afford to order his lunch, if he was to have an income like that! Bunny couldn’t help but get a sense of importance, and think that he was something special and wonderful. Little thrills ran over him; he felt as if he could run up into the air and fly. And then Dad would say: “Take it easy, son! Keep your mouth shut, and don’t go a-gettin’ your head swelled. Remember, you didn’t make this here money, and you can lose it in no time, if you’re a light-weight.’’ Dad was a sensible fellow, you see; he had been through all this before, first at Antelope, and then at Lobos River. He had felt the temptation of grandeur, and knew what it must be toa boy. It was pleasant to have a lot of money; but you must set up a skeleton at the feast, and while you quaffed the wine of success, you must hear a voice behind you whisper- ing, “Memento mori!” CHAPTER IV THE RANCH I Soon after this it was time for Bunny to visit his mother. Bunny’s mother did not bear Dad’s name, as other boys’ mothers do; she was called Mrs. Lang, and lived in a bungalow Worker Correspondent. Are you one? A on the outskirts of Angel City. There was an arrangement where- by She had a right to have Bunny with her one week in every six months; Bunny always knew when this time was approach- ing, and looked forward to it with mixed emotions. His mother was sweet, and gave him the petting which he missed at other times; “pretty little Mamma,” was her name for herself. But in other ways the visit was embarrassing, because there were mat- ters supposed to be kept hidden from Bunny, but which he could not help guessing. Mamma would question him about Dad’s af- fairs, and Bunny knew that Dad did not wish his affairs talked about. Then too, Mamma complained that she never had enough money; Dad allowed her only two hundred dollars a month, and how could a young and charming grass-widow exist on such a sum? Her garage bill was always unpaid, and she would tell Bunny about it, and expect him to tell Dad—but Dad would evade hearing. And next time, Mamma would cry, and say that Jim was a tyrant anda miser. The situation was especially difficult just now, because Mamma had read about the new well in the papers, and knew just how much money Dad had; she unfolded to Bunny a plan, that he should try to persuade Dad to increase her allowance, but without having Dad suspect that she had sug- gested it. And this, right after Bunny had renounced the luxury of small lies! Also there was the mystery about Mamma’s friends. There were always gentlemen friends who came to see her while Bunny was there, and who might or might not be agreeable to Bunny. When he came home, Aunt Emma would ask him ques- tions, from which it was evident that she wanted to know about these gentlemen friends, but didn’t want Bunny to know that she wanted to know. Bunny noticed that Dad never referred to such matters; he never asked any questions about Mamma, and Aunt Emma always did her asking out of Dad’s presence. All this had a peculiar effect upon Bunny. Just as Dad kept a safe-deposit box at the bank, into which nobody ever looked but himself, so Bunny kept a secret place in his own mind. Out- wardly, he was a cheerful and frank little fellow, if somewhat too maturé for his years; but all the time he was leading a dual life, picking up ideas here and there, and carrying them off and hding them, as a squirrel does nuts, so that he May come back at a later season and crack them open and nibble them. Some nuts were good and some were bad, and Bunny learned to judge them, and to throw away the bad ones. One thing was plain: there was something which men and women did, which they were all in a conspiracy to keep you from knowing that they did. It was a dark covner of life, mys- terious and rather hateful. In the beginning, Bunny was loyal to his father, not trying to find out what his father didn’t want him to know. But this could not continue indefinitely, for the ming automatically seeks understanding. It was not merely that the birds and the chickens and the dogs in the street gave you hints; it was not merely that every street-boy knew, and was eager to explain; it was that the stupid grown-ups themselves persisted in saying things which you couldn’t help getting. It was Aunt Emma's fixed conviction that every lady was after Dad; “setting her eap at him,” or “making sheep’s eyes at him’—she had many such phrases. And Dad always showed a queer embarrassment whenever he had been the least bit polite to any lady; he seemed to be concerned lest Bunny should share Aunt Emma’s suspicions, But the truth was, Bunny was irritated by his aunt, and learned to evade her questions, and not tell what Dad had said to the nice lady in the hotel at Point Lobos, and whether or not the lady had bad dinner with them. These worldly arts Bunny acquired, but all the time he was in secret revolt. Why couldn't people talk plainly? Why did they have to be pretending, and whispering, and making you uncomfortable? (To be continued.) Every Worker Correspondent must be a subscriber to the American