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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
First Strikers Stick
Solid in WaItham
Watch Co. Walkout

WALTHAM, Mass, Nov. 16. = The
striking watch workers of Waltham
Watch and Clock company rejected
the company's offer to take back at
once 200 finishers and Watchers and
400 other workers within ten days.
The strikers association, which will
affiliate soon with the International
Jewelry Workers Union, has held the
strikers ranks intact turnout the
three months fight and insists that
all the strikers be taken back on the
job at once with the union recogniz-
ed and the wage scale of August II
in effect.
Altho the strike is the first these
workers have had, most of them, they
are determined to hold out and win
against the speed-up, cheap wage sys-
tenn which the bondholders, Kidder
Peabody and Company, have attempt
ed to put into effect in the factory.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
WORKERS WANT
PEACE BUT MUST
FIGHT FOR IT
Capitalist Imperialism is
Tough Bird
BY w. FRANCIS AHERN
Federated Press star Correspondents

MELBOURNE, Australia-No ar
ticles or songs extolling wars, battles,
or heroes Of past wars are to be
printed in the school books or papers
of Victoria. The education Qabor)
minister says he is determined to put
an end to militarist propaganda in
the schools and has issued the order
for that purpose.
The minister for education Of the
labor government of Queensland has
also issued instructions to exclude
from school books and papers in that
state all articles or songs on war sub
jocts. The minister, in ordering the
change said:
Il am going to exclude from the
school books anything likely to in
fame the minds of youths with am
bition for war. / intend to explain to
the children the causes Of war and
the capitalist influences that bring it
about. That, to my mind, will tend
towards wiping out war. Too much
gAypOSAAoy dAAu JAA6OASAA 20 uAoPA@y ~
at present, and not enough sincerity by
those called upon to give advice with
regard to Australia's welfare"
The workers of New Zealand held
anti-war meetings thruout that coun-
try on anti-war Sunday The following
motion, copies of which are to be
sent to the prime ministers of New
Zealand and Britain, we're carried at
all meetings:
"We, the workers Of New Zealand,
send fraternal greetings to similar
gatherings being held thruout the
world to express adherence of war
and militarism; join with them in de-
cIaring it to be the duty of all work
ers and governments to strive for
UNIVERSAL disarmament"
The New Zealand labor party de-
mands repeal of the military service
act and the defense act Of New Zea-
land, and repeal of all provisions in
the war regulations act and its amend
ments that interfere with civil and in
iustrial liberties.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
Canadian Labor Act
Goes to Highest Court
In England This Month

OTTAWA, Cana case which
closely affects the labor situation thru
out Canada, has been set down for
hearing by the privy council in Eng
land in November. The point is the
constitutionality Of the Lemieux act,
officially known as the industrial dis
putes investigation act. This law
provides for compulsory investigation
of all labor disputes in mines ON rail-
ways and in all public utilities. When
introduced II years ago, the law was
opposed by the unions, but has lat
terly met with favor among them,
particularly among the railway or
CARNATIONS.
The present issue arose out Of a
dispute between the Toronto hydro
electric commission mad some Of its
employees. Minister of labor Murdoch.
granted a board under the act, and
the commission refused to recognize
il on the ground that the act does not
apply to provincial or municipal
utilities. The trial Judge said the act
was unconstitutional. but a higher
court reversed that decision. The
hysro-electric commission has taken
the case to the privy council, the last
court Of appeal in the British Empire.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17

lnjunetions, contempt proceedings,
and petty prosecutions before state
courts and magistrates.
5. The exact cost to the labor or
ganizations Of these blows struck
at them by the capitalist courts
cannot be estimated. All we can do
is to cite certain experiences of the
workingmen which give a general
but accurate idea of the hardships
thus inflicted on the working mass
es by the bosses government. We
cite:
AZ AS a result Of the Daugherty
Injunction alone the Railway En-
pIoyees Department Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor was pre-
scented with a bill Of $ts,s5e.7o by
the department Of justice.
b. In the paryer for an Injunction
filed by the St. Louis, San francisco
Railway company in the Federal
District court at Kansas a default
judgment of $9,030,891.42 was sec
ured by the railroad against the
International Association of Machin-
ist, the Brotherhood Of 6oilermak-
ers and Helpers, and other trade
union bodies.
q A certain Mr.. Henry S. Jeffery
filed claims running into millions
against the labor organizations in
volved in the railroad strike. He
sought damage to the amount of
s2,5oo,ooo for mental suffering and
torture, for instance, growing out of
strike activities,
d. Another MIR. Charles Christian
entered a suit against the striking
shop crafts claiming 100000 dam
ages because of his loss of job as
a foreman on the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway.
All of these cases merely indicate
the cost and character Of the court
actions taken by the bosses against
the workers. Undoubtedly the rail-
way corporations we're behind all
these suits.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
Facts For Workers
THE COURTS
BY JAY LovEsToNE.

