The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 17, 1927, Page 2

Page Two Not Charge of Bribing Senators But Plotting War Against Mexico Should Be Probed Jne) policy (Continued from Page ster Coolidge’s imperi ic with the help of forge “We send the ch mittee, Senator Reed, tod: delivery a copy of WORKER of November 19th in which the Hearst forgeries, above mentioned, notoegraphically re- sed w produced eviden DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York. All Doubt Removed. HINGTON, D f the gation i made again: ) after two no doubt t forgeries. Hearst ed attempt was genuine € documents of the Mexi Hinman Heard When the 21:15 = o’clock Wheeler Hinman, respondent for the He in Mexico City, was Stand, Hinman testified that he had heard “rumors” in Mexico City istence of d ment to ‘ heard, he the Mexican creast However, Hinma ers he the records of would show it. said, he never fol- lowed up the ri fter he was transferred fro sity to New York. Watson, editor of “The Mirror” testified he had heard of the Mexican doc’ July from E. D. Cobleniz, ¥ork American. inspected the in California. he! $s ranch cerning What do you think of them?” ed Reed. At first blush I was impressed with their genuineness,” replied Wat- While he himself entertained no doubts as to their authenticity, Watson said, he told Page there should be some clinching evidence as to their genuineness. Planned To Plant Spies, “I thought the shortest cut would be to plant somebody in the Mexican onsulate office,” said the editor. “I so thought the Nicaraguan legation ht help us in confirming the facts ting to Nicaragua, and the Brit- in that part of the evi- ce relating to the British coal I suggested to Page, too, that All this time Watson said, he had been one of the managing editors of the New York American. In October, he said, he took over the editorship of The Mirror and stepped out of the cture leaving further details con- the Mexican document to nator Robinson (D) of Arkansas, asked the editor what convinced him the documents were genuine. I asked Page,” said Watson, “if he had some of Calles signatures. He did and I compared them with those on the document. I was convinced were the same.” Signature Could Be Forged. “Don’t you think a clever forge could reproduce Calles’ signature in a way that could fool you?” asked Robinson. “Tt has been done,” replied Wat- son. Reed asked Watson, whether in sug- gesting that Avila be planted in Elias’ office he “wasn’t asking Avila to cor- roborate himself,” inasmuch as Avila had produced the Mexican documents. “What’s the difference,” replied the editor, “the documents would speak for themselves.” Laundry Drivers tn Carteret Win Wage ELIZABETH, N. J., Dec. 16.— Launching a series of movements to organize the laundry drivers of New1 Jersey, Local 178, affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Team- sters, has succeeded in getting recog- | nition from the employers in Carteret, N. J., and winning an increase in wages. Laundry owners in this city an- nounced a wage reduction five weeks ago with the result that the union immediately called a ike. Follow- ing the strike call, it announced, | the uhion succeeded in organizing the | drivers of the city and has won a Wage increase. Morris Kaufman is the organizer of the union. Chicago Cap Makers Meet Lock-Out with Increase Organize) 100% Picketing CHICAGO, (FP), Dec. 16. — The Chicago Cap Manufacturers Assn. which ordered its members to break their agreements with the Chicago Capmakers union and locked out some |°00 unionists, was duped into believing that the entire cap industry would follow their lead and thus crush the workers’ organization, according to union officials. The man who gave this “authentic” information to - the association is Perey Ginsburg, former member of the executive board of the international. union, now on the other side as manager of the association. Ginsburg told the employers that they would have no trouble in forcing One Shop Signs. | It is further announced by the | Gnion that organization efforts in| Elizabeth, N. J., resulted in the sign- ing up of one sh fter one week of strike. Most la Brunswick have with the union in progress to tion-te other the organiza- | Morris Kaufr all laundry v in this organ ers are asked to office of the un gn. Work- e ouch with the n at 515 Court St., Elizabeth, N. J., between 9 and 11 a.