The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 27, 1926, Page 4

‘ page Four ¥ THE DAIL¥eWORK News and Comment Labor Hducation Labor and Government Trade Union Politica TOOHEY BACK IN UM, W, AFTER 16 MONTH EXPULSION Left Miices | Reinstated by Int’! Committee (Special to The Dally Worker) SCRANTON, Pa,, Nov. 24, — It has been ascertained here that the com- “mittee representing the International Executive Board of the United Mine Workers of America, * composed of John J, Mates, District 9, John Ghiz- ronl, District No. lin, District No. 1, appointed at a re- cent meeting of the International Ex- ecutive Board to investigate the ex- pulsion and conduct a hearing on the appeal of Pat Toohey, expelled mili- tant miner, has handed down a deci- sion in the case recommending rein- statement of ‘Toohey with all former rights and privileges enjoyed prior to his expulsion. First Time. This decision has far-reaching polit- ical. implications, inasmuch as the International has never yet reinstat- ed a member expelled for political reasons. This expulsion case is a result of the activities of the left wing dur- ing the anthracite srtike. Cappellini, President of district No. 1, had Too- hey and August Valentine, expelled frori membership while they were serving a sentence in the Lackawan- na county prison for strike activities. No Compensation. The decision of the International committee also specifies that Toohey be not accorded or permitted any compensation for the sixteen months loss of employment and membership in the union, due to his former local unjon defying the district executive board when the board commanded th@ local to expel Toohey which the local refused to do. ‘MUSTN'T CONTAMINATE LIBERTY CRADLE WITH RADICAL’, PLEADS MIKE (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Nov. 24.—“The cradle of liberty should not be contami- mated by radicals,” said Councilman Michael J. Ward of Robbury in the first and only protest to be received by the mayor against permitting An- thony Bimba, Lithuanian editor, to speak at Fansuil hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed. “This man Bimba prides himself on being a Communist,” said the outraged Mr. Ward, “and he comes to Boston to preach that doctrine. 1 protest against his speaking there on the ground that it is a dangerous doctrine.” 2 and Dennis Bris-| BALTIMORE AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS SCABBED ON CLOAKMAKERS BECAUSE OF CORRUPT OFFICIALDOM BALTIMORH®, Nov, 24.—Labor conditions here for the members’ of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union are so miserable that most of them, instead of working at their owm trade, are working on cloaks, gcabbing on the striking New York cloakmakers. The deplorable situation in the A. 0. W. under'the corrupt Hillman bureaucracy was described here today by H. Sazor of New York, representative of the national needle trades section of the Trade Union Educational League, who ¢— is making a tour of needle trades cen- | work on women’s cloaks. ters, “Of course, it wasn’t organization Don't Work at Trade. work that the A, C. W. did, but scab- “In the A. C. W, there are about/bing,” continued Sazor. “However, it 8,000 members, with at least 10,000) wasn’t necessary even for Cohen to of the trade unorganized,” Sazor said,|send the tailors, Reductions in wages “Most of the 3,000, however, don’t !{n the A. C. W. organized shops have work at the trade, | cloaks at present, The run to cloaks|into the cloak-making work as soon was so great after the New York/as the New York strike brought the strike began that when it was decided |opportunity, They will go to work to tax the A. C. W, mebers with one|most anywhere in order to make a |dollar a week to help the strikers, the | living!” workers refused to pay. Presents T."U. E. L. Task. “ ‘Take the tailors out of the cloak | Sazor emphasized the fact that the shops, instéad of collecting the money | wage reductions and general demoral- from us,’ they argued.” {zed conditions prevailing in the Cohen is Responsible, Amalgamated shops gave the left wing | Sazor said that Sam Cohen, repre-|2f the union a real opportunity to | sentative of the A. C. W. joint baard,|4ght the Hillman-Beckerman-Levine was largely responsible for sendin; achine, It is the task of the T. U. the Baltimore tailors into scabbery.| ¥. L, to create a big movement against | Cohen made the excuse that it was/ wage reductions, To clear the way, a |a correct policy to send union men in-/ strong opposition is being built up na- to unorganized shops in order to help| ‘ionally against the false union lead- unionize the shops, But instead of|ers, who are responsible for the de- sending them into the unorganized |bacleyinto which the A. C. W. have men’s garment shops, he sent them to |fallén, They work on/|been so drastic that the tallors rushed | | Organize the Wome By VERA BUCH. HE need for the organized partici- pation of the women folks in strikes is forcing itself more and more upon labor leaders. The unorganized woman is a millstone. Isolated from her husband’s struggle, not under- | standing, seeing only that the pay envelope