The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 13, 1926, Page 5

MASSACHUSETTS LABORQMAKES SOME STEPS FORWARD AND SOME BACKWARD START CAMPAIGN TO ORGANIZE IN LUGGAGE TRADES Union Levies Tax for Big Drive (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Aug. 11. — The Suit Case, Bag and Portfolio Makers’ union of New York, which consists of the workers employed in the luggage in- dustry has undertaken a campaign for the purpose of organizing all nonunion shops in the city of New York. The conditions of these workers in the nonunion shops are much below those prevailing in the union shops. Where- as, in the union shops the weekly hours are 44, in the nonunion shops they are officially 48, but unofficially as long as 60 and 70 hours per week, in many of these shops they actually work seven days a week. Nothing ex- tra is paid for overtime hours, In union shops overtime is paid for at a higher rate, and wages are in general higher than in the nonunion shops. The conditions in the Industry are at present prosperous—for the em- ployers. The demand for suit cases of all kinds, especially by women, is growing. The ladies’ fitted and unfit- ted suit cases, hat boxes, etc. have very largely taken the place of the big trunks of former days. The union is therefore convinced that this is the proper time for the unorganized work- ers of the trade to organize, establish the 44-hour week all over, and with a strong organization, be able to make further progress. Decide to Assess Selves, For this purpose the membership of the union unanimously decided to tax itself $5, $7 and $10 according to earn- ings, That is, those earning up to $21 to pay $5; those earning up to $31, to pay $7; and those earning more to may $10. This tax is to be paid during the month of August, Visit Shops. The campaign is being conducted by the executive board and the officers of the union with the active participation of a large committee of rank and file members. These committees are go- ing to shops daily, calling shop meet- ings and organizing the workers. As a result of this work, about ten shops have already been organized, among them several of the most important shops in the trade. I. Laderman, the organizer of the union is already negotiating with sev- eral employers, and the prospects are that some of these employers wil! peacefully come to terms with the union. Some employers, however, do not ‘like the idea of having to lose some of their absolute power over their workers, and are trying to hin- der the work of the organization com- mittees, Mass Meeting. A big mass meeting of all nonunion workers will be arranged shortly and the union requests the workers of the nonunion shops not to wait and lose valuable time, but immediately get in touch with the office of the union at 11 West 18th St. either by phone— Chelsea 5427—or otherwise, and ar- range for a shop meeting. The union stands ready to give them the protec- tion and assistance which they need and it is now up to them not to let this opportune moment pass by. May Impeach Filipino Senator for Treason for Stooling to Wood MANILA, Aug. 11— It is learned that the Philippine senate is planning to hold a secret session to charge one of the senators, whose identity is not revealed, with treason for furnishing secret information to Governor Gen- eral Wood. The culprit may be im. peached. By BERT MILLER. ITH the adjournment of the con- vention of the Massachusetts State Federation of Labor in Spring- field last Friday, it might be said that labor made a few steps forward and a few steps backward. The meet- ing devoted considerable attention to the question of injunctions 'n labor disputes and finally passed two reso- lutions directed against this evil, one calling for the abolition of injunctions in labor disputes and the other call- ing for the election of ‘judges, and the use of the initiative and referen- dum in the case of judicial elections. Liberal Immigrant Policy. Other resolutions passed included the following: A demand for a more liberal dmmigtation policy toward im- migrants. from Southern Ireland and better treatment for immigrants of Southern: Burope; a demand for the legalizing of. Sunday sports, for the raising of the age limit of school chil- dren and for aid for the British miners. The convention brought out a very Profitable discussion, led by Charles Reed of Salem, against the so-called “yellow dog” contract system which is being used on a wide scale in Massachusetts, The delegates deplor- ed the fact that the child labor amendment had been defeated last year and called all delegates to work for the passage of legislation this year. Non-Partisan Policy. HE need of labor candidates in the Massachusetts egislature was brought out most sharply in the re- port of the legislative agent, Mr. Joyce, who though an advocate of the non-partisan policy, was compel- led to criticise the present legislature most severely, saying, “This session of the legislature from the standpoint of the labor aovement has been of little or no benefit so far as having new legislation enacted; but it has been of some: benefit in defeating legislation detrimental to the labor GOV.