The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 23, 1926, Page 4

a — i el a) sua <amne® | meeting. Page Four Workers (Communist) Party _ Forward to the Industrial Town! By BERT MILLER. As bape enlarged plenum of the execu- tive committee of the Communist International be must devote more heretofore to such decisive sections of rs, the railroad Not for one moment may the fact be lost sight of that in a country like Amer- ica the decisive section is the prol es that the party attention than the workers as mir workers, the metal workers, etc. tariat of heavy Industry, and not the | industry.”—Adopted | workers of light by the enlarged executive of the Cor munist International. This resolution has been unani- mously accepted and approved by our | party membership. But its true sig nificance many have not re fact, there is a strong current in the opposite direction. This is demonstrated by the drift of the mo: active elements to ‘d the | jes. In small cities and towns the party member is rare who does not constant d valuab the smal same tim try and of the larger industrial plants. This existing tendency is a menace to the growth of our party. trary to the line of development of modern American industry and it is tendency away from the policy laid down for us by the Communist Inter- national. According to the last United States census of 1920 of the thirty million wage earners engaged in non-agricul- tural pursuits, approximately eleven million, or only 33 per cent, are to be found in the 62 largest cities of the country. Of this number only about five million or one-sixth of all the industrial workers, are to be found in the eight largest cities (New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo and Pittsburgh), Kansas City Opens Intense Drive for New Party Members KANSAS CITY, Mo. July 21—An intensive membership drive was de- cided on at a general membership The goal is one new mem- ber for each comrade. The organiza- tion committee is leading and direct- ing the work. Comrades of the shop , muclei are planning to take advantage of the spirit of the campaign and in- crease the organized opposition to company unions that eixst in all plants where we have shop nuclei. The trade union fractions have a se- lected list of trade unionists desir- able for party membership that will be visited in the coming weeks. Committees of twos are formed by the street nuclei that are using th mailing list of The DAILY WORK and other lists of names of sympa- thizers for party membership. The organization committee is arranging meetings for the language fractions, meetings to take place in different parts of the city with speakers and discussions on the pc cal party of the working class. The English speak- ing fraction is arranging a meeting to bé held at the Musicians’ Hall, 1017 Washington, Friday at 8 p. m. July 30, An effort is being made to get the members who were lost in the reor- ganization of the party to get back into the harness and pull with the rest of us. Meetings of the Russian and Croa tian fractions will be called within a few weeks. The committees of twos are already on the job. Get your friends to subscribe to tiie American Worker Correspondent. The price Is only 50 cents a year. Gik Read it today on page 5. - 11 It is con- | | where our party has its strongest cen- jters. To make matters worse, this | one h is concentrated in the light indu In other words, we are concentrating our efforts on one-sixth }of the industrial workers in the light es in the larger cities and we zlecting the “decisive section” naller cities in the heavy in- ies. dustries. No one will deny the motive power of the big city. driving for mp No one will deny its No one will deny its nce in the coming struggles st the American capitalist class. to concentrate solely upon these rs would be a grave error for our part It is evident that the party has not yet orientated itself to the current |trend of modern industry toward the small industrial town in which the | rgest and most important trustified its are located and in which the ority of the industrial workers are nd. Modern capitalism has long n aware of the waste and ineffi- ey of the large city. Industrial eers have long ago pointed out tcomings of our big cities, industry has therefore shown inct tendency toward the build- ing of large factory units outside of the large cities. This tendency has been aided materially by the tremen- dous growth of superpower systems thruout the country. Taking at random the directory of |the larger