The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 4, 1926, Page 3

- DENY RESPITE FOR MADEROS— BLOW AT SACCO Gov. Fuller Refuses Stay of Execution By S, D. LEVINE (Special to The Dally Worker) BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 2.—Governor Fuller of Massachusetts yesterday de- nled a request for a respite of the execution of Celestino Maderos, con- demned to die the week of Sept, 5th | on a murder change. The request was made by Willlam G. Thompson, at- | torney for Sacco and Vanzetti, whose motion for a new trial for the latter defendants is based on a confession made by Maderos that he, with mem- bers of a notorious gang, committed | the robbery and murder at South | Braintree, Mass., for which Sacco and Vanzetti have been condemned to die. Hearing Sept. 15, The hearing on the Maderos confes- | sion is set for Sept. 15. Thompson insisted that his request be granted in order to have Maderos testify at | the hearing in person on that date. The arguments between Thompson and the governor became quite heated at times as Fuller flatly refused to grant a respite unless the request ‘eomes from Judge Thayer, the presid- ing judge in the Sacco and Vanzetti case. Attorney General Quibbles. When the governor told Thompson to apply to Judge Thayer for this rec- commendation, Thompson replied that early in June Thayer had agreed with Attorney General Delvin to ask for a respite for Maderos. This the attorney general did not do. Now Devlin de- nies ever making such a statement. Impossible Request. Fuller then called on Thompson to have his hearing Sept. 1, today. Thompson replied it was a human im- possibility to prepare the data in that short time. Fuller repeated his re- fusal and said again that recommenda- tions must come from Judge Thayer. Thompson is emphatic in his dec- \Jaration that a confession from Mad- eros, made at the hearing, would com- pletely exonerate Sacco and Vanzetti. Birmingham Street Car Company in Open Shop . Drive on Timid Union BIRMINGHAM, Aia., Sept. 2—The contract between the Birmingham Electric company and the Amalga- mated Association of Street and Elec- tric Railway Empoyes of America ex- pires today and the company is refus- ing to meet any of the terms demand- ed by the union. The union has retreated time and again in the discussions, surrendering demand after demand, and is now agreeing to the company’s demand for a three-year contract instead of a one- year contract, if the company will only arbitrate, not grant, the wage de- mands, which are exceptionally low. The union proposes that the so-call- ed “Memphis award” be the basis of the arbitration it proposes. This “award” fixes the scale of first-year men at 4714 cents an hour, second-year men at 52% cents and third-year men “at 57% cents. But the company is refusing even to arbitrate this ridiculously low scale de- mand, and as usual declares that it is too “poor” to pay any increase “with- out increasing the fare.” It earned over $1,000,000 profit last year. It is evident that the company is planning an open shop attack to destroy the uniot, and the union’s timid policy of continuous retreat has only served to encourage the company to attack. Here Is a map of the troubled areas In the Balkans and an Inset of King Borls of Bulgaria. Bulgaria Is the seat of the trouble this time. Her nelgh- bors, Jugo-BSlavia, Roumania and Greece ha’ notes back and forth with particular by Bulgarian irregulars, been busily occupied sending reference to border invasions made In all this Balkan mess that may cause a war to break out ahy minute the Intriguing hand of the great western powers is always apparent, Organization of Negroes Imperative (Continued from page 1) “If the Negro of the south remains unorganized, he will continue to suffer from the extra long hours and extra low pay he has at present. Some of the old generation may continue to live as farm workers with no pay to speak of. They may be satified with the conditions that allow the landlords to take over the whole cotton crop of tenant farmers by a single process of mathematical computation: ‘A nought is a nought, and a figure is a figure; all for the white man and none for the nigger.’ Negro Youth Revolts. “But the young men leaving the farms and going into indusrty will not forever endure wages and conditions built around this theory. They. will migrate to the north and compete on a lower standard of living with the workers already here.” “The other thing that can happen is that the Negro workers of the south shall be organized. If they are, they will be satisfied where they are, for their union activity will bring condi- tions and wages there up to the stand- ard in the north, instead of only about twothirds of that standard as at present. No Color Bar, President Morton emphasizes the fact that the Firemen and Oilers’ union has absolutely no bar on the grounds of race, creed or color. A beginning is already being made to enthuse the mass of roundhouse laborers and oilers on the bigger rail- roads of the south with a conscious- ness of their need of the union. About 65 per cent, according to the estimate of President Morton, of the then who work in the crafts organized by his union are. Negroes. The roads of the south on which the battle will be first fought out are the Seaboard Line, the L, and A. and the Mobile and Ohio. Prejudice