The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 18, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government q - Vol. Ill. No. 158. | » -cription Rates: 298 ie 4 fy te Ab, md reso fe Sad 49 ae ™ 4 y . RD m. Sen% |/R. LLU. ASKS - LABOR T0 SAVE MASS. VICTIMS Sacco-Vanzetti Case Attack on Labor By JOHN PEPPER, 4Special Cable to the Daily Worker) Moscow, U. S. 8. R, July 16.— The Red tn nal of Labor Un- ions has just ued an appeal here to the workers cf ail countrigs, declaring that it is ciear inhuman legal machinery of A ican capitalism is In Chicago, by Carrerf By THOMAS J. O’FLAHERTY REAT men die, but their slogans sometimes live after them. We now find George Brennan, the leader of the battered democracy of Illinois, pillaging LaFollette’s grave and ghoul- ishly taking therefrom the ancient Platform on which “Bob” ran to his political and physical grave in the lat- est presidential marathon. “Back to "76" was the magic rallying cry of LaFollette’s followers, but a better market for maize and alfalfa reduced Bob to a voice crying in the wide open spaces. Most of the voters pre- ferred to stand still rather than go back; they even refused to look back, no doubt remembering what happened to Mrs, Lott in the scriptures. + 8 08 Outside Chicago,* by mail, $6.00 per year, HAT Mr. Brennan is really excited about is home brew. Not that he has committed himself on the ques- tion, and it is not publicly kntown whether that worthy would turn down a stein of the foaming liquid, unemp- tied. But he believes that a still’s Place is not in the home, It belongs in the distillery, where most of the money for the manufacture of demo- cratic votes used to come from in those bygone days when politics were corrupt and gunmen voted their fa- vorite tombstones. Of course those days are gone forever. If you are in doubt glance over our news columns and read what is taking place in little old Chicago. _ ‘ fee Bi Keucsad J. DAVIS,, secretary of the department of labor on salary and director of the Loyal Order of Moose on a commission\basis, rendered unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto god the things that are god’s while conducting a radio bible class in Mooseheart, Illinois. ‘We need noth- ing more in these days of weird be- lef,” said James, “than to hold fast to our faith in god.” A more ridicu- lous announcement has not been poy since one Thomas Marshall, the most unknown of ali our, vice-presidents, de- clared that what this cofintry needed most was a good five-cent cigar. e\et-2 N justice to Mr. Marshall, it must be said that he was never taken seriously, least of all by himself. But James J. Davis is quite conceited, and why not? One million human beings who like to claim kinship*with a once noble beast, made him richer by one dollar each in return for the privilege of making fools of themselves. Davis would like to return to the old time religion. He is welcome to the retro- grade movement. We are only sorry that it is outside of our power to give him a stomffch full of what he wants. ee cyt a few skort weeks ago the catholic political machine staged a circus here for the purpose of im- pressing ali and sundry with the politi- cal power of the church, It was an impressive affair. I claim that what, ever hokum there is in the religious line not appropriated or retained by the catholic church is either relegated to the spiritual scrap can or. else rented to the ku klux klan. If a street fakir tried to prove to his accidental audienge of suckers that the alleged snake oil he sells them would turn into 2.75 per cent beer in their stom- achs he would be arrested: by the boot- leggers as a public fraud. But the cturch declares without batting an eyelid that a slice of cracker flavored with fermented grapejuice will become transformed into the corpse of a dead Hebrew atter a priest mumbles his in- cantations over it. It must be said in mitigation of the priestly performance that this miracle takes place after the reverend gentleman takes a couple of hookers of good pre-war wine into his system, bas al ‘S there anything more weird than this? There is, and funnier, but we would like to give Davis a taste of the real old religious stuff. It would be too much to expect that Mr, Davis has any knowledge of the trials: and tribulations of the early scientists who delved into the unknown at the risk of life and limb. Why, we can almost smell the burning flesh of Bruno, who was burned at the stake by the church, then the sole and only christian church, because he disagreed with the pope, who held thayevery time a flash of lightning appeared god was angry. And Galileo? If Mr. Davis had organ- ized his Moose in those days f d pock- eted the iron man he gets from every joiner he would find himself toasting on a hot griddle or stretching his limbs on a rack, unless he shared his graft generously with the pope. a et Mr. Davis is really anxious to gorge himself spiritually with what he calls the old