The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 19, 1926, Page 3

* A. F, OF L. IS PLEDGED TO AID ~ MEXICAN LABOR} Hearty ‘Accord Is Shown in Convention Record ' (By Federated Press Staff Correspondent) ‘WASHINGTON, Aug, 17.—Running thru the printed record of the conven- tions of the American Federation of Labor for the past decade or more is the consistent theme of sympathy for the revolutionary struggles and tri- umphs of the Mexican workers, At almost every convention some fraternal delegate was warmly re- ceived, some speech by Samuel Gom- pers expressed the support of labor in the United States for the Mexican Regional Federation of Labor, or some formal resolution declared the appre- ciation of the northern movement for what its southern neighbor was seek- ing to do in order to make Mexico a country fit for workingmen to live in. 1925 Resolution. At the 1925 convention, held in At- lantic City, the committee on interna- tional labor relations favorably re- ported resolution 73, which was unan- imously adbpted. This resolution was offered by Matthew Woll, a member of the executive council. It read: " “Whereas, the inauguration of Plu- tarcho Elias Calles as president of Mexico brought fruition to the hopes of the workers of that country and satisfaction and gratification to the workers of the United States; and “Whereas, the service. which our fellow trades unionist has so far ren- dered as president since his inaugura- tion has fully warranted the confi- dence and hopes reposed in him by labor everywhere and by the great masses of the people; and Called in Labor Men. “Whereas, he has called labor men into the service of his government in the most important capacities, as in the case of the appointment of Louis N. Morones, leader of the Mexican labor movement, to be minister of in- dustry, commerce and labor; and “Whereas, he has further shown his foresight and courage by appointing labor attaches to the leading Mexican embassies in foreign nations, giving the honor of the first appointment to the Mexican embassy at Washington, where Canuto A. Vargas, a trade unionist, now serves in that, impor- tant capacity; and “Whereas, in every possible manner General Calles and his associates have striven to improve the condition of the workers and the masses of the people with a fine zeal, a noble cour- age and an inspiring fidelity; there- fore be it “Resolved, that we adopt these res- olutions as an expression of our con- tinued friendship and confidence, in appreciation of the magnificent recep- tion given to our delegates who at- tended the inauguration in Mexico City, and as a pledge of continued co- operation, friendship and fraternity in the great cause of human freedom, progress, democracy and justice.” Chicago Companies Use Injunction on Secretary of State SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Aug. 17.—Tem- porary restraining orders were grant- ed in federal court here by Judge George T. Page of Chicago against Secretary of State Emmerson to pre- vent him ffom turning over to the state treasurer certain taxes paid un- der protest by the S. S. Kresge Com- pany, the Wolf Manufacturing Com- pany and the Victor Chemical Com- pany, all of Chicago. The action is part of the companies’ fight against the franchise tax, which they allege is unconstitutional, The Kesge Company ha@ paid in $9,176.56, claiming to owe only $2,799.18; the Wolf Manufacturing Company paid $6,946.43, claiming to owe $654.57, and the Victor Chemical Company paid in $3,394.70, claiming only $225.82 was: due. The companies claim that the sec- retary computed the tax on the ficti- tious authorized capital stock and that it should have been based on th paid-in capital stock, : oan gee New Dry Law Felt. Federal government officials prepar- ed to strike a Knockout blow for pro- hibition ‘by 6 ing the sale of materials and ments necessary for the making’ of home brew. Con- spiracy indictments are to be sought against those found selling these goods, ‘ GINSBERG’S Vegetarian Restaurant 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue, LOS ANGELES, CAL. FINNISH CO-OPERATIVE TRADING ASSOCIATION, BROOKLYN, N. Y., ATTENTION! CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY Mrs, Eleanor Sadlowski, is seen in. this picture throwing a good-bye kiss at Cook county jail where she spent sixty days for defying “Injunction” Judge Denis E. Sulfivan’s anti-picketing order. in the foreground. the International Sadlowski. GRANITE CITY Ladies’ STRIKERS ARE HOLDING FIRM Injunction GRANITE CITY, Il., Aug. 17—The strike of workers at