} m, daily. The tele 2 number of | the union is Trinity ¢ MAGRUIL WASHINC tO ing his charges of ciency” in the Thomas P. M who was de-| t of the Phila- ld the Hous delphia navy yard, Naval affairs c high ranking naval off @shore were made ‘r stamps By bureau chiefs in Washing- | ton.” He wanted more discretion, es- | pecially in ordering supplies. J and | rubber ee today J. to, help | ? the unionists back to the sweatshop and piecework basis as there would be a national attack on the union. But the national attack failed to material- ize and in New York the manufactur- ;|ers were forced to grant the demands of the workers two days after the Chicago lockout was in effect. Picketing of the association shops has been 100 per cent effective. De- |spite advertisements in the newspa- for scab capmakers and the pro- e of police protection not a single association shop is operating. Three shops that attempted to open with scab workers were forced to close down, The lockout was declared by 16 shops. There are 19 independent ops in the city that are operating under the union agreement and no trouble whatsoever exists in them. The lockout is seen by the union as an attempt to bluff che workers into granting concessions to the employers. “The workers are fully aware of this f,” says J. Salsberg, manager of the joint board, “and are determined to compel the association to uphold its contract. Not a single union member has left the ranks. The entire labor movement is behind the union in this fight.” BOOST THE DAILY WORKER! The anthra So far we have three ur members are eager to wyet the wages a that our members not afford to b {their needs, so the Y. W. L. has d for the three units and a Will be used for Y. W ite Young Wor One of hem, who may want to read which they have alrea supply us with books In case you do no! he Y. hoc ’s ha or money should be y Place), which will fo for ha Cc tions of boc } (106 Univer Party Members and Sympathizers Notice rs’ League is just beginning to organize. wiedge and to read proletarian literature, | mines, silk mills and garment factories | Ss and sympathizers and other workers Many Party members have many books and have no more use for. They could easily W. given to the Jimmie Higgins Bookshop ® our maiy troubles is that while our uy enough literature to keep up with which will be organized. The books L. library in the anthracite region. cash donations will also be accepted our books or money. All contribu- rward them to the anthracite region. Keep This January 13t Day Open! THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1927 Target Range an ee d Execution Ground, Canton Communists Bid S, P. Join In Milwaukee Labor Election Front MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 16.—A proposal for joint action of all labor organizations in the municipal elec- tions of 1928 in this city has been addressed by the Workers (Commun- ist) Party, sub-district of Milwaukee, to the Milwaukee County Central Committee of the socialist party. That labor in this city could reg- ister a considerable gain of political influence if united in the coming cam- paign is the belief expressed by the Communists, whose letter reads: “December 2, 1927: “Milwaukee County Central Commit- tee, Socialist Party, Brisbane, Hall, Milwaukee,’ Wis. “Municipal elections will take place in the spring of 1928. We have care- fully considered the situation and have come to the following conclusions: “1, The continuing depression in indystry is carrying in its wake uném- ployment, wage cuts, and a still fur- ther intensification of the speed-up system now predominating in indus- try. Already a warning was given by the Iron and Steel Institute of pos- sible wage cuts in the steel industry. The coal miners of Penn: nia and Colorado are still engaged in a bit- ter struggle against attempts by the coal barons to cut their wages while the temporary truce.in the coal fields of Illinois, Iowa and Indiana is likely to terminate in a renewed bitter strug- gle. “Despite the tremendous profits accrued by the gigantic industrial cor- porations—the steel trust, the coal barons, the oil trust, etc., the greedy exploiters are determined to throw the rapidly growing depression upon the shoulders of the workers. This will lead to a sharpening of the struggles of the hard pressed workers against their exploiters. “2. Simultaneously with the at- tack upon the living and working con- ditions of the workers a political re- action is rapidly sweeping the coun- try. , “The execution of Sacco and Van- zetti was the most outstanding mani- festation of the ruthlessness and bru- tality