The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 12, 1926, Page 4

Page Four News and Comment Labor Education Labor and Government “ Trade Union Politica JUDGE TAKES SPITE OUT ON BOX WORKERS Fines Pickets Despite Contrary Evidence NEW YORK, Noy, 10. imposed $45 in fines upon four strik- ing paper box workers yester Tombs Court, The judge was e ly sore at William Karlin, ident attorney for fhe union, and took his spite out on the pickets who were brought before him charged with disorderly conduct. Last Monday Karlin had a tilt with the judge in regard to another case and yesterday venge, Disbelieves Girl. One girl, Eva Solansky, testified that she had been hit in the face by a scab and exhibited a bloody hand- kerchief as evidence, The officer who atrested her testified that she had interfered with scabs when they were leaving work at the Unique Paper Box Co., 109 Spring Street. The judge believed the officer, rather than the girl herself, and even tried to confuse the girl's testimony. Finding himseli mistaken about the testimony given by Miss Solansky, the judge fined her extra heavily to the tune of $25. Rebukes’ Attorney Another girl was fined $10 altho a witness testified in her behalf that she had not used vile language against the seabs nor had she accused the officer of taking Zraft from the employers, as had been charged. The jiitige refused to credit the testimony of the witness on the ground’ that she had been con- Victed of disorderly conduct previous- ly im the strike, Mr, Karlin reminded the judge that disorderly conduct is not a crime in the eyes of the law. The judge rebuked the attorney for not respecting the court and found the defendant guilty. Two other li girls were fined $5 each, One of Reba Goldstein. charged wit) ¢ ers “scab,” was confronted by her em- ployer, Joseph Paradise of 149 Woost- er street. Paradi a brought the charge and had r d. Mr. Kar- Mn asked Paradi ere Was not 2 certain animus ind his action. Paradise replied “No.” Loves Workers. Mr. Karlin then asked him if he “loved the workers” ‘in. his shop whe had gone on strike. The employer s id that he did, to the amusement of the “audience in the court room, Fred Caiola, manager of the union, announced last night that scabs work img in the Fleisig Paper Box Co., 207 Wast 12th Street, had quit work be- *ause’ the employer re d to pay hem the wages that he had promised hem for strikebreaking work. He also smmounced that I. Isenberg and Sons, 289 Alabama Ave., Brooklyn, employ- ng 21 workers, had settled with the | inion, Twenty-two firms sith the union to date have settled CHICAGO Entertainment and BALL SUNDAY, NOV. 28 given by | The Ukrainian Workers’ Club “rhe DAILY WORKER and UKRAINIAN DAILY NEWS—at . LSH’S HALL ukee, Emma & Noble Avenues Tickets 65 Cents DOORS OPEN AT 5:30 P. M. ORIGIN OF THE WORLD A New Book By Alphonse Guerten Origin of Species Presented In a New Light 35 CENTS A COPY Published by the author at ¢ ih State St. Chicago, GINSBERGS Vegetarian Restaurant 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue, *¥ ANGELES, CAL. ik . {day and fear - Judge Well | the judge has his re-| THE DAILY.WORKER MUST DOUBLE THEIR ACTIVITY By B. ac B. GOLDBERG. The progressive and class-conscious carpenters have realized for a long time that in order that their appeal should not be a voice in the wilderness and in order to spread and have their ideas permeate deeply into the minds plans and his own tactics. and tactics must be utilized in an or- ganized way and on a broad scale. When this idea became ripe in the |minds of the carpenters about seven | months ago, they organized the Pro- | |sressive Carpenters’ Club. This club | |aroused the sympathy of many non- partisan workers and did not disap- point its organizers with its activity. In the meantime, the disorganizing summer months arrived, and in spite jof the fact that these were the busy not favorable for organization work. It also had its effect on the activity of the club which did not utilize the op- | portunity of the busy period in order to organize the passive and disin-| terested carpenters, to strengthen the union and combat the reactionary {forces in our union. Work For the Winter Months. |The Progressive Carpenters’ Club was jable to outlive the crisis of the sum- mer months. of its existence. It has even now its to arouse all progressive carpenters to intensive organization activity. Therefore the time has come to ,ad- dress a few words to the progressive carpenters. Every progressive carpenter is more or less acquainted with the conditions lunder which.the carpenters are work- ling and what effect these conditions have on their jobs. How they rush the life out of each other and there is no one to complain to. The car penters can’t complain to their unton officials, who claim to be their “friends.” They notify the bosses and the one who complains is immediately McKEESPORT, PA, - PLATING WORKS Tin Platers Walk Out Against Extra Toil By GEORGE PAPCUN. (Special to The Daily Worker) {| PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov, 10.