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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-27
F ARMERS DEMAND
RELEASE OF TWO
RED SOLDIERS
w estern Organization
Condemns Child Labor

ANACORTES. Washington, June
25.-The Western Progressive Farm
ers OF the state of Washington closed
very interesting and important con-
vention here. Among the resolutions
the association passed was protest
against the illegal sentencing Of Walt.
err Trumbull and Paul Crouch by the
military court Of Schofield barracks.
Honolulu. The immediate release OF
these Communist soldiers was de-
manded.
A resolution to the effect that all
land should be owned by the state and
held by the user was passed. An en-
phatic condemnation of governor Hart
ley's stand for child labor was car
ried, the resolution stating that such
ideas were menace to our civiliza-
ton.
A resolution eondemning the squelch-
ing Of proceedings against Fall and
Sinclair in the Teapot Dome Scandal
was passed Norman Tallentire, dis
trict organizer Of the Workers Com
munist) Party, was granted the floor
for thirty minutes, and was we'll re.
ceived.
The name of the organization was
changed to Western Progressive Farm
ers and Producers.
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spite of their leaders.
Two Birds.
'Tn the articles which we're writ
ten lately in another Jewish paper
on this question, they recount among
the great accomplishments OK the I'M
ion a few things which the union has
not accomplished. things which &C
cording to them would bring harm to
the cloakmakers That is, that the
cloakmakers' union has not establish
ed any standards OF production. Ma
turally, this question has little to do
with the problems under considera-
ton. Only since the president OF the
cloakmakers had 10 kill two birds
with one stone, that is Perlstein from
Cleveland on the one hand and the
Amalgamated officials who are for
the standards OF production on the
other. so they therefore drew in the
question of standard OF production in
to the same discussion.
ut is not our purpose to defend the
standard or any other method Of pro-
duction But II Is necessary. once and
for all, to put the question in a prop
err light and eliminate the whole part
therefrom, which is being demagogi-
cally used by many elements. Among
them many lefts can be figured in.
Standards Of Production.
"It is asserted that the standard OF
production would be a greater mis-.
fortune for the workers than week.
work without standard. Because
says the author OF the articles. the
Cleveland cloakmaker has a standard
and also has no work. So IL would be
possible to turn around and say that
New York has no standard and also
has no work. and in such a dema.
gogic way dispose OF the question.
But the story runs this way: That
not everywhere where there is a
standard is Il bad. and not everywhere
where there is week work is II good.
Take for instance steel workers who
work week work and complain very
much about their hours. II is said by
the way that they work seven days
a week, twelve hours day. and get
very pitiful wages. Here you have
one form Of week work for which we
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-27
STEMS ARTICLE OF 1922 RISES TO DAMN HIM NOW

body in the union what are the func-
tons of those different locals, not
one wiz be able TO give you a clear
answer to the question. Because the
work of organizing the shops belong
10 the joint board, the work of settling
differences between the workers and
the bosses is also the work of the
joint board.
THE work of taking in new menu
bers, only God knows the truth, that
the membership committees of the
different locals are more occupied
with keeping out members than TAX
Ing them In. SO you see that there is
not one function which the local as
such should have to carry thru. And
naturally, therefore, there are no
Qualifications for their existence.
The T. U. {. L. and Amaleamatlon.
1T is therefore, natural that be-
cause the locals have no important
work to accomplish all that is accom-
plished there is the creation of a
local patriotism. And also small poll
tics. This brings to it, that every
Joint board meeting is continually &C.
cupied with the politics of the locals,
instead of the interests of the work
ers in the shops. Therefore, the Edu-
cational League, which has taken for
its objective the organization of the
left elements in the unions, issued the
slogan for the amalgamation of the
different locals. II has been shown
before that from such an amalgama-
ton the union can save quarter of
million dollars a year. This is a
purely internal organizational work,
and therefore reflects very strongly
on the activity OF the organization.
"Then comes the second point, the
shop delegates system. The lefts
show that in the present organiza-
tional form OF the union only 10 per
cent OF the membership participate in
the consideration of the different
questions before the organization. Be-
cause in a local which consists OF
$4,000 members, at most couple of
hundred attend section meetings, and
they even have no chance 10 discuss
shop questions, because they have no
possibility to oaxry thru their deci-
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just as the manufacturer who makes
cloaks six months a year, prepares
himself that he should have rent to
pay the whole year. he should also
have for all his other necessities, for
the designer and all other employees,
who he employs the whole year, so
the cloakmaker cannot see why there
is not created a way in which he
should be able to live in the indus
try the whole year.
Sin of Being Farsiehted.
THE above mentioned questions.
the lefts proposed. not when the knife
was at the throat. but quite a while
back. They have agitated among the
membership for these propositions
and all the attacks which are at pres
ent made on the lefts is only be-
cause they had the courage to take
up problems of the membership, be-
fore the officials of the union thot
about il. And for the sin OF being
foresighted and proposing certain re-
forms in our organization. about
which the right did not interest them
selves, the hatred against the lefts is
now so strong And they, the rights,
are justified in being so angry, be-
cause the masses can truthfully ask
what has the organization with their
leadership done in order to meet the
present crisis?
But in order to confuse the minds
of the mass of the workers. who do
not account to themselves on many
questions within the organization. the
rights show them the victories OF the
union and want them to believe that
the left elements desire to destroy
these accomplishments. The truth is
that many of the fundamental accom-
plishments of the union, such as week
work and other improvements. were
established in the cloak industry in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-27
Curlee Strikers Are
Arrested and Passing
Sympathizers Beaten

