The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 15, 1927, Page 2

aie Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1927 INSURGENTS GET APPOINTMENTS AS PEACE BRISERY Democrats Furious at 1 pay for these ex dou to be utilized to consolid vergent forces of the reput Injunetion, “Yellow Dog’ Contract,” Company Inion; the Unholy (Continued from Page One) gathering the mass of records, affi- davits, testimony and other material contained in the volume many more thousands of dollars were expended. Vastly greater sums were laid out in em of espionage | h the proposed injunction seeks to perpetuate. Under the provisions of the so- called dual contracts between the city and the railroads, the city is forced to enditures. The money s, of e, that indirectly and finally the rs themselves pay for these charges. Pay For Own Enslavement. Trinity in Traction tion, for twenty-five years; ¢ that said Phelan went out and in- | fluenced others to go out on strike on the 6th of July 1926 . that (subsequently) Phelan met depon- ent (Holland) at or about 161st St. and St. Anns Ave., Phelan engaged deponent in conversation and walk- the street with him. The ion was general concern- | A in and what he was do- (Lavin was the leader of the Interborough _ strike). Phelan stated to deponent that Lavin was in bad with organized labor. . .and that they would find | some way of letting him out. . .” The affidavit of “Danny” Holland | ‘SPEND MILLIONS FIGHTING I. R. T. UNION EFFORTS City Supports Traction Slave System Over a million dollars spent in breaking the strike of its workers, hundreds of thousands more spent in maintaining its company union, addi- tional hundreds of thousands‘diverted towards payment of spies, stool (Continued fron One} oulder of the a scl ti d curves © Paye ss about the wzressives in Wa lieved Wheeler was a radical zad that he was acting from disinterested motives in his.war on certain independent oil operators and their friends in government circles, view this sight with amazement, and as the scales drop from their eyes, visualize the potent fact that the tra- dition of ownership of Montana’s Sen- ators by the Anaconda Copper Coin- pany remains unbroken to the present | hour. Again there is a rich prize to be looted from the publie sturehouse and Senators Walsh and Wheeler Big Business Tools, ! Says Western Editor nator while | Pléader for Big Business told of the} wept copiously as the suave special | millions that his company in their immediate oratory was effec e. Bus some set- tlers on the Reservation had miggiv. ings. 1 It was then that Senators Walsh and Wheeler appeared upon the scene. They. made skillful pleas to the people in: favor of the proposals of Montana power. To prevent embarrassment to its two Senators the “sixth floor,” (the executive offices of the Anaconda Mining Company are located on the! sixth floor of the Anaconda building in Butte, Montana—KEd. D. W.) issued orders that only one paper should pub- ould spend } NEW JERSEY IS ROUSED BY LAW TO STEAL LAND Wakes to Find Trusts Can Grab City Streets By IRVING FREEM TRENTON, N., J., Dee. 1 . week when the city councils of Bay- onne and Jersey City were ordered to take action against the Lehigh Valley Railroad, first notice was taken of > organiz 7 ‘a pigeons and fake welfare schemes, /rhe « J ie A » |lish Senator Walsh’s speech and that {the big steal that had been put over, Ten The aes fin ety We miay Behold the astonish~/ goes on further at great length tol thie is the record of the T. R. T. com: |tnct cere shew mestecs Cran chough |thE sbeech of Wheeler should not ap-|t0 Tob the New Jersey cities of mill oa a : fie the os aoe unpre alten Seane of @| testify to other meetings with Joseph | any activities wccording’ to & report | :Ley ges foread th abba thE pas pear in print. The gravity of the|ions of dollars worth of land, The called rgents, e of organized workers under com-| G, phela £ “D, * virtuous | 2. ames Saka pre . i j hecsne bill is known as Senate Bill 70 and middle-west group that has fre: 1 to bear the cost of creating an Bhelen anah 2 aoe rvuous | published by the New. York State Galsctatins whule diabolical conspiracy is appar- ly opposed admini returned to the rey fold, satis- ppointments ibed. from the democra formed republican-insu and just as heated democrats from t! The high lights were charg the republicans bought off coalition on the ttack in- the surgents with choice committee as- signments, challenges to the dem- ocrats to propose a legislative pro- gram acceptable to the insurgents and a democratic der d for the impeach- ment of Secretary of Agriculture Jardine, Borah Heads Foreign Affairs. The generous committee assig and a pledge by adm ers to secure v tain legislation ended distribution of high s to insurgents stration lead- them on cer- 1 talk of re- ‘instrument aimed directly at them- selves and one which will restrain y of the traction work- ers employed by the companies of $ er New York are Irish Ameri- to are a large number of the members of the trade unions in the local labor movement. The older men among the traction workers have sons, nephews, relations, who are plumbers, masons, plasterers, The younger ones have fathers, brothers, uncles and acquaintances who are steam fitters, carpenters, lathers, boilermakers, etc. Tammany Responsible. Nearly all of these workers live and move and have their being in Tam- many Hall. Yet Tammany Hall, which for long years in New York City has been under the domination of the traction interests, is quite responsible refusal to have any dealings with the Amalgamated Union. What of Phelan. | Here is how one man who has| known and worked with his friend for a quarter of a century is induced | to turn against his brother-on-the- job. Here is how his association with the other pet henchmen on the Gen- eral Committee of the Interborough Company Union has warped the mind of a worker. | And as for the other, Joseph G.