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Evening star., 1925-07-05
D. {. ENGRAVERS
TO MEET DELEGATES
Fifteenth Annual Convention
of Engravographia to
Open Tomorrow.

The fifteenth annual convention OF
Engravographia, the national organi-
Zation of engraving craftsmen, which
opens here tomorrow, will bring APP
proXimately $50 prominent members
of the trade from all parts of the
Nation. The convention will be
marked by trade reports and exhibit
tions and social functions.
Local engraverS will assemble at the
Washington Hotel, which will be the
headquarters, this afternoon to receive
the vanguard of the out-of-town mem
bers.
Arrangements for the convention
have been made by a committee head
ed by Joseph NJ. Hausler. The eXecu-
tive committee will meet Monday
morning and afternoon. The conven-
ton will meet in its first formal ses-
sion Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock to
hear an address of welcome by Mr..
Hausler, a talk by A. H. Brewood,
president of the association, and re-
ports by Theodore A. Isert, general
manager, and by Nj. J Bournidue,
treasurer.
Reports will be made Tuesday by
Leo 5. Crabbs, chairman of the exec
utive committee, following which the
nominating and resolutions commit
tees will be appointed.
VIII Visit White House
A luncheon will be served at the
Washington Hotel at l O'Clock. fol-
lowed by a visit TO the White House
by women delegates. At session at
2 o'clock reports will be made by w.
j. Ecker, jr.; d. w. Webb, Ashton
Harcourt and William W. Blaisse.
The convention banquet will be held
Tuesday evening at the City Club.
The principal speakers will be Elvin
W. Hall and John J. Deviny, director
and assistant director of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing. Members of
Engravographia will be the guests of
the bureau one Of the afternoons of
the convention.
Program for Wednesday.
The program Wednesday, beginning
at $50 o'clock, will include talks by
Sidney ]. Burgoyne, George Buzza,
William j. Herman, r. S. Weaver,
Bureau of Engraving at 1870 O'Clock,
followed by a visit through the plant
and view of a special exhibition; sight
seeing trips by busses to Mount
Vernon. home of George Washington
returning to Washington Hotel at 6
O'Clock, and banquet at City Club at
o'clock.
Election of officers will feature
business session Thursday morning
AT 8 o'clock the annual outing of the
supply men will be held at Great
Falls. A dinner and dance will be
given at 6:45 o'clock.
Evening star., 1925-07-05
JAPANESE STAGE TEST
OF BOMBING FROM AIR
Experiment Is Held to Improve
Devices for Dropping Explosives
From Planes.
of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
TOXIC, June "A three-day air.
bombing exercise recently was held
over Tsujido, a suburb of Kangawa
Two planes were employed, each
carrying 80 bombs weighing 300 to
400 pounds.
The object of the exercise was to
study various relations between the
reaching point of bombs thrown from
airplanes, and the speed as well as
direction of the winds; also to i'm
prove bomb-throwing devices aboard
flying machines.
Military police at Aldershot, Ireland.
are using an airdale terrier for night
patrol work
Evening star., 1925-07-05

Echpses as far back as 1907 B. C.
are recorded in ancient documents at
Oxford University.
Evening star., 1925-07-05

Long service and fine appearance, that
they will maintain throughout all the years
you use them, are the characteristics of
these trunks They are made with three
ply wood walls and covered with heavy
fber-the toughest and best Of all trunk
materials.
These trunks come in full size and extra
size-to take care of simple or elaborate
wardrobe needs. Equipped with every CON
FIFTH FLOOR. l.
Evening star., 1925-07-05

Perfect quality: each case
labeled: size 42x36: full
bleached: made of heavy.
round-thread muslin, free
from dressing.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-04-08
DEsDE LA MONTANA