of the capitalist democracy in our country. The ruling class was de- termined through the execution of Saeco and Vanzetti—two innocent workers — to serve notice upon all workers of America: You will face a similar fate, were you to resist our will and attempt a fight against the conditions which we are going to im- pose upon you! “At no time in the history of the American labor movement was the use of injunctions as frequent nor as sweeping as today. In all of the struggles the armed forces of the state were always on the side x the exploiters and against the workers. One need not be a prophet in order to be able to predict that the armed ferces of the state will be used even more extensively against the workers as the class struggle will sharpen be- cause of the developing depression. “3. In our own city the conditions of the workers are very poor. | wages are low. The hours are long. There is a great deal of unemploy- ment. The workers through fear of losing their employment are speeded up to a point where at the end of \the workday all of their vitality is ided to organize a circulating library | | exhausted. “The workers of out city work | mostly under the open shop condi- tions. Milwaukee has become an open shop heaven for the exploiters. The unions are few in numbers and weak. The lack of proper organization wi!] render the workers completely help- Jess in the face of the inevituble at- tempt of the exploiters to cut the ; wages during the period of depres- | sion. “The big corporations of Milwau- kee—the Allis Chalmers Co., the In- ternational Harvester Co., the pack- ing houses, the Nash Motor Co., the Bucyrus Co., the Traction Co., are dictating to their workers their own terms. The workers in these estab- lishments, completely unorganized, do not dare to offer resistance and are compelled to accept the dictation of the big corporations. “The big corporations through their agents in the legislative and admin- istrative bodies of the city and the whole weight of the losses from the | The, Palmer Arrested Feo Speaking to Strikers (Continued from Page One) achse Wii Tie appiicauon ior @ WTit vi habeus corpus vuay. due mass meeung was peacetui, wul 1b Was surruufued by Muutiauien with fiXed Dayone, WHY Divcacd Lie GOOrs and picaed oul the leavers, Lacn compeiued wil OlHeEr WOrKers to leave tne vicinity. Jaiuug Workers’ Witnesses. ‘house arresvea Were Lo be Wilnesses Lor We Mune SuuKers al the Muusutids CUILMUSSIUN Neacinys OM wonuay. £ aa- quer Was @ iakacu man on avcuuue Jk mis puoucuy wors, Vile ecdai arvest Was made by Cap- Wile, ol ine Coorauy and secreary OL tue 401k an Chanes ple Uuiua, Suave Veliucrauc pary. weal, Cuairiied UL Lue auuustriad GuTi- al- uussiv, BUG DALEY UppuLct OL ule sulingis, is presiaele vl ine Vemiv- crauuc party, x » * WALSENBURG, Colo., Dec. 16.— inat the Cunuiuens responsivie Lor viulyging OM Luke SUine, are LKEWISe elieciuai IN Griving Lue scad OL we you 18 SUOWN vy Fepurts Conung un Lv auiners’ SuYlae CUnmuibees rum prop- ePUCS Wile ALE etiUcdyOLug LY Losey ol uperauous i vis Wiser wal Ue broaducad iuliic, taree men Have yUse Yule wud Were biOugue iu aAguuar by all escore OL Stave puuce. vaiuer Wovaing Tuur uays iney laa pau Que LNG, po.UU Havilig Deen Ue- uucved Irom wei pay lor uidilven- ance of mine guarus. xuur oWers receluy came lke Aguuar Irom wakeeir Canyon. ‘Lueirs was a simuar colpidiit: inoney Geuuseced rum ined checques to pay tor tae “provecuon proviaed the + inks, ‘Tweive Scabs Strike. At Pictou, tweive scavs quit on the oth, ‘new compiaint; they coun’ make a living. dveports coming in from most of the properuies wormlug under strike con- uilioNs, indicates Lnat the scabs are dinding 1t Giiticuit to Make bota ends meet. ‘their imexperience, and we cost of tne up-Keep of the mine guards, practicauy removes ail trace vi Une Increase iu pay granted prior Lo the Wals-out. ‘Lhis is a feavure which must not be overivosed: the Charge Of Mamanng the Company i inks, reduces the pres- ent day's pay to its former ievel, since il is Sstaved Lhat the bink courge, ap- proximates ‘o cents per diem, per rainer! MORE PROHI6i:710N MACHINERY WASHiNGTON, Dec. 16. "A -gen- eral shake-up of prohibition augn- ments in the midaqdie west was an- nounced late this aiternoon by pro- divition Commissioner Loran, A new disurict was created consist- ing of Nebraska, Kansas and Ukia- homa, With headquarters at ‘Lopek state have succeeded in ¢ defeating every measure favoravie to the workers. Recently, the aduption