does not come in ag usual, she sends her husband, with nagging and complaints, back to work. Give her, on the other hand, a chance to know what the fight is all about, show her her own place in the working- class struggle, and you have an ally | that will fight to the death to win the union’s demands. All economic and social forces are | pushing women more and more to an awakened class-consciousness. The world war started an influx of women into the industries. Low wages of the men are driving them constantly in the same direction. This double exploitation of the shop and of the | home forces this most backward sec- tion of the working class to rebel. | But this smouldering discontent and rebellion must be utilized by explain- ing the issues at stake and by organ- izing the women for action. Passaic Shows the Way. The Passaic strike set a splendid example of what can be done on this field. The cloakmakers, inspired by Passaic, have organized their wives. Now the paper box makers on strike are awakened to the need of drawing jin the women, The fight of the women in Passaic merits earnest consideration. Labor leaders may well’ study the marvel of Only a Few More Days Remain in Hundreds of slogans submit are almost ready for the judges. gans REACHING THE OFFICE later than the last mail on November 30. SLOGAN CONTEST = November 30 ted for The SUNDAY WORKER To these will be added all slo- OF THE DAILY WORKER no On December first the judges will begin consideration of ‘slogans submitted for prizes and winners will nounced within a week following. ey PAs / K / is 7 ; SS Some of the Slogans Submitted ‘3 i. Militant Working Class Paper For All) Clans Conscious Workers"—P, Hoffman, | Bronx, N. Y. “A Revolutionary Tonic For the Prole-| tariat”—Sherman Chang, Philadelphia, | Pennsytvania, ‘Messenger of Fact And Workers’ Cham-| Klasgye, E. Liverpool,| “The Expression of Workers’ Tife and Struggle’; “The Life of the Workers; the Belence and Art of Organization’ — E. D. Banner, Denver, Colo, “The lame of the New Masses” Terch of Revolutionary Spiri Levin, Chicago, ill, “The N Champion” ; Journal of the Sanford, Sah Leandro, Cal. “Cheerful News Kor the Strand, Boston, Mass, “The Weekly Arsenal of Communtat| Thought And Action”—-N. Reichenthal, Loe Angeles, Cal, ~ . ey ! Masses" rt | Name CHY se be an- Sit down for a moment and think up a few slogans. strikes you forcibly, “like a knock on the head” When the idea SEND IT IN! Win one of the seven prizes: FIRST PRIZE: $50 worth of books; SECOND PRIZE: $25 worth of books; and $5 worth of books each to the next five best slogans. All Slogans Must Be In the Office of The DAILY WORKER No Later Than Tuesday, November 30, THE SUNDAY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill, My slogan for The Sunday Worker: Street , SEAL sesccccmsorpmesssemenes n for Class Struggle a strike that ig still strong after ten months. The organized participation of the women -had much to do with the remarkable vitality of this strike. There, from the beginning, the left wing leadership made special efforts to draw in the women. They had their own mass meeting, where the issues of the strike and the problems Of their own lives were ex- Plained to them. Then the Working- ;women’s Councils were orgapized, |which drew in not only the striking | women but the wives of strikers and |Sympathizers. The United Council of |Workingelass Housewives opened | kitchens for the children, which the women themselves conducted. The ; Women’s Councils went in for strike |work with scabs and on the’ picket |line. .They raised money for relief. |The housewives for the strikers’ chil- |dren at Victory Playground. An or- |ganization of women has been built up which has not only been a power- ful support of the strike, but which |the women will maintain after the |strike is settled. “ Cloakmakers Follow. In the fourteenth week of the:¢loak- makers’ strike the union called. the wives of the men to battle. It or- ganized them into committees and set them to work at visiting scabs and generally stiffening up the strike. The women responded eagerly; at last they were a power in a great strug- gle; their confused, half-conscious yearnings and rebellions were crystal- lized into a conscious fight to win their husbands’ demands. With the strike settled the women will keep their committees. The United Coun- cil of Workingclass Housewives is helping everywhere to organize the workers’ wives for the workers’ strug- gles, Movements spread quickly, as the battles of the workers come thick and |tast. The 3,000 paper box makers of New York City have been on strike for eight weeks against low wages and conditions of miserable exploita- tion. Women, most of them young sirls, constitute 70 per cent of this union, Shoulder to shoulder with the men they have marclted on the picket line, taken the blows of policemen’s clubs and gone to jail, Housewives Open Kitchen. Pinched by the continuation of their strike, the union leaders, Caile, Mar- kowitz, George Powers and Henrietta Ray, called in the help of the United Council of Workingclass Housewives. Nov, 12 they came to the office of Kate Gitlow, the