The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 25, 1926, Page 3

open WAR BALES, WORKER. >. Cook County Forest Preserve Board Wastes $1,000,000 in 4 Years Approximately $1,000,000 has been wasted by the Cook county forest pre- serve board in the last four years, de- clared the head of the Citizen’s Asso- ciation, which is gathering data on the purchase of forest preserve lands to present to the grand jury for prose- cution, ‘It was pointed out in the statement that, many farmers had sold their property to various politicians with the understanding that the land was to become part of the forest preserve, These politicians then resold it to the county board. In a number of cases the board paid twice the amount that had originally been paid the farmer for the land, ‘ARMOURS’ MUST DIVEST ITSELF OF CREAMERIES Federal Commission Is- sues Order WASHINGTON, D. C., July 23.— Armour and Company have been or- dered by the federal trade commission to “divest itself in goad faith” of afl the stock in the Eu Claire Creamery Company of Du Claire, Wisconsin, and the Pacific Creamery «Company of Temple, Arizona, This order followed the decision of the commission that Armour and Com- pany, thru control of the businesses of these two corporations, had sup- pressed all competition in the sale of butter and canned milk in the states of Arizona and California. The complaint against this meat packing combine with acquiring and owning the capital stock of the Har- old L. Brown ©o., Inc., A, §. Kinin- month Produce., Louden Packing Co. and Smith, Richardson and Company were dismissed, French Financial Mix Gives Stock Exchange of N. Y. Exciting Time NEW YORK, July 23,—Capitalizing the extreme uncertainty and uneasi- ness in the world’s. financial markets with respect to the French political and economic situation, the weakened technical position of the stock market occasioned by the rapid advance in prices, and the prospect of an advance in the rediscount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York after the close of “the. market’ today, “bearish professionals launched a vicious drive against the market today. : Most of the selling pressure was di- rected against the speculative leaders in the motor and steel stocks, with General Motors, Hudson Motors, Cast Iron Pipe and United States Steel as the special targets. After reaching the highest prices on the movement, these stocks fell back in confusion from two to seven points. “The bears industriously circulated reports that no special dividends would be forth- ITALIAN TRADE “UNIONS REVOLT ON 9-HOUR DAY Bosses Refuse to Pay for Extra Hour (Spectat te The Dalty Worker) LONDON, July 15 (By Matl).—The Chinuso, Italy correspondent of the London Daily Herald sends the follow- * {ng report regarding the recent effort of Mussolini to reintroduce the nine- hour day? “One of the bitterest features, for the workers, of the new fascist decree for an extra hour's work per day is that mo pay is allowed for this hour. This condition was demanded by tho employers and agreed to by Signor Mussolini. Also 10 Hours, “tm those industries, such as metal and cotton, where a nins-hour day is | already worked, the workers have now to work for ten hours, with no extra Piles fazctet trade unions have in- | formed the government of the revolt against these measures, which is grow- ing apace, even among their members. They have therefore asked that the extra hour shall be paid for. “The employers, however, are resist- tng on the plea of foreign competition, and have refused to moet tho fascist trade unions in conference, Lesson from Britain. “In Italian labor circles it is be Neved that Signor eee on- @aaghton the eight-hour day is a con- sequence of the British employers’ at- tack on wages. If the British workers ave defeated an even further length- ening of hours in Italy is feared. “Tt is significant that the calinet de- @xton to strengthen the fascist militia “Two hundred peasant women were arrested yosterday at the village of near Mologna, because they have refused to join the fascist trade wnion and work longer hours. The jecal fascist authorities have empow- ered landlords to evict tenants who go om strike. “Growing agitation against the of hours is also reported from Rome, Milan, Venice and Turn.” Two Hindu Textile Strike Demonstration MADRAS, India, July 23—Two Hin- 4u textile workers were killed and a number ‘wounded by police when they staged a mass picketing demon- stration in front of the Bangalore woolen milla. Police are now seeking to arrest the leaders of tho strike. Read— $211,000,000 IN MUNITIONS ON IONA ISLAN Explosives Menace Near- by, Residents DOVER, N. J., July 28—TNT, loaded shells, smokeless powder, guns and other war material valued at $211,000,000—more than twice the value of that which was lost in the explosion of the Lake Denmark ar- senal—ig stored at the naval depot at Iona Island, a mile south of the Bear Mountain bridge, declared Lieu- tenant William Fitzgerald Jones, U. S. N., before the naval court of in- quiry into the explosion of the Lake Denmark arsenal, Lieutenant Jones, who handled the supply accounts of the Lake Den- mark arsenal for the Iona depot de- clared that on the night of the ex- plosion the value of the explosives, guns, and stores at the Lake Den- mark arsenal was $84,923,952. The TNT, loaded shells and smokeless powder was valued at $78,155,254. Lord Rothermere an Irresponsible, Says British Government LONDON, July 23.