The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 5, 1927, Page 4

Fane cr athe remem caf agate Nec ey pose. THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1927 THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO Daily, Except Sunday 83 First Street, New York, N. Y. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in New York only): By mail (outside of New York): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.60 three months $2.00 three months Phone, Orchard 1680 Address all mail and make out checks to " THE DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. J. LOUIS ENGDAHL site WILLIAM F. DUNNE. (*ocotscttstcteste et Laitors BERT MILLER......... prtteeeees Business Manager Entered as second-class mail at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Sas aad Injunctions for All Occasions. A hailstorm of injunctions is sweeping over New York labor these days. Every day brings some new injunction. The capital- ist politicians are not,only granting injunctions to prevent strik- ing and picketing but in the case of the traction workers the injunction restrains them from organizing new men. In the case of a painter’s union, an injunction restrains' the union from exercising authority over their own members and prevent- ing the union from expelling scabs. In Local No. 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the local membership has been restrained from exer- cising its right to try to remove from office those guilty of graft and corruption, after a previous injunction tied the hands of the international office from trying these officers on the grounds that the local membership had the right of trial.e The injunction has become a noose around the neck of labor, that is strangling union organization and seeking to snuff out the life of trade unionism. By the clever procedure of issuing in- junctions first and arguing them afterwards,. the enemies of labor realize the aim of demoralizing the workers, In many instances the injunction achieves its purpose everf before being finally decided by the courts. There is only one method of dealing with injunctions. This holds true for injunctions against striking, picketing or organiz- ing or injunctions that hamper the honest elements in the unions in dealing with their misleaders. That method is to ignore them and proceed with business. Hesitation and vacillation serve the enemies of labor. Any other method means to help the open shop employers or the scabs and thieves within the union that obtain injunctions preventing the rank and file from taking action against them. The A. F. of L. at its Atlantic City convention issued the slogan of “Defy the Injunctions’. This is the slogan for the traction workers. It is the slogan for the honest elements in Local.No. 3 of the I. B. E. W. in their dispute with their corrupt leaders. 4 other course will lead to demoralization and will serve the of the grafters and open shoppers. A law to prevent the issuance of injunctions in labor’ dis- putes must be unequivocally a demand for prohibition of the injunctions. They are unconstitutional. They deny the right of trial by jury. Labor is powerful enough if it exertises its strength to put such a law on the statute books. It can be done if the full strength of Labor politically is mobilized for this The old-time politicians will not grant such a law. labor’s own men representing a Labor Party could make the proper fight against this judicial octopus that is crushing out the life of organized Labor. A Labor Party is what is needed just now. ‘ ends Saving Kellogs’s Carcass By a vote of eight to five the senate committee on foreign re- lations rejected a resolution offered by Senator Norris calling for an investigation of Secretary of State Kellogg’s conspiracy with the Associated Press in circulating a story to the effect that the Mexican government was attempting to organize a Communist confederation in Latin America to the detriment of the interests of the United States, Kellogg knew that he was lying when he pulled off this frame-up. He knew that Calles is not a Communist or anything like it, but a representative of the rising bourgeoisie of Mexico, basing his administration on that element and on the trade union movement headed by Luis Morones, his minister of labor, com- merce and industry. But Kellogg needed an excuse for his bullying of Mexico in the interests of the Doheny-Sinclair-Standard Oil-Mellon oil inter- ests, the copper barons and the big American landowners like William Randolph Hearst. Thru the assistant secretary of state, Mr. Olds, Kellogg invited representatives of three news distribut- ing agencies to the state department and asked them to ‘co-oper- ate in spreading this faked news, without incriminating the state department. Only the Associated Press agreed to this proposal. A reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch exposed the plot and Kellogg was in hot water. The move to investigate this manufacturer of lies was the result. Senator Willis of Ohio as much as admitted that Kellogg lied but yoted against the resolution on the ground that a finding un- favibable to Coolidge would damage his prestige and weaken the state department at this moment while the Chinese, Nicaraguan and Mexican questions remain unsettled. Here is a splendid example of the limits to which our lying statesmen will go in order to justify their conduct. Here is an- other reason why a worker should be as willing to believe the tale of an exposed confidence man as the word of a capitalist politician, Hugh Frayne, the General Organizer of the American Fed- eration of Labor in New York, declared at the Central Trades and Labor Council meeting