The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 22, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Gover # Vol. Ill. No. 162. . By THOMAS J, O’FLAHERTY S a strike leader, William D. Ma- hon is a good Quaker, to judge by an official statement issued by him |- since he arrived here to conduct the negottations for a mew ‘wage and working schedule between the elec- tric. railway employes of this city and their employers. Mr. Mahon de- votes ninety per cent of his publicity to decrying talk of a strike and em- phasizing that the employes are con- servative, struggling to pay on their homes and trying to bring up their children as American children should be brot up. Granting for the sake of argument that every motorman and conductor is paying for a home on the installment plan an increase in wages would lessen the strain, We bave yet to learn that any set of em- ployers have granted increases out of pure benevolence or in recognition of the amiabjility and meekness of their employes. se HE web of evidence is being stead- ‘ily woven around Aimee McPher- son. An affidavit signed by the own- er of a resort in San Diego states that Aimee, another woman and two maie companions engaged rooms at his place a few days after her disappear- ance in a bathing suit. A man re- sembling her radio operator was seen in her company. If her deity brings Aimee out of this mess, he is not as dead as we expected. With the aid of the money Aimee wrung from her religious followers he has a fighting chance. ey ae 7 HE DAILY WORKER was 24 hours late in running the picture of Gen. de Costa as dictator of Portugal. That was his title when the caption was written on Friday afternoon but when the general showed up. at his office on Saturday morning there was an- other fellow sitting in his chair with a big gat om the desk in front of him. He accused de Costa of being a grafter and packed him off to the Azores, There is no democracy in Portugal, yet neither the U. 8. gov- ernment nor the A. F. of L, get ex- cited over its absence. aang of democracy it may” be interesting to note that George Lansbury admits in the July 10 issne of his weekly, that the Communist theory of the capitalist state is cor- rect. Lansbury’s comment was in- spired by a bill introduced in the house of commons, which. if passed will permit the government. to abolish any board of guardians, that may ap- pear to be unable to properly dis- charge its duties. The real motive for the introduction of this, bill is to pre- vent the guardians from granting re- lief or assisting the workers in any way that does not suit-the ruling classes. ANSBURY says: “This crime against democracy is proving as nothing else could prove, that the Communist theory is right and the British governing classes, mouthing their love and admiration for the prin- ciples of democracy, have not the slightest intention of allowing those principles to operate, except, in ac- cordance with their will.” Lansbury is a prominent member of the I. L, P. Even a belated admission of the cor- rectness of the Communist view is welcome. It now remains to be seen whether Lansbury will continue de- fending bourgeois democracy. eee HE provinces of Alsace-Lorraine are causing the French govern- ment as much trouble now as they caused Germany before the allied vic- tory restored them to France, While the French capitalists shed tears of pity for the unhappy people who were separated from their beloved France, were the tremendous iron deposits which enabled Ger to Teach such a commanding position in the com- mercial world. In the pre-war days German soldiers kept the populace in subjection. Now French soldiers are doing it. War, what for? * For an ex- - change of masters! * ‘T looks as if a dark conspiracy to get Sheriff Hoffman in, bad, is on foot, in fact.on both feet, Not content (Continued on page 2) By LELAND OLDS, Federated Pre: Opportunity for at least $1,000,000 more profits a year is what the devel- opment of the automobile means to the American inyestor class, company reports indicate. Each step in me- chanical progress provides the owning class one more field for tribute. ./-The billion-dgllar total includes nearly $350,000,000 in profits to the owners of auto plants, about $70,000, nnn 45 +he owners of parts and acces: _sories factories, over '$500,000/000 to the petroleum kings and probably at least another $50,000,000 to owners of. the rubber industry, It does not take “nto account the indirect. profits on vhiaues 2 . | the steel, aluminum, copper, gla: eo. wes Davn. JELAYS PROBE INTO -GARY BLAST Prepare to Whitewash Steel Trust By LAURENCE TODD, Federated Press, WASHINGTON, July 20.