-~ Lord Rother- mere’s Daily Mail continues to bom- bard America with charges of usury which it asserts are the cause of all Europe’s troubles, and especially England's. It says the American public never has had any substantial knowledge of the British proposal to cancel all war debts. It is going to give America the facts. “Americans who have crossed the Atlantic can read them and take them | home and let their friends know of the disastrous mischief being wrought in Europe as a result of the complac- ency of President Wilson and of the harsh terms imposed on the allies by the great and wealthy American nation, which so prides itself on its generosity and idealism.” British government officials say they are “embarrassed” by Lord Rothermere, and privately report that he is “irresponsible.” Tis Daily Mail is the paper whose venomous attacks on the striking miners was, however, backed up by the government When the printers refused to print the at- tacks and precipitated the general strike, Ex-Congressman and Probate Judge in Big Ohio Bank Wreck STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, July 23.— Former democratic congressman, W. B. Francis, who served from 18th Ohio congressional district for 8 years, was among the five persons in- dicted by the Jefferson County grand jury today in connection with the $1,000,000 failure‘on May 15 of the Union Savings & Trust Company at Yorkville, Ohio. Francis was charged with misapplying the credits | Property Owners an Na RN ater etme Pagé Three Seek to Segregate Negrd in Kansas City ’ eel KANSAS OLTY| Mo, July 23.—Prop- erty owners of Kansas Clty have or- ganized into the Linwood Improve- ment Association, thet is doing its best to keep the Negro population north of 27th St, Ever since a few Negro families moved south of the 27th St. line the property owners have been on the warpath. The plan that the association intends to carry thru is to have condemned one block of property that has Negro and white residents. This block is then to be- come part of Spring Valley and Troost Parke fn order to separate the two districts, The Negro residential district of Kansas City 18 congested. It is over- populated. The atest health report showed the mortality rate was greater than in any other part of the city, DUTCH DOCKERS REFUSE BOSSES’ TERMS TO RETURN On Strike Against Coal for Britain LONDON, July 15 (By Mall).—The Antwerp, Belgfum dockers, who are on strike for better wages and against the shipping of coal to Britain, yester- day decided, by 5,896 votes to 72, with 11 abstentions, against a return to work on terms offered by the em- ployers, The employers proposed that the men should resume and that negotia- tions should then be begun for a new agreement, Metal Workers Also. Metal workers in Antwerp have also gone on strike. The Belgian iron trade employers yesterday agreed to in- creases in wages, to take effect from August 1, Len Small’s Clabaugh Appointment Accepted; Capitalists Gave O. K. Hinton G. Clabaugh, offered the Post of Illinois pardon and parole chief by Governor Len Small, has an- nounced his acceptance of the ap- pointment—after spending a day con- ferring with Chicago bankers and business men. s; “I was urged to accept as e matter of public duty and have decided to do so,” said Mr, Olabaugh. Mr, Samuel Insull, traction and power magnate is one of the leading capitalists to do the urging, it is admitted, HONOR ROLL OF WORKERS AIDING PRESS Convention of the Slovak Work- €rs Soclety, Chicago, Ml. ssuc.ss$50.00 Lydia Gibson, Chicago, | Collected in Alfred Fooken coming this year to stockholders of Jot the bank, Davia™ ee, Chics the United States Steel Corporation. The others named in the true bills | Workers G: Body and Blood of Seasoned railroad stocks were the|were John G. Belknap, of Steuben- | rinnigh Workers Festival . In last to join the downward swing, and }yille, for 12 years a probate judge,} peming, Mich. sn. : . | Christ, iC. losses in that section were compara | Thomas B. Jones, vice-president of the | 4, Autor, OF t lively ght. No attempt was made to /bank, W. E. Jones, cashier and Brin. | enn? Mai qhtew "haplaer Miche, to0 By cause further unsettlement in the oil ley Jones, assistant cashier of thd La Sen areca: ony by 4 Thurber Lewis stocks. “[bank. J.’ Silberstein, Dettolt, Miche wa, — ee > e e | urriers Victorious in S : A , Sacco and Vanzetti turned into a complete victory if the By (Continued from page 1) Passos strikers claim they won a victory, At syn Pee the victory celebration the strikers pledged to replenish their depleted treasury and only a few days ago further pledged one day’s pay to the striking Ladies’ Garment Workers. This is certainly not the attitude of strikers who have euffered a defeat. Moreover, the fur workers of Chi- cago are on strike now because the manufacturers refuse to sign the New York agreement, altho the bosses had previously agreed to accept whatever —_—— The Fur Workers’ Strike By ' Molssaye J. Olgin settlement was reached in New York. Call Western Union What Constitutes Defeat? ! The fruits of defeat are temporary \ By demoralization and sometimes the Gord union 4s completely wiped out and the | David ‘ sd work of organization has to begin all t over again. The railway shopmen, the ‘ NN steel workers, the packing house workers and all unions who suffered IN THE defeat during the “open shop” drive know this, Victory means the strengthening of the union, the morale of the members reaches a high leyel. These are the outward manifestations that denote victory or defeat. The Furriers’ Union of New York is stronger today than {t ever was. Not one member was lost during the strike and nearly 3,000 have been added to the membership since the strike, The pledge to rebuild their treasury, the donation of one day's pay to the striking garment workers, following a long and bitter strike, show a high morale and an under- standing of the class nature of the struggle, First Strike Led by Left Wing, No one can claim that the victory the furiers waa 100%. I do not tate to say that it could have been| AUGUST NEW MASSES On All News Stands or from the NEW MASSES : 89 West 8th Street, New York | 25c a copy ! $2.00 a year right wing would have aided the strik- ers instead of aiding the manufac- turers. The strike was as bitter a Struggle as we have witnessed in re- cent years. It was the first strike in this country conducted by the left wing with the Communists Playing a leading role. Not only did the union have the employers to face but they had to struggle against the open sabotage of the right wing within the union composed of the Kaufman- Sorkin group, Sabotage by Right Wing. These saboteurs within were sup- Ported by the right wing generally, The funds of the union were tied up at a critical period of the etrike. Every effort was made to discredit the leaders. Attempts were made to settle the strike over the heads of the strikers and their chosen officials. President Green was brought upon the scene in an effort to turn the strike over to tender mercy of the dis¢redit- ed Kaufman-Sorkin group. The manu- facturers were given to understand that they must not yield to the de- mands of the strikers. The remark- able feature was that in spite of these treacherous moves.they were able to achieve a victory. Many Vital Points Won, _ ‘The 40-hour week was a victory and {s the first step in the direction of the five-day week for the needle in- dustry, From now on this demand will be fought for by all needle trade unions, and will be the incentive for the fiveday week generally thruout the labor movement. *, The curse of overtime has been Temoved, except for four hours per week being allowed during the months of September, October, November and December. This is quite an advance BUSINESS MEN HIT DIPLOMATS FOR WEAKNESS Chinese Armies Crack | Imperialist Front | SHANGHAI, July 23—The foreign imperialist business men here are much chagrined and angry at the con- tinued advance of the national libera- tion movement which has placed the imperialist powers into a state of help, less and confused rivalry. The Brit- ish and Americans here are taking out their grouch on their nations’ di- plomatic representatives in China, Attack Thelr Diplomats, The British papers in Shanghai are bitterly criticizing the whole diplo- matic corps at Peking, pointing out that it allows violations of the 1901 protocol—written long before China awakened and which was forced upon it—citing the blockading of the lega- tion quarter recently for several hours while Chang Tso-lin was entering the city. This criticism of Chang’s acts is a part of British anger at Japan, however, as Chang is Japan's prize native militarist. Protest Meeting In U. 8, Courtroom. The Americans are no less hostile, and are demanding privately in com- munications to Washington that the minister to China be recalled and the consul at Shanghai also replaced, be- cause of their “weakness” in turning over the Shanghai mixed court to Chinese—altho this rendition was promised China for years. A protest meeting against this ac- tion on the part of foreign lawyers was held, it is to be noted, in the courtroom of the United States. Canton Troops Add to Woe. The gloomy outlook for a continua- tion of foreign rule in China is still further darkened by the advance of the Canton nationalist troops to the north, endangering Wu Pei-fu, The customs conference seems un- likely to reach a decisive conclusion or even to meet again, altho it is scheduled to resume sittings in Sep- tember and the weak and temporary Peking government now in Chang’s hands has appointed new delegates. The imperialist powers are all at each other’s throats on customs regulations, Japan particularly having out-gen- eraled the British and Americans, Southern Cotton / Growers to Import Porto Rican Labor PHOENIX, Ariz. July 23.