The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 24, 1926, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER SENATE HEARS | PENNSYLVANIA REPORTS FROM 26 MORE LOCALS ‘SHOW BROPHY SLATE WAY AHEAD OF LEWIS MA CHINE CANDIDATES ANS QUESTION| GAME AS EXPOSE Build the, Red Sports of STRIKE T0 G0 Labor Against the Profit|| ON UNTIL ALL Further returns from miners’ locals in different parts of the country received by The DAILY WORKER show that John Brophy be he is maintaining a strong lead over John L. Lewis in all union dis- ports C0} t e apit ists tricts reporting to this paper. Besides the vote for the presidency i ‘ —_—- going strong for the progressive Brophy, the other national offices ed By J/ LOUIS ENGDAHL. — % Nearly 3 Miilions More bed given to the progressive candidates supporting Cobb, Speaker Incident Y a Big Rally at Passaic athe oF e fer py cauuien tins gi ° e Spent by G. 0. P. A report of the results received from 26 locals are tabulated as Only a Small Sample HE latest scandal in baseball will Take a look at the results of the Decides to Fight remain just “another scandal” announced “new financing” of the . (Special to The Dally Worker) 4330 1221 1217 2232 4060 A hard-driving baseball manager; a if workers are not aroused by it Victor Talking Machine for instance (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Deo, 22. — Listing lowa bisamne tuserod Denbo Four State | pitcher who was overworked to the against all sports for profit. which gets this headline in the New PASSAIC, Dec. 22. — The big tex- expenditures of $2,777,942 in the Penn- | prnsipENT— a. as Pa. West Va. detriment of his arm and sacked; an Defenders of the capitalist system | York Times: “$10,000,000 Paper Pro- |tile strike will continue until all the sylvanta republican senatorial primary] yewig 48 39 13 a 198 allegedly fixed game In 1919 upon pride themselves on the fact that | fit in Ten Days for Bankers Who | mills have settled with the union, last May, the Reed campaign fund Brophy 60 196 19 88 86 which two famous managers and two their social order offers personal | Bought Victor Co. Stock.” That is Jeight thousand textile strikers were committee filed a preliminary report | vion-pRESIDENT— star players bet several thousand] 841m, IN MONEY, as the great be id all very legitimate and the finance |'told at a packed meeting in Belmont with the senate on its Keystone state} urray ., 5B 14 69 132 dollars—these form the background of | 8 motive for human action. They capitalists behind the deal are laud- | Park Casino, Garfield. inquiry. Biavenson 165 15 89 a0 organized baseball's biggest public} ®™sue that without this’ incentive, | ed as “highly successful’ in the No Company Unton. The committee merely recited the | snonmTARY-TRPASURER— scandal since the crooked world} Prosress is aia Glalh profit game. Perhaps gantbling in The meeting rivaled in size and en- revelations of expenditures on behalt| Kennedy 40 16 16 61 Past series of 1919, Baseball's new scandal again | baseball, and other capitalist sports | thusiasm the huge rallies of the early of Senator George Wharton Pepper,! Brennan 38 141 8 67 oe The two managers are Ty Cobb of | Proves to the Se ain eo v will some day be lifted to the same period of the strike, which is now in Senator-elpct William S. Vare and] yorrig 31 16 4 sect na Detroit and Tris Speaker of Cleveland,| ‘UPting influences hatched by this | high plane of approval, its eleventh month. Gustave Deak, Governor Gifford Pinchot, without fil- The players are “Smokey” Joe Wood| Profit desire, and gives the lie to the But there is danger that #t won’t. | president of the United Textile Work- ing any recommendations, ase ite ee and “Dutch” Leonard. The. latter ee of capitalism’s big incen- | Inorder to be successful, from the |ers’ local, acted as chairman, and told The committee also reported of the : bist, 8 bles Ea ane ae an caused all the trouble, He claims Ty| “ve. box office viewpoint, baseball must |the workers that the strike would go inquiries held in Oregon, Washington Burgetts- i a Ohio | cobb “pushed” him while he was in = se words of Hebert B. | have the support of large masses of |on against the other mills until every- and Missouri and in each case de- pg the box for Detroit, that, as a con-| (“Dutch”) Leonard, who spilled the | peopie, including