The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 18, 1927, Page 4

ASIC } Page Four LABOR ENTERS THE ELECTION * FIGHT IN CHI. Rithenberg Nominated ua For Mayor By TOM KERNEY. (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—Although the ustial noise and bustle of the mayor- alt¥’ campaign js well under way here, the real vital issues are not be- ing touched by the old capitalist can- didates. | Inthe republican primaries there are three aspir the mayoralty nomination: Edward R. Litsinger of thé Deneen-Brundage William its to Hale Thompson, ex-mayor, candidate of the Crowe-Galpin group, and John Dill Robertsc former health com- |} missioner of Chi , whe being backed by the Li and the so-called Chicago Business Men’s Re-} publican committee. Dever Has Dems. While in the re an_ primary | there is a three-corne fight, Mayor Dever will have « democratic prin There are certs sleighing in the ons which the Robert- blind horse” to son campaign split the Thom of the Litsinge These indi- cations are (1) The main bulk of the personal filth ried the Rob- ertson camp lands on the head of Robert E. Crowe Attorney, and h pet « Thompson, while inger is ily mentioned; 2.) Certain fol! of the Robert- son camp have deserted for Litsing- er, and there is talx gomg on o1 more desertions before the republican prim- ary on Feb, 22. But What About the Workers? The fact that the issues are b mentioned in the election, rallies makes it hard to detect the class in- terests- behind the smoke screen of personal filth. However, re is one thing that the work an be sure of, and that neither the republican nor demoeratic candidates if elected will enact a single pro-labor in the local demonstration. Workers Party Enters. The Workers (Communist) Party here is raising the banner of inde- pendent working class politics in the jocal’ elections. Although it has placéd its own mayoralty candiauve in'the ‘field, C Ruthenberg, execu- tive secretary of the Workers (Com- mtnist) Party, it is willing at any moment to withdraw him in favor of a ¢andidate chosen on a united labor Wer measure seeeticket and for a real labor program. CEXXXXXEXXEEUKIIT Meanwhile, the Workers (Commun-; ist) Party is busy securing signatures on the petition for its own candidate. Workers who wish to support work- ing’ class politics against the anti-' labor politics of the two capitalist parties are urged to stay away from the primaries of the republican and | democratic parties, to sign the peti-| tion for the Workers Party candi- date, to raise the question of the United Labor Ticket in workers’ or- ganizations and to register on March 15 for the general election on April 5. YOUNG WORKERS ATTENTIOD All articles and notices for the Youth column should be addressed as follows: “J. Perillo, Editor Youth Column, 108 East’ 14th street, Room | 32. New York City. The quality of the column will in! a large degree depend on the matter of contributions received. Young Worker correspondents, get on the job! Union, Party, sure of your facts, on XX XXXXXXXKXXXXXAAL TEX IXIA outs and Civil Liberti (XEXXXXXEXX. 4 Among the Subscribers: ; WILLIAM Z. FOSTER, WIL- | | LIAM GREEN, ALBERT F. “COYLE, ARTHUR W. CAL- } HOUN, JOHN R. COMMONS, ; GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, { - RAMSAY MACDONALD, LEN- i } . INGRAD INSTITUTE. ; (XXEXXEEXEXTTKEEYS xvees in favor | the Best-Informed Member of Your Can you speak authoritatively and fluently, ism, Communism, Labor Education, Labor and Social Conditions, Co-operation, Labor Banking, Industrial Relations, Strikes, Lock- WITH The American Labor Year Book 1927 As your guide, you will soon assume a com- manding position in your organization The 1927 Edition contained 288 pages, carefully indexed, bound in cloth. Some of the topics treated: Conventions, International Diary, Trade Union Organization, Strikes and Lockouts, Labor Polities, Labor Legis- lation, Legal Decisions, Public Ownership, International Relations. THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1927 ‘TRY FIVE DEPUTIES OF CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN PARLIAMENT FOR OPPOSING CLERICAL LAWS: On January 19 in Prague began the trial of the four Communist deputies, Harus, Safranko, Kreibich and Jilek, and the national socialist deputy, inejzlik. ‘The accusation is connect- ed with the events in the choslo- vakian parliment in June, 1926, when the Communist fraction obstructed the adoption of the customs bill and} the bill for the increase of the sal-| aries cf the clerg The cepnties are accused of in- fringement of the law for the pro- | tection