Hinders. The union’s task in the southern states is not easy, because of the bit- ter prejudice existing. However, even this prejudice is not as bad as it used to be, gays Morton, There was a time when any organizer seen s0- leting a Negro worker to enter the union would have been ostracized if not worse; Even now most of the campaigning is done thru the federat- ed councils in the towns, and they ATUOUHTUONGUUVOOGGOUVOGAVGGUUOOGGQUOGGOUOONOOGUOGOGOOUUVOOOOAOGANOOOUUOOSQOUUOOOOOUUND Remember Labor Prisoners on Labor Day! Labor Defense Rally Monday, Sept. 6, 8 P.M. Ashland Boulevard Auditorium Ashland Boulevard and Van Buren St. Speakers: CHARLES CLINE Just released from Texas penitentiary after 13 years. DR. J. J. ELIZABETH GURLEY FLYNN PETERS of the Universal Negro Improvement Association - C, E, RUTHENBERG JAMES P. CANNON Waukegan Workers’ Band—Enough Said! Ausploes International Labor Defense. make up committees, which go about in a body, not man by man. It is slower work to organize always in force this way, but it is a lot safer in the south, if it is Negroes you wish to get into the union, Yet the Negro must be brought into the labor un- fons, or he will be a constant danger to standards of living and present wages. He has been neglected too long already. General Reorganization. . The Firemen and Oilers’ union takes part in the organization drive decided upon by the last meeting of the Railway Department of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, There are 29 organizers out, scattered about the country, New contracts have been made since the drive started with important railroad companies, including the Northwestern, the Baltimore and Ohio, and the Chesapeake and Ohio. Negotiations are now going on with the New York Central, and the offic: ers of the union expect to have an an- nouncement to make to the members before long that they have been sue cessfully concluded. Union Reduces Hours. According to President Morton the most important gain in the new ser- les of contracts is the cutting down of the working day. Under the old conditions the men worked any num- ber of hours from eight on to eleven; nine and ten hour days being frequent. The nature of the work is such that emergencies do arise in which over- time is justifiable, but since the union won the basic eight hour day and the right to time and a half pay for over- time, it has been observed that the companies put on more men and over- time does not occur nearly as often as before. End Jurisdiction Dispute. The Firemen and Ollers have now been granted jurisdiction over the roundhouse laborers, who had been for some time a bone of contention between this union and the Mainten- ance of Way employes’ union. Now all workers in and immediately around roundhouses who carry away debris and move cinders are to join the Firemen and Oilers, and many of them have recently done so. During the 1922 strike the Firemen and Otlers had about 35,000 men out. The present campaign is a reassemb- ling of forces after the great conflict. Rubber Companies Not Exactly Impoverished CLEVELAND, 0., Sept. 2.—Three rubber concerns domineer the rubber situation: Goodyear, Goodrich and U, S, Rubber. The first half of the year has been one of filgh sales for the: three companies, even if their profits were somewhat lowered, In the first six months of this year Goodyear sold $116,000,000 worth of goods, U. S. Rub- ber $100,000,000, Goodrich $67,000,000 worth, Their profits were $4,014,873; $4,915,668 and $1,358,616, respectively. This is less than last year, for the companies earhed $6,011,407, $5,875,- 204 and $7,106,616, respectively. Robbers Empty House, Virtually an empty house greeted Mr, and Mrs. Harry C, Schaak when they returned from their vacation at Green Lake, Wis. During their ab- sence burglars had carted away furni- ture, rugs, clothing, silverware and jewelry, valued, Mr, Schaak said, at $20,000, Schaak is a wealthy grain broker, Why not a emall bundle of The DAILY WORKER sent to you regular. ly to take to your trade union meeting? Hear Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Sept, 6 (Labor Day), 8 p. m4 at Ashland Blvd, Auditorium, GALES SAYS CHURCH LAWS WILL STAY PUT Nods Diplomatically to Oil Magnates (Special to The Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2, — President Callies in his message to congress y rday, reiterated his previous stand on the church question. The gov- ernment, he said would not recede from its determination to compel the clergy to obey the laws of the land. He charged the catholic church with having always been in rebellion against the institutions of the republic and with having seized upon the pres- ent moment as being most propitious for carrying out their schemes, Answered U. 8, Protests, Calles dealt with the protests made by the American government against the laws which affected the interests of American petroleum magnates. , “The Mexican government answered by sustaining the right to issue said laws and regulations” said the prosi- dent “not only because the regulations were ordered by the constitution, but because their enactment and enforce- ment could not affect rights legitim- ately acquired.” Ready To Change. Calles hinted however that he would be ready to introduce motions for the modification of those laws in accord- ance with the constitution. This