The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 25, 1926, Page 1

ar The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Il. Nv. 165 < iy | essere oe 0 By THOMAS J, O'FLAHERTY REMIER POINCAIRE, represent- ing the most reactionary element in France, that element that looks with favor on the fascisti, is again at the helm in French politics. It is likely that jis cabinet will live longer than that of Herriot. It is supported -by powerful industrial interests and will in all probability bask in the smiles of the international bankers. Talk of a Dawes plan for France is now beyond the gossiping stage. The millions of the House of Morgan did not stop the Germans at the Marne for nothing, . o* % HIE masses of France are the great- est sufferers in this period of de- elining currency. Yet it is not at all unlikely that millions of them will yvally to the idea of a dictatorship un- der the direction of the big capitalists. The socialists hurl thunderbolts at the Communists because they insist that a dictatorship of the workers and peasants is necessary to reconstruct the country’s economy in the interests of those who produce. The capitalists will establish their unfettered rule for the benefit of the employing classes. It is efther one or the other and the socialists will have the lattenybecause they spurn the former. i see OMEBODY with a flair for concoct- ing tantalizing tales of the doings of our wealthy great has delved into the history of the Vanderbilt family to traditionalize the action of Cornelius, Jr., in breaking with his family. Cor- nelius was the publisher of a chain of tabloid newspapers. They went to smash. The scion of the famous Van- derbilts then asked his father to pour a few more millions into his ventures. The old man replied by squeezing his dough bag a little tighter. Then the young fellow disowned his family, +e TT‘HIS would be hard to bear, but the tenderhearted reporter assures us that the Vanderbilts do things in the Vanderbilt manner. They quarrel, but again they make up. So what’s there for America to worry about? All the famous Vanderbilts have defied their old men and made good, much to the joy of their parents. This lad who is, now under discussion started out by taking a job at $15 a week. The crazy fellow fell in love and married a beautiful girl without any visible ‘support ‘only thé ‘paltry militon he re~ ceived from his parents as a wedding eift. ome ORNELIUS started out at the bot- tom alright, and he is still there, tho his father loaned him over one million dollars to start with. We know several people who could make a million last much longer, tho they are not Vanderbilts. Cornelius got rid of it in a few years. A human interest touch is added to the story by the decision of the man’s wife to Yeave him. She thinks he did not make good. Well, all we can say about the matter is that we wish somebody would leave The DAILY WORKER a million dollars just for the fun of seeing what we could do with it. We guarantee to make more (Continued on page 2) Gary Steel Company New Orders Break Previous Records GARY, Ind., July 23—The Mlinois Steel company, it is reported, receiv- ed more new orders for immediate @elivery last week than during any similar period in history of the steel coumny. Nineteen of the Illinois Steel s=mpany’s 24 blast furnaces are fn op «z-lon. .. Subscription Rates: Outside Chicago, nye dLCe “x@, TO STOP MASS PICKETS ‘Neutrality’ with a Pro- viso Attacked (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, July 23.—Louis Hyman, chairman of the Genera! Strike Committee, representing 40,000 striking cloakmakers, visited Police Commissioner McLaughlin to protest the wholesale arrests of pickets in the strike zone. MH was learnéd that Com- missioner McLaughlin desired to be “very sympathetic” to the complaint of the garment workers, expressing the desire to “maintain a strict neu- trality” in the controversy between manufacturers and jobbers on one side and workers on the other, Sympathetic, But— It was stated that Mr; Hyman ad- vised the police comm oner that the strikers inténd to hold another mass picketing demonstration next Monday in the garment zone. Me- Laughlin disapproved.