secretary of the or- ganization, and asked her to help them in establishing a strikers’ kitchen. She spoke at a mass meeting the fol- lowing Saturday afternoon and imme- diately organized a committee of ten women and five men to conduct the kitchen, That was Saturday after. noon. On Monday the kitchen opened, with three women as managing com- nittee, The strikers flocked into the Churgh of All Nations on lower Sec- ond Avenue, New York, where it was housed, They were fed plentifully and well, They enjoyed the satisfac- tion of eating in their own union kitchen, the funds for which came from organized labor. In keeping up this kitchen, as well as in the other work of the strike, the women will be drawn in more and more, Yes, the backward slaves, crushed by the century-long exploitation of the “|home and the new burdens of indus- .|try, ane at last awakening. The women are learning that only by throwing themselves into.the strug- gle for power which the working class is waging can they free themselves from those bonds w! hamper their awakening thirst fh freedom, for knowledge, for 4 Policies and Programs The Trade Union Press Strikes—Injunctions Labor and Imperialism | GENERAL TRIES TO GET LIBERAL | TEACHER FIRED Is Inflamed at Expose of Society | By LAURENCE TODD, Federated Press. WASHINGTON, Nov, 24.— Fascist |bullying of modern-minded teachers in the high schools of the national cap- jital, attempted by Amos A. Fries, | major-general in the army, chief of | the chemical warfare service and’ com- |mander of the American Legion in the | District of Columbia, has met a set- | back, The board of education, in executive session, has refused to act on a de- mand by Fries, couched in terms | worthy of Mussolini, that Harry Flury, teacher of biology in the Hastern High School, be dismissed. The offense al- leged against Flury is his authorship jof a definition of socialism, printed in the Forum for October, Protested Article. Superintendent of Schools Ballou received a letter from Fries, signed | “Major General, Commander of the American Legion,” etc., calling atten- tion to this definition and protesting against Flury’s being retained as a teacher. Fries denied the truth of the indictment drawn by the teacher against American industrial society, which read: “Socialism is a big question mark. lt asks why, with all the wonderfully productive machinery and improved methods of organization, the workers afe still slaves. It asks why civiliza- | tion is so cruel and ugly. It asks | why ilttle children still toil in facto- ries. It asks why those who create do not enjoy the advantages of what is created, why those who build auto- mobiles walk, those who build Pull- mans ride in boxcars, those Who build palaces live in hovels. It asks: Is not the industrial civilization we have created a Frankenstein that has made itself our master?” * “Un-American Radical.” Fries wrote Superintendent Ballou that these sentiments were “in only slightly different form the statements of the Communists that our govern- ment is bad and should be overthrown, if necessary by force and violence. This is just the type of un-American radical that the Afmerican Legion and other patriotic organizations are bit- terly opposed to.” He pompously demanded word from Ballou as to what he proposed to do about Flery, and said he would “await your reply before taking it up” with his patriotic crowd. Called On the Carpet. Ballou tried to serve the fascist }cause, but lacked nerve, He called in Flury and asked him to explain his own opinions as to American indus- trial society. Flury asked Ballou whether he was being questioned*by a plain citizen or by the superintendent of schools. When Ballou said he spoke in his official capacity, Flury smil- ingly replied that he never discussed his political, religious or economic views in his capacity ag a public’ school teacher, since that was clearly improper for a biology teacher, Bal- lou then told him to write the board of education on his position, since the Fries letter would be sent to the board for action in executive session. Bal- lou remarked that Flury-was confront- ed by a “serious situation,” and asked whether he had read Scott Nearing’s book, “What Happens to Teachers Who Think.” He was astonished when Flury replied that he had; in fact, Scott Nearing had been his instructor in economics at the University of Pennsylvania. $ A month passed. No word from Ballou to Flury that he was safe, No word from anyone. Finally a group of press correspondents heard of the fascist antics 6f Fries, atid smoked out 2 CONFERENCE OF P FUNCTIONARIES IN Ni, Y. TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—On Sun- day, Nov. 28 at 10 a. m., at the party office, 108 East 14th streot, there will be held a conference of all party functionaries to Ilsten and discuss the report of the fast meeting of the Central Executive Committee held In Chicago, The following must attend the conference: All officers of all shop and street nuclel (including F. D, nuclei); all members of section and sub-section executives; all organizers and secre- taries or trade union fractions; all of the district