The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 13, 1926, Page 4

Fats sealer stom Page Four THE DAILY WORKER! Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113. W, Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill, Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mali (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months $2.50 tiiree months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blivd., Chicago, IIlinols J, LOUIS ENG HL WILLIAM F. DUNNE MORITZ J. LOEB.. Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-officé at Chi- cago, lil, under the act of March 3, 1879, Editors Business Manager ee 290 Advertising rates on application. =———— =D The New Jersey Explosion Militarism takes its toll in both war and peace time. , No enemy threatens or can threaten the American masses except the imperialist rulers and their agents. This is the lesson of the U, S. naval arsenal explosion in New Jersey with its long list of dead and injured. The horrors of war are well known but the horrors of: peace under capitalist imperialism ‘are well concealed from millions. “But here is a concrete example of the ruthlessness of the Amer- ican ruling class in the form of mangled bodies of men, women and children sacrificed by the war lords. The New Jersey explosion should give’a’ powerful impetus. to; the anti-militarist movement. -It has dramatized the menace df militarism because it symbolizes the bloody struggle which it car- ries on night and day against the interests of the American masses. Rumblings of an European Tornado Another storm has broken in the Balkans, Roumania and Bulgaria are at war and altho.no official declar- ations have been made’ by either government, 120 deaths in battle are reported. Italy has already made her-position clear and with her backing Jugo-Slovia makes war-like utterafites, and Greece likewise is drawn into the maelstrom. , The Balkans are boiling. On the Mediterranean-Atlantic coast, the defeat of Abd-el-Krim by the combined French-Spanish forces has opened up another hornets’ nest with Italy demanding a place in the sun here as well. In Syria, because of the stern resistance of the natives, the French commanding officer has been forced to announce that the ministry of war must prepare for a campaign of major proportions or withdraw all forces. In China new conflicts between the national army and the im- perialist forces begin in the north while in the south the Canton government extends its boycott of Britain and British goods. British industry is paralyzed by the ¢oal strike. France is torn by the worst financial crisis in its history. Unemployment is on the increase in Germany, latest estimates placing the number at more than 2,000,000. The expropriation referendum has drawn a clear line between the ruling class and the masses of workers, working peasants and the lower middle class, Poland’s Pilsudski dictatorship is unable to dictate and the crystallization of the forces of the workers and peasants proceeds. There are cont{nual revolts in Spain and Portugal against these futile imitations of fascism. Europe lives but does not and canrbdt re-establish its pre-war stability. It lives under the threat of the tornado of which the Balkan storm is only the forerunner. Where is the “stabilization of European capitalism” which so heartened the social-democrats? Where are the knowing smilés with which they greeted@the an- nouncement of the Communist International, acknowledging the partial stabilization as a fact of a year ago? Mercury-like, European capitalism has no power of internal cohesion. Only by artificial methods can it be kept together and these methods are becoming more and more difficult to apply suc- cessfully in the face of a hostile working class, colonial revolts and the endless contradictions which make peace but an armed truce. LEADER OF STRIKE AGAINST THE COMPANY UNION REBUKES FRAYNE FOR SLUR AT SUBWAY STRIKERS NEW YORK CITY, July 11.—It'was in a meeting of the Consolidated Railroad Workers’ Union, the new real labor union formed by the subway y Strikers who broke away from the company union of the Interborough , Frank Hedley, for talking “poverty” against their wage demands, Bankruptcy Bunk, A few years ago right after the company union hegl forced a five per cent ‘wage cut on the men on the ground of poverty of the company, Hedley's salary was raised $25,000 a year at one clip. ‘And he says the company is ankrupt,” he added amid loud laugh- ¢#—————________________ from the strikers. Brother Lavin, one of the strike leaders, launched into a criticism of ‘Hugh Frayne, organizer of the A, F, of L.,. who had been reported decrying the strike as only “a gesture seeking tnoreased fares.” No Class Collaboration Here. “We don’t care anything about fares. It would be better for labor if there were more Lavins and fewer Fraynes in its ranks. Let Hedley and his directors worry about the com- pany’s