The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 13, 1927, Page 5

News and Comment Labor Education Labor and Government Trade Union Politics MINERS DEMAND SAFETY LAWS OF PA. LEGISLATURE Anthracite Workers to Lobby State House SGRANTON, Pa., Jan. 11—(FP)— More safety laws for the miners will he demanded of the coming Pennsyl- vamia state legislatune by the anthra- cite union group, At a joint meeting of the executive boards of districts 1, 7 and 9, United Mine Workers of America, it was decided to demand the following safety reforms: Demand Safety Outlets. Saftey outlets in all mines to per- mit escape of workers in case of ex- plosions; prevention of the use of electricity in gaseous mines; better ventilation thru stricter regulation of the use of ventilating fans; more protection for jack-hammer men, in- cluding elimination of dust. Asthma Compensable. Miners’ asthma, shall be declared a compensable disease, says another de- mand. General strengthening of the workers’ compensation law is called for, with higher maximum payments and shortening of the waiting period before payments are made. Increase Mothers’ Fund. Passage of an old age pension law is urged. A larger state appropriation for the mother’s assistance fund is demanded. The present inadequate allowance of $1,000,000 a year from the state should be trebeled. Blame for N. Y. Central Wreck Placed on Dead Engineer; He Can’t Talk SYCARUSH, N. Y., Jan. 11. — Re- sponsibility for the crash of two sec- tions of the Twentieth Century Lim- ited in a thick fog at Savannah, N. Y., ‘was placed by the owners on Walter Scoville, 49, engineer, who was found dead in his cabin with his hand on the throttle. An official statement of the New York Central railroad said Scoville failed to obey warning eignals of the stalled train ahead. Scoville was piloting the fourth section. of the Twentieth Century Limited, bound for Boston, He crashed into ‘the third section just outside of Savannah. Another Shipment Just Arrived of the “COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL” Official Organ of the Executive Com- mittee of the Communist International. Principal Contents of Vol. Ill. No. 4 of Nov, 30, 1926 COMRADE TROTZKY DEFENDS HIMSELF. Trotzky'’s whole career as a rev- olutionary is analyzed in relation to the discussions in the Russiag Communist Party. AN ANGEL’S DILEMMA. J. T. Murphy ‘reviews Mr, Nor- man Angell's book, “Must Britain Travel the Moscow Road?” SUCCESSES OF THE CANTON ARMY, By Tang Ping Tschan. HEROES—SENTIMENTALIZED. Principal Conte: © of Vol. IIl. No. 5 of Deo, 15, 1926 BRITAIN’S BALANCE SHEET FOR 1926. By John Pe A full and searching analysis of the breakdown of British capital- ae and of the probabilities FROM MARXIAN TO MALTHUSIANISM, By 8. Smeral. The “Marxist” lett wi Second International pt ‘Birth Control and Hmigration’' as their matin slogans! NOTES OF A TRADE- UNIONIST, By A, Losoveky, SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE - ON THESE NUMBERS 10¢ EACH, Daily Worker Publishing Co., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill, aber Department Brags of Heciriias Aliens; Favors More Hostility Toward , Them to Hamper Citizenship Process HE attitude of suspicion and hos- tility toward the alien, which seems to have prompted various bills Mke the Aswell registration and the Holoday deportation bills which are now pending in congress, is evident algo 4n the annual report of the de- partment. of labor, which has been consistently favoring these proposed anti-alien measures. Brags of Deportations. The National Council for Protection of Foreign-born Workers, which is fighting these registration and depor- ‘tation measures, calls attention to the fact that the labor department brags that it deported more aliens last year than ever before, and that this “is one of the most important functions of the immigration service.” It talks of deportations in terms of dollars and cents—how by deporting in job lots, so much money is saved; or, as the report has it, the overhead on deportations is reduced. It all sounds like a cattle deal; and this is the department that is trying to have its deportation powers extended (thru the Holoday bill) so that business can be bigger ant better next year. Wants “Better” Methods. “The secretary of labor’s report