The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 28, 1926, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER Coal Miners’ Opposition to Lewis Leads in District Five, U. M. W. of A. ‘The following le a tabulation of returns received by The DAILY WORKER In the election for district officers of District Five, Pittsburgh, Pa., district, U. M. W. of A.The table represents practically the complete vote in te 28 lecala of the district. margin tn practically every local in the district. Progressive candidates on the “Save the Union Ticket” are shown to be leading by a good Lor For Vice. €. B. ‘ Unien Pres. Pres. 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Conveying the senti- ment that the “professors should mind their own business,” Coolidge has giv- en out the statement that he considers the manifesto “ill-advised and not cal- eulated to help this government in the pursuance of its foreign policy.” Washington Disturbed, Washington was visibly perturbed over the action of the professors, 42 of whom, all recognized leaders in pol- itical science, signed a statement which virtually urges cancellation of the war debts, either in whoie or part. The Coolidge administration had felt that the war debt problem was settled and does not look forward to the reopening of the matter with satisfac- tion. Don’t Need Profs, Says Smoot, Senator Reed Smoot, who was a member of the American debt commis- sion, probably voices the administra- tion’s attitude, when he commented on the manifesto, “I think Congress will decide the settlement without the aid of those people,” be said, “It would certainly feel able to do 60.” ‘The protessors urged the calling of a new international conference to take up the matter of debt adjustment. They criticize the present settlement as having produced dissatisfaction, distrust and misunderstanding among Wuropean nations to such an extent that the progress already made to- ward world peace would be lost and Europe might be prevented from re- building her war-shattered economic structure. Fear European Hatred. Buropean countries are coming to regard the United States with a deep- quing sense of grievance and a grow- ing odium because of our insistence on debt payments, the statement said, with the result that we might find Buropean hatreds concentrated in a coalition against us. They point out that the war was as much America’s as it was Purope’s after the U. S. entered, and that the money was used to fight the United States’ battle. Ex-Grand Dragon of Klan Seeks Release from Life Sentence MICHIGAN CITY, Ind—An effort ig being made to get D. OC, Stephen- son, former grand dragon, out of the penitentiary on a technicality. His attorneys allege that the failure of a clerk of court to sign a transcript and order for a change of venue viti- ated his trial. The ex-grand ‘iragon is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder _ Of Madge Oberholtzer. Seven Men Killed in Collapse of Bridge in Course of Building ASHLAND, Ky.—Seven men were believed to have been lost when a bridge in the process of construction over the Big Sandy river, near Cat- letteburg, collapsed today, according to reports reaching here this aftor- STARTS PRESIDENTIAL BOOM FOR EX-CHIEF OF AMERICAN LEGION (Special to The Daily Worker) NORFOLK, Va—A tiny presi- dentlal boom for Hanford MacNider, formerly head of the American Legion and now assistant secretary of war, has been started here by W. B. Shajer, Jr., who claims to be the originator of the soldiers’ bonus. He touts MacNider as the most popular man In Washington, the outstanding man In the Coolidge ad- ministration, and possessed of more pull, power, and ability than any man since Theodore Roosevelt. Either MacNider is a phenomena or he has a most excellent press agent In Shafer, Expulsion Move Damns Sigman in N. Y. Needle Trades (Continued from page 1) er leaders are Charles Zimmerman and Rose Wortis. The excuse for expelling the lead- ers of the union is that rumors had reached the general executive board that a strike was planned at the end of the month when the agreemeni with the employers expired. Charge “Defiance.” Speakers at the executive board meeting declared that the leaders of the dressmakers’ union, who were also active in the cloakmakers’ strike, defied the international union in its efforts to bring “peace” in the indus- try. Morris Sigman, president of the international and Julius Hochman, in- ternational vice-president, were pres- ent. Would Ignore Joint Boards. As a part of its