The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 11, 1926, Page 4

Page Four News and Comment Labor Education Labor and Government Trade Union Politica PULLMAN CZARS . CHANGE FRONT IN FAKE UNION Militant Porters’ Union Forces Fight NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Two Pulim company officials, czars in their di tricts, have been forced to bac down in their campaigns to intimida porters into voting inthe Employe Representation Plan, according to r ports received in the national heac quarters of the Brotherhood of Sle ing Car Porters. Change Tactles. Superintendent Mitchell of hy Pennsylvania dist ct, and Superin tendent Burr of the St. Louis district noted for brow-beating and threaten- ing porters who have refused to vote in the ‘company union elections, have been forced to change their tactics by the militant campaign of the Brother- hood, exposing their Simon Legree methods. At the beginning of the elections now in progress many porters were sent to the offices of Superintendent Mitchell with a notice “See Mitchell in regard to refusing to vote.” The Brotherhood is in possession of sey- eral of these notices. Fake Elections. The Pullman company has the forcing of the vote a definite pol- icy, both in the Employee Representa- tion Plan and in its cousin, the Pull- man Porters’ Benefit Association. made Elections for the latter were held in| October, and were marked by all_vari- eties of coercion and intimidation. Pay checks were held up and men held off their runs, in an attempt. to| force the men, who were disgusted by an open company steal of the pri- mary, to register a vote. Only the fighting spirit displayed by | the Brotherhood and the power of honest workers banded together for their own protection check many simi. lar abuses in the plan elections. There is ample proof that check with- ‘holding has been practiced in previ- ons elections. An Example. An example of this kind of illegal pressure is in the offices of the Broth: erhood, in the shape of a notation from the Second Assistant District Su- perintendent of the Pennsylvania Ternenal District to F. R. McGuire, the receiving cashier. It is as fol- lows: ‘The following P. T. (Penn Terminal) porters have not as yet voted. In order to secure every pos- Sible vote, please withhold their pay checks until O. K.’d by the chairman of the election committee, R. Lancas- ter.” | Company Uhion Must Go. | New Witness. Against tactics like these, the Brotherhood instituted its successful campaign. “The company union must go” is its slogan, and it will continue to defend the rights of the men Who wish to join an honest labor union that will protect their interests, against the Pullman officials who wish to force them to remain in powerless, non-representative, company control- led ‘plan.’ Wilt Erect Hospital for Negroes. NEW ORLEANS—(FP)—Negro ci- tizens will erect a hospital devoted exclusively to their race at an esti- mated cost of $300,000 to serve 120,- 900 Negroes in New Orleans and 400,- 000 in Louisiana. It is said that the various state hospitals for which the Negroes are taxed for upkeep, dis- erkminate against all but “white pa- tients. Haymarket 8 P. Speakers: William Z. Foster, Cannon, nat’l. sec’y., Intl. English. Fine Selection of ADMISSION Auspices: Pioneer Aidvand Memorial Meeting COMMEMORATING THE of the Chicago Labor Movement, Spies, Parsons, Fisches, Engel and Lingg, pioneers of the 8-hour day THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1926 at SOCIAL TURNER HALL BELMONT AVE. AND PAULINA ST, Pres, Painters’ Union No. 2 Organized Labor—Tr aaa Soa I {Xs It’s no good crying for th: Attempt to Railro (Continued from page 1) related to Goldstein by marriage to the latter’s wife's gister. Defense Plea. |. In his opening statement to the jury, Defense Counsel J. A, Miller, Wauke- zan, declared the defense would prove ants with proof of their activities miles away from the scene of the |.~time, but also would present. evi- dence indicating that Goldstein him- | self might have had the crime com- {mitted with the intention of profiting trom it financially. “We will show that just 60 days be- fore the cammission of the crime Mr. f;oldstein took out an insurance policy for $20,000 covering possible damage to, his property and is now suing the insurance company to recover on that Miller said. t | | policy, circumstances there that warranted | consideration on their part. Goldstein is scheduled to go on the witness stand Monday, when he wili be ques- tioned regarding the insurance policy for only $2,000 over the amount of damage he claims was done by the j alleged acid throwing crime. When the case was adjourned on |Friday to permit the cleaning up of }other cases in Judge Claire C, Ed- | ward’s court, State’s