was taken as a suggestion that a continua- tion of the policy of “diplomatic pres- sure” by the Washington administra- tion might be conducive to better re- ‘sults for the petroleum magnates than armed intervention. A Piece of Diplomacy. Mexican government officials see in Calles’ suggestions along this line a Piece of strategy designed to disarm ambassador Sheffield who is scheduled to present his views on the Mexican situation one of these days. It is believed that Sheffield favors more forceful methods than have been hitherto used, but Coolidge is said to prefer more subtle tactics. Both have the same aims; the subjugation of Mexico in the interests of American imperialism, Hyman Speaks Out Against Arbitration (Continued from page 1) fenseless in the future, as they were in the past. “In reply to Finder’s challenge that union leaders are expressing their own opinion and not the opinion of our members in refusing to accept arbi- tration, we inform him that our mem- bers have discussed this question both at @ shop chairmen’s méeting and at meetings in halls, They have unani- mously rejected the suggestion to refer our dispute to arbitration. “Altho we have not been at all times and under all circumstances opposed in principle to arbitration, in this case, however, after a commission has studied the various needs of the in- dustry for which we are striking and has been unable to reach a satisfac- tory solution, what sense is there jn accepting new arbitrators who shall again consider our demands. Our problems are so varied and the evils from which cloakmakers suffer characteristic of the industry, it is dit- ficult and almost impossible for an arbitrator to analyze and realize these different problems. “After our workers have been on strike two months and are fighting for just demands in order to enable them to earn a livelihood, we would betray our workers if we sent them to work and referred their future to an arbitra- tor, no matter who he may be. “The strike must and can be set- tled between leaders of the unions and employers, If the leaders of the In- dustrial Council are in earnest and want to end the present strife, they must realize this, because, after all, our members are not impossible.” A meeting of striking shop chairmen originally scheduled for Thursday afternoon was held Wednesday morn- ing to discuss the strike situation be- fore union leaders went into confer- ence with Mr, Ingersoll. Rubber Workers of Akron Hold Picnic (Special to The Dally Worker) AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 2. — The Mellorate Club of Akron, which is the organization of the rubber workers, held its first picnic on Sunday, Aug. 29, This is the first attempt of the rubber workers to get together and to come out into the open, The pienic was a success, The arrangements committee succeeded in getting Albert F, Coyle, editor of the Locomotive Engineers’ Journal of Cleveland, to speak. Bri 10 a, mito 10 p.m, SN aR cS RN enema caer ACTER NATO RI eranensneaane ¥y Page ATHEISTS ORGANIZE TO WRENCH NATION’S YOUTH FROM GRIP OF CLERGY THRU JUNIOR ATHEIST BODY The organized atheists of this country have launched a campaign to capture the youth of the nation, according to a statement issued yesterday by Charles Smith, president of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Atheism, 49 Vesey St., this city. Mr. Smith announced the forma- tion of the Junior Atheist League, a subsidiary organization for children be- tween the ages of seven and seventeen, with Christine Walker of Gap, Pa., as the national secretary. + HELP WANTED AT ONCE! 'HE International Workers’ Aid at 1553 West Madison St., Chicago, needs volunteer workers to help address 25,000 envelopes for ish minora’ relief. Wanted every day and evening this week from , Volunteers Give Your Services! Failed to Reach Young. “The anti-religious movements of the past have had but meager success because they failed to convert the rising generation,” he said. “There will possibly be bitter opposition to the -Juffior Atheist League, even among some liberals who favor prose- lyting adults; but we realize that un- less steps are taken to prevent the church from instilling its superstition into the plastic mind of youth, atheists will always be in the minority. This children’s crusade is intended to coun- teract the influence of Sunday schools and religious instruction in public schools, and defeat the persistent ef- forts of the clergy to gain control of sur boys and girls.” League's Program. A printed announcement of the as- sociation reads in part: “In response to many requests for ‘nereased activity among young peo- ple, the Junior Atheist League is es- tablished. Godless children shall have an opportunity to emancipate their companions from unreasonable reli- sion, Clerical Influence. “The league will remove boys and girls from the evil influence of the clergy. It will encourage them to pro- test against Bible reading and reli- gious worship in public schools and agitate against religious instruction during school hours. Children shall be told the truth about the Bible and christianity, The magical, animistic, and phallic, or sexual, origins of re- ligion will be explained in simple lan- guage, “A comprehensive program has been arranged. Picnics and outings, clean and healthful good times, will take the place of stultifying