finds room for new deportation pro- posals,” says the National Council for Protection of Foreign-born Workers. “It finds room for recommendations for a system of alien registration, and for the revocation of citizenship pa- pers. But no place does it offer a remedy for the disgracefully ovVer- crowded condition of our naturaliza- tion bureaus, which makes it increas- | ingly difficult for aliens to become citizens when they want to, and when | they have complied with all the re} quirements. How Offices Are Crowded. “A recent statement from Edward T. Meyers, in charge of the Bronx Naturalization Bureau, admitted that their office is 18 months behind with its applications for citizenship papers; Director Merton A. Sturges of the Manhattan office says they ate 8 months behind; and certain appli- cants in Brooklyn have been waiting more than 15 months, Conditions are much the same all over the country, and those who come for citizenship papers are crowded into small rooms not nearly large enough to accommo- date them. No Remedy. “All of this calls for larger approp- riations for increased office staffs and new buildings, but the secretary of labor makes such a recommendation for only one place—Seattle, Washing- ton. The rest of the service goes along as it is, the idea seeming to be gets.” | Council Fights Attitude. | This is the attitude being fought by |the National Council for Protection of |Foreign-born Workers which in addi- tion to watching the anti-alien legisla- /tion introduced into congress is estab- lishing naturalization classes in many cities, and offering the alien every |melp in obtaining his citizenship pa- \pers. The national headquarters of the Council for Protection of Fdreign- |born Workers is at 41 Union Square, |New York. Branch councils are now lat work in Chicago, Cleveland, De- troit, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Bos- ton, New Haven, Denver, Seattle and West Brownsville, Pa, SEAMEN’S LAW CAUSES OWNERS TO SHED TEARS WASHINGTON, Jan, 11. —(FP)— When President Dalton of the Emerg- ency Fleet Corporation came before the senate committee on commerce to discuss the issue’ of government own- ership and operation of the merchant marine versus private ownership and operation, Senator Copeland of New York brought up the old complaint that the’ LaFollette Seamen’s Act makes the labor cost of running Amer- ican ships greater than the labor cost of operation of foreign ships, Dalton at first agreed that this was a burden, and then said it was a law that would not be. changed, and Copeland hastily remarked that he would not want it changed. Wants Private Control, Copeland asked questions indicating his desire to sell the government ships at a sacrifice to private inter- ests. Senators Johnson of California, Couzens of Michigan and Fletcher of Florida emphasized the necessity for government ownership and operation if an American merchant marine is to be maintained under existing eco- nomic conditions. Dalton, who hitherto has been known as favoring government own- ership and operation, appeared anx- fous to be counted for private owner- ship when he was testifying. Johnson and Couzens were irritated by his talk of how American industrial progress is due to private initiative, and his coupling up that sentiment with en- dorsement of a ship subsidy. Johnson told him he must know that the people and congress will not grant a subsidy. Couzens said Dal- ton’s was “a strange philosophy, that the government should initiate and develop each trade route and maintain it until it became profitable, and then be bound to give it ‘up to a private company.” British Workers Demand Freedom for Class War Victims of Big Strike LONDON—Large scetions of the British workers are strongly aroused in the nation-wide campaign for the release of the class-war victims of the Emergency Powers Act during the general strike and the miners’ strike that followed. The International Class War Pris- oners’ Aid, thru dts secretary of the British Section, H. B. Lovell, points out the large numbers of workers still agitation and activity in the struggle to release them, especially in prepara- tion for the monster demonstration to be held on Trafalgar Square on January 16. Resolutions and protests from local trade unions, Labor Party branches, co-operatives