The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 24, 1926, Page 1

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O'FLAHERTY by mail, $8.00 per year. | CURRENT EVENTS TRANGE to relate, when an “in- quiring reporter” asked five per- sons (his daily stint) what they thought should be the appropriate pun- ishment meted out to an alleged moron who abused a little boy and then murdered him, the five inhabitants of this he-town replied with monotonous wnanimity that the alleged should be taken from the moron, leaving the moron to stand on his own feet, with the proviso that he sit or stand in a bughouse. is “fe @ .T is true that one of the gentle females questioned suggested that hanging was too mild a punishment for such a crime, but since she could hot. think at the’ moment of a more painful method of killing the culprit she thought it might be as well to lock him up. This is a most amazing dis- covery in a eity like “this, where the rule’ is to have the population howl- ‘ng for the rope, all with the excep- tion of the jury, at least: where good lawyers and money are on the side of the murderer. “3 : soe ‘prose who thought States Attorney Crowe was out of the picture pre-! * dicted too soon. Considerably dis- credited since he failed to locate the murderer of “Hanging Bill McSwig- gin,” Crowe has vanished from the front page except on those rather humerous occasions when his name was mentioned in connection with vote-stealing and other activities indi- genous to political longevity in a cap- italist community. But let a dead body with signs of violence on it be found anywhere in Cook county and Crowe's, “I'll see that he’s hanged” has its daily tryout, in the press until the culprit is acquitted. NE can easily imagine the feelings of a parent whose child hag been mistreated and murdered by a pervert, but those who are not related by fam- ily ties to the victim can afford to take a more objective view of the foul deed. It is quite evident that the in- fliction of capital punishment {fs not a crime deterrent, Téfe imprisonment would seem to, fit the crime. Of course Mr. Crowe will rise in his moral majesty to protect public virtue, pro- vided our virtue ts mot endangered (Continued on page 3) WOMEN TEXTILE WORKERS IN _ MISSISSIPPI GET $464 YEARLY By LELAND OLDS, Fed A full week's work for $9:80 and a year’s work for $464. ed Press, Such figures do not come from China or India or Germany or Italy or Soviet Russia, but from the 100% American state of Mississippi. They are pretty close to the average wages for the work of white women in the industries and stores of that southern openshop paradise. The wage for Negro women is consider- ably lower, The figures are taken from a study of women in Mississippi industries by the women's bureau of the U. S, department of labor. The survey was made at the request of the state and with the ¢o-operation of employers, so the exploitation has not been painted - darker than the conditions warrant, 10 (Hours and. Mote, ‘The bureau foun as eight hours and that only 14.9 per cent had a regular week of less than 54 hours. Of the women 36.8 per cent worked regularly more than 10 hours a day and 26.4 per cent worked 60) (Continued on page & ne of the women Minsta- oN hed 4, rogular, workday ae short ¥ Entered, at Second-class matter September 21, 1938, a4 the Post Office by mail, $6.00 per year, REACTIONARIES MEET FOR WAR ON MILITANTS Right Wing Conference Gathers in N. Y. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Dec. 22. — War on militant trade unionism and in favor of worker-employer co-operation in New York and the United States was declared at a conference held Tuesday in Beethoven Hall when del. egates from right wing locals and trades councils met. The body is self-styled “Committee School two weeks ago by “socialist” officals of needle trades unions. Abraham I. Shiplacoff, manager of the International Pocketbook Work- ers’ Union was made permanent chair- man. Those who spoke to the meet- ing and whipped up the frenzy of the reactionary gathering against the left wing and Communism in the trade unions were Abraham Becker- man, manager of the New York Am- algamated Clothing Workers, Morris Sigman, president and Julius Hoch- man, vice-president of the Interna- tional Ladies’ -Garment Workers, Judge Jacob Pankin and Arturo Gto- vanitti. Plan “Demonstration.” The program adopted by the gath- ering called upon organized labor thruout the country to “rid the trade | unions of the insidious, inside en- emy.” An anti-Communist demon- stration to take place on an unan- nounced date will be staged by the committee, they declared. Progressive unionists see in this move not only a plan of the reaction- aries to assist Morris Sigman in |Baining controf of the N. Y. cloak- {makers who ousted his henchmen \from office, but also to further the |anbitration and co-operation polic} with the bosses, pursued by. thi fen On Green's Action. . That the action of William Green, president of the American Feder tion of Labor in stepping into the in- ternal strife in the cloakmakers’ un- ion