The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 4, 1926, Page 5

————— Organized Labor—Trade Union Activities News and Comment Labor Education Labor and Government Trade Union Politics MILSTEIN AGAIN INVITES POLICE THE DA'LY WORKER Page Five Policies and Programs The Trade Union Press Strikes—Injunctions Labor and Imperialism CIGAR MAKERS’ | PROGRESSIVES The Shady Record of Frank Farrington HE following sketch of Frank Farrington’s career In the United Mine Workers of America is a summary of a series of articles that appeared In The DAILY WORKER in October 1924, under the title, “On a Labor Faker’s Trall.” Farrington’s latest exploit in accepting a $25,000 a year salary from the Peabody Coal company, while still president of the Illinois Miners’ Union, makes It impossible for even his closest friends to condone his action. He A STORY ABOUT YOUR JOB or any WORKER> CORRESPONDENCE sent in this week may win one of these prizes (winners announced in | issue of Friday, Sept. 10), | —KING COAL—A splendid novel by Upton Sinclair, in a cloth- bound edition, By Upton Sinclair (Copyright, 1926, by Upton Sinclair) VIIL There was really only one place where Bunny could be happy, and that was up at the bungalow. He spent his Saturday after- new stands suspended fiom office by action of the district executive board. {noon there, helping Ruth and Meelie—the one kind of aid he was TO RUN MEETING But Furriers Nominate Progressive Slate Under the watchful eyes of five uni- formed Chicago policemen and two special detectives the postponed nom- inations meeting of the Furriers’ un- jon took place Tuesday night, The nominations were made and a full progressive slate is in the field, in spite of the fact that the police acted on the orders of Milstein, the present reactionary business repre- sentative and financial secretary, and barred from the hall about twen- ty-five of his prominent opponents, The officers of the law were sum- moned by Milstein as part of his gen- eral policy of keeping control of the union ‘by fair means or foul; this is the second time within the week that he has appealed to the strikebreaking police of Chicago to maintain his rule, Always Brings Police The nominations meeting of the Furriers was broken up last Friday by police Milstein brought in when it began to get out of his control, and the later meeting was thus made nec- essary. The proceedings started Tuesday night with a discussion of the execu- tive board's recommendation that Mil- stein be given all his back pay, which he had made a gesture of surrender- ing while the strike was going on to make the members believe that he was vitally interested in winning their demands, Milstein Wants Money Now, besides wanting his back pay, Milstein asked for a chance to fur- ther deplete the treasury with a two weeks’ vacation on full pay. And he . *. ARTICLH Il, Farrington’s next, move, in selling the miners’ vote for cash was made in the year 1916, when he backed Col. Frank L, Smith, republican . banker against Frank L. Lowden, in the re- publican state primaries for the gub- ernatorial nomination. Lowden won *|but Farrington was not out any, ad- mitting before a trial committee of the miners’ union that he. received $1,000 in cash for endorsing the Col- onel, The endorsement was made in the form of a circular which praised Smith for acquiring wealth, and also denounced his opponents, chief among them being the Thompson-Lundin-De- neen-West crowd that Farrington and his political pal, John H. Walker, were ined up with in that election. Having violated the ldws of the un- jon in endorsing Col. Smith, repub- lican politician, Farrington was placed on trial at a special district conven- tion called for that purpose. At the trial the circular. letter . endorsing Smith was made part. of the record and also ithe following telegram which compelled Farrington to confess that he got the money: “July 10, 1916” “Colonel. Frank. L, Smith, “LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Ill. “Ames has not yet returned report of committee on industrial relations. Need it for letter I am writing you. Nor have you fulfilled your promise made me while in Chicago week be- fore last. It is necessary that I have remainder of amount agreed to at once so that I may go on with the work of organization, “Frank Farrington” Under pressure, Farrington admit- ted having received the money but eye coal operators, How lacking in moral courage Far- rington is was proved in 1910 when T. L. Lewis, then International Pres!- dent, forced him to retract certain charges made against Lewis, Farring- ton afterwards declared that his alle- Bations against Lewis were true but that he retracted them at the request of John H. Walker. That the coal operators and Farring- ton are on friendly terms can be seen from the action of the Peabody Coal company on the occasion of Farring- ton’s marriage in 1918 when the above company presented the newly married couple with a big mahogany chest of solid silver, in the name of the coal company, thru Francis 8. Peabody, president. The latter was also a mem- ber of the war industries board at Washington, Farrington is believed to be a mem- ber of the Peabody Coal company.