The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 28, 1927, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY 2, ORs. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1927 The Decline in United States Steel, in its q in-earnings that was considerably Wall Street expectations. Net below last year, or a total of $11, ter of 1926. This shrinkz representing the actual decline i of statistics of themselves exp The real decline is much greater siderable part of the revenue that goes to the stock is derived from non-steel business. in steel production is not less tha year. y as they may the spoke conceal the fact that a growing industry. In this connection the mour president of the thirty-second annual convention Chattanooga, Tenn., the big bourgeoisie. wails that the “bankers own the Steel Earnings' juarterly report, revealed a drop below even the most pessimistic arnings dropped 211% per cent 2,995 less than the third quar- 252 , however, is not to be interpreted as n steel, any more than any sort lain any economic phenomenon. because of the fact that a con- holders of steel Hence the actuai decline n 25 per cent as compared to last sman of the ruling class cannot paralysis is af nful dirge of John E. Edgerton, National Association of Manufacturers, before of that body, now in session in} is illuminating. Edgerton does not speak for Speaking for the small manufacturer, he! country body and soul” and hold} in contempt the worthy manufacturers when they appeal for aid. Thus, in face of forces conjured up by the system they must} support but which they cannot co: elements berate each other. mtrol, the understand their own economic condition due to the world market, | blame their hard in a country surfei ec < on the bankers. various capitalist class| The small manufacturers, unable to| ffecting. American | |at court.” HARRY F. Millionaire oil man with SINCLAIR. “friends His right to testify one way to the senate and have a contra- dictory defense in court is now under | | discussion by a hesitant judge. The tightening of money | with gold which it madly tries profitably to JUDGE DECLARES FIRST SINCLAIR» STORY EXCLUDED dispose of in every part of the world is one of the contradictions | |Fiall’s Relative Pleads! of capitalism. tained to keep the money lender: s posted on the condition of the] world market have informed them that certain industries must | close because the enterprises, as a measure of self-preservation. The drop in steel indicates to quite a pronounced degree the|dons, presiding at the Teapot Dome | general industrial condition of the country and heralds a period of depression which will emphat phants of capitalism who proclaim that some mysterious formula baren, has been concocted that will eli - United States. ically give the lie to those syco- iminate industrial crises in the market for their product is plentifully supplied. | Taking more than an hae this morc! The bankers long ago ceased to loan money to doubtful industrial | ing for the involved |e sretary of the interior during the The labor movement must prepare for a period of depression | and must accept a program that will repel the efforts of the bour-| geoisie to place upon the workers the burden of the crisis. Jess this is done the labor movement, already reduced to an im-| ftom the diler its treacherous leaders, will sink still lower potent condition by Troops Called Out in Colorado Mine Strike) (Continued from Page One) within the power of the governor to both enforce the law and protect life and property.” * * * Strike Echo in Frisco. | SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22, (By Mail). — Speaking to the Central |) Labor Council here on company union- | ism, William Green, president of the | A. F. of L. was eantmicd when the | delegates loudly applauded his state- ment that company unionism in the mines of the Colorado Fuel and Iron | Company had failed to prevent a,| strike or many of the workers from | joining the I. W. W. | Green said: ‘Today I received in- | formation that the product of the Col- orado Fuel and Iron Company had broken down completely because the | workers, all members of the Rocke- feller company union, have joined the | I. W. W. and have declared a strike.” | For a minute or two there was an| outbreak of laughter and handclap-| ping. No Word For Mooney Green, thruout his speech was em- | | phatic in the eulogy to the accomplish- | ments of the A. F. of L., both locally | and nationally. He never realized an| old woman, sitting there by herself, | was giving the lie to his glory. For while the smug prattle contin Of: and Europe. In rial edition $1 ASE Is-by rt CARTO! The Book De CAAT EOS A new book on the world famous case of the two courageous martyrs of Labor. With photographs of all peo- ple involved in the case and cartoons from leading newspapers of America 50 OF SACCO-VAN- ON VANZETTI CASE—by ANTHOLOGY OF sACCo- VANZETTL PO DAILY 33 First Street, New York |ued, old Mrs, Mooney, mother of Tom Mooney was sitting there, listening eagerly for some words of assurance, some encouragement, some words |from the president of the A. F. of L., of which Tom Mooney is a member, to give her hope that her martyr-son has the backing of organized labor and t the A. F. of L. will fight for hi freedom. All that time she waited and won- dered and finally left the hall, not knowing and not understanding that the bureaucrats in the A. F. of