The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 2, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 222. Subscription Rates: Currey By T. J, O'FLAHERTY ENRY FORD is looked on as the big butter and egg man of the aeutemobile industry. _ Did he not make a $5.00 a day wage universa, in his factories when such pay was considered high? And now he comes: out with the announcement that he will put his plants ona five-day week, eight-hour day basis with six days’ pay for five days’ work. Of course ithe catch in Santa Ford’s benevolence Ys that those workers who cannot pro- duce as much or ‘more in five days as they did in* six will be shown the ‘way to go home. Sie ae UR special Ford edition will give the low-down on Henry's philan- thropy, so about that more anon. What Ied me to comment on Ford’s generosity is a news item in yester- day’s paper which tells of Ford's ef- forts to recover a_ specially n- structed touring car which he pre- mented to a “Baron G. Fredérick EB. wYon Krupp, Jr.,” alias George R. Gabor, who is not a baron at all but is now quite barren of funds after he sold Henry’s gift limousine. Oh, Henry is wise alright. He is an in- dustrial wizard, but he nods occas- Honally. So did Homer for that mat- wer. es z *JQABINDRANATH TAGORE, the noted Hindoo poet, is a philosopher who talks‘ considerable nonsense if we aré to believe the press. In Ber- jlin he predicted the collapse of “western civilization” and the sur- vival of the Oriental. “You western- ers who possess all material wealth are starving yourselves intellectual- jly” he said. “We who have nothing, jbelieve we have sensed the myster- ‘fes of the infinite.” This is the kind ‘of philosophy that makes a hit with ple who are too lazy to think or re incapable. Also it makes the se 8 E difference between the occiden- tal mind and the oriental mind 1s disappearing amidst the hua of: ma ychinery and the clatter of machine- jwun fire. The Hindoo, who sat on his haunches decorating a piece of (pottery and the Hin‘ who is direct- Hing the speed of sevéral spindles. are two entirely different Hindoos tho both may worship the hump on the ox’s shoulder and sneeze when they see a Mohammedan. The penetration of capitalism into the Orient and the growing consciousness on the part of the masses that they are being ex- ploited is relegating spiritualists “like Tagore to a back seat, cultists must. mow go west for an audience, as the Orientals are pic! ing up their trusty rifles and permit- ting the Tagores to sell their squirt- cans full of mystic perfume to the wealthy parasites of world. the\, western see ESTERN civilization is not cramb- ling, but ‘the capitalist order is. This will be almost as bad for the Tagores as for the royal parasites and te less royal but wealthier monarchs of industry. A new and better civil- ization will arise on the. ruins of the present social order and when the people of the Orient throw. off the yoke of foreign imperialism the east and west shall meet but not until then. * e, 4 FEW hundred years ago the na tives of certain parts of Africa that would turn up their noses at-a boiled mackerel would lick their chops over the prospect of a cutlet from the body of a fat missionary. Today they prefer fish because experience taught them that the misisonary's flesh was no better than his preaching. Thus the wheels of progress roll along and bughouse philosophers roll under, ee ‘HERE will be more queens then ‘drones in the American social hive when Mari¢é of Roumania arrives here on the Leviathan, Should the queen of Roumania, lke her namesake in the bee hive, sting her discarded American admirers her visit may serve a useful purpose, which shows that there is no hard { (Continued on page 2) —$ $$ <<< rene ls. a threat to France. In fact those Outside CHAMBERLAIN IN SECRET CONFAB Organizing Hostile Bloc Against France (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Sept. 30. — One of the mest ~importanty meetings taking Place since the end of the world war, will be held today on board an Ital- jan warship in the Mediterranean ‘Sea, between Benito Mussolini, the fascist dictator and Austen Chamber- lain, foreign secretary of the Britieh government. Held on the heels of the adjourn- ment of the league of nations assem- bly the meeting sheds a brilliant light on the futility of the league as-an in- strument to prevent war. Of course, every intelligent person knows that the league was never intended as an instrument of peace but as a weapon to be used by the big powers to di- vide the spoils of the earth between them. However, they cannot agree. Hence the meeting between Musso- lint and Chamberlain today following the conference between Briand and Stresemann last week, A British-Ital- jan alliance against a Freneh-German entente. This is the motive