campaign’to dimin- ish the influence of the joint board in the shops the international today sent notices to the employers telling them that all union matters should be taken up with the Sigman officials in place of the joint board. The betrayal tactics of Sigman can be clearly seen in his statment that even if the strike of dressmakers is not called that the bnion “has be- come so weakened that open shop conditions in the trade are flourishing to an extraordinary degree.” “Union standards have been de- based,” he said, “and chaos has be- come widespread. Like the cloak- makers’ unions, the dressmakers’ union has been forced by its Commu- nist leadership into subservience to the national executive committee of the Communist Party and William Z. Foster's Trade Union’ Bducational League instead of serving the work- ers’ economic interests.” Fight Bond Issue. Sigman also urged: unions not to subscribe to the bond issue being raised by the joint board, “We serve notice that the Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union repudiates this so-called hond issue and will not hold itself respon- sible for the uses to which any money realized from it are put,” he said. Portnoy Makes Statement. Julius Portnoy, secretary-treasurer of local 22 and one of the expelled officials, made the following state- ment Thursday night: “I and my administration were re- elected Nov. 2. No objection was then made against the election by any of the officials of the interna tional. On the contrary after tuo election I received « telegram from Abraham Baroff, sccrotary-treasurer of the international congratulating me and my administration of our reelec- tion, Since that time no charges have been brought against me nor any accusations made, I am then suddenly expelled, The move {is ut- terly unconstitutional and e¢ geurse will be de@ed,.” ORGANIZING OF JEWELRY TRADE AT STANDSTILL Beardsley Busy Smash- ing Left Wing By SYLVAN A. POLLACK. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Dec, 26.—Instead of devoting his time to organization work, Samuel E. Beardsley, organizer of Local No, 1 and president of the New York district council of the Jew- elry Workers’ Union, is busy carrying out the destructive, union-smashing program of Morris Sigman, president of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. Finding the need of an active “American” and “christian” in their fight against the militant left wing in the local labor movement, the Jewish Daily Forward-United Hebrew Trades- socialist party combination has put Beardsley forward as one of their leading spokesmen. The call for the Dec. 21 conference of the socalled “Committee for the Protection of Trades Unions” had the name of Beardsley attached as one of its principal sponsors. He used his title as president of the practically defunct district council of the Jewelry Workers’ Union to give it added pres- tige. | While this is going on we find no organization work among the jewelry workers. Six year ago the New York district council consisted of six funs- tioning locals, while today only two are virtually in existence. “ They are Locals 17 and 38. Local 1, which has Beardsley as its organizer, has a membership of 85, at its highest peak having po more than 300 members. That leaves over 3,000 unorganized workers, which Beards- ley is making no attempt to organize. The small amount of organization work that hag been carried on by Local 1 has been done by the left wing members of the local without receiv- ing any assistance from Beardsley and his socialist friends. Beardsley is against “shop strikes,” claiming that he wants to wait until a general strike is called in the industry. According to those who are well informed, that will be at “doomsday,” or, if called, it will end the same as the general strike of 1919, in a disastrous defeat. At the present time Local 1 has not even one closed shop under its con- trol, At noon time, which is best suited for organization work, instead of be- ing in the jewelry district, Beardsley is to be found at the national head- quarters of the I. L. G. W. U., or the office of the socialist party, helping to hatch plans to break up the mili- tant trades unions, Only when the militant and pro- gressive members of the Jewelry Workers’ Union become decisively in- fluential in that organization will the jewelry industry be organized, SEN, HEFLIN CHARGES SUPREME COURT TRIES TO PROTECT DAUGHERTY WASHINGTON, Dee, 24,—Senator Heflin, democrat, of Alabama, de- clared in the senate today that the