The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 6, 1926, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER TWENTY-NINE FORTY-ONE —MUST BE TEN THOUSAND Two Weeks to Do It In ESPITE the great improvement in the number of shop and street nuclel sending in their settlement for the United Labor Ticket Special Assess- ment Stamps during the past ten days the total number of members whose Payments have been reported is only TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE. There are between ten and twelve-thousand dues paying members in the reorganized party. Thus only ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR MEMBERS HAVE PAID THE ASSESSMENT according to the nuclei reports. Unquestionably many members have made payment whose payments have not yet been sent to the National Office. in view of this situation the time for collecting the assessment and: making the settlement has been extended another two weeks—until AUGUST FIFTEENTH. ‘ DURING THESE TWO WEEKS EVERY NUCLEUS WILL HAVE A MEETING. THE QUESTION OF PAYMENT OF THE ASSESSMENT MUST BE TAKEN UP, THE COLLECTION MADE AND A SETTLEMENT SENT TO THE NATIONAL OFFICE. \ Members who do not have the assessment stamp in their dues book are not in good standing in the party and are not entitled to vote at party meetings. The nucle! which have reported \ng: during the last few days are the follow- Chicago—Street Nucleus No. 12 Chicago—Street Nucleus No. 28 Chicago—Street Nucleus No. 4 Chicago—Street Nucleus No. 20. Chicago—Shop Nucleus No. Veescesccccsesse 2.50 Minneapolis, Minn.—Street Nucleus No. 7. 4.50 Minneapolis, Minn.—;Street Nucleus No. 8. 3.00 Bayonne, N. J.—Lithuanian Branch... 5.00 Tacoma, Wash.—Shop Nucleus No. 3. 1.60 Seattle, Wash.—Street Nucleus No. 6. 3.50 Kirkland, Wash.—Street Nucleus No. 6.00 Pittsburgh, Pa.—Street Nucleus No. 2. 5.00 Philadelphia, Pa—Street Nucleus No. 1 2.50 Clairton, Pa.—Street Nucleus No. 1 2.50 Philadelphia, Pa—Street Nucleus A. 4.50 W. Braddock, Pa.—Street Nucleus No. 4. 1.50 Milwaukee, Wis.—Street Nucleus No. 11 5.00 Steubenville, Ohio—Street Nucleus No. 1. 5.00 Cleveland, Ohio—Street Nucleus No. 302. 3.00 Cleveland, Ohio—Street Nucleus No. 62.. 4.00 Rochester, N. Y.—Shop Nucleus No. 3 3.50 Brooklyn, N. Y—1 F 1 Coccccecccssee 9.00 Yonkers, N. Y.—Street Nucleus . 10.00 Yonkers, N. Y.—Shop Nucleus ............ 2.00 Niagara Falis, N. Y.—Street Nucleus No. 1 3.50 Great Neck, N. Y.—Street Nucleus .... 8.50 Los Angeles, Cal.—Street. Nucleus No. 27. 3.50 Oakland, Cal.—Street Nucleus No. 2.. 3.50 Los Angeles, Cal.—Street Nucleus No. 6. 7.00 Astoria, Ore.—Street Nucleus No. 4.... 5.00 Whinola, Mich.—Finnish Branch ..... 1,00 Hamtramck, Mich.—Street Nucleus No. 1. 10.00 Detroit, Mich.—Shop Nucleus No. 9.... 3.00 Grand Rapids, Mich.—Street Nucleus No. 1. Grand Rapids, Mich.—Shop Nucleus No. 1 Grand Rapids, Mich—Shop Nucleus No. 2 Grand Rapids, Mich.—Shop Nucleus No. 3. New Haven, Conn.—Street Nucleus No. 1. Stamford, Conn.—Street Nucleus No. Waterbury, Conn.—Street Nucleus No. 1 Baltimore, Md.—Street Nucleus No. 2. x Keene, N. H.—Street Nucleus No. 1.....%. 4.00 There must be a list as long as this one each day of the next two weeks in order to complete the payment of the assessment. The party cannot bring its full strength to bear in the work which it has under way unless the remaining FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS which is due on the assessment is paid by the members and remitted by the secretar: of the nucleus. “s THE SLOGAN DURING THE PERIOD oF THE E TIME FOR PAYMENT OF THE ASSESSMENT Gee ae a a EVERY MEMBER PAY THE ASSESSMENT! EVERY NUCLEUS SECRETARY REMIT THEA FINANCE THE PARTY FOR A DRIVE ronwansn JOHN BLUM PITTSBURGH, Pa. Aug. 4.—Com- rade John Bium, member of the West- Youth Drowns While Bathing in Part Set Aside for Colored ‘The Dominance of the Mexican Catholif\Charch yi Is the Result, of Centuries of Rule by Priests GOVERNMENT PLEASED BY GREAT INCREASE IN PRODUCTION FROM SPEEDING UP OF THE WORKERS By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press. A new industrial revdlution is the term used by the U. S. department of labor to introduce a series of studies on the tremendously increased produc- tivity of American labor. The department says this new industries revolu- tion “may far exceed in economic importance that older industrial revolution ushered in by invention in England in the last qffarter of the 18th century, which eventually transformed English industrial, political and social life.” inghouse shop nucleus of the Work- ers (Communist) Party, was killed while at work in the shop. He was a victim of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co.'s speed-up sys- tem, He had fastened the crane chain to a huge casting and as the crane lifted it, it slipped from the chain, falling upon his legs and crushing them. He died a few hours later in the hospital. Comrade Blum leaves a wife and {four children. The party, thru the company’s greed, loses a valuable comrade—one who was always willing and ready to do the disagreeable work tasks and did them well. ‘Sub-Section 6B, Brooklyn, Holds Picnic on Sunday BROOKLYN, N. Y., Aug. 4.