the Granite City in progress since the 5th of May, finds the picket line strong and the spirit of the men un- despite the use of thugs, United States marshals and a vicious Stamping Works, broken, injunction against picketing. Unusual Injunction. The injunction keeps the strikers a good distance from the plant, nevertheless they have managed to keep scabs from going to work in very large numbers. A count of scabs that entered the plant yesterday revealed no more than 35 responding to the frantic demands of the boss for work- ers. U. S, Marshals, The stationing of United States mar- shals in front of the shop gates has allowed the company to dispense with some rather expensive and notorious thugs who were hired to terrorize the Reports coming from the inside of the plant indicate that pro- strikers. duction is at a very low ebb, Spirit of Solidarity, Tho spirit of solidarity shown by the men and women on strike Ta this ‘The boss left no stone unturned to try to persuade the striking workers to come back despite the union, but to no avail, The labor movement of ae toa plant Is splendid. strong, is behind the man, To Abandon Iilinols Line. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Bxamin- ers of the interstate commerce com- mission recommended that the Chi- cago and Alton railroad be permit- ted to abandon operation of the Rut- land, Toluca and Northern, extending from Rutland to Granville, Ils., a dis- tance of 27 miles. Meat Market Restaurant IN THE ERVICE OF THE CONSUMER. Bakery deliveries made to your home. : but Union, is seen behind Mrs. [, L. D, PICNIC, LAST OF YEAR, Speaker P. Cannon, national secretary of I L. D, At Zahora’s Grove. the Desplaines River. A available to all. vaks have games for young and old. For Prisoners. the benefit of class-war prisoners and defendants. Part of the proceeds will! go toward the campaign for amnesty for the 6,000 political prisoners in Poland—Polish, Jewish, Ukrainian and Therefore, and because all are in vited to come and enjoy themselves a! should attend this picnic. on sale (in advance at 35 cents) at 1806 South Racine avenue, 23 South IAncoln street and 1510 West 18th street, and by I. L, D, branches and members. Take Berwyn Car. Zahora’s Grove is at 8000 Ogden avenue. To get there take Ogden ave- nue or 22nd street car, then Lyons Berwyn line to the end, Transfer t bus or walk four bloeks straight to the grove. Or get the bus at end of 22nd street car line direct to the picnic grove, Cook County Noted for Violations of Child Labor Laws There were five prosecutions for vio. lations of child labor laws in Chicago and the rest of Cook county to one prosecution for violation in the rest of the state. The department of labor report is- sued in Springfeld states there were but 400 violations of the child labor law, The de) ‘reports 148 prosecutions, a : and fines amouxting to a Cook county Her 10-year old son, David, is seen I. L. Davidson, organizer for the Chicago Joint Board of Garment Workers’ ON AUGUST 22 Stand Strong Against|James P. Cannon to Be The local International Labor De- fense announces that the last picnic of the season, given by the Bulgarian, South Slavic, Czech, Slovak and Greek branches, will. feature a barbecue of a dozen lambs, an excellent Bulgarian orchestra, and an address by James The date is Sunday, August 22; the place, Zahora’s Grove, Lyons, Ill., near “Balkan” committee will see that a good time and good food and refreshments are The Czechs and Slo- This joint picnic is, of course, for White Russian workers and peasants, this working-class outing, everybody Tickets are has ttifés and one-hait | THE BAILY WORKER ‘ age Thres ~ FARMER-LABOR FORCES READY IN MINNESOTA Will Profit This Year By 8 Years Experience (Special to The Daily Worker) MINNBAPOLIS, Minn., Aug, 17. — Republican press agents are talking about the disintegration of the farmer- labor party movement in Minnesota, This is not the case. The farmer-labor party is in a position to conduct a bet- ter systematized and more vigorous campaign this year than ever before. Altho the objective conditions for the movement may not be entirely advan- tageous, this is made up in a large measure by the unity of the movement and eight years of experience, Began Eight Years Ago. It was in 1918, in the middle of the post-war hysteria, that the movement in Minnesota got under way. It was founded on the principle of community of interest between the workers and farmers and as such displaced the then effete non-partisan league which based itself on the farmers. In 1920 the movement put Magnus Johnson