New England manufactur- \ers, we find that the plants with one | thousand employes or more run some- | what as follows: United States Car- | tridge Co. in Lowell, American Bosch |Magneto Company in Springfield, | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Quincy, General Electric Company in Lynn, Douglas Shoe Company in | Brockton, American Brass Company in Waterbury, etc. As a general rule |few of the larger plants are to be found in the large cities, like New | York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, ete. How can we account for the party’s drift away from the small industrial 25 Party Papers Will Compete at Chicago Press Picnic The Fifth Annual Workers Party Press Picnic promises to be greater than all of its predecessors. Almost 25 different workingclass papers are participating, most of the papers print- ted in various languages, including of course The DAILY WORKER and the Young Worker. Each language group is plugging hard to bring their friends and sympathizers to the picnic. Tick- ets are being sold in advance for 40c. Admission at the gate will be 50c. Rain or shine the picnic will be held. Tickets sold in advance by language groups entitle them to keep 35c. of | each ticket sold for the benefit of their |paper. The intention of the picnic is |to rally the masses in support of the Chicago working class press. All DAILY WORKER supporters will of course be there in full force. The speakers at the picnic will be Wn. Z. Woster and C, E, Ruthenberg. Interesting games are being planned. Remember the day of the Press nic, Sunday August 1, at Riverview Clybourne and Bel- Pi ‘ark, Western, mont Avenues. Springfield Miner Found in Wheat Field Near Point of Death MASON CITY, IL, July 21.—A man, identified as Rube Whittaker, a Springfield, Ill., miner was found shot thru the head in a wheat fleld near here, when the team which James Adkins, a farmer, was driving at- tached to a reaper became frightened and bolted. Adkins investigated, find- ing the man in a dying condition. He was taken to the city hall, where he lies at the point of death. There were no marks of violence on the body beside the bullet wound and a scalp wound. Identification was made by Alexander Allen of this city, Pittsburgh ‘Local International Labor Defense PIC NIC SATURDAY, JULY 24th at SCHUETZEN PARK, Millvale WILLIAM Z. FOSTER WILL SPEAK. Dancing——Games———Other Attractions DIRECTIONS—Take Millvale Car No, 3 on Ninth aud Penn Ave, Go to end of Iine. Trucks will take you to the park. By auto—follow the Fergreen Road to the park, Wa THE DAHL Y WORKER city, the seat of big industry? To some extent it has as its basis a sim- ilar tendency among the American working class of which our party is a section. American capitalism ds still in a position to hold out the hope of economic betterment in the big city, to the worker who is willing to mi- grate, to the one who is willing to take a chance. In other words, Amer- ican capitalism is still able to lure the most active and adventurous element out of the drabness of the smaller town to the big city. Our own party members apparently are not immune to the disease of opportunism, which seeks some easier and less thorny path to the revolution. The danger of this tendency to’our party de- mands that we speak ih the plainest terms. The migration of active com- rades from the smaller to the larger cities in many cases is nothing more or less than an act of desertion of Communist duty. It should be brand- ed as such wherever the tendency shows itself. Altho there are weaker elements which will inevitably drift toward the larger cities and away from the key posts in the big industrial plants, they must be replaced by stronger and more determined elements from the big cities. The party must turn its face to the industrial town and the most active elements will be the first to respond to this call. A few active elements can reap a tremendous har- vest for our party in a plant like the General Electric Company with 12,000 workers or the Hood Rubber Company with 9,000 workers. Here are often workers of the most militant type, vir- gin soil which has never been touched by either a labor organizer or the socialist party. There they are, wait- ing for our message. To be sure, it requires untiring patience to deal with these backward elements. To be sure, it requires considerable courage to fight the power of a big corporation in a town where it owns everything from the corner grocery store to the police department. But what good is a Com- munist