supreme court was holding up a de- cision In the Mal S, Daugherty case In which the right of the senate to compel attendance of witnesses and documents before an Investigating committee was challenged by the brother to former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, “The reason for the delay,” Hef- lin sald, “is to eave these criminals from proseoution.” | said Ryan, “in negotiating with pri- | vate companies. | hanger is to take over the lines our- | selves.” tion fund.” The Lisman plan he gj called a “get-rick-quick-Wallingford scheme,” SOLONS LISTEN TO MENTION OF T ERSHIP Alliance With Industrial als Labor Against Capitalists By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Assured Traction Fund, Is Real Money | At last the transportation commit- tee of the city council has heard a word in favor of municipal owner- ship as a solution to the traction mud- dle, It came from Alderman Patrick . Ryan of the 18th ward. “We have completely failed so far,” And I believe we are bound to be fooled if we continue The only way to protect the strap- He charged that the Harlan-Lisman and Busby-Blair interests are playing the game of “one huge financial] ma- nipulation to gain control of the trac- He pointed out that the city’s trac- tion fund of something under $47,- 000,000 comes just as near to being real money as the $50,090,000 offered by Lisman in his surface line scheme, and Ryan declared that there was no reason why the city should not use this fund to its own profit, instead of letting Lisman do it. ‘Charges of stalling and political ma- nipulation are flying thick and fast. Alderman A. F, Albert, 43rd ward, criticizes the mayor for conferring on traction matters behind closed doors. He charges that the administration and traction officials are having meet- ings of which the committee knows nothing until they read of them in the newspapers. “If these meetings are on the square, they should be out in the open,” he says, The committee has finished its con- sideration of the Lisman ordinance and has referred it to the corporation counsel and the committee's engineer. The dratt of the ordinance submitted by the Busby-Blair interests comes up next, Elect Left Wingers to Miners’ Convention (Continued from page 1.) 47; secretary-treasurer, Nesbit, 264, Conturiaux, 140; Vickers, 95; Durkin, 146. L. U. 815: for international board membet, Dobbins, 140; Voyzey; 37; Roassatto, 27; Jenfins, 39; Gemmell, 34; president Fishwick, 143; Tumulty, 118; Walker, 36; vice-president, Sneed, 90; Keller, 6; Murray, 23; McGuinn,/ 20; Harris, 24; Davis, 9; McLachlan, 28; Bozarth, 13; Wilson, 54; secretary-treasurer, Nesbit, 150; Conturiaux, 38; Vickers, 29; Durkin, 60. * L. U, 232: for international board member, Dobbins, 340; Voyzey, 53; Rossatto, 31; Jenkins, 25; Gemmell, 12; president, Fishwick, 335; Tumul- ty, 81; Walker , 30; vice-president Sneed, 260; Keller, 46; Murray, 23; McGuinn, 13; Harris, 9; Davis, 10; Mclachlan, 8; Bozarth, 5; Wilson, 10; secretary-treasurer, Nesbit, 68 Conturiaux, 193; Vickers, 28; Durkin, 22. L. U. 912: for international board member, Dobbins, 85; Voyzey, 37; Roscsatto, 7; Jenkins, 22; Gemmell, 49; president, Fishwick, 35; Tumulty, 86; Walker, 22; vice-preside Sneed, 22; Keller, 16; Murray, 7 McGuinn, 30; Harris, 4; Davis, 6! McLachlan, 1; Bozarth, 1; Wilson, 3; secretary-treasurer, Nesbit, 58; Con- turiaux, 57; Vickers, 14; Durkin, 22. , aes ae “Dying” Local for Brophy. MARIANNA, Pa., Dec. 26.—Only eleven votes were cast by Local 2874 District Five in the United Mine Workers of America election, as the local which has been on strike for the past two years is rapidly nearing ex tinction. Nine of the votes cast were for John Brophy, the other two, cast by union “politicians,” were for John L. Lewis. Members of the local blame their present predicament on the policies of the Lewis “machine.” Why Not Become a Worker Correspondent? HE forces of capitalism hold the leadership ovey the farmers, al- most unchallenged, even in the pres- ent crisis in the cotton and corn belts. The profit takers jealously guard and promote this leadership. This is especially true in the South, at the present moment, where the formerly “free trade” and then “tariff for revenue only” demo- crats are crawling on the “high pro- tective tariff’ bandwagon. This change is entirely due to the indus- trial development of “The South,” but the tariff democrats will advo- cate this policy change as a cure- all for the ills of the cotton grow- ers. Manipulation of the tariff