of the oid age pension law by will- waukee County was defeated by the agents of the big coroporations on the county board of supervisors. irom these and similar agents of big busi- ness workers can expect no heip dur- ing the trying times ahead of them. “4, The most etfective way to se- cure the election of the greatest num- ber of labor candidates in the coming municipal elections is by a united ac- tion of all labor organizations. Were it possible for all the working class organizations to unite upon a com- mon platform and a joint slate of candidates in the forthcoming muni- cipal election campaign, we have no |doubt but that labor in the city of, Milwaukee would be able to register considerable gain of politica) influ- ence and this in turn would stimulate the movement for the improvement of economic conditions through a stronger trade union organization. “We therefore decided to appeal to your organization for cooperation in securing as much as possible the joint action of all labor organizations in the municipal elections of 1928. We have elected a committee to meet with a similar committee of your organi- zation in order to work out the nec- essary organizational steps in crystal- lizing united action of Jabor in the coming municipal elections. “Will you kindly consider this mat- ter at your earliest opportunity and inform us of your decision in the course of the coming week, if pos- sible. “With fraternal greetings, “WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY OF AMERICA, Sub-District of Wis- consin, (Signed) “B. SKLAR, “Secretary.” l) athracite Miners * Unemployed While Union Heads Sleep WILKES BARRE, Pa., Dec. 16.— The officialdom of the United Mine Workers in the anthracite region hailed the anthracite cooperative coal conference, which was held the first part of November in Mt. Car- mel, as a step towards getting mar- kets for the coal operators, to re- lieve the unemployment of the an- thracite workers, which so greatly increased after the last strike of the miners in this region. Unemployment Worse. Despite this the unemployment sit- uation in the tri-districts is getting worse. Such big coal companies as the Hudson Coal, Pennsylvania Coal Co., Reading Coal Co., and the Le- high Valley are all working only two and three days a week. Savings of miners are being eaten up. The coal operators are taking advantage of the fact that thousands of miners are walking the streets by worsening conditions of miners employed part time. The obvious policy of the coal operators is to starve the miners and then start an open shop drive. It is the policy the soft coal operators pursued after signing the Jacksonville agreement. Need for Left Wing Action. Miners cannot meet payments on} furniture, groceries and houses. The left wing must immediately organize a mass movement for their assist- ance against the officialdom of the Mine Workers Union who are not preparing the union for the’ struggle which alone can remedy the situa- tion. * * Carload of Clothes Sent by Anthracite Miners to Strikers By ED FALKOWSKI. SHENANDOAH, Pa., Dee. 16 (FP). —The hard coal miners realize the battle at Pittsburgh is their own fight. A car load of clothing has just left Shenandoah for the soft coal strike front where pinched miners and their families wait in suffering pati- ence for relief. Shoes, underwear, overcoats, blankets, made up the box car load, and represented the strenu- ous efforts of a dozen committees, composed anthracite miners who can- vassed from house to house, gather- ing articles for the needy ones in the bituminous fields. Despite the slack time, which still prevails, with only spurts of steady |! work sandwiched in between two and =| three day shutdowns, the miners gave |freely. Humpbacked slate-pickers, |fingering the flimsy contents of their | Pay envelopes nervously, parted with sums which were enormous, consider- ‘ing the amount of money slate-pickers |maxe in poor times, Husky miners, rounded firebosses, breaker boys, aged on chute planks, jeareful housewives, even business men, donated clothes or money to the relicf committees which scoured the torvn and outlying patches on their human errand, The committees operated under the direction of the General Mine Board, | which took official charge cf the re- ceipts, and arranged to send on stuii to the strike zone. Two dollar assessments, added to the regular union dues for November and December, are accepted by the miners as necessary contributions to the maintenance of their