over to fill the unexpired term of Knut Nelson, who died in his republican senate seat. During the 1924 presidential campaign the repub- lican committee poured thousands of dollars into the campaign and beat LaFollette and Magnus Johnson by a small margin. A Good Chance. This year there was a sharp contest in the republican primary and there- fore the total vote cast was consid- erably higher than in the farmer-labor primary. The chances of the move- ment are generally conceded to be better this year than at any time, The following program of immediate demands have been adopted for guid- ance of the elected representatives of the movement, together with the leg- islative demands of the State Federa- tion of Labor: Program of Action, 1. A re-classification of property for purposes of taxation in order to re- duce the burden on farmers’ homes, improvements and other personal property and in the same manner re- duce taxes on the homes and personal effects of city dwellers. An increase in the iron ore occupational tax from 6 to 10 per cent and an increase in taxes on all monopolies. 2. Legislation which will permit the co-ordination of municipally owned electric light and power plants into district. systems for the purpose of fur- nishing electric current to the farmers and other consumers and favor sub- mission to the people of a constitu- tional amendment which will enable the state,to develop water power to supplement these district systems. Workers’ Compensation. 3. The establishment of a state fund workmen’s compensation plan, which will provide sure and adequate relief for disabled workers and insurance in case of death for their dependents. 4. Restoration of home rule to mu- nicipalities in order that local public utilities may be controlled by them. 5. The promotion of lake and river transportation to reduce freight rates for the farmers and other citizens of the state. Against Unemployment. 6. The establishment of a state- owned printing plant. 7. That the public work of the state be so organized as to provide relief for unemployed during seasons of in- dustrial depression. The following are the nominees se- lected in the state primary of the farmer-labor party: The Nominees, Magnus Jobnson for governor; Emil Holmes for lieutenant governor; 8. O. Tjosvold for auditor; Thomas Meighan for treasurer; Thomas Vol- lom for railroad and warehouse com- missioner; Frank E. McAlister for attorney general; Charles Olson for secretary of state, and Minnie Ceder- holm for clerk of the supreme court. These candidates can be elected this year and the wealth producers of Minnesota will be put in control of he powers of government. It is the luty of every worker to do his part n achieving this desirable end. Find Remains of Prehistoric Animals on Small Ohio Farm JOHNSTOWN, Ohio, Aug. 17.—The ‘Mastadom Farm” of Friend Butt is continuing to attract thousands of visitors dineluding a battalion of cientists. While scientists declared it was the sreatest discovery on the American ontinent of remains of these monsters ‘armer Butt was reaping a fortune of hekels. He cleared close to $1,000 in ye day charging an admission of 25 sents to the hundreds of motorists ‘rom Ohio and surrounding states who same to the farm to view the huge skeletons, Man Hunt Is On in Illinois for Two PEORIA, IIL, Aug. 17.—A man hunt ig on thru Illinois for H. G, Powers, Gilson, ML, and ©, eetimated that aside trom the frivestment re ie as the smaller stockholders, indicated by the dgcline in the total number of the corporation's stockholders tors stockholders fell from 49,170 in the second quarter of 1924 to 32,626 in the second quarter of 1926, tors,” says the Journal, “there lies not only practical but actual control of the company, ! KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS | HEAD MADE DEMAND FOR INTERVENTION 1N MEXICO James A, Flaherty, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, is directing a campaign, inspired by the church, for the breaking off of relations with Mexico on the very flimsy exouse that the Mexican gov- ernment is not observing rights of freedom of conscience. The Knights of Columbus, like all church institu- tions, has always championed the most reactionary of causes and the fact is that the demand of the cath- olic order for intervention is simply the echo of the desire of U. S, oil and financial interests to force in- tervention to protect. their own ill- gotten property from the possible use of that property by the people of Mexico who rightfully own it, CONVENTION OF AF. OF L. IN DETROIT, OGT. 4 Call Announces Date and Principles WASHINGTON, D. C,, Aug, 17.