The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 14, 1928, Page 8

By Fred Ellis {Boss’ Profits Published by the NATIONAL DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING ASS'N, Tne, ll A : 3 car algiaeens Swelled As $3 First Street, New York, Ye Phone, Orchard 1680 Address: “Dalwork” Tr u t G V SUBSCRIPTION RATES | S Ss ro By Mail (in New York y By Mail (outside w York): | $8.00 per year $4.50 per year x months | By LELAND ‘OLDS, (Fed. Press) 0 three months $2.00 th s. Profits totaling $3,278,051,000 were Address and mail out checks to | eS a in 1927 th 693 of as en 7 — 20 Ky. ge tow Vark N.Y. | ca’s 50 corporations, accordi THE DAILY WORKER, 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. \ to the New’ York ‘federal reserve | DIOR TRG Theos CURR Es ROBERT MI bank. This marks a falling off of Assistant Editor.........+0.0000 WM. DU about 7 per cent compared with the : | $3,518,182,000 profits made by these futeread as second-class mail at the post-offic New York, N. Y., under | corporations in 1926, but the total is | the act of March 3, ; | greater than in any other recent year. | The bank’s tabulation includes 381 ) . . ! industrial and commercial companies, } All Out in West Pennsylvania! 129 telephone and other public utility i corporations and 183 railroads. The : The rumors spread through the unorganized coal fields of , mtita totaling $1,679,890,000, pr ‘ Westmoreland, Fayette, Green and Somerset counties by John L. pared with $1,822,200,000 in 1926. The Lewis’ agents who are trying to confuse the minds éf the mine public utility profits were $512,819,- 1 workers as to the date of the strike of the unorganized fields, are we comune atte Seen « ina " f tha nai ‘ is betrayal of Sa RRS Eee e railroads made 085, in ‘ the final word of at prays an his betrayal of the mine workers. 1927, compared with $1,233,003,000 sy € John L. Lewis’ machine is and has long been the worst ob- 1926. 1 stacle to the organization of the coal miners in this important sec- Bey ae ones Hash pd bie . Y iy Ap care ae SE ed with anything but the super- : tion cf Pennsylvania, as elsewhere. | profits of 1926. The mean that in c In the four counties now unorganized and in which the mine spite of all talk about narrow profit workers will come out on strike on April 16—next Monday—the margins the owning class is: collect- a i i tats % Z i oe ing tribute at a rate unequalled in 4 miners have especially strong reason to loathe Lewis, the strike- any former age of exploitation. The ; breaker. The be yal of the Fayette county miners in 1922, when 1927 profits of these 693 corporations Fr Lewis deliberately left them out of the settlement after they had alone would give a 6 per cent return 8 struck with the organized miners and had demanded admission on a capitalization of more than $60,- i into the Union,—this contemptible and classic treason is the source apa aa tho Gpnvfaben howepen ee 4 of the confusion and pessimism which has held back the mine struggle for profits is becoming in- I workers of the whole section for the past six years. Now the creasingly bitter. With all industries t true fighting spirit of the miners of these four counties has risen vastly over-expanded and capital be- t above the scepticism of the past, and like an avalanche they will mg sre a creas ot snytEne the é come out next Monday (April 16) against the operators and itd the final stag sof coninatitte RY against Lewis, the operators’ agent. capitalism is at Nand. Out Mt the y Only ‘f ae i Chee nt struggle will emerge a few giant nly the Save-the-Union movement makes it possible for the ‘ 4 = ; i" se HS ee BE doves t “ meee Sgn iS ae es P Aes The coal operators, their gunmen and their agent in union, John L. Lewis, made a breach in the fighting line of the jmonopolistic corporations dominating q unorganized miners of western Pennsylvania to find the new hope . ‘ = ; e ‘ the economic life of the le and i ree asy aweeps them forward. miners by keeping the mine workers of Westinoreland, Fayette, Somerset and Green Counties unorganized. Into this a Sek ae cabins ne H : : Be ; i breach