financial affairs. “We're not interested in that. We're interested in getting out of the slavery ‘they've put us into and want to keep ws in with the help of the ‘rats’ in the General Committee of their ‘Brother- hood’.” Brother Shaeffer declared that the Consolidated Railroad Workers should continue as an independent union and not affiliate with the A, F. of L. ‘If we win this strike we will organize the other railroad workers in New York City. 1 know many motormen on like to nal devices,” said Harrison, “are s0 boiling mad at the company union that they're They only added. Conductors, too, were there. F. S. Fitzgerald, one of them, called a con- ductors’ meeting on the side, urging them to follow the lead of the switch- men and motormen. All responded favorably. “Then it’s to hel with the company’s ‘brotherhood!’” he cried. eating lack organization,” bound wires. he Soviet Labor Strikes British Oil Shipping MOSCOW, June 18—(By Mail)—The British trade representative in Mos- cow, in a verbal note to the commis- sariat for foreign affairs, asked for an explanation for the delays now oc: curring in the loading of British oil vessels at Batum, .In reply the com- missariat for foreign affairs stated that the Russian trade uinons, in or- der to help the workers on strike in England, are collecting funds from their members; at the same time, they had declared a partial strike as a mark of solidarity wrinsthe British workers. / The laws of the,U. S. 8, R., con tinues the fereign affairs in its reply. cuarantees the right to strike to the Russian workers, and, fore, the Soviet government could u) no cir cumstances interfere in strikes, | the B. M. T. system would join us.” All Against Company Union. Other workers besides the motor- men and switchmen attended the meeting. All were bitter against the company union, A. H, Harrison, a sig- mal maintainer, sald that $50 main- tainers were ready to go out “when somebody says the word. These | woryers, who repair the electric sig- . ) ‘ * Transit Company. A speaker was rapping the manager of the si LS en Ee ES Be THE DAILY WORKER By M. BURTON. Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, annual convention of the American Federation of Teachers, held at the Civie Club in New York City begin- ning June 9, marked at least a few steps forward for this comparatively new addition to the labor movement. There were several challenging notes of protest sounded and a number of indications that the teachers’ union is quite as fit for its place in the A. F. of L. as most international unions of either hand or brain workers. The speech of welcome was made by Brother Conklin of the New York Trades and Labor Council. His was an old line trade union talk, the gist of which was: “If teachers were as intelligent as bricklayers, then they, too, would have decent conditions, for they would be organized.” However steoreotyped Conklin’s talk, some of the delegates, new recruits who have not yet learned the fundamentals of trade unionism, must have profited by several of his jibes: Brother Crossway, organizer of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, made a very -good- impression by a }speech in which he advocated against the.color line in labor organization nd struggle, Discussion on. Militarism. The discussion on militarism that ocgupied the whole of the second day’s session was significant. All the dele- gates were against militarism, but most of them didn’t know what to do about, it. ‘Speeches’ were made and resolutions introduced, one by Abra- ham Lefkowitz of New York. But the climax of this debate came when Del- egate Gary of Minneapolis declared: “The only -way to effectively fight war is thru the organized strength of work- REVIEW OF ‘THE CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS July 11.—The tenth I. R. T. Company Officials ers and teachers. Let us get to the most important question before the convention: the question of organizing the teachers,” $25,000 Fund, When the organization committee reported it brought in a plan to raise $25,000 to place organizers on the field and start the job in genuine trade union fashion, After a few sugges- tions by Scott Nearing, this report was adopted. The election of officers centered around the choice of a secretary-treas- urer, The incumbent, F. G. Stecker, who had held the post for ten years, was the center of a battle. Delegate Hardy, of Local 5, New York, led off the discussion with an argument for more-frequent rotation in office and a | more aggressive policy in the national center. Delegate. Nearing made a speech, in whieh he pointed out the bankruptey of Stecker’s report to the convention, “The main questions be- fore the teacherg were the building of the organization; relations with the A. F. of L. and thejlabor movement, and international affiliation. All these were left untoughed. The time has come when the /fgacher’s Federation must either build@)jits