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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08
Bosses Nervous in Pennsylvania

The closing by the police of the hall in Scranton
where Communists were to meet to discuss the
situation in the anthracite fields is example Of
the difficulties faced by comrades in carrying
out the simplest kind of work.
In the big industrial centers where the closest
watch is kept the activities of the workers the
Communists are spied upon more continuously
than any other group. The coal barons and steel
kings Of Pennsylvania know that the Communists
are organizing the workers for efficient action
against the capitalists and their state instruments
and it is instructive to see the close cooperation
between the labor bureaucrats and the bosses in
the war on Communists. There is a real identity
of interest between the exploiters and betrayers
of labor in this respect.
1t is not so long ago that the Lewis machine of
the United Mine Workers melted assaults upon
some of our comrades at a miners convention in
Scranton, but it would have a hard time getting
any support from the rank and file for such action
now
The recent action of the police in Scranton is
tribute to the growing influence of the left wing
in the miners union and the activity of the Com
munists.
Police do not bar workers from halls unless the
bosses and their retainers are nervous.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08
The Chicago Party School

The intensive training school organized by the
executive committee of District 8, Workers Party
of America, which begins March 16, is new ven
ture in the field Of working class education.
It's purpose is to equip active party members
with knowledge Of the party and its functions,
it's relation to the labor movement and all strug-
giles of the workers, its major role as the most
conscious and militant section of the working class
movement,
The school will have little if any of the academic
atmosphere commonly associated with such insti-
buttons. The pupils and the instructors all bear
the scars of the class struggle. The school will
turn out fighters better fitted to organize and
lead the workers in their respective localities,
They come to Chicago to get broader view of the
battles of the working class of which all of them
are part. The courses have been selected with a
view imparting all the information in two weeks
that can be made use Of. Both pupils and in
sructors are busy people-they have no time to
waste on nonessentials
The Importance Of the school to the party, the
labor movement and the pupils and instructors
themselves can scarcely be exaggerated. The work
ers outside of Chicago will be drawn closer to the
party and the party will gain clear insight into
the problems of the workers
This is lone school where the instructors will
learn at least as much as the pupils.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08

meeting.
Had the district council met last
Thursday, Feb. 26th, as 1t should have
instead Of our self appointed protect.
ors locking the doors and hiding
themselves, the two names above
would now be under charges for the
very action which may land brother
VIM. Reynolds in Jail.
1--WE urge the court to consider
these facts in passing on the validity
and Justice Of this injunction.
Adopted, Mar. 1, 1925, M. D. Long,
secretary.
"(Sworn before AL. Nickerson, not
airy public. 1855 Lycaste)"
The following is the appeal from
William Reynolds to Hutcheson:
detroit, Mich, Feb. 9Th, 1925.
"Wm. Hutchinson, president,
"unIted Brotherhood Of Carpenters
and Jolners Of America,
indianapolis, Indiana.
Dear Sir and Brother:
Il am writing you, President Hutch
eson, to appeal to you to use your
power as head Of our organization to
the end that those provisions Of the
constitution which were drafted to
protect the rank and file in their
rights of membership until they are
proven guilty Of injuring the brother
hood, might act as guarantee to me,
even though may hold political and
economic opinions not concurred in
by yourself or the general executive
board.
Il do not admit l have been expell
I'D in a manner which can appeal to
any fairminded man or to anyone
'amiliar with the constitution of the
brotherhood. I do not recognize my
expulsion as an act that can have any
validity with any except those pre-
JUDGED beforehand against my opin-
ions and who act clearly on bias.
Il call your attention to the fact
that section 30 of the constitution,
which alone covers the preferring of
charges, trial, conviction and penal
izing members whose acts or afHlia,
tions may be in conflict with the con.
stitution and laws Of the brotherhood
is very explicit in the following prov.
isions.
"a. A member must be charged
and tried within the jurisdiction of
the local union or district council
where the crime was committed.
"B. All charges must be made in
writing and must specify the offense
or offenses and the section of the
constitution and laws of the united
brotherhood so violated, and be sign.
ed by the member or members max.
ing such charges.
&c. The charges must be read at
the meeting and lay over until the
next meeting, and the member must
be notified by registered mail by the
recording secretary to be present, and
at the same time shall be furnished
by the recording secretary with a
copy of the charges specified.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08
Real Progress for Marine Workers

