The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 14, 1926, Page 6

‘Page sik.” - THE DAILY WORKER THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mali (in Chicago only): By mall (outside of Chicago): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months 1113 W. Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, HlInols J, LOUIS ENGDAHL \ Editors Business Manager WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J, LOEB.. Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, lil, under the act of March 3, 1879, Gm 290 Advertising rates on application. Malti-Millionaire Mexican Bishops Out of the flood of lies and accusations with’ which the Mexican government is being deluged by the American capitalist press it is possible to pick some bits of real information which throw a great} light on the issues of the great struggle which appears as a con- test between church and state, but which is in reality a part of the struggle of the Mexican masses for land and liberty. A dispatch to the Chicago Tribune dated August 11, featuring the alleged execution of five priests in the state of Michoacan, tells of the enormous landed wealth of the church and its dignitaries. Bishop Gillon of Oajacou left an estate consisting of ranches valued at $60,000,000. The property of Bishop Montes de Oca in San Luis Potosi is valued at $40,000,000. The constitution adopted in 1857 expressly prohibits the ehurch ownership of landed property, but government estimates of such property now held illegally, and of which there is a record, total $600,000,000. The religious aspect of the controversy tends to fade into the background when facts of the above character become known. The catholic church in Mexico is a huge exploiting institution and it is using its influence over the ignorant to incite a counter-revolution which it hopes will legalize its ownership of its huge estates. Its struggle is reaction personified and every worker and farmer has the duty of supporting the Mexican government and the Mexican labor movement in their fight against landlordism backed by the enemies of the workers and.farmers in the United States. If American workers and farmers will try to imagine a situation in the United States wherein the catholic church claimed title to the most fertile farming districts in the middle west and south, and in| defiance of a constitutional provision making this land the property of the United States government, continued to hold it and collect rent for it, and in addition to this organized resistance to the gov. ernment officials who were trying to enforce the constitution, they will have a fairly good idea of what is happening in Mexico. Rome and Freedom The conception of freedom held by the Roman catholic church 4s well exemplified in a speech delivered by Senator Rengifo of Colombia before a large audience when Abadia Mendez took. the oath as president of Colombia. Rengifo denounced the Mexiean government for “persecuting religious communities, exiling bishops and congregations of women dedicated to benefaction and closing catholic temples.” In the same breath this friend of religious freedom advocated the censoring of the press “for security.” This means ‘that the senator would prohibit the publication of any material that did not conform to the interests of the catholic church. , It is against the dictatorship of the catholic church in the in- terests of black reaction, superstition and exploitation, that the masses of South America are in revolt. The organization that sancti- fied the rack, the thumbscrew and the poisoned cup in the name of religion has lost its hold on the masses where it once held sway. It can only operate now as the handmaiden of imperialism, STOP SCAB COAL TO ENGLAND! A Call to All Marine and 7: and Transport Workers MERICAN coal is being sent to break the strike of the British miners, much of it from Baltimore and Hampton Roads. The Baltimore branch of the Marine Transport Workers’ Industrial Union of the I. W. W. has laid down a boycott against all coal ships to Britain. All marine and transport workers should follow this example of class solidarity, and stop coal shipments to England from any ports. List the scab coal ships for international action. We give below the list of coal ships’ sailing from Baltimore and Hampton Roads for English ports. Marine workers are asked to send in additional listings from these and any other ports: ORIOLE LINES—U. S. SHIPPING BOARD To Manchester and Glasgow From Baltimore: Leaving: From Hampton Roads: Kearney . August 15 Balsam August 19 ugust 23 Artigus Sept. 2 Bannak Sept. 2 To Glasgow 8.8. West Niska . August 11 Bellflower August 25 Clairton ..... w- Sept. 8 To Beifast 8.8, Anacortes .. August 16 To Cork and Cardiff, Dublin and Londonderry 8.8. Winona County ... August 2 Hoxie . August 12 Angust 16 Kerhonson August 2 . Sept. 6 Vittorio Sestdanustil Sept. 23 5 FURNESS LINES (BRITISH) To Liverpool and Glasgow S.S. Manchester Shipper ......... August 18 Savannah August 24 CUNARD AND ANCHOR LINES (BRITISH) To London 8. S. Stockwell 4 Mahseer 1 AMERICAN MERCHANT LINE—(U. S, SHIPPING BOARD) To London, Leith and Dundee §8. 