organization or go to pieces.” . , Stecker Defeated. When the vote'jwas taken on thc secretary and tha members of the ex ecutive board, Stecker’s opponent Mrs. Hanson of Local 3 of Chicago won by a good margin. While the teachers have yet a long way to go before they make even the most modest beginnings in organizing the mind molders of the land the tent convention would indicate that they have settled down to a beginning in earnest after many years of needles: delay, ARMENIANS HERE RENEW TIES WITH SOVIET HOMELAND Delegation Shows Film of Industrial Progress By CARL HAESSLER, Fed. Press. The 120,000 Armenians in America are getting in intimate touch again with their homeland after an inter- ruption of many years of war and reconstruction. The Armenian Work- ors’ republic has sent a non-partisan delegation to America to renew the ies; and to tell their compatriots in hig country of the progress made ata the days of czarist rule and Turkish raids. The delegation has a noying picture film which aids the ecturers in their exposition of the ‘emarkable advance made economi- ally and educationally since the re- public was established in 1920. The visit has no politieal significance. The delegation landed in New York n April and will sail back in August. The principal. Armenian colonies to be visited on the tour are New York, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, San Francis- co, Fresno and Los Angeles. The American Armenians, 70 per cent of whom are taborers in the hasic in- dustries, have everywhere cheered and greeted the delegation and ex- pressed their desire to return to the old country. Hard to Return. Am early return to the fatherland meets with obstacles, however, ac- cording to Karen Michaelian, a mem- ber of the delegation and an official of the Armenian Relief Committee. The republic is small and of the 1,- 000,000 Armenians now there, many are refugees from other lands. The Armenians outside its boundaries number 1,500,000 most of whom are refugees in Syria, Egypt and Greece dating from the world war and the Greek invasion of Turkey that fol- lowed. These are being absorbed yery slowly but 10,000 refugee chil- dren are received each year, So ruth: less was the sweep of war that one- fifth of the children are orphans. American charity ig supporting 10,000 of them. 7 Industry. Developing. The country had practically no pre war industry.’ It is now developing cotton, copper mining and has become an important center of wine and cog: mac making. Schools are being de veloped on an extensive scale, with university instruction included. A second member’ of the delegation, Spandarat Kamvarakan, is a univer- sity professor and head of the Ar- menian Red Cross, which is affiliated with the International Red Cross of Geneva, The third member is Grigor Vartanian, also of the Armenian re- lief committee, « The republic is a member of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, he big Russian federation, Russia has protected Armenia from greedy foreign foes and guarantees its bound- aries so that the state may develop under favorable and peaceful condi “ions such as it never enjoyed. Non-Stop Flight Halted, SEATTLE, July 11. — The Boeing navy plane, PB-1, which was forced down Wednesday in the strait of Juan De Fuca because of a broken oil line, thus interrupting a non-stop flight to San Diego, may be brought. back to Seattle before going to the, California city it was declare by. the Boeing Airplane hee re, q 01 Fa8 one dawae ant fields, as for instance anti-mili- tarism. It was also stated, quite emphati- cally that the league must participate in all the major campaigns of the party utflizing them to build the Y. W. L. especially in the case of the campaign to organize the unorganized, work in the unions labor party, etc. In summarizing the achievements of the N. EB. C. plenum the comrades called upon all members to go to work under the leadership of the present N. E. C. that will, with the assistance of the Y. C. I. and C. I. policies. successfully carry thru the task placed upon it—make the Y. W. (C.) L. a mass young Communist movement in America. A healthy, con- structive discussion took place after the report ‘which showee tnat the Boston league is ready to carry out the resolutions and decistons of the N, E. C. plenum wholeheartedly and isin complete agreement with the estimation of the inner league situa- tion and tasks to be performed. The report was accepted by all present with great enthusiasm for every one Five months ahead of the expira- ion time of the prevailing wage wreement, (which runs to Sept. 30), he manufacturers sought to get a lew two-year agreeMent signed, which would have provided for a 48-hour week instead of 46 as at present. The union met this approach by calling for a 44-hour week after Sept. 30. after counting up their losses due to the strike. Their biggest MAKERS’ UNION 3 WITH THe, YOUR WORKERS Lengthen Hours Over