behind the powwow on the Mediterranean. Sending Out Decoys. The British foreign office is assid- uously seeking to create the impres- sion that Britain's object’ in arriving at a closer understanding with Italy is a desire to curb the warlike emo- tions of Mussolini for whom Chamber- lain professes a deep regard. This di- Plomatic subterfuge will not fool well- Downing street stresses its desire to maintain an entente with France but the rapid progress of the negotia- tions between Germany and France, in the direction of an accord, leaves England out in the cold and facing the old nightmare of a powerful con- tinental bloc which could not be shak- en by England’s historic policy of her balance of power across the chan- nel, Gesture Towards Italy. A Franco-German combination would dominate Europe and this tact is responsible for England’s gésture towards Italy. France and Italy are at loggerheads because of Italy’s need for territory: at the expense of some other nation. Whether Italy grabs territory from Turkey 6r from France In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year, ANTHRACITE MINERS ASK. LEWIS WHAT HAPPENED TO CHECK-OFF (Special to The Daily Worker) ( * LANSFORD, Pa., Sept. 30.—Deleg to District No. 7, United Mine Workers, convention discussed the failure of the operators and board of conciliation to institute the check-off system expected by the miners when the anthracite agreement was signed. Delegates ur: ‘that President John L. Lewis and Hugh Grant of Columbus, 0. be invited to meet with the con- cillation, board and go over the whole matter of cheok-off. Madrew Mattey was re-elected president of the district; Hugh Cannon vice-president; John Yourishin, secretary-treasurer; and Neal Ferry, int n The check-off exists in the organized bituminous a Conowingo Dam Project; Where Blood ‘and Stone Mix for 40 Cents an Hour ED. NOTE:—This story is printed on Page 1 of The DAILY WORKER, first because of its unusual merit as a workers’ correspondent contribution and second, because it exposes the operations of OMe of the biggest em- ployers of labor in the country. . ° s e By N. B., Worker Correspondent, PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 30.—A short while ago the writer was out of work and traveling around the ern part of Penn- sylvania looking gor a job. I heard of the zat Conowingo dam being built on the Susquehanna River and de my way in that direction. . « As I came upon the construction ¢ river from the nearest town, I was met by stopped me and asked me my business, I to see the boss about a job. The guard lau; was no hiring on Saturday and+ to get off the premises or I'd get run in. \ Stone & Webster are the dontract- ors. The place is about four miles around and fenoed off with barbed wire. At intervals there are guards in sentry boxes—as if there was mar- tial Jaw. % , five miles up the ) armed guard who if I could get in d and told me there Conditions Bad. As the workers came streaming out with their checks, I stopped sev- eral of them and asked them about the place. Hach one answered that the conditions were very bad and 4 .- the pay. poor. In addition the work! Stating their vefusal to-at- was extremely dangerous. Only that] fend the ice called by Ray- day two men were killed. There is}mond V. Ingersoll, impartial chair- not enough precaution taken on the ¢ man, both the Industrial Council and drills and little safety for those touch-|the cloak jobbers, show “singular ill ing off the charges. grace” in characterizing the union de- 40c an Hour. c mands in the; present strike as “de- é ” Herdioh Pend, receive dba cee structive.” Louis Hyman, chairman hour. Mechanics get 80 to 90c an of the general. strike committee, in a letter to Mr. Ingersoll, replied to pom ag hed eit Pld is from] the charges made by Henry H. Fin- 0 to T0c. | Of this, $8.50 must go to| der chairman of.the council. board and ‘Sc a day for hospital fee. There are about three thousand Mr. Hyman ireiterated the union’s 0} iti i ~ workers in the Stone & Webster sec-| PPosition to arbitration, further. de tion of the project and about two- claring that “we do not propose to| thirds of these are Negroes. = submit to any arbitrary limitation Negro workers are made to suffer of discusion of*our demands.” The union i: igh’ the usual abuses and discriminations. ~ ee | crpreted: 44 They ‘ea separate camp of their applications received yesterday from | own and are deceived in many ways, especially when they are hurt. Their families are not allowed to visit them industrial council members for indi- vidual settlements as a definite break The firm of | from Finder’s tyranny. Cohen and Whellan, an industrial Republican America knows how to receive royalty is in the lap of opportunity. It 4s quite possible that Chamberlain and Mussolini will