“any demonstra- tion likely to obstruct traffic,” but as- sured the strike leader that several parades during the strike would not be objected to. The commissioner ar- ranged for a conference to be held Thursday at 3:30 p. m. at police head- quarters, in which Capt. Cornelius Carmody of the West 30th Street Sta- tion, under whose orders the whole- sale arrests were made, will partic- ipate, together with Chief Inspector | Lahey and strike leaders, Neutral, But— | Commissioner McLaughlin, it was | said, tried to have union leaders abide | by Capt. Carmody’s decision as to what would constitute a sufficient) number of pickets at a given shop, | but Mr. Hyman refused to give his} consent, saying that it was beyond | anybody’s judgment to fix an adequate | number. Manufacturers against strike has been called, are unwilling- ly contributing hundreds of thousands of dollars to the strike cause thru the industry's unemployment insurance fund. To date, since the beginning of the strike,” more” than $750,000 “has been paid to 20,000 strikers in unem- whom. the | Dloyment benefits, each ,man or woman averaging $35. No Retreat. Two-thirds of this $750,000 has been paid into the fund by the manufac- turers. It is believed that there is $2,000,000 in the unemployment insur- ance fund. David Dubinsky, manager of Cutters’ Union Nd. 10, in a mass meeting at Arlington Hall, stressed the attitude that the strikers will not sive up a single gain made during the struggles of the past few years. Shoe Workers Pledge. Support, financial as well as moral, was Offered the 40,000 strikers yester- day thru P. Pascal Cosgrove of the Shoe Workers’ Protective Union. Speaking at Arlington Hall, he inform- ed the cutters that all organized labor in the city is back of the strike and that its treasuries are upon to the garment strikers, should there be any need, He commended the strikers for their aid to other unions in time of need and said organized labor would be glad to reciprocate. Argentine Flight Continues, DIO DE JANEIRO, July 23.—Ber- nardo Duggan, the Argentine aviator, and his aides hopped off from here at 10:14'a. m. today, continuing their air- plane journey from New York to Buenos Ayres. FURRIERS’ STRIKE A VICTORY IN SPITE OF RIGHT WING SABOTAGE; ___ UNION SHOWS PROOF OF VICTORY By JACK JOHNSTON. 2 ag of the most peculiar angles to the ending of the New York Furriers’ strike is the desperate effort on the part of the right wing (socialists) to prove that the strike was lost. This is a new development in the American In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year, labor movement, but one that will become quite common as the left wing develops and takes over power in the unions. It is a prelude to greater betrayals, by these 80-called socialists, of the workers. and will occur in ratio te the development of revolutionary¢—————_________________. eonsclousness of the working class unless a strong left wing is organ- fwed to offset them. Criticism, Not Sabotage, Needed. Criticism is good and should be en- coureged. Mistakes must be pointed out and understood so they will not be repeated. But the attitude of the right wing, during and since the end- ing of the furriers’ strike, has not been one of constructive criticism, but one of hostility to the strike leaders and of treachery to the strikers. The furriers’ strike ended in victory for the workers and all the propaganda now being spread that it was a defeat cannot alter that fact. If the railway shopmen won halt of what the fur riers won we would have had a much stronger-and more virile movement to- day. ‘The Jewish Daily Forward, the New Leader and the Fur Worker join hands in this treacherous attack upon the fur workers of New York. Here we see the socialist party thru their official organs openly supporting the dis- credited reactionary Kaufman-Sorkin machine. The Advance, official organ of the Amalgamated, falls into line with the Forward, altho they are mild- er in tone and more wae in their attack. Strikers criiecnostind Know, Another peculiar angle to this strike ie that, in spite of this poison gas let loose by the right wing, the 10,000 (Continued on page 3) DAILY w Entered at Second-class matter September Zl, 1923, te the Post Office at Chicago, Mlinols, under the Act of March 2, 1875, by mail, $6.00 per year. YOUNG WORKER SAVES SELF BUT LOSES SIGHT AND MAY DIE AFTER SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1926 ee FALL INTO SULPHURIC ACID VAT Francis Ryan, 19, today had a fighting chance for life after the terrify- ing experience of swimming thru a tank of sulphuric acid, Ryan, employed at a Calumet City chemical plant, fell into an 18-foot tank of the acid, of 47 per cent solution, where he was yanked from tte burning fluid by fellow workers, Doctors expressed hope that.