DEsDE LA MONTANA
Es triste, verdaderamente peno.
sa la situaci6n porque atraviesa
nuestro pueblo. Y donde mas Sc nota
el NAL es en- nuestros campos, don.
de ell infe]iz campesino muere len
tamente de hambre Y su familia Vi
We en- la mis- horrible miseria.
PA nojotfes, no hay nunca ma
me decfa aver precisamente un in
feljz hombre que anduyo tolo el ba
rro con SD azada al hombro en-
busca de trabaJo y regresaba triste
= cabizbajo porque no habfa logrado
ganar el sustento de aqgel dfa
para 81 esposa hiios.
Razonable aicho aquel. ST, es
cierto. Para eI pobre campesino no
hay NADIA Para csc que repre-
senta el alma portorriqueda ha
ciandenos recordar antiques item
pos no hay protecci5n nj ayuda.
Va las euerdas del tiple no sae-
nan porque no tlenen fuerzas pa
ra haeerlo Y su finquita, antes sem
brada de batatas, flames, yautfas.
platanos, etc., es hoy un. desierto,
porque lie han aumentado ell pago dc
contribuciones y 10 que ella le pro-
duee apenas es suficiente para el
pago de las mismas y para ell sos
tenimiento de la numerosa prole.
Yo llamo la atenci6n a nuestros
Legislatures sobre este, los inieos
que pueden resolver esta situacion
que va resulta alarmante, especial
mente para ell pueblo pobre que
al fin Y al cabO es ell pagano.
Aver, precisamente he Observable
un@ @caso xerdaderamente lastimero y
capaz de eonmoYer al coraz6n mas
duFo. No muy lejos de mi cscuela
yaee en- agonizante lecho una in
feIIz yiuda a quien Ell hambre ha
hecho mas estragos que la misma
enfermedad. Ell bohfo donde reside
esba compuesto de unas mfseras
yaguas que casi Sc le han cafdo
encima. va esta pobre anciana no
hay quien la socorra y el cuadro
que Sc contenpla es yergonzoso.
SEs ell 1nico? No. Recorred como 70
las montafas os dar6is cuenta
de la yerdad de mis- manifestations,
Yisitad la mayor parte de las escue-
las rurales Y encontrar6is ninos ane
micos candidates indiscutibles Gle
Ia playa blanca por falta de nutri-
ci6n. Penetrad en- ell bohfo del cam
pesino Y entonces sabreis a ciencia
cierta como vive ell infeliz jIbaro
boricua.
Continuarenlos >escribiendo sobre ell
misno tema. Necesitamos presentar
el problema tai cual es. Quizas To-
gremos encontrar su solucion para
bien de esta pobre masa que aca
en- la sierra no viyen como seres hui
manos y ST como indfgenas maxi
me cuando yociferamos y lanzamos
Ia pablicidad nuestro gran progre-
50, nuestra civilization, nuestra
cJlltura.
Antonio G. Martinez.
Campos dc Ciales.
Atril 401S
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-04-08

La importante casa de peliculas
"West Indies Film Co., de San
Juan, acaba de hacer un contrato
de suma transcendencia para ell
pals, con la poderosa frma, WAR
NER BROS, de los Estados Uni
dos.
En- el cOntrato, que abarca las
producciones hechas del 1924-25, Sc
incIuyen veinte magnifcas produc-
clones extraordinarias, entire las
cuales figuran especialmente dos,
que han sido hechas por ell c6lebre
director Ernesto Lubistch.
Como saben las personals mas YER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13
LONCSHOREMEN
SUFFER- LEADERS
IGNORE THEM
lFrom a WORKER corresnondent !

From Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK. Aug. 11.-Conditions
among longshoremen are horrible.
Men are hungry for organization, yet
the International Longshoremen's
Union is not lifting finger towards or
ganizing them. And unless these
workers are soon organized conditions
will become absolutely unbearabIe.
Right now about four hundred men
are employed on the Erie Railroad
docks unloading fruit. From D. m.
thru the night the workers toll away
under constant prodding and speeding
up of the hard-boiled overseers. For
twelve to thirteen hours they slave
away with a brief interval for lunch.
The pay is fifty cents per hour for
twelve hours work. If a man can
stand the pace he receives time and
half for overtime.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13
BARRIERS union
TAKERS DEPRIVE
GIGANTI OF JOB
Progressive Leader Is
Denied Right to Work

That the reactionary officials of LO-
cal 54S, Journeymen BARRIERS, intend
to starve into submission or drive
into scab shops the expelled progress
sives, is proved by the following re-
cent incident
F. A. yellow Alderman, a bust
ness agent, walked into the barber
shop operated by G. Berg at $3.50 Bel
mont avenue last Saturday morning
and threatened the boss with a strike
unless he Immediately fired Joseph
Giganti, one of the seven progressives
recently expelled by the action of the
labor takers in control.
Yellow Alderman had been tipped
off by stool pigeon and made his
appearance Saturday morning, just be-
fore the days work had been started.
The boss, inundated, paid off Giganti
without questioning the legality of
this procedure.
The yellow business agent did not
have the courage to engage in argu-
ment with the expelled barber, nor
did he show any inclination of doing
the pulling out" from the shop him.
self When Giganti CHALLENGED his
deed, he said that he did not wish to
argue
Damn right, you don't want to
argue" replied Giganti, you haven't
anything to say"
All BARRIERS should take note Of the
actions of their reactionary officials
and demand the reinstatement of the
progressives, who have for years
fought consistently in their interests
while the officials have had to be
prodded into action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13
new JERSEY art"
FACTORY PAYS $500
A WEEK, TO SLAVES
BY JAMES SzEPEsY.
Worker Correspondent