—Over 300 workers in the McKeesport Tin “late Company of McKeesport, Pa., walked out on strike on Noy. 8 The ught shift came on and supported the jay workers who had laid down their tools. 100 Per Cent. The workers are striking in protest against the addition of extra work to their tasks that, in effect, represents 1 reduction in wages of 15 to 20 per cent, More than 3,400 workers are pre |vented from work by the walkout. |Those who have downed tools are sticking together 100 per cent. They have held no meetings thus far, but a leaflet calling for solidarity has been | issued and signed by a group of work- ers, N. Y. Jewish Workers’ | Club Doing Good Work NEW YORK, Nov. 10, — The Bronx | Jewish Workers’ Club has, since its jorganization, succeeded in gathering juite & following. ‘ It can best be illustrated by the moz raisod for the Passaic relief— over $500—and_ by the 200 clothing bundles for the strike, It has held a, series of open air meetings to arouse sympathy and gather relief for the British miners. | Finally, it has pledged itself to raise {$1,000 for'the Freiheit in its ‘present campaign. The lectures the club has arranged recently with Comrades Marmour and Meilach Epstein have been a huge suc- cess, The next thing about to - staged will be the iterary evening and con- cert, with Uncle Sam Liptain and Sam Zibulsky, that pleasing tenor, who is one of the prize students at the Dam- |rosch Institute. This will take place Friday, Novem- ber 12, at 1847 Boston road. After the affair we will have a get-together for the active members and those of the sympathizers who wish to join us. McKinley Near Death, | MARTINSVILL Ind,, Nov. 10, — | Senator William B. McKinley, repub- lican of Mlinols, continued to sink to- was felt he might not survive the five relapses which follow- led an attack of neuritis and pulmo- ry congestion last August, | McKinley's condition Js becoming weaker daily, said Dr. Robert H, Hg- bert. A milk diet has replaced solid food. Send in a sub today! SLR MRE LOT Is |months for the carpenters they were | Now the winter months are coming. | It did not lose the root | organization apparatus which is able! of the broad masses of carpenters, it is necessary first of all for all progrés- sive carpenters to organize themselves. against carrying on work in a haphazard manner; All plane + It is especially necessary to guard each with his personal [control, because. Hutchison says it's | unconstituttonal, therefore the bosses jean do what they like with the car- penter and he must keep quiet. The Remedy. What's to be done? Can we remain passive and allow our union to turn |into a private business for a handful of politicians and grafters? Can we permit a situation where our leaders can do what they please with the pro- |gressive carpenters? They suspend members and expel entire locals only | because they don’t agree with their jcorrupt policies. Can we afford to |stand by and keep silent? Can we look jon with indifference when they are |leading us back to the old days when: a worker required the O, K. of the jemployer before getting a job? We still remember the “security tickets” we used to bring to the boss, And ‘there was no job without ft. No Passivity. Can we remain passive while we know that such’a situation is in- evitable because the -present prosperi- ty cannot remain forever. The leaders surely don’t care about us. They are well taken cara of. If $125 a week was not enough, they raised our dues and their wages to $200 a week. We can expect nothing from them. There- fore, it is our duty—the duty of all progressive carpenters—not to allow such a situation. We must unite our forces to -spread progressive ~ideas among the carpenters. We must make every carpenter understand that the union is for the workers and not for a clique of politicians. They should help us get rid of the corrupt gang whose place is surely not among the laid off, And since we have no job| workers. 800 STRIKE IN |LABOR COUNCIL OF -N. Y. SENDS Deh did Wiewiknccht Make Plea (Spécial to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—The Central Trades and Labor Council of this city voted last night to appeal to its mem- ber locals to render assistance to the heroic Passaic textile strikers and also voted credentials to representa- tives of the strikers allowing them to visit the locals in person and further their appeal. As an example to the locals, the central body donated $15 to the cause. This is the maximum al- lowed under its constitution, Told of Evictions. The action followed addresses by Gustave Deak and Ellen Dawson, respectively president and secretary of Local 1603, United Textile Workers, and Alfred Wagenknecht, relief chair- man. They pointed out that Governor Moore of New Jersey, Senator Borah and a committee of New Jersey pub- lic men had