on the side of one faction be- fore he investigated or made charger against the other faction, was unprec: edented was the statement of Louis Hyman, chairman of the general strike committee, Monday. “The American Federation of La- bor heads have never asked me for any information or asked about our side of the struggle. The action of President William Green in backing Morris Sigman without an investiga- tion of any kind is without prec2- dent and can do nothing but harm to the cloakmakers’ organization. Ths unjustness of the action is even more obvious when it. is known that the great majority of the membership is wholly opposed to the Sigman ma- chine. yee oe “Never Win Masses.” “Whatever benefit Sigman will get from his alliance with the American Federation of Labor he will never win the mass of the membership. The membership has always been with us. This has been demonstrat- ed time and time again and waa clearly shown by the mass meeting in Madison Square Garden Saturday. Decision to abide by whatever or- ders were issued by the joint board was made at two meetings of shop chairmen held at Webster Hall and Manhatten Lyceum Monday after- noon. Bosses Help Sigman, The close collaboration between Sigman and the bosses is’ shown by the fact that many workers have al- ready been told by the employers that they will not be put back to work unless they have registered with the international. It is hoped by the Sigmanites that economic Pressure will drive the mass mem- bership to register and “rgnounce Communism” when the shops reopen following’ the settlement soon to be announced by the impartial board. CLEVELAND FEDERATION OF LABOR BACKS FIGHT ON BILLS AGAINST ALIEN (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, Dec, 22.—Opposi- tion to discriminatory legislation against foreign-born workers was re- affirmed by the Cleveland Federation of Labor, representing 70,000 union workers, at its regular meeting. , bl Pending in congress requir- ing th istration, fingerprinting, photeneaithg, ete,, of nmlarens workers were denounced in a reso- lution adopted, and the National Council for the Protection of the Foreign-Born Workers, which has formed a branch in Cleveland, was endgreea , on| for the Preservation of Trade Un-| ions,” and was organized at the Rand € fs wing and fought against by the left. i trade unions as fighting organizations to. Fore. he ' FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1926 . Hilinots, Act under the of > 290 Published Daily except Sunday PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W. ‘as | “Follow the Leader!” Gives U. 9. Complete, Military Control (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. — The Re- public of ima will consider her- self in a of war whenever the United ef engages in hostilities. jing of the treaty be- countries just made state department, The in Republic, by this ae effect a 49th state as ole the ust ae fs to provide: unqualified de- fense of the’ Canal Zone, which was taken from Panama to begin with. The United States is given unqualified military contro] in all regions of Pan- ama, Freedom of military maneuvers in both peace and war is accorded the United Statesdn any part of Panama. Radio Control. The U. S. is given entire control of all radio apparatus, sending and re-| ceiving, in Panama. By agreement, the | airplanes of the United States army | and navy will fly over Panama un-} restricted while the planes of other nations are prohibited to do so with- | out permission by the U. S. The treaty also provides for the! virtual regulation of the currency of Panama. But in as much as United | States banks have for long been in| practical contro} of Panaman economy | this is simply an acknowledgement | of a status quo. Colonial Appendage H From now on, the only difference | between Panama and the forty-eight states of the union is that while Pan- ama has all the obligations to the fed- eral government that the states have, in actual fact, far from having their | privileges, the little republic is a colo- | nial appendage of the United States. BROPHY TICKET “DEMANDS TALLY ON MINER VOTE Union Laws Require Re- port—Ignored in 1924 (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Iil., Dec, 22.—With | numerous early indications giving | John Brophy and the “Save-the-Union” | ticket a lead over John L. Lewis and the administration in the United Mine | Workers’ election Dec, 14, the Brophy group is demanding that the union constitution be lived up to thie year by the international officers, Vote Report Required. The constitution requires the of- ficers to make a report in printed form of the vote, local by local. constitution further requires that this detailed report be sent to the secre- tary of every local union not later than Jan, 10, The object of these clayses was to prevent fraud in the count of ballots, | The Made Move in 1924, In the 1924 election, in which Lewis was declared the victor, no such re- port was minde, It is believed that failure to make the report this time will result im serious charges at the miners’ convention which meets in In- dianapolts the end of January, The bests way--ewdseribe today. N. Y. PAINTERS’ DISTRICT HEAD, ACCUSED OF GRAFT, IS BEATEN BY BIG VOTE IN UNION ELECTION (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Dec, 22.