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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
Note Quake in
Mid West States

Kansas City, Mo-, July So.-(AP)-
Earth tremors of low intensity were
felt early today in Kansas, Oklahoma,
Texas and New Mexico. They did no
damage.
At Wichita. Leavenworth. Ashland
Liberal and Medicine Lodge the tre-
mors were of slight vibration, lasting
from 15 seconds to three minutes.
Oklahoma City felt barely percep-
tible shock.
Amarillo, Texas, and the surround
ing Panhandle country were shaken
slightly.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
acted 4 Strangely
Sfore Burning of
nome Eagle Lake

h, Ou' Me-, July 30.-(AP)-
'ook county authorities who yes
!, Investigated the fire at Eagle
N. .nich destroyed the home of Fred
Nsn,.. iataily burned his daughter
w ~ aged Z, seriously burned his
Qhs endangered the live of eight
VI ], .nidren, made arrangements
NJ Inc town officials to commit to a
40spital Miss Josephine Liable.
~ sheged that Miss Liable has
n. -s.ing strangely lately. and fired
sn,, the Pelky children Monday
NJ. tne night before the fire. She
Ia one next to the Pelky house,
Ms small store In her home.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
LaFOllette's Son
Seeks Fathers Seat

Madison, Wis, July 30-(AP)-
Formal announcement of his candi-
dacy to succeed his father in the
United States senate was made to-
day by Robert M. I.aFollette, j. . 30
years old, the elder son of the late
Progressive leader.
There are three other candidates
actively in the field and a convention
of the Republicans opposed to the late
senator is to be held soon to name a
candidate A special election to fill
the vacancy will be held this fall.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
Held for Grand
Jury Result Drowning
Bow at. Bangor

Bangor, July 30.-(AP)-Forrest
Fond 10. was held for the September
grand jury under bond of $2500 today
on a technical charge of aggravated
assault in connection with the drown
ing yesterday of Irving Upton, nine
years old, at the Bangor Yacht Club,
Pond was arrested after be had admit
ted he threw the boy into the Penob-
scot river, declaring that the child,
boasting he could swim. asked to be
tossed into the water. Ponds parents
furnished the bail.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
THE WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY

Northern New England: Partly
cloudy Friday; probably showers;
Saturday fair, not much change in
temperature.
Southern New England: Partly
cloudy probably showers Friday;
Saturday fair; slightly cooler.
Eastern New York: Showers Fri
day and Friday night; slightly cool
er: Saturday fair.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
Manchester Mill to
Cut Wages 10 Per Cent

Manchester, N. H., July 3o-tAPl-
A ton nercent reduction in wages
,,,,,I = ie On in effect next Monday IN the
,wna,en wm mills of the Cocheco Manu-
saotnring wo3, Co. it was announced to-
dav The CUE is in line with wage age
reductions red in other textile ecenters
during the past week.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
General Forecast

Pressure continues low over the
Gulf of ST. Lawrence.
The outlook is for showers on Fri
day and on Saturday along the South
Atlantic coast. Elsewhere the wea-
ther will be generally fair in the
states east of the Mississippi river
Friday and Saturday. 1t will be
cooler on Friday in the middle At
lantic states.
Winds: North of Sandy Hook:
Moderate fresh to strong west and
weather partly overcast Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
Department of
Music to Open
At Bates in Fall

Lewiston, Me-, July 3O.-(AP)-
Selden T. Crafts of this city, organ
ist at the State Street Congregation
al church Of Portland, will organize
a department of music at Bates Col
lege at the opening Of the fall semes-
ter, it was announced today. Mr..
Crafts will teach history and appre-
citation of music.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
Used Old Glory
AS Bottle Wrapper

Boston, July 30.-(AP)-James
Santor, Charlestown barber. today
was fined $50 on a charge of using
the United States flag as wrapping
for a bottle of liquor and $50 addi-
tional on liquor law violation
charge. The flag wrapped bottle was
found in Santor's coal bin during a
raid July %.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
Woman Dies of
Self Inflicted Shot