and other workers’ or- ganizations are pouring in in ever increased numbers but the Home Secretary's office fs still silent and is likely to remain so until pressure from the sank and file force the Labor Party and trade union official- dom to act in a more decided and vigorous manner or else acts over their heads, Member of the British Labor Party, Woman, Speaks Here Sunday Margaret Bondfield, member of the British parliament, will be the speak- er at the Chicago Forum in the Er- langer Theater Sunday afternoon, Jan, 16. Miss Bondfield is one of the out- standing leaders of the Dnglish labor party and was the only woman mem- ber of the Ramsay MacDonald’s labor government in 1924. Quake in France. TARBES, France, Jan. 11, — An earthquake shock was reported from the Basses-Pyrenees department. No damage is reported other than the de- struction of an old bridge. PITTSBURGH, PA. on January 15 SATURDAY NITE INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST LYCEUM, 805 James St. that it ought to be made as difficult | as possible for the alien to become a/ citizen. Make him suffer for what he | imprisoned and calls for ever greater Policies (§nd Programs The Tr#le Union Press Strikes-+Injunctions Labor and Imperialism CAN'T LIVE ON LAVOFES, FORD WORKERS LEARN Time to Think Is Now, Paper Says DETROIT, Mich., Jan, 11, — “Work. ers can't live Of layoffs,” which is what the employes of the Ford Motor company have been getting in the past two months, declares the Jan. 1 issue of the Ford ‘Worker now being distributed urging the workers to de- mand more wages, The leading article in the issue |says: “Henry Ford announced to the world a few months ago that all his plants would go on @ five-day week henceforth; that all his employes would get the equivalent of six day’s pay or more, Not Getting Work or Pay. | “We are not getting the six days’ | Day, nor are we getting the five days’ work, but we did get a two weeks’ layoff. “We must eat. We must pay rent or contract payments. We must buy fuel and warm clothes. In other words, WE MUST EXIST! Six days’ say is only an existence. Demand not less than six days’ pay. Demand the abolishment of the ruthless speed-up, so We can all Work five days a week! “Demand yot? right of ‘life, Uberty, and pursuit of happiness’ in rich and Free’ America.” Workers Give Facts. This issue of the Ford Worker is filled with news>of slave conditions prevailing in the Ford industries and of accounts of=byncombe fed the workers, told by them. A picture of conditions may-be gained from one article written by one worker, which follows: ‘“‘Thig ‘merit plan’ is the biggest farce. A’ worker could kill himself by speeding, yet he wouldn't get a raise if the boss does not like his face. Only a few tail wagging favorites will Bet a raise in this de- partment. “The writer ie worked over four years in one of “the rottenest depart- ments in H. P., the spring job, and could not get $6.40 because he com- mitted the Ford,crime of “talking back” to the star (czar) boss, Pay- ing a man what-he is worth does not mean anything here.” “Think or Surrender.” “Think or Sutrender” is the tithe of the editorial in the paper. If ever here was a time for the workers at Ford’s and elsewhere to think, now is that time,” the editorial reads. “Up to now youhave let the capitalist class' do ‘the thinking, and Mke any human being, they have been thinking in thelr own dntereste. They can only think of speeding up; of getting more profits out of your labor. You are hoping for things to change; hop- ing for a full pay; hoping for a raise. While you are hoping they are thinking.” Paper Growing. It is announced in this issue of the paper t! the Ford Worker will here- after appear twice each month, on the first and fifteenth day of the month, The fact that the paper is growing is attributed to the awakening of the workers, who are educating and or- ganizing themselves to destroy a sys- tem that is destroying their health {the bill; and happiness, SEATTLE MASSES REBUKE OFFICIALDOM AND FORCE HALL USE FOR WEISBORD (Special to The Daily Worker) SEATTLE, Wash, Jan, 11.