the mine workers of these counties step with new enthusiasm. One hundred thousand West-Penn miners go out ate saa Foes ot rauleleraillignaise $ € The miners know that in striking they strike against the Monday. The enemy shall not pass! per class. i h operators and against Lewis, the agent of the operators and the : £ betrayer of the workers. + t t Lewis showed in 1922, and shows again in 1928, that he is at particularly sensitive to the interests of the mine owners in that Pp section of Western Pennsylvania which is unorganized. The Frick » stee)jinterests seem to be more sacred to Lewis than the mine e workers interests. ies : Washington zo you know} a é jthe budget expenses been met, but | after he assumed office in 1922 has c Lewis’ agents who tour the district to try to persuade the By HENRY ROSEMOND. at it isn’t true? The misery has : : = (the extensive and progressive pro-| resulted in establishing the finances 5 ’ a increased 100 | § f i ing | iti ii s workers to postpone the strike, and who sent out the mysterious | First Adviser to the Haitian Patrio-| the American pa iey Fea oe yer ohanry ae os publ | Oe ee ee an : radio messages to the same effect, will not succeed in confusing | tie U er in nee | ditions have gone from bad to worse. | debt has been continued without re. ie iorealee nigh ano ee the mine workers of Westmoreland, ¥ ‘ayette, Somerset and Green| , its acing the Nortel Journal x: Mi Bessel has madcalnons every course tothe substantial reserye fon poeta sere yoke shent Haiti ; ites as’ to the. date of the. strike. c uide of April 7th, a very inter-| week a new law against the advan-| wisely carried as insurance Peart dees i g FS y. y hig 408 we thie i esting weekly newspaper, of Norfolk,| tage of the Haitian people. crop failure or other calamity.” 9 ts fe tea aes "i Ne Ae ee The date for those four counties, the unorganized field of | ¥@» { 74 across a note which was| The people of Haiti are suffering) | All this is nothing but more lies vena dre huuaneanperaeati rset & cra ‘Paitiaylvnnia is Monday, “Amel 16: }sent to them direct from Washing- | such that they are compelled to emi- | The year 1927 was to the Haitian| :. Haiti is at the present time under 4 jton, D. C., dated April 8rd with the | grate themselves daily to France, to | people the most miserable year that| ‘he worst oppression that any one J Mine workers of Fayette, Westmoreland, Somerset and Green | eee statements about that little| Cuba, to the United States, with the they have ever had since the inde-|¢Uld imagine, i ecunties—cdown tools on Monday! Don’t listen to any of Lewis’ Dated Hees eee tae ae bats ae aay ee orig a aati |Pendence of Haiti January the year) Louis Borno, a born Frenchman, 4 liars who try to confuse you. as long as the Americans will remain | of 1804, was imposed on the Haitian people by From Bad to Worse. there. | ‘The empl f the custom h i ili ic é 5 wie s : \ & ; A £ ‘ ployes o: ie custom houses|the American military officials as i Show your organized brothers of the other fields that you| ‘This statement tells that the reha- If you want to find out if what 1) | of Haiti are 75 per cent Americans;) president, on orders received from are as good Union men as any. All out Monday! bilitation of Haiti is progressing at an ae see eat AN ty tame fe all the best positions are occupied by| Washington. almost believ: abor a is Is-} the Americans with a superintendent H pea aad Male a iy en land and the Haitian consulate in| in each custom house. The wages of |, oe ygaly an Asnerican tae af . tian people have already been mater- pew as ork as to how many Haitians the Haitian worker is 80 per cent|ime corps officer, was nominated high z No Secret Dea Is. Mr. Binns! (iaty"incceased, in his annual report| 4 BF ener siete smaller than those of the most illiter-| commissioner of the republic. To- ’ “ . S - lore Lies. ate and ignorant American. i 3 The textile workers of New Bedford and Taunton, members loge, “hy. the famous ‘ig. American SU Dea a Ot calor Russell did not say a word about Soy Yas. weak dey wor a ae : et : rs vy rd al 1 ton, lfish in Haiti, John H. Russell, so-|Teveoues General Russell reports the the foreign debt, he did not even men-| they please. They even procure so1 a of the seven unions affiliated with the Textile Council, have voted | called: high commissioner of U. S. A.