—A piec- nic of Sub-Section 6B of the Workers (Oommunist) Party, Districh No. 2, will be held Sunday, Aug. 15, at Briar- woods Forest, Jamaica, Long Leland. Tickets are ten cents, Chicago Nomination Conference Aug. 10 Tuesday Aug. 10, at 7 p. m. the ,; Workers (Communist) Party of Chi- cago will hold its nomination confer- [ence at the North Side Turner Hall, 820 N. Clark St. Candidates will be nominated for the senate, congress, state legislature and county offices | The conference will also adopt an } election platform and select various 'ecampaign committees. Each nucleus should send at least two delegates to this con nee. It is very important that there be a full representation. » coming elections offer a good opportunity tor our Party to carry on propaganda and acquaint the workers with out objects and our activities, she dollare will renew your for ‘a year, if you send it in deforPidugquat 15, t CLEVELAND, Aug. 4. — Race dis- crimination at the Chippeawa Lake picnic arranged by the American Wire and Steel company caused Thurman Jackson, 20, to lose his life. Thurman Jackson in company with his brother-in-law Joe Holmes, 15, were refused admission by authorities of Chippeawa Lake to bathe on the same side of the lake with the other employes. They were told that if they wanted to bathe that skiffs and suits would be rented them but that they would have to go on the opposite side of the lake and bathe by themselves. Both youths went by themselves to he opposite side of the lake. Thur- iiau lost his life by drowning, There wes no Nfe guard on the side of the luke where they were bathing. A commit loading Negro resi- lents is carrying on a probe of this ‘ase of race discrimination, ot Pittsburgh Memorial Meeting Friday Night PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 4. — Fri lay night a memorial meeting will be ‘ld for Comrades Reba Unickel and Thomas Calligian who were drowned n the Ohio river. They were well spown to the workers of ‘Pittsburgh. Comrade Unickel was an active member in the Workers (Communist) Party, Young Workers (Communist) League, tewish Workers Culture Cen- er, Freiheit Singing Society, United Garment Workers and Icor, The meet- ing will be held at the Labor Lyceum, 45 Miller St., Pittsburgh, A special musical program has been irranged, St. Louis Passaic Relief. LOUIS.—(FP)—A relief com- ilttee to aid the Passaic textile strik- | rs will he formed by a conference of bor and other organizations in St. vily Aug. 18. Isadore Fiengold, gen * organizer of the cloth hat and ‘kers, is sponsoring the confer- ence, i f* of Intrigue and tradition. lenge the constitution of the country. | before the boycott was declared. The hold which the catholic church has on the peasant masses of Mexico has been built up thru long years The padres, especially in the country districts, have been the law. Despite the numer- ous revolutions that have officially wrecked the original great power of the church it is still in a position to chal- In the large cities, however, where there'is a large working class population, the influence of the church is weak as shown by the huge labor demonstration of last Sunday. Above is the big) cathedral at Guadalupe with worshippers waiting to get in and below is a religious funeral that occurred there just (Continued from page 1) secrecy .... and In order to carry out their purpose they agreed. to seek the Intervention of England, France and Spain.” (Zanacios, “His- toria de Mejico,” Vol, 13, p. 672— quoted by de Lara and Pinchon In “The Mesican People: Their Strug- gle for Freedom.”) In close pursuit of his object, Ala- man dispatched official instructions to Pose Maria Gutierrez Bstrada, and private ones to Jose Manuel Hidalgo, Secretary of the Mexican legation at Madrid, to press forward the negotia- tions with the Count de San Luis, president of the Spanish cabinet, for the accession of a Spanish prince to the throne of Mexico, and