The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 29, 1926, Page 4

Page Fo THE DAILY* WORKER Workers (Comm REACTION Is BIG ISSUE IN BOSTON VOTING Massachusetts in Need of Enlightment BOSTON, Mass., Oct, 27—The 1926 egction campaign in Massachusetts is fundamentally a fight for free speech, for the freedom of Sacco and Vanzettt, for the organization of the unorgan- ized thruout the state and for the es- tablishment of a The campaign be der very fa- vorable circumstances. There was first of all the months of agitation for Sacco and V all of which revealed the hos tude of the Massachusetts courts towards labor. In addition to this, there had been numerous injun labor thruout t of the talk of witnessed textile, and metal industry, with general wage cu The situation this Year was therefor ery favorable for @ protest movement on the part of labor. , the year had Extensive Campaign. *The Workers’ Party paign has been car efpal industr The message carried was, “Organize the unorganized,” to Gardner, Law- rence, Lowell, New Bedford, Worces- ter, Maynard, Everett, Cambridge, which are unorganized. The present campaign has also been characterized by the large number of free speech fights against the black reaction reigning in Massachusetts to- day. In Lynn the mayor was so en- raptured with his restrictions on free speech that he even revoked the street privileges of the Salvation Army. In Fall River the raising of the free speech issued by the Workers’ Party resulted in much publicity for the party and also in illuminating the dis- pute between the democratic mayor and the republican chief of police. In Gloucester, Brockton, Lowell, Chelsea and Boston the party had to use the most persistent and determined efforts to gecure the right to speak in behalf of its candidates. For the first time in the history of this state the party held shop noon- hour meetings before certain factoyies, particularly before the Mason and Hamlin piano factory. In the course of the election campaign the party Was enabled to distribute on a wide " scale its literature. Key Campaign. The election campaign in Massachu- setts is-a key campaign, as far as national politics are concerned, be- cause a defeat for Butler would mean a defeat for Coolidge. The best way—subdscribe today. WHITHER RUSSIA— Toward Capitalism or Socialism— by Leon Trotsky An extraordinarily timely discussion of the tendencies in Russia’s internal and international policy as affecting ‘ts economic development. Trotsky, in his well-known brilliant and in- elgive style. analyzes a question that hag been the outstanding problem be- fore the Soviet government. Cloth bound—$1.50 land friends WILL OBSERVE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION’S BIRTHDAY IN MANY U. S. CITIES The following cities have already planned observances of the ninth an- niversary of the Russian Revolution, Nov. 7, The tentative schedule includ- Ing date and speakers follows: Philadelphia—Nov. 8, Gitlow. Pittsburgh—Nov. 6, Gitlow. Detroit—Nov. 7, Gitlow, at Armory. Rochester, N. Y.—Nov. 5, Wolfe, at Labor Lyceum, 680 St. Paul. Akron, Ohio—Nov. 6, Wolfe. Cleveland, Ohlo—Nov. 7, Wolfe, Buffalo, N. Y.—Nov. 5, Ballam, Work- ers’ Forum Mall, 36 West Huron St. Erie, Pa—Nov. 6, 8 p. m., Krum- bein, Forward Hall, 25th and Peach. Toledo, Ohlo—Nov. 7, Krumbein. Canton, Ohio—Nov. 8, Whiteman, South Bend, Ind.—Nov. 7, White, Workers’ House, 1216 W. Colfax. St. Paul—Nov. 6, 8 p. m., Bedacht, Minneapolis, Nov. 7, 1 p. m., Bedacht, at Finnish Hall, Western and Hum- boldt. Duluth, Minn. Nov. 7, 8 Pp. m., Be- dacht. Superior, Wis—Nov. 8 8 p. m., Be- dacht. Kenosha, Wis.—Nov. 7, $ p. m., Ger- man-American Home, South Chicago—Nov. 7, 9616-22 Commercial avenue. Chicago—Nov. 7, 8 o'clock (speaker 8 Pp om, | and place to be announced). mployment in the New Yerk City—(To be announced). St. l.ouis, Mo.—Nov. 5, Engdahl, Kansas City, Mo—Nov. 7, 8 p. mu Engdahl, Musicians’ Hall. Omaha, Neb.