Concord, n. H, July 3U-tAPl-
Mrs. Annistos Kariskos. 70. mother
of two small children, who shot her,
self at her home here today, dleo
Hospital Hospital where she was
taken following a call for help from n,
her son, Costa, 8. Police SAID III
health caused the shooting.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
Veterans Hospital
Probable Near Hub

Washington, July 30.-(AP)-The
federal board of disqualification mas
instructed Director Hines of the Vet
ierans' Bureau to continue negotiations
to obtain desirable site for new
neuropsychiatr trio hospital in the vicini-
tY of Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
Army Pursuit Planes
On Way to Omaha,

Cheyenne, Wyo., July 3O.-(AP)-
The squadron of six army pursuit
airplanes took off from the air mail
field here at $50 o'clock tonight for
Omaha over the all mail beacon
lighted route.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
IL Hurt in Crash
Bus and Trolley
Near Biddeford
FUGITIVE HOPPE
FROM THOMAST0N
CAUGHT IN RUTLAND

Rutland, VT, July 30.-(AP)-A
man in hospital here who was shot
Monday while attempting to bur-
glarize store at Proctorsville as the
officers state was recognized tonight
by F. M. Fish, Maine probation Of
ficer. as Stephen H. Hoppe. burglar
under IA year sentence who escaped
from Thomaston prison June Is last.
Hoppe will be taken to Vermont
state prison hospital at Windsor to-
morrow. He has a leg wound.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31

Thomaston, Me-, July 30.-(AP)-
Advices received by Warden Lester
ID. Eaton Of the Maine State prison
from a detective agency in Boston
led him to believe that a man al
legged to have been captured in a
Rutland, VT, store, and now in a
hospital, suffering from revolver
inflicted by an officer, is Stephen
Hoppe, one of four convicts who es-
capped from the prison recently.
Warden Eaton Immediately de-
spatched State Probation Officer
Morris Fish to Rutland.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
Denver Man Head
OF KNIGHTS Templar

Seattle, Wash. July 30.-(AP)-
George w. Vallery of Denver was
elected grand master of knights Tenn
plar today in their seth triennal con-
clave.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
Boston Forecast

Boston. July 30-(AP)-Forecast
for Boston and vicinity: Friday
partly cloudy, possibly occasional To-
cal showers; Saturday fair, slightly
cooler: moderate to fresh south and
southwest winds.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
Plan Swift Justice for
Surviving Hotel Bandits

State Seeks Immediate Trial on
Murder Charge of Two in
CustOdy-Intensive Hunt on
for Fifth Member of Gang
who Escaped With $4,000
Two Slain Robbers Identified
Taken to F0restall Plea
of Insanity
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31

Postponement of the Nickel Plate
hearings was agreed upon.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-31
The Day in Washington

Thousands filed by the bier o1
William Jennings Bryan.
The evolution suit of Loren ii
Wittner was withdrawn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-23

Another shining example is thu
speech of the infamous Major"
George L. Berry, addressing an audi
ence of both employing printers and
wage earning pressmen at Mason City,
Iowa, Dec. IA, 1925:
have no patience with the en-
pIoyer or the employe, who takes
the position that they are two
rival forces. They are not. They are
interested in one common end, maxi
ing money so that both worker and
employer may share in it.
1.-THE strike was held up as an econ
omically unsound weapon" the dis
patch goes on to state, destructive
alike to workers and employer. Con-
ciliation and arbitration are far BEE
ter"
But "age cannot wither nor time de-
cay" the classic example of a bid for
class collaboration, quoted by Com.
Earl r. Browder in the first article
written in America against the "B. &
o. plan" in The DAILY WORKER Of
December s, 1923, IN which William
II. Johnston, president of the Interna-
tional Association of Machinists, was
said to have spoken at st. Louis, as
follows:
! want to emphasize as strongly as
! know how the fact that In the
task Of positive cooperation in the
railroad industry there can be no
substitute for the genuine unions Of
the railroad employees.
I maintain that such a manage
ment would never again latter
using Johnston's cooperation pIan),
as long as It retains its good sense,
desire to see the affiliated shop
crafts ehaeed from the scheme Of
things on its road.
The sweep Of the IS collabora-
ton movement advances. And the key
problem Of American revolutionary
unionists hinges around the fight to
win and hold the unions for policies
OF class struggle as against this col
laboration poison that is spreading
thru the veins Of American labor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-23
Alberta Carmen War
on B. & 0. Plan of
Class Collaboration