of the republic and for caus- ng serious bodily harm. In the in- | dictment the prosecution attempts to | | transform this purely political trial into a process against common crim- inals. It is directed mainly against the Communist Party as an organi- , | zation. e leading judge of the proceed- ngs does his best to exclude all po- litical arguments. Every time one of the accused attempts to explain the political. motivés of the actions in question, the leading judge interferes. When Comrade Safrakno pointed out that he, as a representative of |the workers realized that the adop- tion of the customs bill meant a de- terioration of the standard of life of the broad working masses, the judge interrupted him and stated that there time for political speeches. When Comrade Kreibich spoke, these interruptions became still more frequent. Comrad Kreibich said: “The accusation supposes that we wanted means and _ technical obstruction, ments arid which was permitted also in the Austrian parliment, the Bohe- mian Diet and in the German Reich- ; stag...’ Chairman: “I tolerate no political speeches, we’ would stay here a long time if I did.” Comrade Kreibich: “For me it is a question of months and years and I can, therefore, not take care of half an hour or so of your time. By mechanical means one cannot pre- vent the adoption of a bill. We are not of the opinion that on important matters decision is passed only with- | n the parliament; Marx called al- ready such an opinion parlimentarian you quote here all kinds of author: This i thods used in this trial. After the cyamination of the accused, many clerical deputies appeared as witness- es and most of them did not repeat under oath their former statements. | Their statements were vague and gen- ‘ eral ILLINOIS FEUD WHICH HORRIFIES POLITE PULITZER CAUSED BY STRIKEBREAKING By THURBER LEWIS ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 17.—The end of the sensational gang feud be- | tween the Birgers and the Sheltons in Southern Illinois is giving the St. Louis plute press a chance to revive the horror of “Bloody Williamson” county and trace it all back to the miners’ strike of 1922, The shooting | affray at Lester Strip mine in Herrin | during that struggle, that threw the | bosses of this region into a panic of | frenzied “defense,” cannot be forgot- ten. Still Hunt Revenge. The late Pulitzer’s “independent” St. Louis Post-Dispatch remarks: Had the people of Williamson Coun- ity stood with the law and held up its | hands, the Herrin incident would have lended with the labor fight at the | Strip mine.” The veiled inference here is that the union miners who participated in the “labor fight” would .not have been | acquitted if the “people” had “held up the law’ and Glen Young and the subsequent “lawlessness’” would | not have happened. Club or Class Trade Unions, Social- es? Please send me postpaid a copy of the 1927 edition of The American ($1.65 enclosed.) Labor Year Book, (Special te the DAILY WORKER.) | Young a Gunman. scene for The DAILY WORKER in 1924 when Glen Young met his death | from the gun of Ora Thomas, mem- ber of the miners’ union, who died at the same time. | It was then established by The DAILY WORKER and ignored by the press generally—that Glen Young was a company gurman, who was in the scab barricade in Lester mine at the time of the shooting in 1922, and escaped, to prevent by mechanical | j which is an old right of all parlia- | | | chairman: “I will not tolerate that | is Only an example of the me-' The present writer was on the! | The Manager's Corner FOLLOW COMRADE JONES, One day after the publication of the notice of the estab- | lishment of The DAILY WORKER Sustaining Fund, we re- | ceived from Comrade James R. Jones, of Brooklyn, N. Y., a pledge whereby he promises to pay one dollar on the second of every month to help The DAILY WORKER, It is this kind of steady, throughout-the-year, day-to-day support that will build up our paper. It is the solid phalanxes of shock troops like Comrade Jones, which will be its backbone and its main | source of strength. Comrade Jones is the pioneer. We are confident that he is but the first of a great army of DAILY WORKER sup- porters who are ready and willing to pledge one, five, ten dol- lars and more to place our paper solidly on its feet. Weare all sick and tired of crises, panics, and scares. The only way to get rid of them is to provide a regular, all-the-year-round support of the paper. One of the best ways to do this is to join the ranks of the Sustainers of The DAILY WORKER. We do not propose to run any extended campaign for Sus- tainers. We are just issuing a quiet appeal to those who are most anxious to put The DAILY WORKER on a stable foot- ° ing. If you are one of these comrades, we hope you will sign on the dotted line at once—BERT MILLER. | DAILY WORKER 33 First Street New York, N.Y. Dear Comrades : Siakege isa eats s dollars I herewith pledge the payment of . toward the |) cn the . of every Sustaining Fund of The DAILY WORKER. . Nome F505. 