L. are more interested in stabilizing-¢apital- jism than in freeing workers rh jail. |The Mooney case was not mentioned, neither by Green nor by any of the other speakers. e oe Nearly All Contracts | [a Cleveland Building Trades Are Signed Up CLE’ VELAND, (F (FP) Oct. 2—| Practically all wage agreements in| | Cleveland building trades have | | been signed, with negotiations | | pending which probably will result | | in agreements between all crafts | and their employers. | | Asbestos workers, cement finish-| slate roofers and sheet-metal | | workers are the only ones that| | have not reached an agreement. i The LIFEandDEATH ACCOandVANZETH aaeesomes gpa: EUGENE LYONS a beautiful memo- ‘ankfurter Cloth—$1.00 THE SAcco- Bllis $.25 TRY 9.25 WORKER PARTMENT Un-|ed of being fr *|how Sinclair's statement to the sen-| |it is charged Fall accepted 2 bribe | Sinclair in connection with the Tea- It comes about because the statisticians nal | “Tnerimination, ” Silent | | WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. | and complicated | | mass of legal technicalities with which | |he shrouded his decision, Justice Sid-| oil graft trial today ruled that the | testimony before the senate of the| two defendants, Harry F. Sinclair, oil and Albert B. Fall former | Republican administration of Presi- dent Harding, will not be admitted to} this trial. This frees a 'y, already suspect- y to the defense, na of having to ex- | selves and the world plain to th }ate committee that he went to New | Mexico in 1922 to see Fall and get a lease on Teapot Dome ean be made consistent with his present defense that’ he did nothing of the sort. The ruling of Justice Siddons is consid- ered as the greatest victory won by either side so far in the trial. Fall’s Relative “Incriminated.” M..T. Everhart, son-in-law of for- mer Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall who, with Harry F. Sinclair, is standing trial for criminal con- spiracy, today refused to! testify on the ground he might incriminate him- self. Everhart had been onllad by the government to teil of any knowledge he might have of the deal wherein of $250,000 in Liberty Bonds from pot Dome naval oil reserve iease. “Questions Link with Bribe.” | Everhart’s refusal electrified the | jury. They leaned forward in their seats and listened attentively. It is contended that Everhart went | East, got the bonds from a represen- tative of a company Sinclair was interested in, and took them West where he deposited them to Fall’s jaccount or sold them for the ex-sec- retary. | “What are your business relations | with Fall?” Asked Owen J. Roberts, | federal prosecutor. | “I decline to answer on the ground | might tend to incriminate me,”) answered. A question as to why} it he ment: “I decline to answer on the same | ground. All these questions are mere- ly leading up to connecting me with these bonds.” Fall Needed Money. Everhart admitted he had been gen- eral manager of the Tres Ritos Cat- tle and Land Company until 1923} and had full power of attorney for t. Around September, 1921, the Tres Ritos Company was in bad financial condition, had suffered losses and owed much money, Everhart said. “Did the Tres Ritos Land Com-| pany have any business transactions | with Harry F. Sinclair prior to Feb- | ruary 1, 1922?” asked the prosecutor, establishing a motive for solicitation of a bribe. “I decline to answer.” f Everhart had a_ prepared state- | | ment he wanted to read and the| | judge dismissed the jury. As the witness mumbled out his jfear of incrimination, Mrs. Fall and her two daughters, Sinclair’s mother jand Mrs. C. C, Chase, burst into tears. Only Mrs, eyed. Only As sdon Sinclair Could Bid. s the judge’s ruling on the senatorial investigation testi- mony was rendered, there appeared as witness several more of the oil men who wanted Teapot Dome and were ready to bid in competition with Sinclair, but were not aliowed to—the prosecution and the supreme court say because Sinclair had com- mitted fraud. First was called B. B. Brooks, for- mer governor of Wyoming and pres- ident of the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Producers Association—an or- ganization representing 55 per cent of the oil men in Wyoming. The as- sociation had wired vigorous protests to members of congress against the leasing of Teapot Dome to Sinclair ij! | becausalitnwas not done through | | | | |Reosevelt’s Wild Orders |came a week after Sinclair had got- Everhart went East brot the a Sinclair was dry-| o While Head of Navy Put | re ees | . oo Ships in Dire Condition BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 27.