8. Quaker City . August 4 ’ Capulin AUBUSt 10 voresece A City of Flint . August 24 Lehigh Sept. 7. Chickasaw .... . Sept. 21 BRISTOL CITY LiNE Leaving Norfolk ; ugust 23 Sept. 4 * | | in a week!” | By CYRIL V. BRIGGS, (Relief Publicity Director.) ‘OU wili come crawling back with. So the tariff-fattened mill bosses taunted their poorly paid and impoy- | erished workers at the beginning of the walk-out of ‘the ~16,000- textile workers of Passaic and vicinity. The ‘bosses knew their workers could barely eke out a starvation existence on the wretched wages paid them: $11 to $22.50 a week for family men. Saving even a dollar a week on such waggs was wholly out of the,qitestion.” The boss- es were confident, therefore, that the strike would \be-short- and would end in defeat for the workers. They sat back and made” plats ‘for wage-cut when the workers would be forced by the hunger cries of ‘their children to come “crawling back on their bellies begging !to be back.” taken Wages Paid in Industry. The textile workers are the lowest paid group in this: country. : The average wage of the unskilled textile worker is $15 a week. The skilled workers-such as the loom fixers— of whom there are a féw in each mill— receive from $30 to $40 weekly, An wnalysis of 447 weekly pay envelopes, chosen at random, shows that 22 per cent received’ between $20 and 26 a week; the remainder receiving either less than $10 or over $25— mostly less than $10. It ‘was, no doubt, on the ‘basis of these pay en- velopes that the mill bosses made their cold-blooded calculation that their striking workers would be fore- ed within a-week to: come “crawling back on their bellies, begging to be taken back.” Bosses Get an Education. Their bourbon minds, totally in- capable of conceiving of outside la- bor being intelligent and class-con- scious enough to come to the aid of their revolting brothers in the tex- tile slave mills, weré to experience a rude awakening. And just as the splendid spirit of the strikers made futile the thousand acts of police violenee and judicial tyramnies against the strike, so the rushing of relief to Passaic by labor unions and sympathetic organizations thwarted the plans of the bosses to starve the strikers back to the mills. From Maine to California labor has rallied to the defense of these work- ers. Relief Given Thousands, day-to-day- another pee : Fick Aaj i #19) aie supply of the strikers’ children, Child Relief. farly in the struggle the relief committee established two children’s kitchens in the strike zone. At these kitchens one thousand children are fed daily, getting one nutritious meal a day, with fruit and milk. Over three thousand quarts of milk are distribut- ed daily thru the relief milk stations. Hundreds of children. have been sent to summer camps during the last ‘ly for relief. Child Retief, Vital Factor. Child relief is a vital factor in the struggle. The bosses’ starvation of- ensive was primarily aimed at the hikiren of the strikers for it would de the children who would suffer most grievously in the inability of the par- ents to provide food, The children became the target of the bosses in their efforts to break . nd more families are forced to ap- Fo Victory Playground! These strikers’ onion are about to board buses for Victory Playground. the strike. The ahifiren assumed greater importancelit the struggle, with the bosses tryifig to starve them on one hand and the ‘workers, thru the, general relief committee, doing their month. A special campaign was made by the general relief committee to place children in the camps of sym- pathetic organizations ‘and in the homes of working-class families, and utmost to protect thém from the boss-| four weeks ago the first group of four es’ starvation offensive. | hundred was’ sent off. Fifty went to Bosses Attack Relief. | private homes, the others to the fol- The bosses were slow in realizing) lowing camps: The International the importance of relief, but once the! Workers’ Aid cathp at Bernardsville, truth dawned upon them that they N. J., the camp:of the Modern School were being defeated on the relief} at Stelton,-N. J. the Chatham Camp, “You'll Come G rawling Back in a Week” As a‘result of labor's support of! front, the most despérate and subtle} Floral Hill, Chatham, N. Y., and the; tory. and with a union. Mohegan Colony, Peekskill, N. Y. The departure of these children for the camps was used as the occasion for a bitter attack from four minis- ters of the gospel, all four members of the Citizens’ Committee, who, for- getful of their