-GEN, WOOD PLANS TRIP 10 UNITED STATES To Clash ‘vith Quezon Before Congress MANILA, P. EL, Aug. 11,—Governor- General Leonard A. Wood is planning a trip to the United States as soon as Colonel Carmi A. Thompson, President Coolidge’s personal representative, leaves the Philippine Islands. “Senator Manuel Quezon is also planning a trip to the United States.. Both of these leaders of opposing forces are ex- pected to clash in the congressional committee which will deal with the question of Filipino independence. Rubber Experts. Agents of American rubber compa- nies, experts and former department of commerce officials are coming to Manila on every boat. An army of these experts are exploring the islands for good rubber lands, These agents are convinced that rubber can’ be profitably grown and that in five or six years these islands will be pro- ducing rubber for American export. They all oppose independence, Introduce Rubber Land Bill. The rubber land bill has been in- troduced in the legislature by Repre- sentative Pedro de Liana of Mindanao and Sulu, The bill would permit a Philippine or American corporation to take up 200,000 hectares or 494,000 acres of land for growing rubber, Send a sub now and get the spe- cial rate of five dollars for a year’s subscription and the pleasure of help Our Daily. OMPANY Waid By ROBERT W, DUNN Movement, CLASS STRUGGLE vs, CLASS COLLABORATION By EARL R. BROWDER A pocket size booklet of the dan- ers presented to the American bor Movement in the growth of Labor nking, B. & 0. Plan, Education, ete, An in- itudy to be read by every ‘The first booklet of its kind issued, A most valuable study of the growth of a new menace to American organized Labor by a keen stu- dent of the problem, esting, with the addition of conclusions drawn by the leader of the Amorican Left Wing - PUBLISHING COMPANY -~ 113. W. WASHINGTON BLVD.. Chicago = ILL. Simple and most inter- 25 Cents. CLASS COLLABORATION— How to Fight it. By BERTRAM D. WOLFE. A new sti ace to the Labor, Little Ri ; movement.” This 1s the same sort of report which is typical in the state conventions of Massachusetts and in- dicate the bankruptcy of the non-par- tisan policy. Progressive President. Y Nascad convention elected as presi- dent John A, Van Vaerenwyck, of the Oigarmakers’ Union, a young man and a progressive. Considering the importance of’ Massachusetts as an industrial state and the large num- ber of unorganized workers, there is an excellent opportunity for Mr. Van Vaerenwyck to make himself one of the leading figures in the American labor movement, by active organiza- tion work and the building up of the movement generally. This was some- what offset by the election of Martin Joyce, a cripple and a conservative, to the position of legislative agent and secretary-treasurer, Reactionaries Speak. HE ugly spirit of class collabora- tion was thrown into the conven- tion by the addresses of the mayor of Springfield, Francis J. Good of the American Legion and Senator Daniel E, Martin of Holyoke. The entire pro- ceedings were conducted in the Muni- cipal Auditorium of Springfield and a number of “courtesies” were. ex- tended by local business men to the delegates. In this atmosphere it is not strange that the convention hesi- tated to adopt a resolution calling for a commission to investigate the Sac- co-Vanzetti case, for fear of hurting the feelings of local politicians. A move was made to indorse Mr. Walsh for senator, but the lines be- tween the republicans and the demo- crats were so tight that the proposi- tion was withdrawn. A good deal of time was given to the discussion of the union label, which discussion gradually deteriorated into an adver tisement of Pequot sheets and other union made products. It was decid- ed to hold the next convention on August 1, 1927, at Fall River. Jackie Coogan’s Half Shot Chauffeur Shoots a Guard on the Hip LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11. — A city- wide hunt for the former chauffeur of Jackie Coogan, juvenile film