recently taken steps to bring the mill owners into settlement negotiations. Also, they said, land- lords had shown sudden severity in evicting families of strikers, and the gas company was denying to strikers the ordinary extemsions given to other customers, Crisis In Relief. “The crisis has come in Passaic,” said Wagenknecht, “and organized la- us thru. Incidents indicate that mill owners are in collusion with landlords and the gas company to force us to ‘quit and that the political parties see ap approaching end to the ‘want credit for ending it. Whether we return with the right to organize or funds. The mills are producing little and they want us hack. Our surplus of $100,000 (put aside from contribu- tions in the early days of the strike) has been used since June. The tex- tile industry all over the country is watching Passaic to see whether the workers will win and the mills be forced to raise wages and recognize the human rights of their workers. f WCEL Radio Program Chicago Federation of Labor radio broadcasting station WCFL is on the air with regular, programs. It is broadcasting ‘ona 491.6 wave length | seinbines from the Municipal Pier. TONIGHT, ' 6:00 p, m-Chicago Federation of La- bor Hour; E. A, Brabandt, Business Rep- resentative of the Retall Furniture Sates- men's Union No. 272. 6:30-—The GBrevdort Concert Trios Little Joe weranay Diese! Nyman, ac- cordion; John baritone; Anna Boehm. vont MOP olan ees ~ os, Orchestra, 11:30 Aland ainers. f PASSAIC APPEAL Organized Labor—Trade Union Activities ITHE PROGRESSIVE CARPENTERS bor in New York can do much to bring | strike and; Policles and Programs The Trade Union Press Strikes—Injunctions Labor and Imperialism UNIONISTS AID IN FIGHT FOR N, Y, TEACHERS ° ey * On Committee to Hit ° ee Discrimination NEW YORK, Nov; 10—Besides Wil- liam J, O'Shea, superintendent of New York city schools, couhsel, other school officials, there appeared -repre- sentatives of various patriotic organi- zations at the appeal of the American Civil Liberties Union against the ban on its members speaking in New York schools, Eugene C. Gibney and’ Julius gI. Cashman appeared for Women Build- ers, Dwight Braman for Allied Pa- triotic Societies, Inc., Maj. Richard A. Charles for American Defense Society, Mrs, George HB, Olds for Government Club and Federated Wonien’s Clubs, Capt. George L. Darte, Military Order of the World War, and Rev, Harry B. Bowlby, Lord’s Day Alliance, For the Civil Liberties appeared Samuel Un- termeyer, Arthur Garfield Hays and Roger Baldwin, protesting that the organization was unfairly judged as “un-American and unpatriotic” in its being on the schools Speakers’ black- list. The state department of education is expected to give an early decision on the right of the Ofvil' Liberties speakers to use New York’ schools. Members of the union tried to hold a free speech meeting tn Stuyvesant High School last June and were de- nied the privilege, Baggage Worker Is Killed When Struck by Newspaper Bundle SOMERVILLE, N. J., Nov. 10.—Ar- thur Butler, 24-year-old assistant bag- gage master for Central oad of New, Jorsey was killed at the Som- erville station when a bundle of news- papers struck ‘him, hurling, him against a telegraph pole. })° eH had been leading the bwndles on a train, which had just started to move. The car door caught one side of the bundle sticking out from the truck on which Butler had been load- ing and threw the newspapers ageinst the worker with sufficient force to knock him thru the air to the pole. His neck was brok Crane Operator Is Drowned When Cab Falls in Chicago Alex Donovan, 28, crane operator of Hammond, was drowned. Tuesday afternoon when the cab of the crane in which he was working: fell into the river at La Salle street, in the loop. NEW YORK, Nov. 10—Harry Pers- son, Swedish contender for the heavy- weight crown, today was indefinitely suspended by the New York state box- ing commission, The action was taken asa result of Persson’s fouling of Bud Gorman of Kenosha, Wis., in their bout at Madi- son Square Garden.two weeks ago. DONATIONS—NOVEMBER 6. are starved out is to be decided by | cALIFORNIA— fee Hoppe, Chicago + 5.00 Jd. W. Johnstone, Chica 3.00 MASSACHUSETTS— Arne Halonen, Worcester, 5.00 Vaino Jarvi, Wor e 10.00 Find Wot 5.00 | 8.00 NEBRASK AL Packing House Nuc., OMAhB sun OHIO— Nuc, 2€, Cleveland 4.00 Roy Hall, Cochoctor 1.00 OKLAHOMA— A. Merson, Oklahoma City ssn WISCONSIN— Finnish Workers Club, Kenosha 11,75 DONATIONS—NOVEMBER 5. CALIFORNIA J. Le Crego, Los An 60 | L. Jarvis, Los Ang 5.00 Ghailer, Oakland 1.00 Lilllan Belman, Chicago 10,00 John Fdenstrom, Chicago 5,00 Nels Engstrom, Chica 3.00 Earl Nadel, Chicago 6.00 A, Poreille, Chicago 6.00 Venla Siihhi. Chicago 5.00 MASSACHUSETTS— ‘ 4, 12.00 10.00 1,00 1.00 Me] rb | 15.00 | CROUCH REFUSES OFFER OF PAROLE FROM ALCATRAZ | Will. Not ‘Accept “Con- ditions” Information -which has been re- ceived here gives the report that Paul