Attorney A. V. |Smith announced to the press that | Goldstein would be the only other wit- ness called by the state. The counsel for defense immediately had a sub- poena issued for Frank Czwwarsanski, an employe of the Goldstein Co., | whose name was on the list of w nesses for the state and who was ex- pected to corroborate the testimony of Ki in identification of Cece and Novak. He will be put upon the stand by the defense, and it is rumored ‘he | will tell of attempts by Kessie to force him to back up the latter’s testimony. Chamber of Commerce’s Hand. | Waukeganites who have been fol- lowing the efforts of Frank T. Fowler, ry of the Waukegan-North Chi- sec! |cago Chamber of Commerge, during Martyrs of the T. U. E. L.? James P. Labor Defense; Emil Arnold, 275, and others in German and Musical Numbers. 10 CENTS, Support Ass'n, and |. L. 0. aot only the innocence of the defend-| He pointed out | to the jury that there was a chain of | fh AN \\ @ moon. The sun is rising! ad Two Workers - the past few weeks to discredit the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America were amused when on Fri- day Fowler “blew up” as an important witness for the prosecution. For weeks Fowler had been preparing for his part in the case, when he was to tell, as he has thru the press on sev- eral occasions, of being in a Chicago | court a year ago when 62 officers and | members of the union were brought in from a raid on their headquarters dur- jtng‘a strike in that city and of their | being bound over under heavy bail, and also of brass knuckles, iron bars and other weapons of warfare that he says were found in the union head- quarters. (At no time has Fowler been honest enough to inform the | public that the cases against all of the 62 union members arrested at that time were latéMdismissed for lack of prosecution.) ; . Fowler's name was published in the list of witnesses to be called in.the case now on trial here. He closely |followed the examination of jurors and was seen by the Federated Press |eorrespondent conferring with the sheriff when the latter was starting out after new prospective jurors when the regular panel was exhausted. He was quoted in the press as say- ing that “the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union is on trial in this ease.” All of this, linked up with his repeated press statements during the strike at the Granert-Rothschild cloth- ing shop recently, which resulted in recognition of the Amalgamated by the firm, that the Amalgamated was an “un-American organization and a menace to any community,” created unusual interest in his part in the trial. Great was our disappointment, | however, when his testimony was lim- jited by objections by defense counsel, |sustained by the court, to his knowl- ledge of the alleged crime as it af- |fected the defendants. This meant that, instead. of boasting again of arousing the*community against the of $1,000 offered for the arrest and conviction of the offenders by the lo- cal chamber of commerce, his testi- |mony dealt merely with having seen | several bolts of cloth ruined by acid burns, The fact of the damage had ‘been previously proved by testimony of police officers, and so Fowler's tes- timony failed to create the sensation for which he had prepared the com- munity. Toy Balloon, To the writer, the picture of Fowler preening himself for a grandstand play on the witness stand and his de. | flation when, after only a few sce | tences, the state's attorney turned hin lover for cross-examination and De: |fense Attorney Short released him without a qué@stion, as too unimpor- tant to bother with, reminded her of a ee balloon blown up tight, from whiich one expects to hear a loud and shrill whistle as the air is released, and then, because of some defect, the bal- loon flattens with merely a little squeak, Frank Fowler's day in court “has came and went” and his promises |to “settle the Amalgamated in the eyes of Daukegans” flivvered—as did his efforts to frustrate the organiza- | tion of the Granert-Rothsehild clothing | shop by this unio) State's AttOfniey, Smith is assisted | by Assistant S| igs Attorney Block jin the trial. George Field is the third lawyer jn the brilliant coun- | sel for defense OT & ade Union Activities’ Amalgamated and. having a reward | THE DAILY WORKER Policies and Programs The Trade Union Press Strikes—Injunctions Labor and Imperialism REVERE MEMORY “OF CHICAGO'S 5 LABOR MARTYRS. | Observe the Memorable | Day: Nov. 11, 1886 | Albert R. Parsons, one of the most active spirits in the! labor movement |of the 80s of the last century, was a |leader in the eight-hour day campaign of that period, An excellent speaker, agitator and, organizer, he was one of After the famous Haymarket riot, when a number