time religion many de- cent tho not wealthy ple would willingly chip in on a tion to pay his fare to Patagonia, where old- fashioned religious folks worship a hole {n the ground. Or perhaps there (Continued on page 4) +) now being prepared for the murder of Nicola Saeoo and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, and urging that maes demonstrations and protest meetings be organized in a determined effcrt to save their lives and to win their fredom, The appeal of the Labor Union In- ternation. vst “The inhuman death sentenge which has been imposed upon Sacco and Vanzetli in spite of the fact that the innocence of the accused has been in- dub ly proven, and in spite of the fact that the real perpetrators of the crime with which Sacco and Vanzetti are charged are known, has aroused an invincible wave of- indignation among the workers of all countries. “The protest of the international working class in 1921 compelled the postponement of the execution of the criminal death sentence, But it is ne- cessary to staft again at the begin- ning, because the recent decision of the court of appeals clearly shows that American capitalism does not intend to give up its prey, and that it is try- ing thru the murder of Sacco and Van- zetti on the electric chair to deliver a blow at'the immigrant workers and the working clays‘as a whole who are guilty of organizing in the politica’ field and the field of ‘tradé unionisn their best forces to aid in preparin;s for their emancipation.” The appeal calls upon the worker. and farmers of all countries to organ ize meetings of protest and mass dem onstrations and tc demand that Sacco and Vanzetti be released in order to free them from the threat of the elec tric chair. i The appeal continues: “Let our slogans be; “Sqve Sacco and Vanzetti—release the innocent Sacco and Vanzetti!” “The world working class yust take action against the American capitalist class which is preparing its inhuman law machine to perpetrate murder, upon two members of the ' working! class.” SEAMEN GET CUT BY SHIFTING OF SHIP REGISTRY (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, July 16.—A 33% reduc- tion of wages for all ranks of work- ers employed on the three steamships, Reliance, Resolute and Cleveland is one of the most important conse- quences of.the sale of these ships to the Hamburg-American Line. Seamen and petty officers alike have been watching negotiations between the United. American Lines and: the German firm for months, knowing that their wages would drop from the American level to the German as soon as the sale was completed. ‘American deck officers were em- ployed under United American owner- ship. German under-officers, stewards, seamen and engine-room men were omployed. It is stated that the wagé scale was a significant factor in bring- ing the change of ownership, Any Old Flag That Pays, The three ships have been operated by the Harriman interests under the Panama, flag to avoid United States liquor regulations, but the boats have heen considered a part of the U. 8. merchant marine. United American gets a million and a half cash from the Hamburg-American Line and four million in notes ‘secured by mortgages on the boats, United American is supposed to have acquired stock in the German concern to the extent of ten million reichsmarks, par value, which will enable the Harriman firm to retain an important interest in the operating of the ships. The boats were used in trans-Atlantic service, in which they wtil probably bé continued, and in special winter cruises to the West In- dies and for round-the-workt excur- _| sions, mail, $8.00 per year. be to the I. R. T. Tue Dairy Worker said yesterday editopially that the injunc- | tion filed by James L. Quackenbush, general counsel for the Inter- borough Rapid Transit company, was a challenge to the labor move- and that the strike, which it is designed to crush, is of enough im- portance, even without the added menace of the injunction, “to at- tract the sympathetic attention and support of American Federa- tion of Labor officials.” : The I. R. T., thru its general counsel, now makes a new threat couched in terms that should arouse every drop of fighting blood yin the veins of every union man and woman in the United States. Quackenbush says: The last time something like this happened, we sent 750 men to jail. This time I'll give them a little variety. | propose in this matter to enforce every legal right the com- pany has. This is not an idle gesture . . . . We will let the law take its course and if they misbehave the law will be enforced against them. IF THE AMALGAMATED UNION STICKS ITS HEAD UP AROUND NEW YORK SOME MEM- BERS WILL GO TO JAIL. PERHAPS THIS ACCOUNTS FOR THEIR QUIESCENCE. The “Amalgamated Union” Quackenbush refers to is the Amal- gamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employe affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, headed by William Mahon, now in Chicago negotiating a new wagesscale for the 20,000 workers on the surface and elevated lines. 