2 Sais sete e es ee eee seerees ace bee Ky | | A AORTR ANE 4s salts na be tee MLM Bl ose dina holy Uta Fimeh eel i} GRO IE Ves Bu Se oe ee sca gas Cente orem FO) em are cca oe All pledges should be accompanied with check, cash or money-order. We would also solicit the names of other com- |} rades to whom pledges should be sent. | DIARY OF EVENTS IN LAWRENCE MILL SECTION; SHOWS CONSPIRACY TO LENGTHEN WORKING DAY a | §. A scene immediately following (By Worker Correspondent.) in which she says: “I love you.” ‘ LAWRENCE, Mass., Feb, 17.—The latter part of 1926 found the capital-| “Sinner” is called a comedy in ist press spreading the bosses’ propaganda for general wage cuts and length-| three lessons. ia The lessons are, I ening of hours in New England. |gather: (1) Young girls should On December~24th over 100 weav-, bosses to repeal the 48-hour law, but ers of the Barnard mills in Fall River| makes matters. worse for himself. It| went on strike, These weavers were|is said that his business has taken a! previously paid at the rate of $1.00 decided drop the past week, workers per cut for weaving spot cotton; but) buying their goods elsewhere. a first reduction was made when the! Mayor Rochfort of Lawrence an- management of the plant announced | nounced today that the textile bosses that in the future, the price paid| would meet with the Industrial Com- would be 90 cents per cut. This was! mittee Tuesday evening, February the followed with another reduction of 10/ 8th. At this meeting the bosses will) cents per cut. These workers are or- | tell how much “cooperation” the! ganized in what is called a Weaver’s| workers must give to keep the indus- union and its se*retary is William C.| tries going. According to them the |McNamara. The other 800 workers | workers haven't been speeded and | of the plant were thrown out of work. | doubled up enuf and altho they haven't Jan. 6,—Notices were posted in the | found 34 hours a week for most of | | Otis company mills at Ware, Mass.,/the textile workers for the past 3 |and Greenville, New Hampshire of a/| years, they will want to increase the | wage cut to go in effect Jan. 17th.) hours from 48 to 54, | About 1500 workers are employed in Daily Worker Sold. | the Ware mill and 1,000 in the Green-| Jan. 31.—The DAILY WORKER | ville plant. | was put on the Lawrence newsstands | Closing Mills. for the first time today. | Jan, 7.—The press announced that; Feb. 3.—Final plans for the big | about it); | for 2% acts, but rises in the final ‘the family. | from it is this: If you want to write Ora Thomas was one of the lead-| the Uswoco mill of the United States ers of the miners who took up arms | Worsted company in Lawrence, em- in defense of their right to live. Glen} ploying 1400 workers would close Young came back to Herrin—or was down officially February 1st but some sent back—to “get even.” K. K. K. Against Union. That is why Ora Thomas died. The “Ku Klux Klan” wave in Williamson County was, in reality, and ali its other angles notwithstanding, an at-/| tack on the miners’ union. , The subsequent killings and gang- sterism that has made Herrin a con- stant source of first-page copy can in a large measure be traced back to the “labor fight” of 1922. But only insofar as the community was unbalanced by, the fact that the coal operators did everything possible to break the miners’ union. It was no accident that Glen Young’s extra-legal “crusade” was directed in most instances against union miners—principally foreign- born workers—the type who fought and won at Lester Strip mine. Bosses’ Feel Defeat. For the bosses, Lester Strip mine represents a shameful example of “lawlessness” that had its echo in death and later gangsterism of a particularly vicious sort. For the workers, Lester Strip mine symbolizes a heroic fight for class interests against great odds. ‘The union miners who fought there—Ora Thomas among them—are heroes of the working class. The “Ku Klux Klan” raids and the gangsterism that followed may be marked down as a logical corrallary to a struggle that released the most vicious forces of the system in an effort to break the fighting spirit that shone among the miners in 1922, Violin and Viola Lessons Given by expert teacher. For reasonable rates, write to JOHN WEINROTH 6156 LARCHWOOD AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA, B. Sazer'y i DINEWELL VEGETARIAN and DAIRY RESTAURANT 78 2nd Avenue, Near 4th Street, The Real Way to Eat —the Natural Way. | departments would run until March. The company has a yarn mill in North |Chemsford, Mass., a weaving plant in | Lowell, Mass., and the Lawrence Dye | Works and a weaving plant in Law- | rence. | Jan. 10.