The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 12, 1926, Page 3

| | | | | | | | opment would be mostly pee sor GENERAL COUNCIL CANNOT COVER UP, SAYS THE PRAVDA Compliments. Will Not Serve for Deeds (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Aug. 18 (By Mail).—To- day’s leading article from the Pravda, “What Do the Workers Expect from the Anglo-Russian Committee” points out that the article of the so-called “left-wingers,” Hicks and Purcell, in “Trade Union Unity” is designed to cover up the traces of the treachery of the General Council, which re- cently approved of the tactics of the British delegation to the Anglo-Rus- sian committee. Purcell and Hicks are making compliments to the Rus- sian workers in order to excuse their own strike-breaking attitude and their attempt to break up the Anglo-Russian committes. Deeds Wanted—Not Words. Two years ago the reformists of the British, General Council were com- pelled under the pressure of the work- ers to assist in the creation of the Anglo-Russian committee, The same pressure of the working masses now forces them to say honeyed words of the Anglo-Russian committee. But we don’t want honeyed words; we want, just as the British workers want, deeds. The Anglo-Russian com- mittee cannot be maintained by words, but only by the support of the fight- ing masses. ‘We expect the Anglo-Russian com- mittee to commence immediately a campaign of support for the fighting British miners. We expect the com- mittee to announce its opinion con- cerning the import of strike-breaking coal into Great Britain to break the miners’ struggle. What of Amsterdam? We expect it to give its opinion con- cerning the usurious interest demand- ed by certain sections of the Amster dam International as a condition for granting loans to assist the fighting and starving miners, We expect the committee to give its opinion of the attempt being prepared by the conservative government to smash the trades unions. The article concludes: “Either a real policy of class soli- darity will be finally carried out or we shall experience a defeat of the Brit- ish miners and following upon it un- avoidably an offensive of capitalism not only in Great Britain, but also in all other countries against the work- {ng class. General Council Responsible. The responsibility for sok 9 Gersh “ General Council of the British Trades Union Congress, not by any means to the British workers, who have shown their will to fight. The coming ses- sion of the Anglo-Russian committee must give an answer to this question.” GRIGER & NOVAK @3ENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS Union Merchandise 1934 West Chicago Avenue (Cor. Winchester) Phone Humboldt 2707 To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on their dental work. DR. M. RASNICK DENTIST 2050 Center Ave., Cor. Errin St. PITTSBURGH, PA. 2635 W. North Ave. Tel, Humboldt 6941 Prices in Chicago NOW! Once a Customer—Always Our Frien SALE!—The Best Place to Buy!—SALE! OSCAR |. BARKUN 2408 W. North Ave. Tel. Humboldt 4983 In order to get acquainted we are selling Highest Quality at the Lowest We guarantee this statement. Our Prices will always be Lower than Elsewhere. We carry the Best selection in Quality and Patterns of Wilton and Axminster Rugs, Congoleums, Linoleums Simmons Bed Springs and Mattresses. Bring this ad with you and you will be entitled to a discount. Phone for Samples—Estimates Free——————————————— 1000 WORKER CO BOSSES’ METHODS IN STRIKE OF NEW YORK FURRIERS PROVE WORKERS NEED OF LABOR PARTY By LOUIS SISELMAN. (Worker Correspondent) The fur workers have just gone thru a struggle of 17 weeks, a struggle which was admired by the entire labor movement. The strike was merely for economic demands—to better the living conditions of the workers in the fur industry. However, a8 soon as the strike started the workers were faced with three kinds of enemies: (1), the bosses; (2), the police, judges and the rest of the state machinery; (3), the right wing, the socialist party and its official organ, the Jewish Daily Forward, During the strike, the workers real-| ved thet the whole state machinery, the police, judges, ete, was mobilized to crush them ‘and “break up their picket lines, The gangsters hired by the bosses to slug the strikers, and the bosses, were never arrested but the strikers were when they attempt- ed peaceful picketing. Why is it that the entire government machinery is used against workers whenever they attempt ito better their miserable liv- ing conditions? It is because the pres- ent government ds a capitalist gov- ernment, supported by the bosses and aiding the bosses in the latter's at- tempt to crush the workers. Communists Right. One of the aims of the Communist Party is to help organize all the work- ers, irrespective of nationality, race or trade, mto a Labor Party—a labor party that will demand for the work- ere the right to strike; a labor party thet will fight the right of bosses to use gangsters against strikers; a la- bor party that will not permit the bosses to use the police and judges against the strikers; a labor party that will be interested in helping and not