—Phillip Sausner, secretary of the N. Y. District Council of Palnters charged with wholesale graft by the membership, was decisively defeated In the election held last Saturday, Brother Wright being elected In hie place. The largest vote ever cast in an election turned out, notwithstanding the fact that money was lavishly spent by the Sausner ma- chine and the Forward, N. Y. Jewish Daily, had full page advertisements as well as articles in support of Sausner. All this however, could not retard the membership who were so con- vineed of the corruption and crookedness, that they came out to the polls in masses with the result that Sausner is no longer in control. It was Wright who led the fight for an investigation of graft In the district council. Court Decision Leaves Old Workers of Morris & Co. Holding the Sack| Pension funds are about as {n- tangible, as an asset, as a company ‘union. The.former employes.of Morris | the pensions, & Co., the big packers, who merged with Armour & Co. so learned from the appellate court which has’ ruled against them, For some years before Morris & Co. sold out they had a pension fund to which the employes contributed: three per cent of their wages. After the | merger, many of the employes trans- ferred their interest in the fund to a similar fund administered by Armour & Co. This left the Morris fund with only enough on hand to continue pay- ments to pensioners for 14 months. The Morris family disclaimed any legal responsibility for maintaining The court has sustained them. ¥ 4 By this decision another case of alleged class collaboration has come down with a sickening crash, with.the worker at the bottom of the debris. by THE DAILY WORKER shington Blvd., Chicago, IL t ber interests. the Philippine foreign police. NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents REPORT OPPOSES LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES Thompson Gives Views to U. S. Senate (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—No tw dependence for the Philippine te lands. Make way for American rub Air tight control of These | three sentences hit the high spots of the report on the Philippine Islands by Coolidge’s investigator, Col. Car- mi Thompson of the Ohio G. O. P. machine. The report was submit ted by the president to the senate on Wednesday. s the “mil Wood ad throws e govern hat only. a desirous from the | lnvestor’s Rep: Thompson jan investor's jsent to the i it is that Ar patentl report give the urns that they “ought and to fi ways and meang to enlarge the scope of these invest ments, All the recommendations jn the re- port are de d to this end: The sharp dism 1 of the question of | independe the recommendation lof civil instead of military control ak }a means towards a more settled eco- |nomic condition to allow business to |thrive; the suggestion that the fed- era] reserve banking system be ex- | tended to the islands; the demand on the Filipinos to rélinquish goveri. jment monopoiles ig certain products in order to attract U. S. capital; the Plan to extend the scope of the agri- cultural department of the United States as an aid to the development of the rubber producing islands; and finally, the request that no further legislation be—mgde for the presen poe —thus giving the executive. branch full power to revamp the islands for Wall Screet. ers’ Union was made permanent chai (Continued on page 2) Nine Men Killed in Chilean Mine, Under Ownership of American Capita (Special to The Daily Worker) 2 SANTIAGO, Chila, Dec. 22.—Nine men were killed today by an explo- sion in the North American Copper company’s mine at El Teniente. Uncle Sam’s Christmas Tree | se — _ ~ “<7 Nas OFFICE WORKERS - REFUSE DELEGATE TO THE RIGHT WING Reactionaries Fail to Move Office Workers (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Dec. The mem- bers of the Bookkeepers, Stenogra- phers & Assistants’ Union at a meet- ing held last night in the Rand schee! auditorium, defeated the proposiiion of the executive board to send obsery- ers to the conference called by the 22. Committee for the Preserva‘ion of + Trade Unions-—“preservation” mean- ing the elimination of left wing. pro gressive elements from the uations. Strong Opposition. The supporters of the right wing in the union believed they cotli put this proposition across by send- ing “observers” to “learn what it wae “31 about.” Opposition developed from the membership, who felt that the bookkeepers’ union, which has a task before it of organizing and strength- ening its own organization, should - not be involved in an internal strug: gle in which it has no part. The members who argued against it felt that such a conference could only cause bitter warfare which would @f- vert the attention of the trade from the task of organizing them- selves against the attacks of the em ployers, Made Threats, The officials of