will not solve the farm problem any more than it will alleviate the ills of in- dustry, growing out of the bitter ex- ploitation of the wage workers. It is only as the farmers, especially the tenant and mortgaged farmers and farm workers realize this that they will break with the leadership of these capitalist forces and join with the city workers on labor's side of the class struggle. ‘a . The industrialization of “The South” has been going forward ever since the Civil War. Within recent years it has been receiving an in- creasing impetus, “The South” was originally free trade because it wanted to sell its products, especially cotton, in for- eign markets, primarily in England, and buy the manufactured goods it needed witheut having the price in- flated by northern manufacturers un- der the workings of a friendly tariff. “The South” wanted to buy abroad as well as sell abroad. “The North” with its tariff stood in the way. Hence the tariff issue has been bit- terly fought between the repub- licans and democrats these many years, But the change has now burst into full flower, causing Arthur Sears Henning, the Washington cor- respondent of the “high tariff” Chi- cago Tribune to ask, “Is the tariff a dead issue?” Henning concludes: “There are significant develop- ments indicating that the tariff ques- tion either is destined to fade out of the picture in the next national election or assume a new aspect creating new alignments in both parties.” se The most recent development in the industrial drift toward the South has been the closing of numerous textile mills in New England to re- open south of the Mason and Dixon line, The compelling motive driving textile barons southward is no phil- anthropic desire to benefit “The South” or to relieve the mill slaves of “The North” of the crushing burden of toil. The move is born exclusively of the struggle to in- crease profits thru the more bitter exploitation of the cheaper labor in Southern states, where the demo- cratic party protects child slavery at its worst. Labor has always been told that the high tariff signifies “the full dinner pail.” This has been slogan of the high-tariff republican party in “the North” in every election, La- bor has been told that the tariff was its. protection against cheap labor abroad, Yet it was in the most high- ly protected industries that labor was forced to accept the worst con- ditions, in the steel mills, in the woolen mills, in the cotton mills, where every effort of the workers to organize has been ruthlessly crush- ed, The high tariff meant high pro- fits but not high wages, Thus, in the textile industry, there have been repeated rebellions of the workers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, in Connecticut and Rhode Island, and most recently at Passaic, New Jersey, ewe Moving the textile mills to “The South,” the further industrialization U. S. Gets Military Control Over : Panama in Secret Alliance Formed _ to Protect Canal in Case of War WASHINGTON, Deo. 26.—A secret treaty establishing offensive and defensive alliance between the United States and Panama is in the hands of the senate for ratification, The pact was designed chiefly to en- able America better to protect the Panama Canal in event of war, it was sald. i Under the treaty Panama agrees; “The Republic of Panama will con- sider herself in a state of war in case of any war in which the United States should be a belligerent.” U. &. to Control Territory, Chief condition# in the treaty fol low: 1, The United States shall have Jurisdiction over control of radio com- munication, airoraft, wyiation centers and aerial navigatien @ the canal “0n0, te 2. Only aircraft owned by the na- tionals of either country and licensed by the two governments shall be used over the canal zone. 3. The United States shall stipulate what persons shall reside permgnently ‘in the zone. 4. The United States shall have free use of the cities and harbors of Panama and Colon, 5, American troops shall have free movement at all times thru Panama, 6, Part of Manzanillo Island in the Atlantic shall be given to the United States, which retains the right to pur chase additional lands, 7. Every radio station, receiving and sending, in Panama shall be un- der the in the United of Virginia and Georgia, the Caroli- nas, Alabama and Mississippi, will increase the industrial population in these states, bringing the cotton mills close to the cotton fields, But it also means that the great indus- trial struggles of New England will be