} Phelan, friend of Ed. Lavin, and as- sociate with him in the strike of 1926 -more will be said of Joe’s des- cent at another time. (To Be Continued.) * * * | (Tomorrow’s issue will take up in detail the nature of the demands made in the application for the in- junction; it will show what the granting of this restraining order will mean to organized labor and will give additional testimony from those who have been corrupted by the influence of the Unholy Trin- Transit Commission yesterday. In a letter addressed to rank Hed- ley, president of the I. R. T. from Commissioner Charles C. Lockwood of the Transit Commission, demand is made on the company that it re- turn to the city over $2,000,000 yearly and the further return of over $5,000,- 000 in addition which in the past few years have been improperly appro- priated by the company. Thousands fer Company Union. Among the items challenged by the Transit Commission the most flag- rant, from the point of view of union labor, is the one charging up $270,- 841.70 for expense in maintainence of the brotherhood, the company unions It is evident from the fact of this enormously large sum that included in it are undoubtedly certain hidden items in payment for questionable services to company union delegates, charges for strikebreaking activities not included.in the regular account- ing, ete. Huge Slice for “Poison” Ivy Lee. Pseudo progressive Senators talk loudly about conserving the natural resources of the nation; about pro- tecting “these priceless heritages of the people” from the greed of corpor- ate interests. But the people of Mon- tana have learned to understand the meaning of the word “Conservation” as expressed by Senators Walsh and Wheeler as follows: “To conserve, to save the power sites, forests, mineral resources until the Anaconda and the Montana Power Companies got ready to use them.” The Flathead Power Site. What has come to be known as the Polson Power site, located on the Flat- head Indian Reservation was with- drawn from public entry by President Taft following the Pinchot conserva- tion crusade. For many years it was locked up safely in government con- trol. Then the General Leasing Bill, sponsored by Senator Walsh, and vig- orously opposed by Senator LaFol- lette, became a law in 1920. Besides throwing open the oil reserves of the nation to such looters of the public ent when those engaged in it took such precautions to shroud their op- | erations in darkness. Traction Unionists For Chicago Strike (Continued from Page One) Information received from sources closely in touch with the rank and file workers indicates that the tem- per of the members of both 241, the street surface lines, and local division 208, the elevated union, has reached the breaking point, Progressive Movement. Events are taking place under the impetus of a steadily developing pro- gressive movement which has grown in momentum beginning with the fruitless postponement of strike ac- tion last summer and has been ag- gravated by what most workers con- sider thé recent betrayal of the work- ers’ interests in postponing strike ac- tion scheduled to have taken place was introduced by Senator Mackay ef Bergen County. The bill was passed without a debate, without a discussion and the members of the state legislature say they had no idea what the game was until last week. Mackay is out for the nomination as governor in 1928. When he was asked who gave him the bill to be in- troduced he did not remember. But the next day he discovered that it was given to him by Carl A. Ruhl- mann, the Republican chairman of the City Committee in Bayonne. Senate Bill 70 was introduced “To clarify the meaning of the original act.” Grab Streets. Now municipalities discover that it allows owners of property abut- ting streets appearing on municipal maps, but not opened, to force the city to vacate its rights simply by filing consents with the registrar of the county. The Lehigh Valley has been busy filing consents; the Otis Eleva- tor attempted to do the same in Har- rison but failed. In Bayonne the Lehigh Valley has T 4 Ord Anoth it hall id. “by th this week. moved to take streets valued as high i The insurgen: : .,. for the whole attack being prepared| ity in Traction. Order your copy nother item challenged by the|domain as the Rockefellers and the| 4; :. knc as $1,000,000 from 37th to 44th eel pe a ater % oe ee against the