—The Manomet mills, larg-| }est cotton yarn manufacturing plant} in New Bedford, Mass., with between 4,000 and 5,000 workers announced today that it would cose indefinitely, Long Hours Bill. A bill sponsored by the Arkwright Club, an organization of the textile bosses, to amend the, 48-hour law to permit women and children to work 54 hours a week was filed with the clerk of the state senate today. Jan. 11—Upon call of Agent Irving Southworth of the Pacific mills, the industrial commission was called to- gether today. “Andy” B. Sutherland, merchant, speaking for the textile bosses, urged the repeal of the 48-hour law that is in effeet in Massachusetts. Jan. 17.—A wage cut of at least 10 percent went into effect in the Otis company’s plants of Ware, Mass., and Greenville, New Hampshire, today. Jan, 18.--A reduction of 10 to 12% percent in wages was announced to- day at the Star Worsted Mills, Fitch- burg, Mass., where 300 workers are employed. Central Union Denouhces. Jan, 20.--The Lawrence Central La- bor union at its meeting tonight de- nounced the industrial commission for giving its aid in trying to repeal the 48-hour law and instructed its pres- ident, Robert J. Watt, to visit Mayor Rochfort and demand that the com- mission restrict itself to reviving old industries and procuring new ones, Every delegate denounced those who would return the workers to the 64- hour week. There was no one pres- lent who defended the commission. It |was yoted to hold a monster mass | meeting of the textile workers, Fri- day night, Feb. 11th, against the re- peal of the 48-hour law, Final plans for the holding of a tag day, Saturday, Jan, 22, for the Passaic textile sprik- ers was made, Sutherland Cringes. Jan, 28.—“Andy” Sutherland, the Lawrence merchant and spokesman \for the textile bosses, in a public (Statement tries to defend himself from the general condemnation of the iworkers for his efforts in aiding the |mass meeting to be held in Oliver school hall, Friday evening, February 11th, were made at the Central Labor union tonight. A large committee representing all locals was elected. | Thousands of leaflets and a hundred placards will be printed announcing the meeting. All'workers are urged to attend. JOIN THE UNION. United Textile Union Gains Support Among Unorganized Workers BIDDEFORD, Me., Feb. 17 (FP). ~The United Textile Workers drive into the sheeting mill towns grows more promising. The last meeting of the Pepperell Manufacturing ‘Co.’s Social, and Athletic Club.was able to attract only half the number that came to hear Organizer Francis Gor- man expound the advantages of trades’ unionism. The Social and Athletic Club meets in the old weave room that has been remodeled into auditorium, gymnas- ium. and club rooms, as part of the company’s welfare plans. Two years ago the Biddeford work- ers, then under the leadership of the | Independent American Federation of Textile Opratives, were defeated in a long strike. Since then the A. F. of L, union has launched an organi- zation campaign. The present drive is actively assisted by the Salem lo- cal union of the U. T. W., where 2,- 400 sheeting workers are employed by the unionized Naumkeag Steam Cot-: ton Co.—a firm that pay 20 per cent higher wages than its open shop ri- vals and still manages to make more money per spindle than any of them. Nicholas Miraculous Don’t Want Cal’s Job; Naw! Tours for Fun NEW YORK, Feb, 17. — Nicholas Murray Butler, whose publicly avowed purpose is to name a wet republican for the presidency, is about to make a tour of the middle west. While protesting that “nothing is further from my thoughts than be- | Bronx Opera House _ MORAL-CASTOR OIL “Sinner” Is a Small Dose After A Big Debauch | — Reviewed by HARBOR ALLEN. ««QINNER,” * by Thompson Bu- chanan, staged by Allan Dine- | hart, and produced by Richard Hern- |con at the Klaw Theatre, is one of those comedies which for 2% acts | ridieules marriage, bats it over thé |head with risqué situations, slashes it with epigrams, clutters up the | stage with cuckold ‘husbands; then, jin the last %4, dosés the issue with | moral castor oil, patches it up with |moral courtplaster, and sends the | audience home groggy but saved. “Sinner” contains: | 1. An emancipated heroine nick- | named “Sinner,” who wears two cos- tnmes in Act I (including. a riding habit); two in Act II; and a spangled | decolleté accoutrement in the middle. 