—Chairman Bynum of the Indiana industrial com- mission has disclosed to The Feder- ated Press the inner reason for his failure to investigate the explosion in the steel trust’s by-product plant at Gary last month, where, according to his own™account, 14 workers were killed and 40 injured. A Fine Concern, “I am going to send a factory in- spector down there,” he said, when called upon to explain why the steel trust had been able to clamp down a lid of secrecy on the causes of the horror, They are such a fine concern that I did not want to trouble them now, when the inside of the plant is all blown out, but when Superintend- ent Gleason of the plant has com- pleted his investigation I shall look into it, and I shall make a report.” “Is that the spirit of the law under which your commission was estab- lished?” he was asked. “Perhaps not in general, but I have confidence in the company and its re- port will be straight. Why, the death of these 14 men and the injuries to 40 more will cost the company $200,000 in workmen’s compensation payments!” Denies Politics, “Hasn’t the United States Steel Corporation a strong drag with the state government of Indiana, that they get this sort of treatment?” “They never have employed me, and they won't. Nor will they influence the governor. But I'll tell you what they have done for me. They have enabled me to transfer 1,000 unem- ployed coal miners to jobs in their plants, and I am going to get 1,000 more of the. 15,000 unemployed miners into their employ.” Bynum was, as! whe miners were not uhion men! sign an agreement when they ‘go to work in the trust's plants that they will not join any union. He'said they are union miners, but they will not have to agree to stay out of unions when working for the steel company. Blame Worker. According to unofticial information given Bynum by a company represen- tative, the fatal explosion was due to the careless act of some worker who left open a cock in the cupola where coke was being heated, and gas which escaped came in contact with flames at a distance. He is assured that an outside covering, with a lock con- trolled by the shop foreman, is being built over similar containers in the place. He says he is sure the explo- sion was not due to any Bins process, and that there is danger of its being repeated. He admits he is only a lawyer—not an engineer nor a chemist. Dodge Inquiry. ‘The Federated Press sought this in- terview with Bynum because Secre- tary of Labor Dayis had. shown marked reluctance to make even a po- lite inquiry of Judge Gary’s plant su- perintendent in Gary as to why the 14 workers were killed and the 40 were injured. Ethelbert Stewart, commissioner of the bureau of labor Statistics, had declared that the fed- eral government has no power to in- vestigate such accidents, except under special resolution by congress. He what they were actually weeping for |and Davis had both advised that “you ask the governor of Indiana.” Finally Davis had agreed to ask Bynum for a look at Bynum’s report. He had re- fused to announce to his national in- dustrial accident confere{ce that he was going to inquire into the cause of the Gary disaster. The Federated Press representative waited half an hour in Davis’ outer office, hoping to learn that inquiry would be made, and all that time Davis was writing his speeet of greet- ing to the industrial accident parley. $1,000,000,000 PROFIT YEARLY GOING TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY cloth and other materials. Nor does it include retail profits and the profits of garage owners. Four Million Cars Sold in 1926. These profits come out of the coun- try's total expenditure on automobiles, which probably exceeds $10,000,000, 000, In 1925 people in the United States and Canada purchased 3,839,302 passenger cars and 497,452 trucks, busses ‘and ¢ommerclal vehicles, « total of 4,836,754 cars with a wholesale value of $2,977,906,000. Additional party cost $308,830,000 and repluce- ment of party and tires $929,4400,000, (Continued on page 2) tye 19 VOC « In Chicago, by mall, $8.00 per year. 3 Outside Chicago, by’ mail, $6.00 per year. findustry. The struggle of last sum- Entered at, Second-class matter September “1, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Iillnoie, under the Act of Marth 3 1879. THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1926 NEEDLE TRADES SECTION OF THE T. U. E. L. CALLS ITS NATIONAL CONFERENCE NEW YORK CITY, July 20—The Needle Trades Section of the Trade Union Educational League has issued the following call for its fourth national conference to be held in New York City from September 10 to 12, inclusive ase Fellow Workers!