of his comrades were arrested and charged with having thrown a bomb at the meeting, he voluntarily surrendered: himself in court to be tried with his colleagues. He was sentenced together with Louis Lingg, Engel, Spies and Adolph Fisher to be hung, after a thoroughly shame- jful trial, with a prejudiced jury, and a judge whose reactionary class in- |stincts were ‘shown at every stage of the’ proceedings, Lingg was either | murdered, or committed suicide on the eve of his proposed execution. The other martyrs went bravely and un- flinchingly to their death. Just as the trap was sprung Spies called out from beneath the hood which enveloped his head: Last Words. “There will come a timé when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today!” Parsons’ last words—‘Let the voice of the people be heard.” were choked at the signal of the executioner when the noose tightened about his throat and strangled him. ; At Turner Hall, Since that day, November 11, 1887, workers everywhere have gathered every year to commemorate the Hay- market martyrs. The Pioneer Aid association, an organizat! which has kept alive their memory for two score jthe most popular working class | figures in Chicago. Framed-Up, | | years, and has maintained their graves and monument in A Seda Cemetery, together with the Interngts Labor Defense, will hold a Haymarket mem- ae meeting at Social Tarner Hall, ‘aulina and Belmont, on Thursday, November 1ith, with Emil Arnold, president of Painters’ Union, Local 275, James P. Cannon, national sec- retary of International Labor Defense, and Matilda Kalousek, who will speak in Czecho-Slovak, All workers are urged to attend, Admission is free. A subscription tv The DAILY WORKER for one month to the members of your union is @ good way. Try it. | 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 p. m.—Chicago Federation of Li bor Hour. 30—T hi Brevoort Concert Trio; Vivian popular songs; Bechiint cl Joe Warner, ch DONATIONS—NOVEMBER 3, CALIFORNIA— Gus Daubeneck, Caspi 6.00 M. &. Hellman, 5.00 5.00 5.00 , 10,50 2,00 5.00 Hartford 5.00 . Gotkis, Hartford 5.00 ILLINOIS— Chris Detsman, Chicago 10.00 Paul Larnnin, Granite City 1,00 Karl J. Maimstrom, Moline 1,09 J. Martens, Moline ..cvsssssssoen 2.00 INDIANA— W. P. Local, Gary cunnnnmennunnnn 6.00 KANSAS— 1. Hy Cotty, Parson wuss 2.00 MICHIGAN— Wim. We Adams, Detrolt seme Local, Eben Junction Local, Ironwood .. Finnish Working Women's Coun cil, Marquet NEW JERSEY— Oscar Dittrich, Paterson .. NEW YORK— Harry Offn Henry Reyonen, 5.00 Bishop & M 6.00 Scott Wilkins, Lima sajus 3,00 PENNSYLVANIA— Joe Baburich, McKeesrtcks 9.00 P. Hannes, Pitteburamin... 5.00, C. Leonard, Pittsburgh .. 4.00 ~ | 4 “ The Drive For $50,000 to _ KEEP THE DAILY WORKER / BY ALBERT WEISBORD ON, LENGTHY SPEAKING TOUR The following Is the schedule of the speaking tour to be made by Comrade Albert Weisbord, leader of the great Passaic textile strike: Worcester, November 12. Boston, Nov. 13 and 14, Scenic Audi- torium, Berkeley and Appleton Sts. Brockton, Mass., Nov. 15, Eagle Hall, Ward street. Lynn, Mass., Nov. 16. Lawrence, Mass., Nov. 17. Haverhill, Ma Nov. 18. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 19. Schenectady, N., Y., Nov. 20, Trade Assembly Hall, 271 State street. Utica, N. Y., Nov. 21, Labor Temple, 714 Charlotte street, 2:30 p. m, Binghampton, N. Y., Nov. 23, Cen- tral Labor Union Hall, 53 State St. Syracuse, N. Y., November 24. | Rochester, N. ¥., November 25. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 27, Elmwood Music Hall, mass meeting. Nov. 28, at 36 W. Huron street, reception for Weis- | bord. . Erie, Pa,, Nov. 28, Central Labor Union Hall Warren, Ohio, Nov. 30. Youngstown, Dec. 5, Ukrainian Hall, 525i W. Rayon street, 8 p. m. East Liverpool, Ohio, Dec. 2. Canton, Ohio, Nov. 3 Akron, Ohio, »Dec. 4, Ziegler Hall, Miami and Voris street, 7:30°p. m. Cleveland, Dec. 1, Dec. 6, Toledo, December 7. Detroit, Dec. 8, Majestic Theater, Woodard and Wills. Flint, Dec. 10. Muskegon, Dec. 11. Grand Rapids, Dec. 12. South Bend, Dec. 13 and 14 Gary, Dec. 18. Chicago, Dec. 16 and 17. Racine, Dec. 15. Milwaukee, Dec. 19, Freie Gemeinde- Hall, Eight and Walnut Sts. State Insurance Cut May Choke Exploiters SYDNEY—(FP)—So successful has been the state insurance office in New South Wales that the Labor govern- ment hag ordered’ a ‘reduction of one- third in the premium rates for worker compensation, The private insurance companies are angry at the govern- ent’s action, since they will have to reduce their rates also. Many are going out of the worker compensation business, The government is about to launch out on a home-building scheme for the workers. The government will follow the Queensland example of advancing to the workers almost the full pur- chase