1t assuredly will be welcomed as a decided
change Of things for the better, that the Marine
Transport Workers Industrial Union Of the I. w.
W., over the signatures of its officials, announces
its program to the conference at New Orleans,
which is striving to set up united front against
the ship owners and exploiters, as follows:
eve plan the death of our former policy Of
isolation in this conference, and in its place we
plan action in struggles against oppressors,
the capitalistic class. We are carrying out this
program based on the class struggle of society"
If these are not mere words they signify recOg
milton of the tremendous power Of international
capital which has driven even those whose tradi-
tons and philosophy is so reluctant those of the
/. w. w. to accept frank reversal of policy to
meet conditions which totally different than
those prevailing in prewar history when the /. w.
w. and it's ideas and attitudes toward other or
CARNATIONS were formed
Furthermore, this declaration means, if it means
anything, that the Marine Transport Workers sec
ton of the /. w. w. has found the key to bigger
and more powerful industrial union with more
chance for victory than ever before-unity an
international scale based on the revolutionary class
struggle.
1t means that the lesson has been learned that
any union, however perfect in plan or aim, cannot
attract great numbers nor win battles against the
capitalists by a studied attitude of hostility to-
ward and effort to break up other unions, however
antiquated their form or limited their aims.
That this attitude, which is quite as "legar' as
of hostility far the l. w. w. constitution
is concerned, is genuine, to be proven by the
first act of the conference, in which the I. w. w.
delegates have a majority of seven to four, voted
to approve the resolution not to criticize the polt
ical connections and beliefs of the other Latin
American unions as such criticism would destroy
unity
Actually, this amounts to a sensible and fat
reversal of the policy inculcated by antiCOmmun-
lists during the hysterical years of Sandgrensm,
the leading idea of which was that the l. w. w.
could have conversation with the Red Interna-
tional of Labor Unions, because it had some ideas
in common or connection with the Communist In
ternational!
That the Marine Transport Workers of the 1. w.
w. are now wise enough to sit in conference for
united action with unions which have political con
nections, is significant of real progress in the W.
W., and should serve as example to the whole
organization.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08
Detroit Carpenters Answer an Injunction

many bitter strikes where, the injuno
ton was the strongest weapon in the
hands of our class enemies.
1.-THE constitution has been so fla
gravity ignored and contradicted in
this expulsion proceeding that l con-
TESS / am at loss as to how to state
my appeal The constitution provides
that:
"'A full and complete copy Of the
minutes and charges as presented at
the trial. shall be forwarded to the
general president. AS no such records
exist in this district, it is obvious that
l cannot comply with this provision.
The next paragraph, section 56-F pro-
vides that If do not comply with
the above (which cannot do) for
felt all rights to further appeal.
"The constitution provides that ]
appeal first to the general president
and then to the G. E. g., but when the
action originates With the G. E. B.
can appeal to tho general presidents
you will, hope, sympathize with
the predicament in which am placed
by this unusual procedure You will
bear in mind that if must wait until
an appeal can be taken to the next
convention, that I will either be de-
MED the right to earn my living at the
trade or must accept the role Of a
scab, which this unconstitutional ex-
pulsion would force upon me after
nine years Of struggle to uphold union
conditions. l therefore ask you to
use your good offices to set this mat
ter right by enforcing the provisions
Of the constitution.
while 1 expressly condemn my ex
pulsion as unconstitutional, while
hold that it's recognition would con.
stitute an abnegation of all constitu.
tional guarantees, while l repudiate It
and will ask all those who are Jealous
for the maintenance of constitutional
protection Of the rank and file against
official usurpation of power to do like
wise,-still, to protect my rights and
comply with the formal provisions Of
the constitution, l do hereby appeal
my case to the next general conven
ton of the brotherhood. / ask thu
convention to review the whole pro-
ceedings and to give me the fullest
opportunity to appear and defend my.
self. ct is also understood that if this
expulsion is set aside and 1 am re-
stored to full rights of membership.
this appeal will be invalidated and
the matter considered closed by me.)
"Our organization can only be of
greatest service in protecting and inn
proving our working conditions and
standards of living when its leadership
is strongly and worthily entrenched in
the confidence of its members. 1 am
hopeful that this matter will be speed
lily settled to the satisfaction Of all
without further injury to the morale
Of the organization.
with fraternaI greetings, am
sincerely yours,
WILLIAM REYNOLDS"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08

