The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 12, 1928, Page 6

Page Six THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1928 Save-the-Union Gives New Hope to Tri-State Diggers, KANSAS MINERS NEAR STARVING ~ FIGHT LEWIS: overty-ridden Men Eat | Chicken Feed (By a Worker Correspondent) ARMA, Kansas, (By Mail).—Since April the first the majority of the Kansas miners have been on strike. r Storm Wrecked Ocean Liner “Pres This is nothing new. To these miners it’sa yearly affair just like Spring | follows Winte When April the} first comes they are either locked out, on strike, or laid off, so to most it does not seem to make much differ- ence how the inevitable comes. This | April period is different from the| other years. powe well organized | ow is a weak, poor Once a are working by separate agreement that the district officials signed up. Over a thousand non-union miners are working strip pits. But there is an undercurrent of anger and hell to pay somewhere. No wot, no pay, no union relief with a few thousand in the district treasury and the officials seeing how fast they ean ride a the continent. This Sunday f them on the way east to Lewis's summons. These officials will have | “tell, for the miners have been them hell ever since the Save-the-Union delegates came back from Pittsburgh. The Same System. While the executive committee of the reactionary forces are back east the miners are grumbling and some are planning. Others, young bucks who have become disgusted with the game have left for the big cities look- ing for work, only to find unemploy- ment and the same kind of bosses.| Same hundreds have left and more} ve following. The rest of the strik- ing miners are digging in for another spell. Yes this April is different. The trike came off in peace and the non- union ners work on in peace. But just as soon as the Save-the-Union Cémmittee delegates got back, hell gates met distr lenged them to show why they 1 continue in their present i ot with support all Now the miners are the non-union ng in numbers? Why elling these delegates who program that we have al- @ays-thought of? If there is going te be.any ing it should be the other and file delegates ‘met District officials and t them fare to face. Now the officials wid their uaderhand methods miners of District 14 act pull-some o s th Eat Chicken Feed. | | all winter, no work of already. Sunday | mers in not the| Little wor! now, need of finds most of the r best condition. They’re worried over | the way th officers have been handling the organization and letting | the compa a joke out of} their grievances. Many fear expulsion | yet more are determined to fight to save the union. Already food is a scarcity with those who were not fortunate enough to have small gardens and chickens. This Sunc found some hungry. Some eati 1. Others tinkéring v dated cars, for rk en cars| > heap. | cheatin; e Law town all} e does it} in no position | laws town, not even a] library ope Pok es, booze— well the miners so poor they can’t afford women, so most don’t stop Jong--at the town called Pittsburg. | The oil fields are at least better for!) these products of capitalism. | The operators think the- last six years, since the. Kansas Industrial Court Law fight. has resulted in their final’ victory, the smashing of the; union or transforming it into a com-| pany union and expect in the coming| year to pick the fruit of their long} plans. Of course, the Lewis officials | osust be given more than medals. But | ‘he onerators have another wish com- | tne. for the miners in Kansas are| meady to fight. Ready to oust the #s machine: ready to build a real | »: ready to put in effect the o.the-Union Committee provvem. —FRED. TRUCK DRIVER KILLED MITHAMPTON, N. Y., May 11.— sen Rraverman. 34 years old, driver -* » Riverhead Laundry Corvoration motor truck was instantly killed here teday when his truck was hit by the locomotive of a Long Island express itrain. MARTINS FERRY LABOR PICNIC. MARTINS FERRY, O., May 11.— The local branch of the International Labor Defense hag planned a picnic at Pesback Farm for June 10. The \“O, No,” Correspondent} Answers, “None at All” | tribution of’ the Daily The ship's crew on the cous starvation wages. ident” Shows Dangers Seamen Face oe. 3 : Lag Sets S. President narrowly escaped death when the steamer ran into a storm off the of Scotland and was wrecked on the rocks. Seamen are forced to slave under the worst conditions for “NO CLASS WAR,” | SAYS N. THOMAS (By a Worker Correspondent.) Here is the message of Norman Thomas, James H. Maurer and Morris Hillquit, of the American “socialist” party to the proletariat in the “land of democracy” and to the world in general. In a way it is an honest sincere statement of daring “gentlemanship.” It is a “courageous” attempt to un- mask oneself and to stand before the world as one is. This is what Thomas