that the injunction against the traction workers “has prevented the organizers of that union and him- self from organizing these workers. We have to obey these in- junctions,” he continued, “whether they are just or not. In this way the spirit of the workers is broken.” Mr. Frayne calls himself a 100-per cent A. F. of L. man. Yet the A. F. of L. declared, at its conventions, that the way to beat these injunctions is to defy’them and in that way, prevent the “spirit of the workers from being broken.” The striking cloakmakers did it and nullified the injunction. The courts dare not even mention that their injunction was broken. This is the way to deal with injunctions. American Federation of Labor, added First Signs of By C. E, RUTHENBERG General Secretary, Workers (Com- munist) Party of America, HE end of the year 1926 was the ignal for the letting loose of a chorus of hallelujahs of joy over the great height which production and prosperity had reached in this ecoun- try during that year. Bankers, brok- ers, merchants and manufacturers joined in the chorus and expatiated on the impregnable position which American industry had gained. Even William Green, president of the voice to the general cry of “all is well,” With these excited cries over the great profits which were rolling into| } the coffers of the exploiting class went predictions that 1927 would equally be prosperous and profitable as had been the year 1926. While here and there a note of caution was expressed about the coming year, the chorus of prosperity shouters were in accord upon the estimate that 1927 would be another boom year for the exploiters of labor. Some figures have just become available which throw light on the question of the present tendency of industry in this country. These fig- ures represent a wet blanket upon the optimism of the prosperity shout- ers. They show that a distinct down- ward tendency has made itself felt) in industry and that in place of the pace of 1926 being maintained, or even a greater height in production being reached, that a tapering off of production and employment has be- gun. The first of these figures are those gathered by the Department of Labor! in regard to employment in the man- ufacturing industry. The department r ved reports from 10,117 estab- lishments in 54 industries for Decem- ber. It makes its comparison with employment in these industries in 1925, which is indicated by the index figures 100. In November, 1926, this index of employment stood at 91.4 and in December it had decreased to 90.9. Comparing December, *1925, with December, 1926, we ‘get the in- dex figure of 92.6 for the first and a Downward Trend in Industry 90.9 for the latter, showing a de- crease of 1.7 between the two years.! ‘These figures standing alone might not. be very significant, as they could be. considered as representing a tem- porary fluctyation in industry, but in combination with other factors they are a clear indication that a down-! ward tendency of industry has begun. The steel industry, for instance, shows even a more marked recession.| There has been a decline in produ tion for several months. The pros- perity shouters consoled themselves with the interpretation that this was merely. a seasonal reduction in the production of steel, which would be| overcome with the opening of the new year. Production in December, 1926, was 74% of capacity. In January, that is a year ago, it was 88 to 89% of capacity.' It was expected that January 1927, would. faise the percentage to that of January, 1926, but the first estimates made public indicate that the past month will only show about the same production as December. That means a fall off of production in the steel industry of 14 to. 15% for January of this year as compared to last year. It has long been an axiom in Amer- ican industry that the steel industry is first to show the general trend of industry, because it produces the raw material which so many other indus- tries use and the falling of orders for steel indicate an early falling off of production in other industries. Steel is showing the way in a one- seventh reduction in production over! last year. The Purchasing Power of the Farmers. The purchasing power of the vari- ous economic groups has a strong bearing upon the fature of industry. If this purchasing power is reduced through the reduction of the earnings of a particular economic group, this is bound to reflect itself in the gen- eral development of industry. In considering this phase of the sit- uation we have the important fact that the total value of the principal agricultural crops for 1926 was more than a billion dollars less than in 1925, In other words, the farmers will have a billion dollars less of pur- chasing power for 1927 than they had in 1926, \ Building and Automobile. The building industry has shown a decrease in contracts awarded month! | by, month since last May, as com- pared with the same months of the year before. This reduction in the) volume of new building does not et-| fect. the workers concerned in build-| ing construction only, but the work- ers who produce building construc-| tion material. Less work means less wages and a lower purchasing power in buying the products of other indus-| tries, thus contributing to the other! factors which are producing a reces-| sion in production in this country, The automobile industry was one of the industries which shared in the! boom of 1 » producing more cars) than for’ any previous year. There are many signs that the market for new automobiles is narrowing. The total of the number of automobiles} now in use in the United States has| eached the enormous figure of over} 20,000,000 cars, and it seems