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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-11

The senate committee which in
vestigated the unsuccessful efforts
of the mine operators of West Vir-
ginia and Kentucky to make slaves
Of the miners tof those states by
starvation, evictions. imprisonment.
bludgeoning and gunmen bullying
has, submitted its report to the
senate. sa -.
Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, chair
man Of the committee, who also 10
chairman OF the standing committee
on education and labor and lately
appointed federal judge for the
state OF Iowa by President Harding,
after condemning both operators
and. miners In the report, personally
recommends the establishment OF
another wage labor board to be COM
posed Of three representatives each
Of the public, the employers and the
workers. appointed by the president
of the United States. =, -
1t isHthe design that the findings
Of this board 'shall be published
broadcast and !, enforced by public
opinion.Y The. bill ,embodying the
plan. To- be introd,, ,ced in the senate
willshaye an industrial code, Edefin-
ing rights of employers and workers
and setting forth their duties to-
ward 'the great third party-the
public The proposed code: defines
In ID Tail many rights, Z. z L, Including
;th right ofS rom en- who work Ia the
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mines to receive. the; same: pay as
men. OF this right. the senator OBJ
serves: Few women are engaged
in .any way in mining, but 1t may be
as well to announce this proposition
as to pass it BY" The bill would
also prohibit the employment in the
mines Of children under 16 years,
unless permits have been issued
under state authority In West
Virginia this. prohibition would be
meaningless, as tho mine owners
would see to it that any child might
be forced into the mines and robbed
OF his childhood by permits issued
under state authority =: -
In this elaborate code of rights"
It is declared that. ''when a dispute
or controversy arises between oper-
ators and mine workers there should
be no strike or, lockout pending q
conference or a hearing and deter
mination Of the. facts and principles
involved :. n :. T, y. ::
) Senator Kenyon says this plan is
not compulsory; arbitration, It ID
not made clear, however, why. there
should. be enacted IN unnecessary
law for mediation and conciliation,
with cod,"" When: there II already
bureau Of the department Of. labor
in existence for that purpose; ready
to act when called upon. ~ s .s5 81;
of course, the proposed measure
does not provide - terms for the
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EVIDENCE SHOWS
REDS SCHEMET0'.
DESTROY UNIONS
lenine and Comrades Urge
American Workers TO Break
up Federation Of Labor.
BY international Labor News: Service


WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. g.
Added evidence of Bolshevik hos
tility to the American Federation of
Of Labor has just como to light. in
the form of an official letter of in
struction to "comrades'' in America
from the chiefs Of the propaganda
machine of the Third Internationale.
There are three branches to the
soviet machine-the soviet govern
ment, the Communist party and the
Third Internationale. They are in
Interchangeable, for bolshevik pur-
poses and. if desired one may deny
what the 'others are doing and say
ing.
In a letter taken from Bolshevik
contents of which have just been
made known in this country, there
is the following paragraph Of in
structions:
"V. Especial attention must be
paid to the American Federation Of
Labor. 1t must be broken, agitating
with the energetic aid Of the I. w. W
for the creation OF revolutionary
trade unions
The Comrades in America are
further ordered to "organize con-
spiratiye revolutionary headquar-
ters' and to "scare the workers with
new wars that capital is preparing"
While Lenine is preparing for par
ticipation with the hated capita .
list" governments in Genoa and, while
he is seeking to convince the world
that soyietismhas abandoned comun-
ism and has embraced capitalist
methods and policies, Lenine's other
hand. the Third Internationale,
through it's executive committee,
continues it's international agitation
for revolution.
Just now the Third 1nternatiorale
is using appeals for Russian relief
as the medium for spreading revo-
lutionary propaganda. In its Of
fical appeal to the workers of the
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CO1FAx, Iowa, Feb, s.-West Vir-
ginia coal has been shipped here by
the government for the use at a gov
ernment hospital. The West Vir-
ginia coal costs $12 a ton delivered
at the hospital. Colfax coal can be
had for '~$7.5o a. ton. Because Of
these shipments by 'the government
the niners Of this place have sent
a protest to the Iowa members of
Congress. In their protest the mine
workers declare they have been
working only one and two days a
week and have worked only III days
in the first. eleven months OF 1921.
Another day would be added to the
working schedule II the. government
would buy it's supply Of coal here
for use Of its hospital; it would save
$3.50 a. ton., The business Of the
town is almost wholly dependent up
on coal mining. =, -
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SHIP! ! !! I .lIl|0Nl0P'oLY }! \ ! ! !.
ExT0RTS:ALASkIA !
Delegate: 10 Congress vigpr-'
ougly: Protests Against Rates
Charged for Shipping.

WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-Delegate
Sutherland, representing Alaska,
has made. a vigorous protest in the
house, against what he terms "the
.extrotionate rates charged Alaska
ans by the transportation monop-
oily" Ocean freight. rates to Alaska,
he declared. have not been decreased
since the war. land it is not the in
tention of the monopoly to reduce
them, even through It has fought
"a seaman's strike: against q Is per
cent reduction in wages and, has re-
Gently been granted a liberal mail
subsidy by the postoffice."
I'm the Industrial war against the
.seanen;" charged the delegate. 'the
public showed considerable sympathy
with the companies, as it was as
fsumed that q reduction in wages
would. mean reduced freight rates.
As usual the public fooled itself, as
the saving In. operating expences
went entirely into the Golfers Of the
monopoly.
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M0V|NCPICTURE.
OPERATORS. LOSE:
Supreme Court Refuses: Their
Appeal Against Theater For;
want Of JulidIction." :"

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The
supreme court announces the dis
missal for want Of jurisdiction the
application of the Kansas City Mo-
ton Picture: Machine Operators un-
Ion to bring before the court an
appeal originally brought. against
it by a motion picture theater COM
pany doing business in Kansas City:
The members Of the firm were oper-
ating the moving picture machine
in their theater. The union contend
ed that its members: should be en-
ployed for; the purpose and picketed
the theater. An injunction was
sought by the theaters owners to pre-
vent picketing. The lower court
Of Missouri denied the injunction.
On appeal the state supreme court,
by an odd-man decision, permanent
ly restrained the union from picket
ing. The union averred that the in
junction deprived, it's members. Of
the rights Of free speech and per-
sonal liberty guaranteed by the 14th
amendment to the constitution.
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AMERICAN SHIP
OWNERS SCORED
Cut wages Of Seamen, Boost
Rates and Fight Compeasa-
tion;; Hoover Calls Them.

American ship owners have just
cut the wages of deep sea marine
workers from Is to 33 per cent.
A day pri ,r to this announcement
American shipping interests were
condemned by Secretary Hoover for
increasing the rate for transporting
grain to starving Russia by 80 per
cent-an increase that was put into
effect immediately after congress
had voted $2O,000,00O for Russian
relief and stipulated that the food
must be carried.,;,. American bot
toms. This means an increase of
SO ton over the rate at which the
food could be sent in foreign ves-
sells.
These same American shipping in
terests, it is now being pointed out,
are resisting the demand that con-
gress extend to seamen the pro-
lection Lf accident compensation
laws. British ship owners have been
compelled for twenty years to pro-
vide their seamen with workmen's
compensation. Yet the American
ship owners protest that such bene-
fits for American seamen will add
an item of 'cost" to their running
expenses that would place them al
a disadvantage with their British
competitors.
Is it at all surprising that en-
ployers who fight against reason
able protection for injured seamen
and their neutrality-suspicious. who
drive sharp bargains with their en-
ployes at time when labor every
where is hard hit by involuntary
unemployment-should be the kind
of "American" business men who
would fatten their own pockets with
money given out Of the generous
humanity Of the American people to
succor starving men, women and ba-
bies? #ss ~. j. q Il Il 4ss @ {. 1. aa
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0PER'K RS Will
BEP| /: il0NS;||BL:E
FOR BIC: STRIKE
Mine Workers Want Owners to
Keep Agreement, Holding
They Should Confer.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Repre-
sentatives Of the United Mine Work
ers of America, declare that If there
is a great coal strike April the
operators will be responsible for IL.
The miners tenvoys have gone so
far as to request the government
to urge the mine operators Of the
central competitive district to hold
conferences in ,atcord with the joint
agreement entered into March 81,
1921. The agreement was entered
into in New York city and provides
THAT an interstate joint conference
be held prior to April 1. 1922. the
time and place Of holding such meet
ing being referred to a committee
Of two operators and two miners
from each state represented, together
with the international officers of the
United Mine Workers organization"
This meeting was called by Pres
ident John L. Lewis Of the United
Mine Workers to be held in Pitts.
burgh, and all mine operators in the
field were invited. to be represent
ed. r.
While operators from the Illinois
field recognized their obligation and
agreed to the meeting, many from
Western Pennsylvania and Ohio de-
clined to carry out the terms Of tile
trade agreement. Because Of this
declination, some Of the operators in
the Indiana field declared, that a
meeting under the circumstances
would be futile.
A declaration by a high official Of
the government that mine strike
is inevitable in the bituminous field
amazed the miners officers; in view
Of the fact that the government In
1920 brought about the conference
Of operators which framed the joint
agreement. This pact was made to
carry out the policy Of both miners
and operators, Of the last 20 years
whereby strikes could be avoided
through joint conferences and wass,
scales be made in joint convention:
The miners can. now see no reason
for a change in: this policy. y ?
They are: prepared to- carry out the
joint agreement &of March 81, 1921.
But, are. the operators 20 elitefa1ssN
setting the stase for q, strike IN. an
effort to raise the price Of coal and
lay the blame upon the miners? Il
is an old dodge 'p.~ r5
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Department Of Commerce VIII
Show American Industries
In Foreign: Lands.