—In the layt two y! has become a power to be reckoned with not only by\the bureaucracy, but by the employing class in the entire industry, We have seen year by year the bureaucracy of the needle trades—once considered among the most progressive in the American labor movement— moving far to the right into the camp of the Gompersite officialdom and degenerating into aids and “labor specialists” of the employing class, as exemplified by modern Hilimanism-——————__+—________ and Schachtman’s role in the last Furriers’ strike, But while in the rest of the Amer- ican labor movement the decadence caused by the corrupt, class collabor- ationist, $10,000 to $20,000 a year bureaucracy, is still in strong dom- inance, causing the loss of nearly two million members in the ranks of or- ganized labor, among the organized garment workers strong sections, un- der the leadership of the left wing, are once more emerging in fighting array to give battle to the employers in order to regain control over con- ditions in the industry and secure im- orovements, Has Learned to Fight. Thus, fighting unionism once more makes its appearance in the needle 30,000 PIGKETS PACK STREETS OF N. Yas 400 JAILED Demonstrate Power to. Back Up Demands _—_ | NEW YORK CITY, July 20.—Aston- ished New Yorkers gazed wondering- ly at the class war tactics of the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers who mobilized 30,000 pickets before the shops in the garment district and packed the streets with strikers from Sixth avenue to Highth *, from 33rd street.to 40th street in a demonstration of strength and deter- mination. FOR SEPTEMBER 10 *. * ears the left wing in the needle trades mer in the I. L. G. W. U., headed -by Locals 2, 9 amd 22, combined into the Joint Action Committee, shows that the left wing has learned how to fight the old bureaucracy successfully. The stubborn struggle of the Furriers proves that the Jeft wing has learned a great deal as%to how to fight, and WIN, against wh the employers and the bureaucracy] even when they are combined. i Our setback dn the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America has shown the impostance of strengthen- ing our national/organization. For the next decisive @truggle against | the bureaucracy will be a struggle on a national scale. “Considerable of the reserves of the bureaucracy are out- (Continued on page 2) 6. 0. P. LEADERS SET UP HEADQUARTERS IN | CHICAGO FOR NOVEMBER Led by Louis Hyman of the joint board, the strikers attempted to parade, but were harried by police at every step, altho the picketers held | to their purpose of showing the bosses hey meant business in their readiness to fight for their demands. Four hundred strikers who took up the position of shock troops or who collided with the police on the side- walks, were carried away to jail by busy patrol wagons, which, however, had no effect on discouraging the demonstration, Most of those arrested were fined $5 for “blocking traffic,” one striker, Herman Kaft, getting two days in Jail for striking a policeman. New York Physician Takes Sickly Passaic Child for Summer PASSAIC, N. J., July 19.—The gen- eral refiet committee of textile strik- ers, 743 Main avenue, reports that it has been able to place Nina Morris, an underweight strikers’ kiddie, suf- fering from mitral disease, in the home of a physician for the summer. Nina fs 12 years old, and is nine pounds underweight, She has been adopted for the summer by Dr. Mis- lig Michael of 48 West 93rd street, whe will give her the medical atten- tion she is so badly in need of, The case of Nina is only one of hundreds being as efficiently handled by the general relief committee, The committee “is placing hundreds of strikers” children in summer camps and in the homes of workers and sym- nathizers,” A large percentage of the strikers’ children are suffering from seart disease and other ailments, These ‘children are not sent to the homeg of sympathizers, but are either Where medical atten- or the general relief kes an -effort to get them adoptéd by friendly physicians, as in the case of Nina, Amalgamated Official Praises I. L. G. Strike NEW YORK, July 15.