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THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JA ARY 27, 1927 “FOR ALIEN AID MAKES PROGRESS News and Comment Labor Education Labor and Government Trade Union Politics Policies and Programs The Trade Union Press Strikes—Injunctions Labor and Imperialism TASKS OF THE MINERS’ CONVENTION Patek vena ae The administration tactics sy BERT WOLFE |"].HH United Mine Workers of Am- nave been ruthless. Opposition leaders like | Alexander Howat of Kansas, whose! Shoe Operatives Strike Company; Cut Wages in Violation of Contract A walkout of 40 union shoe oper- atives has taken place at the River- side Felt Slipper Co., 48 Walker St.,| erica is now holding its 30th con- vention—the first general convention of the union to be held in three years, It promises to be the most import- ant convention in the history of ,the} organization. It comes on the eve of an expected strike, It comes at a time when the union’ has lost nearly 200,000 members and the control of only crime was that they wanted the} ‘union to put up a real fight on be-| half of the miners’ interests, have been! barred as candidates for office and) even expelled from the union for long! periods, Others have been bought off,' Even conservative opposition of ments no. less corrupt than Li such as Farrington, have been elim-| “Worker Employer” Plan Of Hillman Results In Employer Keeping Wage (Special to The tialed by the Chicago fedeyation of|in the vi aily Worker) Heal Federation of Labor Endorses Organization CHICAGO, Jan. 26 (FP.)—Creden- labor, the Chicago council for protec- tion of foreign born workers is sue- cessfully presenting the case against the anti-alien bills in congress to local as a result of a cut in wages of from| the southern bituminous fields under! inated: . Pieeaates y | BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 26—Sid-| unions. The proposed photographing, | 8 to 10 per cent. the misleadership of Mr, Lewis. : New c ppasition Rises, | ney Hillman’s policy of “worker—em- nting and ation of The men, who are members of local | The report of the United States But just when Lewis thought that) ployer cooperation,” has shown, its, alie 8, now un cons on at 55 of the Shoe Workers Protective | Bureau of Mines, made public yester- he had completely destroyed all op-| head in this town where the officals) Washington, meets no favor in Chi- union, decided upon a walkout, after | indicates that over 65% of the| Position, was the unchallenged czar) of the Amalgam ted Clothing Wo: fage labor circles, . they had been informed that the wage! coal being produced in the coun- of the U, M. W.,to rule and ruin it} ers of America, it is alleged, have The joint | of the Amalga- mated clothing workers has donated $50 to the council, which is headed by finds himself} given their approval to a plan s' cut would take effect immediately.) try on December $1, 1925 (the date) #8 he saw fit, Lewi : 7 bd | ious challenge} gested by Henry Sonnenborn & Co.,) The action of the company directly of the survey) was. from non-union £#¢ed with the most s violates an agreement, which had been| mines and that over 61% of the| in the last six years. All the worth-| largest shop in the city, employing Max. Orlowsky ee Oe _ machiniple. signed lagt year with the union, and! miners employed in the production| while elements of the U. M. W. union,| several thousand workers, for the Other riggtibe s. hat a : beet ae which does not expire till Sept. 1,|of soft coal were not members of the|# those who see the impending] latter to become stockholders “to pre- La ab gc Shy Botdal i a, me By farted 1997, union and were working in mines not! “aster that Lewis has been prepar-| vent the factory from closing down."| ¥ ae ey hl tl i iy Bog ir The company demands now that the| under the union’s contnol. ine $8 long, all those who still believe) During the last few. 3 meee oe tui the ‘bakers aternal or- | mien accept the wage cut, and extend Piguren:tivive Leis, Failed | that the union can be saved and made| have been reduced many times ac-|¢¥€TS> ‘ , H ganizations like the Austrian aid so- stro nd again regain control of strong. and aga LR eg he and the Ru This evidence of the failure of Mr.| the entire industry—have at last Lewis’ administration is made pub-| united and found real leadership. lie ver! 5 eve f} would not affect the company se an by ee A lad ar Rees the eve a headed by John Brophy, the progres- ously. Extra demands are: before! ne conven’ bre 7S i Spee sive President of district two, sup-| going on strike the men agree to fin-| @S°oUraging the demand for a strike.| ported by William Stevenson, mem-| | cording to agreements reached with | Amalgamated officials, The last c | this s of wage cuts taking place |a few weeks ago, the period of the agreement to Jan. 1,.1928, a time which is usually slack in. that industry, and when a strike n women’s pro- league co-operating. s To Train Speakers. The council urges unions to put the} congressmen on record regarding | It ciet ‘The Siren Sings. i ; aat ; Last y i 8 heir stand the anti-alien bills. ish up work‘ which the company may Hf wall be sreaed by thor SPROND EF. ber of the National Executive Board, | peonin teat Oe yo plat tae class to train speakers have on hand at that time. The men strike that even if the strike is 100% | William Brennan, former president of} pane ta the sanshiins aul ee ajon the significance of the bills and are to post $50 security, to live up to| fective, it can close less than 35%|the Jargest anthvacite district. of < inact liheir bad effect on labor organiza-| these demands. The company also} °f the producing units and.can call! Pennsylvania, and other such gab-|g por" speselie. Intorwaing the be gnparly FP work, particularly in the basic | — e pat @{ out less than 40%.