star, who. appeared at the Coogan residence ear- ly today and seriously wounded a spe- cial night watchman, was in progress today. The chauffeur, Don McRae, .was drunk, according to reports to. the police. The special guard, Joe Block, was shot in the side and the thigh’ when he attempted to eject McRae from the premises. Block has a fighting chance for his life, according to police surgeons. Jackie and his parents were on the second story of the residence at the time of the shooting affray. U. S. Steel Orders Increase in July NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—Unified ton- nage of the United States Steel cor- portion on July 31 aggregated 3,602,- 522 tons, an increase of 123,880 tons over that of June 30, and the first in- crease of the year to date, according to the monthly report of the corpora- tion submitted at noon today. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION HELPS RAILROADS BOOST RATES By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press. No general increase in railroad rates on western roads, shouts the in- terstate commerce commission in‘a voice meant to be heard by the farmers. But in the same decision it gives the carriers @ quiet tip that they make such adjustments in their individual rates as appear needed, The Chicago Journal of Commerce thinks this loophole should be brought to the attention of railroad investors. It refers to it as an “opening in the decision left thru which the railroads may increase their rates consider- ably without putting the commission to the embarrassment of authorizing a horizontal increase.” The journal notes that the commission is a polit- ical body which allows political fac- tors to influence its decisions, The Coolidge administration is under fire from the farm states and the commis- sion must avoid giving offense by in- creasing rates, “Inequalities” in Rates, The commission said: “It is clear upon the record that there are many inequalities in the rate structure ex- isting in portions of the western dis- trict which should be corrected, The provision directing us to initiate, mod- ity, establish or adjust rates so that the carriers may earn a fair return does not relieve the carrier from the primary duty of initiating rates, That function belongs to management and not to regulation,” Here, according to the Chicago Journal of Commerce, “the commis- sion may be inferred to have prom- ised relief that would not attract ad- verse headlines in the newspapers.” Profits Climb Even Higher, How the rate of profit on railroad stocks continues to climb is shown in a Wall Street Journal survey for the 12 months ended June 30, 1926, Even. the supposedly hardup western car- riers are showing results by no means discouraging, Atlantic Coast Line leads in rate of returns omitommon stock with profits running at the annual rate of 27,1 per cent compared with 26.9 per cent in 1925." Bu 1 HE DAILY WORKER and Vice - 1S WHAT WOU CAN WIN with a story of WORKER CORRESPONDENCE sent In thia week to appear In the Issue of Friday, Aug. 13. —Literature and Revolution, by Leon Trotsky. A fearless dis- cussion of the relation of art to lite—brilliantly written and bound in cloth for your library, Aw year’s subscription to the Workers Monthly—12 issues of real pleasure. i) Qodovernmaht Strikebreaker, by Jay Lovestone. A book showing up the governujent as an enemy of the workers. -(oth-bound, SUBSCRIBE to the American Worker Correspondent (50 cente a year) to learn what and how to write. °° DETROIT LABOR BODY MAKES NEW ELECTION DEAL of “Broken Promise” Politician Cause . DETROIT, Ang. 11.—Remaining cold towards all labor party proposals, the Detroit Federation of Labor has effect- ed a new political alignment following {ts disappointment with Mayor John W. Smith, whose election was aided by labor. Smith is working for the nomination of Fred W. Green for governor, and partly for this reason the federation has endorsed his oppo- nent, Goy. Alex J. Groesbeck, for re- nomination. ..., “Broken Promise.” “Mayor Smith’s broken promises to the Detroit Jabor movement had a great deal to do with the endorse- ment,” said Pres, Frank X. Martel of the federation. “We felt that if we sup- Ported. Green ywe might suffer similar disappointments in his case, since Mayor Smith ig;in charge of his affairs in Wayne county.” Prison Labor Man, Green's: past record as contractor for prison labor for his reed furniture. factory at Ionia also influenced the federation. dmethe gubernatorial pri- maries 4‘years*ago*the Detroit federa- tion supported Herb Baker, a follower of LaFollette, for the republican nomination, ° Southern Chile Feels Repeatéd Earthquakes SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 11.