1T is practically impossible to
1 present an accurate picture Of
the total number Of injunctions con-
stantly being issued by the courts
against the workers in their dis
putes with the bosses. The extent
to which the capitalists used the
courts against the workingmen in
the strike of the railway shopmen
offered an adequate index of the
role of employing class justice in
the class struggle. We herewith
present the outstanding facts about
the activities Of the courts in the
last national railway strike.
1. AS soon as the strike was de-
cared the railroads filed bills Of
complaint In the Equity Branch Of
nearly every federal district court,
located in every state, and restrain
ing every kind Of activity on the
part of the striking raiIwaymen.
2. The leading railroads instituted
litigation in many courts. It has
been conservatively estimated that
at least three hundred suits seek
ing lnIunetions against the striking
shopmen were filed by the carriers
in the district courts alone.
8. Each of these injunctions was
the source of numerous other court
actions against the worklngmen.
Thousands of shop craft strikers
were thus cited for contempt. In
the cities of Cleveland and Toledo
alone there were no less than 1862
such cases growing out Of injunc-
tions issued by courts.
a. The 1922 railway strike affec-
ted four thousand localities. On
the average there were approxim-
ateIy twenty court cases brought
against strikers in each of these
localities. This would mean that
the workers were thrown into no
less than eighty thousand court
cases while striking for the right
to organize. These cases included
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
Sir Esrne Howard Is
Trying to Pebble One
OF His British Jokes

NEW YORK, Nov 16.-"A self-deny-
ing agreement among nations by
which they will pledge themselves
not to support in any way the efforts
of their own nationals to obtain con-
cessions in undeveloped or semi-de-
ycloped countries" Is proposed by
Sir Esme Howard, British ambassador
to the United States, to prevent fur.
ther vars.
speaking 10 the New York board Of
trade and transportation, Sir Esme
blamed the frantic competition for
concessions of all kinds going on in
China, in Persia, in Turkey, in the
balkans, in Morocco as zone Of the
principle causes, FOR there were many.
OF The late war;" He continued that
no nation could throw a stone in the
matter of imperialism. He assorted
that too much confidence had been
placed in the theory that internasion-
al trade is the greatest factor for
peace"
The necessity Of recognizing the
value of economics in international
politics is zone thing which we hare
learned during the past Few strenuous
and terrible years." Sir Esme deciar.
ed. He then stated that tho Dawes
PREPARATION scheme brought the whole
(rcparations) question out Of tho
murky atmosphere of sentiment and
D<i'itics down onto the bedrock OF
hard economic fact and proved to
those interested that It is, when you
come to dealing in sums required fo-
.repara.lons, almost AS difficult to ro-
sslyc them without upseiting the econ.
omic applicant as to pay them"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
Plea for sacoo-vanrettl.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 16.-"The Evil
dence Doesn't Count" is the title of a
leading article in the November Loco
motive Engineers Journal reviewing
the last acts of the tragedy which viii
lead Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo
Vanzetti to the electric chair for a
crime they never committed, The
author is Art Shields, New York bu-
reau manager for the Federated Press
and for several months in charge of
publicity for the Sacco-Vanzetti de-
Tense.
The article is the first to appear in
any large American labor magazine
since the two Italian-American work
men were finally refused new trial
by Judge Thayer and presents a power
full plea for the innocence of these
martyrs to anti-alien hysteria. asa
An editorial condemning Gov. Hart
Of Washington for continuing to i'm
prison the eight lumberjacks convicted
in the aftermath of the Centralia
Armistice day tragedy Of 1919, also
appears in the current Journal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17