union! While the first assessment created much un- happy comment, as the situation grew more understandable, the miners be- gan to realize this was their fight and complaining voices died down. The relief committees will continue to carry on their work till the strike 1s over. Vote Machines Charged A charge that voting machines in three Manhattan districts had been tampered with by Tammany officials, was made by George Medalie, deputy attorney general, before the repub- lican county committee last night. A resolution that the convention be asked to do away with the mask of non-partisanship which has become quite obvious, and propose all nomina- tions on a straight republican front, TammanyTampering on (Continued from Page One) junction against the whole labor movement, Quackenbush, according to his soft-repeated boast, is aitempt- ing to establish a legal precedent. The effect of the injunction, if granted, will indeed be so far reaching as to take on the character of a piece of national, political legislation. What is the so-called basis of this rising structure of traction slavery? To answer this question it is neces- sary to detail first some of the pro- visions of the Interborough ‘yellow dog” contract and secondly the condi- tions of the charter and by-laws of the company union. In some respects the Interborough “yellow dog” contract is one of the most interesting orders of bondage in existence. In the future such docu- ments may serve as the most illumi- nating picture of our times. Chained To Company Union. The first provision binds the indi- vidual worker to the conditions of the “agreement” drawn up between the Interborough and its company’ union: “I hereby declare that I have read or heard read the collective bargaining and arbitration agree- men: entered into between the Interborough Rapid Transit Com- pany and the Brotherhood of In- terborough Rapid Transit Com- pany Employees, (the Company Union) dated the 30th of June 1927, and I hereby ratify and ap- prove the same and each and evéry provision thereof Bi Under the terms of this so-called agreement the worker binds himself to work uninterruptedly for the com- pany for a period of two years. The second condition binds him to the company union itself: “I further covenant and agree that I will remain a member of the Brotherhood and faithfully observe the constitution rules and obligations thereof Ate Then comes the agreement not to join any labor organization: “I am not now and during the period of my employment I will not become a member of or be identified in any manner with the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Em- ployees of America, or with any other labor organization, except the said Brotherhood . . .”{. In another provision the worker \ eas agrees not alone to the existing “con- trac.” between the company and the Brotherhood, but binds himself to whatever may in the future be agreed upon between these two bodies with the same head and brain: Another Joker. “I agree further to and with the Company and the Brother- hood that the Constitution as now amended, which I hereby ratify and approve, or as it may here- after be amended with the con- sent of the Company, shall con- stitute a contract ” (em- phasis mine. R. M.) Taken together with the provisions of the Company Union which will be detailed later, this “yellow dog” con- tract welds a set of chains about the worker’s neck which only the blows of the combined forces of organized labor can strike off. The enslaving nature of the agree- ments they enter into is, of course, well known by the men. Under other conditions no body of workers would for long consent to such a system of bondage. Why the InterBorough em- ployees permit the condition to endure can be understood only in the ight of the demoralizing effect upon their resistance produced by the company spy sys.em. The following extracts Injunction, “Yellow Dog” Contract, Company Union; the Unholy Trinity in Traction /\from one of the affidavits printed in the Interborough application will well illustrate how this system oper- ates in the daily life of the workers, “Affidavits of James Theodore, verified August: 1, 1927: * “James Theodore, being - duly sworn, says that he is employed by the Interborough Rapid Tran- sit Company as a switchman on the subway division. That his place of employment. is at “18th street west. “hat on or about’the 27th day of July 1927, Motorman J. Bres- lin gave deponen. an application card for membership in the