without patience and courage? POLIGE CHIEF MAY BE DUB: PERHAPS NOT But Keep Your Fins in Your Jeans CLEVELAND, July 21—The Cleye- land Plain Dealer, a local morning paper, has just finished a contest in fingerprinting. All readers and inter- ested people were requested to send in their fingerprints, which were ex- amined by George Koestle, superin- tendent of the bureau of criminal identification, Cleveland police depart- ment, Mr. Koestle states that there aré 30,000 fingerprints registered with the police, since in addition to the osten- sible original purpose for which fin- gerprints were taken, they “are useful in protecting innocent people against fraud and impersonation. They are making it very easy for the gullible workers to hand over their finger- prints to the police department. Of course, none of them suspect that the police department will keep them on record and will use them when the proper time arrives, This is evidently a forerunner of general fingerprinting, registering and photographing of the workers of this country. So much fun, you know, put- ting’it thru in this fashion. Sheet Metal Workers Unable to Agree on Jurisdictional Pact WASHINGTON, July 21.—Altho the executive board of the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association met at its headquarters in Washing- ton on July 12, with delegates invited from all its 150 locals, to discuss the jurisdictional peace agreement signed with the carpenters, no decision was forthcoming as late as July 15. The difficulty in decision is said to lie in the views of two members of the executive board—one from Chi- cago and one from Cleveland—to cer- tain points in the agreement. Dele- gates from the local unions from all sections of the country were said to have urged ratification, ‘ Soda Fountain Clerks of Chicago Organize Rapid progress made by the Soda Dispensers’ Alliance in organizing the soda fountain clerks, particularly in drug stores, is attributed to the starva- tion wage paid these workers, Organ- izer B, W. Parlee of the Hotel and Restaurant Employes, assigned to the task, reports that the clerks work 10 |to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, But they get so little pay, Parlee says, that after they have taken care of room rent and laundry there isn’t enough money left for proper food, and “a few hours after they receive their pay enyelopes they are broke,” Over 700 fountain workers have join- ed Local $51,.S80da Dispensers’ Al- ih On to Proecow/ \FABLEA WILL Subs Received*July 1, 2 and 3. . n - BOSTON, MASS.— S. Altunin ... Elsie Pultur .. Points Total Nicholas B. Shara, 0 ©. Menegon, Corona, L. I, 45 John Stanley, Elizabeth, 340 Jacob Machenas, Hartford, Conn... 20 20 H. Silverstein, Newark, N. J. ...205 300 NEW YORK CIT®— Anna Ayeroff +20 120 J. Bulatkin . 20 60 John Carmels . 20 20 P. B. Cowdery 110 735 Harry Feinstein... . 40 240 Caroline Kanta . 20 20 Leo Kling 400 5,545 Elsie Levit 10 10 James Lusti S45 Henry Mautne: 0 485 Nicola Napoli 20 20 M. Pasternak 100 180 D. Reisky . .150 150 Rose Rosen 100 190 Solomon Rudnitsky ~ 20 20 Arthur Smith. 1,585 8,665 John Syornich 145 185 G. Szepesi .. -20 110 A. A. Sockol, Stam ~ 10 560 Geo. Zimmerman, W N ~20 40 .100 100 Mary Beard 420 Dr. Henry Golden 45 M. Laktasic, “Luzerne, 45 J.B. Gai Freehold, N. 100 Bernard M. Mattingly, Park- ville, ‘Md. 10 10 George Brooks, Albany, N. Y..... 10 55 W. Kohn, Albany, N.Y. 100 K. J. Koti, Buffalo,.N. Y. 135 ROCHESTER, N. Yi Sam Essman .. 30 . 30 Emil Honegge: 001,525 Progressive Wor Library J. Kasper, E. Pittsburgh, Pa. 5,650 Leo Kauppilo, Monessen, Pi PITTSBURGH, P. A. Garfiinkel W. H. Scarville A. Toth, Penowa, Pa. .. CINCINNATI, OHIO— M. Esterkin. .. Dr. Wm. Wolfram P. Lukachie, Clevelan: William Biemler, Sand E. Davy, Toledo, Ohio .. DETROIT, MICH.— L. Duffy .. 40 «60 ..John Raechien BS K. Carlson, Grand Rapids, Mich. 20 20 Walter Johnson, Muskegon, Mich. .... » 10 60 CHICAGO, IL! Peter Chylek 20 20 N. Green 20 105 John Heindrickson 4,890 D. E. Hillinger 100 Rudy Salup : 65 B. Vinograd 110 110 W. Yakimetz ee E. Hugo Oehler, Mo. 75. 2,075 Herbert waukee, Wis. 100 130 K. J. Maimstrom, Molin: sone 20” 280 S. Smulevitz, E. Chicago, Ind... 45 45 J. Dewartze, Plymouth, Wis... 10 10 DULUTH, MINN.— August Hellsten 100 Carl Williamson... 100 J. Vaananan, Hancock, Mich... 45 520 ©. B. Hayden, St. Paul, Minn... 10 420 Soren Anderson, Anoka, Minn. 100 100 P. Lodsin, Gleason. Wis. 45 65 10 620 20 10 Paul C. Reiss... 3AN FRANCISCO, GALIF- Anna Cornblath . 