Unions of painters, carpenters and machnsts,
affiliated with the Seattle Central Labor Council
have protested the drive on the Communists made
by the reactionary ring of that body.
This is a healthy sign The test of Communist
policy is the manner in which the rank and file
Of the unions and workers in general understands
and supports our position. To secure election to
central body delegate is one thing, important
but of no special value guide to the sentiments
Of the union unless the delegate is well known as
a Communist. But to be able to get mass support
against the wellentrenched oficialdom is evidence
of real work and influence that comes from Com
munist activity
The growing support of Communists in the face
of the campaign of Islander and explosions carried
on by the labor takers is an indication that our
tactics are correct.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08
Wall Street and MexicO's Railways

Reports from Mexico are to the effect that the
natonalized railways are to be returned to private
hands and the Gales government is discharging
thousands of railway employees as a beginning of
the reorganization.
The handing over of the German railways to
private owners is of the major features of the
Dawes plan. Mexico is now operating under a
similar scheme altho it has not been officially chris
tened. 1t seems that wherever American imperial
ism attains power of its first moves is to grab
the railways for some of its retainers.
Railways are to the social organism what the
circulation system is to the human body. The con-
troll of transportation the farmers of the United
States can best testify is of the most powerful
weapons Of exploitation. Those who own them
can control the lives of the masses and direct
development in almost any direction they choose.
American capitalists hold most of the stock in
the Mexican railroads and return to private owner
ship means Wall Street ownership of the rail
ways-and the natural resources of Mexico.
Here is another example of the Monroe doctrine
in its modern application.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08

"F. All charges shall be referred
to trial committee consisting of five
the accused and the accuser shall
have the right to challenge any three
members Of said committee.
&c. The accused shall have a fair
and impartial trial and shall be allow
ed until the next regular meeting to
appear and reply, either in person or
by counsel.
u. lit shall require two thirds
vote Of the members present to con
vict the defendant and to affix such
legal penalty as they may deem pro
per.
1T will be apparent to you from a
summary Of my case which follows
that none OF the. above provisions or
any of the provisions of the consti-
tuition have been complied with. 1 re-
ceive letter dated January 10, 1925,
which reads as follows:
"Wm. Reynolds, 23S E. Willis Ave-,
Detroit, Mich.
Dear Sir and Brother:
Il have under date Of Jan. 10th,
1895, letter from General Secretary
Duffy, notifying me that you are no
longer member Of our organization
and consequently are not entitled to a
seat as delegate of the district
council.
very truly yours, (slgned) H. r.
FISH, Secretary D.. c."
"At the meeting Of Local Union
2140 held January 2Srd, a letter over
the signature Of Frank Duffy was
read, which stated in addition to the
above that 1 was expelled because Of
membership in the Trade Union Edu
cational League.
1.-THE two communications above
mentioned constitute the sum total Of
official information which / have re-
ceived on the matter, except that the
bill Of complaint on which an injunc-
ton was secured restraining me from
attending any meetings of the brother.
hood cited section AZ paragraph u. as
the provision Of the constitution VOL.
ated. Thus 1 secured the first off.
cial information as to the constitu-
Itional basis Of my expulsion thru the
medium Of a court while answering an
injunction secured in the name of the
brotherhood and signed by San Bot
Fterill, general organizer, James Shar
rock, president of the district council,
and Harold Fish, secretary d. c., the
two latter also signing as individuals
NEED call your attention, Presid-
ent Hutcheson, to the fact that organ
lied labor has always viewed the in
junction as usurpation of power by
the judiciary, and that Samuel Comp.
ers has countless times urged labor to
ignore and violate this weapon against
labor? Are you not acquainted with
the expressed attitude of various
conventions of the American Fedora,
ton Of Labor toward the injunction?
You have represented us at these con
ventions, President Hutcheson, and
your memory should easily recall
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08
Forbes Escapes
Jail While Judge
Travels in Europe