master’s reputed solici- tude for little children, savagely de- nounced the mass departure of the children in automobile bus attempt to blacken the “fair’ of their city. Victory Playground. While these foaming at the mouth in their mill- directed efforts to cut off child re-| lief, the Victory Playground in Saddle | River county, near Garfield, was open: | ed for the strikers’ children. This | playground is ,wellequipped and thor- | oly up-to-date. There are showers for the kiddies, Swings, see-saws, a sand house, basketball.and handball courts, ministers were still}! lish scientists now WITH THE STAFF‘ Being Things From Here and | | There Which Have Inspired | Us to Folly or Frenzy al A Hair-Raising Story. Regarding the assertion of Brit- in convention, that the full growth of hair on aboriginal man was a sign of small mental capacity, Chief baseball diamond, etc. Games and plays are organized under the direc: tion of experienced and capable lead- ers, Who have donated their services! for the summer. The carpentry and | other work on >the grounds was all done by the: strikers, and the cost of} equipping the playground was accord- ingly small. The playground is also with a children’s kitchen station, en a nutritious meal and lots of milk; and fruit in between their games. Women of the United Council of Workingclass. Housewives take care ot the kitchen and milk station. The playground is visited by 1,000 chil- dren datly. They are picked up by busses at nine o'clock in the morn- ing and taken back at four. Their mothers are released between these hours for the picket line and other essential strike duties. Organized labor may well be proud of its relief work in the big textile strike. For the great rank and file of the American labor movement there was no holding-back, no hesita-| tion, no betrayal of their revolting brothers, but, a quick . understanding of the issues involved and a ready and splendid response to the suffer- ings of the strikers. And, in this, the 28th week of the strike, there is ho indication of any let-up on the part “of organized labor in its sup- port of relief, but rather:a determin- ation to back the strikers, thru the approaching settlement negotiations for which ‘a’ way has been paved by Senator Borah, to the time when the strikers return to the mills, in vic- equipped undernourished and run-down bodies can be strengthened. strike relief, the general relief. com- mittee 6f “textile ‘strikers, with of fices at 743 Main avenue, Passaic, ba: been able to supply relief to thou- sands of strikers’ families and. give milk and mealy to the strikers’ chil- dren most of whom are suffering from malnutrition, At this time nearly four thousand strikers’ families ere being fed) thru the four food stores supported by or- ganized labor. Thousands. of strik- ers have been provided with clothing and shoes, contributed by workers and distributed thru the relief com- mittee’s clothing ‘store in the strike area. Food cards ‘are issued on the basis of the size-eft the family, the highest denomination being $10. Bach application for rélief: is carefully in- vestigated by a committee of strikers and. only those ‘families having ab- solutely no other resourcés are given strike relief. The strain on the relief machinery becomes greater instead of decreas- ing as the struggle continues as more Strikers’ Children at Play ae Competent leaders organize the games at Victory Playground so that the The Generali Strike Relief Committee needs Labor's aid to supply these children with milk and nutritious food. “The Greatest Thing Ever?” ee BN elgg es ue SOO TE eS he My fas of the Passaic textile strikers’ children by the strikers’ children in Passaic. ittempts were made to cut off relief ‘rom the 16,000 striking textile -work- vs and their families. Complaisant ubor leaders were enlisted, and vari- ous agencies organized for the pur- One of these, the Citizens’ Vigilantes) Committee launched a series of attacks on the strike and he strike leaders, cunningly aiming the bulk of its blows against strike relief. This committee of bankers, real estate sharks-and other typicai ‘business” men broadcasted state- ment after statemenf that these work- rs were not in nm of strike relicf; that there is no suffering among their families and that‘ everything is nor- mal and beautiful. fh the “fair” city of Passaic, The. milk campaign for he strikers’ kiddies was savagely as- sailed. Dry Ryan, head officer of Pas- saic, and a member, of the Citizens’ Committee, brazenly stated that these children were not in need of milk. This lie has been broadcasted far and wide by the Citizens’ Committee in ts frenzied efforts to cut off the milk Strike Tots Need Milk mat break the strike: by cutting off relief to th children. Every worker should see to it’ that these strike children get a constant supply of milk and nourishing food. | WCFL Radio Program | Chicago Federation of Labor radio broadcasting station WCFL is on the alr with reguwar programs. It is broadcasting on a 491.5 Wave length from the Municipal Pier. TONIGHT. to 7:00—-Chicago Federation of La- bor talks and bulletins, 7:00 to 7:30-WCFL Studio Ensemble, Elena Moneak, director. 