* The above shows that he is on very friendly terms with that mammoth coal-producing and selling corporation. There are other reasons which should prove to anybody’s satisfaction that Farrington if not an actual member of the concern is at least a very use- ful agent of the company. During the nation-wide strike in 1922, Frank Farrington tried to make a separate agreement between Dis- trict 12 and the coal operators. This action, had jt been successful would have destroyed the solidarity of the strike and enabled the operators to hold out until the coal miners of Illi- nois had driven the miners thruout the rest of the country back to work. Not only would this contemplated action of Farrington’s break the strike but it would practically destroy the United Mine Workers ‘of America. This piece of treachery on the part MAKE SHOWING Win Some Posts; Lose| Closely in Others BOSTON, Sept. 2.—According to the votes cast in the International Cigar | Makers’ Union, as now announced, the following results appear: Ornburn was, elected president, re- ceiving 6,338 votes against the strong progressive vote of 5,308 for Lemke, winning only by 1,030. For first, sec- ond, third and fourth vice-presiden- cies, the administration won by even smaller majorities, the progressive candidate for fourth vice-president losing by only 618 votes. Van Poppel won the fifth vice-presidency by a majority of 751. New Election for Sixth Vice-President. There were three candidates for sixth vice-president and no choice re- sulted among the three, Van Hurm, S. Globerman and Rogers. A second election will be held for this office ind one delegate to the American Fed- »ration of Labor. This second elec- ion will take place on September 11. Rogers is off the list and ¢he con- test will be between Van Hurm, the administration candidate, and S. Glob- erman, progressive. Both are Califor- nians, Van Hurm being a member of San Pedro Local 225. Globerman is also a delegate to the Central Labor Council of Los Angeles, Progressives Go to Two Conventions. It is learned here that the Los An- geles local has elected Globerman and Feinstein as delegates to the Calli- fornia State Federation of Labor con- vention, which meets at Oakland on September 20. For delegates to the A. F. of L, Per- kins and Collins were elected. Per- kins held the presidency of the in- ternational union for 35 years, but LEFT WING UNIONISM—By j) D. J. Saposs. A new book every worker should read, | Seen AND SHADOWS—By Ralph Chaplin. A beautiful book |! of poetry written by the noted |} working class poet. GARY WORKERS JOIN BATTLE FOR VANZETTI Form Council of Lake County Organizations GARY, Ind., Sept. 2—A successful conference was held on Sunday, August 22, for the purpose of saving the lives of Sacco and Vanzetti. The call was issued by the International Labor Defense of Lake county, Ind., and the following organizations re- sponded: The Indiana Harbor branch of the Slovak Workers’ Society; John Maciewich, delegate of the Slovak Workers, Society, Local 39, of Gary; Adam Fabrici and Peter Moracek, Croatian Fraternal Union of America, Lodge 375; Ch. Jurcic, Croatian Fra- ternal Union, Lodge 396; M. Znavor and Joseph Ciurko, H, B, Z., Lodge 368, of Hammond, Ind.; Sam Puska- rich and Steve Seljan, Hungarian Be- nevolent and Sick Benefit Society of Hammond, Ind.; John Czalink and Steve Redd, Hungarian Benefit and Educational Society of East Gary, Branch 91; R. Moy, Gary Workers’ Co-operative Restaurant; Jack Rusak and Sam Belenko, Slovak Workers’ permitted to give to the strike! Part of the time they talked about \the suffering of which they knew; and part of the time they were | jolly, making jokes like other young people; but all the time they worked like beavers, turning flour belonging to the union into various kinds of eatables. At supper-time Mr. Watkins came with the wagon, his second trip, and they loaded him up, and Meelie \drove off with him to headquarters, while Bunny stayed with Ruth, and helped clean up the place and tried to explain the pre- dicament of his father, and why he, Bunny, could not really help his friends. On Sunday he went in to the meetings, and heard Pau] make another speech. Paul, always sombre looking, was now gaunt from several weeks of little food and less sleep, and there was a tury of passion in his voice; he told about his trip to the other fields, and how there was no justice anywhere—the authorities of town and county and state were simply pawns of the oper- ators, doing everything possible to hold the men down and break their organization. In this white flame of suffering Paul’s spirit had been tempered to steel, and the crowd of workers shared this process, and took new vows of solidarity; Bunny felt the thrill of a great mass experience, and yearned to he part of it, and then shrunk back, like the young man in the Bible story who had too many possessions. Paul had seen him in the crowd, and after the meeting sought him