at the same time to engage the interest and co- operation of Englandeand France in tate the negotiations, the conspirators even endeavored to bring Mexico un- der a Spanish protectorate, A liberal newspaper exposed this conspiracy, and the subsequent over- throw of Santa Ana by the popular Ayulta revolution postponed the reali- zation of the clericals’ hopes for some years, ti the matter. In order further to facili-| Catholic Church Trying Old Tricks in Mexico City on June 10, 1862, Tem days later General Foray. appointed. ,8, Provision- | al government composed ,of the lead- ing monarchist-conspiratery—Juan Al- monte, Pegalio. Antonio, Labastido, | archibshop of Mexico, and, General | Mariano Salas. The first, act.of the provisional government was. to. issue a manifesto to-the people which in- cluded the following words: . At last the freedom of the catholic religion is . re-established. The church will exercise her: authority without having an. enemy in the government, and the state in alli- ance with the church will solve the serious questions which are of another catholic prince. Maximilian became Emperor of Mexico, kept in power for five years by French troops, The Mexican people never submit- ted. Juarez, the constitutionally elect- led president, kept up a constant guer- jrila struggle. Severe defeats were in- | flicted upon the French soldiery, and these together with the. expense, and |the threatened complications from the | United, States, caused Napoleon to withdraw his armies in January 1866. Maximilian’s ill-starred empire was | overthrown soon after. Again in the contemporary revolu- \tionary period the church. sought to penainy. etait |base itself on foreign support. In- |stances.of this have already been French Support ‘given in previous articles—notably its Maximilian. share in the bloody dictatorship of 1857 Constitution Anti-Clerical. iB was as a result of this radical pro- capitalist revolution against the landed aristocracy with its military and clerical allies, that the anti- clerical constitution of 1857 was adopt- ed, separating church and state, The first act of the constitutional government was to expel from the country the high prelates and. foreign representatives whose activities had helped to bring on the civil war. But this did not end the scheming of the clericals. Together with the other reactionary leaders, they turn- ed once more to the courts of Europe —and particularly to Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, whose greedy eyes had been fastened on Mexico for some time. On the 11th of June, 186%, Benito Juarez was proclaimed constitutional president of Mexico, and: on, the 31st of October of the same year, France, ; England and Spain signed a compact in London pledging themselves to a joint invasion of Mexico for the purpose of overthrowing the constitutional gov- ernment, and establishing in its place a monarchy, supported by bayonets, On January 2, 1862, the fleets of the three allies entered the harbor of Vera Cruz. Spain was represented by six thousand soldiers. dl twenty-six v ships and transports; France by three thousand soldiers and eleyen warships, rand England by a thousand men and seven warships, The landing of the war and resulted in.the temporary sub-| mergence of the Mexican republic. EEW days later some two hun- dred Ieading ecclesiastics, mili- tary chieftains and landed aristocrats issued the following proclamation: 1. The Mexican nation adopts as a form of government hereditary monarchy of a catholic prince.+ 2. The sovereign will take the title of Emperor of Mexico. 3. The imperial crown of Mexico is offered to his Highness the Prince Fernando Maximiliano, Archduke of Austria, for himself and his des- cendants, 4. In the event that thru unfor- seen circumstances the Archduke Fernando Maximiliano be unable to take possession of the throne offer- ed to him, the Mexican nation will submit itself to the benevolence of his Majesty Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, for the appointment Victoriano Huerta and its support of Adolfo de la Huerta’s attempted coun- ter-revolution. Such is the record of the church, At the present time Mexico has a more more serious and more resolute enemy than ever in the past—the imperial- ism of the United States, eager for Mexico's resources and anxious to find reactionary centers of support within the coveted Mexican territory. “In this situation, the attitude of the church is following the traditional lines of treachery to the interests of the re- public, Obregon’s statement, referred to above, calls attention to the fact’ that the clerical outbreak comes at a time when imperialist pressure against Mexico is at its height, and goes on to say that this is no coincidence. The church is up to its old tricks, JESUIT. NATIONAL ORGAN URGES SUPPORT OF PASSAIC MILL STRIKE (Sepcial to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D, C., Aug.