and Co, are really saying to the American work- ers: “The miners are shot on the battlefield of the coal mines and their families are driven out of their homes, dying of hunger. But who gave the miners the right to attack| private property?,” say the “so- cialists.” “Is it not the right of the landowners to give the land or a job| to whomever he pleases and rent his houses to whomever he wants?” “You do not -believe in private ownership. It is not right to pro- tect one’s own lands and properties, | you say?” the socialists ask. “But I k you, gentlemen, did not ‘god’ him- self fence paradise with a huge wall, and put cherubim and a blazing sword in his hand, to guard its gate? “You say Sacco and Vanzetti are burnt to death in the electric chair, | and Tom Mooney is sitting in jail?” | k the socialists.” “We say justice is not free, you have to buy it.” “Class struggle,” the “socialists” ask. “What-is class struggle in the land of “democracy”? Your Karl Marx was a moron; your Lenin was a soap-box preacher. Max Eastman will testify to this. Said the reverend: “Let there be light and there was light.” “No there is no class struggle in the United States,” say the “so- cialists.” O, no. O none at all! —H. LOS ANGELES IN DRIVE FOR SUBS May. Day Distribution Spurs Activity The May Day distribution of The DAILY WORKER in the Los Angeles district has greatly stimulated plans for a permanent iner Under the direction of Peul C: DAILY WORKER agent in Lo: geles, efforts to secure new subse: tions are going forward with great energy. The active cooperation of all mem- bers of the Workers (Communist) Party in Los Angeles is essential to the success of this work, Re'ss writes in a letter to the Business Office of the Daily. The election campaign of- ¥. fers an excellent opportunity for spreading the influence of The DAILY WORKER among larger sections of the workingelass, he declares, The distribution of thousands of copies of the May Day edition of The DAILY WORKER has famil'arized many Los Angeles workers with the paper, and Workers Party members in Los Angeles plan to take advan- tage of this in securing new subscrip- tions. Los. Angeles does not intend remaining behind other cities, Reiss declares. Upholsterers Jailed; Later Are Released (By a Worker Correspondent.) LOS ANGELES, Cal., (By Mail) —Seven upholsterers were arrested Apri] 80 on charges of picketing’ the California High Grade Uphol- stery, 2182 East First St. Three days before, April 27, the company discharged 16 union men as “in- efficient,” according to Acting De- tective Capt. W. F. Hynes, head of the red squad, with offices in the Chamber of Commerce Bldg. The men jailed were: John Sal- tekov, John Agalsoff, W. Delam- toff, Sidney Dimond, A. B, Cum- mings, W. Standera and James Koshergen. “The red squad was beaten,” the business agent of the union told me. The Centtal Labor Council succeeded in getting the workers out of jail. They are back on the picket line again, it was said. The authorities probably decided }that it wasn’t the right time to arrest union men the day before |the primary election, is the opinion expressed in some quarters. L. P. RINDAL. NEW HOSE PLANT GOES OPEN SHOP Union Answer Must Be Strike, Is Demand PHILADELPHHIA, May 11.—An other plant manufacturing full- fashioned hosiery, has followed the example set by the Allen-A Co., of Kenosha, Wis., and declared for the open shop and two machine system of operation. Although the Ameri- can Federation of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers has as yet made no public statement as to the course it will pursue, it is believed that a strike will be declared against this firm. The Allen-A Company in Kenosha, a vicious labor hating firm, has been f, tied up for many weeks by a bitter struggle of the workers there for! union recognition, and the with- | drawal of the 2 machine speed-up system of operation. In declaring for the open shop the Philadelphia manufacturers issued a statement to the effect that an in- vestigation made by their efficiency |} discloses that each knitter |& experts, lk TOO POOR TO GET HALL FOR MEET Idaho Workers Would Use Square (By a Worker Correspondent) BOISE, Idaho, (By Mail).—I have been watching your columns expect- ing to read of some speakers from the Workers (Communist) Party who will tour Idaho to tell the Idaho workers what they will stand for in the election. It looks like most of us will have to stay home anyway at the next election. We are too poor to go any- where. I don’t know how we could ever get money to hire a hall for a speaker anyway. But we would try to get a vacant square at least where all could have standing room. I will do all I'can to aid this. I am an old man, 73 years old and have been robbed all my life by bank- ers and lawyers, so I am now pushed hard to get something to eat.—T. P. R. R. Shops Go on Full Time but Lay Off 70 TWO HARBORS, Minn., May 11.