impeding the right of workers to improve their conditions. Amother lesson that the fur work- ers learned from the strike is con- cerning the role of the right wing, the socialist party and its official organ, the Daily Forward. The Forward gave all possible aid to the bosses to break tthe strike. Representatives of the S. P., including the late Meyer London, had seoret conferences with the bosses and went over the head of the workers in an effort to betray the workers. But thanks ‘to the efficiency and sincerity of the Communist lead- ers, the workers were able to with- stand attacks from all sides and were victorious. Communists Fight. ‘The fur workers learned as a fur- ther lesson in the strike that the most militant and sincere fighters for the interests of the workers are the Com- the | Muntsts.” It is only tle ideal that Ben Gold (the leader of the strike) had as a Communist—to fight to the last drop of blood for the workers’ inter- ests—that gave him and the rest of the leaders the courage and strength to withstand all attacks and carry the strike to a successful conclusion. Every fur worker should realize these lessons and join the Communist Panty and become a conscious fighter for his class. In doing this, he will help. dmprove the conditions of the workers and will aid in the organiza- tion of a mighty Labor Party that will untfy all the workers for the pur- pose of establishing a government that will protect the workers and not the ‘bosses. By joining the Workers (Communist) Party, jthe advanced fur worker will thus ‘help to overthrow the rule of the bosses and bring about the final emancipation of the working class. Send The DAILY WORKER for one month to your shop-mate, 1618 W. Chicago Ave. Tel. Monroe 6264 Pay us a Visit! SEMINARY TAILORS CLEANERS & DYERS Pressing—Repairing—Remodeling Hats cleaned and blocked—Shoe Shining Parlor—Laundry All Our Work Guaranteed, We Call for and Deliver, 812-14 Fullerton Ave., Chicago, Ill. Phone Lincoln 3141 UNITED WORKERS’ PRESS PICNIC LOS ANGELES, CAL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1926, at ROSE HILL PARK Good Amusements, Sports and Games, Leave your lunch home. We will serve a plate lunch and refreshments. DIRPCTIONS: Take Red Sierra Vista car (Main Street Station), stops at park. BY AUTO, take Mission Road to Huntington Drive, tol low Huntington Drive to park, >i Tickets, Incl, dancing, 600 # BOROOS badin PRIZES For the Best WORKER CORRESPONDENCE sent in to appear In the Issue of Friday, September 10 —ROMANCE OF NEW RUSSIA —A beautiful book of Impres- sions In a cloth-bound edition by the famous French novelist, Magda- lelne Marx, yas CARTOONS — A lucky worker to win this book! SHORT HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVE- MENT, by Mary Beard—There’s a lot of valuable Information in this prize. Studebaker Boss Keeps Workers Divided Thru System of Wage Groups (By a Worker Correspondent.) SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 10.— Those in department 106 of the Stude- baker Motor Co, plant here, engaged on piston line group work are mak- ing an average of $3.80 for nine hours a day. The group is divided into classes A, B, and C. Women are in class C, and are paid from $2.50 to $3.50 a day. Class A was making last week between $4 and & a day. Class B gets $3.80 to $4.15 per day. The group walked up to Mr. Clin- land, the local slave driver and ask- ed for more wages, but he and his fellow foreman, Mr. Bill Smith told them to go back to work and be contented, There have been wage cuts in this department. The first time they sim- ply lied to the workers and told them there was no cut. In addition to that, the men in this group are paid only for the pieces which have already passed inspection, no matter how many were finished. If the company orders cheap, bad steel, the men have to suffer for it. If the stock has not been properly hardened, the men have to suffer for it. There is a bonus system for the purpose of speeding up the work, so that prices can be better cut. One may get a bonus of as much es $50 or $80 during the year, losing much more than that thru cuts. The workers are beginning to see these tricks, and also the scheme of dividing them into Class A, B and C in order to prevent them from act- ing together. Milwaukee Employers “Let Men Off for Fresh Air’; Wages $25 Month (By M. ZALISKO, Worker Correspondent.) MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 10.