|¥¢2% bas been all that could be de- |tion the $30,000,000 that he took|amendmenst to the Haitian co itu. fe by an overwhelming, almost unanimous vote to strike against in-|in Haiti. ie pa ae a result of the sound | from Wall Street in the name of the|tion. In 1926 they hortenad eae a creasing exploitation and the proposal to cut their wages ten| I wonder how could you, Russell, ae ark SHUM ne Hane epee Aide eee eke wat Street $30,000,000 of which T ercent. have enough y 4 = ussell says tha’ e financial pol-|dare any one to give account of co e spirit o: e mill workers shown in this magnificent vote, must and can carry them to victory. The militant expression can | ite bi ; ee : made an inspiration to hundreds of thousands of ‘textile oper- | l catio I } ada ork ] 1n th ti * bar atives throughout New England and other sections including the e Ta ae nions Ce Southern states. The needs of the New Bedford textile workers (Continued). the. " atres, aj Pre Wie cryiste: needs of every textile workersn the United States. | The “red corner”, to which we, have brought 1 ae lectures are Libraries. to get the most out of your vacation,” |have sprung up in recent years— L Slav é th capes is ee : i beatemel a wanna o arcane is home. This work The libraries of the unions must|charts on labor union growth and|museums on art, health, bird life, avery 0 ew or st sort pr evails in the cotton and woolen mills, | page Ri ales , 4 aroom|is specially important among sea-|also be specially mentioned. There | clippings from the day’s newspapers. |evolution, protection of labor, furni- and the slavery is becoming worse, month after month, due to in Pie ue fea ie sont aces onsets from the villages whom |are central workers’ libraries at the| Another growing institution is the|ture, social hygiene, revolution and 4 repeated cuts in wages and the speeding-up process, with a gen-| ae teleb: of enna Sonerateal a Sauls HF in the sugar work- trades council headquarters, circulat-|“excursion.” The whole country is |technical subjects, to mention only a fs | eral worsening of conditions of labor. The mill workers of New|dining room, an apartment house, a| In Mice von ed peiaeita ing bres run by Hue oun Or ak er both ar ae ney few. There are over fifty such mu- x me (pas 2 iu »s, | mittee! nd provincial departments | with union excurSions. Excursionists|seums in Moscow alone. Th = ro Bedford are Blazing a trail which will be followed by the hundreds peel Feet teas atte as ‘all we find the various “circles” in|of the unions, as well as libraies in|receive substantial reductions in rail-|sian worker who has not enor es a of thousands of mill workers everywhere. pub adalah set SiMe Ete yale ey conceivable theme from|the clubs and large factories. The |road fares. There are excursions be-|excursion to a museum of some kind im But while New Bedford and Taunton are showing this fine |the clubs. Factory “red corners” are| las wyade Unies the care CF iooer Patan \ibraries’ Pe wae Gis todiory and Seti Teo i Uy to’ ett pig ae ae fe spirit, there i is reason to ask what spirit Mr. Binns and Mr. Batty, | usually conducted by the educational) fants is discussed. Production and|lover 3,000 travelling libraries, in|tory clubs have special exhibitions Ase is ee ee ee Dias ct Bets bo officials of the tile Council, are showing in behalf of the mill peak lees “ the fabkom. Its aim| technical subjects, as we have noted, |addition to its regular club libraries. |showing graphically all the processes he ver, Che (Chnsanas Houde Piavs. cin tha ince of a tendislartack om tive homes of the mill is to bring all the cultural work nearer| have been popular in recent years|A typical provincial trades council |of production. These are, of course, Leningrad and Moscow, for example, th ki £27 N Bedford mill i eae taped the mill} jo the union members, not all of| since the