—Nov. 8, Engdahl. W. P. ELECTION CAMPAIGN TOURS C.E; Ruthanberg Sunday, Oct. 31, St. Paul, Labor Ten e, 416 North Franklin street, 2 p. m. Sur Oct. 31, Minneapolis, Moose Sui Hall, 43 South Fourth street, 8 p. m. Inform your shopmates, neighbors, about these meetings. Bring them to the meeting to hear a presentation of the issues of the elec- tion campaign from the standpoint of labor. see H. M. Wicks. H. M. Wicks, labor speaker and can- didate for governor of Pennsylvania on the Workers (Communist) Party. ticket, is now engaged in an election campaign tour covering a large num- ber of cities in Pennsylvania. His sub- ject is: “What Do the Elections Mean to the Workers?” The rest of his tour follows: NEW KENSINGTON, Thurs., 7:30 p. m., Ukrainian: Hall, v Pa. Oct. 28, 14th St, Oct. 28, Saturday, Oct. 30, of Malta Hall. Sunday, Oct. 30, yeeum, 35 Miller St. Friday, CASTLE, Pi 7p. m., Knights PITTSBURGH, Py 8 p.m. Labor The size of The DAILY WORK- ER depends on you, Send a subd. Send The DAILY WORKER for one month to your shop-mate. | WCEL Radio Program | Chicago Federation of Labor radio broadcasting state WCFL is on the air with regular programs. It is broadcasting on a 491.5 wave length from the Municipal Pier. TONIGHT. 6:00 p. m.—Chicago Federation of La- bor, talks and bulletins. 6:30—The Brevoort Concert Trio; Little Joe Warner; Hazel Nyman, ac- cordian; Jphn Ude, baritone; Anna Boehm. 9:00—Alamo Cafe Dance Orchestra. 11:00—Alamo Entertainers. HALLOWEEN Masquerade Carnival Sat. Eve., Oct. 30, 1926 at the COOPERATIVE CENTER 2706 Brooklyn Ave., Los Angeles Joint Auspices: Y, W. L. Local L. A. and Freiheit Youth Club 50% Proceeds to British , Striking Miners COME 0 COME ALL! KEEP THE DAILY WORKER For Militant Trade Unionism—For a Labor Party—To Help Workers Win Strikes—Organize Unorganized—To Protect For- sign-Born—To Hatablish a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government! I enclose 4....... Street ....... City unist) ‘Party DAILY WORKER'S FORD EDITION WORRIED BOSSE unsatisfactory working conditions. | Careful estimates place the cost of hiring new workers at $10-to $300, ac- cording to the skill required. Huge Turnover Shown, The Wisconsin report for August Were Threatened (By a Ford Worker.) HAMILTON, Oct, 27.—On October 8 a local newsdealer, J. Halperin, had two boys: pass out some sample copies i The labor turnover is considered a pretty good test of management. Workers Who had Them | workers are constantly leaving their jobs, voluntarily or by request, {t means |HUGE WISCONSIN LABOR TURNOVER SHOWS BAD CONDITIONS AND BIG WASTE IN CAPITALISTIC SYSTEM By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are loaded on the cost of production in Wiscorisin industry by high labor turnover, |from figures of the state industrial commission showing that Wisconsin em- | ployers must each year hire over 100 workers for each 100 on the payrolls in jorder to maintain their working forces. ; AIMEE LEAVES NO FOOTPRINTS That is the natural conclusion If} NIT THE Y CONDUCTED - BY TH UNG WORKERS LEAGUE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LABOR MUST LIVE UP TO ANTI-MILITARY DECISION By GEORGE PAPCUN PITTSBURGH, Pa., — The American Federation of Labor met last month. The class conscious youth, and the workers in general looked at the Federation of Labor to see what it would do on the matter of the Citizens’ Military Training Camps. Especially the workers of Pennsylvania were looking to the Amer- ican Federation of Labor to see what would happen on this of The DAILY WORKER dated Octo- }ber 7 at the local plant of the Ford {Motor Co., this issue being a special |Ferd number. It did not suit the local told how Henry was*flim-flamming his workers about going to get six days’ | | | pay for five days’ work. management to have their employes | covers plants employing about 25,000 workers, At the rate of labor turn- over in that month it would be neces- sary to hire about 30,000 workers dur- ing the year to keep this force going. If we figure the cost of hiring these workers at an average of $50 the turnover costs these Coficerns $1,500,- that the Citizens Camps were run by large open shop- pers and that these open shop em- ployers dominated the policy of these camps, and tried to see that the camps turned out scabs and strike- ON THE SANDS Defense Witness Proved A Boomerang 000 a year. This must elther be added to prices or subtracted from wages. The rate of labor turnover, the re- ‘port shows, varies considerably from industry to industry. “But in August it exceeded 100 per 100 workers em- ployed in all except two leading in- dustries, In clothing factories work- ers were leaving at the annual rate of 233 for each 100 on the payrolls. The annual turnover fates per 100 employed of eight leading industries figured on the basis of August re- turns and on the averages of the four