improb-| able that a market can be found to) absorb the high rate of production which has existed in this industry during recent years. \ The Outlook for 1927, While the factors discussed above} indicate the general tendency of in- dustry, that is, a general recession in production with an increase in un- employment, it must not be inferred) that there is an immediate danger of} a depression or crisis. For some} months yet we may look forward to) fairly general employment. | The tendency of industry, however, ie downward. How deep-going the} depression will be is not yet appar- ent, but that it is in the offing is in- dicated by all the factors governing ‘industry. If such a depression comes) it will bring with it a sharpening of| the struggle between the workers and the empioyers, who will as usual take advantage of it to endeavor to reduce wages and enforce .less favorable working conditions upon the workers generally, @ The facts now becoming apparent! indicate that the chorus of glee with| which the new year was opened was| in the nature of shouting to keep up| the conrege of the exploiters: rather|, than a viewpoint based upon the ac-! tual situation in the industry of this} country. | CURRENT EVENTS ; Continued from Page 1 that we have seen anywhere. I will furnish the address on the slightest provocation. A great outrage has been commit- ted here in New York on an honorable citizen who was on the way to becoming a second Henry Ford when the minions of the law swooped} down on him, His name js David D.} Deutsch and if you will pardon the pun, he is “in Dutch” up ‘to his pocketbook. Deutsch had succeeded in collecting $1,500,000 in return for security chattel mortgages on non- existent automobiles. My proposi- tion is that all the little business men who gave him their money in the hope that they would make quick profits should be canned and Mr. Deutsch permitted to breathe - the ozone again. A top notch confidehce man is always preferable to the little gambler who expects to make ten dol- lars grow out of one at somebody else’s expense, * A Chicago bootlegger shot and killed his fiance after spending $50,000 on her. He could have saved money by a little foresight. This par- ticular bootlegger is a former waiter. While trying to make ‘an honest liv- ing he didnt get any nearer to his goal than a few paltry dollars a week, He made $75,000 in nine months dealing in intoxicating bev- Cee oa * rages. It must be tough even on a bootlegger to be told by a girl on whom he has spent $50,000, that he cannot see her home. This world is! mostly all ingratitude. However, the survivor, of the shooting affray is not worrying. Who ever heard of a rich bootlegger getting convicted in Chi- ago? he asks. Alright, but who ever heard of a man with only $25,000 left, haying a nickel after the law- yers get thru saving him from the gallows? * * * ‘HE Daily News, New York tab- loid sheet, with a reported circu- lation of one million and a half, is out for censorship of the press. The Peaches-Browning case got its dander' up. It is true that the Daily News! started out to serve up the filth with all the most intimate trimmings that experts in sexual. histrionies could present in word and in pictures. But it could not stand the competition of the bawdy rags published by Wil- liam Randolph Hearst, our leading jingo, and Barnarr MacFadden, our leading foe of flesh meat. Now the Daily News howls for a censorship in conjunction with the New York World and other virtuous sheets that could see their circulation dropping to zero under the impact of a few more Peaches-Browning trials. * * * HE Daily News believes in pub- lishing the details of crimirial trials. But it draws the line some- where. Here is an excerpt from an editorial in the News of Feb. 3: “We Get Your Union to Telegraph Congress Today! ul Back in Paris, and there were long letters from Verne; the gov- ernment had filed suit for the re- turn of its oil lands, and the Sumny- side tract was in the hands of a re- ceiver, and, all the development stopped. But they were not to worry—their organization would he put. to work on the various foreign concessions, and as for, the money, at they were getting out of Par- would keep them in old age. Strange to say, Dad. worried searcely at all, Mrs. Olivier had discovered a new medium, even more wonderful than the others, and this Polish woman with bad teeth and epilepsy had brought up from the depths of the universal con- sciousness the spirit of Dad’s grand- father, who had crossed the con- tine in a covered wagon and perished in the Mohave desett; al- so there was the spirit of an In- dian chief whom the old pioneer had killed during the journey. Most fascinating to listen while the two warriors told about this early war between the reds and the whites! Bertie was furious, of course; she didn’t dare say much to Dad, for the old man was still the boss, and would tell her “where to get off.” She took it oyt on Bunny, storming at him, because he was the one who might have svade Dad from this | dangerous vamp. Bunny couldn’t help laughing, because Mrs. Olivier was so far from the type which the Hollywood directors had -taught him to recognize; a stoutish, elderly lady, sweet and sentimental, with a soft, caressing THE JACKASS ON A SPREE DEMOCRATIC HOPES FOR 1928 This picture represents the battle in the ranks of the democratic party: between the wet Wall street forces led by Al, Smith and the dry, K. K. K. clements whose standird bearer is William Gibbs McAdoo. It looks like an- other attempt at political suicide on the part of the donkey. believe it was proper to publish full details of the Hall-Mills case. That was a case of what might