4 The I. R. T. has confiscated the wages due strikers, it has brought an injunction suit confiscatory in its demands, based on the jie Danbury hatter precedent. Quackenbush has stated that the I. R. T. injunction likewise will “set some precedents.” } Now he makes the categorical statement that if the “Amal- gamated Union sticks its head up around New York some members will go to jail.” The I. R. T., not satisfied with attempts to outlaw the strike itself, announces that it will outlaw an A. F. of IL, union with 100,000 members—that its members will go to jail if they dare to try to or- ganize the I. R. T. workers. : Statements of this kind cannot be ignored by the labor move- ment. President Joseph Ryan of the Central rata! ana Labor Coun- ‘il of New York is the only prominent union official to reply so far. Te is quoted as follows: This suit is a notice to labor that it must push its fight to limit the rights of the courts in industriat disputes. The right to a jury trial in a case like this oughtto be and must be assured. - This statement is all right as far as it goes, but it does not go far enough. It does not touch the heart of the issue which is: Are workers who try to organize, and unions which try to or- anize them, to be treated as individuals and organizations so primi in their purposes that any paid lackey of a corporation can ackguard and threaten them in the public press, confiscate their personal property and send them to jail without the labor movement officially and with its full power resisting to the utmost? The way to reply to Quackenbush and his bosses is for the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes, backed by all the forces the American Federation of Labor can muster, to begin an organization drive on the I. R. T., to enlist every union man in New York who believes in the right of work- ers to organize and is willing to fight for that right, to assure every I. R. T. worker the full support of the labor movement, and then proceed to smash the company union and build a real one. This sort of a reply will not only send Quackenbush scurrying for cover but will teach an unforgettable lesson to the I. R. 'T. and similar corpdrations whose arrogance grows in. direct proportion to the failure of the labor movement to challenge it. There is an opportunity in New York to check the injunction offensive of the capitalists, to turn a menace into an asset for the trade union movement, to build a powerful union of city transporta- tion workers. This opportunity must not be allowed to pass. But if no militant answer in the form of renewal and continued efforts to organize the I. R. T. workers and extend the strike are made, it will be an admission that Quackenbush has correctly es- limated the powers of resistance of the labor movement as almost nil. MAREK WINS HIS |“wy.oms Soa APPEAL IN FREE | Strike Vote Monday SPEECH FIGHT (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, July 16.—The organ- The appeal of Mare Marek, arrested ization campaign of the cafeteria workers belonging to the New York July 20, 1925, for standing on a street Amalgamated Food Workers’ union, corner listening at an open-air meet- 1s meeting with greab-muccess.\ The ing to Fred G. Biedenkapp, to the workers are joining the union en appellate court has been decided in masse. The union now is preparing favor of Marek and against the police to conclude its organizntional work court ‘magistrate. and is preparing the union demands, At this meeting Fred G. Biedenkapp | "4 If retused by the bosses, a gen- was also arrested on a “disorderly con- eral strike in the cafeterias of New duet” charge. On an appeal Bieden- | ¥°PK City will follow, kapp won his case. Marek was fined} Monday, July 19, at 8 p. m. at $100 and costs by a police court judge | Br¥ant Hall, 725 Sixth avenue, (near for gt moving quick enough when the | 4294 street), a mass meeting will be policé sought to break up the meeting, | eld. At this meeting a vote will be This fine was later reduced to $25] taken on the new wage scale and a on petition of Marek’s attorney. The |Seneral strike committee will be case was then appedled. In the ap- | elected, pellate court the decision of the lower] The cafeteria workers, at present court was reversed on the grounds {Work 12 hours‘a day with one day off that no evidence had been presented |every 14 day#and in most instances, to sustain a charge of disorderly con-|7 days a. week straight. The wages duct and that Marek had had no trial, but was arbitrarily fined by a judge, LN Paediatr SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1926 are low and general conditions miser- | Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Hlinols, under the Act of March 3, 1879, Ee 290 Published Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., —__——. LABOR FAVORS UN $e The Proper Answer'LR.T. PLANS This Issue Consists of Two