— Joseph Schlossber; secretary-treasurer of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, has written to Morris Sigman, president of the I. L, G. W. U.,, saying: “The general strike of your’ membership is the greatest event in the American labor move- ment today,, Our members consider your strike, ag.if it were our own. The clothing workers will stand by the strikers watil victory is achieved. Power to. you, tellow-workers! You are writing a new page in the history of your’ mahindy organization,” Charnes S. DENEEN Administration republicans and Senators are worried about how the corn belt revolt of the farmers against the old parties is going to to effect the fall elections for koth houses, The G..0. P. members have chosen a joint committee to\ conduct the campaign. tt is significant that Chicago, near the ‘corn belt, was chosen as headquarters, Above are shown Representative Wood of In- dial Senator Phipps of Colorado and Senator Deneen of Illinois, who will be in charge of the campaign, Britain-U, S. Debt to Remain. LONDON, July 20—The British gov- ernment will make no effort to secure a.revision of the terms of the debt funding agreement with the United States, despite renewed public agi- tation, it was stated by the foreign of- fice today, Wittemore Death Delayed, BALTIMORE, Md,, July 20-—Richard Reese Wittemore; the “candy kid” bandit, will not die on Friday, the thinteenth, Instead, he will be hanged until dead at 11:30 p, m. on Thursday, August 12, at Mutyland penitentiary it was learnéd today, side of New York, and we must learn EB” rf BARKERS FEAR LABOR REVOLT AT FOOD COST Panic in ‘Air as Franc Hits 49.33 (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, July 20.— Warning of the possibility of “social disorders,” aris- ing out of the critical financial situ- ation, was made today by former finance minister Peret in an inter- view. “Increasing prices are causing un- rest and failures of industrial and commercial concerns,” declared M. Peret. “Unemployment may bring social disorders. They must be avoided at any cost.” Panic in the Air. The fluctuations of the france have caused such great excitement and en gendered conditions favorable for a panic, that the government has issued instructions to radio broadcasting companies to cease announcing ex- change prices until further orders. The downward plunge of the franc continued today. At 2:30 this after- noon, amidst exciting scenes on the bourse, the franc reashed a new low record when it Bold at 49.33 to the dollar. This low made the franc worth 2.02 cents. Normally the franc is worth 19.30 cents, but it has declined steadily since the early war days. In 1914- 1915 the average value of the fraric was 18.80 cents, while in 1920-21 the average value of the franc had declin ed 6.30 cents and by 1925 it was down to 4.39 cents, and has continued to tumble reaching today’s new low levei of 2.02 cents. The Herriot cabinet is generally re ported to be of mediocre talent, for outside of M. Herriot, M. Painleve, and M. Loucher, none of the leading statesmen appear in the ministry. The cabinet will meet parliament on Thursday when the ministerial statement will have to disclose the financial program of the new minis- try. The financial program is today in the state of formation and there are many rumors concerning it, bit nothing definite can be said inasmuch as the program has not been formu lated. Finance Minister De Monzie, on the oceasion of his last speech on the financial situation, spoke in advocacy of a capital levy. There is no doubt vut what the cabinet is opposed to he Mellon-Berenger debt settlement, yut it may trim its sails to meet the xigencies of the situation. t In the lobbies of the chamber to- lay the most optimistic estimate of a dossible majority for the Herriot min- istry was fifteen votes, and it was ad- mitted that even if this slight ma jority is attained that it cannot with stand the attacks of the opposition for long. Secret Inflation. Rumors are rife all over France and one of the most persistent is that there has already been secret and il- legal inflation, without consulting parliament. New York Furriers Assess 12,000 Members $1 for Passaic Strike NEW YORK, N, Y., July 19.