money, repayable by instal- ments, and hold as security a life in- surance policy*of the worker. Bosses Seek Child Workers, NEW YORK— (FP) — More child workers are wanted by the Natl. Assn. of Manufacturers. The association is charged by thé Natl, Child Labor com- mittee with opening a new campaign with its committee report advocating that children be allowed to quit school and go to work at 14. The manu- facturers ‘claim that modern educa- tional research sanctions such a move. The Natl. Child Labor committee, fighting for a quarter century for child protection, asserts on the contrary that recent scientific investigation justifies their stand that children should remain in school at least un- til 16. High School Teachers’ Strike WILLOWS, Cal.—(FP)— All high school teachers in Glenn County have goné on strike because the county treasurer has refused to make a traas- fer of funds to pay their overdue war- rants. More than 40 teachers in Wil- lows, Orland and Hamilton City, and 500 sympathetic students, have voted an “extended vacation” until the de- pleted school treasury is supplied with county money to pay the teach- ers. The strike has the approval of the boards of education and the coun- ty superintendent of schools. rok! Wanna NORKER WILL APPEAR IN DECEMBER. 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 WASHINGTON— WwW. a SPOKAMC svsssseeeserrrne 10,00 M. Fi Kenosha sevenenonen sone 25 Martin Howat, Kenosha sisssonie 1,00 "Math Miadjan, Kenosha vse 25 John Schmidt, Kenosha on. - 50 Cohen, Milwaukee . 1.00 St. Nuc. 1, Sec. 1, Milwauk 00 45. DONATIONS—NOVEMBER 4, COLORADO— Sideris Liratzis, DeAVer www 1,00 ILLINOIS— St. Nucleus 26, Chica G. Pasha, Chicago .... MICHIGAN— P. Ei P. Hahnel, New York Clty wun 2.00 oOHIO— MH) Claaland itn! 08 Wm, Sehmidt, anton WASHINGTON-— : F, Butorac, Seattle vuinumirccinm 6.00 Pre anda, Miiwauies glee” “8.00 eve cor, wal auton wen WITH THE. CONDUCTED = BY TH, Young Upholsterers Enter Fourth Strike Week in Hartford HARTFORD, Conn,, — Faced with two injunctions, with eight strikers arrested and with’ the ‘union being sued for $20.000.00 the strike of the Upholsterers Local Union No, 35 enters in its fourth Week of bitter | struggle. One of the firms, Goldman Bros. has already signed an agreement with the union, but two largest manufacturers, the Acme Upholstering Co., and B. Dworkin & Co, have secured injunc- tions forhidding. picketing and suing the union’ for $10,000.00 apiece. The union’s request to dissolve the injunc- tion will be heard by the superior court on Wednesday,’ November 3. 1926. The case of several strikers charged with contempt of court will also be tried at that time. | Entire Industry Tied Up. For two years the Upholsterers of Hartford have been trying to build a union, Active union men were fired and the bosses tried to force yellow: dog contracts. upon the workers. These attempt however all failed and now the entire fndustry in Hartford is tied up. The other shop of the B. Dworkin Co, in Springfield, Mass. has also been pulled out and this concern that has been fighting the union for years is crippled. The Upholsterers International Un- ion is giving a great deal of organiza- tional and financial aid to these strik- ers. In fact all the local unions in this industry are taking a great in- terest in this strike, as because thru long hours, low wages and brutal ex- ploitation 6f young workers, the Hart- ford manufacturers were able to com- pete with the organized centers. Cc. L, U. Promise Ald. ‘The Central Labor Union of Hart- ford has also promised financial aid and help in securing a favorable set- |tlement. With all these things in their favor the strikers expect a speedy vic- tory. In organized. centers the union per- !mits only one apprentice to five jjourneymen, but in Hartford and other non-union centers the manufac- turers have forced down their manu- facturing costs thru the intense ex- ploitation of four or five apprentices to one journeyman. They thought that thru thé use of young workers they would be safe from the union. In fact the bosses raise the wagés of thé mechanics in an effort to separate them from the apprentices who due to low wages and unhealthy condi- tions were beginning to think of or- ganizing a union, But all this proved useless, because the young upholster- ers of Hartford learned the value of a union and when they went on strike they were able to take the majority of the adult workers with them. The young upholsterers of Hartford ag the young textile workers of Pas- saic have proven themselves good strikers as well as loyal union men, Anti-Militarist Con- ference to Hold Meet LOS ANGELES, Cal.