Charles F. Forbes, former bead of
the veterans bureau who was SEN
fenced to two years Imprisonment and
a fine of $4,000 for bribery and cor
ruption, is lodging Jail while Judge
George A. Carpenter, who has juris-
diction over Forbes appeal. is tour
ing Europe.
Forbes and his fellow conspirator
against the government, John w.
Thompson, contractor who bribed
Forbes, we're denied applications for
writs of supercedes by Judge Alschu-
Ter. Alschuler said that the matter
would have to wait until Carpenter
gets back from Europe some time
next month.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08
WANT BIGGER TAX
TO BOOST
TEACHERS WAGES
P rim c i p a is Preferred
Over Teachers

1t is being urged that referendum
vote be taken on the matter of Iarg-
er tax rate to increase the present
educational APPROPRIATION from $1,92 to
$2.92. This increase would meet the
new schedule for the boost in teach
ers' wages is now before the board
of education.
The new schedule calls for the fol-
lowing increases:
The entrance scale for teachers re-
mains the same, $500. The maxi
mum for elementary teachers is rails
ed from $4,000 to $3.50. Teachers
in the Junior high schools will start
at $1,000, the present scale and re-
ceive $4,100 at the end of ten years as
against $4,000, the present maximum.
High school teachers will start at the
present schedule, $4,000 and increase
10 $4,000 in ten years. The present
maximum is $4,000.
The principals in the elementary
schools would be given a flat increase
Of $1,000 year. Their starting point
is raised from $4,000 year to $4,000
and increased to s6,250 in ten years
as against the present scale Of $4,000
for the same period
High school principals are to re-
ceive $4,000 a year the first year,
with $500 increase each year until
they reach $500. The present SEIZED
ule is $4,000 for the 1rst year. increas-
ing to $500 in eight years. Junior
high principals will start at $4,250,
with an increase OF $3.50 a year for ten
years, making the maximum $4,000.
The present minimum is $4,000 and
the maximum $5,400.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08
Mussollnps Envoy Received.

WASHINGTON, March e. Signor
Giacomo de MARITIME, Mussolini's new
ambassador in Washington, has pre-
scented his credentials at the White
House and has assured the president
that Italy's people are conscious Of
their duties as well as Of their rights"
To this fascist doctrine the eau
tious One responded by suggesting
that payment of her share OF obliga-
tions-meaning war debts to the Am
erican treasury-by Italy would be a
fine thing.
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who attempt to explain away or just
ify the facts set forth in the evidence.
His Honor Is Amused
The appeal to Hutchinson by Rey-
nolds, which was read into the record,
was characterized as good work" by
the lawyer for the plaintiffs, John w.
Gilmore. A petition from a mass
meeting Of carpenters held Sunday,
March list, was characterized by At
torney Sugar, when presenting it to
the court for what the court consider
ed it worth, as Fan historical docu-
ment which would find a place in the
nations archives" The court received
it with apparent amusement, but with
out comment.
These documents, which should be
preserved in the archives of the labor
movement are given, below, first the
resolution petitioning the court to dis
solve the Injunction against Reynolds,
and secondly, the appeal Of Reynolds
to Hutcheson for reinstatement.
To the Circuit Court Of Wayne
County, Michigan
I'VE, the organized carpenters of
Detroit in mass membership meeting
assembled on Sunday. March LIST. 900
P. M. at 2646 ST. Aubin avenue, De-
troit, do hereby avail our constitu-
ional right to petition this court for
redress Of grievances from which we
suffer.
"Those presuming to represent us,
namely San Botterill, James Shamrock
and Harold Fish have petitioned this
court for an injunction against Bro
Their William Reynolds to restrain him
from attending our meetings. It is
alleged by plaintiffs that they have
taken this action in our behalf to pro
tect our interests.
ITO this we wish to answer that
we can govern our meetings without
the aid Of the police or injunctions
both of which our self appointed pro
tectors have resorted to.
eve assert that we can keep any
person from our meetings whose
presence we do not desire. We have
demonstrated this to the plaintiffs in
this case and have satisfied the police
that only the undesired and disorderly
elements attending the various meet
ings have been the plaintiffs and
those associated with them.
1--WE have no interests and rights
separate and apart from those Of our
brother VIM. Reynolds.
1--WE renounce the said plaintiffs
Sam Botterill, James Shamrock, and
Harold Fish. We state that every To-
cal union and the district council of
this city has requested the removal
of San Botterill as general organizer
Of this district
I'VE state that the resignation or
recall Of James Shamrock and Harold
Fish as district officers Of the bro
therhood have been demanded by the
various local unions and this mass
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08
OPEN SHOPS Give
IN TO COMMITTEE
OF VOLUNTEERS
Rank and File Army in
Successful Campaign