many workers, who |one of the struck mills had followed clared there was no evidence of slush | pRESIDENT— ‘ sequence, his arm gave way, and Cobb| beans, “Why or Mate aya pane are whipped into an hysterical local | ‘he example of Passaic Worsted, Bo- and recommended that the investiga-] Lewis , 0 4 48 181 33 87 then tried to sell him to a minor} & careers! patie Sane Walk patriotism by the kept press, that | any Worsted, Garfield Worsted, and tions. be dropped. Brophy 64 108 108 222 142 150 13] MASS eR {hodeee APNGES aad: Abbess to. |) Sten mnee eenentrmc es emopeat Tile. pode, ayaniy (abd et aioe Have Contempt Case, VICE-PRESIDENT— : Fixed Game. yeakat (iris Bpaukey former man. | ‘282 to any other sport. nized the union, The committee launched its first |) Murray .. 1 b4 53 169 45 2 Leonard charges that the four men taer & clepela) pity lay wavs It is necessary, therefore, to keep A He year a meeting th rv contempt case by formally citing] Stevenson oe ae 96 201 124 130 | involved fixed an end season game] feured he was too big to be touched. the game as clear of crookedness |Forstmann & Huffmann workers to Thomas F. Cunningham, Vare Lieuten- RETARY-TREASURER— between Cleveland and Detroit and] w, » | 88 Dossible. Or it must at Ipast |cbnsider piané for carrying-on and in- ‘ z ae Well, he knows now that he 1g not. resent a picture of cleanliness, |tensifying the struggle against the ant, to the r his refusal to} Kennedy ‘ 1 45 38 53 29 53 | laid several thousand dollars, or tried eee ge: te Bibewte th cot peonic ex. |Yorstmann @ Hettmann plantd “ath mswer < s concerning contri-| Brenna to, on the outcome, The bets were es ations feats Vare fund. The com-| Harris 5 q “ Fi ae a ne not all ptaced: Only a few hundred ae Fog Sa erect isan cited <sver‘a), Sercokeds baseball). | Mr: Riotnbola in aieae: 1) Seslise ie mittee asked the senate “to take such 4 was won between them. But Leonard Ban ene the most highly salaried in | SAMe Just as it 1s to develop en- the, oni Bisons We epi Mee ee ction as the senate may deem : claims that this little incident is only hae thusiasm over a framed prizefight, |ion we will have, is the United Textile a 3 , Local: 44 85604407 3917 459 «920 106 5686 the land, Salaries granted college tit atch, horse race or other | Workers’ Union of the American Fed- proper.” Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio Port Whisette Verona |@ Sample of the way it works. professors, scientific workers and More paelbar pag ‘g eration of Labor and not the dead Rap Manufacturers. carbon Pa. th Soned patie es oon aN te similar categories are pigmy in size, | SPorting even! apes! cartiou. ot & Soaineny Maia “Added to this purely political con- | PRESIDENT— . 008 0S eee S| Yet it is well-known that gambling, Fight Goes On, Says Coco, test was the determination on the| Lewis . BL MEL 88 tae ak ap dy ee ing | Bismttiannt hak Ro eoah Rod SPEAK: | hig desing to minke more mony, Rud | toe Serene Pedros eeoiutain Chiel Organiser Good predicted. ia part of the Pennsylvania Manufac-] Broph 79 59 119 33 81 7 104 |& Tetired from the game this year—| in 4 hurry,’ permeates the whole Tanita Gite vk the crooks, a favor- |eatly settlement in all the mills, stat- turers’ Association, under the leader-|VICE-PRESIDENT— wealthy men, The investigation being | capitalist sports structure, especial- ae 7 shathod, - J ing that “the bosses ohe’ by one have ship of its president, a wealthy manu-| Murray .. 35 89 36 16 57 14 112 agg ad tf igi gl rags bes ly baseball. Clark Griffith, of the Ok Satie ander capitalism will |been convinced that the only way to facturer of Ea: lvania and Stevenson 16 66 59 28 7 13 98 M. Landis can only sift a Aer, nti Washington American League téam, never ofadicate crime: ag lotig ‘ds settle this strike, the only way to an experienced Joseph R.