—De- spite every attempt on the part of officials of the labor movement here to pri t Albert Weisbord, Pas: strike ‘leader, aking in Se: a huge meeting held at Central Labor Union hal Officials of the jon and the A intral Labor Un- in Federation of Labor attempt block the meet- Ing by denying ‘ je use of the hall to Weisbord, but the pressure of the masses was 60 great, the officials were forced to permit the meeting. The action of the rank and file here who demanded the right to hear Weisbord is seen as a direct jap at tactics of federation officers. A similar attempt was made in South Bend, Ind., when Welsbord spoke there, and the masses rebuk- bor officials, GINSBERG’S Vegetarian Restaurant 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue, LOS ANGELES, CAL. ) ae rage Fe CHI FINANCIER | GETS AWAY WITH INVESTORS FUNDS Commonwealth Reserve | Head Is Hunted Warrants were prepared by the state attorney's office for the arrest of Glenn M, Meeker, president of the Commonwealth Reserve fund, whose | disappearance preceded discovery that $600,000 assets had vanished. With “Pretty” Blonde, Police thruout the United States and Canada were notified to be on the lookout for Meeker, who left Chi- cago hurriedly last Dec, 28, At the same time a pretty blonde, with whom he had been seen frequently, also dis- appeared. Some “Losers.” Among the “lo: according to authorities as revealed by the books were: Mr, and Mrs. H, G. Wall, Hazlecrest, Ill, $1,145; Edward and Bridget Wolf, Quincy, Ill, $1,300; Frank and Susie Meade, Midlothian, Ill, $1,400; Aage and Carrie Schiodt, Champaign, Ill, $1,000; Mrs. Irena Mails, Modoc, Ill, $1,200; W. F. Jef: trey, Waterloo, Ia., $2,200. Earl, Who Gave Girl Wine Bath and Denied It, Must Go to Jail | NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—The convic- tion of Harl Carroll, theatrical produc- er, on a charge of perjury growing out of his famous “wine bath” party, is upheld in a decision returned by the United States circuit court of appeals. By a Worker Correspondent. PATERSON, N. J., Jan, 11 — In spite of slack season much unemploy- ment, and general stagnation in the trade union field just now in Pater- son, the Associated Silk Workers, pro- gressive industrial union in the “silk city” voted $500 out of its emergency tund for the striking Tapestry Carpet Workers’ Union of Philadelphia. Two representatives of the union iad come from Philadelphia to make heir plea, giving the history of the 16 weeks’ struggle with scabs and police, A member of the Associated lauded the union on its traditional policy of militancy and solidarity and moved the $500. With no more discussion and without a dissenting vote, the motion was passed, Postal Employes Hit Night Work, Fight for a Curtailment By L. P. RINDAL, (Worker Correspondent). LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11.—Postof- fice clerks and carriers are out for the curtailment of night work. A bill providing a penalty against it is pending in congress. Under this measure, 45 minutes work between ¢ Pp. m, and 6 a. m. would be equal to an hour’s work in the day time, with the same pay. According to Wiiiam Emery, secre- tary of Los Angeles Local No. 64, National federation of Postpffice Clerks, between 350 and 400 local clerks and 75 and 100 collectors in the carriers’ service are affected by ‘the national total affected is ‘around 40,000. Government employes, backing the bill, are not after an increase intheir wage, they want only unnecessary night work eliminated, Dmery says. In a majority of cases, six hours of work would be equal to that now per- formed in eight hours. The proposed shortening of hours of the night work- ers is estimated to cost the govern- ment $5,000,000 annually, The Manager’s Corner oe —- | The Daily Worker Is Your Badge. The capitalist press is exceedingly careful before it permits anyone to present its views. Reporters on the capitalist dailics are cross-examined severely before they are tr usted to handle the news and the views of the ruling clase. 