—~There has been a week of intermittent earth- quakes in southern Chile, increased yesterday to a 15-second quake which frightened the German colonists at Valdivia. . The central zone of Chile is not affected, Five dollars will renew your sub for @ year, if you send it in before August 15. turn on common stock rising from 12.1 per cent to 15.7. per cent, Nickel Plate from 16.1 per cent to 20.8 per cent, Norflolk & Western from 18.7 per cent to 22.2 per cent and Santa Fe from 17.2 per cent to48.7 per cent. ‘The table shdWs the rate of return on common sto¢k'for important roads in the year entéd June 30, 1926, com- pared with actuif returns in the calen- dar years 1925 and 1924; q Rallrgad_ Profits, Railroad profits: 1296 1926 1924 Atl, Coast: Linew/...27.1% 26.9% 19.3% Page Five GOAL OWNERS IN PLAN TO DRIVE FOR OPEN SHOP Report Concerted Move in Preparation (Continued from page 1) West Virginia and Maryland, where operators have violated the Jackson- ville agreement and gotten away with it, Avoid General Strike. The Ohio operators have formed a group to do likewise, and in this they have support from the operators’ na- tional association, altho not officially perhaps, as open backing might stir a sentiment for a general strike thru- out the country that would force the Lewis administration of the union, much as it dislikes strikes, to act. ‘Coolidge and Hoover, while publicly deploring the movement, are cheered by the thought that increased attacks on the union may produce a chance to put over a class collaboration scheme on the miners such as was put over on the railroad unions by the Watgon- Parker law. They count upon the Lewis administration of the U. M. W. of A., instead of bringing the whole force of the union into an effective struggle by means of a general strike, to turn to class collaboration om a national scale suitable to protect the interests of the operators, as did the rail union heads. Legislation Prepared. Coolidge recently declared that he would urge congress at its next ses- sion to adopt legislation for the coal industry similar to the Watson-Parker act, under which he appointed the most prominent open shoppers as le gal arbitrators of disputes between the railway companies and railwaymen’s unions, with the door left open also for company unions. * Boss Pronounces Union Doom. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Aug. 11.— At the Institute of Politics here, Eugene McAullife of Omaha, president of the Union Pacific Coal Company, and one of the largest individual coa! operators in the country, asserted that the great increase in non-union pro- duction of coal would either break up the union entirely or compel it to enter into a program of collaboration with the operators. McAullife declared that the mechan- ization of mining was aiding the opera. tor make inroads on the union thru the non-union fields, and that during the life of the Jacksonville agreement. which went into effect April 1, 1924, soft coal production by union miners has fallen from 78 per cent of the na- tion’s total to 30 per cent. For this reason he said that the Jacksonville agreement was “one of the most con- structive pieces of work done in in- dustry in recent years.” Against Jacksonville Pact. William W. Tragy of the Sangamon Coal Company of Springfield, Illinois, and C. B. Huntress of the National Coal Association, however, took issue with McAullife on the benefits to the operators of the Jacksonville agree- ment. Tracy said that it would never have been signed but for political rea- sons: “The real responsibility for the sit- uation should be placed on politics. The politicians feared a strike during the 1924 campaign and they brought pressure on the operators to compel them to sign.” Agreement Broke Power. McAullife defended the Coolidge- Hoover administration, saying in ef- fect that the Jacksonville agreement had proven valuable to the operators, as the loss of.union membership and control since the agreement would compel the union to take a “more con- structive attitude at the conference scheduled for next January.” Mean- while, plans for “more amicable co- operation” could be drawn up. Huntress said that the competing non-urrion wage scales of West Vir- ginia were the basis for violations of the Jacksonville agreement. He said he regarded the agreement as already broken down, Dramatic Clubs to Hold Picnic at West Brownsville, Aug. 29 WEST BROWNSVILLE, Pa., Aug. 11.