months, March, May, July and August, are: . Wisconsin Labor Turnover Rates. Basedon Basedon So the watchman at the gate, appar- ently acting under instructions, invit- ed the boys to stand inside the gate and pass out the papers, which is against the rules, and then, havi gotten the boys on the company property, the general manager, O, A. Anderson came out and took the pa- pers away from the boys. He was followed out by Mr. McKinney with a bodyguard consisting of one of the hired help, Hoffert by name. Take Them from Workers, Later on papers were collected from any of the employes at work that were fortunate enough to have received one, Many of the workers had not paid any attention to the paper at first, but Baking & confect’ry 120.9 114.0 after they saw the action of the man- agement there was a great demand | Boots & shoes. 141.9 127.6 for same, Building construct. 178.3 208.8 i Clothing 232.7 101.2 i in. Keely ae hag tt ve.|F’d’s & mach. shops 184.1 200.9 On Monday, October 11, the news- Hos'ry & knit goods 96.2 103.0 dealer received a ‘phone call to come Milk ‘products -. 120.6 99.4 to the Ford plant and talk the matter Paper & pull 958 353 over, which he ignored, On Tuesday, October 12, the news- dealer, having received a new supply of the papers, went to the vicinity of the Ford plant to pass the papers, having police protection to see that he would not be molested. Threatens Workers. McKinney appeared out on the street to stop the papers being circu- lated. But he and his bodyguard got cold feet and turned their attention to the men, threatening them with the loss of their jobs it they accepted any of the papers, but many of the men took the papers regardless, Mr. McKinney and his bodyguard followed the men passing the papers for four of five blocks to intimidate them and the workers that accepted the papers. Still Waiting. The workers here have not as yet received the six days’ pay for five days” work, but have been producing six days’ work for five days’ pay for a Jong time, and to hear them talk they are getting very sore about it. The Dearborn Indepengent, which Henry calls the “chronicler of the neg- lected: truth,” ought to copy this if they want to live up to their name. It looks very much as tho Anderson and his assistants pulled a large boner in trying to stop the circulation of The DAILY WORKER, because every- one knows now what bulldozers they are and has only increased a demand for the paper. What fine representatives of free speech, free press, and “Henry’s so- called industrial justice they are! Is Form of Waste. High labor turnover is an outstand- ing form of capitalist waste. It, re- sults primarily from the idea that only the profiteering owners have yested rights in industry. Under the exist- ing system it is only tempered when the workers thru organization enforce a vested interest of their own in the job, : To the public labor turnover means high prices. To the worker it means low wages and irregular employment. It means a large floating supply of unorganized workers constantly seek- ing more satisfactory work, implying potential competition for each em- ployed worker's job. Frisco Open Shop in Frame-up of Officers of Carpenters’ Union SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27.—Eight men, including Archibald J, Mooney, vice-president of the United Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, and Paul J. Clifford, business manager of a local carpenters’ union, are under arrest in what promises to be a new frame-up case against labor in the open-shop drive in San Fran- cisco, The unionists are charged with as- sault with intent to murder and with criminal conspiracy. The open shop movement in San Francisco has been waging the most violent campaign against the building trades unions, particularly the carpen- ters, and, as usual, resort to sluggers and stool pigeons. It is alleged that two men arrested have “confessed”—that Mooney and Ciifford are to blame for their. attack on two scabs, Robert L, Allen and George Wood, Jr., last week, Russians and Ukrainians Will Have Concert and Dance November 14 A concert and dance will be given by the Russian and Ukrainian Work- ers’ Clubs on Sunday, Nov. 14, at|castile soaps made by Armour & Co. Walsh’s Hall, corner Milwaukee, Em-/o¢ pejaware, owned by Armour & Co. ma amd Noble Sts., beginning at 4:30/o¢ Chicago, are in fact not castile Pp. m, Tickets in advance 50 