admit that the presentation was a
success, Notwithstanding their pre-
dictions that this drama, particularly
difficult in presentation even by the
best professional actors, was doomed
by them to failure, if played by anna
teur artists.
Comrade George Arvanitis spoke in
the Greek language and brot the mes
sage Of Communism to the Greek
workers that were present. He put
extra stress on the Importance that
the press is playing in general and
made hot appeal to the audience to
support our Greek weekly "Empros,"
the only Greek paper that is speaking
in the interests of the working class.
Prolonged applause covered the last
words of Comrade Arvanitis.
An enthusiastic address was deliver
ed by Comrade Juliet Stuart Poyntz,
educational director of District No
of the Workers Party. She spoke in
English and made the vast hall of
Terrace Garden shake from the ap-
plause of the Greek workers.
The Greek Dramatic Club is arrang-
ing to present the drama at Newark,
N. j., at an entertainment which the
local Greek branch is organizing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
MILL WORKERS
ARE PRESENTED
WITH WAGE CUTS
Bosses Show Confidence
in Gals Election

MANCHESTER, N. H., Nov. 49,
Amoskeag Manufacturing company has
posted the 10 per cent wage cut which
had been forced upon its cotton and
worsted mills employees before cleo
ton thru the company union but not
previously put into effect. The action
Of the company is taken here as in
dicative of its satisfaction in the re-
tanning of the Coolidge regime and
continuance Of reaction in politics
and industry.
B. B. and r. Knight company, part
of the American Wooden company's
trust, and the Manyille-Jenckes com
pany, both operating numerous mills
in Rhode Island, led the wage-slashing
against textile operatives by cuts put
into effect before election. The tex
tile magnates' candidate for senate,
Jesse Metcalfe, also roue in on the
Coolidge landslide
Gigantic Concern.
Amoskeag claims to be the largest
cotton and worsted producing con-
Germ in the United States, at least the
largest in one spot 1t has both sides
of the Merrimac river lined for two
miles with it's redbrick mills. The
Knight brothers and Manville-Jenckes
mills are also large producers and the
action of these three concerns with
their numerous subsidiaries is as
sumed to mean general wage cuts by
other textile mills of New England.
About 5000 workers in the mechan-
ical,' worsted and cotton sections Of
Amoskeag are Immediately affected
by the wage cuts. Over 5000 other
workers of the mills have been un-
employed and are expecting the lower
wages to enable more Of them to get
poor jobs in the mills again. The
5000 workers have been on a three
and four day week basis most Of the
time for the last year
Organization Needed.
Workers who formerly were mem
bers Of textile unions or still carry
cards are not hopeful of the present
situation altho there is some indica-
ton that the mills will run more
steadily. They see conditions bad
thru increasing machines per worker
and the exceedingly low wages
scheduled. No one Of the six national
unions which have made efforts to
organize the textile workers is rated
as sufficiently strong by the workers
to effectively organize the industry
and carry on the fight more energetic
ally, but all agree that organization of
the workers is the crying need.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
FIoht speed-Up system.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Nov. 16.--
Seventy weavers and loom fixers have
walked out of the New Bedford Spin.
ming company mill in strige author
lied by the textile council of the Am
erican Federation Of Textile Operat.
ives against a new speed up system.
Weavers object to new order requir.
ing them TO tend 10 looms each Of a
new 52-inch style and loom tixers pro.
test against tending S2 looms each.
The company is affiliated with the
larger American Cotton Fabric corpo.
ration.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17

MOSCOW, Nov 16.--Annual reports
from the city owned trusts in Moscow
Indicate that practically all have in
creased the productivity of labor and
the number of employees. Four textile
trusts in the Moscow district increased
output 80 per cent, and one trust 12O
per cent. The increase in working
force, tho general, is hardly more than
half the increase in output, indicating
that organization of work is improv-
ing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
LABOR MOVIE NOTES
Workers Party Hazaars Use Films.