-of:all the miners c ¥ | that “business is very bad and I am|¢? i Bed errs 4 sind insist on the right to‘ discharge 7} ¢ hal _ miners) stantial elements whose devotion to losing money. Not only my own) industries where foreign born workers | men, who have been on the regular| in the industry. df the policies of| the interest of the miner cannot be} cone but th . of may. wit ; ther| are numerous and where union ac- | working force, before work is re- Mr. Lewis are again followed, this) questioned. All elements that have the Kad Ae of phe Bie hy, ote dex| tivity could be seriously impeded by sumed again, |is no doubt cortect,-for Lewis has) fate of their union at heart havel to save ‘the pirat ead Gane it| bringing government pressure _ on Chester W. Bichby, business agent | "¢Ver made an earnest attempt to} been rallying together in the “Saye| nonaiiin foe vinito. aaeciien ee work | liens who joined the union. A’ na- of local 55, states that the strike is in| ©rSamize the non-union fields, |the Union” committee, demanding the! hes 1 ati ike that 3 ch’ and| tUralization school. is also conducted full progress, that full picket lines | Genuine Strike Will Win. jorganization of the lost union fields;| feat one 36 hes beeches stockholdeca | 0% the council, : have been established, andi that they! ‘The hope for a real struggle and demanding a fighting policy which} and thus m: é. + In that way! 2 8e_ Chicas gounel) 198 branch af are out to win, and to force the com-| 2 jexl defense -of the miners’ interests) WOuld not be stopped by company) aus my partners. I that way! the National council for protection of any to live up to the agreement as ¢ ate: i ari jeer "| we will be able to continue the busi- foreign born workers of 41 Union eornd Bia Breement aS / can come only if the progressive ele-|S¥nmen and court injunctions; de-| 1... shoulder to shoulder.” wi cig le originally signed. The walkout is| ments, which are sure to have a con-| ™anding effective resistance to wage) Square, New York. sanctioned, and has the full support} .sqorab] hero? > jeuts; demanding democratization of| The workers do not know how to 7 r Pita siderable number of delegates: at the| : } ‘ h E eae of the district council of the Shoe | convention, are able to force a policy| the union which has become czar-}SU8Wey this aaring proposal, snd Workers Protective union. of a genuine strike of the entire in-|Tidden’ and lioss-riddon; demanding) with the local Amalgamated officials Se ose he” selnuteten f th (pos | conspicuous hy their closed mouths, * dustry in which a determined effort| the reinstatement of those elements phy hotubestina doves re is made to organize the unorganized) Which were expelled merely for, their) a ane: ag: ing developments wan | fields and make the U. M. W. of A,| devotion to the interests of the rank| Pe expected in the immediate future. {eyes fixed on 1928, a presidential 2. + : — Laborites And | once more a union controlling the en-| 22d He Ys the a M. Ww. ang Ake | '0-operator * | tire industry, expulsion drains the union of its life) « i pe tors to Unite The only obstacle to this is the| blood and its fighting spirit and dc- Evidently Untrue That | year, the farmer-labor forces of Min- LONDON.—An official alliance be- | °°W8T@!y, and even treacherous lead-| siring the union struggle for sich’ Green and Walker Meet | nesoia, atter meeting in St. Paul last | tween ‘the Labor ‘party and ‘the 2 | ership of .Mr. Lewis because no one,| larger his as pap vai it of To Curse : Communists week, are making Draperabians for *| operative movement is likely, aecord- who knows the spitit of the men em-| oy ki oR i red ibe scp conference of an das nar ~ et ial dispatches. The co- sos aly Pas Sydivenacih ered Pin eee Saccnviexien sal the In spite of the announcement of ey eae ae arin thinies| P Pc Rerenene HAS A Member | ae determined effort to organize @bolition of labor injunctions two of|John Sullivan, president of the New| into shape for a national farmer-| Ss chro cana i Farmer Labor Forces Of Minnesota Met to | Plan Further Activity | ST. PAUL, Jan, 26, (FP.).—With! |laborers out of work, The old time! men. | looseness ship of 5,000,000, part of which is al- them would meet’ with an immediate| their cardinal demands, York Federation of Lahor, that Mr.