transferred to “The South” where the new mill slaves will organize and fight to improve their lowly con- dition. Similarly the cotton grow- ers will continue to be victimized by the powerfully organized: cotton industry thru low prices, and as a continued result of the fact that everything the cotton grower needs, as well as everything he hag to sell, passes thru the toll-taking hands of the profiteers, Instead of the tight- ening leadership, therefore, of the new industrial class in “The South” over the Southern farmers, especial- ly the cotton growers, there should be the alliance of the cotton grow- “ers with the city wage workers, not only with the mill workers, but with the steel workers of Birmingham, Alabama; the lumber workers of Georgia and Mississippi, the oil workers of Louisiana, Texas and Gklahoma; the coal miners of Ken- tucky and Tennessee, and the rail- road workers of all these states. “The South” ig hell bent for “pro- tection,” in the words of the Chi- cago Tribune correspondent, but it is the protection of profits and not the protection of the welfare of the city and land workers that is sought. Labor must protect its own inter- ests, Against the so-called “protective tariff organizations” now springing up in the south there must be reared the labor party, the closely allied producers’ and consumers’ co-opera- tives, the unions of farm workers as well as the’ unions of mill hands, steel and lumber workers, coal min- ers and other wage labor. see (The industrialization of “The South” and the breeding of southern tariff democrats will have its effects on the democratic party in other sections of the country. It hag al- ready been shown that the success- ful democratic condidate for the senatorship from Massachusetts, David I, Walsh, running on a “pro- tective tariff” platform, defeated Coolidge’s “bosom friend” William M. Butler, himself a multi-million- aire mill owner. ‘ “Al” Smith, Tammany Hall’s goy- ernor in Nuw York, who is trying to get the democratic presidential no- mination in 1928, and who has al- ready been flirting extensively with the southern democrats, goes a step farther by handing out the possi- bility that Senator George (demo- crat, Georgia) might be considered as his running mate for the vice presidency, ¢ o% j There remains the struggle, how- ever, between the middie class ele- ments who live direcfly off the farm- ers and suffer also thru repeated farm crises, as opposed to the great capitalists. Thus, alongside the de- mand for higher tariffs on meats and dairy products, in addition to the great farm staples, there goes a denunciation of the high tariff en- joyed by the United States Steel corporation and other steel interests concerned in robbing the farmers thru the farm implement. trust, ‘Thus Representative Dickinson (republican, Iowa) suggests a reduc- tion in the tariff on manufactured articles in his speech in congress on farm relief. Dickinson becomes em- phatic in attacking the tariff on the wares of Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon’s aluminum trust, But this gets an immediate rise out of the new converts from “The South” to, high tariff doctrine, Rep- resentative O'Connor (democrat of Louisiana) thanders in protest against the laying of rude hands on the foundation of our prosperity, de-. claring, “I am for a reasonable pro- tective tariff.” O'Connor, during the course of his speech told this story: “I remember some years ago, when some republican, I think face- tlously, proposed a tariff on cotton of more than an inch and one-six- teenth in staple length that a great pandemonium and scampering was caused on the democratic side as almost every fellow interested in cotton wanted to vote for that par- ticular rate altho he was*most anx- fous that the balance of the tariff rates should be as low as possible.” “ee Thus the Louisiana democrat re- veals how each group struggles to protect and foster its own economic interests, Labor should profit by this lesson from its class enemies. It, too, must battle for its economic interests, It cannot fight as a vassal of capitalist leadership, no matter what group of exploiters it. may choose to follow, It can only strug- gle victoriously thru developing its own class power, in the city and on the land, nce tee, Get a copy of the Amertcan Worker arrespondent, it's only 6 cents, Farmers Must Build An CAB MAN PUTS “RAT IN HOSPITAL | -—TO BE REPAIRED |\Philadslohin Chauffeurs Stick Together By J. 0. BENTALL. (Special to The