—Repre- sentatives of the Cotton Growers As- sociation and the government of San Juan, Porto Rico, are planning the emigration of a large number of Porto Ricans to Arizona to work in the cotton fields, Proposals of a similar nature have also been made in regards to other states in the cotton belt. Margaret Bondfield Is Returned to Parliament LONDON, July 23.—Miss Margaret Bondfield is again a labor member of parliament. She was elected for the Wallsend division on the laborite ticket in the bye-election to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Sir Patrick Hastings. Miss Bond- field’s return to parliament increases the number of woman members to six, pite of Sabotage over the old system when overtime {a number of mistakes made that must was unlimited. This, however, was a compromise that must be wiped out in the next agreement, The minimum wage increase of ten Per cent was a compromise from the original demand, but if this is to be considered a defeat, then there have been very few ‘victories won in the labor movement. The revision of second class work and the limiting it to a designated number of sking-is in reality a further wage increase. How many members of the union’'it affects I do not know, but it takes approximately 45 types of skins out of second class work and places them in the first class, , Union Control, Under the old agreement the indus- try was overrtin with foremen, The new agreement abolishes this evil, the union deciding when the manufac: turer is entitled to hire a foreman, ‘ The discrimfMating practice of the employer, allowed under the agree- ment, to fire as many of the workers as he could prior to a holiday so as he would not have to pay for it, has been eliminated. No worker now can be discharged in the week preceeding & holiday week. This-s the beginning of taking away the right of the em- ployer to hire and fire workers as he choses, Under the old agreement the manu- facturer had the right to send out to contractors any section of a garment, This has been changed so that now the entire garment has to be made on the same premises, Many other points of the agreement could be quoted to prove to those of unbiased mind'that the ending of the strike was a victory for the workers and not a detent. However, there were { be admitted and criticized by the strike leaders, if that bas not already been done, Some Mistakes, The clause abolishing apprentices is not the way a left wing should handle .this problem. The fact that the right wing has nothing to say about this deviation simply proves that the left wing handled this as the right wing would do. That the bring- ing in of youth into the industry is always abused by the employers is a recognized fact and it requires regula- tion, However, in justice to the union it must be said that they are not prac- ticing what they put into writing. I am told that hundreds of learners have been taken into the union since the strike ended. Nevertheless that clause’ should be eliminated and a clause written in that will protect the youth and not discriminate against them, There may have been soine justifica- tion for the signing of an agreement for two years and eight months, but it certainly was wrong not to have a clause for the negotiating of and striking, if necessary, for further wage increases. Furriers Point the Way. There are other points that were yielded to the employers that could be criticized, such as the yielding of the unemployment insurance, the equal division of work during the dull season, etc. But the intent of this ar ticle 1s not so much to criticize the strike settlement, but to protest against the attempt of the right wing to turn a wellfought and well-deserv- ed victory into a defeat, The furriers of New York point the way to vic- tory; their traducers point the way to demoralization and defeat, A NEw NOVER Gfloa Siaclais (Copyright, 1828, by Upton @mctair) WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE, J. Arnold Ross, off operator, formerly Jim Rose, teamster, Is unsuccessful Im signing @ lease with property holders at Beach City, Cal., because of intrigues of other operators and quarrels among the holders, While:he Is at Beach City, Bunny, his thirteen-year-old son, meets Paul Watkins, slightly older. Paul has run away from home. His father is a poor rancher In the San Elido Valley who Is a “Holy Roller.” Paul goes away to make his living on the road and Bunny goes about learning the oll business from his Dad who Ie bringing In a Well at Prospect Hill, Dad was working hard and Bunny suggests a quali hunting trip to the San Elldo Valley. Dad agrees and shortiy they arrive at the Watkins ranch and pitch thelr camp. in hunting for quall they find oil coaing out of the ground and Dad wheedles the sale of the ranch out of old Watkins and also arranges to secretly purchase adjacent lande. Paul's little sister, Ruth, and Bunny beoome friends. After the sale of the ranch she tells Bunny, Paul has been home to see her. She said he disapproved of Dad selling the ranch and that he told Bunny In Beach City there was oll on it. Bunny then remembers having seen Paul pass him on the road. ORE ce oer yerwviiged Furthermore, Dad wanted Bunny to promise him not to smoke tobacco or drink Mquor until he was twenty-one. Here again was the “double standard,” and