out... “I want to talk to you,” he said, and they strolled away from the others, and Paul, who had no time to waste, came direct- ly to the point: “See here I want you to let my sister alone.” “Let her alone!” cried the other, and stopped short in his track and stared at Paul. “Why, what do you mean?” “Meelie tells me you’ve been up there at the place a lot— you were there last evening with her.” “But Paul! Somebody had to stay with her!” “We'll take care of ourselves; she could have come to father’s place. And I want you to understand, I won’t have any rich young fellows hanging round my sister.” “But Paul!” Bunny’s tone was one of shocked grief. “Truly Paul, you’re utterly mistaken.” “I don’t want you to be mistaken about this one thing—if any fellow was to do any wrong to my sister, I’d kill him, just as had his gang there to < s “ sda so iets ae chante ok ee of Farrington was frustrated by the | won the post as A. F. of L, delegate ened Branch 62, of goes Ind.; | sure as anything on earth.” \ him. They stemped, whistled an on ney) 2... eonmonce ‘© | progressive elements in District 12,fby only 566 votes, while Collins, a|John Luchka and Mike Mikulas, Rus- “ ' made a continuous uproar, énterfer-| miners of Mlinois, and thru the secret |)" . progressive, was elected by a majority | sian Brotherhood of L. N. Tolstoy, of But Paul, I never dreamed of such a thing! Why, listen— ring with the speakers against Mil- stein and applauding those for him, but the meeting finally voted to grant the back pay and not the paid vaca- tion. A motion to admit to the session Chas. Grosman, Mendle, Shemberg, M. Mendelson, Silverman and the rest of the progressives excluded on various technical charges would probably have been carried, but after hot de- bate it was declared out of order on a constitutional quibble. The scabs who worked in the strike and then got their cards back afetrwards were all allowed into the meeting and permit- ted to vote. Progressives Nominated Nominated for president are E, Fin- kelstein, progressive, and among oth- ers, Jack Mouchin, machine candi- date. Several are running for the office manipulation of the coal operators who spent money to see that Farring- ton was acquitted, the master faker got away with his graft. Proof that: money was used to se- cure the exoneration of Farrington at the special convention, is in the testimony of one Peter Smith of Pan- ama. The following is part of that testimony: “They told me that Farrington’s honestly had been questioned and that Farrington was to be tried in a spe- cial convention, They told me that there was money to be distributed to clear Farrington. They asked me if I was willing to make friends with Farrington. I said if a man wanted to shake hands with me I was willing to meet him half way. Then they pre- sented a ten dollar bill to me and told me that was Farrington’s money. T told them I didn’t. want to accept led by the Trade Union Educational League which issued a sharp warning to the miners to fight with all their might against a separate agreement. The progressive elements made it quite clear to Farrington that they would not stand for a separate agree- ment and he backed down. (To Be Continued.) *This was written in 1924, WCFL Radio Program | Chicago Federation of Labor radio broadcasting station WCFL is on the air with regular programs. It is broadcasting on a 491.5 wave length from the Municipal Pier. TONIGHT. 6:00 to 7:00—Chicago Federation of La- bor talks and bulletins; instrumental solos. 7:00 to 7:30—The Florentine String Trio, of 755 votes. Passaic Relief Street Meetings for Chicago The Chicago office of the Passaic Strikers’ General Relief Committee is conducting a series of street meetings designed to reach workers who have failed to attend the advertised mass meetings held in halls. Tuesday night Comrade Adamson, Zokaitis and Smith told the story of Passaic at the corner of St. Louis and Roosevelt road. Copies of “Hell In New Jersey,” the illustrated booklet showing police brutality, strike pa- rades and bad living conditions in this mill town were sold, the proceeds to g0 to the strikers. Further meetings will take place. All comrades interested should get in touch with the local office of the Pas- Indiana Harbor, Ind.; Isador Shkroba. 1. L. D, Branches. Branches of the International Labor Defense: Bulgarian, Gary; Kosta Apos toloff, Vasil Phillipov; Jugo-Slav, M. Malesevich; Russia, Seledzov; Hun- garian, D. Gulachy; Czecho-Slovak of Indiana Harbor, Steve Duga; Spanish, Gary, Lopez ‘and Salario, Resolution. The business of the conference con- sisted in working out means for se- curing freedom for the framed-up workers, Sacco and Vanzetti. A reso- lution was adopted unanimously pro- testing against the denial of a just trial to these workers. This resolu- tion was ordered to be sent to the press and to the governor of the state of Massachusetis, It was decided to circulate petitions and to stimulate the sending of individual letters to the governor of the state of Massa- I'll tell you—I’m in love with a girl—a girl in