WASH GTO N, Feb. s.-The
movie has become 4 trade mission
ary. 1t is the; relief Of the depart
ment Of commerce that representa-
tives industrial films will provide an
effective method in promoting ex-
port trade. At any rate the govern
ment: is making, arrangements to
show in PICTORIAL form: to the peo-
PIE of other countries the industrial
ability and facilities Of the United
States. Productions will be under
taken with the cooperation Of the
1notion-picture experts Of the bu-
reau Of mines and manufacturers,
though the cost Of the films must
be borne by the company whose pro-
ducts is pictured. H. (: -;
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FALSE.E J !. EVIDENCE ' / I; ! /
Given TO COURT
THROUGH / ( |Ie|' TROOPS |
stilksbleakers At South St,
Paul Swears he Made Attl.
Il. davit Through Soldiers. (.

3 All doubts cas to. the purpose OF
the use of the state militia at South
st. Paul were removed this week
when. Albert .Hessler, a 4aog-kille1
at Swift o. plant, asserted in an af-
fidavit sworn to Tuesday that he
was forced to sign 4 false statement
by command Of Captain Lewis OF
tho state troops.
y Hessler's original affidavit was
read to Judge Booth in Federal
court last week In which it was al
legged that union men threatened
to ''set him" If he did not quit work.
That affidavit was among the most
of those filed with Judge
Booth and made the basis for an
injunction recently granted restrain
ing strikers: for. using any except
peaceful methods. ... : -
l.: Hessler; in his new affidavit, says
he, voluntarily gave up his Job when
former associates reminded him that
he was taking the bread out OF
the mouths Of their children" There
were no threats ITO get'' anybody,
he. asserts. Captain Lewis Of the
state, militia told him to get gun
and not. to be afraid to use. it, he
swears..
After he, had quit the plant on
his own violation, Hessler- now
xwears. he was visited by two mil
itia sergeants and a, private who or.
|dered Hessler and his wife to report
to: Captain Lewis, at his headquarters
There. Hessler: says, he signed some
papers not knowing what they were
and was told by the. captain to gel
a, gun; and to, use, it. if Tho. wa.
ever bothered again. Lewis pro.
missed, to: see. that: nothing would
|.happe1r, to, him IT. he shot anybody
Hessaer made: two. affirav1ts, ii
transRtred, tho cantents Of: which
he did not ascertain, but which, &C.
cusd-the strikers OF threatening VIC.
lence, using profane and abusive: lan:
guage,, and threatening to .bpnr down
his house: if he continued. o..work
J9ssest WI MANY others, >were. usad
FAsA1nst.t .the strtkSt5 n recent: cour,
pfoeeed J. i -. St: ..= < -: ~: s &
/: Hessler'B new affidavit was made
betore Thomas: v. Sullivan, ST: Paul
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-02-11
RAILWAY CLERKS
LOSE STANDARD:
E|GHT-H0uR DAY
Compulsory Arbitration Stran-
g|ed Collective Bargaining
and Gives Roads Fortune.

>CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-Rai1way a v
clerks, freight handlers, express and
station employs know what compul-
sorry arbitration. means to-. them.
Under the decision Of the United
States. railroad labor board. recently
handed, down, the standard eight
hour :workday is not protected. Over
time pay does not become effective
until after nine !: hours work.
Through: the decision the railroad d
owners are handed: a gift: Of $50, 900
900. -. v J. J.
In money, this gift makes a total
of 81 Sc. 600 900 which the r. railroads
have been. auth orized to-: rake 4 rom
the wages Of the railroad workers
SINCE the passage of the :Cumnlins-
Esch law IN 1920. The first reduc-
ton In wages put into effect by the
labor board amounted to 100000.
900, the repeal Of thefnational agree
1Eent, besides increasing the hazards
OF railroad travel, put another $780,
100000 int0z the railroads; ;treasuries
and now Comes; the $5Q,0o0,oo0 re:
ssulting from Il hs decision ma KING TIE
overtime rate begin after working
nine: hours, instead :of eight; hours,
the previously established rule. Off.
setting these gifts2sto, the railroads
1s g rate reduction, Approximately
$65.Qoo,0ee "in the: public interest
Thus the railroads. through the
operation, Of the labor; sections OIL
the Cummins-Esch law; and the ar.
bttrary power Of the railroad labo,
board which that law created, have
gained $es5,ooo, 900 merely for thu
asking. What they have gained
through the 81 per cent. guarantee
on svaluation* Of railroad propert,
which that law gives them is beyond
estimate, but It is a safe conjecture
that the: railroads have taken from
the: people Of the country more thar
a billion dollars in the last two years
On he part Of the railroad work,
ers they have the privilege Of sub
mitting their cases to- the railroad
labor board. "a.
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PE0!P|''LEPAY :! ! FOR
:::coNG|REsS.'EATs' R /
Congressman Vote Money From
Public Treasury 10 Make
up Restaurant Deficit "

/ WASHINGTON, Feb. e.-By. a
vote OF. $50 to u the house voted
money out Of the publicstreasury to
meet a deficit in the house restaurant,
that .is maintained for the benefit OF
the congressman. The same :condi-
ton prevails in the senate, side Of the
capitol. The operators OF these res
taurants have free rent. electricity,
furniture. equipment and other over
head. but the food charges cam no,
meet expenses and the house voted
the difference out of the public trea-
sury. " ''l.. s'z'
This action is significant in view OF
the fight for a living wage that
government employees are forced u
make while congressman thunde,
on the need for economy, "
In opposing the house paying the
deficit Congressman StSson said The
affair. was a little thing but little
things are test Of character. The
only trouble with the restaurant /:
that members Of congress demand
too much for their 3money.a he said
The restaurant 10 losing money
and: if you make members pay wha,
they ought to pay. this would not bt
true" he said. ssss,]'st451' q t45i t@s =s
Miss Alice Robertson, the woman
member. made the one speech in de.
tense Of the appropriation, whict
which the lawmakers realized Is q
Fticklish Bubiect. She insisted that tht
con9yessmen should be lied well thai
they may be tit. to represent Their
constituents. This was roundl,
.cheered. But the sentiment Is never
.cheered when 4 Is applied to wage
workers. . :s= I. 81; i. "a. 775 III.
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shoulders devo1ves the responsibility
for this noble scheme-and:: who
have SO .1nagnificently admitted IT.
years of fruitless effort on the part
Of the ''splendidly busy'' propagan-
dist Nsyndicalists, Socialists and other
radical "comradeS'-who are they1
They are: -
President, Robert Morss Lovett,
Chicago; vice presidents, Charles r.
Steinnoetz, Schnectady; Evans Clark,
Florence Kelley and Arthur Gleason,
New York; treasurer. Stuart ChasS;
secretary, and director Of research,
Harry w. Ladder; chairman, execu-
tive committee. Rev. Norman Thorn
as: in. charge OF getting the new
plan underway" Roger N. Baldwin.
Harry W.. Ladder, secretary and
"director Of research" is the. man
who has been secretary of the Inter-
collegiate Socialist society which now
says that. it has worked for 1t years
without making: d dent. He will di@
rect this new "practical work for
tho New York Socialist, aldermen.
Arthur Gleason is aSwriter generally
critical Of the "A. F. Of l. :: Roger
Baldwin has been director Of the
Civil Liberties league, organized dur
ing the war when there were many
war time offenders.whosec cause was
not popular. The Rev. Norman
Thomas: came: into prominence at
about: the. same time. pleading the
cause of pacifis1n.> Lovett has for
some time been known In Socialist
circles Charles. P, stetnmetz. wiz.
ard: electrical engineer. has row, and
then given support: to various. so-
eialist prop osittons:
Thus, having "lert the labor iifove-
nlent MISUNDERSTANDING group OF. par
lor and college propagandistS break
/ q. new banner to-. the. breeze: ans
nouncing the sdenizea OF the: 1nlddla
selasx s41hS ols5s oft teitsnext
effort 81. making I touchs Labor: :.
and the farmerA;;iitti4 # # s. admitted, .are
only; for the dim and distant future.
i
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organization. there appears the first
burst OF. huznor ever recorded in the
streaked annals Of the socialist
movement in America. .'-
I'm, spite of all. their. activities -
says the formal nnouncement, ''our
liberals and radicals have had little
effect upon our social life. They
have left the labor movement un-
touched
The society. now reorganizing un-
der the non-too-accurate name of
the League for Industrial Dernoc-
racy," thus badly admits that fif-
teen years OF propagandizing, yearn-
ing and banquetting have gone for
nothing. Fifteen years-AND: NOT
EVEN A DENT IN THE LABOR
MOVEMENT! There~are those who
see in this tardy admission a. fine
compliment. to the sound sense OF
American labor. :>.--
''The Socialists have been SO splen-
didly busy the statement further
says, that they haven't worked out
a plan: Of naturalization for the
mines. The syndicalists and radicals
have been SO activ . that they have
not shown the next step In workers
control in. factory committees"
Presumably all these things now
will be done in. order that despita
the: long 15-year fiasco, the revolu.
ton: may not be: delayed. For, be-
hold!. :"Our: first objective, "-says the
pronouncement, ''is the technician,
the teacher. tho social worker, the
brain worker generally: included in
the great middle; class''-a class
which may be: counted upon to- OBJ
struct social change until an: effort
is made. to. bring its need before
them in their own language.":
! Finally - presumably after the
technicians and brain workers have
tho plans all made our final OBJ
jectivs< is the. worker ,4nd the
= ,s ! ts - - ss
p obviously first: ths. net ana ,tl1en
the fish,! re- r:r !: : 7-.s.:} r. - :
And the officers IL upon whose
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1000 UNFIT TENEAfENTS.;