ST. LOUIS, Mo, June 25.-The Cur
lee clothing strikers are standing firm
in spite Of intense and brutal perse-
cution from the st. Louis police.
There have been so many arrests.
lately that it is almost impossible to
keep count of all of them. A number
of sympathizers also have been beaten
up and arrested for merely express
ing their sympathy with the strikers
while passing by the shops.
The other morning copies of the
DAILY WORKER were distributed to
the strikers at their strike meeting.
1t was enthusiastically received by all
of them. Some even took extra copies
to give to their friends.
The T. U. E. L. invited all the
strikers to lawn party and dance
held recently. A fair number of them
attended and enjoyed the program.
Special attention was given to the
speaking, in order that all might go
away with better knowledge of mil
liant unionism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-27
WORKERS PARTY
ATTACKS BILL
TO GAG WORKERS
Rochester Bosses Would
End Street Meetings
BY SOL HoRoWITz.

ROCHESTER,, New York, June 25.
An ordinance in essence forbidding
the Workers (Communist) Party and
other radical organizations from hold
ing street corner meeting was intro
duced in the common council chamber
here, and a public hearing was held.
with many liberal and labor unions
representatives registering their pro-
test against this ubiquitous" measure.
The protests were many but Of
bourgeois character. The bill was
termed unconstitutional, unjust, and
so on. Even one OF the proletarian
party representatives Carl Schnepf.
protested only on the ground that the
ordinance was unreasonable, uncon-
stitutional, and unjust"
The air became tense when Com
rade Samuel Essman took the floor.
He announced to the bosses tools
that he represented the Workers
(Communist) Party. 1--WE are at all
times opposed to this capitalist sys-
tenn Comrade Essmam said. we are
opposed to the system which engend-
ers unemployment wars, and suffer
ing to the working class.
I'VE are opposed to the despatching
Of American troops to China, to safe
guard the interests Of the American
imperialists. We use the street cor
ners and other MEANS to carry our
message to the working class. II you
take this means away from US, we
shall carry our message to the work
ers in spite Of you. You may jail
some of us, but you cannot prevent
us from exposing this rotten system
before the workers"
The commissioner of public safety.
in attempting to defend the bill.
charged that proletarian party spek-
er had called Calvin Coolidge a thief.
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sions which they make at the Sec
tons, for the reason as above ex-
planned, that shop questions can only
be carried thru by the joint board as
whole.
THE membership therefore finds
itself in position that whatever they
should say at the section meetings
they know beforehand that 1t is of
no use.
Shop Delegate System.
I'VE therefore propose that instead
of this, the union should be rebuilt
on other foundations, where the work
err will feel that his considerations
and dealings with questions in which
he has vital interest will have a
chance to be carried thru, or least will
be taken into consideration. We
therefore, put before you that the
shop delegate system should become
a legal institution, which should be
able to make decisions for the work
ers In their shops where they have a
chance to be acquainted with the shop
questions OF their fellow workers.
And IL we should take into con-
sideration that only the shop dele
gates themselves would be bigger
mass than all Of the present mem
bership OF the locals who attend the
meetings, you can Immediately see
what kind of achievement II would be
for the organization. At the same
time the shop delegate would be d.
rectly responsible to his fellow work
ers in the shop and at every shop
meeting the workers could Judge II
he represents their interests or not.
The result OF that would be that the
tens Of thousands OF union men would
be directly interested in the prob
lens of the trade as we'll as the prob
lens Of the shop. And II would also
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abolish the suspicion existing between
the masses and their representatives.
This would also give the shop dele
gate more responsibility. 1t would
create in the union thousands of mem
bers who would be interested in the
general union work.
Officials Hated.
1T is no secret for anybody that
the present institution of business
agents is hated by the workers. Not
only do, the workers hate their Off
Gals, but officials also hate the work
ers of the shops. This does not come
from the fact that the officials are
good or bad. It only comes from the
fact that the workers do not under
stand the officials, and the officials
have no possibility to understand the
workers. This is because the workers
in the shop are hurt by many small
incidents that happen from day to
day and which he considers of great
Importance. but the official, being out
of the shop. cannot feel the concep-
tons OF the workers on all these ques-
tons. And from that comes a divi-
sion Of the forces, instead of unity
for the general work.
Unemployment Insurance.
THE left elements have also pro-
posed unemployment insurance fund.
That means taking into consideration
that most of the needle trades, and
especially the cloak trade, are sea-
sonal industries which work only
about six months per year, and the
rest Of the year the workers go
around hungry. so the left elements
propose that there should be created
an unemployment insurance fund
which should make possible for the
worker 10 make living in the indus.
try which uses him and his work
when II needs him. Let's argue that
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-27