—-The son of former Secretary of the Navy Long today gave away a long cherished secret very damag- ing to the halo of efficiency and ability that has been shining around the “Terrible Teddy.” Long told of his father’s describing Roosevelt’s incapacity to manage naval matters, while acting as as- sistant secretary of the navy. Roosevelt. was not often left in command, but on the occasion when he secured control during the brief absence of his chief, he managed to “mess things up considerably.” “T remember hearing my father speak of the incident,” Mr. Long said, “and he had many a laugh over it. “As I recall hearing father tell of it,” he continued, “my father decided one morning, after a short time in his office, that he would take a day off, and told Mr. Roose- velt of his decision. “He went home, but had been there but a short time when he was called on the telephone by sev- eral heads of his department, re- questing him to hurry back to the office, for Roosevelt had started things. They reported that the as- sistant secretary was ordering ships to places where there was no coal, and coal to places where there were no ships, and, all in all, he was messing things up consid- erably. “Father decided that he had bet- ter return to the office, and he did. When he arrived there he saw that the reports had hardly been} exaggerated and rescinded the or- iders which Roosevelt had sent out.” eo open competition. Brooks merely veri- fied this protest. A deposition given by James G. Darden, Maryland oil man who had a claim on Teapot Dome, was then read to the jury. Although Assistant Secretary of Interior Finney had told Darden his claim was no good, Fall, late in Mareh, 1922, personally told the oil man Sinclair would buy it up. The prosecution contends that Sinclair bought bad claims to avoid publicity. Next, a telegram was read which Fall sent his assistant eleven days after the Sinclair lease was negoti- ated telling the assistant to notify Sinclair “to get a security bond at once in view of congressional agita- tion.” Utmost Secrecy. Next came an exchange of letters between Fall and Jogeph W. Clark, Leadville, Colo: oil im, who had asked for information about possible leases in the naval reserves. Fall replied giving information about the California reserve, but none at all about Teapot Dome. Then Roberts read an exchange of telegrams between Assistant Secre- tary Finney and Peter Q. Nice. These ten the lease. Nice wanted to make a proposition on the Dome, not know- | ing Sinclair had it. Finney replied that “a general policy had been worked out” relative to the reserve but he was “not in a position to give it out.” BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS INFORMAL DEBATE. AND DISCUSSION THE GOAL OF FREEDOM AND THE ROAD TO IT Bertrand Russell | The Noted British Philosopher and Educator will present the anarchist ideal of a free human society vs. Max Eastman First appearance “since is return from Russia will present a revolutionary plan for achieving that freedom. Chairman DUDLEY FIELD MALONE COOPER UNION 4th Avenue at 8th Street | Monday, Nov. 21 | | at Eight P. M. Auspices: NEW MASSES Tickets $1.10, $1.65; 90 seats at $2.20 NEW MASSES, 39 Union & JIMMIE HIGGINS BOOKSHO: oP 106 University Place For sale at | 1 R/ wv SCHOOL, 7 E, 15th St. | money orders to NEW MASSES 39 Union Sq. Working Conditions in the Paper Mills Are Bad (By a Worker Correspondent). HOLYOKE, Mass., Oct. 27.—About 20 per cent of. the city work de- | rive their livelihood from the paper | industry here. Thirty-four different | paper-making companies here. The American W ings. Some of the buildings are | closed now due to an unemployment. The work is especially bad for wo- men workers in the roor The | rags used in the paper mil many grades. Some are clean mill | cuttings, but the greatest majority | are old and soiled: worn clothes, | overalls, burlap bags and stained| rags, most likely from hospitals. The | women have to sort th rags by | hand on tables covered with co wire netting to remove Hattona, | pieces of rubber and any metal that | might be in them. For that purpose | long knives resembling scyathes are attached to the tables. With these| knives they also have to open seams | and cut up the larger pieces. Often thru hurrying they cut their fingers. Then after the rags are sorted and cut, that is, after the women handle them, they are fed to the “dusters,” where the loosely adhering dirt, dust, ete., is removed. | Many of the women in the rag | reoms are .expectant mothers. The; breathe rag dust and thus poison their | unborn offspring. Many men con-| tract some disease. Eventually this work undermines the health even cf the most sturdy women, and for it they get $17 per week. Increase Exploitation. | Speed up is constantly introduced in different departments. Once two men worked on cutting machines, now belts are attached so they carry the rags to the dusters and boilers, and man attends to this. The same man also watches the boilers, where be- fore another man worked. The work- ers here labor in a perpetual mist of dust from rags and papers. They zet only $22.50 per week. The rags and paper stoek comes from bleach boilers to washers. ‘The smell of alum and other chemicals used in bleaching is very bad. ‘The workers have to work on wet floors all day. The pay is $24. Beater men who mix the washed pulp, sulphite, wood pulp, size, alum, ete., have very important and strenu- ous work. They get about the ‘high est pay in the mill $45 to $50 per} week. Their helpers get only $23 to $25, although their work is hardest. They have to push the mixed pulp with spades made for that purpose. Every muscle of the body is strained doing it. The smell and dampness is sickening. Best Is Dangerous. Machine rooms where the paper is completed or assembled have the best jobs. But the work here is very dan- gerous and the workers often get their fingers crushed in the colanders and driers. It is very bad on account of the heated colanders. Workers can wear little clothing and many are barefooted. The floors are of concrete with boards over them in the aisles. Tt is always wet, and the workers have to walk barefooted on these wet planks all day. Usually one such as- sembling machine