—The Croatian and Finnish dram- atic clubs of Daisytown and Wes! Bronsville will hold theiir annual pic nic Sunday, August 29, at the Blains burg Hill Farm here, * Kansas Corn Crop Menaced by Heat TOPEKA, Kans., Aug. 11. — Unless rain falls within twenty-four hours, Kansas’ corn crop will be damaged to the extent of 50,000,000 bushels in the final yield, according to estimates today at the state board of agricul B. & O, 121 9.2 Chi, & Northwoin. 74 68 4.2 DL. & W. ser daa 17.0 16.0 ll, Central 128 12.9 12.4 N.Y. Contral wnnl8.B 12,7 12.9 Nickel Plate 16.1 14.2 72 64 47.19 Norfolk & Western 22.2 18.7 12.8 Pennsylvania 124 7.6 204 17.6 17.2 15.4 4.9 124 16.2 12.8 So, Paciie srwvmentl8 10.3 10.2 Union Pacife ...166 16.4 14,8 According to Wall Street Jour pal, 26 of the 34 roads tn the country are f ng higher rates of Profit than dn 1925 and three others show a lower rate of return only be- cause they have mare } = ee ae \ ture, Kansas’ crop earlier had been estimated at 160,000,000 bushels, Reports here today from twenty-six counties say that the past two days of intense heat has ruined thousands of acres of upland corn, Lowland crops, however, are standing the drought better, according to the re- ports, but it too, is shriveling and turning brown. No rain is in sight aooording to the weather bureau, Five dollars will renew your Wpek outstand-} aud for a year, if vo dond it in Cl Upton Sinclair (Copyright, 1926, by Upton Sinciair) WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE, J. Arnold Ross, oll operator, formerly Jim Ross, teamster, Is unsuccessful In signing a 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 cand Bunny goes about learning the oll business from his Oad who is bringing in a well at Prospect Hill. Dad was working hard and Bunny suggests a quail hunting trip to the San Elido Valley. Dad agrees and shortly they arrive at the Watkins ranch and pitch their camp. In hunting for quail they find oj! oozing out of the ground and Dad wheedles the sale of the ranch out of old Watkins and also arranges to secretly purohase adjacent lands. Paul's fittle sister, Ruth, and Bunny become friends. Bunny starts to high schoo! at Beach City, With plenty of money and social etanding he enters into the of the school. He falls in love with another student, Rose Taintor. In the neantime Dad's oil business grows rapidly. The World War begins and Dad, along with other capitalists, benefits by selling ol} to both belligerents. Bunny arranges for Paul to come and live with Ruth on a nearby ranch. Paul had been living with a lawyer who took a liking to him and bequeathed his library to Paul when he died, Paul “has it out’ with his “holy roller” father who scorns him as unfaithful. His brother Eli is a hopeless religious fanatic, subject to fits. Eli Is now going around the country acting a prophet and “healing” people. Bunny, anxious to get back to the ranch, suggests to Dad that the two go there and build a shack near the house that Paul and Ruth stop in. While they are there they hear that a rival company is about to drill nearby. Dad makes preparations to sink a well on the Watkins ranch. But he needs a road. He first goes to the county commissioner and greases his palm, then searches out the county republican’ boss, altho Dad’s a democrat, and agrees to pay several thousand if he can have a road to the ranch in sixty days . e - * Vv The new road was done, and the bunk-house was done, and occupied; Dad's boss-carpenter had gone up there, and Paul was working with him on the derrick, Then came the fleet of motor trucks, with the drilling tools, and they were rigging up, and Paul was helping with that. Bunny was in school, and’ missing all the fun, but Dad got a report almost every day from his foreman, and passed it on to Bunny at supper-time, They, were behind in their race with Excelsior Pete, which had already, spudded in, having had the advantage of a road from the start} but Dad said not to worry, it would be a long way to the bottom of those wells. f : Bunny’s great hour came; at happened to be a Friday, and he begged off from school—it wasn’t often that a boy had such;’* an excuse, that he had a “wild-cat” named after him, and had) to go to press a lever and start the drilling machinery! They; set out early in the morning, and arrived in mid-afternoon; and rolling over that new road, hard and smooth and grey, how proud they felt! They came to the Watkins arroyo, and the new road leading into it—their own private road, so marked. There was no one at the Watkins place, everyone had gone up to the well; you could see a crowd gathered about the