N. E. C. Plerium Resolutions who have a contiact’'with their em- in lecesteenineapieintl issued by the executive committee of meeting of the Young Workers’ (Com- warning the membership voted unant (plenum report was given by Comrade cease when the pay he workers in | cur. The same action will be taken if|dealt with especially the industrial, the manufacturers are trying to dis-|the relative progress made since the present slack season. The evident |in the organizing of the young workers ‘or every comrade to perform. on the polic outlined in the late icanized proletarianized league, to Frank Hedley, president of the I. R. T., George Van Namee and James L. Quackenbush are shown leaving a conference loss was the company union the men have smashed to displace HEADS OF BOX it by a real one. % ° c CONDUCTED - BY TH KERS LEAGU Possible Lock-Out to sid er wei hom . ° ° Boston Y. W. L. Membership Enthusiastic NEW YORK—({FP)—Warning that the paper box manufacturers here ployees are trying to antagonize the By NAT KAY workers into striking~has lately been} A well attended general membership the Paper Box Makers Unioti of}munist) league of Boston was held Greater New York.~’ Following this|here last night where the N. E. C. mously that in the event of a walkout! Kay district organizer of the league the pay of all vin: officers shall}and supplemented by Comrade Wino- t the shops ceases. ‘This move was The reporters thoroughly analyzed suggested by the officers themselves. | every point which the plenum had there should be a lo¢kout. Forthere|sport, anti-militarism, pioneers and are signs, the union $fficers say, that | other tasks before the league, showing cover some excuse to warrant locking | last convention but that compared to out all their employees during the|the role which the Y. W. L. is to play purpose of this is to increase working country much has to be done. hours, nd the will for same must be It was very clear to all present. that the league must go to work unitedly lecision of the Y. C. I. and C, I. that the Y. W. L, must become an Amer- achieve that our | 16 must be built in large and basic industries, our league a! must develop a broad sports’ movement; felt that inspite of all the difficulties Ma Soup eens apm lay na of labor on a united front basis same|the league is marching forward to- , : to be done the: t leas = wi x held stealifastly to tte contract, but |{°.°¢ done 12 o her not least import-! wards a mass Leninist league, that the employers have sought in each slack season to break the union. Two months ago the union membership as- sessed themselves one-half a week's wages as an emergency lockout and strike fund. New York City has about 215 box fagtories; 125 of these are organized. A strike or lockout would affect about 10,000 workers, HAT AND CAP MAKERS WALK OUT IN EAST Ask Raise, Forty Hours and Union Shop f NEW YORK, July 11—(FP)—Three | housand hat and cap makers are on strike here, They are members of the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers’ “ty . International Union. Their agreement Visits Austria with local allied employers having ex- ‘ j pired June 30, they had sought better Last winter a delegation of the working conditions by negotiation, but | Austrian youth visited Russia and ob- failed, New Jersey workers in the in-jserved the life and conditions of the dustry also will be called out. Russian Youth, The reports which The strikers demand a strict union they gave, to their fellow workers shop; an incregse of $5 in the weekly | about the conditions and achlevements minimum wage, now $40; and a five-|in Soviet Union were very enthusiast- day forty-hour week. ‘Théy demand |ic, Now the Russian youth is repay- also that jobbers sign an agreement |ing a visit to Austria, to observe the not to have goods made up in any but | conditions there and compare them strictly union shops, with their own, Of course, this will Counter-demands voiced by the |help a lot to solidify the relations be- Wholesale Hat and Cap Manufac-|tween the Russian and the Austrian turers Association include: Abolition | youth . of the unemployment insurance fund; Does the American youth know a lot payment to workers only for time |about the life of the Russian youth worked; right of a 20% unrestricted |and their achievements? The bour- (scharge during each year; and an | goois press hides the truth before the apprentice system, The union declares | American youth and is not interested that these demands are unjust and |that the American youth should know hat they wijl not surrender past gains |the conditions of the Russian, Of vhich were poade at the cost of strug: |course, you can not compare the 6 4 | hour day tor young workers establish Mi , ed in Russia in the light industry and +hour in the heavy with the 50 hours week in the U. 8S. The news of those conditions would inspire the American youth to start a fight for the betterment of their conditions. Wouldn't