drive for better production |library is the one in Moscow used by |visited by eager delegations of work. |Will exchange 6,000 trade union ex ag cron a at anh Bis neh ‘ed ie bo ; in the face of the over-| whom are enrolled in the clubs. The| began. There are also hundreds of|some 10,000 workers active in trade |ers from other factories where such |cursionists, many of whom have th whelming will of the workers to repel the attack—Mr. Binns and |" corner” oes les newspapers, maga-| circles dealing with physical culture,;union education in that city. Any exhibitions have not yet been pre-|never been away from their hi Be Mr. Batty show a suspicious wavering as to their course. They | 12 ; ks, study’ cours Talks| politics, photography, dramatics, lit-|union member, however, may use it.|pared.) Then we find also excursions |towng befo: eles deal with Raeburn, secretary of the cotton manufacturers’ ass mbes given and papers and books are|erature, amateur broadcasting, for-|As in other libraries, the stairways jon boats, excursions between cities, wa ca acaatli , I i aloud to those workers who are| eign lan; s, snowshoe ia- leading to it lined with chart: ions Di fi i ciation, and with Mayor Ashley, w bce at i guages, snowshoeing, avia-|leading to it are lined with charts |excursions between factory and vil- Eprror’s Note: lowing chick ae eae vii erative posting a clerk for| : erik d When the its tion, eae, heavy wrestling,|and diagramed instructions telling |lage, between factory aa the Red nue f¥0m Robert sg Sov nb! t i r ives in the village, some distance] natural science and rural economy—|the worker how to do research, how |Army company, as well as mass ex- 5 Seat “ Is Raeburn’s voice louder than the voice of the mill workers from the factory, a “red corner” may|to give only samples of the wide |to read to the best advantage, giving |cursions into the country. And there eas “Soviet Trade Unions” to be a of New Bedford, Mr. Binns and Mr. Batty? be set up in the village library or variety of subjects taken up in these |suggested bibliographies on summer |are smaller excursions to the hun- published this week by the Van-_ oe ui ea: i me ‘ cottage reading room; and travelling! groups. culture work, children’s work, “how !dreds of museums of every sort that| guard Press, New York). inns an atty were willing to postpone the taking of the an is . . ° : strike vote at the request of Raeburn, and this would have been “ . 3 . m4 ; done if the temper of the workers had not been too strong to per-| €xtl os 1 ommittees 1 Cd ight Against age Slashes ed mit this demoralizing course. This being impossible, Binns and mi Batty were willing to keep the strike vote secret, after it was Eprror’ a Wage Cuts for Workers. employment and more misery for the {bosses if given proper leadershi ficient / keep § Eprror’s Nore: Since the follow- ‘ pian adie ip. are sufficient proof of the character er taken, for a period of time in which the mill owners could spread! ing article was written 30,000 tex- |, But even under the present cur- rr Renae Sore. pera eee Cee | a. tere, 8, si leadership to comejof the A. F. T. O. It is but little oa some more demoralizing propaganda. Binns and Batty knew very| tile workers in New Bedford, Mass. ey cats Land a prt ronan pide ft ay lsh ai bagged pnae Aeneas ma cages ae better than a company union, nm Py ivi? if ‘ sales, ie domestic marke’ as ‘anized, miy a smi on well that the vote would be overwhelming for a strike. Why,| '@v¢ voted to go on strike Monday | J outiy declined from January to |is a large reserve of labor to fall|fraction of the 400,000 are in the Textile Mill Committees, de: then should the vote be kept secret from the workers who cast it? ae , piers tate os February, 1928 while compared with |back on in case of strikes or resist-|unions, These are split into two|, There is but one force in the textile go Only the mill owners could gain by that secrecy. cone au biae vacieetieae os iP, February of last year the decline is|ance to wage cuts. = unions both of them reactionary in|industry which can lead the workers L 7 . heat Mg! ‘ll