-he would recover, but his eyesight was believed rae |DAILY WORKER STRIKE BULLETIN ‘MAKES APPEARANCE IN NEW YORK (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, July 23, — A special strike edition of The DAILY WORK- ER called the Greater New York Weekly Strike Bulletin made its ap- pearance yesterday in the meeting halls and on the picket line of the I, R. T. strike, the Passaic strike and the strike of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. The feature story is of the visit of the I. R. T. strikers to Mayor Walker. Another headline tells of the mass LESS COAL AND MORE FUNDS T0 BRITAIN ASKED British Miners Plead with International (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, July 23.—At the meeting of the International Miners’ Federa- tion here, A. J. Cook made an im- passioned plea that the national dele- j gations do all in their power to stop jor decrease the present shipments of coal to Great Britain, as well as to | contribute financially to the relief of the British strikers. Percy Tetlow and C. J. Golden, of- ficlals of the United Mine Workers of America attending the session, said that the British - strike ‘is .a- ficent effort of labor and deserved. the support of the 600,000 American mem- bers of the U. M. W. of A. Beyond this they would not give out anything for publication, but it is known that they regard the stoppage of coal “as a very difficult matter.” Stop Coal and Send Funds. Facing this situation, the British miners’ leaders urge that at least greater financial aid be sent from countries where miners are working to aid the British to hold out on strike for several months, but that the brother unions must do all in their power to stop or decrease the coal shipment to Great Britain, As to financial aid thus far given the British miners, it is shown that of the total of $3,500,000 received by them from foreign countries, two- thirds or over $2,000,000 had so far been sent by the labor unions of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. Delegations were in attendance from Britain, America, Germany, Belgium and Czecho-Slovakia. INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ AID SENDS $1000 MORE TO BRITISH MINERS The International Workers’ Ald at 1553 West Madison St., Chicago, ll, yesterday forwarded another THOUSAND DOLLARS for relief among the women and children of the British miners who were locked out on May 1st after refusing to ac- cept the 10% wage-reduction and an increase of an additional hour in the working day. Some of the large donations for the past week received by the In- ternational Workers’ Aid came from labor unions, workme: sick and death benefit societies and Jewish Workmens’ Circles. *s Local 164 of the Amalga- mated Food Workers held a July 4th celebration and decided that the most appropriate manner in which to celebrate Independence Day wi to donate $100 for British mine: relief, The check has been received by International Workers’ Aid. Saturday, August 7 and Sunday, August 8 have been designated by the International Workers’ Aid for. a nation-wide relief campaign to be carried on in every city and town thruout the United Sta for the benefit of the British miners’ relief. Many organizations have already offered their services and thousands of individuals will undoubtedly be active for miners relief on those two days. SEND IN A SUB TODAY TO THE DAILY WORKER, He swam unaided to the edge power being displayed by the striking cloak makers. Attention is given to the Passaic struggle, the fight of the New York cap makers and the drive of the cleaners..and dyers of New Jersey. There is) Some foreign news and editorials on the traction strike and Passaic, The bulletin is issued by the New York bureau of The DAILY WORK ER. Fifteen thougand copies of the first number were printed and most of them given away to strikers, It is planned to issue it once a week. ——— ‘CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS, | KEEP GEORGE BERNARD SHAW OFF BRIT RADIO LONDON, July 23.—Permission to broadcast a speech to be given at a dinner in honor of his 70th birthday has been denied George Bernard Shaw, famous humorist and play- wright. The reason given by the authorities is that they have no as- surance Shaw's speech will not be of a “controversial” nature. A storm of protest has resulted and ques- tions will be asked in parliament. 10,000 UNION CLEANERS AND DYERS WIN OUT Com mpletsy icy Over (Special to The! Daily Worker) NEW YORK “CITY, July 23.