Sunday schools. Fellowship and solidarity: will be promoted among members and friendships made for the future. A special course for those over twelve years of age will be given in public speaking by a man who has been called one of the few great orators of the century, To Supervise Instruction. “Monthly lessons will be mailed. Educators in the A. A. A. A, will su- pervise the instruction. Morality based on the speculations of ancient, Asiatic theology. These lessons will be printed in large quantities for dis- tribution by locals in recruiting mem- bers. As soon as 5,000 members are enrolled the first monthly lesson will ye mailed. Labor Fi (Continued from page 1) including trade unions. This means that if the proposal is endorsed by the electors that the government would have power to deal with the unions in drastic fashion. It could put its emissaries into the union of- fice, take possession of their books, interfere in their internal affairs, dis- solve the elected officials of the unions and hold secret ballots of members on questions which the government itself would frame. Under such a regime of surveillance the introduction of spies into the unions would undoubtedly follow and the entire fabric of unionism would very soon be honeycombed with sus- picion, distrust and carefully-ferment- ed dissension, ‘The second proposal is that the gov- ernment should be empowered to in- troduce legislation to protect the in- terests of the public in the event ot an actual or probable interruption of any essential service. This ‘s also aimed at the workers, Under this pro- posal the government is seeking to get legislation on the same lines as that introduced in the house of commons during the recent British general strike, The government then could, in the event of a strike, organize strikebreak- ing units on an extensive scale, enter the homes of the workers without war- rants, arrest union officials and throw them into jails, prevent free speech, call out the troops to shoot down the strikers-and their sympathizers and even conscript the strikers and force them back to work at the point of thé bayonet. ee Resist Censorship. WELLINGTON, New Zealand.—The United Mine Workers’ Union of New Zealand has invited all unions in that country to organize a nation-wide pro- test against the government's action in banning from New Zealand all work- ing-class literature. It 1s demanded that all such literature should be al- lowed free entry into the country, see- ing that it {s absolutely necessary for the education of the workers, “Dues are 25 cents a year, barely sufficient to pay postage. Contribu- tions are coming in from members of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Atheism for this impor- tant part of its work, All anti-cleri cals are urged to solicit memberships and form locals, especially in schools. Miss Christine Walker, national sec- retary, a sixteen-year-old Atheist of exceptional executive ability, is wait- ing to hear from young atheists and their parents. Correspondence should be addressed to Miss Walke?. Let the social and cultural features begin at once, “Send in list of students and pupils in your locality to be circularized. Any member of the 4A society desir- ing a supply of this leaflet for dis- tribution may secure it by writing to Freeman Hopwood, general secretary, P. O. Box 483, City Hall Station, New York, N, Y.” BUILD THE DAILY WITH A SUB. (Continued from page 1) thumping is almost a lost art among them. Tho their feet are often bare there is not so much wool between the skull and the brain as lots of high- hatting American workers think. More about this later on. ee oe i pena column is hard put to find space for comment on the appal- ling number of clergymen who fail to observe the ninth commandment, which admonishes the faithful not to covet the wives of their neighbors. The Rev. Edward Gillum must be hard of hearing for he had his head bashed in by his brother-in-law after said brother-in-law caught the Rev. Gillum in his front room. The news report does not say what doing, but the court freed the killer on the ground that the evangelist was engaged in wrecking a home. So you can draw your own conclusion, Krishnamurti should try and do something about this, ne HREE cheers for China! Chinese coolies in pajamas took three em- ployers against whom they were strik- ing to a vacant lot and forced them to sign a contract acceding to the de- mands of the strikers for a ten cents in silver increase a day. More than one thousand workers benefited by the Stop Internal Dispute. SYDNEY, Australia. — Something like finality has been reached in the domestic feud that for two years has been existing in the Seamen’s Union. It has been decided to take a fresh ballot of all members for the various positions in the union. All present officials who are contesting the ballot have to retire from their positions. It is hoped that the ballot will clear up all the trouble in the union, see Fighting Night Baking. WELLINGTON, New Zealand. — Night baking of bread is still in op- eration thruout New Zealand and the bakers and pastrycooks and related trades employes’ union in that coun- try is now demanding that it be abol- isNe@. An appeal to the government met with the usual reply that the mat- ter “would be considered,” but the union, not being satisfied with that kind of