— Following upon a successful mass meeting’ held several months ago, at which three student speakers of the University of California delivered anti-militarist speeches, and an anti-militarist reso- ‘lution was unanimously adopted by over 500 who were present in the Music-Arts Hall, the provisional com- mittee to launch the “Anti-Militarist Conference of Southern California” was formed, with labor and student representatives. The, broad form of the movement is indicated by the committee sponsor- ing the conference. Reverend Robert Whitaker is a member of the national committee of the International Labor Defense; Fanny Bixby Spencer, of Costa Mesa, Cal., is a prominent pacif- {st leader in the: state, well known thru her anti-war activities in 1917 and after; Judge'J. H. Ryckman is editor of the Open Forum, weekly paper; Kate Cranelartz, of Pasadena, GET READY! * | Bronx Rebels’ Nite Saturday Eve., November 13, 1926 Extraordinary Program: “STRIKE”, by Michael Gold performed by Pioneers CONCERTINO SELECTIONS by Sam Baron» i RECITATIONS and DANCING Young and old are invited. _ Arranged by® YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUP, BRONX SECTION 1347 BOSTON ROAD,’ BRONX. UNG WORKERS LEAGUE well-known pacifist and anti-militarist leader, and Rev. ClintonsJ. Taft, South- ern. California director of the Ameri- ¢an Civil Liberties Union and chatr- man of the Los Angeles Open Forum weekly’ meetings. The secretary of the students’ com- mittee is J. Nelson Frank of the League for Industrial Democracy. The secretary of the labor committee is Sam Adel, business agent of the Paint- ers’ Union. The purpose of the con; ference to be’ called is “to conduct a campaign against military training for young workers and students.” Al- though the student and liberal youth will participate, an effort will be made to make the chief appeal to the labor organizations of Southern, California to take up the fight against the mili- tarization of the American youth. Youth Won in Philly Membership Drive PHILADELPHIA, Pa.,—Our league is awakening! The period of inactivi- ty, inevitable tho it was after the re- organization, is past. We may well say, that our comrades realize their tasks now, and with real revolutionary fervor have thrown themselves into our various activities, It is: understood, that our main tasks at the present are the membership drive and the Young» Worker sub campaign, We started the membership drive (officially) on International Youth Day. Altho we did not take in any new members then, but we succeeded in lining up our membership on the drive, and win some sympathizers. The campaign is conducted with the view of teaching the real American ~ working class youth, and the heavy industries are concentrated on mostly. Special leaflets are distributed at the shops and factories, and affairs to which the young workers are invited, are being arranged. Individual re- cruiting is stressed a great deal, .as well as mass meetings. Win Negro Youth. Our comrades seem to have fully understood the. significance of the campaign, for already we have some good results, First we have succeeded in winniig back a number of old league.members who fell out during the reorganization, and we got them busy in all our activities. We have also taken in some hew members, of whom the most important are 6 Negro Young Workers. Thru them we hope to reach the masses of young Negra workers, and get them into our move- ment, The campaign has just started, and we have outlined full details of work for the entire campaign. Of great importance is a mass meeting of Oct. 30, with Trumbull and Bentall as the princfpal speakers, , The campaign will-end with a grand ball, which in itself will serve as re- eruiting means. We expect to have a much greater membership by the end of the campaign, but what's more im- portant, we will have an active mem- bership, Push Sub Drive. Not less important In our work, is the Young Worker sub drive. To he gin with we expect to exceed our quota of 300 subs. -Already a number ef renewals and new subs have been sent in to the N. O., just at the outset of the drive. The first step taken by the D. B. C. to insure a successful drive, was to organize a special Young Worker com- mittee including in it all Y. W. agents, and that committee began functioning immediately. Boosters clubs are being organized thruout the district. A gen- eral affair for financial aid is arrangeq for the near future. Our slogan is: “The Young Worker must exist.” Although we concentrate mostly on these two campaigns, other activities are not neglected, We are doing good organizational work in the anthracite, We carry on anti-militarist activity, sports and other work, Our aim is to make the league big- ger and stronger, and therefore we must makeveyery campaign a success. We are doing it! Yes we are doing it! —A, Sokolov, GET READY! / WORKERS |