—- After a week long lockout, turned into a strike by the union with counter demafids to the bosses, more than 10,000 union cleaners and dyers of New York have wontheir fight. They return to work Monday. At a conferencé between the bosses’ association and the union represen- tatives an agreement was reached whereby the bosses surrendered both their refusal to deal with the union and their attempt to reduce wages 20 per cent. - Albert Gelb, manager of the Mas- ter Cleaners’ and ‘Dyers’ association, after the conference with the Clean- ers’ and Dyers’ union, represented by Jacob Effrat and Davia Hoffman, said: “We have finally consented to meet tHe demands of the unions: We have waived the 20 per cent reduction. We are glad to come to an amicable agreement between the union and our- selves. We are now in the height of our season. The strike means a complete loss to members of our as- sociation of $2,000,000. We did not want to prolong the strike and did not want the public to suffer.” The strikers, assembled at Tuxedo Hall, 61 Pitt street) greeted the news of the victory with tremendous cheers a8 a complete victory. The union held out for union conditions in all shops, a forty-four hour week and payment on plecework, Billikopf to’ Study Clothing Industry in the Soviet Union NEW YORK, July 23. — Jacob B illikopt “impartial” chairman of the New York clothing industry, has sail- ed for Europe where he will study conditions in the clothing industry, He intends to spend some time studying conditions of clothing work- ers in the Soviet Union. He will also visit Poland and England, He intends to return to the United States early in September, Georgia and Florida | fe Bank Failures Now 117 ATLANTA, Ga., July 23, — The closing today of four additional banks —one in Georgia and three in Florida —brings the total to 117 since the failure of the Bankers Trust company of Atlanta. Investigation of the causes of the failures today developed the charge by Solicitor General John A. Boykin that fraud had. played a part in the closings, amd that bank funds had been used incbucket shop specula- tion, SS SE Ee NS IS RAEN ne RE Sa ME AA RE he SS I le te Mk ls Publish PUBLI <* INJUNCTION (i WEST VIRGINIA Enforcement Hits Snag as Officers Are Held (Special to The Daily Worker) MORGANTOWN, W. Va., July 23.— Picketing in Scutt’s Run coal field continues at all mines on strike des- pite the injunction issued by the cir- | cuit court against the men at the Gil- bert-Davis mines, She J. F. Rodeheaver before mak- ing any arrests, requested the court for a ruling on the injunction specify- ing whether or rfot the order ri with it the right of the compa’ evict union miners from company houses and whether it prohibits pick- eting in the vicinity of the secaione 's mines, Good Servant. According to Sheriff Rodeheaver he miners are not violating any law, ‘Yet if this (meaning picketing) is 1 violation of the law I am ready to enforce the law,” says the same sheriff. The action of Rodeheaver in asking the court for a ruling came after a constable and a mine guard cline, irs to evict a union miner from pany house. Justice of the Sake Daniel Campbell, to whom a complaint | was made against the officers ordered | these jofficers held for the October | grand jury charged with unlawful trespassing. This served as a warn- ing to sheriff Hodeheaver who re- quested the court for a ruling before making any arrests. Hold Parade. At the same time the miners con- tinue to organize in the Fairmont dis- trict. An application for permission to hold a parade in Monongah was vefused the United Mine Workers by Mayor Lee Janes. The miners pro- ceeded to hold the parade despite the action of the mayor;and several rep- resentatives of the union, including Van A. Bittner and James L. Stud- lard, president of District No. 31 U. M. W, of A., were arrested. They were then released under one hundred dollarsbail-eack, -pending a heariag which was set for next oa hel anaes alga DAMP SENATOR ASSAILS DRY | (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., July 23. Senator Edwards of New Jersey threw | the hooks into Senator Borah of Idaho for his speech in Augusta, Georgia, last Sunday, in which ke bunched up Bolsheviks, faseists and anti-Volstead- ites as enemies of constitutionalism. Edwards is one of the strongest pro- ponents of modification of the present prohibition laws. Borah is the politi- cal leader of the drys. Both are reac- tionary and have anti-labor records. Borah recently voted with the Coo. lidge supporters against the McNary- Haugen farmer relief bill. —<$ <_____. (NINERS IGNORE IDAHO SOLON « ! the» Mexican ed Daily except Sunday NG CO., 1113 W. TOBOGGAN TRIP OF FRANC SHOWN FROM 1914 UNTIL TODAY The value of the French franc has decreased steadily since 1914 at the outbreak of the war. The normal exchange rate is .1930. Av- erage quotations during succeeding ministries have been: 1914-15—Vivianl, radical socialist, 1880, 1915-17—Briand, republican so- cialist (center) .1704. 1917—Ribet, radical republican (moderate) .1729. 