cents, at} soaps, because animal fats, ncluding the doors 65 cents. Tickets are for | tallow, are used in place of olive oll sale at the Workers’ House, 1902 W. | in their manufacture, says a complaint Division St. and at the office of The| made public by the Federal Trade DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washing-| Commission. It quotes their adver- ton Blvd, lisements as false statements, WORKER WRITERS! JOIN CLASS IN WORKER CORRESPONDENCE, FRIDAY INTENSIVE activity to develop and strengthen the worker correspond: ence movement in the Chicago district will be launched at the first meeting of the class in worker correspondence to be held Friday night, October 29, in the editortal rooms of The DAILY WORKER, third floor, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Illinois, wR The class will meet weekly on Friday nights. The success of this class last year indicates that an excellent response can be expected dur- ing the fall, winter and spring terms that lie ahead. All phases of worker correspondence will be developed. The class will not only write for, but help edit The American Worker Correspondent, the publication of the worker writers of The DAILY WORKER. : The class will be under the general direction of J. Louie Engdahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER, assisted by Harry Kletzky, who super- vises the Worker Correspondence Section of The DAILY WORKER. Special lectures will be given from time to time, on the various phases of worker correpondence and on problems confronting the labor movement by the members of The DAILY WORKER editorial staff, in- cluding William Fi Dunne, Thomas J. O'Flaherty, Harrison George and * Thurber Lewis. Talks will also be given on such subj as shop papers, wall papers, living newspapers as well Jay Lovestene, M. A. Stolar and Nancy Markoff, come ADY FOR WORK,FRIDAY NIGHT, s August 4 montheMm LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27.—Continu- ing the effort to imprint in the record of the Aimee McPherson hearing the footprints of the evangelist from the hut in which she was held captive, across the Mexican desert to the vil- lage of Agua Prieta, the defense ewill Tecall Constable D, A. Ash of Douglas as a witness today. Ash will take up his story of finding the pastor’s foot- prints in the desert where he dropped it with adjournment late yesterday. The defense hopes to prove thru Ash, and another witness to be called to- day, that the tracks described were near a shack that might easily have been the evangelist’s prison, Witness a Boomerang. Detective Lieutenant Ralph Alyea of Long Beach, a defense witness, turned out a boomering for the evangelist when placed under cross- wasiineron— (FP) — so-cattea | | F, L, P, CANDIDATES TURN examination. Aleya testified that R. A. McKinley, the blind Long Beach attorney, who was approached by two alleged kidnapers of, the pastor as their medium for asserted ransom de- mands upon Angelus Temple, told him that he did not believe Mrs. Me- Pherson was really kidnaped. Even while the evangelist was thought drowned in the surf, Alyea testified, McKinley said Mrs. Mc- Pherson “went away for a reason” and was trying “to stage a big come-back.” Form Branch of Negro Labor Congress With Live Group at Topeka TOPEKA, Kans., Oct. 27.—A branch of the American Negro Labor Con- gress was formed in Topeka Sunday afternoon with a dozen members and three live officers. Wm. Bills, presi- dent of the Hodcarniers’ Union, dele- gate to the A. N. L. C., of last year was unanimously elected president. Z. G. Epps, as secretary with union Negro and white workers as members. The mass meeting had a good at- tendance with representatives from Topeka Industrial Council and other unions present who addressed the meeting. Carl X. Stewart, organizer of the Kansas City A. N, L. C., made the principal address. Dan Richmond, ex-organizer of the A, F. of L., a mili- tant fighter and T. B, Garnet, report- er of the Industrial Council of Topeka and H, Oenier from ‘Kansas City spoke. The officers and members launch- ed into the work at the start with enthusiasm and the second meeting has been called for next Sunday. TO SERMONS WHEN HALL IS DEWIED FOR POLITICS (Special to The Daily Worker) SIOUX“FALLS, N, D., Oct. 27— Tom Ayres, candidate for governor of the farmer-labor party, and John G. Soltis, farmer-labor party speaker trom Minnesota, will assume the role