|SECRETARY-TREASURER— about this specific ease. The Drinci'| for instance, openly declares that, | fm capitalist crime-breeding system |Have Deace in the mills, is to recog: Grunds, to elect J isher, cor-| Kennedy en a) ae ae a3. |iee are oe meer oped “There was no great crime in Wash- | =”) iee tandis, the red-baiter, | ize our right to have a union of our poration and railroad orney, and to} Brennan 34 58 40 20 74 15 56 “Any. as nat ki * nucle base- org patageec ap ote apy ie eee ic ag the toe of the working class who }oWn choosing. They thought to starve defeat Edward F, Beidleman for the] Harris 7 1 01 ny One SS ee ther | Xictory ins 1912, game with the | ite name to the Landis Award [ts begging back, but instead we go republican gubernatorial nomination prac EU LH onli Pitas: ny geen ie Boston Red rt : plan to inaugurate the “open shop” |back in victory, with our union to pro- and thereby prevent the repeal of an 3 é - 1 tect us, But the fight js still on excise tax on coal mined in the state, spe Auses ae oaane Mldway cane: santo eit som | follower. to 16 eae. WORKER: ‘Thus it is not necessary to enter | !" the Chicago building brah cane against those mills that uve not yet ' : fi in Dist. 1 in, Ohi Alby Pitts- Harpers. | «There ig too much money involved in into the question of whether there | Will never catch all the crooks in ag advocated by Beidleman, and in. io Dist. 1 bron, ville, “ -& t beta miaoMiee has, beott into ai baseball because the profit motive settled, the Forstmann: & Huffmann, sure the manufacturering interests | pRESIDENT— ane One | built up around the game and the line | {5,27 truth to the charges made bY | vi aiways be there to breed new |tHe Gera and others, And T want to continued freedom from all state cor) Lewis 118167 38 40 33 26 11 niaet, a game honestly won or lost ee ries gered ihe crooks, And the profit desire is al- |Say to the workers trom those mills porate taxation,” the report said. Brophy 353 BSL 59° 188 192 64 23. anid ons ‘thrown’ {Ab too thin, ‘The Fear lp sohdtigl ‘The tact re. | Ways there to get even the boasted | that the fight will continue until those Absolve Oregon, VICE-PRESIDENT— . present airing of @ very minor in- iti ‘hit protentionid baseball, | “commissioner of baseball.” mills too are brought s pennies the In its Oregon investigation, the) Murray 18 1700-201 36 38 48 29 12 | cident that happened many years ago} part of the profit system, is con- phi bie lrgrib 2 oo st hi ge committee reported convinced] Stevens iin SOl MRS BIS 59, 179 ~=—«168 56 21 is only a drop in the bucket of what! qucted for the money that there is The present scandal also draws at- | wionism is hauled down in every one the charges were unfounded that the |SBCRETA.:Y-TREASURHR— ja real investigation would reveal.” in it, and the players and managers tention again to the contract system | °f the piss Fe bias Portland Electric Power company had| Kennedy 16 97 105 30 30 60 26 12 Chicago ball fans may also be heard] 41. out to get what they can, just | under which baseball players are Seidl oe o aut ‘ofthe paid the Portland Oregonian $35,000] Brennan 75 222892 40, 150 140° 44 20 | to inquire why it is that Judge Landis | ag well as the owners of the teams, | held as virtual peons. It was the Sh ron' ialinsbid eel aha 2) to oppose the candidacy of Senator} Harrie .... 4 118 . 221 25 30 12 15 has been so reticenft,about ‘making | whose takings run into the millions | ‘smart of his chains that forced ares basi ea or! eid eas ee Stanfield of Oregon, pubyle the facts in this particular case.) oach season “Dutch” Leonard to “get even” with a Oe a pated Py F a is —~/~-The- committee also found that the rtainly could \a ebeenun-|. ce ae Cobb, who solf him for, $5,000 to jthing possible was being done , broadeasting station WCFL is on the charges made in the Washington sen- atorial eléction that $100,000 had been spent on behalf of A. Scott Bullit, the democratic nominee, were unfounded. It did discover expenditures of $28,000 on behalf of Bullitt, the report said, but the committee “believe the charges of excessive expenditures were unfounded.” High Cost of Crime Absorbs Big Amount WANTED: For “Xmas Eve Party” in Chicago— Donations of cakes and cookies, for the buffet lunch; and packages and ar- DAILY WORKER IS FEATURED AT BIG FREIHEIT AFFAIR Exciting Event Friday in Philadelphia (Special to The Daily Worker) known to the commissioner, they say, that Speaker and Cobb retired for reason, The case also reveals that Landis has been conducting hearings on it for some months past, The press learned of the case, not thru Landis, but because “Dutch” Leonard “talked.” Thompson Report Is Opposed to Freedom for the Philippines (Continued from page 1) To question the right of players to gamble on their own victories might direct attention