you be anxious to hear from your own elected dele- gates how the young worker in Russia lives? Don’t you think so? Talk it over with your fellow work ers in the shops, explain them the con- ditions of the Russian youth and com- pare them withgour own, Shachtman to Tour East for League Max Shachtman, member of the na- tional executive committee of the Young Workers League, will visit the chief cities of the league to speak at membership meetings, of the various units, beginning on July 12th. Shacht- man will speak at membership meet- ings and confer with leading commit- {tees in Detroit, Buffalo, Syracuse, 3oston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleve- land and Pittsburgh. He will take up especially the) anti-militarist work of the organization and deal in addition with the task of the league in the light of the decisions of the plenum of the national committee held recent- ly, Announcement of the dates, time and halls of the various meetings will be made soon'in these columns. REN HIGHER THAN IN ‘OTHER PLACES, Because of the starvation wages that in any oth New J 1 pay. ier New Jersey mun Russian Delegation The Campaign. Js Ended— ‘\sory military training tomb—thus neighbor, Andy Carnegie: ee MORTALITY OF PASSAIC CHILD- paid their parents the death rate ot | Passaic children is 50% greater than | looked,, first at the magazine adv tisement with rolled socks (in addition to ot er equipment, not worthy of m tion) posing with one pedal ex ity/on the running board of th hs WITH THE STAFF). } ‘Being Things From Here aa al There Which Have Inspired Us to Folly or Frenzy Somebody oughta write a. let: ter to thé pope and tell him that. before he. sets out to free the in-. habitants of Mewvico, that he. bet- ter get himself outta jail firat. -e What's the U. S. Comin; To! New Rachelle, N.. Y., the place where they make Pluto water or | something, has, on the request and | even the insistence, of its citizenry, changed the name of its high school from» the “Woodrow Wil- son” school to the “New Rochelle» _ High School.” And the board’ of’ education can't stuff any ‘compil-* over on’em either. . If. this keeps up, patriots like prophets, will be without honor in their own country. It’s, enuf sto. make Sam Gompers writhe in. his discommoding his Rubbing It In. George Bernard Shaw sent a mes: Sage to the American Legion on the fourth. of July. Kinda mean George is. He said: ves “I congratulate the veterans of the war of independence on the ripeness of their years, but where is that in- dependence now?” on. @ Watson-Parker Law, Mebbe. a The milk wagon collided-with an aute and many bottles of milk were broken.’ A_crowd gathered, “Poor fellow,” ing man, this said a benevolent took. “you will have to pay for cident, won't you??? ” said the driv - ‘3 too id, hi towards it and I'll p: you.’ After the crowd had contributed and dispersed, the driver said to a by- stander: “Ain't he the wise guy? That's the boss.” ‘ is quarter the. hat for eee Who's Who in Wall Street. KAHN, Otto Herman, Banker. Personal friend of Benito Mussolini. Born in Germany. Senior member of the Morgan banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and now a.100 per cent American. He is a direotor of several dozen cailways, trust co.’s manufacturing co.’s, etc. He is a patron of the arts, being an “An- sel” for the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York and was. made an “Honorable Director” of the Royal Opera in London’ be cause he opened up with some cash for rotund divas to warble to stalls full of blue blood. He is a command- er of the Legion of Honor (France), A Knight of the Order of Charles II (Spain), Commander of the der of the Crown (Belgium), and Grand Officer of the Crown (Italy) ~—the latter conferred by his good friend Mussolini in consideration for services rendered in floating a good sized loan, among American coupon clippers, for fascism. Otto: has spent enough money to get those titles to keep Peggy Joyce in silk stockings (or out) for several seasons, rf AND WHO AIN'T WHO IN WALL Sf, Robert Kitchfleld McGulliver, jan: itor. Born ‘in Ireland. Director of, @ half dozen brooms at 52 William St., Kuhn, Loeb and Co, No titles no education, no money—No nothia’. ae DARN NEAR STUMPED US! We learn from a magazing that an inscription on the statue of at Verona, Italy has an teursat ie makes us vain to dedicate it to the dry raiders, who now and then mur- der some guileless bootlegger too slow on the draw. It runs: “Traveller, fear not; Bacchus, who rules by love, not warfare, ie the ruler of this place.” 4, Lest someone sus: ried looking young ‘recruits: hy “Don't forget that the just one big family, and... and that in each one of you #1 ig the making of an unknown Spe: dier!"— From Le Canard En ~ chaine, Paris, f " Pts, had . a THE LURE OF THE Ap. There are times,” rema xperienced automobile thief showing a sweet di lizzie the insured owner was