EDMONTON, Alta.-The Edmonton
local of the Brotherhood OF Railway
Carmen of North America is on the
warpath to fight the notorious B. &
o. plan.
At the recent meeting of the West
Edmonton Lodge a resolution was
adopted to elect the local secretary
and one other man as a committee
ito be empowered to draft, publish
and distribute bulletins exposing
the authorizing class nature of the
Baltimore and Ohio plan of co-opera-
tion. The bulletins to be distributed
to the members of all railroad shop
crafts, so that this plan of profit max
ing may be exposed and rejected by
the workers Of Edmonton and district,
and a policy Of amalgamation, con-
solidation and unity on national and
international lines may be adopted"
In their first bulletin the committee
points out that this plan causes in
creased unemployment, speeds up the
workers, and benefits no one except
the company, which is able to produce
more at less cost.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-23
COAL
COMP NIES SUE
Miners union
Operators Start Second
Coronado Case

FORT SMITH, Ark, Dec. 21.-FiVe
coal companies have filed suit in fed
eral court here against District Fl,
United Mine Workers of America, its
officers, executive board, individual
members and locals in western Ar
kansas counties, for $1,oso,ooo as dam.
ages from the union which is leading
a strike in the colleries.
The suit was brought on the same
basis as the suit of the Coronado Coal
company now on trial for the third
time in United States district court
here.
The Greenwood Coal company, the
Mammoth Vein Collery company,
Backbone Coal company, Semi-Anthra-
cite Coal company and Blue Hills Coal
company are listed as plaintiffs. The
petition asks for the issuance of an
attachment against funds now in the
hands Of the receiver of the district,
and for writs of punishment
Miners now on strike are charged
with having caused employees Of the
companies to quit work and with VIC
lation of an injunction order issued
by the Sebastian county chancery
court.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-23
Class Collaboration for EXPORT Harris
By Harrison George
ment Of the company.

ment of the company.
In other words, these painters, Il
they lived long enough to get the final
decision of the United States rail la
Dor board, were no longer members
OF the Maintenance of Way Brother
hood, which is one of the sixteen
STANDARD" railway unions, but now
belong to the company union" to
which the board found 1t unnecessary
to speak of wage rates.
This is the systematic working out
of a policy by the American employ
ing class which can truly be charged
as a conspiracy against the American
proletariat. But what do we fipd the
leaders" Of American labor doing
about it? There are several excellent
illustrations.
Mutual Boards Of Adjustment"
In reference to the railway unions,
even as this article is being written
dispatches from Washington tell OF a
grand agreement" arrived at between
fifteen of the standard" railway
unions and the Association of Railway
Executives to introduce a bill in the
U. S. congress providing. ~ The
abolition Of the u. S. labor board, and
(2) for the legallzed establishment Of
boards Of adjustment upon which
both the management and the union
have representation and concerning
which magnificent results are foretold
in the line of Cooperation and
peace"
The details of the bill are not yet
made public, but clear inference that
the unions have surrendered the right
TO strike and other vital policies. can
be drawn from the fact that the Penn
sylvania railroad, die-hard enemy Of
unionism has voluntarily joined in the
scheme, which promises to give the
railroad companies more efficient la
boz at cheaper scales than their own
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-23
T. u. E. L. Ball VIII
Bring Out New York
Workers Xmas Night