100 285 A. Segal .. " 685 Walter *Se! 20 Dan Dill, PI y 75 Rosa C. Powell, Richmon: 45 Louis Touby, Miami, FI 90 1,100 B. S. Williams, Lakeland, 45 45 John Gritz, Montreal, Canada 10 10 Find Man Who Tried to Warn Mellett of His Impending Murder CANTON, Ohio, July 21.—With Ora Slater, the private’ detective who is in charge of the Mellett slaying case here and Deputy Sheriff Ed. Gibson, when they left for Pittsburgh this af- ternoon, was a man who was on the vicinity of the Mellett home about the time of the murder. The man, whose identity was not revealed and who was well guarded because he feared for his life, is to face George Psialias in Pittsburgh to- night. It was learned that he is a rather Prominent citizen of Canton and was formerly an employe of the Canton Daily News. Belief was expressed that this is the man who tried in vain to warn Mellett after he had gotten the slain man’s address and telephone number from Earl Shaeffer, press fore- man of the Canton Daily New about 45 minutes before the fatal shots were fired. 40} on the injunction issue, however, and MAKE YOU WISH FOR MANY MORE BUGHOUSE FABLE No. 4 By Our Retiring Reporter. John Fitzpatrick was dictating an article urging recognition of Soviet Russia for publication in the official organ of the Chicago Federation of Labor when your retiring reporter, Was announced. When Mr, Fitzpatrick shouted into the dictaphone: “Long live the revo- lution and may the Workers’ Party live until then,” I opined that he was thru for the day, and I was right. “This will make the officialdom of the American Federation of Labor sore,” he chuckled as he lit up his well-seasoned pipe and put his boots on the table, almost waking Ed Nock- els, whose shoes seemed to take up all the rest of the space. “Now shoot,” said John, good- naturedly. “I know you came to in- terview me.” He Likes the Daily. I admitted that he was right, so I shot. “What do you think of The DAILY WORKER?” “It is my favorite morning paper,” he replied, “but it does not go after the right wing labor leaders strong enough to suit me. I like your stand —L I believe your labor party program is a beaut.” “What section of the paper do you read first?” was the next question. Staff Column His Favorite. “Frankly,” he replied with some hesitation, “I always turn to the funny column on‘the editorial page, and if I survive the rest of it I have the edi- torial comment on the first page for desert. What The DAILY WORKER needs is a few more columns.” “But then it would be all columns,” I observed, “So much the better,” he replied, “the people are under the impression that all columnists are men of genius and as long as they think that way why not humor them.” “That's an opportunistic deviation,” I corrected. “We must not give the masses what they want, but what they need.” “That's the only point I don’t agree with Trotsky on,” he came back. “Un- less we cater to the moods of the masses we are Hable to degenerate into a sect. I am going to write a thesis on this.” Strong for Left Wing. “What is our opinion of the policy of organizing progressive locals in the unions and central bodies?” “The fact is that I was one of the first to propose such a policy. That is how I got rid of Skinny Madden and his gang. I tell you, only for your fellows in the federation it would be as quiet as a morgue. Once ina while I talk kind of nasty to you in order to get the socialists started. We must have opposition. Keep at it, boys, and don’t pay much attention to me. My plan is to turn over the leadership to you as soon as Ed and myself re- tire on a pension.” Just then Nockels woke and asked if Foster showed up. When he was told that he had not appeared Nockels swore that he would be late for his speech on the federation radio. That ended the interview. North Side I. L. D. . “Adopts” Billings The Warren K. Billings branch is the new name of the North Side Eng- list Branch of the International Labor Defense. This was decided on at the last meeting when the branch “adopt- ed” Billings and decided to send him $5 monthly and to keep in touch with him. A telegram was sent to Governor Fuler of Massachusetts demanding a new trial for Nicola Sacco and Bar- tolomeo Vanzetti. A house-to-house canvass with Sacco-Vanzetti petitions was decided upon. IRREGULAR EMPLOYMENT CUTS INTO GARMENT WORKERS’ WAGES Irregular employment, characteris- tic of the ladjes' garment industry, se- verely cuts the annual earnings of the employes, as shown in a payroll study made for the advisory commission ap- pointed by the go¥ernor of New York. The study