reply, is now trying a little direct action on the job, In short, the ratification of these two proposals would mean the crip- pling of the labor movement, politt- eally and industrially, the inaugura- tion of a system of industrial con- scription and the ultimate destruction of unionism, and the subjection of the workers of Australia to the slavery of a judicial dictatorship. It is against such a monstrous possibility that the workers of Australia are today lined up in deadly opposition to the federal government's proposal, ee Try Company Union. SYDNEY, Australia—An organiza- tion known as the Coastal Seamen's and Firemen’s Association was refused registration as a union by the indus- trial registrar of New South Wales on the ground that the various ship own- ers had co-operated with the organiza- tion to bring it into operation, and that applicants were approved by them before they could be admitted as mem- bers. The evidence given before the registrar established a control over the union by the employers so that the organization was not genuinely representative of the employes, ne Spite! More Solidarity. WELLINGTON, New Zealand.—The United Mine Workers’ Union of New Zealand has sent out a call to all other unions in that country for a confer- ence to bring about closer unity in the trades union movement of New Zealand. It is suggested that there be @ general trade union coun- cil to deal with all matters for improv- ing the status of the workers, includ- ing A@equate housing facilities, a weekly minimum wage of $27.50, lib- CURRENT EVENTS tne | U. 8. STEPS IN AS REBELS GAIN. NICARAGUA CITY Another Cruiser Gives Force to Notes MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Sept. 3. — The libera] revolutionists against Oha- morro, Wall Street’s dictator in this country have captured Puerto Cabezas near here on the Pacific coast. A nine hour’s fight preceded the taking of the town, American officers serving in the air navy of the dictator are trying to maintain a blockade of the city in order to prevent the entrance of ships carrying military supplies, er WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—The, state department announces'that the cruiser Rochester, flagship of the gulf scoyt- jing squadron, has been ordered to Nicaraguan waters, and that a strong note has been dispatched to the Nica- jraguan government that American capital and the lives of its managers must be protected, and that alleneces- Sary force will be used by the United |‘States to accomplish this. The town of Bluefields is aiready being policed by marines landed by the cruiser Galveston, raise. This happened in Shanghal. The strikers are lucky that Wu Pei Fu and Chang-Tso Lin are not in the vicinity else their heads would be decorating a lot of pikes by now. Unless the Chinese workers and peasants get rid of their war lords and the foreign im perialists before those lads have a chance of staging a come-back, it won't be so interesting for them later on, E have wounded the feelings of some subscribers by our facetious but well intentioned commeat on Rudolph Valentino's death. No doubt, as one of our readers repeats in agree- ment with our movie critic, Valentino was “a relief and a way of escape” but so is needled beer and hasheesh. One of our principal occupations is the de-bunking of things in general and if a reader detects a little of the same commodity in The DAILY WORKER he or she !s at liberty to write us about it. Should Charlie Chaplin happen to die this column will throw a fit of real regret, not because Charlie is a social rebel. If he is, he is quiet 2 hand at keepifig it secret. But there is intelligence in his work, and purpose, which is more than can be said for ninety-nine per cent of sereen actors. ghts in Australia tion act, and a 44-hour week. It is further suggested that the conference be held at Wellington on August 2. eee Appropriating Mines. WELLINGTON, New Zealand.—New Zealand Labor Leader H. B. Holland has introduced into the parliament a coal mines’ bill for the general control of the mining industry, to be vested in a council comprising four govern- ment nominees and four elected by the union of mine workers. Such coal mines as the council decides to ap- propriate will be deemed state mines. A board of three members represent ing the government, owners and unions respectively will be appointed to assess and purchase. The price of the mines appropriated, will be pay- able in a bond issue with a currency of 25 years, * 2 Prevent Wage Cut. SYDNEY, Australia—-A move by the printing trades employers to foree the employes to lose four hours’ pay because of the reduction of hours) from 48 to 44 per week has failed. The printers threatened a general tie-up, and at the last moment the employers signed a statement that they would not persist in the attempt togbring about a wage cut. f TAKE A RIDE Spend a day out in the: woods with a jolly crowd at {the Barnett and Warren Billing! Branch I. L. D., Chicago, Til. Truck Party at the Forest Preserve ‘ Sunday, September‘12 Trucks leave Workers Ly- ceum (2783 Hirsch Blvd.) at 8:30 a.m. Come on timeyand enjoy real good music, (no speeches) games and BATHING Be sure to bring your bath-; ing suit. 75 Cents pays for the round trip witha. jolly crowd, R A day in the country and all proceeds to defend Labor’s best fighters in jail. \ er