cast_covetous eyes at French territory in North . Africa (Continued on Page 2.) INJUNCTION AGAINST FEDERAL COMMISSION SHIELDS FLOUR TRUST (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—An In- junction issued in a local federal court restrains the federal trade commission from requiring the bak- Ing and milling association of the United States to open its books to Inspection. The senate had order ed the commission to.. investigate the flour millers’ earnings and pro- fits In the handling. of the farmers’ wheat. This is the third big in- dustry that has been shielded from inquiry by federal court orders, thruout the country but Just what is it all about? ~ SPECIAL FORD NUMBER HE announcement that Ford is GIVING his workers a five-day week with six days pay has become the talk not only of the bosees a topic of conversation among the workers. Is Ford generous? I he actually GIVING the workers something for nothing? i The DAILY WORKER will answer these questions in a special edition to appear under the date of Thursday, October 7, Working- class writers will analyze this new departure and explain whether Ford is actuated by a desire to improve the standards of the workers or is simply using a new method to squeeze more work and con- sequently more profits out of his \wage slaves. in the hospital. Bootleg Concessions. The Stone & Webster outfit asks $1,000 a week for concessions to op erate pool rooms and liquor joints near the camp. Liquor of the vilest sort is sold in the camp itself and gambling devices of all kinds are im- mediately available to whoever wish- es to play. The men that run the games stand in with the company. In addition there is a large camp follow- ifig of prostitutes operating under the same proprietorship as the gambling concessions. Eight Workers Killed. The workers on the job are mostly of foreign extraction and appear to be, partly for this reason, difficult to organize. Such fs the “Great Cona- wingo Dam Project.” in the meantime many more workers will ‘pay with ‘their lives for the ava- rice and greed of the capitalist in- terests in charge of the work. So far eight workers have been killed, It will take several more years to complete it and council shop, 2 West 33rd street, em- ploying four sub-manufacturers and 150 workers, was the first to | 8 bins Fo its delegate conference now ip ee in deflance of Finder's control, Greek Elections Put Off Till November 7; Trouble Is Foreseen ATHENS, Sept. 30.—The general elections today were postponed from October 24 until November 7, and a difficult situation is possible as a re- sult, The anti-Venizelist or monarchist faction, which has demanded the re- tirement of Premier Kondylis, re- that if they cently issued am ultimatum the elections were delayed would refrain from voting. The premier offered his resignation to the president’ but it was not ac- cepted. The purpose of the delay is to give an opportunity for recon- struction of the cabinet before the polls are opened. , French Worried Over Anglo-Italian Accord PARIS, Sept. 30—The proposed in- terview between «Mussolini and Sir Austen Chamberlain, foreign minister of Great Britain, is taken as a menace by the French. France sees in this an attempt by England to aid Italy's influence in the Balkans in order that the influence over the “little entente” by France may be weakened and French in- fluence on Poland be lessened. French anxiety ts quite open at this new de- velopment, which js aimed to offset the Franco-German accord onthe con- tinent. NEW YORK EDITION Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, iil. STRIKERS TO WIN IF THEY HOLD TO NOV Industry Dying; Union Districts to Vote (Special to The Daily Werker) LONDON, Sept. 30. — If the Brit- ish miners can hold out on strike un- til November, the government and the mine owners will be beaten. This is seen in the figures admitted by the jovernment of the small production being made, and the fact that in spite of intense hardship only 150,000 out of more than 1,000,000 miners have returned to the pits. British Industry Hard Hit. British industry itself in normal times uses 3,000,000 of the 5,000,000 tons weekly produced when all miners are working. Now only 500,000 tons are produced, but one-sixth of what is needed for British industrial eon- sumption alone. In addition 1,000,000 tons weekly is normally used in homes for family purposes. Thus the 4,000,000 tong de- manded by Englafd for use within the island has only 500,000 tons or one- eighth that amount, to supply it. The normal export of 1,000,000 tons week- ly is cut off and thus production is only 10 per cent of normal. Scab Coal Poor and Costly. While scab coal shipments from the continent and America gs fairly plenti- ful, it is costly, selling for $12.50 a ton, too high for all but a few uses and it is heartily disliked by all coal users because of its poor quality. Heavy industry, which relies on cheap coal, is hard hit. It cannot run {at a profit on high-priced imported coal,~altho Septenther imports are reckoned at 8,000,000 tons, even this leaving a big ga&p between supply and normal demand. Blast furnaces are cold. About. 