—The bosses of basic industries in Milwau- kee are now nicely on their way in laying men off “letting them off for fresh air,” as they say. Milwaukee streets are filled with unemployed, some are being shipped to work in lumber camps by the gov- ernment employment agencies at wages of $25 a month, while others are going from shop to shop looking for work, but everywhere they go they hear the same old story again, “No work today; come around tomor- row.” Honesty to Company Ruins Detroit Worker By a Worker Correspondent, DETROIT, Sept. 10—The age-old capitalist proverb about honesty being the best policy has been strikingly re- futed in the experience of one worker here, Louis Schultz was in the em- ploy of the Michigan Central Rail- road as a car checker in the yards, He, says he was approached by a man named Frontera who offered him $7§ to point out cars good to rob. Schultz not only refused the bribe but reported the matter to his boss The Michigan Central had Frontera arrested. Then Schultz’ alarmed lest landlady became Frontera’s followers blow up the place and evicted the car|further consoli checker and his whole family. Schultz | position forces thru the fut: had to go so many times to jtestify in tiviti it} court that the railroad discharged hizn, | ¢: Ry ake she dee And now Frontera’s friends threaten to shoot him, Get a copy of the Ameri Correspondent. It's only 6 cents, in Worker | much better a 8 J } JENSEN'S VOTE JUGGLING WAITS FOR HUTCHESON: Carpenters’ President Is Now in England (Continued from page 1) himself elected despite the vote of the membership, Pals Struck a Snag. The beginning of the opposite move- ment in Chicago dates back to the |team work between Hutcheson and | Jensen in June, 1924, in forcing upon the Chicago carpenters an agreement In words and effect identical to the Landis scab award. Jointly these two also carried on their efforts to crush the opposition to this agreement thru expulsions, but here they struck a snag. The mem- bers expelled from Local 181 were re- instated. The local membership was solidly behind the reinstated members. Because of the building boom exist- ing ever since the war, the contractors have not been in a position to very effectively force the open shop features of the agreement of 1924 upon the union. The belief that the agreement se- cured closed shop conditions helped Jensen to carry the election in 1924, But the progressives who then com- menced to organize, maintained their organization and carried on their Propaganda for real conditions, A Non-Union Union Agreement, This year, Jensen renewed the agreement of 1924 with the famous clause 13 relating to stoppage of work or strike being eliminated, but re- taining all the other “open shop” clauses, Nothing was put in its place guaranteeing the right to eympathetic strike, which by the way is a part of the constitution of the building trades department. In other words, as the agreement stands, carpenters may even be compelled to work with non- union men of their own trade, The progressive group existing since 1924 made its preparations for this year’s elections. A new group in op- position to the Harry Jensen rule ap- peared just prior to the elections and it became possible for the two groups to unite on the basis of a program of progressive trade demands and also emphasizing the right to freedom of minority expression and opposition to illegal suspensions and expulsions, as well as for the shorter work day and for the organization of all mills with union material only to be used on the jobs. Opposition United. A joint slate was agreed upon and an active campaign engaged in with the progressive program distributed on the jobs thruout the city. While several office seekers, pure and simple, natufally became in- terested in this movement expecting an easy way of getting positions, but noticing that only candidates were wanted ready to stand up and fight for a progressive program they soon lost interest in the matter. This consolidation of all the opposi- tion forces ready to make an honest fight to eliminate the corrupt in- fluences of the Harry Jensen admin- istration threw consternation into the forces of the latter, Harry Jensen went to great trouble distributing propaganda material applying the red paint thick and heavy, stating that all these progressives were better known as “Communists, Bolsheviks, and Reds” saying that the candidates were hand picked by the reds in a caucus dominated by the reds. Vanishing Ballots, This, however, failed completely in its intention to scare away the rank and file members, They seemed to ful- ly understand the correct interpreta- tion of the program submitted by the United progressive caucus, They showed that in their votes cast. The progressive president for the District Council was elected by a majority vote, but one local voting strongly for the progressive slate happened to be in arrears with its per capita tax, Its vote was eliminated while the votes cast by Local 1786, also a majority for the progressive slate, mysteriously disappeared. With little prospects of the appeal being sustained by the general exe- cutive board, this leaves the fight at precisely the same point as before the elections, However, with this differ- ence. An additional example of cor- ruption has been set by the Harry Jensen administration, the rank and file members have received additional evidence, not only of that fact, but also of the need of choosing an ad- ministration following a much more progressive program and honestly fighting for the material interests of the union, Membership Ready For Progress, The opposition forces have become united around such a progressive pro- gram. The rank and file have shown their readiness to respond and with dation of all the op- ure ac: clarifica- jon to make the unity not only one based on general opposition, but