PERTH AM5oY, N. j., Aug. H.
There is branch OF the Embed
Art corporation In Perth Amboy, To-
Gated at 70 Fayette street, employ
ing fifteen workers.
This factory makes shaving
brushes, ash trays, cigarette cases,
crosses, ETC., out Of bakellte. The
hours Of work are eight and one-haIf
with one half day on Saturday.
Wages are thlrty-flve cents an hour
or $3.50 a week. There are q few
young workers who have been en-
ployed here for several years who
only get about $1,000 a week.
have been working here for
about three or four months, but
have had many discussions with the
workers. also was warned many
times by the boss for my activities.
a.-saa
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13
PHILADELPHIA CLOAK
AND DRESS MAKERS IN
Def TO SIGMAN GANG

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-The follow
ina is the answer Of Philadelphia
Garment Workers to sisman and
Company:
RESOLUTION
after hearing the reports o.
Rose Wortis and Brother L. Hyman,
about the attacks Of the lnterna.
tional,
I'VE, Cloak and Dress Makers Of
philadelphia, gathered in Mass Meet
ing on Tuesday July 18th at the
Public Hall, 9TH and Morris Street,
voice our strongest protest against
these methods. The tactics of
breaking into the offices of Local
at night with the aid Of ganesters,
is not betting union leaders. We
condemn such tactics and demand
that Locals 2, 9 and % be imme-
diately reinstated. We demand
that sigman, Perlstein and Fem
berg, who were the cause of this
internecine struggle in our Inter
national, Immediately resign.
"These leaders of the machine
have introduced system Of terror
ism everywhere. We, Philadelphia
members Of the international still
remember their dsruptive work in
Philadelphia.
1--WE pledge our whole hearted
support, financial and moral, to the
Joint Action Committee Of the three
locals in their struggle to destroy
the corrupt machine. We the PhiIa-
delphia members of the Internation-
al are with you till your efforts are
crowned with success"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13
WHEREIN PETRUS JESUS UTTERLY
REFUTES PETRUS JESUS THEORY
BY HARRISON GEORGE

me iOho"ng are samples
these Gays upon the readers publications 1t is bad enough
en "Jte conflict with each other
ny M from heaven and the
others by reading and and
pec' 10 get the right teachings magazine
But when one writer himself we offer the fol-
ne pages of the by
under the card number but fact nv our ola
friend Pes Jesus Wnder WIS high.
est official r. " 80
~ = WEIlNDER WELlNDER.
THE main N. ~.
prove the workers the failure Of
Of all leadership inteIIent and eourao.ous oh AL
Fe "hch Is quite
low who lifted himself over a boots straps.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13
CARPENTERS OF
MICHIGAN MEET
HUTCH GAS PIPE
Opposers Asphyxiated in
Convention
lspeeIaI % The paIIy WORKER

BAY CITY, Mich, Aug. II. ~ The
Michigan state convention of carpen-
tiers, which just ended its sessions
here, is q good barometer Of the gen.
eral condition of the brotherhood and
Of the measure of control which the
official family maintains over these
lesser gatherings.
Tho Hutcheson was not there per-
sonally, he was represented by
brother-in-law, F. c. Plambeck, and
one Of the family circle of narasites,
William Alger, W tinted
general organizer. han two
months membership in Yes.0w Shar-
rocks local (1SO5 of Detroit). rAlger
feels duly grateful for this little favor
and he arrived early on the job and
was spreading the poison against the
two local unions which the car had
expelled in Detroit. long before they
convention convened.
Detroit Explosions the Issue.
As the greatest issue concerning
carpenters in Michigan is the division
and discord in Detroit which has re-
suited from Hutcheson's expulsion pol
icy, the task OF the poison gas brigade
was to head of any consideration Of
the problem.
William Reynolds, who was sent TO
represent Local 2140 of Detroit, one
of the expelled CD locals, sat thru
the usual Labor, don't get radical
speeches of local politicians and takers
and was beginning to wonder what
was holding up the steam roller, when
in the second session a letter from
John Potts. who acts as that kind OF
a receptacle for Hutcheson's mental
excrement in Detroit, was read. stat
ing that Local Unions 1871 and 2140
were expelled and that no delegates
representing them should be seated.
Then the works started and Rev
nolds was soon on the outside looking
in. A formal written request by Local
2140 that their representative be given
the floor TO make a statement was
ruled out Of order by Chairman Sc
cord, tho the only delegate from De-
troit supported it vigorously.
A Poor Mood to Get Into.
The delegates realized that any at
tempt to get consideration Of vital
problems would be put down. They
seemed in no mood TO fight, so the
meeting developed itno a talkfest with
the officials doing most Of the talking.
and the paid parasites smiling and
back-slapping in that "oh, so friendly"
manner peculiar TO those whose bread
is the fruit of others sweat
However, the delegates are acquaint-
ed with the plight OF the 500 carpen-
ters who have been deprived Of their
rights by the within of a car. and as
they report to their locals the vital
problem in Detroit as they have
learned it by the printed and spoken
word will be the chief burden OF their
story even tho Hutchesons machine
a regular discussion and his
vipers spewed their poison gas.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13
POOR FISH DROPS
Wise CRACK over
LEFT WING FIGHT
Explaining Mystery of
Earless Eel

NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 11.-That
there is no fish like a poor fish may be
seen In the remarkable statement
made to the capitalist press by JOS
eph Fish, who marches around in a
circle with the imposing title Of sec
retary-Treasurer OF the New York
Joint Board Of the international Lad
les Garment Workers Union"
Concerning the demand made for
the resignation OF Morris Sigman,
president of the |. l.. G. W., by 1000
shop chairmen and committeeman at
the great overflow meetings at Cooper
Union and Manhattan Lyceum, Fish
cmits the following drops of wisdom:
I'VE don't listen to the other side.
Sigman does not consider the sug.
gestions and demands made by the
left wing" After saying which he
lapsed into silence. without explaining
how long union can be run on this
sort OF policy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13
A Successful Failures

- OuCCCSSIQl dtuTCT
And the w. S. F. of L. has now
21,000 members, only two thousand
less than when Short took the presi-
dency. 1t climbed to $4,000 at one
time, but that was due to the wartime
shipyard boom. 10000 of these were
in one Seattle local, now disbanded
because the shipyards have gone.
Many more left as other yards at Ia
coma and Vancouver closed. 1900
were lost when the miners strike
failed in 1923.
And the Seattle strike did not meet
with approval from the State Fedora
ton, still less from Short. But then,
they dared not interfere.
Central Councils "Subdued."
Today, after long campaign Of
treachery and underhanded tactics, in
GLIDING the threat to revoke their
charters, which Gompers made, the
Seattle and Tacoma Central Labor
Councils are subdued
Short Killed Labor Party Movement.
The Farmer Labor Party, which was
building up a class conscious political
party, and which in 1920 polled a
third Of the total vote. has beer. wiped
out.
1t was long hard fight but in the
end it won, and Short tied the labor
movement up with little known poll
tician who ran poor fourth in the
republican primaries.
Short bowls about the trecahery of
the victor's supporters. But his pol
icy of always picking out the weakest
candidate, and saying he must be
elected, or the reactionary will win
seems peculiar.
Shorts tactics made Hartleys cleo
ton possible. Is Short just naturally
so stupid he could not see this?
A Good Record Gone Wrong.
The Seattle Union Record, once the
most militant labor daily in America,
has passed into private control. and
complete harmlessness. Under Shorts
pressure it had degenerated steadily
into a weak and spineless rag. But
today, labor has still one really class
conscious daily, the DAILY WORKER.
Even Cuts Down the Word.
The Record has placed the word
union of it's title in steadily smaller
type, and long ago dropped its slogan
of published for principle and not for
profit"
It's place is taken by Shorts weekly,
the Washington State Labor News. a
paper without a spark of militancy or
of class consciousness; the personal
organ of pie-cards, hard boiled guys,
who can see nothing except petty
craft unions.
Lumber Neglected by Both Takers
and Wobbles.
Lumber, the leading industry Of the
state, remains almost unorganized.
Perhaps the gang is not anxious to
organize 1t, for that can only be done
by an industrial union, such as the
]. w. w. advocates but do not build
There is no room for craft unionism or
class collaboration in the lumber in.
dustry.
Look Out for Plokpocketsl
President Short and Governor Hart.
ley celebrated convention week by hit
ting at each other in public speeches
on all possible occasions. Short can
not understand fight for principles,
only one over personalities, to Judge
by his record. He and Sartley SQUAD
BILE. Years ago, at circuses clowns
battered each other with slapsticks,
while pickpockets worked thru the
crowds, and the she'll game ran open.
ly. They no longer do such things
at circuses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13
ASKS REDUCTION
OF ExORBITANT
FEES AND DUES
Must Make Possible for
Men to Join
BY HELM voLL