derrick—the nice new shiny derrick of yellow pine, built on a little shelf, half way up the slope—the Ross-Junior Paradise Number One! : They drove up, and the foreman welcomed them; everything was ready, the last bolt tight, and full steam up—they could have started a couple of hours ago. Bunny looked about; there was Paul among the other workmen, keeping himself in the ‘back- i ground. And Ruth—she was with her family; Bunny went up to them, he was glad to see them all, even old Mr. Watkins, in spite of the jumping and the rolling and the rheumatix and other troubles. The whole neighborhood was there, and Bunny knew s many of them by name, and spoke to them, whether he knew * them or not; they all liked this eager lad“the young prince wha,” had a well named after him. Some of them in their secret hearta, . were “sore,” because they had sold their land 80 cheap, and. if they had held on, they too might have become rich and famous;-- but nothing of that showed now, this was a great hour, @ cere= mony about which they would talk for many a day. Dad looked things over, and asked a few questions, and “was : about’ to say, “Go,” when he noticed another car coming up the’ road. It was a big shiny limousine, and it rolled up fast, and the n crowd parted, and it stopped, and from it descended—gee whiz, could you believe your eyes?—a young man, tall and rather, gawky, stoop-shouldered, sun-tanned, with pale blue eyes and: a mop of corn-colored hair; Eli Watkins, Prophet of the Third Revelation, transfigured and glorified in a stiff white collar and. black tie and black broadcloth suit, ill-fitting but expensive, and ‘ with a manner cut to the same pattern, that peculiar blend of humble pride which the divine profession generates. He was followed by an elderly rich gentleman, who assisted from the car two ladies with costumes, as you might say the feminine gender of Eli’s; they were some of the prophet’s new converts, or those whom he had “healen.” The neighbors stared respectfully, and for a minute or two the well was forgotten, the spiritual power . took precedence over the temporal. Dad came forward, and shook hands with the prophet; bye~ - gones were to be bye-gones, and all disharmonies forgotten in** this great hour. Bunny was amazed by what happened for he had never known Dad to make a speech unless he was made to, But there was a whimsical streak in J. Arnold Ross, which bubbled up once in a while, and caused these queer turns of. events. Dad faced the crowd, and clearing his throat, said:- “Ladies and gentlemen, we are drilling this here well on the ranch where Mr. Eli Watkins was born, so perhaps he would like : to say a few words to you on this occasion.” There was a round of hand-clapping, and Eli colored, and was obviously very much flattered; he took a step or two forwards, and folded his hands in . tront of him in the fashion of a blessing and lifted his head, and raif closed his eyes, and the booming. voice rolled out: , “Brethern and sisters: Upon these hills have I tended my, tather’s herds, like the prophets of old, and have harkened unto — the voice of the Holy Spirit, speaking to me in the storms and. the thunders. Brethren and sisters, the Lord unfoldens Himself in many ways, and gives precious gifts to His children. The treasures of the earth are His, and when in His Mercy they are handened unto mankind, it is His Will that they be used in His’ service and unto His Glory. The things of the body are sub- jected unto the things of the spirit; and if in God’s wisdom it should happen that this well should bring forth treasure, may it be used in the service of the Most Highest, and may His Blessings rest upon all they that own or labor for it. Amen. fe There was a chorus from the audience, “Amen!” And so there you were, a regular little blessing! All the lies that Dad had told to the Watkins family and to others, the bribes that he had paid to Messrs, Carey and Coffey—all these were abrogated, nullified and remitted, and the Ross Junior-Paradise No. 1 was from that time forth a sanctified well. And so Dad turned and looked at Bunny, who was standing by the engine with the lever in his hand, “All right, son!” And Bunny moved the lever, and the engine gave a thump, and the chain gave a pull, and down underneath the derrick floor you heard that exciting sound which , the oil-men report as “Spud.” (To be continued.) - GINSBERG’S Vegetarian Restaurant 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue, _ LOS ANGELE CAL.) | Doctors Will Test Adults Free at the Health Headquarters Illinois State Fair _ Springfield, Avg 21-20