against the gamblers on the boards of trade, the chambers of commerce and the stock exchanges where gambling has been raised to the high art of financiering. Instinctive- ly baseball players think they have the same right to “throw” a game, that the big capitalists have in “rig- ging” the market for their own pro- fit purposes, : To be sure the hauls that lure the Vernon, Calif., refusing even to allow him to buy his own freedom. Leonard was thereby denied a privilege often extended to the black slaves ‘of the South in the days of chattel slavery. When the slave, Leonard, protested against over- work, he got the reputation of being “the Bolshevik” on the team, snr 8 This latest scandal must not re- main “just another scandal.” It should be another urge for the work- ing Class to develop its own sports, assure a victory in all the mills, XMAS MEANS SOLIDARITY FOR WORKERS Christmas, 1926. What will it mean to the members of the working class thruout the The steel cells to restrain PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 22.—The ; a.| baseball players into profit-taking fostered thru its own dine raeyir ys United States? International Labor those who will be | p in Cook ticles of all kinds big Freiheit Ball, to be held here} Pointing out. that political a “| are oftentimes not large. The money | Against the sports - proat o ota Defense answers the question by call- county’s new jail wil $1,400,000. sp ie in io Hall, the largest in this city, iarta had Seen eee gg won in the present scandal is re- ones esp aad Red Spo ing on all workers to express their The construction companies’ bids for | eye on Friday night, Dec. 24, Christmas bias the islands, Col. SOD + | Dorted to total only $160. the working class. solldarity with the class was prisénets fi siee criminal court Building and |For t_ of Political nv. Promises several surprises, | “Not ay : + pee eis ts held behind prison bars, who realize jail, opened by the county board, risoners! among which is the noyel DAILY |"°w capital, but many 7 1 | more keenly than any how much: bun- > $4,67 5,179,885. . ? WORKER Mask, vestments are regarded unsafe. eae i in ‘penile Etin Bring to 23 South Lincoln that has caused aiaie oMlaeieee As for the Filipinos’ demand ir pss oda PERFECT HENRY DUBB bprewreniy ere ngerbe asia bs % 5 ? ,| Street or on Friday Eve- i dependence, Thompson said that for , ee cn 6A ares ning to the West End Hall, sbintetvan ius Se the United States to relinquish con- WORKED 75 YEARS FOR earth.” cal work, which will add some- 000. el thing like $1 Ashland and Monroe, feature ever thrust upon an unsuspect- ing crowd of merry-makers in the trol at this time would mean “eco- nomic disaster” in the islands and UNION REFUTES SAME BOSS; NO HOLIDAY Christmas parties are being held thruout the land by branches of the The total cost will probably use up Quaker City, prt I. L. D. on Friday night, Christmas wr eeoe Ss ono aechorice { HUTTTUUNAERGAUAEAREETMMMMED | Sensstionas ave mit coments. iterntins! =| EADWARD) CHARGE! sve scour waar sive nev neon [ive Boe. 24 to tune ands forthe by the voters in referendum. ° The ball itself is staged amid sen- Military Rule. dis mi di A Mr, Justice political prisoners. All of the pro- The bids, besides being passed upon |Ohio Town Demands _|sational surroundings. For months| peterring Wma “uitary rule of — ati Ae pry ceeds will go to bring the message of y the committee on public service, will receive the scrutiny of a citizen's committee, headed by Joseph R. Noel. WCEL Radio Program Chicago Federation of Labor radio air with regular programs. it is broadcasting on a 491.5 wave leugth from the Municipal Pier. TONIGHT. 6:00 p. m.—Chicago Federation of La- bor Hour. ‘ Exciting Feature, officials.” This is a hint of Wood’s| munists and left wingers.” h 0 |of the party, which have been elabo- {i “4 he B c Trio; | tional Labor Defense, the American story Is that the bosses have to g' * ‘ Feo ahi aaa) Manek eveaaas, eds Civil Liberties Union, and the Work- To cap the climax came The DAILY | withdraw: Seeks Support From All. all the way to Canada for this va- | rately Planned, there will be « “tele- f cordion; Anna Boehm; Lucky Wilber. 9:00—Alamo Cafe Orchestra. 