to Cypress the people. the masses, and
endeavors to deprive the citizens OF
every right and privilege.
When Thuan Chi-jui was in power
before, he committed many treacher-
GUS deeds, and did many things in be.
trayal Of our country. We hope that
all of you remember.
A New Treason.
when he recently took up the chief
executiveship, he fattered and tried
to please the French government by
presumably settling the Gold Franc
case, to the cost of more than hun
dred million dollars to our national
treasury. He is also planning to be-
tray his country in other ways for
the sake of fattening himself.
"The 7th of May marked the day
when the Japanese government forced
us to sign the q Demands. It is an
unequal treaty and signed under du-
ress. 1t should be considered the
greatest shame on our country to sub
NIT to that government.
Thus it is quite reasonable for
thousands and thousands Of our citi-
zens to hold meeting at the Tein An
Men to impress on our minds the great
humiliation inflicted on us by Japan.
Two Traitors to China.
Unfortunately, Tuan Chi-jui, Chang
Shih-chao, Chu Shen and several other
officials, for the sole purpose of pleas
ing the Japanese, ordered armed po-
liecemen to guard the Tien An Men
where we planned to hold the meet
"The youth, the patriotic generation
of our country, seeing their smallest
liberty-that of holding meetings and
organizing parties-prevented by the
authorities, were greatly agitated.
Moreover, if no demonstration be
held, even on the National Humilia-
ton Day, how can we call ourselves
Chinese citizens?
IF we don't overthrow this kind of
government, we can expect that 1t
will carry out still more bitter and
cruel acts against us /" and SO
on, concluding with the demand for
severe punishment of the murderers,
Chang Shih-chao and Chu Shen, a boy.
colt of Japanese goods, and the over
throw of the Pro-Japanese party, the
Anfu clique"
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CONTINUED from Page II

Il
is not done. The only ones who use
the present unemployment are the
capitalist papers, together with the
capitalist owners. They naturally,
have proposed one way of solving the
problem of unemployment. and that is
that the worker should receive small
er wages and work longer hours The
union leaders differentiate themselves
from the bosses In the solution OF
the question of unemployment And
they have another means-and that
Is 10 eliminate the lefts of the unions
With that the whole problem Is solv-
ed for them
The Yellow Press.
From the wide masses so far. we
have not heard what they have to
say on this question But II is pos
sible to hope that they will have
different point of view. If the authors
Of the articles who have undertaken
to deal with the question of unem-
ployment in the Jewish yellow press
would have considered seriously the
problem, then we would have nothing
else to do but support them In their
work But because their main point
is TO eliminate the lefts from the
union, 1t is worth while that we
should talk over this matter, SO that
we Clearly understand this affair.
What, for instance. do the lefts
want? They say that the union can
only be powerful when the wide mass
es of the organization are drawn into
the work OF the union, and when they
will interest themselves In the prob
lem. In order to carry that thru they
propose one union of the many split
UP locals Secondly. the shop dele
gate system. Third, an unemploy-
ment fund Before we consider what
these three points would mean 20 the
working masses, let us consider the
present organization form of the
union, how II Is now
For instance. the joint board OF
the cloakmakers consists OF ten locals
Each local has its own appointees, It's
own bookkeeping, and carries thru its
own policies. II you should ask any
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-27
Take out FIrst Papers.