school. Oh, honest, Paul, I’m terribly in love, and I—I couldn’t think of anybody else that way.” A quick blush had spread over Bunny’s face as he made this confession and it was impossible not to realize that he was sin- cere. Paul’s voice became kinder. “Listen, son; you’re not a child any more, and neither is Ruth. I don’t doubt what you say—naturally, you’ll pick out some girl of your own class. But it mightn’t be that way with Ruth, she might get to be interested in you, and you ought to keep away.” Bunny didn’t know what to say to that—the idea was too new to him. “I wanted to know about the strike,’ he explained; “and I’ve had no chance to talk with you at all. You can’t imagine how bad I feel, but I don’t know what to do.” He rushed on, crowding all his grief into a few sentences; he was torn in half, between his loyalty to his father and his sympathy for the men; it was a trap he was in, and what could he do? When Paul answered, his voice was hard again. “Your father is helping to keep these blackguards in the field, I under- stand.” x no such stuff as that but they said chusetts demanding justice for Sacco “THe? » ws , i sae eomesaat i. ie saleneieos. unless T would take it that T could nea aL IAle dug Wareer, ‘oheee| eae eg nite eee ren ee [ene Vansettl. entucneeh aie Oe tebuaiie vies. ieee we eee ne cracsives nominated Robert | not prove where I. would be a friend| acter songs; Vella Cook; WCFL en. Street, and assist in their work. The conference elected a general 5 . eke ea emilee er lck warnabod. 3 semble. executive committee, consisting of “No contract is valid that requires breaking the law! And Goldstein. The Milstein machine pro- tested on the grounds that he had not been in the union long enough, This protest is based on a misinter- pretation of the union constitution, “The conversation had dropped for half an hour or more. Then they said that if I did not take the money, I would certainly have to fight both 8:30 to 10:00—Clarence Theders, bari- tone; Lees Brothers, popular songs in harmony. Get a copy of the American Worker Correspondent. It’s only 5 cents, BUFFALO CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL representatives of the nationalities represented at the conference. committees are to be set up in the various cities of Lake county, Local | da don’t you know these fellows are breaking a hundred laws a ary “IT know, Paul; but Dad is tied up with the other operators; you don’t understand—he’s really having trouble financially, be- re, “ume wat omnis 8 ost acomed Gee sice| CONFERENCE FOR PARTY APPROVED|Chicage Strect Mecting |f0'mcy’""0 f° 8 Gowns and Bes ding cha ene to race. , so I accept e ten jars, the men.” . ¥. Sonnenschein is the progressive |I have the bill printed and in my rec- s8 . “ s nominee for Recording Secretary. |ord book, the number of the bill and For British Miners I know it, and we appreciate it. But now he says he’s The reactionary machine is also try- ing to exclude him on technical objec- tions similar to those againt Gold- stein, but he will continue to run, His opponent from the right wing 1s Mrs. Hunt. Milstein Accused Milstein is nominated to succeed himself in the office of Business Rep- resentative and Financial Secretary, and the progressives have put up against him I. Israelson. Robert Goldstein was also nominat- » ed for-this-office but he declined in @ sharp letter to the officers, in which he accused Milstein of misusing funds, betraying the strike, breaking his promise not to run for the office again, and slandering his opponents, not @ small bundle of The DAILY WORKER sent to you just what the bill looked like. “Q. It was a ten dolar bill and not a check? “A, It was a bill.” During the trial the information was brought out that Farrington own- ed much property in Alabama, The land was suitable for the growing of, pecans and oranges and was located in Mobile, county. It was contracted for in 1915 but the deed was not re- corded until 1916. The purchase price of the land was $2,600, but the presi- dent of District 12, U. M. W, of A. spent $11,900 more on it during the years 1916-1718. Where did he get all the money? The miners could not understand how he could spend so much out of his salary on orange groves, besides his other expenses for automobiles and his handsome home in Springfield. i ‘ Among those who purchased orange BUFFALO, N. Y., Sept. 2.