2. An artist who is a libertine, | who walks as if he had the cramps, who talks only in bad epigrams, who wears patent leather hair and noth- ing short of riding boots or evening | | dress. | 3. | very A bridge game which must be | funny if you know bridge. 4. A big he-man husband who is fighting for his oil wells against the vile Bolshevist “spigs” of Mexico (a Heads the Civic Players who are ap- pearing in repertoire. at the 14th . Street Theatre. BROADWAY BRIEFS “Wooden Kimono” at the Martin Beck ‘Theatre will give an extra matinee on Tuesday, Washington’s Birthday. Cai See Caddie Carr, Chauncey Causland, Santos Ortega, Edward Fethbroth, telegram from Washington tells ali} but who calls time out | just before the final curtain to} clean up on the artist to the vast | enjoyment of the audience. | 5, A roadhouse in Connecticut which, I want you to know, is no or-| dinary bawdy house. “We. charge | $25 a day. That cuts out. the skim- | d milk,” says the proud aewaste ter. A poor old-fashioned mother, mar- ried to a. roué, who suffers audibly 14 as champion of the good old in- stitution or marriage. ; 7. A scene in which the he-man/ strikes the emancipated heroine. \ marry; (2) they shouldn’t flirt af-} terwards; (3) they won't if their husbands show them who's boss of But. the lesson I draw 2 popular play, pick out a “sacred institution” in a state of lush decay, crack: ribald jokes at its rottenness, its putrefaction, its stupidity. Then put it back on the altar. It’s a sacred institution. BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSTANDS Elaine ‘Davies, and Chester Erskin have been added to the cast of “Pup- pets of Passion,” which will open new Theatre Masque Thursday night, February 24, * . a May Milburn, prima donna of “Gay Paree,” is to be presented next season in a new musical play, “Broadway Adventures,” with book by Harold Atteridge, music’ by Al- fred Goodman, and lyrics by Mr. At- teridge. _ * * Raffaele Calzini, author of “The Web of Penelope,” in which Lionel w\iwill will be starred, is to visit America for the presentation of his Nay. baad _ + “Yo-San,” a new musical play, based on “The Willow Tree, will be presented by the Shuberts. The score is by Sigmund Romberg, and the book and lyrics are by Harry B. Smith, Howard Marsh will be fea- tured, and Helen Norde will sing the prima donna role. Others in the cast are: Bernard Gorcey, Ann Mil- lvarn, James Marshall, Frank Daven- port, Fred Harper, Frank Greene, William Pringle, Ann Yago, Walter Tenney, Gladys Baster and Marion Keeler. * Oo .e © “Sweeney,” Russian comedy, by Samuel Spewack and Bella Cohen, is scheduled by the- Chanins for a spring tryout. The play is based upon material gathered by Mr. Spe- wack during his service in Russia as a correspondent. Neighborhood Playhouse 406 Grand St. Drydock 7516 Tonight and Every Eve. (Except Mon.) Matinee Saturday THE DY BBU KR” Last Performances—Thro’ Feb. 23 “PINWHEEL”—Resumes Feb, 24. ‘An g MERICAN TH TRAGEDY MONTH Longacre }\¢t Mind Bar Vad “SINNER” With Allan Dinehart & Claiborne Foster 7 syq THEA. West 42nd_ St. oa HARRIS pwice Dally, 2:30 & 8:30 WHAT PRICE GLORY Mats. (exc, Sat.) 60c-$1, Eves. 50c-$2 149th Street, KE, of 8rd Ave, Pop. Prices. Mats. Wed. -& Sat. “THE LITTLE SPITFIRE” | Myron C, Fagan'’s Great Comedy, SS BROADWAY Xtra Mats, Feb. 22, 23, 24 and 26 Prime Hoover and Hughes in Grab of N. Y: Water Power ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 17:—An- other effort to grab the state’s water power was under way here today with a republican proposal for a new water power commission The bill au- thorizes a “survey”. The republicans propose to spike public ownership of the great St. Lawrence waterway power resources by placing Herbert Hoover, secretary of ‘commerce and agent of the U. S. department of commerce on the com- mission with Charles Eyans Hughes, former secretary of state and now chief counsel for the oil interests coming a candidate for the presiden- tial nomination,” the Columbia Uni- versity head starts next Saturday for a ten-day tour of Ohic, Mlinois, In- diana. and other states, raping Mexico, and a politician &nd a banker, To redeem the commission in the public’s estimation, General George H. 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