~4.—In an editorial entitled, “Who Are The: Real ‘Reds’?” in the current issue of America, national organ of the Jesuits, labor leaders are taken, to task for their non-co-operation in the winning of the strike of the Passaie textile workers, The editorial is causing much comment in the American Federation of Labor headquarters here, The editorial says thatthe time was¢ troops initiated a. flerce and bloody |Communism.. . when the Jesuits were held respons jble for every evil from-bad weather to the boll weevil, but now their pres- jtige for wickedness is being lost to the Communists and Reds, “Now that we are entering upon an era of labor troubles,” it continues, “it is an easy solution to throw all the blame back on Trotsky and Lenin, It was done in England, It is being done now in the present subway strike in New York, and now the various Citi- zens’ and textile mills’ committees are refusing to deal with the strikers in the Passaic textile district on the ground that the strike is founded on a ‘ “We are growing wearied- of these |parrot-like aocusationsot-If it is true The French army entered Mexico | that the workers’ batthe for a living is h Mir { at ‘ Serie vi often led by a Communist, the shame and disgrace are ours... “Sever or eight years ago our bish- ops repeated the principles of the Encyclical on the Condition of the Working Classes, and pointed the way to social justice. Some of us are still holding back. The capitalist has only to raise the cry of ‘Communist’ and we tremble to mange ourselves with the oppressed workers, forgetting that an attack on even one poor man's rights is an attack upon the rights of us all.” ‘The editorial concludes that the real “Red” is the churchgoer who, when he goes into his office, forgets the Ten Commandments and natural law, and “By using it as cloak for his oppression of the poor, makes religion odious." é ae 4 i Oe gtd a “We are at the present time,” says the department, “experiencing what is perhaps the most remarkable advance in productive efficiency in the history of the modern industrial system, In the automobile industry the tput per man in 1925 was three timed as great as it was in 1914, an almost in- industry which had attained, even be- fore 1914, a high state of efficiency.” Taking the same period the depart- ment shows that output per man has increased nearly 50 par cent in iron and steel, 17 per cent in boots and pulp. It points out that these fig- ures, surprising as they are, cover only about 10 years. Speed Up. In working out its figures for pro- ductivity the department has taken jfull account of the changes in hours per week in thé various industries since 1914, nation of the 12-hour day in steel in 1923, a decrease from 54 to 50 hours per week in the auto industry between 1914 and 1919, a decrease from 55 to 52 hours in the boot and shoe industry and from 58% to 52 hours a week in paper and pulp. The year to year changes in the pro- ductivity per man-hour of workers fn the iron and steel and automobile in- dustries appear in the following per- centage figures based on 1914 as 100 per cent: Labor’s Iron productivity & steel Automobile 1914 100% 100% 1916. 123 171 1917, 114 168 1918. 104 107 1919. 96 141 1920. 112 133 1921 93 215 1922. 130 264 1923. 131 295 1924 128 289 19250. 149 310 25 Per Cent Increase in Steel. The department holds that because 1914 was a year of depression the 50 per cent increase in the output per worker in the iron and steel industry |is probably an exaggeration, It says: |“In an industry so sensitive to good |and bad times as the iron and steel ‘industry, there is need for caution in drawing comparisons between depres- sion and prosperity years, since there is in the figures no adequate adjust- ment for changes in man hours due to changes in business conditions.” The drop in 1919 reflects the steel strike and that in 1921 the severe de- pression. Comparing the average of 1924 and 1925 with the average of 1914 and 1916 the department figures that 25 per cent would be a fair figure for the increased productivity of labor in the interval. The department sees similar exag- geration in the 210 per cent increase shown for the automobile industry. Taking the’ prosperity year 1916 as a base instead of the depression year 1914, it finds that by 1925 labor's pro- ductivity in the industry increased 81 per cent. It says: “Obviously, the standardization of processes, the in- vention of mathines, and the improve- ment in management in this industry during the decade have resulted in a remarkable increase in the produc- tivity of labor.” Mass Picketing Stops British Mine Scabbing CWMCARN, Monmouthshire, Eng- land, Aug. 3.