— Beginning May ist the workers of the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad shops went on full time, eight hours a day for six days a week. This came after a period of over two years in which the shops had been operated on short time. In December the working hours were further shortened to seven hours for five days a week. The cut in hours of service was originally inaugurated at the instance of the men who wanted their com- rades kept in service in the hope of resumption of a normal volume of business. The company conceded to their request. In order to make the new system possible, however, it was decided to lay off a definite number of men. About 70 men were slated for dismissal. ja discussion at the meeting over this BOSSES REALIZE To Save His Own Skin | MASS PICKETING 1S GOOD WEAPON Are Better at It Than Woll or Lewis (By a Worker Correspondent) Our so-called trade union leaders or, as W. Z. Foster calls them in his book, “misleaders,” are campaigning with might and main to prevent work- ers from striking, mass picketing, etc. In general they are against any mili- tant action of the workers. The rea: sons they give are that these things are not “fine” and “respectable.” John D. Rockefeller, Jr., head of the Rockefeller interests, has said that Col. Robert W. Stewart, head of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, must re- sign. Stewart was a fourth partner in the Continental Trading Co. slush funding deal. By getting rid of Stew- On May 2, I was present at a meet-| @7t, Rockefeller hopes to silence the ing of the Retail Grocery and Dairy| 970wing demand for a senate investi- Owners Association of Greater New| 9%tion of the Standard’s government York. oil reserve leases. u tore fe woes aes me mel OOO) LINE CUTS WORKERS’ PAY of the owners are not willing to close their stores at that hour. There was Men Forced to Board Selves in Bunk Cars (By a Worker Correspondent) FOND DU LAG, Wis., (By Mail). —Taking advantage of the wide- spread unemployment, especially among the unskilled workers, the Soo Line has cut their hourly rate for point. A motion was carried to mass picket every store that does not close at 8 p. m. The wives of the store owners were drawn into the struggle also. Last but not least these men will use a little education besides agitation. It seems that the business men un- derstand the role of mass picketing better than the union officials and are not afraid to use it. rest of the gang would say about it.|cents per hour, or a cut of 24 cents Had it been the Furriers, they would] per eight hour day. have been called Reds. These laborers are boarding thent- There is no need to comment on this| selves in bunk cars which are furn- story. Mass picketing is a very good | ished by the company. weapon for the workers. Let’s make| A daily wage of $2.56 per day and use of it in the time of necessity. In| the necessity of living in railroad this instance I think it wouldn’t hurt | bunk cars will certainly appeal to Cal us if we learned from these business |Coolidge and the rest of the “pros- men. perity” shouters as an earnest of the kind of “prosperity” they mean when, tongue-in-check, they hand out this soft soap to the workers. —ENDORE. ADD NEW SLICE TO U.S. EMPIRE WASHINGTON, May 11.—Another slice was added to the American em- pire today when the senate adopted the Bingham resolution providing for the annexation of the “American” Samoan Islands. s —TRA. t Policeman Is Freed Patrolman Lexis Mongue, Jr. charged with extorting $4 from Stan- ley Parifer, who he accused of a minor ‘traffic violation was freed when the case was heard by Magis- trate Abraham Rosenbluth in the West Side Court. The magistrate did not consider Pariser’s testimony im- portant in rendering his verdict. TO FLY TO URUGUAY. In an airplane which he is building himself, Serafin Cirigliano, 28, an employe of the Bellanca Aircraft The ratification is merely formal since the islands have for some time been administered by the navy de- partment. The resolution provides for a commission to be appointed by plant at Mariner’s Harbor, Staten Island, will make a 7,000 mile flight, with intermediate stops, to Mont video, Uruguay, his native city, this summer he announced yesterday. the president, consisting of two sena- tors, two members of the house of representatives and two Samoans authorized to “study and recommend legislation” for the islands. stands idle a certain number of| minutes, between the time he starts a} |mew stocking on the machine, and the | § | time it tapers off to a finish. -|employers declare that the knitter can, The | use this idle time to start another! machine, disregarding the fact that | § the worker is under the highest ten- |! sion in preventing the entering of flaws while one machine is operated. Flaws in stockings are deducted from the pay. Fireman Hurt When Engine Jumps Track BOSTON, May 11.