Two big bazaars run by the Work
ers Party organizations are using the
motion picture as a sure means of
drawing crowds night after night.
In Milwaukee, Wis, Russia and
Germany-A Tale of Two Republics"
is being shown on Nov. ~. In New
York a bazaar for the benefit CT the
new Finnish headquarters on 125th
St., will show Russia AMI Germany"
and "Polikushka" on alternate nights,
Nov. 90 to 20.
Other organizations desiring similar
arrangements can get in touch with
the International Workers Aid, 10 S.
Lincoln St., Chicago, ILL.,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17

As2S. This is O splendid style for
stout figures. The panel Is a new
featureA It may be omitted. Figured
crane and satin are here combined.
T,ille and silk alpaca would also be
attractive. The dress may be fin
,shed without the panel and collar
and may have the sleeve in SHAPED out
line or close fitting as in the small
>views.
This Pattern is cut in sizes: SO,
hg 40. 40, a., 46 and as inches bust
,Aeasure. A SS inch size requires Az
,aArds OF 40 inch material, II made Of
oues material and with panel and rev.
avs Ncollar. II made as illustrated In
,ba large view II will require " yard
os agured material, cut crosswise. and
4 wards OF plain material. II panel
n omitted u yard less is required
The width Of the skirt at the foot Is
IN yard.
Pattern mailed to any address on
send lie in silver or stamps for orr
UP-TO-DATE FALL e. WINTER 1924
1926 BOOK OF FASHIONS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
Cal picks His Farmers

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. - William
M. Jardine, president of the Kansas
Agricultural College, today was named
as a member of President Coolidge's
agricultural commission. The COM
mission will hold it's first meeting
here next week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
Neglect Physics and Chemistry.

COPENHAGEN-The Swedish Acad-
envy Of Science announced today that
it had decided not to award the 1924
prizes for progress in physics and
chemistry as scientists had done moth
ing to merit the awards.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
Voters KIN compe nsatIon Act.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. 16-The Missouri
workmen's compensation act, an initi-
alive proposal, was beaten in the No
vember referendum by more than
100000 votes. Missouri remains the
only Industrial state in the union with
out compensation law.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
GREEK WORKERS FLOCK TO SEE
WORKERS IN ~BLACK AND WHITE
(specIaI 10 The pailv Workerl

CITY Nov 16.-When
That
presenting at
the literary whip
onaes "The White the Black
audience mostly comprised
bourgeois
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
Paterson strike h the Movies.


Tremendous enthusiasm was shown
by the silk strikers of Paterson, N. j.,
at motion picture benefit show re-
Gently held in their city by the In
ternational Workers Aid. They were
especially excited over seeing pic
lures of their own strike-of their
picket lines, their leaders, themselves
on the screen. The pictures were
shown in connection with THE Beauty
and the Bolshevik."
The strike scenes were presented
as special Film Extra" of The
DAILY WORKER, the first labor pa
per in the world to get out motion
picture edition on an important labor
news event. The Paterson silk strike
reel can be rented for showing any
where in the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
Your Union Meeting
THIRD MONDAY, NOV. II, 1924.
Name Of Local and
Place of Meeting.

Name Of Local and
No. Place Of Meeting.
80 5artenders, 1928 N. Clark St.,
$3.50 p. M.
Bridge and Structural Iron Work.
ers, 910 w. Monroe St.
"a Boot and Shoe, 1889 Milwaukee Az
5es Butchers, Hebrew, 1920 w. Roose-
welt Rd.
ess Butchers, Bohemian, 1870 Blue Is
land Ave.
i7742 Cleaners Dyers, 11s S. Ashland
Glove Workers, 17f0 NJ Winches'r
1907 Carpenters, 1850 Sherman Ave.
Evanston.
25o5 Carpenters, 1870 w. Washington St
Cap Makers, 4o03 Roosevelt Rid.
20 Carpenters, 27o5 w. 3sth St.
so Carpenters, 4039 w. Madison st.
1871 Carpenters, 2040 w. North Ave.
1893 Carpenters, S. c. e13e Commercial
Ave.
ais Carpenters, S. c., sos s. State St.
419 Carpenters, S. c., 1857 clybourn
44s Carpenters, 222 N. West ST., Wau-
1867 Carpenters, 2o4o w. North Ave.
"A Cigar Makers Executive Board,
80 1e6 W: Washington ST., 1880 p. m.
11s Electricians, 119 S. Throop ST.
S94 Engineers (Locomotive) 1882 S.
Union Ave-, ESQ p. m.
400 Engineers, 4e43 S. HaIsted Street
sSS1 Snssrs 1sd g. 81 A M.ss1a ASs $,
1856 Firemen and Enainemen, 243t
Roosevelt 3D., $3.50 a. m. Last
meeting ESQ p. m.
ss1 Firemen and Ensinemen, s4th and
Ashland Ave.
500 Firemen and Enainemen, Madison
and Sacramento.
10 Glove Operators, 171o N. Winches-
ter Ave.
70. Hold Carriers. s14 w. Harrison st..
SO LADIES' Garment, s2s w. Van
BureF ST.
IA Lathe,s, 725 S. Western Ave.
374 Longshoremen, Tug, 355 NJ. Clark
2s5 Machinists, 18th st. and Dobson
3s7 Machlnists, 1888 N. Halsted St.
s7s Maintenance Of Way. is4s W. iosd
72s Maintenance of Way, 2o2 W. 47th
27 Painters, IFS w. Washinoton ST.
823 Plumbers, 535 NJ. Cicero Ave.
10t Painters, 1916 w. North Ave.
147 Painters, 10 w, Adams ST.
194 Painters, Madison and 5th Ave,
PCS Painters, 2o5 e. 115th St.
27s Painters 2432 S. kedzie Ave.
2oe4 Railway Clerks, 1869 NJ. State st.
81 Sheet Metal Workers, 1888 ~
saiIors' UpIon Of Great Lakes. sss
NJ. Clark Street
s Tailcrs, $50 w. Washington ST.,
72, Tesmsters. 1895 Michigan Ave.
75s Teamsters, 22o s. Ashland Blvd,
72 Tesmsters. 22o S. Ashland Blvd
Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge
Room, Ashland Auditorium.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17