have declared their intentions, but
failed to complete naturalization be
cause of ignorance of the language
and Of the requirements for taking out
their second papers.
The report also carries recommend
ations. They al the recomme ndations
that only a professor of a capitalist
institution of learning can be capable
of. They do not recommend the re
ddction of hours of labor by law SO
hat immigrants may have more lei
Enre to learn the language of the
country they have adopted. so that
they may acquaint themselves with
The form of government whose laws
they must obey. The professor I'M
doubtedly believes that in ignorance
of workers there is bliss for the ex-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-27
cannot be very enthusiastic.
Fancy Arguments.

oHSy Tt8bfHSHle-
Now we will take a form Of stand
ards: Jewish linotypers. for in
stance. have a standard That means
every man in the linofypers' union
must be able to set up a certain num-
Der Of lines in order to get the scale.
of wages The linotypers work six
hours per day and their wages are
not so bad. In comparison with the
workers IA the other trades they can
not complain. How does a cloalzruak
er say: We can only wish the other
workers were as we'll OF as they'i
And so we have a standard here
which it would not harm for all work
ers to have.
And so you see the question 0
standard or week work has nothing e
do with the question. That means yoi
can work week work and be bad OF
and II is possible to have a standar,
and have a good union and wage
should not be bad.
They also praise themselves tina
in New York there is no standard
one particular that is true That 4
they have no standard as 10 how niue
they must make. but there is a stan
ard how little one dare not make.
Perlstein Makes II Clearer"
Let us make II little clearer
When a worker works by week in
industry where there is no standm
established. works as easily as DC
sihle when he feels assured abo
his job. But when there are ten wa
ing for HIS job, when he knows th
tho boss can get his work cheaper.
he will not make as much as the DO
thinks he should make. then It is
question how easy he should work I
cause he is confronted with the Qut
ton how hard he must work I'm
der 70 satisfy the boss SO that
should be kept on the Job.
But as was said. this question dc
not belong here to this subject.
| only touched ON Il superilciaiiy,
order 70 show how demagogic ser.o
problems OF the trade are dealt wi
and how serious they are when n
attack the left or opponent r.
whichever side he may be-"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-27
ILLINOIS COAL
MINERS WORK AT
REDUCED WAGES
Speed Up System Does
Away With Union Pay
BY TONY sHRAoAL.
(Worker Correspondent.)

JOHNSTON CITY, ILL.,, June U.s.
The Illinois coal miners are supposed
to be 100 per cent organized. but If
we investigate, we find that some Of
the big Illinois mines are running at
reduced wages in spite of all the talk
of Frank Harrington and John l..
Lewis about mo reduction in wages
and mo backward step"
| am living out on farm, and there
Is mine within quarter of mile
from the farm working six days per
week. Two men are loading from IS
to 40 tons of coal per day for $S.O4
each per day. If these miners were
loading by the ton at S315 cents per
ton they would make from $500 to
$4,000 per day.
Real Prisoners.
Any blind man can figure out that
these miners are working at so per
cent reduction in wages. This is only
one example.
There is the New Orient, at West
Frankfort where the men work for
the same wages. There is another
mine near Mt Vernon and if you want
to get a job at that mine you have to
buy lot. Then when you go to work
the company has 40 bosses over you
in that one mine
This mine also has a tunnel from
the wash house to the shaft, and when
the men get down into the mine the
company locks the wash house and
you don't go out until quitting time.
You are real prisoner.
Three Enemies
l know well that the men are not
satisfied with such conditions, but
there are three enemies to face One
is starvation, the second is the coal
operator and the third is the Lewis
and Harrington machine, threatening
to remove the charters of militant
miners locals.
Lewis has many times spoken about
the differences In wages in the union
and non-union mines But when
man loads 20 tons Of coal for $s.O4 a
day, that means only AK cents per
ton, and that is as bad as the nom
union pay in Kentucky, or W. Va.
Slaves Will Wake Up.
The time will come when these
slaves will wake up and drive Lewis
and company out of the unions, and
get down to lettering their working
conditions and wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-27

PICKING. (By Mail. THE "Dantzig'
correspondent of the VIGOROUSLY anti
Soviet London Times reports in a
message circulated by Reuter- that an
uprising has taken place in White
Russia. giving the phantastic figure
of an insurgent army of $4,000 men,
allegedly headed by some non-eustent
general.
Rosta is authorized to state that the
correspondent Of the Times has pub
lished piece Of news which is a
gross fabrication.