—A fireman and rit | a girl passenger were injured and} many passengers were shaken up|§ when the locomotive of a Boston, Re- vere Beach and Lynn Railroad pas. | senger train dropped into the hart at the East Boston Terminal toda; The injured were, Fireman John Warren and Miss Elsie Small, of Hamlin St., Lynn. Workmen’s Furniture Fire Insurance Society, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1872 Telephone Regent 4391, the insurance society of your own committee is inviting all »members and workers to attend. i] ry A co-operative fire insurance society for working people. three branches throughout the United States. ber 31, 1927, 49,600. Assets $700.000. All profits revert back to the members (policy holders) which enables us to offer the cheapest Fire Insurance in the country. The yearly assessment (premium) is only 10c for each $100 insurance. Upon joining every one must deposit $1.00 for every $100 Insurance which will be returned upon withdrawal from the Society, Maximum» insurance issued $2,000. Workingmen and women, protect your homes in case of fire. Join Main Office: 227 EAST 84th STREET (Bet. 2nd and 8rd Ave.) NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. Fifty- Membership on Decem- Insurance in force, $53,000,000. class, Miners! DOWNTOWN Progressive Workers Club 60 St. Marks Place Jewish Workers Club 35 Second Street 799 Broadway, Room 236 Progressive Labor Center 103 #8, 14th Street Workers School 108 Kast 14th Street Plumbers Heipers 136 Kast 24th Street lul West.27th Street 66 East 4th Street UPTOWN Hungarian Workers Club sou Hast 8ist Street 143 East 103rd Street 1538 Madison Avenue Unity Co-operative House 1800 Seventh. Avenue Finnish Workers Club io West 126th Street Negro Committee for Miners’ acvelief 200 West 135th Street “Fight Disease! 799 Broadway ‘ For further information apply at 227 East 84th Streets ° } - f i i) ‘ NATIONAL MINERS RELIEF COMMITTEE Volunteer Tag Days for Miners’ Support the Striking R li f Help Resist the Open elle Shop Drive! STATIONS: UPTOWN (Continued) Czecho-Slovak Workers House 347 East 72nd Street BRONX Jewish Workers Club 1472 Boston Road ‘Women's Council 1400 Boston Road bakiias dean Jewish Workers’ u 1622 Bathgate Avenue 2075 Clinton Avenue 2700 Bronx Park East 715 East 138th Street 1668 Vyse Avenue 1387 Washington Avenue 802 Forest Avenue 753 East Tremont Avenue Jewish National Workers 2771 Williamsbridge Road BROOKLYN Workers School 1373 — 48rd Street 764 — 40th Street 1940 Benson Avenue BROWNSVILLE East N. Y. Workers Club 604 Sutter Avenue Workers ‘Center 1689 Pitkin Avenue 85% Hopkinsén Avenue 118 Bristol Street 122 Osborne Street 1111 Rutland Road, 563 Stone Avenue WILLIAMSBURG 101 Grand Avenue 29 Graham Avenue 46 Ten Eyck Street LONG ISLAND 1 Fulton Ave. Middle Village CONEY ISLAND 2901 Mermaid Avenue BRIGHTON 217 Brighton Beach Avenue All Jewish Non-Partisan Schools will serve as stations for Children. 50,000 Unorganized Miners Need Tents — Food — Medicines! Fight Evictions and Hunger! - (Stuyvesant 8881) “Room 236 Correspondent Says I wonder what Lewis, Woll and the] section laborers from 35 cents to 82 // TEACHERS SPILL ‘MINE PROPAGANDA IN AVELLA SCHOOL Seek to Influence the Miners’ Children (Special To The DAILY WORKER) AVELLA, Pa., May 11—“If you were standing on a road and a trooper told you to move on, would you do so?” was the first query on a ques- tionaire John B. Wiley, a teacher in the school here required his young pupils to answer. Those who said “No,” were kept after school. “Is a trooper a fellowman?” the school master wanted to know. Many children who had seen their fathers viciously beaten by state troopers, while the scabs were protected, had their doubts. Propaganda. “Do you ithink you should obey the troopers?” “Is the United States. the greatest nation in the world?” were other questions to which the teacher demanded answers. Another teacher called a state policeman into her classroom to point out that many children of miners who haven’t received a day’s pay or a full meal for more than a year, are not fit to come to school and be seen by the other children because they are “indecently dressed.” Last Few Days Sale on Spring Coats We are offering our en- tire stock of SPRING COATS (sizes from 82 to 48) below manufac- turing cost. Reg. Price $22.50 Sale Price $16.50 $1 8.90 $20.50 $29.50 $24.50 $27.0 Don’t miss this oppor- tunity. — Come and be convinced. Kahan & Phil 37 Canal Street Cor. Ludlow Street, « NEW YORK CITY. $27.50 $30.50 $32.50 $35.50 $39.50 ‘RESORTS thee Vege-Tarry Inn “GRINE KRETCHME” Opens for the Season Friday, May 11, 1928 | ‘Enjoy Your Vaca- | tion and Week-Ends | DIRECTIONS: Take ferries at 23rd Street, Christopher Street, | Karclay. Street or Hudson Tubes | to Hoboken, Lackawanna Rail- road to Lerkeley Heights, N. J. | Berkeley Heights — ee New Jersey.