1917—Painleve, republican so- cialist (left) .1729, 1917-20—Ciemenceau, publican (center) .1601, 1920—Millerand, moderate social- radical re- ist ,0740. | 1920-21— Leygues, republican (moderate) .0630, 1921-22—Briand, republican so- cialist (center) ,0745, 1922-24—Poincare, union republic- an (center) .0645. 1924 — Francois-Marshal, radical republican (center) .0530 (six days). 1924-25—Herrlot, radical socialist (left) .0550. 1925—Painleve, republican social- ist (left) .0439, 1925-26 (July 17)—Briand, repub- lican socialist (center) .0317. 1926—(July 21)——Herriot, radical socialist (left). The franc reached its lowest on this date—.0195, IWEXICAN RAILWAY UNION MAY CALL: GENERAL STRIKE Threaten te Tie Up Mex- ican National Railway by THE DAILY WORKER Washington Bivd., Ciicago, IL } | (Special to The Daily Worker) 2 MEXICO CITY, July 23.—A general r ‘ay strike looms in Mexico. The Federation of Railroad Unions has declared its intention of declaring a walk-out unless a dispute of railway- men in Tehuantapec is settled favor- ably to the men. The Jae struck for better conditions and 4icidentally to.demand, the discharge of the divi- sion superintendent, ~ The government is upset over the clared he will take personal charg in an attempt to. avert it. ean minister-of labor in the cabinet and | leader of the Mexican Federation of Labor (C. R. O. M.), is opposed to the strike as are also the other officials oR. 0. M. Executive President Holloway of National Railways has been in-conference with rail union heads but to no avail. The Federation | of Railroad Unions ts opposed to cer-| worker was tain This Issue Consists of Two Sections. SECTION ONE, Price 5 Cents OPENLY URGING DAWES PLAN IN FRENCH CRISIS World’s Big Bankers in Secret Meeting (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, July 23. —Iit is a “Dawes’ Plan for France” that now looms In the immediate future as a secret con- ference of bankers and government financiers Is learned to be dated to take place before Monday. In the conference will sit J. P. Morgan, sec- retary Mellon, Montague Norman of the Bank of England, Benjamin Strong of the U.S. federal reserve bank, S. Parker Gilbert, American manager of the Dawes’ plan admin- istration of Germany, and Hjalmer Schacht, head of the German govern- ment’s bank. A Weak Demise. This has heen denied, but it is hardly likely that so many big finan. ciers have gathered in France on mere sight-seeing tour when the situ ation is so serious to world financiers. Meanwhile, Raymond Poincare, the ruthless man of the Ruhr, has an- nounced his cabinet, in which he oc- cupies the posts both of premier and minister of finance. Briand is made jminister of foreign affairs, and Edo. uard Herriot who overthrew Briand a week ago is made minister of educa- tion. The others are Loui Barthou. iu ; Albert Sarraut, interior; Paul ; Georges Leygues, ma- rine; Maurice public wor Andre T: commerce | Leon Perrier, col Louis Marin, pensions; Andre gricul- ture; and Andre Fa U. S. Beats France The recovery of the fr national exchange but a temporary resu om the new cabinet, are continuing thei downward path ssure of United clearly shown in the cablegram ceived from the French commercial attache in New York, saying that the government of the United States haa absolutely refused to permit Ameri- can hanks to grant any new credits to France until the Melion-Berenger limpending tieup and Calles has i lebt agreement is ratified. FIVE INJURED IN BLAST IN CLIFTON PLANT PASSAIC, N. J - One badly burned and four “readjustments” that are being | serionsly injured at the Standard Tex- made by the Mexican government and | tile Products company plant {® Clifton has declared its intention of calling | when accumulated gases of linseed oil a strike to maintain their standards. | The railroad federation is not af- filiated with C. R. O. M., in fact it is a rival organization and has had many jurisdictional disputes with the former over a period of years. The Mexican | and naptha were ignited, explosion. The explosion occurred one hour after the men in the coating depart- ment had reported for work. All of the men are now in the Passafe Gen- causing an National Railways are mixed govern-|eral Hospital. A fire broke out after ment and private owned, the former |the blast, but was quickly extinguish- possessing 51% of the stock. ed. Property loss is placed at $20,000. —$—$—— Latest Demonstration of New York Subway Strikers Here is shown a crowd of Interborough Rapid Transit subway strikers gathered at City Hall, New York, while their I jlers were inside conferring with Mayor Walker concetning the strike.