—At a meeting of shop chairman of the New York Furriers’ Union it was decided to assess the membership $1 each for Passaic strike felief. As the union has 12,000 members, this means that $12,000 will be raised for strike re. Nef. The meeting also decided to take up shop collections thru the contribution lists of the general relief committee of textile strikers, The meeting instructed the shop chairmen to energetically push the sale of tickets for the big concert to be held at Coney Island Stadium on August 28 for the benefit of the Pas- saic strikers’ children, A committee was elected to supervise this work. It was also decided to hold a Fur- riers’ Day in Passaic on Sunday, July 25, when all the furriers will visit the strike zone, They will go over in busses and automobiles. They will visit the mills and the four relief food stores in operation, the two children’s kitchens, where 1,000 strikers’ kiddies are fed daily, the clothing store, the mobilization centers, the picket line lunch eounters, They will visit the new Victory Playground, near Gar- fleld, Suppress New erage. WASHINGTON, July 20—The treas- ury took steps today to suppress the manufacture and salé of a malt pre- paration known a& “Worts.” The prohibition unit ordefed administrators to refuse permits fb brewerles to manufacture the prébdration pending the outoome of cduit” tusts, eee ~~ Published Datly except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO,, 1113 W. Washington Bilvd., Chicago, Ill, Cooks, Journalists and Organizers Want Jobs, Says Mutual Aid (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, July 20—Who has work to be done? The League for Mutual Aid is asking all its members and friends to send in for workers when jobs are open. Among the league members who are seeking Places are a number of competent, ex- perienced union organizers, teachers for workers’ education groups or | others, camp directors and assistants, | camp cooks for summer, and publicity writers for labor organiza- | tions or others. The league can al-| ways supply good workers for steno- graphic and clerical positions, | “Send in notice of whatever work | you have to be done,” says the secre- | tary, Ruth Albert ‘No matter how unlikely a job you think it for 2 league member, we'll be sure to have someone willing to try it.” Even out: | of-town jobs are not scorned. The League for Mutual Aid office is at 70 | Fifth avenue, New York. } DEMAND RELEASE OF 1924 GARMENT STRIKE PIGKETS Protest at Temple Hal on Thursday Night “Injunctions are a constant menace to the labor movement in Chicago,” declared I. L. Davidson, organizer of the Chicago joint board of the Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. “In past year every strike that even |\ NEW YORK EDITION - Price 3 Cents HURL ATTACKS AT AMERICA AS WORLD SHYLOCK Capitalist ‘Finances in Insoluble Fix (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, July 20.—Upon the ques- tion of interallied debts, tte house of commons yesterday plunged into @ hostile criticism-of the financial Im perialism of the United States such as has been seldom heard, coupled with equally sharp attacks on Winston Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer, for being a bad manager of British ff nance to the benefit of America. A labor party member, the Rev. G. Stephen, dramatically exclaimed: Can't Be Solved. “The franc is going to hell and the pound is going after it. The French debt agreement is one more confes- sion of the fact that the international finance problems are insoluble.” Captain Wedgewood Benn, who ,rais- ed the question, attacked the French debt agreement and declared that Churchill should have gotten lower tariff concessions and some step to- ward disarmament. “Mussolini talks of peace in the shadow of the sword. The French are building up their air force in competi- tion with the United States.” Lloyd George Wants Cancellation. Lloyd George openly declared that the agreement to pay Britain’s debt to the United States was a mistake which had brought Europe into the has been called by the trades unions | Present muddle. of this city has been met most drastic and with the sweeping injunc- Phillip Snowden, who held Chureh- ill’s place in the labor government, tions. These injunctions are of such | tained statistics on the tory treasurer: a nature that if these organizations “The chancellor cannot claim that were to obey them and seek to live|he made a good bargain with France up to them; they would seriously crip- { or Italy. ple the union calling the strike. Not most cases it would mean the destruc- tion of the union, meeting. This protest meeting will be held “Phrusday “night; July 22 at™ the only would it. seriously cripple the | better bargains. union that called the strike but in| be taking $400,000,000 a year from Eu- Temple Hall, Marshfield Ave. and Van | the Buren St. Every real trades unionists {| whese national income is increasing at He has been beaten at every The United States made much In 15 years ‘it will point. rope, It will cost one day's labor by 320,000,000 workers in Europe to pay “Our union is arranging a protest | annual tribute to the United States. “No Mutual Advantages.” “Unter our settlement, América, richest