NEW YORK CITY-On Christmas
night, Dec. 25th the left wingers Of
the city will gather at the big dance
to be held at Manhattan Lyceum at
Sc East 4th st. All the leading figures
now participating in the national con-
vention of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers including Sascha
Zimmerman, Rose Wortis, j. Borucho-
vitz and others will be there.
Liptzin and Nelson of the Amalga-
mated, Gold and Gross of the Furriers,
Jakopsky and Saza of the Cap and
Millinery Workers, Rosen Of the Car
penters, Rosenberger of the Bakers,
Gitz and Obermeier Of the Food Work
ers, Martin Of the Printers will all be
present.
The notable assembly of labor lead
ers will participate in one OF the most
enjoyable affairs ever arranged by the
Trade Union Educational League in
this city. Music will be furnished by
the Broadway Bolshevik Jass Band,
consisting of the first musicians from
TIE leading Broadway theaters.
Admission is fifty cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-23

oudegeest, is one of tactics, not of
rules.
These indications of an orientation
toward american rules" by European
labor, synchronized with a reformist
maneuver to seek support against the
movement for world trade union unity
by admitting the American Federation
of Labor to Amsterdam, make an ex-
animation Of existing tendencies in
American trade unions Of great inter
national sifinigcance.
We must remember, also, that the
recent German delegation of trade
union reformist leaders were stricken
with wonderment at the "B. and o.
plan" of class collaboration invented
by William H. tombstone of the Ma
chinists' Union and applied on the
Baltimore and Ohio" railway at
first, which gave the plan its name.
The Germans went home pledged to
spread this scheme Of class collabora-
ton all over Germany. Hence sur
vey of American class collaboration
tendencies is of world interest.
Company Union and Collaboration.
Two phases of one thing, class col.
laboration, may clearly be discerned
in the labor movement of the United
States of recent and current days.
These two phases are: first, the
growth, forced by the employers, of
company unions" The second is the
growth of the movement for coop
Grafton with employers" among the
trade union officialdom.
Both Of these movements, which are
taking on a tremendous significance.
whether they come from the employ
ers or from the trade union bureauc-
racy, find a common divisor in the
principle of class collaboration, and
the only difference between the two
positions Is one OF application OF the
principle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-23

by Macy's for several years, only
receive twelve and thirteen dollars a
week. If they ask for a raise, they
are reminded that there are many
unemployed to take their place at a
minutes notice, and therefore, they
are compelled by fear of losing their
jobs, to keep quiet.
Mays is now giving all of their
employees a mental and physical test
and undoubtedly as soon as the holt
days are over will fire those who do
not figure up to a certain mark. Many
of the questions that are being asked,
especially of the girls, are of per-
sonal nature that is an insult to them.
Must Organize.
The department store workers must
realize that only by their own
strength and determination will they
be able to better their conditions.
They must demand to be paid for all
overtime, also obtain a raise in wages
to lift the mout of the ridiculously
lowly paid class they are now in.
They must organize themselves into
a union and fight shoulder to shoulder
together for by their unity they will
be able to make the department store
owners come to terms.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-23

union" threatens to reduce the trade
union membership to the vanishing
point. -
Nothing to Sell.
With the numerical strength of the
company unions of the United States
attaining a figuresof an estimated
100000, or fully one-third the
strength of the American Federation
of Labor, the panic-stricken disciples
of Gompers saw that their principles
of collective bargaining" would have
nothing to bargain over, with their
shelves swept clean of merchandise
by the company unions.
In some cases the company union
movement has secured the direct as
sistance of the government. Such a
case is cited recently involving the
Maintenance Of Waymen's Union and
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern railroad. A dispute arose over the
pay rates of the bridge and building
painters belonging to the union en-
ployed on the road. That was five
years ago, and at that time the union
entered complaint against the road
with the United States rail labor
board
The U. S. board decided in favor OF
the men, but II did nothing to enforce
its decision which the road paid no
attention to. The board even took two
years to answer the unions last let
ter. And then It reversed its decision
with the following cogent observation:
The situation on the Laekawan-
ma railroad, 80 far as II affects the
painters In question, has been ma
terialIy changed. These painters are
no longer represented by the Unit
ed Brotherhood Of Maintenance OF
Way employees. but are and since
April II, 1923, have been represented
by the Federation Of Mechanics and
Helpers Of the engineering depart
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-23