Sections, i o: SECTION ONE. Price 5 Cents 1113 W., Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ll. ITY MEET Joins Conference TO PAUPERIZE with Russians at STRKE HEADS Paris on July 26 Traction Barons ‘Shock Seasoned Reporters NEW YORK, July 16. — James L. Quackenbush, general counsel for the Interborough Rapid Transit company and chief of the company’s. strike breaking forces in a public statement, unequalled for cold-blooded callous- ness, declared that the traction mag- nates would seek by legal process to pauperize the leaders of the strike by using the same methods applied in the Danbury Hatter’s case of Inglorious memory. Quackenbush, throwing all discre- tion to the wirvls, taunted the officials of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway employes with the penitentiary if they dared show themselves in New York during the strike. There will be arrests he declared if my of Mahon’s men assist the striking {. R. T. men. Then as if to deliber- ately incite the Amalgamated leaders to action Quackenbugh said: “If the Amalgamated Union Nicks its head up around New York some members wil go to jail. Perhaps that accounts for their quiessence.” The company has impounded the back wages of sixty two leaders of the strike and will attempt to impound their bank accounts. Even the report- ors from capitalist newspapers were shocked at the cruelty exhibited by this flunkey of the traction trust, and they suggested that such a move would not very likely inspire public sympathy for the company. Quacken- bush declared that the company would reb the striking employes of every piete of property they posses¥ed in damage~siuts: - That jailing of strikers on a large scale would be resorted to was inti- mated by Quackenbush. “The last time something like this happened we sent 730 men to jail” he said. “This time we will give them a little var- iety,” no doubt referring to the hold- up proceedings with a view to starve the families of the strikers. Hylan Does.Not Help. Quackenbush admitted that he had made a study of the Danbury Hatters’ case ig which the union lost its treas- ury and the members lost their homes {Continued on page 2) His Changing Attentions By JOHN PEPPER. (Special Cablegram to The DAILY WORKER.) MOSCOW, July 15.—The General Council of the British Trade Union Congress has telegraphed to the Central Council of Labor Unions of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics the proposition to convene at Paris on July 26, the Anglo-Russian Committee for World Trade Union Unity to continue the work of the last session which took place last December and to review the latest events in their connection with the international unity of the labor movement. 26 For some time the Central Council of the Soviet (Editor’s Note: trade unions has been insisting that the interests of the world labor movement imperatively demanded the immediate convening of the Anglo- Russian committee, and sharp criticism has been directed upon the Brit- i8h General Council for the delay which was considered especially dangerous in view of the present strike of 1,250,000 British coal miners and the absolute need of international action to shut off the shipment of scab coal to England.) GENERAL COUNCIL OF BRITISH LABOR WITH MINERS IN NEW MOVE LONDON, July 16. — The execu- tive committee of the Miners’ Fed- eration yesterday held a conference with the general council of the Trade Union Congress on the an- nounced purpose of finding “ways and means of bringing the miners’ union battle against longer hours and lower wages to a successful issue.” The general council is reported to have pledged its support to the niiners, and the impressig¢n is being left that the mine owners have made @ proposal yet undisclosed. This is added to by the fact that Premier eration yesterday held.a conference with the ministers who were most active with him in the coal dispute, announced that he would be ready to meet the miners’ executives or those of the general council. LONDON, Juiy 16. — The execu- tive committee of the Miners’ Feder- ation has accepted, with reserva- tions, the proposals made by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other ecclesiastics for the settlement of the coal strike, 150 MOULDERS ON STRIKE IN FISHER PLANT (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., July 16.—One hun- drei and fifty moulders have ‘gone on strike at the Fisher Auto Body plant | No. r a 15% increase in wages Three hundred metal polishers went out on sympathy strike with the moulders, completely tying up produc “ion in-the-plant. The strike affects 5,000 workers, Sub-Section 6B, Brooklyn, to Hold Picnic on July 25 (Special to The Daily Worker) BROOKLYN, N. Y., July 16.—Sub- section 6B Workers (Communist) Party of Brooklyn has arranged a pic- nic for Sunda uly 25, at Briarwoods Forest, Jamaica, Long Island. An en- tertaining program has been arranged. Admission only 10c. Take Jamaica ‘L” to Queens Blvd. station.