of preachers here Sunday, Oct. 31, A meeting was arranged for the Coliseum on that date by Alice Lor- raine Daly, but the mayor declared that the Coliseum could be used only for “sermons” on Sunday, and would not give his permission for the meeting. Miss Daily then coun- tered with the offer that Ayres and Soltis would preach sermons instead of “political speeches.” The mayor had to give permission then, So on Sunday Ayres will preach a sermon on the text: “Render there- fore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.” Soltis’ text | “The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the son of man hath nowhere to lay his head.” They are selected from Mat+ thew. No matter what your ailment, for’ {to become better citizens breakers, Workers Disillusioned, But if any worker had the illusion that the American Federation of La- bor would condemn the Citizens Mili- tary Training Camps and would fight against them, well, they have been disillusioned. Not only that but it seems that because the State Federa- tion of Labor demanded “that the con- vention of the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor condemn the purpose and function of the Citizens Military Training Camps and oppose eveTy move on the part of the employ- ers to organically connect the Amer- ican Federation of Labor with the War Department to further aid the bloody plans of the imperialists or to in any way help in the recruiting of young workers expected to setve as cannon fodder in the next war,” the reactionaries in the A. F. of L, went out of their way by not not only ig- noring the resolution as they usually do on such a proposition but actually have taken the first step in connecting the A. F. of L, with the War Depart- ment. The executive council did this by visiting the C. M. T. C. before the convention of the A. F. of L. and bringing in a report by which it claim- ed that the workers benefitted from the training that they received in these’camps and that it taught them and that they improved by the discipline and it was claimed by some that they de- veloped good trade union members. Open Shoppers Favor C. M.’T. C. The workers must find out for them- selves, th€y do not even have to go into. the Citizens Military Training Camps but only look over the list of the chief backers of the C, M. T. C., the trade union smashing capitalists; to see whether or not these individu- als could pursue a policy of making good trade unioh members out of the young workers who are lured to the camps. A few of them are J. P, Mor- gan & Co., the Pennsylvania R, R. System, Armour & Co., Argerican Su- gar Refining Co., Western Electric Co, These companies contribute in one way or another to the Citizens Mili- tary Training Camps. Besides such notorious people as Atterbury, Charles G. Dawes and Guy E. Tripp of the General Electric Co., are on the advis- ory committee of the C. M. T, C. as- sociation. Now could any of the above train good union members for the labor movement when all of them are openly against trade unionism even in the form as expressed at the present |time by William Green, the president of the A. F, of L. They will not even except his crawling and picking up the crumbs which they throw to him. ‘The only way that the A. F, of L. will be forced to fight against the C. M. T. C. and against the connecting of the A, F, of L. with the War De- partment {is if the rank and file puts up a fight in its unions as can be clear- ly shown that it was not the leader- ship of the labor movement in’ Penn- sylvania who wanted the resolution passed but it was the rank and file. The resolutions committee which was composed of the following officials: John A, Phillips, Typographical Union; Thomas Kennedy, U, M. W. A.; Peter Bollenbacher, Brewery Workmen; Is- aac L. S. Smink, Typographical; Rin- aldo Capellini, U. M. W. A., brought in a recommendation that the resolu- tion on the C, M, T. C, be not con- curred in, but in spite of the fact, the convention concurred in it by 100 votes in favor and 20 in opposition. It would be well to take into consid- eration the discussion which went on and who was the one who opposed the recommendations of the resolution committee, i In the whole discussion with the ex- ception of President Maurer who spoke against the resolutions commit- tee we did not have another official in the convention that spoke. for the res- olution. All others were