140 were going in April before the strike. In August 136. were going. But now only six are working, The slump in industry is thus clearly seen as ter- riflcr . A In addition, Britain is losing her ex- port coaf trade to other countries’ coal merchants. And of still more gravity is the loss of general commodity trade, which is costing British business about $15,000,000 a day according to the economist Sir Hugh Bell. Industry in Birmingham, Sheffield and other man- ufacturing cities is crippled to an ex- tent that it cannot. supply orders and tears that if buyers are held off until after November, these orders will be For these reasons the miners’ union, (Continued on page 2) Sickness and Death for Workers Is Lightened by Own Organization On Page six of this issue, workers will read with interest some facts about the Workmen’s Sick and Death Benefit Fund, an organization of self. protection for the workers that, with- out red tape serves the purpose of the capitalist insurance companies minus their private profits for the owners and the graft for which they ate notorious, MINERS CALMLY ‘AWAITED RESCUE (Special to The Daily Worker) prevented from serving as their grave, |forty-three iron ore miners blinked their eyes as they saw the light of day for the first time in six days. The hardihood and bravery of these tollers, some of them well along in |years, was exceedingly great. ized themselves to withstand their fate when they knew they were trapped, held off the danger of insan- ity, always @ menace to entombed miners. Make Birch Tea. Birch tea, made from the bark of the shaft timbering, was their only food. They assigned watch duty, sang songs and tabulated time to keep themselves occupied and their spirits high. When the rescue party finally reached them on Wednesday ni€ht, the, miners were beginning to feel the pinch of starvation and the fever of exhaustion, aided by the extreme cold of their underground prison. As soon as they were brought to the surface company officials rushed them to the hospital. All of them had walked out of the mine—from their place of imprisonment—a long and tor- tuous route.- With few exceptions, they seemed exceptionally well pre« served considering their ordeal. There was some speculation whether or not their being rushed to the hospital was for their well-being or a company pre- caution against too much being told of the disaster, Demand investigation. Already there are demands being | made for a federal investigation. John B. Chapple of the Ashland Daily Press, wired President Coolidge for an in- { | withdrawn and placed in foreign coun- | yestigating committee to be appointed tries. | pod Place responsibility for the collapse ;of the shaft. The president's secre- jtary answered that the matter had | been referred to the labor department. — IN DEEP PRISON | government against the miners. ; IRONWOOD, Mich., Sept. 30.—Step- | ping out of the ghastly darkness of | the pit that by the merest chance was | This, and the fact that they organ- | Entrance of the United States govern- |ment into the business of shipping \ “scab” Price 3 Cents US. SHIPS CARRY COAL TO ENGLAND Shipping ‘Board Boats Enter Scab Traffic This story of the direct aid being given by the U. S. government to the British Tory government and wealthy, titled mine owners to break the strike of the British miners re- calls the utterance of Ed. McLean, editor of the capitalist daily, the Washington Post and one of those connected with the Teapot Dome scandal, made at the time the Brit- ish strike began. McLean urged that the American government must aid the British It is also recalled that when_A. A. Pur cell, British labor leader, was visit- ing America a year ago urging world trade union unity, McLean editor. jally advocated that Purcell should be deported.