workers, A Tammany] of The DAILY WORKER in ad- | commission is $225,660.78 in payment | Sinclairs, a clever joker clause was Raa neanuninad ens Ae pre ih Jersey City when the id isang y Ob the cevad repube judge is hearing the case. The Tam-| vance. Buy several copies for dis- |to Ivy Lee for so-called publicity | inserted in the bill which transferred eal caiinten 84 ares monthly |Tepresentatives of the Lehigh at- : many governor, Al Smith, undoubted-| tribution among the traction work- | work, but it is known that this pay-| control of wi ‘i ’ 0 y licans in their ranks. ehairmen of comm Senator Borah of Ida to the foreign relations and Senator Morris of Nebraska to the judiciary. Three the group were given new chairmanship: hese were Howell of Nebra: ims; Nye of North Dal , on Public lands, and Frazier of North Dakota, on Indian affairs. Democrats May Fight. With the insurgents quieted, the re- publicans expected to re-elect David Barry, of Rhode Island, as sergeant- at-arms, and Col. Edwin F. Thayer, of Indiana, as sec ry of the senate. There were reports that democrats planned to fight Barry’s re-election on-the ground that he failed to carry five will act as Of these s renamed committee, out orders of the Reed-Slush commit- | tee last summer. Pittsburgh Workers Party Will Discuss Trotzky Expulsions ly, sanctioned the issuance of the pre- vious injunction now in force. In fact nothing of importance is done in New York politics except with the sanction of Tammany Hall. Practically all of the workers here mentioned belong to the same social and fraternal organizations, the same Irish County Clubs and Societies. Yet it is in these very organizations that Tammany Hall has one of its strong- est bases. Friend Turns Against Friend. On the jobs and in their home lives, in the various departments and shops of the traction lines, the workers are even more closely thrown together and related. Many of them live in the same neighborhoods and even in the same apartment’ houses. They are members of the same ehurches and religious societies. Some of them have worked side by side for a quar- ter of a century. Yet such is the demoralizing effect of the espionage system established by the traction masters, such is the compelling power over their lives ex- ers. ORGANIZE THE TRACTION | WORKERS!) | Cleveland Forum Has. Full Program Ahead CLEVELAND, Dec. 14.—The open; ing of the Workers Open Forum, con- ducted by the Workers School, will | take place Sunday, December 18th, at | 8 p. m. at the Workers School, 2209 | Ontario St. | The opening lecture will be “The Expulsion of Trotsky from the Com- munist International.” I. Amter, dis- ! trict secretary of the Workers Party, will be the speaker. Discussion from the floor will follow his talk. Admis- sion will be free. It is planned to make the forum on Sunday nights a regular affair. An unusually interesting program of sub- j jects and speakers has already been worked out for the next several weeks. | On Sunday, December 25th, Albert! Weisbord, widely known leader of the | Passaic strike, will speak. His sub-/ ment was likewise in connection with the establishment of the company inion, a product of “Poison” Ivy Lee’s fertile brain immediately following the origin of the 1916 strike. Costs of the 1926 strike led by La- vin, Walsh and others are listed. as totalling $967,876.37. The legal staff of the Interborough of which “Rough Stuff” James L. Quackenbush is the chief light, is recorded with $313,- 410.01 in expenditur: Payments to Hedley, Doyle and other company of- ficials for patent earnings amount to over $144,000. On the lines it is well- known that these patents have for the most part been invented by the workers themselves. In most cases these workers are deprived of any ! benefits from their creations, the of- ficers appropriating them to them- selves, it is known. A case in point often referred to on the lines is the patent of the automatic doors which has saved the railroad companies millions of dollars. It is understood t the inventor, now secretary of an editor of one of the New York news- = drawn power sites to the Federal Power Commission and in- vested that body with the right to lease these valuable national resources to interests having suitable equipment available. For some reason the Mon- tana Power Company slept on the ad- vantage thus gained. At the urgent solicitation of the white settlers and the Indians the Government built the Newell tunnel, for the purpose of gen- erating power and irrigating lands. The $101,000 #pent on this project be- ing imadequate, the Interior Depart- ment had an $395,000 appropriation in 1926 by Congress to continue the con- struction of a power plant. For some unexplained reason only $5000 of this sum was spent on the project during the fiscal year. In 1927 Congress ap- propriated the unexpended balance of the $395,000 to continue the work. Then Enters Montana Power. The Montana Power Company was new ready to grab the power site. The same Mr. Kerr journeyed to Washington and secretly negotiated for a permit to use the power site. On February 17, 1927, he submitted a meeting held on Dee, 5, forced these officials to