par- ticularly one based on the actual needs of the union, should be This is the —& DAILY WORKER : = |RUBBER GROWERS HAVE CONTROL Page Thres “OF COOLIDGE IN CASE OF BACON BILL; ALL By ALL-AMERICA ANTI national vote on the question of indep deliberate over his action on the bill. rubber interests will undoubtedly lead him to override the wishes of the Filipino people, Wants Big Estates, Coolidge, in a conversation at Paul Smith's not long ago, promised Har- vey Firestone, Jr, to work for the establishment of proper conditions in the Philippines for rubber growing. Firestone pointed out that one of the first steps would be the changing of the land law permitting the holding of tracts of land larger than 2,500 acres, and that Filipino independence was inimical to the interests of the American rubber growers. It is also pointed out here that Coo- lidge has not changed his complete support of Governor-General Wood as expressed in his letter to Speaker Roxas, of the Filipino house of repre- sentatives, when he whole-heartedly upheld the general in his suppression of the Filipinos. That he favors the general’s present move of vetoing the right of the Filipinos to express their wish on the question of independence is the belief upheld by the long series of reactionary moves against the Fili- pino independence movement taken by the president. eo @ MANILA, P. I—The Philippine Herald and other daily papers in Manila carry protests against the frame-up by Governor-General Wood and Carmi Thompson in Mindanao and Jolo to give support to the Bacon bill. It is: charged here that Wood de l\iberately organized as many of the Moros as he could coerce to demon- strate for secession from the northern group of islands. But Few Traitors. Tho out of a population of over 1,000,000 he was able to rally only 3,000 “demonstrators,” cables from the United States show that the press has been giving these occurrances promi- nence over the vast mass movement for Filipino independence that is or- ganized thruout the entire ilsands. It is pointed out here by members |of the legislature the independence movement is so popular in the Philip- pines that the imperialists in the United Statés congress will now throw their efforts to the Bacon bill in order to insuré sufficient rubber lands in the islands, and that the troubles brewing in Jolo and Mindanao are de- liberately organized to give weight to Representative Bacon’s arguments. eee RAMAIN, Mindanao, Altono, sultan of Ramain and one of the most prominent Moro figures in Lanao (a district of Mindanao) has voiced his disapproval of the actions of Wood and Thompson in their at- tempts to stir up trouble on behalf of the Bacon bill, Sultan Alonto is a firm supporter of independence for Christian as well as Mohammedan Filipinos. Recently he gave a statement to the National News Service in the Philippines stat- ing his position on the Bacon bill and on the general independence question. “The only way of compelling us to pines,” said the sultan, “is to make Mindanao sink into the bottom of the seta. . ‘We people in Lanao know how the imperialists manage to make trouble. Our Christian brothers are not the only ones who work for independence. We Moros also work for it.” Soviet Telegraphers Continue Strike on Concession Company MOSCOW, Aug. 24 —(By Mail) — the strike of the employes of the Indo-European Telegraph Agency con- tinues. The chief strike committee which is in Odessa stresses the ex- treme solidarity of the strikers who are exactly conforming to the direc- tion of their union. Up to the present no indicedents have occurred, no pro- posals have been made by the com- pany, A subscription to The DAILY WORKER for one month to the members of your union is a good way. Try it. vacations. Comrade A. Vallentine spent two of his return he turns In two DAILY Comrade H, P. Cl. where he spent the summer. Comrade Marguerite Dunne says goes away. P. L—Alauya separate from the rest of the Philip-| ISLANDERS HATE IT | -IMPERIALIST LEAGUE. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 10.—The referendum bill providing for a efdence in the Philippines is expected bere shortly for presentation to President Coolidge, It has unanimously passed both houses of the Filipino legislature. Coolidge will have six months to It is the view of observers here who are for Filipino independence that Coolidge’s favorable attitude toward the U. $, CONSULS REPORT WU PEI-FU COMPLETELY ROUTED BY CANTONESE WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—Ameri- can Interests have not yet been menaced in the severe fighting that has taken place in- the vicinity of Hankow between the Cantonese forces and those of Gen. Wei Pel Fu, according to consular advices to the state department today. These dispatches emphasized the magnitude of Wu's defeat by the nationalist army ofthe south. Wu's defeat was principally due, the die- patches sald, to the disloyalty of some of his principal officers and men, BUILD THE DAILY WITH A SUB. ALBAY SPEAKERS DENOUNCE WOOD FOR MASSACRES Say Governor General Resorts to Thuggery LEGASPI, R. L, Sept. 10—When Colonel Carmi Thompson reached this city, the largest in