— The executive council of the American Federation of Labor has issued the call for the 46th annual convention to be held in Detroit, Mich. beginning Monday morning, October 4. In the official announcement the of- ficialdom of the federation states that the principles of the A. F. of L, are ‘justice, humanity, fairness and com- mon honesty.” It then continues: “The officers and delegates in at- tendance at the convention can make a searching analysis of existing ecd- nomic conditions and they can plan for the future in a comprehensive and broad-visioned way. Thru the adop- tion of a progressive and constructive program the organizéd workers every- where will be inspired to put forth in- creased efforts in the work of organi- zation, and the unorganized workers will be attracted to our banner thru the hope of the help and protection which we have to offer them.” SEND IN YOUR SUB TO THE DAILY WORKER! COOLIDGE FARM PLANIS SOP TO RILED FARMERS Talks of $100,000,000 Loan rom Banks (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—What has been expected here since the adjourn- ment of congress has happened: Pres- ident Coolidge has announced a plan} |for farm relief. It has been expected | | because politicians know that Coolidge | and the administration gang have to do something about the middle west. Coolidge Worried. Since the defeat of the McNary-| Haugen bill, sponsored by the farm bloc, and the subsequent defeat of the administration’s Fess bill by the farm bloc as a sort of vengeance, the ad- ministration has not stood very well in the corn belt. Vice-President Dawes and ex-Gov- ernor Lowden of Illinois are causing Coolidge much perturbation by boom- ing themselves for the republican pres- idential nomination for 1928 on the basis, more or less, of farm relief. $100,000,000 Fund. The announcement from Paul,‘ Smith’s, the summer white house, that the administration, inspired, it is said, by the secretary of commerce, Hoover. has put forward a plan to bring relief to the farmers without legislation. Coolidge says he is looking into the Possibility of raising a $100,000,000 pri- vate loan for the farmers to take the Place of the appropriation, a similar amount, provided for in the defeated Fess bill to constituté a fund to be used by farmers’ co-operatives to take up surpluses and regulate prices of farm products. Depends on Interest. The administration hopes to con- vince banks, insurance companies and mortgage institutions of the economic necessity of such a loan to help the farmers. There is no doubt that if these institutions, none of which so far have been suspected of philan- thropy, Gan.be guaranteed a high enough interest on the loan that rais- ing a $100,000,000 fund for the farmers would be easy, In any case the presidential plan is still in its infancy. It was necessary to announce it quickly to act as a sort of temporary sop for the discon- tented corn belt, GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY HANDS OUT MERE $20,000,000 IN CASH TO ITS BLOATED STOCKHOLDERS More than $20,000,000 added to th who cluster around the financial the stock dividend. Hide Huge Profits, After the present stock dividend the actual cash investment of the owners ber share shrinks to about $25. Any other money invested in the business has come out of the excessive profits taken at the expense of workers and consumers. In other words, the $7 annual dividend really means a return of about 27 per cent. The owners concealed the enormity of this return by the successive stock dividends, Special $20,645,219 Dividend. The cash distributed to the owners of General Motors is also swollen by a special dividend totaling $20,645,219, announced in the second quarter of 1926, Altogether this year’s dividends will probably total about $70,000,000 in cash, enough to give 180,000 fac- tory workers a 25 per cent increase in wages, Total Dividend $220,000,000. This year’s dividends wil) bring the total distributed since January 1, 1922, to about $220,000,000, which is pretty good on an original investment of not more than $225,000,000. In the same five-year period the actual Profits of the common stockholders will reach a total of about $450,000,000, or twice the original investment, Wall Street Controlled. That the ownership of General Mo- tors is closely held by the multi-mil- lionaires in control is admitted by the Wall Street Journal. It also asserts that this control by insiders has been increasing. Actual investors as op- posed to brokers, according to the journal, held 