Ne ion, Every mill im |eyven marked. The foreign market'. The textile workers in New Eng-|leadership and policies. The leader- into successful “struggle for organiza- in Now the strike vote is known and the workers will respond hae city i58 © closed when the 80,- which was the one hope of the textile {land can look forward to a period|ship of both has time and again be- tion and against wage cuts, and these _ let with a 100 percent strike that will give Mr. Raeburn the answer. workers strike. barons has also collapsed. Exports |f struggles against the textile bar-|trayed the workers in numerous are the progressives organized in the iz: a cS By * ALEX B AIL for the seven months ending with|0S who are shifiing the burden of |struggles. Can the U. T. W. under Textile Mill Committees. GA 3ut the mill workers must look sharp to see that Messrs. BL Se des st i February shows a decline of 30 per|the depression to the bent backs of |the arch reactionary MacMahon lead |" the basis of committees in each em Finns and Hele geh-aver some of their habits of secrets between | hn hs “ye chert root pe cent, and the tendency is downward. | the . the Waeteitae oe textile workers in a sheng ery prin ge Si fg themselves and Raeburn and Raeburn’s’ man Ashley. | he i ‘orkers Ready to Fight. a general organization drive? There ruggle thru the me No secret deals, Messrs. Binns and Batty! The mill workers | ave fai ed on mai pie ie Fe pe Rie eee ean ee eoete ce be evident to all acquainted with the |fight. The U. T. W. is a name of strike organs, Connected up es they r know what they want and have a right to know what you are|jorne the brunt a the oftack of the (the crisis’ to the backs of the work: [tituation. The strike movement in|the past here. hy toon te eee str doing at every step of the fight. | borne the brunt of the attack of the ‘ ork- Fall River where even the corrupt] Or is it the Ameri Federati Feadily ‘receive strike aesistauce, 6k 8 loing at every step o e figh bosses is going from bad to worse,|¢vs- While the manufacturers are | je¢icj ‘ 5 - paige eration jany other support from th ‘kers isn : ; eed fe i Tea rcaripa lneealvine eetiniday On maseneael i icialidom of the United Textile |of Textile Operatives under the pre- ey ii ay he Wi Mill workers, strike 100 percent, as the vote provides! be nts re bs Seret he; eee atl atten "Gk arebatt ( pt, er Workers, under pressure from the |sidency of Police Commissioner Tan- in other mill centers. This is the or- So a Habra bac kasiiet : Spell the workers in the industry may. th d MH dotlaes A Saving Of |progressives, necepted the general|sey? The role of Tansey and the ese Mon. \ whic MOMs Ont Eeeee teach out to the other textile districts! Other mill workers |expect still greater attacks, still é S and ott . la lower spindle |strike slogan and put the American|A. F. T, 0, in choking the strike |P™on's* tor, the futiry, te are as ready for action as you are. In numbers there is strength, eats mei to ae pages, oe Co is rae eae Ban Nye hai Federation of Textile Operatives on|movement in Fall River by stealing The program of this organization al Make it 100 percent in New Bedford and then show the textile 100 080 Surin hace aa been ve hours and are bang sped up Orie ane rere ve: Sh strikes in the Park-|the first strike vote and by shunting COVGrs the basic needs of the textile eel workers of the entire country an example of what they must do| fected by the 10 per cent wage cut, |crease profits. een goa Mong Ries ole is the Lonegirs Silende NAL ain bapa bait ha rie ‘ a h also. while unemployment in the cotton] With production now in excess of|Lawrence and even in Manch os | bahay atin thie dERaLAE GUAT RETO, N MERE acaiaah G ceecaete ° i” Ms sectién of tha anaat 1 : in Manchester, |bosses and the sending of A. F. T. 0.| 2. Fight against wage cuts oat. the And swatch Mr. Binns and.Mr, Batty. n of the ry runs to almost |sales greater curtailment may be ex-|these are indications of the readiness |men to scab on the workers in a U.|speed up. " J40 per cent. pected, bringing with it greater un- to fight against the offensive of