be called NICE CLEAN CRIME.” (cops ours— T. J. O'F.). Here’s for nicer and clean- er crimes! The Rev. Hall was killed in a shady lane while holding a clande- stina meeting with his chorister. ’ ” * * 1k seems that almost everybody else in New Jersey was there, too, The papers must have reasonable crimes to fill their pages with. But criminals mustn’t go too far. They must consider the susceptibilities of the press. If they want publicity in the future they must avoid the pit- falls of scandal. Tt looks bad for} hing Benjamin of the House of Davii whose trial is approaching. He is liable to be shoved in with the used- furniture advertisements, “Daddy” Browning was a wise gander after all, He got under the tape just in time, ; on # HE William J. Burns detective agency evidently believes in “se- cret covenants openly arrived at.” A \few days ago we commented on a speech delivered by the master fink and perjurer, before an aggregation of rotarians. He spoke on crime and criminals, and blamed Karl Marx and . WITHDRAW ALL U. S. WARSHIPS FROM _ NO INTERVENTION IN MEXICO! HANDS OFF CHINA! Lenin for both. Another one of his hirelings picked on a Kiwanian club, and spewed a similar speech on them. The understudy, however, accomplisti- od the impossible. He proved himself to be a bigger sap than Burns. ‘ He declared that he was in possession of information to the effect that a group of revolutionaries were now plotting in Brooklyn, to bring about a revolu- tion in’ Venezuela, but, since the Burns agency was investigating the conspiracy, he wished to keep the matter a secret. Then he had the “secret” published in the New York Times. ° ©. The stoolpigeon also declared that NICARAGUA ! Don't Delay! ANEW NOVEL | Upton Sinclair voice—it was too funny to listen to her coo to the fierce and surly In- dian chief, “Now, Red Wolf in the Rain, are you going to be nice to us this evening? We are so glad to hear you agai Captain Ross’s little grandson is here, and wants you to tell us if the faces of the redmen, are white in your happy world.” Bunny was taking Vee about to see Paris; a city which was ex- hibiting to the world the moral col- lapse of capitalist imperialism. In the theatres of this culture centre you might see a stage of crowded naked women, their bodies painted every color of the rainbow; some of them died of the poisoning which this treatment inflicted upon the system, but meantime the war for democracy was justified. While Bunny was there, the artists of the city took offense because the man- agers of the underground railway’ objected to an obscene advertise- ment; to express their scorn of censorship, some hundreds of men and women emerged at dawn, hav- ing torn off their clothing in drunk- en orgies, and invaded the subway cars entirely naked. These beauty- creators and guides of the future held a festival once every year, the Quatres Arts Ball, a famous event to which. Vee, as a visiting artist, was welcome; and here, when the revels were at their height, you might stroll about a vast hall, and see, upon platforms set against the walls, the actual enactment of every variety of abnormal vice which hur man degeneracy had ben able to conceive. ¢ With the time he had left from such diversions, Bunny was prepar- ing for “The Young Student” a moving protest against the Rou- manian White Terror. He left this nearly completed manuscrépt on the writing table in his hotel room, and when he came back it fwas gone, and inquiries among the hotel staff brought no information. Two days later Bertie came to him with an- other tantrum; she knew all the contents of his manuscript, and what shame he was bringing upon their heads! “So Eldon’s been set- ting spies on me!” exclaimed Bun- ny, ready to get hot himself; but Bertie said rubbish, Eldon had noth- ing to do with it, it was the French secret service. Did he imagine for a moment the government was fail- ing to keep track of Bolshevik pro- paganda? Or that they would let him use their country as a centre of plotting against the peace of Europe? Bunny wanted to know, were they so silly as to imagine they could keep him from writing home what he had learned in Vienna? He would do the article over, and find ways to get it to America in spite of all the spies. Then Bertie actu- ally broke down and wept; of all countries for him to pick out — Roumania! Here she had been pull- ing wires to get Eldon appointed to a high diplomatic post, with the combined influence of Verne in Washington and Prince Mareseu in Bucharest; and now Bunny came along and smeared them with his filth! And more than that! Blind fool, couldn’t he see that’Marescu was interested in Vee? Did he want to give her up to him? The prince would of course hear about this matter through the French govern- ment, which was arming Roumania against Russia, Suppose he were to come back to Paris and challenge Bunny to a duel? The young smart- , aleck answered, “We’ll fight with tennis rackets!” (Td Be Continued.) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The tattered torso of a body, hacked inte innumerable pieces and burned bee | yond recognition, gave St. Petersburg today the most gruesome and mystie fying crime in local police annals, Senator Borah stopped advocating re cognition of the Soviet Union because of proof of Communist propaganda submitted to him by former secretary of state Hughes. Borah flatly denied this, and stated that he never saw any document that would have the slightest weight in regard to the mat~ ter, Detectives may be the dumbest mortals,’ outside of ‘a coffin, hut they are the world’s most shameless liars. Because they are dumb, perhaps! Roll in the Subs For The DAILY WORKER. SRE IID PD 2 ARR A POA