4 correspondent must be prepared to or rebellion is permitted. show years of training and willing subservience to the Vo taint of radicalism fore es which control public opinion in the United States before he wins that coveted possession, a reporter's badge. It is different with The DAILY WORKER. an organ which ig not the property of the few, the collective and treasured property of the many. Against privilege and exploitation of the workers it is devoted, it has sworn a death struggle. to publish the true facts of the clase struggle. it welcomes the full co-operation of all workers who «arc Here we have but one which is For thus reason it does not fear this reason For in- terested in the revolutionary movement and the struggle against capitalism, Readers of The D: are urged to AILY WORKER send in their views of conditions under American capitalism. Our columns are open for workers’ stories from the mine, For this reason we say, “ factory and farm. ER is your badge.” mill, The DAILY WORK- Already there is springing up in various parts of the country groups of loyal and faithful DAILY WORKER correspondents of our movement. “the eyes” No occurrence of any importance goes by without an accurate account of the facts being sent to the editor of The DAILY WORKER DAILY broad view of the class struggle of the conflict as a whole. It is for an accurate from local, craft or national narrowness, the viewpoint of the Communist. who reads The DAILY WORKER, and illuminating picture, which The DAILY W ORK ing. Associated Silk Workers Give Money Aid to Tapestry Strikers Despite Hardships LOW WAGES, LONG HOURS AND FEW JOBS IN IRON INDUSTRY OF ST. LOUIS By ANDREW R. MARTIN. (Worker Correspondent) ST, LOUIS, Mo., Jan, 11.—Steel works and iron foundries in St. Louis district are paying the work- ers from the lowest rate of 35c to the highest of 41c,. Working day hours range between 9 and 10. Indications for the future work does not seem bright. National Enamel and Stamping Co. of Gran- ite City, last week laid off 400 men and does not know whem they will be able to take on men. Common- wealth Steel Co., of Granite City, are working on present orders and the future orders .are-not very promising. There are a large number of men applying for work. In one foundry plant the employment manager as- serts that he turns away as high as 150 men a day. Gurley Flynn Greeted Warmly by Spokane in Tour for Mill Strike By a Worker Correspondent. SPOKAND, Jan. 11. — Under the es of the Spokane branch of the International Labor Defense, Eliza- beth Gurley Flynn spoke to a well filled hall Jan, 5. It had been some years since Com- rade Flynn spoke in Spokane, but she met the same old time enthusiasm and hearty cheers as the portrayed so vividly the great Passaic textile strike declaring that in spite of all re- ports to the contrary the textile work- ers could be organized. She spoke highly of the great strug- gle of the textile strikers. Their com- petent and efficient leaders, most especially of Albert Weisbord, and pointed out what workers could ac- complish under a united front leader- ship. Meat Market IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONSUMER, Bakery deliveries made to your home. FINNISH CO-OPERATIVE TRADING ASSOCIATION, Ino. (Workers organized as consumers) 4301 8th Avenue Faden tata tactiachachtarta inant inndadintntadcintntindntniaiiniadainiad The Best Place to Buy Your CARPETS RUGS OSCAR |. BARKUN'S 5 STORES 1600 W. “1618 W. 2408 W. 2635 W. 4247 W. Roosevelt Rd. Chicago Avenue North Avenue North Avenue Madison Street BROOKLYN, N. Y., ATTENTION! CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY Restaurant Brooklyn, N. Y. 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Some of the girls are doing two and three girls’ work, Where men are needed on heavy work, they are re placing them with girls, which means they are paid only half p There are girls here that employed for. about fifteen ye Must Scrub Floors. When the plant is slack, they are put on the floor to scrub it up. If hey refuse they are discharged The machinis thing like a foreman walks around the machines. If S a girl laying down on the job he re- ports it to the forelady When the strike w called out in the paper box industries there was no. body that went out from this shop. They have the police going out on their trucks every day. girls work hour, roduc: is paid » been No Communist Home Can Be Without a Red Calendar A beautiful and character- istic portrait of Lenin, mounted on a handsome red cardbeard, with a list of the most important rey- olutionary dates. Indis- pensable for your home or your headquarters, A lim- ited supply on hand, Order now before the supply is exhausted. 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