shows ithat where theoret- ical earnings should average close to $50 a week the actual weekly average varies from $26 to $36 according to the shop. Earnings of 30,000, . The study covers the 1925 earn- ings of about 30,000 workers in the cloak, suit and skirt shops of New York city, These shops belong to 3 groups, the American Assn, shops, the Industrial Council shops and the independent shops. The first group includes typical submanufacturing shops producing for jobbers and wholesale houses, The wholesalers supply both the materials and the styles. The second group includes shops which manufacture on, their own and sell directly to retailers, The third group includes both types. American Association. In American Assn, shops the work- ers averaged 2%7 hours a week, in- stead of the theoretical 44 hours. Their average weekly earnings were $34.80, But incMiding all workers em- ployed at any tHne during the your [ia these shops amployment averaged throughout the year only 22.7 hours a week, while average weekly earn- ings were only $26.40. Industrial Council shops averaged 36.5 hours employment a week, pay- ing an average of $41.50 a week. But the average of all workers throughout the year in these shops was only 31.6 hours and their average weekly earn- ings $36. In independent shops the averages were 34.9 hours and $39.70 a week and 29.4 hours and $33.60 for all workers throughout the year. The report thus shows that the In- dustrial Council shops manufacturing directly for the retail trade gave their WITH THE. CONDUCTED - BY Th NG WORKERS LEAGUE Republican Party Calls Congresses to Legalize the Increase of Child Labor in the U. S. The leaders of the republican party in the U. 8. issued a call to arms to oppose the combined efforts of the workers in their fight against child labor. In their call they urge the pa- triotic elements in the U. Si, to call conferences all over the countfy, to defend the constitution, against “at- tacks from the radicals.” They refer in their agitation mater- ial, which they are constantly publish- ing that the amendment is against the industrial liberty of this country. Of course, industrial liberty for the capt- talist class, means increase of explot- tation of the’ American masses, The republican party was primarily res- ponsible for the defeat of the child labor amendment in the Massachu- setts state. Now the republicans and the democrats want to counteract the struggle, which the class conscious workers are leading against child la- bor, It is the duty of every young worker to bring this attitude of the republican party, towards child labor, to the masses of the young workers and to show them that only by inde- pendent political action, through a la- bor Party will they be able to make the first step in the fight against this social evil—‘child labor.” Sec’y of Manufacturers’ Association Also Chief Executive of Boy Scouts We have many times pointed out that the Boy Scouts is an organization, which is organized by the bosses and controlled by them, Boy Scouts are developed in the spirit of loyalty to the ruling class. Thru the Boy Scouts" organizations the capitalists are trying to develop the working youth into slaves for their profits and ready fighters for their interests all over the world. The last news that the chief of the executive of the scouts, Edw. D. Shaw, was recently elected as general secretary of the Merchants’ and Manufactur- ers’ Association, shows concretely that_one organization is not far ideologically from the other. This is a concrete example how the manufacturers are sending in their representatives to the Boy Scouts’ organization to take care of the youth for their own interests. It is now understood why the first principle of the Boy Scouts is loyalty to the government, to his employer. The executive of the Boy Scouts, who are at the same time close to the Manufacturefs Association are taking + good care that the youth should be developed in slavery and “good work- ers for the future.” The Boy Scouts organization serves in many occasions as strike breakers, and fights against organized labor. It is the duty of every conscious young worker to agitate the workers and to reveal the main face of the Boy Scouts as a bosses’ organization. Thousands of Young Workers Are Idle in Pennsylvania Mines The bituminous industry in Penn- sylvania is seriously crippled by the invasion of cheap coal from the unor- ganized fields into its market. This, of course, affects the mine production in the union fields. The testimony