Crouch, arrested and convicted for re- volutionary activity among the Amer- ican soldiers stationed at Hawaii, who is now serving his three year term in Alcatraz military prison, has refused to accept a parole if it means that he must forsake all activities in the labor and radical movement in the future. It is known that the war department has considered the question of parol- ling Paul Crouch if he would consent to sign statements to the effect that he repudiated his activities for the working class and that he would re- tire to his home in North Carolina, where his father is at present resid- ing. Despite the fact that Mr, I. M. Crouch, his father, is in very poor physical condition and has suffered a great deal because Of the inability of Paul Crouch to lend financial support to his aged parents, his son, serving “time” in one of the worst prisons in the United States, refuses to give up the principles and ideals for which he stands for the sake of a parole. History of Case. Crouch was arrested with his com- rade, Walter Trumbull, and a num- ber of other privates and non-commis- sioned officers in the army after they had formed a legal organization known as the Hawaiian Communist League, They were convicted under a Hawaiian statute which provides pen- alties for the formation of secret or- ganizations, but the Communist League was not a secret organization, hold its initial meeting in the barracks and every meeting thereafter. Its of- ficial stationery was printed by the regiment printing plant and approved iby the officer in charge. The league was broken up, and Crouch and Trum- bull sentenced because the league stood for freedom from oppression of the Hawaiian sugar plantation slaves | and better conditions for labor and the soldiers stationed on the island. | Got 40 Years. Crouch was sentenced to 40 years | and Trumbull to 27 ‘years. These monstrous sentences aroused such a storm of indignation in American la- bor and progressive circles that the courts were forced to revise the sen- tences, giving Crouch a three-year term and Trumbull only one year. Trumbull's Tour, Upon Trumbull’s release he made a nation-wide tour for International La- bor Defense, which had taken up the case and conducted a big propaganda campaign in behalf of the two radical soldiers. The last report concerning Crouch | is an indication that he intends to stand as firmly as ever for his prin- ciples, even if it means the continua- tion of his prison term. Detroit Yeomans to Give Dance Saturday DETROIT, Nov.10.—The Yeomans Athletic club, Hamtramck Local of Labor Sports Union, is giving an in- formal dance and Vetcherinka, Satur- day, Nov. 13, at 6770 Grandy Ave. cor. Hendrie, the Russian Workers’ Club, Admission will be 25 cents, The affair starts’ at 7:30 o’clock sharp. Everyone is welcome. ‘ “Red” Denles Engagement. NEW. YORK, Nov. 10.— Reports |to make the activities of the Y. W. L. WITH THE. Y CONDUCTED = BY TH One of the subjects of the cur- riculum of our National League Train- ing School is Leninism. It would be quite important to take this phase of our school’s program and see what significance there is in teaching the students the fundamentals of Lenin- ism. “Leninism is the appHcation of Marxism {n the period of imperialism expressed in the activity of the par- ty,” says I. Stalin in his pamphlet on Leninism. This drives home the prac- tice of Leninism among the members of the Young Workers League. The most essential factor necessary more effective is that at least, the lead- ing comrades of the league should look into the economic and political situa- tion of the world, particularly the home country, from a correct angle; that is, the Leninist method. The comrades must clearly sea that we live in the perfod of imperialism, which is the “final stage of capital-| ism.” Our activities must always line up with this principal fact. Thus, for instance, the importance of carrying on anti-imperfalist and) anti-militarist work on a larger scale, must be understood by every active | comrade of the league. | The comrades must clearly under- stand that the stage of imperialism is a period of brutal capitalist wars, which will bring about the social reyo- lution; the emancipation of the prole- tarlat. We must necessarily apply our daily activities to this factor, as Lenin has taught us, Knowing the Leninist theory with- Buffalo Plenum Is Forward Step for League BUFFALO, N. Y—On November 7, simultaneously -with the celebration of the ninth anniversary of the Russian Revolution, there was held a plenum of the district committee of the Young Workers League here, Besides the Buffalo members of the district com- mittee, Comrade Esther Drawsky was present from the Syracuse League. The plenum opened with Comrade I. Greenberg, district organizer, in the chair,and Comrade Drawfsky as secre- tary... A report on the political and economical situation and the con- sequant. activities of the Workers (Communist) Party