act on the wage question. Following this meeting at which Wed- nesday was set as the final date at which the company was given to make its reply, International Presi- dent Wm. D. Mahon, cooperating with the reactionary local officials called’ eff the membership meeting on Wed- nesday at which a strike vote was to have been taken. Incensed at this action, the workers have been renew- ing their pressure for action. In some sections of the lines, it is declared, the sentiment against the union of- ficials is so strong that any further postponement of union meetings may result in a spontaneous rank and file4 movement under the leadership of the progressive unionists. These pro- gressive groups, ‘according to indica- tempted to take land they were met with opposition. They started to in- vestigate and the city counsel dis- covered that this road has been busy filing consents all over the state Real Estate, All Right Mr. Ruhimann explained at the time he gave the bill to Mackay thaz the bill was intended to allow a local terminal development company to close “paper? streets without being obliged to obtain the consent of the Bayonne authorities. There we have the cue ina nutshell. Realty Cos. and real estate sharks have been busy in Bergén County ever since the state started to build the bridge which con- nects Hackensack with New York City. The framers of this bill wanted to steal land from the cities and pocket the cash for themselves. They used tions, are receiving the credit for the }their connections politically to intro- progress of events thus far. Want 8 Hours. The Chicago traction workers are seeking an eight-hour day; a six-day week; time and one half for overtime and Sunday work; 20 year pension; duce the bill. It went thru without a whisper, without a study of the bill and its intents or effects. Chicago Workers Will ho inity i bid to th i * oa aa PITTSBURGH, Dec. 14. — A gen- cred Py barat bp ae ts [sect wil be “Are the Communists Dis- | papers, received practically nothing | 5, seer pen septs een tant Brats an apie ae TS Greet Needle Worker eral membership meeting of the “0m ‘he yellow dog contract, the|rupters in the Trade Unions?” On/for this invention. It is further. re-|i¢ would undertak ‘ other industries; in addition demands" i Workers (Communist) Party of Pitts- | CO™Pany union, the injunction, that | Monday, Jan. 2, Roy Shanks, head of |ported that this worker was dis-| Povo eto ee ep evelop the | re made for two weeks’ vacation a| CHIOAGO, Ill, Dec. 14—The Chi- burgh and vicinity to discuss the con- troversy in the Communist. Party of the Soviet Union 1 > held Tues- day, December 20 Labor Lyceur burgh, Pa. Cc District Orgar on the subject w by a general di on. Every member of the Party of Pittsburgh and surrounding towns is expected to be pr nt. Meetings for the same purpose will be held throughout the I et. A special meeting of the Political Committee is called for Saturday, Dec. 17 to discuss this question and the resolution which will be adopted by the Poleom will he submitted for ac Pitts- rade A. Jakira, the r, will make a report ch wili be followed tion to the memba:ship :ieeungs. is a motorman and has been em- |Was issued by the prohibition bureau | resents the first attempt in the his- and others got wind of the gi . * i i iday li . r c A gigantic ployed by the Interborough Rapid |against poison holiday liquors. While | tory of American social life to bind steal. On investigation it was found Needed at On Th FE t e rshi eeting to di Transit Company for the past |the government claims. to have aban-|q free man unconditionally for a def- a | ‘ PEGE ot ce on ree Fronts A membership meeting to discu: rae eee, hab iets ee doned uel of (deadly poldantas a) de- y that when Congress appropriated a the work among women will be held Sunday, 2 p. m. at the I ct Office i : oe 4 : purpose no permit could b ; of the Party, 805 James St, N. S,- been a member of the Brotherhood, {dustrial alcohol were characterized as | him at will,” Professor Oliphant of | The door was closed in the fate Of the MINERS’ RELIEF COMMITTEE Pittsburg, Pa. The women comrades nd for five years has been a dele- unhealthful. Columbia University, of the lega!|affable and astute representatives of 799 BROADWAY ROOM 233 NEW YORK CITY especially are urged to attend this| gate to the General Committee of THE M AYOR KNEW staff of the Amalgamated announced |the Montana Power: Undismayed he meeting where a report will be sub- mitted by the District Women’s com-| mittee. Comrade Rebecca Grecht. who is now touring this district wili be present and will on the subject. So far we have three units. their needs, so the Y. W. for the three unit L. has de [ Party Members and Sympathizers Notice The anthracite Young Workers’ League is just beginning to organize. One of our main troubles is that while our members are eager to get knowledge and to read proletarian literature, yet tne wages are so low in the mines, silk mills and garment factories that our members cannot afford to buy enough literature to keep up with y other units friend has been turned against, and distrusts friend, and relation spies up- on and testifies against