11:00—Alamo Entertainers, ‘OUR READERS garding corruption and graft in only widespread but are more o which facts are easily gleaned. them. We insist, however, tha GATHER SOME FACTS. The DAILY WORKER is interested in securing facts re- Freedom of Speech YORKVILLE, 0., Dec, 22.—A big mass meeting will be held here at Miners’ hall on Sunday, Dec, 26, to protest against the interference with free speech and constitutional rights, which occurred when the sheriff of Jefferson county prevented the pro- posed celebration of the ninth anni- versary of the Soviet Republic on Nov. 6 The protest meeting will be under the combined auspices of the Interna- ors Party. Admission is free—even if speech isn’t, CAN HELP US the labor movement, It is one of the characteristics of the American trade union movement that graft, dishonesty, corruption and gangsterism are not r less looked upon by the mass of the membership as something to be expected, The importance to the workers’ movement of studying this condition in all its ramifications is at once obvious. The larger cases of this kind that have come under the searchlight such as the Brindell incident in New YO k, are of a nature from . But there are innumerable local samples of corruption more obscure and that can be ea- posed only by persons in the locality and in touch with the facts. Our request ig that readers who are interested in thig study and who know of such cases do us the favor of sending, as briefly and clearly as possible, the main facts concerning t the material be composed of the workers directing the affairs of the Freiheit have spared no effort to make known that the affair on Christ- mas Eve will eclipse all other doings of its kind this year, The manage ment got the largest hall in the city and then-it went out to get the masses acquainted with the features of the forthcoming event. Huge posters dec- orate the city's billboards. These sen- sational pictures have been the talk of the town since they were put up. A veritable stream of people is head- ing toward the gigantic dance floor. WORKER Mask, with its mysterious labyrinths and spiderlike coaxing of the innocent to come and have a peep at the printing press, which stands at the entrance to the cave, Further along is displayed the process of get- ting out the paper, mailing it, hus- tling it out to the street, newsboys calling out the “Wuxtras!” And then —well, the rest cannot be divulged here. It will be the excitement cor- ner and the narrow escape lane thru each sightseer must pass—uncon- sclous of any of the plots that are to be sprung along the road to freedom, Vie for Attraction. It is tow becoming @ question as to the greater attractiveness—the ball itself or The DAILY WORKER Mask. Both will be marvels of mirth tick- lors, Ten thousand dancers are ex- pected. All above that number will be turned away for lack of room. The place is Elks’ hall, Broad and Vine streets, The time is Friday even- ‘ng, Decomber 24, is in Philadel- phia, where the eit and The DAILY WORKER are booming, the Philippines, the report says: “The military atmosphere of the present administration has been un- ‘ortunate in its reaction upon the Tilipino leaders, The governor gen- oral, himself a distinguished soldier, is surrounded by a group of Ameri- cam army officers who serve as assis- tants, aides and confidential advisers. These officers have excellent mili- tary records, but evidently lack training and experience in the duties of civil government and in dealing with legislative bodies and civilian Recommendations contained in Thompson's report weré: “That Mindanao and Sulu should not be separated from the rest of the islands, but that Ameriean control be strengthened in the Moro country, Federal Reserve. “That the federal reserve system should be extended to the Philippine Islands; “That one or more federal land banks should be established in the Philippines to provide loans at rea- sonable interest rates for the farmers who now pay from 12 to 30 per cent interest; “That the Department of Agricul: ture establish a sufficient number of experiment stations to properly de- velop the agricultural resources of the islands; Amend Land Law. “That the Philippine — legislatur: should amend the Philippine land laws, with proper safeguards, so as to bring about such conditions ag will attract capital and business experi- ence for the development of the pro- duction of rubber, coffee and other tropical products some~of which are Declares All Sections Co-operate in Strike (Special to The Dally Worker) : NEW YORK, Dec, 22.