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 11.-Now
while an organization campaign is to
be inaugurated under the direction of
the new secretary-treasurer of the Los
Angeles District Council of Carpen-
tiers, Blair, there is the old wrangling
popping up again about the size of
the initiation fees and dues.
If low initiation fees and dues have
helped little in organizing Los An
geles, the high kind have been worse
than useless. We have tried both and
1t is certain the former is the one
which create the least friction or op-
position among prospective members.
Everybody knows this to be true. So if
we want to do something really con-
structive they will go lower and not
higher.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13

extreme right wing, the keynote OF
the convention was harmony"
There was no trouble with left wing
delegates, for none were present. Bill
Short and his supporters we're in
complete control
A Want List.
State legislative action recommend
ed by the convention is as follows:
For child labor amendment, for
right to picket, to place culinary work
ers under state compensation act, to
regulate light and ventilation of kit
chens, forbidding basement kitchens,
to forbid one-man crews on street
cars over % feet long, to compel mer-
chants selling prison-made goods to
plainly mark them prison-made, for
state old age pension, for a state vo-
cational education act Ito train ap-
prentices for factory work in the pub
lie schools), to regulate uses of poi
son, dusts, gases, sprayed paint, and
other things harmful to workers using
them, to have a state hospital for in
dustrial diseases, to prohibit anyone
under Is from operating motor trucks
lpresent law limits only on trucks of
tons or over)
Also to forbid pool rooms, drug
stores, etc. from serving meals, allow
ing only restaurants to do so, and to
fight the forest owners tax-dodging
scheme of creating game preserves.
Anv 0f hhaca v,a;erhf cot
five favorable votes in the legislature,
but probably not one of them could
get ten. Certain federal legislation
was also advocated, including higher
pensions for ex-soldiers and ex-postal
employees.
Ha! A Red Demandl
One Communist demand was en-
dorsed-the withdrawal of American
military and naval forces from
China.
Six Per Cent Referendum.
President Shorts salary, now $3.50,
is to be increased to 1925 a month,
subject to referendum. CAS- with ref
erendum of election of officers-it
will pass.) Only a six per cent vote
was cast for election. Most locals
never see or hear of ballots. That is
their fault
Last year Short declined this in
crease saying the State Federation
could not afford it, The current
years financial report is not yet pub
lished, but the previous year SHORTS
salary was $4,000, his expenses, in
Guiding auto upkeep, were 1851. To- !
tai expenses for that year we're
$11,S20. About $4,000 expenses
$500 of this Or about 20 per cent be-
ing Shorts salary and expenses. 1t
is somewhat doubtful If he is worth |
that much to the workers, somewhat
doubtful.
Well Say Its Doubtful.
The past years accomplishments
are as follows: No strikes, absolute |
defeat politically, an increase in men,
bership of 1922, making the total
21,3S6; increased wages for a very |
few local union. Only one serious
strike was threatened, that OF 1000 |
Seattle teamsters who asked better
conditions and $1.00 a day increase. |
The Satte Federation aided in set
Ting it by arbitration--and the men
got soc a day raise, nothing else.
The Short machine is very proud OF |
the no strike record, and so are all |
the business mems organizations.
To those who remember the militant
spirit of six years ago, this official re-
port comes as shock. What has hap
pened? The answer is that after
eight years hard work, the Short ma
chine with policy of class collabora-
tion is in full control.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13
WASHINGTON STATE FEDERATION
CONVENTION A PICTURE OF ALL
THINGS THAT 1T SHOULD NOT BE

18th the
Washington
commander
the American Legion
Then the president Of the Washington
Short
Phil
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13
Fall River Textile.
Workers to Ask Old
Scale Before Cuts

FALL RIVER. Mass, Aug. 11--Res-
torstion of the 1920 wage scale in Fall
River cotton and wooden textile mills
will be sought by the United Textile
Workers Union in accordance with
the lnternational's decision to seek
wage increases where possible. The
1920 scale is about 20 per cent higher
than the present rate OF pay.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13
Illinois Federation
Convention to Be at
Champaign, Sept. ID

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,. Aug. 11.-(FP)-
The Illinois State Federation of Labor
annual convention opens in Champaign
Sept. IL.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-13
THREAD WORKERS KEEP
UP STRIKE IN CONN.,,
NOW OUT q WEEKS

WiLLIAMANTlc, Conn, Auq. II.
Thread workers OF the American
Thread Co. mill voted to continue
their strike against wage cuts which
they have already carried on for Il
weeks. Many workers who have not
voluntarily left company houses
have been evicted. Company Agent
Curtis claims that 1000 strlkebreak.
ers are now employed In the mill.
Strikers assert that less than 100
are at work.
If you want to see the Com.
nunist movement grow-get a sub
or the DAILY WORKER.