company unions" This, if it turns
out as indicated, will be one of the
most brazen and wholesale surrender
of American unionism in many long
year.
This fever to Guido the company
unions is burning thru the veins of
every labor union in the country. And
it is voiced by the head of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, William
Green, speaking at the annual meet
ing of the American Society OF
Mechanical Engineers in New York
recently, in the following words:
Management must either deal with
trade unions organized by the work
ers, free and apart from outside in.
fiuences, or deal with their workers
individually"
This was Green's starting point Of
argument against company unions.
But he goes on:
The purpose OF management which
fosters the organization OF COM
pany unions is clear and under
stood. The motive behind their &C
ton is a selfish one. They seek to
maintain the form Of collective bar
banning without its virtues or It's
spirit Of independence. They seek
control rather than, cooperation.
Here we have Green telling the EN-
ployers that the purpose Of the COM
pany union is too obvious, "clear and
understood" by the workers, to be sue
cessful in their selhshness. Better
methods are suggested;
They exert the power Of compul-
sion instead of inviting the volun-
tary cooperation Of their en-
pIoyes.
"Such cooperation says the dis
patch, Green would have come
thru agreement between the trade
unions and management to make in
dustry more efficient
Such are the funeral orations being
preached over the coffin of the right
to strike" and all semblance OF pol
icies Of class struggle, by the trade
union bureaucracy Of America.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-23
DEPT. STORES
DRIVE WORKERS
like ANIMALS
Macy's Store Enslaves
Its Girl Workers
BY SYLVAN A. PoLLAcK.

NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 21.-With
Christmas shopping at ITS highest
peak, the department store workers
are now overburdened with work
that is wearing them out both physi-
cally and mentally.
R. H. Macy & Co., New York's
largest department store, both in the
amount of workers it employees. as
well as the amount of business it
does, can be cited as a good example.
Frantic shoppers crowd into the
store to such an extent that daily
many of the customers as well as
the employees are taken sick from the
intense strain.
Work From Morning Till Night.
The sales clerks are not the only
ones who have to bear the burden
of the holiday rush, in fact, their lot
is much easier in comparison, with
others who work in the store, for
when the store closes they are able
to usually leave within half hours
time.
It is in the checking and shipping
departments, where many young girls
are employed, that we find the worst
example of slave driving. Refusing
to hire enough extra help for the
holidays, the workers are compelled
to toll from the morning to nine or
ten O'Clock at night without obtain
ing any extra pay whatever, receiving
only free supper in the store restau-
rant which consists of the food that
is left over from the days meals.
A big proportion of these workers,
many of whom have been employed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-23
SHOWS The TRUE
SPIRIT OF WHAT
UNIONISM MEANS
Little Local Seeks Power
and Light
BY LYMAN GORDON
(Worker CORRESPONDENCE

NEW YORK CITY. - The Paper
Plate and Bag Makers Union, Local
No. LOT, of the International Pulp,
Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, is
conducting an intensive campaign to
organize the trade in New York City.
We recognize that the task is hard,
as we have to deal with an morgan
lied trade, with the lowest paid work
ers, who are intimidated by the bosses
and are scared to death to meet a
union organizer.
But our local has decided to do
everything in its power in this organ
ization campaign. AT the same time
our local, thru the efforts of the men,
bers of the Workers Party and the
progressive group, is doing splendid
educational work.
On the third of November we had
mass meeting toncelebrate the 8th
anniversary Of the, Russian workers
republic, where As members of the
local were present and listened with
great interest to the English, Jewish
and Spanish speakers.
On December II we had a little
rescue party for The DAILY WORK
Err at the house of Brother Chanoh.
A collection brought in $1,000, and it
was decided to send it to The DAILY
WORKER in the name of Chanoh's
little son, who returned from the hos
pital where he underwent a serious
operation. Ia
The executive board of the local
is assisting in the educational work.
and we hope that with the organiza-
ton Of the unorganized workers of our
trade our local will be one of those
progressive locals that will help to
build up united progressive labor
movement IN this country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-23
Labor Officials Meet
to Gid Slave Chains

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O-Control of
the coal industry to end unnecessary
wastes by stabihzing employment and
increasing safety in particular is to
be discussed by the 10Th annual meet
ing of the American Association for
Labor Legislation, Dec. $780, Presi-
dent William Green, American Fed
Grafton of Labor; Stuart Chase, the
Labor Bureau, Inc; Leo Wolman,
New School of Social Research, and
others will attend and speak on vari-
Gus topics.