—Editor. * #6 By GORDON CASCADEN (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 30. — coal from this country smash the British miners’ strike expected within the next few days. Preparations are being made tor extensive use of United States govern- ment-owned ships to carry coal to Britain. Ships sold or leased to private in- terests by the United States Shipping Board at surprisingly low figures are already taking part in this nefarious traffic. to is Proposal of Senator, | The direct request use of gov- ernmentowned ships to carry this “scab” coal, strangely enough, comes from a politician who says he wants to help American labor. Senator 0. E. Weller of Maryland is making an appeal for votes in the November elections on the strength of his effort to have from 25 to 50 government-owned boats carry scab coal from Baltimore to British ports. Government Wants Scab Profits, The new policy of the United States Shipping Board concentrates on soliei- tation of shipping for government-own- ed boats. General A. C. Daiton, president of the Emergency Fleet corporation, who announced it, hopes the new policy j will build up trade while eliminating the shipping board deficit. Baltimore and Norfolk interests are rushing to take advantage Senator Weller, who visited the head office of the shipping board here, (Corttmued on page 2.) What The Daily Worker Means By ISRAEL AMTER “\7OU may not agree with the whole Policy of The DAILY WORKER, for it is a Communist paper, but you will have to admit that its labor policy is correct.” This was my statement to a member of the District Building Trades Council of Cleveland, a state- ment which he affirmed. What does it mean when men who have been long in the labor movement of this country and abroad recognize that the trade union policy of our pa- per, The DAILY WORKER, is cor- rect? It means that progressive trade union leaders realize the bankruptcy of the present bureaucracy of the American labor movement, and are turning to something new, something realistic, something militant to aid labor in getting out of the impasse into which it has been led. Commun- ist trade ynion policy pronounced cor- rect! If our trade union policy is correct even in the skeleton form which the progressives comprehend today—then we Communists know that our politi- cal policy will gradually be under- stood as correct, for we know full well that militant trade union policy, or- ganization of the unorganized, mil- itant action to improve the conditions of the workers, etc., flecessarily at this stage of the struggle in imperial istic America will lead to conflict with and struggle against the capitalist state, just as the British trade unions faced the British state on May 1, The DAILY WORKER must become the organ of the organized workers— or at least that section of the trade unionists who today ‘have their eyes open and are looking for leadership. With a growing recognition of the achievements of the Soviet Union, with a somewhat hazy understanding of the British general strike, with the capitalists of this country extracting their ounces of blood from the veins of American labor, the American workers are beginning to recognize that something is wrong and are groping for a new program, for new methods. The DAILY WORKER must become the guiding organ of these masses of workers, whomi we call progressives. We must-make them readers of our English organ, for until we have the American-born and American-speak- ing workers following the lead of the Workers (Communist) Party, our Party will continue to be regarded as a foreign product. Is there a fleld for our party and The DAILY WORKER? One has but to regard the exploitation in American industry, to realize that not only The DAILY WORKER but the party should become a powerful factor among the American workers, Per- haps the following incident will char- acterize the growing influence of the party. In a certain town where the workers are organizing, the party shop nucleus issued a bulletin. The same day the writer was at the head- quarters of the union, when a mem- ber of the union entered and speak- ing to the organizer, asked if he knew there he could get about two dozen copies-of the bulletin. When referred to the writer, and after it was stated to him that if he distributed the bul- letin he might get into trouble if de- tected, and that he would have to dis- tribute-it‘on his own responsibility, he replied: “I don’t give a damn. It ts good stuff and I am going to distribute it’? He did so, A few weeks later, when the question of the Negro workers in the plant came up, this worker 4di- vulged himself as one of the most violent ku kluxers. A misguided work- er, who js willing to fight not only for the right of organization, but for de- cent conditions for the workers. But he was born in Georgia—and has to have his ingrained hatred of the Negro driven out of him, The campaign for the DAILY must be regarded as one of our MOST IMPORTANT campaigns. It is a campaign that must embrace ALL members of the party. If the member- ship realize the importance of The DAILY WORKER, not ag ONE of the organs of our party, but as the MOST IMPORTANT organ, since it alone can reach the great masses of the Amer- fean workers, then The DAILY WORKER will be put on its feet, help us to get closer contact with the masses and to mold their thoughts progressively and insistently toward the revolution, This ts the most worthwhile task for every party mem- er oe