Amal- gamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America and requested depo- nent to join said Assodiation. That on the 30th day of July’ 1927, Motorman Lefferts gave deponent (another) applica.ion card for membership in ‘the Amalgamated Association . . + pe . That at the time Motor- man Lefferts handed to deponent the application blank, he. told deponent hat the payment of his ation fees and dues could be made to Motorman Dougherty . . he . (That later) deponent had a conversation with Motor- man;; Rigler, a motorman.on the extra list . Rigler asked deponent wha: he thought about | joining the Amalgamated ; (Still later)- Rigler said to depo- nent ‘I have $2.00 to. pay to Motorman Ladd for membership in the Amalgamated oe Here we have the picture of a worker so corrupted by the Inter- borough sys‘em that he becomes virtu- ally a part-time stool pigeon. Trusted by his fellow-workers, he is able to continue his activities long enough to report at least four of his shop mates. And what is true of “Danny” Hol- land, Ed. MeGan and James Theo- dore is true of such an astonishingly large number of others that the ex- planation for the condition must be sought not in the peculiar-character- istics of the workers in his industry, but rather in the vicious nature’ of the espionage system built up by. the New York transit masters. Senator Caraway Drags Tariff Herring Across Farm Relief Highways WASHINGTON, “Dec. 16. — A southern attack on the equalization fee “backbone” of the McNary- Haugen bill today threatened to split the ranks of the farm bloc in the senate. With Western republicans support- jing the equalization fee, which Presi- dent Coolidge vetoed -a year ago, Southern democrats were reported rallying to the new Caraway plan, which would virtually’ repeal_the. tar- iff so far as American agriculture~is concerned. The Caraway plan was certain to inject a tariff war into the agricultural relief fight. Senator Caraway (D) of Ark., has a program including every feature of tre McNary-Haugen plan except the equalization fee. In its stead Cara- way would take care of the surplus crop by allowing farm organizations to bring into the United States duty free a quantity of foreign products equal in value to the quantity of sur- plus crops exported. The Caraway bill seems especially designed to invalue farm relief dis- cussion in a mass of tarrif talk. Pass the Paper to.a Fellow Worker! LECTURES AND FORUMS AT COOPER UNION | (8th ST. and ASTOR PLACE) At 8 o'Clock SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18th : ERNEST BYOD “preiser, Cabell, Anderson Other Contemporaries.” TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20th Dr. JOSEPH JASTROW “Thinking and Feeling.” and FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23rd NO MEETING—CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, ADMISSION FREE. Open Forum Discussion. - THE PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE ~ Muhlenberg Branch Library (209 WEST 2 STREET) At 8 o'Clock WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21st EDGAR WIND A Metaphysical View of Science— | “Science versus, Common Sense.” THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22nd DR. E. G. SPAULDING Questions People Expect a Philoso- pher to Answer—*Is. there such a thing as Wille BRONX OPEN FORUM | Juliet Stuart Poyntz, “The World Situation” — | A comparative analysis of the la- bor movements of Hurope and Amer- | lea, at { 2075 Clinton Ave. (near BE. 180 St.) i at 8 P.M. NO FORUMS CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S DAY. Jan, S—B, D.. Wolfe—“The Trotsky Expulsion” Under the auspices of the BRONX WORKERS’ SCHOOL. en et eed LABOR TEMPLE 1th street & Second Ave, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18 5 P. M.—Lecture Dr. F. Beck—“Shaw's ‘Back to Methuselah,’ 7:15 P. M—Am, Int. Church Edmund B, Chatfee—*Holism and Evolution,” was passed by the committee. BOOST THE DAILY WORKER! 8:30 P. M.-Porum Dr, G. F. Beck—“Darwinism and Marxian Myths.” 8 o'clock TOM’ TIPPET will sheak on “THE CRISIS IN THE MINERS’ UNION” A member of the U. M. Wi. of A. describes the lite and death struggle taking place in the coal regiom At the WORKERS SCHOOL FORUM 108 Bast 14th Street Admission 25¢. NO FORUM ON DECEMBER 25 AND JANUARY 1 EAST SIDE OPEN FORUM At the Church of All Nations. 9 Second Avenue (near Houston) SUNDAY, DEC, 18th, 8 PL My MR. PAUL BLANSHARD will speak*on “THE HEART OF THE CHINESE REVOLUTION Admission Free. Nyeryone Invited. BOOST THE DAIL RKER! h