rank and fil- ers. Each one of them condemned militarism, some of them who have been across and have been fighting in the last world war for “democracy,” in no uncertain terms condemned mili- tarism in every form, A Rank and File Resolution, Though the Pennsylvania State Fed- eration of Labor has passed the res- Expert Diagnosis and Quick Results/olution in Pennsylvania as yet the executive council does not seem to be Dr. Af J, Scholtes, Oe carrying out the decisions of theatate 2447 Lorain Ave., Cor. W. 26th St. CLEVELAND, OHIO, —— Meir a7W " Pree examination if you bring with you ad federation. ‘The resolution called; “that the incoming executive council of the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor be instructed to immediately sal Wi salle << eins question as the State Federation of Labor condemned the Citizens’ Military Training Camps most vigorously and declared Military Training ¢— wage a state-wide agitation and organ- ization campaign against the Citizens Military Training Camps.” As yet this has been left undone. It also in- structed its delegates as follows: “that we instruct our delegate to the forthcoming convention of the A. F. of L, to present this resolution to work, speak, and lobby for its pas- Sage, to commit the American Federa- tion of Labor to a policy of opposing the C. M, T, €.” But avcording to re- ports which came from the convention about all that the delegate did was present it. He did not speak for it, doubtful if he did very much else to see that it was passed. He meekly stomached the resolution presented by the executive council and did not even vote in opposition to the executive council’s report, according to reports. The way that a struggle against. mili- tarism must be developed in Penn- sylvania is thru the young workers themselves engaging in the struggle | to force the State Federation of Labor to live up to it@ decisions at its last convention, And not only start a fight in Pennsylvania against militarism but in the United States as a whole. Jingo Youth Bodies Adopt New Name Mergers seems to be the order of the day and .the “boy misleader” loatriotic organizations are no excep- tion to the rule. The United~ Amer- icans, an organization formed to in- ject the jingo.brand of Americanism into the .foreign-born youth, has merged with the American Sentinels which performs the same operation on the native, youth, The merged body is now known as the American Vitizenship Foundation. The Bygecu- tive Committee includes a well-known list of ‘militarists and capitalists among which are, Joseph B. Strauss, president; Admiral] William A. Mof- fatt, U. 8. N., director-general; John J. Mitchell, treasurer, By its close alliance with such bodies as the American Legion, the C. M. T, C. and R, O. T. C. the organization is organ- ically connected with the war depart- ment. Oppose Evangelical Child Labor NEW YORK OITY—The American Association for the Advancement of Atheism has accused Dr. John Roach Straton, fundamentalist pastor of Cal- vary Baptist Church of “religious prof- iteering” and “in illegally employing a@ child evangelist.” The letter of the association to the pastor declares in part: “Having made your charges against us of being immoral, why not seek to justify them in public? You are quite welcome to address our meetings in Carnegie Hall Sunday evenings. If there are among us any assassins like David, any cut- throats like Moses, and degenerates like Lot, we want to know it.” ‘The association conducts a. regular open forum in Carnegie Hall every Sunday evening and all young work- evs are invited. to hear the argu- ments of superstition vs. the mater- ialistic point of view. Continue Military Preps. WASHINGTON, D, C.—The young workers should begin looking towards the next session of congress which convenes in December which will continue the frenzied war prepara- tions, The biil which is alleged to conscript labor and capital during a period of war will come up for quick action. The real intent of the bill is to create a dictatorship with absolute powers to conscript labor power—and ‘the government will co-operate with the big capitalists to regulate produe- tion. OUR MOTTO 3 Q's Quality, - Quantity - Quickness _U-EAT Restaurant and Lunch Room ‘ 1232 W. MADISON ST. Dr. Abraham Markoff has returned from "U. S. SR and Rosumed Dental Practice at "249 E. 115th St. — New York Tel. wehigh 6022 ( 4 +. e —