country in the world, ‘n Chicago is urged to attend this] the rate of $10,000,000,000 a year, meeting and voice his protest against | whose capital wealth is increasing at the. imprisonment of the garment | the rate of $50,000,000,000 a year, who strike pickets and against the use of}came into the war nearly three years injunctions in labor disputes. Every | after the outbreak of hostilities and real trades unionist should come to] whose slogan—‘No material advan- his meeting and demand that Gov. | tages’ was emblazoned on her banners Len Small release the jailed strike |—-America is willing to take the pickets that are still in jail or are | whole reparations paid by Germany about to enter the jail.” | and not one European ally will be get- ss 9 |ting a single penny. This position New York L W. W. to | cannot permanently continue. “ * j Unless something like a Dawes Hold Picnic Sept. 5! pian can be devised for France I wh |would not give very much for the terms that are embodied in the agree (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, July 15.—The I. W. W. membership of Greater New | York are beginning their prepara- | tions for the biggest picnic of the | year, to be held on Sunday, Septem- | ber 5, on the eve of Labor Day, the | proceeds to go tothe Italian and | Spanish organs of the organization, | “IL Proletario” and ‘Solidaridad.” | The picnic is to be held at Harmony | Park, Grasmere, Staten Island, and tickets at 50 cents each may be ob- tained from J, Mangano, secretary of the committee, at 158 Carroll street, Brooklyn. Various and valuable prizes, will be made at the grounds! and everybody is invited to get ad- | inission tickets in advance. | ment with the French minister.” Churchill's Pink Spectacl Idberal member Runciman said, “I will acquit the chancellor of playing the part of Shylock and will suggest that he would much better fill the role of a peddler of pink spectacles.” Churchill, in reply to the storm of criticism, said that, “Nothing that has happened during the last week (refer- ring to the French collapse) has weakened my hope that the settle- ment. with France will receive a meas- ure-of general approval by the house aud the country. <A great state can- not be put in the county courthouse. I cannot get a single penny from Rus- sia.” BOSSES LOCK OUT 10,000 UNION CLEANERS AND DYERS; SCABS GET By Federated Press. NEW YORK, July 20—(FP)—Nearly 68,00 workers are striking or are locked out in New York City and vicinity. The 10,000 cleaners and dyers have been locked out by the employers’ association to attempt enforcement ot a 20 per cent reduction. Added to the 40,000 cloakmakers, 2,000 cap- makers, 800 subway strikers, and 15,000 or more wool textile workers in Passaic, N. J., the grand total ts about @———_—________ 68,000 workers fighting for the funda- mental rights of organization as much as anything else, Cleaners Locked Out, The cleaners and dyers’ union had declared a strike in non-union shops, involving some 2,400 workerg when the employers’ association blow fell— a direct challenge to unionism, The agreement ran to next February. The work is very hard, exhausting and dangerous to health because of the steam and poisonous dyeing and cleaning materials, Subway strikers fighting company unionism say that they have returns favoring the improvement of wages and working conditions from nearly 8,000 of the subway and trolley bao ers of the 10,000 to whom ballots we: sent. ‘Condemns |, R. T. Organized labor in) New York is roused, with & considerable section of the middle-class by the, Interborough Rapid Transit Co.'s severe action in seeking an injunction and $239,000 damages from the subway strikers, Even the New York World, demo- cratic capitalist paper, editorializes that “the right of labor to organize its ranks is much more important” than the theoretical property right of the employer in his amicable relations with loyal and strike-breaking em- ployes. The employers’ supposed right to protect this property 1s the basis for the Interborough suit, as it was for the Danbury hatters’ ease, Scabs Get $24 a Day. F Strike-breakers are wettingw@! an hour—but for 24 hours a day, iaclud- ing sleeping time. Strikers ask $1 an hour for’an 8hour day. Outside of motormen, the subway workers have a 10 and mostly 12-hour day. All work seven days a week, with obe day off in two weeks to a month A skilled motorman gete $36 9 week maximum, Other grades of workers get correspondingly leas, since motor, man is considered the highest ote eves: are iecieicinaintiniaeeaintammestiititen tiie, - ae