relation. For instance: Take the case of “Danny” Holland. | very one on the I. R. T. knows “Dan- Ask anyone about him. Ninety- nine out of a hundred will testify to what a good fellow is “Danny.” But look what the Interborough spy sys- tem has made out of “Danny.” Prominent among the affidavits by which the Interborough kcpes to es- tablish its case is one of Daniel P. Holland, verified July 15, 1927. Lis- ten to “Danny” speak: Betrays Workers. “Daniel P. Holland, being duly sworn, deposes and says: that he twenty-two years. and has for eleven years last past the Brotherhood from Motormen and Switchmen Local No. 1, Man- hattan Division. That he has known Joseph G. Phelan, one of the de- | fendants in the above entitled ac- ® ded to organize a circulating library which will be organized. The books | month, will be used for .. members and sympathizers and other workers who may want to read them, which they have al y Party members have many books the Cleveland Coop. Coal Co., will talk on “Cooperatives in Ohio.” Government Claims It Quits Poison Booze WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—There will be no special federal drive to} keep the United States dry during) the holiday season. Assistant Secre- | tary of the Treasury Seymour Low- man said today that the prohibition bureau is “carrying on” but that no unusual activity will take place this Seeretary Mellon, in whose department prohibition is “enforced,” is a wealthy distiller. A warning naturant, liquors redistilled from in- The charge is made that Mayor Walker knew as long as two years ago of the faulty and dangerous con- struction in many New York public charged by Hedley in order that the | president of the company might more easily receive the rewards of ‘the pat- ent. At the headquarters of the Amal- gamated Union, the report of the illegal expenditures of the I. R. T. which under the dual contracts are being charged to and borne by the city, were pointea out as a confirma- tion of its charge that the traction lines in the city were at the forefront, of a conspiracy to destroy trade unionism in the ecuntry and establish company unionism in its place. A Record Slave System. Charging that the slave system es- tablished by the traction barons “rep- inite period of time while reserving to the employer the right to discharge le would be that everything po: done to overthrow this slave system of the companies. “In practise,” he stated, “the method of employment followed by the I. R. T. means per- schools, which recently caused 22 of the schools to be characterized pub- liely by another official as pneumonia traps. The mayor did not act. yetual bondage for the I. R. T. em- loyes,” BOOST THE DAILY WORKER! WHO IS THIS? Power sites on the Flathead reserva- tion if granted permits to do so. The Power Company proposes to deliver to the irrigation systems electric energy to the extent of 10,000 horsepower for project and farm purposes at a price of 1 mill per kilowatt hour and 5000 horsepower for farm and project pur- poses at a rate of 2% miles per kilo- watt hour. (How much cheaper this is than the price charged the people of Montana by the same company?) The company also proposes to ‘pay the United States $1.00 per average an- nual horsepower generated on all plants erected below Flathead Lake on-the Reservation. < Kerr Hits a Snag. But Judson King, director of the National Popular Government League certain sum for a certain specified pursued his avowed purpose to ravish the riches of Montana. As a result of his exertions a rider was added to the appropriation bill permitting this permit to be granted. The Montana Senators knew of but did not oppose this attempted burglary under the color of legal sanction. But again, ‘|\luck was against the Montana Com- pany. The rider to the bill failed to pass. Walsh and Wheeler Play their Part, In the summer of this year Mr, Kerr spoke on the Flathead Reserva- tion to the settlers and Indians. He painted a glowing picture of the ad- vantages that would flow to those present should his company be suc- year and a 60 per cent average of straight time runs in each station. The necessity of having to strike for the realization of these demands is being brought home to the workers, beeause of the continued and appar- ently intentional stalling tactics. of the union officers, the city officials and the representatives of the trac- tion lines. cago needle worker progressives give a banquet Saturday, Dec. 17, in the evening, to celebrate the appearance of the sixth issue of the Chicago Nee- dle Worker. The banquet will be at the Workers Club rooms, 2736 West Division St. All progressive needle workers are invited. BUILD THE DAILY WORKER! Help Us Help the Miners! Of Pennsylvania—Ohio—Colorado Money! Blankets! Clothes! 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City) one By ‘| P | i | Anna Louise Strong THE WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS 39 B. 125 st. New York Address... City - State January 13th No. St. Occupation Pence ete e acest een cee saree sent erreeeseeeeeeseses A famous senator mounted on his good cgmel “Prohibition,” on his way east to The DAILY WORKER Ball. /