There are fully 1000 tenement
houses in New York that are not
fit for human beings to- occupy.
That's what the health commissioner
of New York told a real estate
owners meeting the. other: day.
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N 'AD0ocHECkS uPRAILRoADS
ON THEIR UNTRUE STATEMENTS
Truth Comes Out After Tough Tuss|e With Propaganda Fas
fes; Roads lhder Federal Control Cost People $780,,
100000 Month Less Than IheyDo Today.
By CHARLES M. KELLEY.

ruth has had tough tsse with propaganda liars but i. al
at last coming its squadron professional liars ba.
been abroad in the land for three attempting to make Black
whe and two times two equal four Poor old never had
coming true - ~: - eo' "
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LESS MONEY CIRCULATERs
Wage earners will agree with the
treasury depaftment at Washington,
that there is less ,oney IN circula-
Sti0ns sthans aiIo.
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B|Gb|z zb0SSEDFARM PARLEY
ANDV0TEDF0R b GWAGE CUT
Dirt Farmers Stood by Labor and Refused to Put Over Program
Special interests Gompers Defeated All But 0neAntiLabor
Resolutions Wear Out Members With Long Sessions.
By International Labor News Service.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb 9.-With scarcely than
hundred dirt farmers total membership of 49,
the agricultural conference summoned by President Harding
through Secretary of Agricultural Wallace record in the
closing of its existence last week favor general
reductions throughout the country
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Chee:h Of Socialist Party Gives up After Is Years. New
Move is o0Igaaze as lea que for Industrial DsocTa.
cy" Seeds Radicals and sy ndcasts for Failure toPlan
(By International Labor News Service. y

Washington, D. c. Feb. 9With the Socialist party hunt
II. aee ,n a % ee
uvenaaon instead Of demise it. cheed the lnte1collesae
Socialist society the ghost in double handspring q dying
enthusiasm and blossoms forth under title
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SIGN UNION AGREEMENT,

The Commonwealth motor com
pany at Joliet. ill.,. has signed a un-
ion agreement. E"-.. ~
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