Dad was frank about ft. He had learned to smoke, but wished he hadn’t; if Bunny wanted to acquire the habit, it was his right, but Dad thought he ought to wait until he was old enough to know what he was doing, and until he had got his full growth. And the same applied to liquor. Dad drank very little now, but there had been a time in his life when he had come close to becoming a drunkard, and so he was afraid of it, and Bunny’s being allowed to £0 to college—at least on Dad’s money—would have to be dependent upon his promising to avoid the drinking-bouts. Bunny said all right, sure; that was easy enough for him. He would have liked to ask more about Dad’s own story, but he did not quite like to. He had never seen Dad drunk; and it was a startling idea to contemplate. Finally there was the matter of women; and here apparently, Dad could not bring himself to be frank. Two things he said: first, Bunny was known to have a father with a pile of money, and this exposed him to one of the worst perils of young men. All kinds of women would be a-tryin’ to get a-hold of him, jist in order to get him to spend money on them, or to blackmail him; and Bunny would be disposed to trust women, so he must be warned about this. Dad told him dreadful stories about rich young men, and the women into whose hands they had fallen, and how it had wrecked their lives and brought shame upon their families. And then, there was the matter of disease; loose women were very apt to have diseases, and Dad told something about this, and about the quacks who prey upon ignorant and frightened boys. If one got into trouble of that sort, one must go to a first-class doctor. And that was all Dad had to say. Bunny took it gratefully, but he wished there might have been more; he would have liked to ask his father many questions, but he could not bring himself to do it, in fhe face of his father’s evident shrinking. ; Dad’s manner and attitude seemed to say that there was something so inherently evil about sex that you jist couldn’t bring yourself to talk about it; it was a part of your life that you lived in the dark, and never dragged out into the light. Bunny’s idea was that his father’s discourse didn’t apply very much to himself. He knew there were dirty boys, but he was not one and never expected to be. The matter was made easier for Bunny by the fact that he very soon fell severely in love. There were such swarms of charming young feminine things in the school, it was simply not possible to escape them, especially when your possessions and social standing were such that so many of them set out after you! Some young misses were too bold in their advances, or too obviously coy, and repelled the shy lad; the one who secured him was very demure and still, so.that his imagination could em dow her with romantic qualities. Rosie Taintor was her name, and she had hair that made a tail halfway down her back, and was fluffy on her forehead, with golden glints; she was even more shy than Bunny, and had little conversation, but that was not necessary, for she had a great power of admiration, and ha@ a phrase by which she expressed it: things were “wonderful”; they grew more and more “wonderful,” with soulful, mysterfous whispers; the oil business was especially “wonderful,” and Rosie never tired of being told about it, which pleased Bunny, who had much to tell. Rosie’s father, and also her mother, were dentists, and this is not an especially romantic occupation, so naturally the child thought it thrilling to dash abont the country as Bunny did, and direct armies of labor, and command vast treasures to flow out of the earth. Bunny would take her for rides; and when they were out in the country, where it was safe, Bunny would drive with one hand, and the other hand would rest on Rosie’s, and “wonderful” were the thrills that would steal over both of them. They were content to ride that way for hours; or to get out and wander in the hills, and gather wild flowers, and sit and watch the sunset. Bunny was full of reverence, and when once or twice he dared so far as to Place a kiss upon his adored one’s cheek, it was with almost religious awe. When the weather was not suitable for outdoor courtship, he would visit her home, where the mother and father had a hobby, the collecting of old English prints; these were framed on all the walls, and there were stacks of them you could look at, quaint eighteenth-century sceneg of hunting gentlemen in red coats with packs of hounds, and red- cheeked barmaids serving pots of ale to topers with big pipes. Bunny would look at these for hours—for it took only one hand to turn the mover. What is there that is not “wonderful,” when you are so young, and at the same time so good? It made Bunny walk on air, just to buy a new straw-hat, and meet his chosen one upon the street, and anticipate her comments! (To be continued.) Genova Restaurant ITALIAN-AMERICAN 1238 Madison Street N. E. Cor, Elizabeth St, Spaghetti and Ravioli Our Specialty Special Arrangements for Parties on Short Notice WHY WITH When a few PAINLESS treatments will Permanently relieve you. 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