to the mining commission was that out of 1,200 mines in Pennsylvania 700 are idle and thousands of miners among them many young workers, are out of work. The standard of living In the unfon fields is falling back to the level of the nonunion fields. P The young miners are the first to be thrown out of work and the first to suffer from unemployment. It {is the task of the young miners in Penn- sylvania to fight militantly for a stronger union, which will help them to better their conditions. The mining situation fs getting worse and worse. The offensive against the union and the miserable conditions of the miners is in full speed. The nonunion fields are in- creasing from day to day. In the last three years the bankers, who control large nonunion fields have, been en- couraged to make new investments in the nonunion mines, The mining companies are fn con- trol of things in Washington and the nonunion status of their mines will be well protected by the daw. The non- union mines receive special rates from the railroad ‘companies so they can fight the union more effectively. It is now a serious situation for the miners in the United States. Only thru a strong and militant unfon will the miners be able to overcome this crisis and better their conditions. The young miners, who are always in the forefront of the struggles of the work- ers, must now do their share in the fight for a militant miners’ union. Section Four Y. W. L. Sendoff for District . School Students As a sendoff to the Chicago students for the District & Young Workers’ League School, Section 4 is arranging workers fuller employment and better earnings than subcontract shops man- ufacturing to the order of jobbers and wholesale establishments. The differ- ence in favor of the employes of In- dustrial Council shops amounted in 1925 to $500, their annual average earnings being $1,874 compared with $1,374 in the subcontract shops, a $1,000,000 Ol! Fire in Pennsylvania, ‘Warren, Pa., July 21. — Firemen confined their efforts today to prevent- ing the inillion-dollar Jamieson Refin- ery fire from spreading to nearby re- fineries. Starting-from an exploding ofl pump, fire spread rapidly to the vinileson wax storeroom and soon the “eS. —_-————— FILL OUT THE 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. SESS SSS ee The Youth Material in the AUGUST ISSUE of the LABOR DEFENDER warrants that the whole of the Young Workers (Commu- nist) League should join in a wide distribution of this issue. Articles by Sam Darcy, Max Shachtman are among the con- tributions about George Papcun, Paul Crouch and other champions of the workers’ cause. ; Young Workers (Communist) League of America, a big sendoff party for Saturday even- ing, July 31, at the Fretheit Hall, 3209 West Roosevelt road. Chicago has never yet seen any- thing like what is being planned for this party. A real living newspaper, with comic section and all, speakers who will be short and snappy, an entirely new Pioneer program, refresh- ments, dancing—these are only some of the things you will miss if you don’t come. No worker, young or old, can afford to miss this sendoff party Saturday evening, July $1, at Frefheit Hall, 3209 West Roosevelt road. No tick ets—admission 35 cents at the door. Austrian Youth Demand Visas for Russian Delegation The refusal of the Austrian govern- ment to give visas for the Russian youth delegation, is condemned by the Austrian youth. The youth organiza- tions elected a special delegation to visit the mayor of Vienna and de- manded immediate permission of the Russian delegation to enter Russia. The answer of the mayor was not sat- isfactory. The delegation immediately went to the prime minister, who altogether re- fused to hear the delegation. A national conference of all youth organizations of Austria is being held to fight the barring of the Russian delegation from Austria. Hammond Pioneers Hold Picnic in Gary on Sunday, July 25 HAMMOND, Ind., July 21. — The Young Pioneers of Hammond will hold a picnic Sunday, July 25, at Clark Rd. and Ninth Ave., Gary, Ind. This picnic was postponed from July 11, to July 25. All workers from Gary, Hammond, Indiana Harbor, Whiting and East Chi- cago are urged to come, Admission free. Why Not Become a Worker Correspondent? BLANK BELOW — — — — — — Please send me a bundle of .. of the Labor Defender at 8¢ per co) Enclosed please find check for same, I will pay for these after they are sol Comradely yours, copies of the August issue jg, (Cross out one line) Name: Street: City: SSS SSS SSE SSE EES SSS