on the basis of this situation was outlined by Com- rade H, Benjamin, the party district organizer. In the course of his talk, Benjamin pointed out the need for a better co-operation between the league LENINISM AND NAT’L LEAGUE SCHOOL By ISRAEL PELTZ. | out its methods of practice is not Leninism. The Leninist method is a method of flexability, This means that we use the method as designed by Lenin as a sort of magnifying glass, and apply his teachings in practice to the given” situation, keeping the approaching so0- cial revolution in front of us as the guiding star on our jpath, Yet, this league school would be a total waste of time and resources if the students of it would consider all this a matter of mere generalities. When the school is: over“we must go back to the districts and strategically put into practice what Leninism teaches the party. The most important element. of Leninism is practical activity. We must broaden our work amongst the masses. This means every detail of our work. We, the students, coming home must broaden the activities of our respective locals in the trade unions, shops, clubs and all the other different organizations where working jyouth can be found, schools, colleges, jete. ‘ In short, we must see that the N. L. T. S. gives a great push to the league towards building a mass Young Work- ers League of America, The aims of the school ts not to produce some |new “theoreticians” for the league, but to prepare more practical “profes- sional” Communists for the labor movement, in accordance with the requirements of the epoch of im perialism. We are not Leninists until we put the theory into practice. Not with words, but with deeds! What Is this famous “COTZO- FANESTI"? Read Nov. 13 Is- sue of The DAILY WORKER! Get a copy of tne American Worker Correspondent, It's only 6 cents, and the party, that the league should make greater use of the party ap- Paratus for its work, etc. Comrade Nat Kaplan, representing the national committee of the league, then reported. He pointed out how the situation in the country 1s affecting the young workers. Progress has been made by the American young work- ers, particularly in the heavy indus- tries, etc. This has been’ made pos- sible because of the successes in the unification of our own forces on a correct line. For the Buffalo district, the most elementary problems faces us which shall result in doubling our from Los Angeles that he is engaged to wed Miss Marey McAllister, motion picture actress who played opposite him in a film,’ were denied here by Harold BH. (Red) Grange, footb: The Drive For $50,000 to KEEP THE DAILY WORKER / Totals Including Nov. 6—$14,992.70 BBsskessssssss yw o S98 seees. sa9esnasess0-p | 00 1.00 \ 00 00 | 50 Cyril ‘Lambkin 100,00 T. Mazinoff, Pot 00 George Zaickov, Pontiac 00 | MONTANA— U. M. W. of A,, Local 3574, Klein 6.00 NEW HAMPSHIRE— Paan We CONCOPA siemens 8,00 New YORK— Goo. Smolich, Long Island City... OHIO— Peter Ballult, Barton ,. 2.50 | L. Breyer, Cleveland . 60 | Frank Schmidt, Cleveland oo 6.00 E. Laurila, Warren RHODE ISLAND— Mardolta, Providence suns WASHINGTON wayne y GTTon pipiens me of Wilkeson por 00} 0. Gronndani, Weet Allie =F alae es ‘Wisco Drawfsky. On present membership. These elementary problems _ were then tackled in the reports of Com- rade Greenberg, Allquist, Laine and the economic-trade union field some work can be done in the form of propaganda in at least one factory employing youth labor in Buf- falo, Syracuse and Rochester. The comrades must join the union, take up the youth problems in the party frac- tions, etc. A course in the polit- minimum with elther party or league instructors will be undertaken. In Buffalo the league will help the Open Forum run by the various working class elements and try to attract new league members thru this work. Every member must win over at least one other member for the league and the educational work and the introduction \of lighter features must be insti- tutéd to keep these members in the league. These questions were all discussed in great detail. The possibilities for sports work was discussed for Buffalo and Rochester. For both these leagues the immediate steps to carry on this work was de- cided on in detail. The immediate steps to perfect the functioning of the league apparatus, the relationship with the national office, individual respon* sibility, more collectfve work, finan- cial problems, ete. were all discudsed. Altho little had been done for the sub campaign of the Young Worker | the plenum laid the basis for the doubling of the quota assigned this district. Comrades from Rochester and Syra- cuse were co-optated to the district committee and a@ secretariat consist ing of Comrades Greenbeorg,, Allquist and Laine was elected, The district committee will meet once every month and the secretariat will handle tech- nical matters in between meetings of the D. 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