|labor party that may play a con-| | William Green was to hold a confer- mee with Mayor Walker late this week or early next week—on the “ai- ready in the Labor party. A report in favor of the alliance will be submitted to a conference of the cooperative party at the end of iad and is expected to be adopt- | ed, ‘ . Declare Dividend, Directors of the United States Steel Corporation teday declared the regu- lar quatterly dividends of $1.75 a share on the common and preferred stocks of the corporation. | (ness in his struggle with the coal and enthusiastic response. They are! Check Up Vote Count not: non-union »miners=by—choiee but) ‘Phe~miners must also -demand a thru the deliberate neglect of Mr.) reckoning of the brazen election Lewis and his machine to organize! steel just put thru by Mr. Lewis. them. | Over a month has passed since the jelection and no tabulated returns have been given out by the national office, The opposition is defying Lewis to give out a tabulated report of the returns, local by local, and Lewis does not dare comply with this simple and elementary privilege of every voting body to get full returns. Miscount Easy Lewis Fights Union, Lewis has displayed great weak-| owners but great strength and fight-| ing spirit when it comes to struggling; with the rank and file of his ewn union and their demands and inter- ests. has helped and inspired to fight against graft in the labor movement. PHILADELPHIA. CLOAK & DRESSMAKERS T. U. E. L. _. GREETINGS The DAILY WORKER, since its. existence, American trade unions, It has constantly fought against exploitation of the workers,’ and it had fearlessly unmasked the traitors We wish that in the future The DAILY It is just as if the Tammany ma- |chine in New York were to announce that its candidate had been elected but were to refuse to give the vote ‘hy election districts where watchers had tabulated and would be able to cheek up the honesty of the returns. The mere fast that Lewis refuses to give such a return is sufficient evi- dence that Brophy really carried the election, ! Members Pay ’ So that one of the fundamental issues before this convention is the issue of honesty in union administra- | tion; of ‘the right of the rank and | file who pay the dues, who fight the fights of the union and have “built it and who somehow manage to main- tail it despite neglect, treachery and cpen hostility, to elect their own officers and to remove. from office a self-perpetuating clique that have neglected and even betrayed their interests. Finally, it is to be hoped that out jof the present convention comes, along with a constructive program the left wing elements and corruption in the legations of graft and Communistic | j activities in the recent fur strike,” the mayor's secretary stated today cording to newspaper reports, Mayor Walker leaves next Saturday for a j month’s stay in Havana so it looks as though there might be some diffi- , culty about this repeatedly announced “conference,” | No definite date of President | Green’s arrival in this city can be ob- tained, and the Joint Board of the Furriers’ union has heard nothing from him or from any American Fed- eration of Labor official about the charges of police bribery which were given such wide publicity. Seven Hundred Havana Leather Workers Quit _ As Bosses Deny Union (By a Worker Correspondent.) HAVANA, Cuba.—Seven hundred leather workers have declared a strike against the leather manufac- turers. The main demand is the rec- ognition of the’ union. Due to the lack of an organizatiort the leather workers slaved 12 hours a day with low wag:s and bad san- itary conditions. The ‘osses and the foremen did with the workers as they pleased. Through the initiative of a group of workers the leather workers’ un- ion was organized, The first act of that no appointment had~been made | house in the legislature, being second | for Mr. Green to see the mayor. Ac-}only to the republican party in Min- | siderable role in 1928. Affiliation of all farmer and labor organizations will be sought by the state party which controls 1 U. 8. senator, 2 congressmen and about one-third of the membership of each nesota, with the democrats nowhere. It polled over a quarter million voted last November. | Most of the business pertained to \state affairs but the meeting took time to denounce American imperial- ist meddling in Mexico, Nicaragua and China to demand the impeach- ment of secretary of state Frank Kel- logg, who is a citizen of Minnesota; to demand government ownership of railroads, old age pensions, and equa- ble taxation; to denounce injunctions in labor disputes and the federal re- serve banking system. A farmer-labor press service and a monthly magazine were authorized, The Queensboro chamber of com- merce declared a survey just com- pleted by the various departments of | the chamber indicated that the popu-| |lation of the borough of Queens on | January 1, 1927, was 996,000, an in-)| erease of 58,000 over the population| on January 1, 1926, | LONDON, ‘Jan. 26—Ten persons} were killed and ten injured in a col- lision between an express and a} freight train near Alsolonka, accord-; ing to a Central news dispatch frem | Budapest. Page Five CHICAGO COUNCIL|LOSS OF UNION IN STOCKYARDS CUTS SKILLED WAGE AND LIVES OF WORKERS; DISSATISFACTION By THURBER LEWIS. (Special to The Daily Worker.) CHICAGO, IL, J 3.