Dally Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—That cab, drivers can stick together when a “rat” is “sent to the hospital” was firmly established in this cfty this morning in the garage of the Quaker City Cab Company as one of the chauffeurs landed a well aimed fist at the beak of the snitcher who had reported him to the office for having run his cab without dropping the flag while carrying a passenger. a Tt is not an uncommon accident to forget turning the flag down in the bustle of loading a bunch of cab fans, and the chauffeurs always protect themselves by calling the station in such cases, which the company pro- vides for. But Now a snooper by the name of Joe Colasante bristles by the cab driven by one “Jim Smith,” as we will call him for good and sufficient reasons, and did not give him time to call up the station, but hastened +o the supe to snitch. Jim pas prompt- ly fired. Jim also promptly decided to smack Mr. Joseph Colasante.ons a8 soon as time and opportunity should present themselves, Time came in a few days when Jim followed Joe to the outskirts of the city, where Jim sud- denly developed clutch trouble and asked Joe if could help him fix it. He consented ‘before he discovered that Jim was the very fellow he had ratted on to the boss. Caught sev- eral miles from nowhere with the picture of a first class trouncing viv- idly before his glum eyes, Mr. Joe got his feet into such a momentum that they failed to stop ecen so much as to step into his cab, letting said cab remain, and speeded on his excited legs toward the city where he found shelter under the musty bed of his” mother-in-law. The determination of Jim, however, to spank Joe, was getting stronger. So one beauti*ul night he draws up to the garage where Joe was due to pull in and call it a day and waited. In the garage were some 50 chauf- feurs abiding their time to go on their shift. They nosed about and found that Jim was waiting for the rate. Joe was late, but Jim was not in a hurry’ to leave. Joe drove his car past Jim whom he did not no- tice, till he was well parked and ready to wend his way homeward. Then he discovered Jim and took to his heels for the second time, but ran amuck in a corner of the garage. The 50 looked on without moving. Not a friend for the rat. After he hat been located in the hospital the boss returned and spluttered around ask- ing why the men didn’t protect the “rat.” Up to the time of going to press the men have not given a sat- isfactory reply. The indications are that the chauffeurs will make all rats more unpopular than ever. There are also indications that the chauffeurs are going to organize mighty soon to get more decent wages and better conditions. They are learning to stick together; T. U. E. L. Will Give New Year Eve Dance Five years ago the T. U. B, L, had its first New Year's Eve Ball in Chi- cago. Now comes the Sixth Annual Ball to usher in 1927, which new year will find the organization spreading out, adding new forces, engaged in greater tasks than ever before! The same spirit of energy, inten- sity and firm resolve displayed by the Chicago T. U. E, L, committee in the work for which it is organized te found also in their plans for play an@ entertainment. For has not the com mittee announced that there will be “dancing until 2:30 a, m.” at the Ital jan hall, 643-45 North Clark street, where the “masque ball” will start at 8 p, m. on New Year's Eve, Dec, 31, 1926? And are not various special committees at work preparing, pro- viding and scheming so that the for- tunate thousand or two who have brains enough to know where to be on New Year's Eve will have the jol- liest and gayest good time? Aside from the best in the way of dance music, refreshments, New Year's Eve stunts, etc., one of the big features will be @ popularity con- test between the ~ leading trades groups, Each group will be repre- sented by a chosen contestant—in costume, etc, Keen rivalry is expect ed and the different groups are mo- bilizing their forces 4o as not to be outdone. Which group will win? Comrade O, says the metal workers; Brother K., the building trades; W. s his group will give the others merry i but Sister R. is confident the needle trades have first place already “sewed up.” Japan Denies Violation. TOKYO, Dec, 26.—Naval authorities here deny the charges made by Chair man Butler of the naval committee of the American house of representatives that Japan was violating the spirit of the Washington agreement for limita on of armament by building light cruisers of 10,000 tons and under, ‘ l