executive ; all members of district sub-committees; all members of the D. E. C. of the Y. W. L.; all editors, ints, etc., of all party papers (members only). Other party members are invited to be present. The reports will deal with the Situation in the U. S. Our Trade Union Work and the Party Reor- ganization, All must bring the party member- ship book with them to gain admis- sion. A roll call of the functionaries present will be taken. Please be on time. Harlem Section Has Two English Classes Every Tuesday Night NEW YORK, Noy, 24. -— The Harlem Section of the Workers Party announces that the Elementary and Advanced English classes are going WITH THEY jCONDUCTED - BY TH Young Pioneers Find Work in Calumet Region By PAUL A. BUCHA, The Calumet steel district is located in the Calumet region at the head of Lake Michigan, As the name sug- gests, this region is a steel center. This is where Judge Gary and his like have many of their plants located. And as there are many steel plants many workers are employed, and all of them are unorganized, However, during the great steel strike in 1919 this region was one that was most affected by it. Many Pioneers saw how the strikers were beat up by the police and militia. Four strikers were killed in this dis- trict during the strike, two of them ex-soldiers who fought in the “war for democracy.” At the burial of those who were killed the strikers had a large parade. This shows that at that time there was some kind of organization among the strikers or steel workers. Since the strike the jsteel magnates have got the best of the workers and now the steel work- ers are unorganized and have no | union, The conditions of the steel workers in the Calymet district are very bad. This was shown by the explosion of one of the large mills in Gary, Ind. Many workers were Killed just be- cause the company was too lazy to re- pair a steam pipe which was leaky. This is only one incident where many workers are killed, but all over the Calumet region workers are being killed or injured not only by explo- IS NG WORKERS LEAGUE Labor Leader and Royalty “Welcomed By Bankers At the recent banquet of the cham- ber of commerce of New York, state there were present 700 of the leading big capitalists of this country, such names ag John D. Rockefeller, Jr. heading the list. Besides that there was present the head of the labor agents of these gentlemen, Mr. Wil- liam Green. For the rest of the story we pres- ent our readers with two quotations from the pen of B. OC, Forbes, finan- clal writer of the Chicago Herald and Examiner: 1—“Time was when the New York chamber of commerce banquets were not addressed by any labor leader— or, for that matter, by any representa- tive of our farmers, The chamber used to be fonder of honoring royalty than of honoring trade unionists. It stil’ entertains royalty, But the re- ception accorded trade unionism’s re- presentative was no less cordial than that accorded Queen Marie a few weeks ago.” 2—"Mr. Green, by the way, made an address which resounded with vig- orous common sense, enlightened tolerance, ringing patriotism.” sions, bitt by the machines where they work. These machines haven't any safety devices, Child Labor in Mills. In many of the mills there is child labor, where the children work in the same rotten conditions as the older workers. These children should really be at school, but it is impossible for their parents to send them there, be- Vetcherinka and dance will be given |C@US¢ their parents, who are mostly by the Harlem Workers’ Center on |steel workers, are unorganized and 7 3 | they get very low wages. ug tangata eee a ety “* | "“Hven tho the child laborer produces % tS just as much, and even tho he works in the same place as the older work- ers, he is given, less wages, just be- cause of his size. Many of these chil- dren are killed like their parents are. All these children need to be or- ganized; the Pioneers are here to do The Chicago Workers’ School class|it. It is not easy to organize these in the Elements of Communism will | children because the steel magnates meet Friday as usual, 8 p, m. sharp | have worked hard trying to stop the at 19 So. Lincoln St. with Comrade | organization of the older workers anc J. Cannon as instructor. All members |children and they have succeeded so of the class are asked to be present, |far.. The methods they used were and on time. The assignment is in | those that most all bosses use—the the Elements of Political Education |church dnd the schools for the chil- pp 26-33; 169-181. dren. inceinpiabionisdbeabihes Many big bosses use the company Weisbord Speaks unions to fool the older workers, while in Many Cities on every Tuesday at 7:30 p, m., at 81 East 121st St. There is also a class in Fundamen- tals of Communism every Tuesday, at 8:45 p. m, * Comrades and sympathizers are asked to come on time at 81 East 121st St., New York. s+ Harlem, N. Y., Workers ey to Entertain J. Cannon to Lead Chicago Class in Communist Elements here Judge Gary is even afraid to or- ganize a company union, because a company union would at least give the workers some idea of the need and meaning of