requires a machine | tender who gets $35 to $45 per week, |4 a back tender, getting $30 per week and three or four helpers getting $23 to $24. In the finishing rooms the major- ity of the workers are women. Paper is counted into reams by hand and put in piles. The experienced women workers here get $20 to $25 per week. The work in the cutting and trim- ming rooms is very dangerous, be- cause very frequently the workers cut their fingers. They Want Speed. Meters are being installed in all machine rooms, pulp machines and boiler rooms. If the machine stands idle even for a minute it registers in | red on the metters. It has to be fed all the time or otherwise the workers have to fill out a paper telling why the machine has been idle. That way the company checks up on the work- ers‘ time, so that he could not waste |? even a minute. Slack Period. Paper mills are not running full time now. with the exception of the agit Paper Co. Other mills have % "Flogged Twice by Group | | Police Would Not Hunt, Then Shot Down in Dark | BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 27.— Robert Collins twice flogged by masked men, was shot yesterday and seriously wounded when he fled from two strangers who ac- costed him at night as he was go- ing home from work, and de- manded that he come with them. Collins had reported his flog- gings, and the threats made to do him further injury unless he left town, to the police, who absolutely refused to investigate them on the excuse that Collins was “not co- operating with the police depart- ment,” Bimiagnere is the center of ex- tensive Klux Klan activity. In countries lying south of the city, 102 floggings have been reported within the last three months and a number of the Klan officers are | | Or by mail. Send checks or | ! Algonquin 4445. ' CLEVELAND, Oct. 26 (FP) — 26 tion on a basis similar to that of ‘Operators Want War To End (FP) SRE ARE NS 5 of numerous mass re located | arrests and the unrelenting operation of injunctions and eviction ting Paper | notices, the miners of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, are | Co. is the largest, occupying 28 build-| now told, “Ohio coal operators are not interested in any proposi- Illinois or Indiana and it is use- |less for the miners’ union to submit such a proposal.” That is the answer made District 6 of the United Mine John Cinque, | stricted conference. by J. are of Ohio Coal Bureau in speaking on behalf of the operators to Sub- Workers’ Union when its president, asked the operators to meet the union in unre- L. Good, secretary of the On the day that this offer for a meeting was rejected, the United States Coal Co. | Ohio, announced the opening of ., One of the largest producers in eastern its mines with non-union labor under the protection of an injunction issued by the federal court {at Columbus. been running only 4 or 5 d week for the t couple of y What Is Your Religion? Getting a job in the paper the workers have to go thru phy examinations and have to make a “confes ” There is a thr per | } questionnaire to be filled out. Ameng |s questions ed are: Do you go to, |church? What is your religi Why |have you left your other job? They y other such questions. Not Organized Well. The w 's in the Chemical Peper | | Co., and Crocker McElwain Co. under ear contracts. When the worker has completed the 5 years of | service with the company and com- pl ith all the rules he gets a raise of a couple of dollars and is assured work, if. -he lives up to the con- tract rules. Most of the workers are not unionized and the contracts do not permit them to be, ar The engineers the only ones unionized in these In other mills the workers on ma- chine work, beater line and asserb- li ing are organized into the Interya- al Brotherhood of Paper Makers. ‘ngineers of all-the mills are or- zed 100 per cent. Other workers : the finishing rooms, cutters, wo- YOUNG WORKER LOST. TI am writing you this plea on behalf of an aged Jewish mother whose son disappeared about a month ago. I write this letter in the hope that you will help us to find him for he reads your paper daily. He went away one morning clad in his work- ing clothes. His name is Henry Bloom. He is employed as a long- shoreman at the different docks of this city. He is five feet seven, light haired, blue-eyed and thin. At times he was employed as an usher or waiter. —F. BLOOM. 1870 78th St., Brooklyn, N. ¥. FRANCE FIGHTS CATALONIANS PARIS, Oct. 27.—France has taken measures against an alleged Cata- | lonian uprising against Spain. Secret service agents have learned that fol- lowers of Colonel Macia have foster- ed a plot in Perpignan and have planned to march to Spain through the Andorra Valley. GET A NEW READER! la | work | | | | ae aeay are not organized ud no effort has been made by the isting locals of paper makers to ;organize them. The pay of the unor- ably small- men workers, ete. s Th ming to move Scuth, means that they are out for re- cretion of wages, wh will no doubt react on Holyoke | mil ‘Foreign Trade of U.S. SR. | Shows Large Increase MOSCOW, U.S.S.R., Oct. 27.— The foreign trade of the Soviet Union gained considerably in the last twelve months, it was learned today. The trade totalled 1,460,- 500,000 rubles (about $730,000,000) of which 758,500,000 were exports and 702,000,000) of which 758,500,- 000 were exports and 702,000,000 roubles imports. 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