4,425,232 shares, or 85.7 Der cent of the total common stock outstanding in the*second quarter of {the year. It continues: Small Fry Fall Out. “The figures indicate that investors have been steadily adding to their holdings of the stock, notwithstanding the appreciation in the market price. This buying by large investors has more than absorbed the selling by Actually the number of General Mo- Big Business in Contest. “In the management of General Mo- These groups hold 55 per cent of the outstanding Motors common shares. It is of the ry throne of J. P. Morgan is what the General Motors 50 per cent stock dividend means. shares of no-par common stock the directors annouce that they will continue the regular $1.75 quarterly dividend rate, paying it on the new shares as well as the old. The annual cash distribution to common stockholders will now amount to more than $60,000,000. Most of it goes to the very men who voted e annual cash dividends of the big boys For in giving away some 2,900,000 shares of common held by individual shareholders, each with 1,000 shares or more.” Du Pont Company, The du Pont de Nemours company holds 1,330,829 shares of common stock, purchased largely out of the enormous war profits of this premier manufacturer of explosives. Manag- ers’ Securities Corp., created to give the big executives and managing di- rectors a leading share in the control, holds 2,250,000 shares of common. And according to the Wall Street Journal other big investors hold another 1,- 250,000 shares. Here are 4,830,829 of the 5,161,599 common shares, out- standing before the recent stock divi- dend, in the hands of the big finan- ciers. After the 50 per cent stock dividend these interests will hold 7,246,244 shares. They have handed themselves the lion’s share of the melon, Board of Directors, Just who these privileged owners are is revealed by the list of directors, Among them we find George F. Baker, Jr., son of the chief stockholder in both United States Steel and Ameri- can Telephone and Telegraph, a mem- ber of the general staff of the house of Morgan; Seward Prosser, president Bankers Trust Co, of New York, a big Morgan bank, and director of leading corporations; E. R. Stettinius, member of J. P. Morgan & €o.; Owen D. Young, chairman General Electric Co., and a Morgan executive; and three members of the du Pont family, pow- der and chemical trust magnatos, This ig not the whole list, but enough to show that the General Motors stock dividend goes to the very inner circle of American plutocracy, War Secrets Will Be Published—Slowly WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—An Amer- ican diplomatic history of the World War is to be compiled from the secret archives of the federal government. The first volumes, dealing with events of the years 1914 and 1915, will be issued within the coming two or three years. Documents of the years 1917 and 1918 will not come to light tor some years after that, Professor Joseph B, Fuller, for- merly of the University of Wisconsin, has been authorized to begin selection large | of the papers to be made public. Many fen ae per Papers are consid- prtmted. Bé Sure to begin this unusue feature in Saturday* (Aug. 21) issue of thi NEW MAGAZINA SUPPLEMENT— ° Literature BY i Vv. F. CALVERTON i 3 ' ‘The unusual oper ing article will des with the first appeas ance of the worker t American tliteratare— “Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ —the Civil) War Period and Bellamy" ‘Looking Backward.” The whole series will be made doubly attractive with the addition of the striking, art work by one of the lead-§ ing proletarian artists— FRED ELLIS Other Features In Next Satur day's Issue of the New Mag- azine Supplement: Second installment of a series of four splendid articles “The History of the Catholic Church in Mexico” BY MANUEL GOMEZ, “The Armoured Cruiser Potemkin” BY M. A, SKROMNY. An unusual feature with {linstrations. “THE TRUMPET” A story by Herminia Zur Muhien, author of the well-mown and de lightful Children, “Fairy Tales for Workers’ “Coolidge’s Rubber- Neck—Col. Carmi Thompson” BY HARRY GANNES, Rubber in the Philippines and politics in America, A valuable article, “Coffee Plantations in Brazil” A letter from Brazil presenting @ picture of conditions in this country. Cartoons by Fred Ellis, A. Jerger, Hay Bales and Vose, POEMS MOVIE REVIEWS AND “A MARXIAN ANECDOTE” A letter written by Karl Marx { 1867 to a close friend, relating peculiar adventure which had b fallen him. Read this interestin, letter of the founder of moder) Socialism in ite first Americ): publication,