—Local 84 of the International Moulders’ Union of North America which has been campaigning for independent political ac- tion by labor takes cognizance of the conference now being called by the Central Labor Council for that purpose and in order to avoid confusion stops its program by calling such a conference in another way. On August 13 the local passed the following resolution: RESOLUTION WHERDEAS: The Central Labor Council has finally agreed to call a conference for the purpose of inaugu- rating a more cohesive political move- ment of labor; and, WHERBAS: Confusion may now arise should we proceed with the plans to call a similar conference as we decided to do some weeks prev- jously after the council refused to act on our insistent demand that such & conference be called; and WHEREAS: Our insistence and fin- ally our decision to call such a con- for Thursday, Sept. 9; and be it fur- ther, RBPSOLVED: That we send coples of this resolution to every local un- fon and to the press so that all con- cerned may know that we have re- seinded our call for a conference and do support the conference of the Cen- tral Labor Council; and be it further, RESOLVED: That we respectfully urge every local union to send dele- gates to the conference called by the Central Labor Council and that these be instructed to support the proposi- tion of placing a United Labor Ticket in the field in the coming elections, got to give up, and bring in scabs like the rest. They’re driving The British mine strike situation}ys beyond endurance; they’re making a dirty fight, and your will be brought to the attention of Chicago workers in a street meeting to be held Friday, Sept. 3, at 7:30 P, father knows it—and yet he goes along with them!” There was a pause, and Paul went on grimly. “I know, of M. at Roosevelt Road and St, Louis}Course; his money is at stake, and he won't risk it; and you'll Ave. The speakers are Fred G. Bieden- kapp and Jack Bradon. The chair- man of the meeting will be Wayne do what he tells you.” “But Paul! Icouldn’t oppose Dad! Would you expect that?” “When my father set up his will, and tried to keep me from ‘Adamson. The affair will be under the | thinking and learning the truth, I opposed him, didn’t I? And you auspices of the International Work-|¢ncouraged me to do it—you thought that was all right.” ers Aid. Manhattan Swim Hinted. NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—The propos- ed around Manhattan swimming con- “But Paul! If I were to oppose Dad in such a thing—why I'd break his heart.” “Well, maybe I broke my father’s heart—I don’t know, and neither do you. The point is, your father’s doing wrong, and you test between Gertrude Bderle and)*now it; he’s helping to turn these ruffians loose on us, and de- Mrs. Mille Gade Corson, conquerors }prive us of our rights as citizens, and even as human beings. You of the English Channel, may assumelcan’t deny that, and you have a duty that you owe to the truth.” the proportions of a “stake” race with 15 or 20 swimmers competing for & $125,000 prize, it was said today, There was a silence, while Bunny tried to face the appalling idea of breaking with Dad, as Paul had broken with old Mr, Wat- kins. It had seemed so right in the one case, and seemed so im- re tp Ba to your, trade) groves trom Farrington's Alabama | erence was prompted by a realization ML possible in the other! . shige . union meeting Feal estate agents were several BIg /or the need tor united action by Labor Philadelphia! *' lth bake ston. te weeih contheh he. the Attention, jadelphia At least Paul went on. “I know how it is son. You won't do agencies of government from the ion Educational League it, you haven’t the nerve for it—your’re soft.” He waited, while Number Five Just Off the Press! Stats ot the auiploden. Wie. todan Tieee. Belen) eu those cruel words sank in. “Yes, that’s the word, soft. You've a Pi; maintafn undisputed control of these always had everything you wanted—you’ve had it handed to you as you Fight / agencies and use thom for the pur LABOR DAY RALLY PICNIC on a silver tray and it’s made you a weakling. You have a good MERICAN WORKER = Abie qq dics prayed _ heart, and you know what’s right, but you couldn’t bear to act, 4 you'd be afraid of hurting somebody.” 4 higher , shorter hor bet. , Js : ‘ ter voreie "sonditions; and hi dae ewes eieabadbiam And rtm ~ end of their talk. Paul had nothing more ; : SPEAKERS: to say, and Bunny had no answer. Tears had come into his i WHERDAS: The conference now o ; CORRESPONDENT called by the Central Labor Counell, WILLIAM Z, FOSTER, Secretary of the T. U. E. L. eyes—and that was weak, wasn’t it? He turned his head away __, AMagazine By and For Workers 1 the Factories, the. Mines, the Mill and on the can "and should seeult ‘in placings M. OLGIN, Journalist and writer, Editor of “The Haminer” to that Paul might not-see them. eal Subscribe! Only 60 Cents Per Year! Become a Worker Correspondent! AMERICAN WORKER CORRESPONDENT, 111A My WASHINGTON BLVD, united Labor Ticket in the field in the coming elections, thus unifying the forces of labor behind labor candi- dates; now therefore be it, RESOLVED: By Local 84, Interna tional Molders’ Union of N. A., that we heartily endorse the conference Price 5 cents 4 Tickets 250, CHICAGO, ILL. SASHA ZIMMERMAN, Secretary of Generali Strike Committee Refreshments, Dancing and Singing At New Maple Grove Directions: Teke No, 60 car on 5th Street, stop at Olney Ave, 5600 North “Well,” said the latter, “I’ve got a pile of work to do, so I'll be off. This fight will be over some day, and your father will go on making money and I hope it will bring you happiness, but I doubt it, really. Good-bye, son.” “Good-bye,” said Bunny, feebly; and Paul turned on his heel and hurried away. ve (Zo be continued) \ ie vw hy