— The paper box workers’ union of New York which has been on strike against the box makers’ association for 11 weeks has made public a statement the ob- Ject of which is to refute the charge made’in an article in the socialist Jewish Daily Forward to the effect that the union is “throwing out Com- ‘The statement declares that the un- ion seeks support in its struggle from all sections of the labor movement. It reads as follows: 9 “We, the striking paper box mak- ers, who ‘have been fighting for eleven weeks against the bosses for better- ment of our economic conditions and to save the-union, declare that all un- ions, fraternal organizations, friendly groups and individuals, irrespective of their beliefs, are asked to support us ‘inaneially and morally in our strug: gle. Deny Statement. “We emphatically deny the state- mont which appeared in the press ‘at we forced any element out of sur Relief Committe, “We call won every worker to aid], nh our relief immediately, in order to how the bosses that the labor move- aent a& a whole is supporting us in sur struggle. “Our union will not te the injection of politics into this situa- tion, “Fred Caiola, f “Gen. Strike Com, P, B. M, U." W. E, Middleton of the supreme court of Ontario has stated that his father, William Middleton, died re- cently at the age of 95, after hav- ing worked for a local music firm from the time he was 19 years old up until six months ago. He worked for this firm for 75 years and dur- Ing all this time he took no vaca- tions and was kept away from his office only six days thru iliness, The report makes no mention of Middleton's membership in a trade union or participation in a strike. The most deplorable part of the riety of Henry Dubb, and that now that they have found him, he is dead. The only feasible thing to do would be to erect a statue in his memory, Low Pay for Women Workers in Mississippi (Continued trom page 1) hours or more a week. ° The bureau found that half of all these workers earned less than $5.60 a week and that half of the full-time Half of the Negro women workers earned workers earned less than $9.80, less than $5.75, Half Get Less Than $390. annual earnings of women weeks during the year. tile industry showed halt wtead: women workers o.rning lefs $390 For the 10-cent stores the figure was $431, for men’s cloth- in the year, The bureau also investigated the who worked at least 44 hours. Over 70 per cent of these put In more than 50 Yet halt of them earned less than $464; The tex- {class solidarity to the workers who are in prison because of their activity in behalf of the working class. The I. L. D. is thus giving every worker an opportunity to observe Christmas with the spirit of the work- ers, Fi Chicago Party. In Chicago the Ch: Eve party will be held at the West End Women’s Club, Ashland and~Monroe. A jolly time is assured everyone who attends the affair, Besides the merrymaking features graph booth,” thru which all of the class war prisoners will be directly connected with the workers “on the outside” who attend the affair, Wires of greeting to those “on the inside” will be sent from the booth, Those who want to show their soli- darity in an extra manner are given this hint by the Chicago committee on arrangements, “It wouldn't he a bad idea,” says the committee, “if you brought along a e to be sold or auctioned off at the party for the ben- efit of the class war prisoners.” In New York the workers will cele- brate Christmas Eve at the big dance of the Workers’ School, which prom- ises to be one of the biggest affairs ever held, The dance will also cole- brate the great expansion of the school made this year. Philadelphia ‘workers will make merry at the Datly Freiheit ball to be held there on Christmas Eve. The sections in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, But- falo, Erte, , Youngstown, Mil- waukee, St, Paul, Duluth, St, Louts, Kansas City, San Francisco, Los An- goles, Oakland and Portland are all she & wi facts that oan be proven. eral year, now controlled by Sovpramont mo- ago ay y oe Why don’t you write it up? It may bo Interesting to other workers. oi) ing $488, laundries $468 and SEND IN A 8UB TODAY, mercantile establishments