organization. So Gary won't even organize a company union, With all these rotten conditions in the Calumet region great labor strug- gles are bound to take place here in the future. The Young Pioneers will then be ready to take their places in the struggle. The great steel strike is an example for us. We are striv- ing to better organize than during the strike, and we will do it. Rochester, N. Y., November 25. ing at Elwood Hall, ception, Nov. 27 at Work- ers’ Forum Hall, 36 West Huron St. Pa., Nov. 28, Central Labor Me Ohio, Nov. 30, 7:30 p. m., Hippodrome Hall, High street. Youngstown, Dec. 5, Ukrainian Hall, 5252 W. Rayon street, 8 p. m. East Liverpool. Ohio, Dec. 2. Canton, Ohio, Nov. 3. Akron, Ohio, Dec. 4, Ziegler Hall, id, _ 6, Moose Auditorium, . Dec. 8, Majestic Theater, wooded and Wills. Flint, Dec. 10. Muskegon, Dec. 11. Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 12, Work- fae Temple, 347 Mt. Vernon id, Dec. 13 and 14, 8. Ml, Dec, 16, Mirror Hall, vi get eden St. Children Have Poor Eyes. NEW YORK.—Examination of pub- | ite school ehildren reveals that poor leyes is one Of the most common phys- ical defects among pupils. GINSBERGS Vegetarian Restaurant 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue, LOS ANGELES, CAL. Milwaukee, See ie, Freie Gemeinde Hall, Eight and Wainut Sts. Affair for Novy Mir Given December 25. | at Workers’ House The Chicago Novy Mir worker cor- respondents have arranged a vetcher- IN PHILADELPHIA reo inka for Saturday, Dec. 25, at the|There are only two places to ea Workers’ House, 1902 W. Division St., HOME AND AT for the Denefit of the Novy Mir, Rus- Hartung’s Restaurant sian Communist weekly. All friendly organizations are re- 610 Spring Garden St. Homo Open from 6. a. m. the fact that the board ‘in secret ses- sion had decided to do nothing—at least for the present, Flury tomes up next spring for salary increase; he may hear from the thought-controllers then, . Fries Notorious, Some years ago Fries became noto- rious, and wag reprimanded informally by Secretary Weeks for putting clerks to work at making the “Spiderweb Chart,” a libellous document pretend- ing to show that most of the liberal and humane organizations in America were connected with the Third Inter- national, Some weeks ago Secretary of State Kellogg denounced Fries for ‘nis insubordinate attempts to kill the pending treaty for abolition of the uae of poison chemicals and bacteria in ‘war. ‘le . cn ener 3 ? de ( KEED THE Daly’ WORKER /- sodw police, quested not to arrange other affairs on that date. Cooking. to 7 p.m, Detroit Blower Works Blast Kills 3 Workers DETROIT, Noy, 24.—Three men were killed and several Injured in an explosion at’ the American Blower Works, according to reports to the fights with them in the everyday and interesting, Dead Men Tell No Tales, NEW YORK CITY—Peddlers of spooks, spirits and messages from dead bodies received another setback here by Mrs, Harry Houdini, wife of the deceased stago magician, She said that the “dozens and dozens of $1.00 a year Enclosed find §.... months to: messages” which mediums had given Name . her as coming from her departed husband were all fal They were |} AGAreH ssn not written {n a code which she had arranged with her husband to test CH, wn whether dead people telletales. « o mode % ‘ Children Help Passaia Strike; See Free Moviw DENVER, Colo—The Colorado La- bor Advocate is lining up the Denver children to collect money for Passaic strike relief, In response to & call issued by the paper Mr, B. Hootan, manager of the American Theatre has arranged a contest in which the child that turns in the largest number of “25e meals” before Dec. 18 will secure @ pass good for two people, which avill admit the holder to American Theater shows for a whole year. Big Crowd Sees Picture, SEATTLE, Nov. 24.—(FP)— The showing of the Passaic strike film here under the auspices of the Labor College and a committee of the Cen- tral Labor Council brought out a large crowd of trade unionists and worker sympathizers, All of the pro- ceeds above actual expenses go for the Telief of the children of the strik- ers. Death of 100,000 Babes Traced to Low Wages. Poverty is an important factor in the annual deaths of 100,000 infants in this country less than one year of age, says Dr. Robert Morse Wood- bury in a report issued by the United States children’s bureau, Use your brains and your pen to ald gives a true picture of the conditions in the industries, the workers in the class struggle, All China Is in Revolution To Understand the Great Events Taking Place Read CENING A record of China’s past and present which has brought about the upheaval of over four hunndred million people and the birth of a great Labor movement. With many maps, illustrations and origi- nal documents, — Novel binding—$1,00 hae eo J3 WWASHINGTON BvD CI THE YOUNG WORKER-- Is to the younger people what The DAILY WORKER fs to you, It Struggles of the workingclass, It It is lively Subscribe for Your Young Friends— 560 cents 6 months ess The Young Workers (Communist) League, 1113 W. Washington Blivd., Chicago, Hil. Send The YOUNG WORKER 108 ssvvsssse ERO likin