Albay Province, which includes the southern part of the island of Luzon, he found the most bitter denunciation of General Wood's administration that has developed so far. The residents of Albay are near enough to the Moro districts south of them to have all received news of the coarse intrigues by which Wood and his aids worked up artificial “demon- strations” against the Filipinos among |a few venal persons, principally na- | tive rulers kept in power by American riefles. Speakers boldly charged Wood with responsibility for the massacre in Min- |danao, and stated that he caused the Zamboanga incident, when hffed Moro tribesmen were told to menace the | Filipino residents in order to impress Thompson. American citizens fied from the meeting in dismay. Such an incident |has never been known here before. Thompson had to sit and take it. men working in the Chicago district SWITCHMEN’S UNION ORGANIZES THREE CHICAGO RAILROAD Y ARDS IN GREAT UNIONIZATION DRIVE “We are going to stay with this campaign until the ten thousand switch- join the Switchmen’s Union of North America,” said L, V, Kanan, one of the two international vice-presidents in in Buffalo. the organizers’ activity from January to April, and then special attention was shifted to Chicago district on May 1. Vice-President Kanan, from St. Louis, and Vice-President Jerry from St. Paul, came to Chicago and making their headquarters in the Federation Building, 166 West Washington St., yards of this great railway center. Chicago Very Important. The Chicago district is a big and important one, taking in not only the city of Chicago itself, but all ‘fie towns lying in the industrial area to the south, southwest and southeast: Joliet, Hammond, Bast Chicago, Gary, Blue Island. and others. The switching service organization had not kept pace with the times dur- ing the last five or six years, and the resort to more energetic appeals to the workers in this.trade to join their union is justified by the progress made, Already at the end of August the organizers were able to report that twice as many men had ‘entered the union in the Chicago district than in any month before, and since then they have still been coming in. Three Yarde Solid. One hundred per cent organization , of the switchmen in the yards here of |the Great Western R. R., the Rock |Island and the Soo Line is achieved. Several organizers are working be- sides the two vice-presidents, and there are several hundred applications for membership on hand which have accumulated so rapidly they are not yet acted upon. They will be soon however, and by that time the organ- izers expect to have other hundreds ready, Union Ralses Wage. Vice-President Kanan considers the advantages of joining the union al- most obvious. “Every worker ought to belong the union of his trade,” he said, “and the Switchmen’s Union of North America is the union of the switchmen and switchtenders. It is the factor that raises wages for them. Even now We are moving for a wage raise. A demand was made on the carriers last February and is going thru the routine at present. Further- more, switching and switchtending is dangerous. There would be innumer- allowed to drive the men as they would like, without the union con- stantly struggling for decent working conditions and for safety devices.” Send The DAILY WORKER for one month to your shop-mate, DAILY WORKER SUBS ROLL IN AS LIVE ONES COME BACK TO TOWN By SAM HAMMERSMARK, Daily Worker Agent in Chicago, You can tell the world the live ones have come back from their summer weeks in Wisconsin and the first day WORKER subscriptions, sen, having taken a longer trip and being gone for a longer time, comes back with three subscriptions—all of them from California, the women will not be outdone and starts her trip to Seattle right by bringing in three subscriptions before she Comrade Stasukelis claims that altho he has not had an out of town trip he can still get subs for The DAILY WORKER and Proves it by bringing in two new ones, particular task of the left wing, oi We have quite a few names of forme once. Come in and get a few live prospects and help keep the subsoribers have had and put on « lot of new onow jubsoribers who should be seen at Ke ae proceeded to work in the railroad | able accidents if the companies were | charge of the organization drive in this vicinity. Kanan stated ‘to a representative of The DAILY WORKER that the Chicago district campaign follows a most. successful drive of a similar nature Baffald was the conte? C—O Arrest More in Sofia; Summary Prosecution of Twenty Communists SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. 10.—The White Terror ts being Increased. Twenty Communists have been ar rested in connection with an al- feged plot against the government. Premier Lyaptcheff made public an- nouncement today that they would be given immediate trial. Bulgarian prisons are still full of the victims of other raids, many persons having been held for months and years without trtal, SEPTEMBER New Issue of the WORKERS» MONTHLY Seven Years of the Communist Party of Ameri C. E. Ruthenberg. 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