—-It tvilsome or gruelling t than ers in Chi o's stockyards and melling abatoirs who rs at an inhume 8 difficult to pictur ed t the 60,000 ly rformed da iz nd for hour houses, knive: twelve y worker i is familiar with the ki all the big packers in Chicago, Kan- sas City, Sioux C: Omaha and South St. Paul told that a cattle ‘ butcher who lasts longer than that tMS¢ explo te nes AP lis an exception. sceing in these boss-controJled instru- ments mere add ans of pres- Can’t Stand Pace. sure. If they don’t fall an easy victim’ the best hog butcher: th to rheumatism or some other ailment ¢ can’t make any induced by constant dampness, their ur, the help- hands give way under the terrific Rocens tie rather tee rmlessness strain of their tools. Cattle butchers of the company union is out like in the Chicago houses over still a sore thumb, The worke never did warm carcasses; and skin them at ¢ the company union seriously, the rate of 24 head an how 3 Jetween the years 1918-1922 the’ The last issue of Armour’s “Oval”, butcher workmen were organized in. the house 1, boasted that 95% a strong union, In th days they| of the me women in the plant averaged 1b) head an hour. - With! Voted at the last company union elec- their union smashed in the big strike! tions. Armour workers laugh at this they came to orning they out of the en out only of 1922 the speed-up has been pressed|#nd relate that wh upon them in a progressive fashion| Werk one Monda; so that in a few more months the! found their ecards u butchers will be doing twice as much ©! as they did when they had their #fter on officers”. junion. And for considerably less pay,| That’s how Armour got a 95% vote. Discontent Grows. Begin Again. Mutterings of discontent are; Qld time union men who still carry the sears of the big stockyards bat~- tles of 1916 and 19 are beginning to see the yards ripen for another efficiency methods create a speeded| ¢ffort. “Within a short time a group production requiring less hands for| f these cld warriors will seek a union the same amount of work. As it is,| charter as irst step towards the there are thousands of butchers andj e°rgani fhe butcher work- The initial steps are going to of discipline during the| be hard, but the spirit is there and union days when a hard worked andj With help from the outside labor sweating butcher might run down fo: ovement a new beginning can be a cup of coffee is no more. nade, Instead, the oppressiveness of} ~ nerve-wrecking efficiency has come on the scene, Come in only one min- nute late and you are docked a solid hour. A uniformed guard stands at all time clocks and keeps watch at all! entrances and exits, Wages are be- ing cut in cynical proportion as pro- duction increases with less help. All these things are bearing down} mounting in volume in the corrals and on the killing floors. Men are being let out at a rapid rate as ne IMPORTANT NOTICE Address all mail for The DAILY WORKER to 33 Fire! Street, New York, LET’S GET ACQUAINTED _. The entire DAILY WORKER-force just arrived from Chicago, will attend the CONCERT and DANCE afranged by Pioneer Camp Committee and New York Daily Worker Builders Club for THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 29 HARLEM CASINO 116th Street and Lenox Avenue. ADMISSION 50 CENTS. TICKETS on sale at Room 32, 108 East 14th Street. and along with progress toward the} the union was to ask reéognition. Al- | democratization of the union, the uni-| though this demand was sent to light fying on a permanent basis of all] manufacturers only, all the employers progressive forces, of all honest| got together, condemned it as a Bol- WORKER shall become more influential among the American working class, for whose interests it is always fighting. PASSAIC STRIKE STILL ON! unionists who lové the union which to them has been and'must again become a shield for defense and a weapon for the improvement of the condition of the men who toil in the mines. e Psi Philadephia and District 3 of the Workers [Communist] Party welcomes ‘The DAILY WORKER to the East and greets its estab- lishment in New York with enthusiasm, Located within two hours of this territory of 4,000,000 workers The DAILY WORKER will be our mightiest instrument in the battle against the capitalist class, Workers (Communist) Party, District 3, : 521 York Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 4. 0. BENTALL, District Organizer. RMT shevik demand, and decided on a lock- out. The workers found out about the bosses! decision, and declared a gen- eral strike. All unions of Hayana congratulated the leather workers on their action and Snancial support is already being o 5 The solidarity of the workers is excellent. Grand Rapids Crowd Hears About Yankee Imperialist Program By Worker Correspondent. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, — The Lenin memorial meeting here was a very good one, About fifteen mem- bers of the Workers party contrived to bring an average of ten other workers apiece, so that we had a hundred and fifty. present, The principal speaker was Rebecca Grecht, and she explained American imperialism and the light of Lenin- ‘ism, and told about the difference»be- tween The DAILY WORKER and thy Athen newspapers. WE'VE WON IN FOUR MILLS! HELP US BEAT THE REST! GIVE MONEY PLEASE! For Coal for the Strikers’ Homes! © For Bread for their families! They have made a hard fight! Now they are winning! Now you must help more than ever! Give all you can! MAKE VICTORY COMPLETE! Make all contributions by check or money order to GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE 799 BROADWAY Room 225 NEW YORK CITY Gat 10¢ Coupona and sell them TO HELP US FEED the Strikera’ Children, } i

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