st. Paul Liberals Praise "Polikushka."
The liberal group at st. Paul,
Mimi, which backs the art gallery,
museus, extension course, etc., ex,
press high praise for the wonderful
film," Polikushka, which they rented
from the International Workers Aid,
10 S. Lincoln St., Chicago, Ill. From
the Twin Cities the picture went to
Providence, R. l., where it will show
at the Gaiety Theater, on Nov. 10.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17

Building Bolsheviks-the D.
w. 3. u.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17
4s0bv Mee.Ina Hurts ReIIef FIIm.

A last minute political meeting at
which Dudley Field Malone was the
speaker, hurt the success of the In
ternational Workers Aid picture,
Russia and Germany" at the Berke-
ley, Cal, high school recently. Not
withstanding this competition, the
show turned in a profit of $4,000. Over
a third of the crowd we're university
students for whom the attraction of
this labor film was greater than that
of the reformist spieler.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-17

491S. Tafteta or crepe de chine
with lace or ribbon trimming and lace
edging on sleeves and neck would be
very pleasing for this style. 1t is also
good for wash materials or for wool
crepe and wolfe.
The pattern is cut in sizes: 2, 4,
s and s years. A s-year size requires
2 yards of s2-inch material.
Pattern mailed to any address on
receipt Of lie in silver or stamps.
Send lie in silver or stamps for our
UP-TO-DATE FALL AND WINTER
ls24-lo25 BOOK OF FASHIONS.
Address; The DAILY WORKER, TIA
"NorIcT 10 fsS' PATTERN ATE Me'fsn tggY,rR rs
patterns being sold thru the DAILY
WORKER pattern department are fur
nished by New York firm OF pattern
manufacturers. Orders are forwarded BY
the DAILY WORKER every day as re-
seived, and they are mailed BY the man
gfaestturery d diye &C. 20 the customer. The
OF patterns on hand. Delivery OF par.
terms ordinarily will take at least 10 DAYS
from the date OF mailing the order. Dr
not become impatient II your pattern IL
delayed.
The Glenwood post., 1924-04-10
ir.lanG. Famine Of 1s4z.

In 1S47, famine in Ireland shocked
the sensibilities of the people of the
United States, who devised means to
relieve some portion of the distress
concerning which many painful ac-
counts were printed in the papers at
the time, the Detroit News recalls,
American vessels were freighted by
private subscriptions in the United
States and were sent on errands of
mercy to Ireland, where entire fam.
lilies were bowling with the pangs of
hunger, and dying upon the pavements
of crowded city, while spectators in
breadstuffs furtively cast the ''sweated"
portions of their granaries into the
nighttide, that 1t might be carried out
to sea.
1t was said that 100000 pounds ster.
ling were due to the Provincial Bank
Of Ireland by one house engaged in the
importation of corn, which was bought
by the cargo at f13 per ton, merely to
be boarded for a rise in prices. No
satisfactory report of the distribution
of the articles sent from America was
ever made.
When you want high class job print
ing at reasonable prices, come to The
G lenwood Post.