7:30 to 8:30-—-Clarence Sullivan, tenor; Al Scott's Harmony sings Vella Cook, contralto. Us get music 8:30 to 9:00—Mon: trom sil 1 Col ones 00 to 9:30—Little Joe W. ro, Srnny Cairn pull 9130 to 10:00—Wi Victory Playground Is Open! The opening of Victory Playground, where about 1,000 children are able to play and receive milk and other nourishing food, was acclaimed with joy While parents picket the mills in their fight for better wages and working conditions, these children are building their minds and bodies for the struggles of the future. | | American Oil Company. “Ma” Ferguson to Face Moody in the Run-Off Primaries in Texas (Special to The Daily Worker) AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 12.—A techni- cality in. the acceptance by Dan Moody, attorney general, of her chal- lenge that she would resign imme- diately if hebeat her by one vote in the primary, was given by Mrs. Mir- jam A. Ferguson as the reason she has not yet fulfilled the terms of her challenge, “I accept the challenge issued by Jim (Ma’s husband) in his wife's name,” is the phrase on which “Ma” bases her refusal to carry out her challenge terms. It is the phrase she says Moody used in accepting the defi and Mrs. Ferguson claims that since the challenge was her own and not that of “Jip her husband, and for- mer governor, that the words did not constitute an, aeceptance, Moody had charged frequently dur- ing his campaign against Mrs. Fergu- son that “Pa” who. was impeached in 1917, was the real governor, and Ma merely figured as a “figurehead” be- hind which he comttainad: ‘tris rule of the stage.” The democratic nomination will now go to a run-off as the official count showed Moody 1,170 votes short of receiving a majority of all votes cast and the Dallas election board meeting recently certified both candi- dates, Six Fireman Hurt in Oil Blast. BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 12.—Six firemen injured, more than 330,000 gal- lons of gasoline brn tet poy and other nd milk\ and the kiddies are here siv-| | erewski. Never-Washed-His-Shirt, when ought for an interview yesterday y The DAILY WORKER'S per- spiring reporter, vouchsafed the following after touching up_ hig jmake-up a bit with a bit of char- coal and a yermillion lipstick: “History proves nothing of the sort, Raising hair is a philogen- etic instinct, Professor Ward to the contrary notwithstanding, as may be seen by J. Ham Lewis, Lloyd George. and Janislav Pad- Ontongenetically speak- ing, I have had some experience in hair-raising myself, and was once the leading hair raiser of this country. “True enough, business is not what it used to be, but that is no proof that subjective conditions have changed. A real American nowadays cannot step off the Flat- boat reservation without being ar- rested for trespass. But that doesn’t prove that the white man has-less hair and more brains than I, but less conscience and more rifles, “He, hee, hum Mrs. Never- Washed-His-Shirt, what did you do with my pearl-handled collar button?” eee Some of Cal’s “Overwhelming Prosperity.” Not one of the dye workers exam: ined was free from physical de fect ... Dye workers drop from sheer exhaustion on the wet, slop- py floors of the workrooms, filled with poisonous fumes. Rest rooms, wash rooms, lunch places are un- heard of. ‘Toilets primitive. The wages are from $15 to $20 a week for men with dependent children— From a news item, se 8 KNIGHT BUSINESS PICKS UP. After a period of post-war de- pression, fraternal orders in America are coming back strong, but they still find the auto, the movie and the radio principal competitors, says John Ballan- tyne, Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias.—News item, cee Too Much Locarno Spirit? The French trawler ‘‘Locarno” was abandoned a sinking condition about 200 mi south of Halifax. All on board were saved by another trawler, now proceeding to St. Pier —Nows| item. o* SOMETHING URGENT After voting urgent procedure for the sinking fund bill, the national mbly of France adjourned until afternoon, while committees went thru the formality of examining the mi News item.. oes 100% Million dollar notion! Get rich in a breath! Paint One Bedbug Red, White And Blue, The rest will cheer Themselves to death, “See! The Communists believe in bourgeois par- liamentary institutions.” —Any anarchist misin- terpreting the fist fight property damagi ‘Ked the toll to- day of a fire series of explo- sions which” esterday wrecked the South Baltimore plant of the in the national assembly af France, —