—A development in the coal stoppage occurred here as a se quel to disturbances growing out of the action of the safety men in mov- ing coal at the local colliery, Hundreds of men and women sur rounded the homes of the mine offi- clals and safety men, in consequence of which the safety workers did not go to the pit as usual. As a result the pumps and air fans are not work- ing and the colliery is in danger of flooding. Grocery Store Explodes. CARLINVILLE, Ill, AuAg. 4.—The Cacio-Scapario Wholesale Grocery store here was blown to atoms by a mysterious explosion, which caused a loss of approximately $50,000. PHILADELPHIA WORKERS, COMRADES, FRIENDS—— PIC Sunday, August 8 Production Tripled, + credible increase in productivity in an | shoes and 34 per cent in paper and | These include the elimi- | FARMERS UNITE TO HALT STEAL BY LAND SHARK Dose Bank Agent with Castor Oil PLENTYWOOD, Mont., Aug. 4— The fight between the land grabbers and the farmers in Northeastern Mon- tana came to a sort of climax when the farmers of Raymond, “castor-oiled” Oscar Collins, former’ sheriff of Sheri- dan Connty who tried to take pos- session of the farm of Melvin Gran- rud for the Farmers & Merchants State Bank of New Ulm, Minn, Collins, agent for McKee, a notor- ious land shark of this section, with the aid of a writ of assistance issued by the henchman of these vultures, Judge Leiper, went to the premises of Granrud and told him to move off, be- fore the period of redemption on his mortgage was up. ; Aided by Farmers. He was met by a group of about 60 farmers who accosted Collins, stating that he had no right to dis- possess them of their land. The an- swer of Collins was that he was rep- resenting McKee, and his actions were strictly in pursuance of the law. One of the farmers, U. G. Barnhouse took him up on this, and stated there was no such law allowing land to be taken from the owners in this manner. . Give Him Castor Oil, Collins was about to withdraw, but the crowd told him they had a little drink to give him. So, as Collins Jater stated, in his affidavit to the dis- trict court, where he is now taking up the matter, the mob, “violently, wrongfully and unlawfully assaulted,” him. They also did “thereupon | brufse, beat and batter this afflant, and |exhibited to this affant a certain long rope, and told him that he had better |get off those lands and go back to | Plentywood.” Before releasing this affiant the “mob forced into the per- son and system of this affiant, to his great physical discomfort and injury, a pint of castor oil,” according to the petdavit. Waterproof Garment Workers Win Strike NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—Twelve hun jdred workers answered the strike call ot the Waterproof Garment Workers’ Union Local 20. They marched to their respective strike halls. The bosses seeing the enthusiasm of the workers and the spirit in which ithey answered the union call were al- most overcome. They never saw such great solidarity. Immediately the bosses begged for a settlement and the result is that about 70 per cent of the manufacturers have already set- ‘led with the union and have given in to all the demands of the union. The workers have gained a com- Plete victory, winning the 40-hour week, no piece work, and elimination of many other exils. The union will now have full control over the con- tractors and no boss will be able to send out work to contractors without the knowledge of the union. Every contractor must be registered with the union. .Y Owing to great demand for settle- ments the union has decided not to make any more settlements until to- morrow when the settlement commit- tee will again hold a session. The workers have decided not to go to work until tomorrow. They are cele- brating their victory, Live Stock Without Limit at the Illinois State Fair ‘Springfield, Aug. 21-28 “ fo the NIC “©©" Flaxman’s Farm All proceeds .go to help feed 10,000 HUNGRY CHILDREN OF THE TEXTILE STRIKERS OF PASSAIC. DIRECTIONS—Take car No. 60 0 n 6th Bt., get off at Church Lane. 4 | \y