NEW YORK, March 6. = Steadily
and surely, day by day, the volunteer
committee of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers Union, 800 strong,
are forging ahead In their campaign
of organizing the open shops and get
ting the entire ladies' garment indus
try lined up with the union 100 per
cent.
Pull Down 22o Shops.
Since the beginning Of the organ
ization campaign over 22O shops have
been pulled down and the committee
is not thru. One after the other is
called out on strike and the bosses
told that no work will be done for
them until their shop signs the agree
ment and recognizes the union.
Over 100 shops have already signed
up and others are following. A loyal
picketing force is ON the job continu-
ously, union men and women, both
those who are working and those on
strike faithfully performing their du-
ties on the picket line.
Picketing headquarters are main
tanned at i6 w. 21st St., and all mem
bers of the union are asked 10 come
there at O'Clock each morning and
be assigned to such duties as are re-
quired of them.
Minimum Pay is S44.
Since Tuesday the new agreement
has been in force. It has a number OF
new features that are of utmost i'm
portance to the workers. The min
imum pay per week must be at least
$44. II piece workers drop below this
amount IL must be made up by the
boss. The average for all piece work
ers must be $50 per week. II piece
rate Is so low that an average OF $50
per week canot be made by the work
ers there must be an adjustment so
that this average may be sustained
The 40-hour week is Internationally
established, no worker being allowed
to put in more time In any one single
week.
The workers pay one per cent I'M
employment insurance and the en-
ployer two per cent The agreement
also includes n schedule OF standard
lied prices, and provides for the san
itary union label.
Fight Piece Work.
The union is now busy preparing for
drive TO abolish piece work alto
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08
Insane Hospital
A Firetrap House
Committee Reports
Especial to The Daily worker)


SPRINGFIELD, Ill, March 6.-The
Chicago state insane hospital at Dunn
ing was condemned by the legislative
committee which r-ade its report to
the house after investigating ndi-
lions there. The committee declared
that at least 100000 is needed to
make the Dunning institution safe
from fire hazards and declared the
building to be ''frightfully overcrowd-
ed and firetrap." An investigation
by the state fire marshal was re ON
mended.
In December, 1928, one life was lost
and many inmates Of the asylum were
injured in a fire which burned down
one of the buildings and started the
present investigation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-08
Slipping 1t to the Senate

The senate is peeved at the way it was treated
by Dawes its new presiding officer, but the cap
italst press is jubilant predicted it would be.
The metropolitan papers-Boston, New York,
Chicago, Kansas City and Detroit-al praise the
bankerge icepresident for his attack on the
senate.
This is as il should be. America is moving rapid
~ towards an open dictatorship and the biggest
plunderers are impatient with legislative delays.
Ave Imperatorl