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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24
PEACE MEETS IN
IL n Mg uEDAIn
Ia h. w W. BEEnhEV
CONVENTION CALL
Suspended Locals Con-
fer with Sigman

NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 22.--Altho
conferences are being held between
the two factions in the International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union, thru
the mediation of the committee Of
shop chairmen, it will be impossible
to make any announcement Of pro-
gress for several days to come, ac-
cording to the joint committee of act.
ion. Reinstatement Ur the discharged
workers is still far from complete.
A conference was held Sunday in
the Hotel Cadillac-Yates in the very
room where the trial Of the expelled
officials of Locals 2, 9 and % began
in June. Possibly it will be in this
same place that the leaders of the
Joint action committee and officials OF
the union will agree upon the terms
of a peace plan which will be sub
mitted to the members of the union
for their approval.
Ganqster Rule Fails
Indications are not lacking that the
Sigman administration Of the l. L.
G. W. realizes that it can no longer
cope with the revolt of the rank and
file which Sigman's terroristic tactics
against the left wing has generated.
This policy OF explosions and po-
groms, Acknowledgement, sluggings
and suspensions melted and carried
on by the yellow socialist Jewish daily
Forward has reused the entire mem
bership against Sigman and every
thing he stands for.
That gangster rule is a failure is at
tested by the call issued, following the
general executive board meeting on
the 18th Of this month, for a conven.
ton to meet on November 30th at
Philadelphia, advancing the date from
May. 1925.
A Change In Administration
This call for an l. L. G. w. conven-
ton signed by Sigman and Abraham
Baroff admits that the union is pas.
sing through the severest crisis OF its
existence" Sigman tries to dodge
responsibility by alleging that this
condition Is caused "by enemies from
outside the union" But the member.
ship has stated forcibly enough that
Sigman himself is to blame.
The call mentions that the general
executive board realizes that the
next convention is likely to produce
change in the administration" and
mentions that Meyer Perlstein has re
signed from the c. p B. Perlstein's
resignation was accepted, but a 81
milar resignation by Joseph Breslau
was not accepted. Locals are asked
to vote on the proposal of advancing
the date of the convention to Nov
3Oth
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24
Germany Gives Leader
of Fiery Cross Short
Shrift; Shows Him Boot

BERLIN, Germany - The German
prototype OF the Knights OF the Fiery
Cross were given short shrift in Ger.
many. Gotthard Stroschein of Chica.
go was given six days to pack up his
bags and leave Germany. This depor-
tation OF the former Lutheran minister
of Chicago, came as result OF his
attempt to found an organization SINH
lar to the ku klux khan in Germany.
Otto Stroschein, father and accom-
plice OF Gotthard, was given to un-
derstand that that kind OF nonsense
won't go. He Is allowed to remain as
he proved his German citizenship.
Gotthard is now in Warsaw, and
Intends to return to America at an
early date.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24
PARENTS OBJECT
TO STAND TAKEN
BY SCHOOL BOARD
Children on Strike to
Force Demands

NEW YORK CITY.--A conference
between the parents of the 100 strik-
ing school children of public school
"A, Prospect Avenue and 10th street,
effected a compromise, by which sew
enty pupils who live in the immediate
vicinity will not be compelled to
make the trip to Public School 81,
Mohegan Avenue and 10th street.
The parents Of the children objected
to sending their children to Public
School 81, because of the danger en-
tailed in crossing streets where traf-
fc was unusually heavy and a men
ace to their eleven-year-old sons and
daughters.
Another Bronx Strike.
At Public School 81, Crotona Park
East and Charlotte Place, strenuous
objections are raised to the transfer
Of children to Public School &C, Long
fellow Avenue and jennings street
The parents committee insist upon
the board of education renting rooms
nearby instead of transferring the
children to another school. This
question will also undoubtedly be
settled by a compromise, as it is said
that the school. authorities fear the
effects that publicity will have upon
the appropriations for the various
schools in the Bornx.
Strike In Brooklyn.
The strikes of Greater New York
are not confined to the Bronx. In
Brooklyn, the parents of 300 children
refuse to send their children to Pub
lie School 216, Avenue X and East
First street, which they say is two
miles from the homes of the chill
dren to be transferred. In order to
avoid the two-mile hike every morn
ing, It is necessary for the children
to plough thru mud across vacant
lots. The school authorities of Pub
lilo School 100, in Coney Island, deny
that a strike exists. The parents
committee insist they will not send
their children to school until they
are assured that their children will
remain at Public School 100.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24
Your Union Meeting
Fourth Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1925.
Name OF Local and Place
10. Of Meeting.

Fourth Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1925.
Name of Local and Place
No. Of Meeting.
eiseksmlths' District Council, iis
S. Throop ST.
10 oSrp s y cs Srsss 1 sivd. a''"s
q Carpenters, Western and LexIng-
ton.
1874 Carpenters, 1888 N. HaIsied St..
n. Fehllng, Rec. Sec'y., 1858
Grace ST. Irving 1897.
1922 Carpenters, 64f4 s. Haisted st.
25o7 Carpenters, 1881 Maple Ave-, Evan
IS, co ssSsi go, Essanabs Ave.
3 Hold Carriers, 1852 w. Division ST..
se2 Hold Carriers, $40 ". Harrison 81.
4 Jewelry Workers, 10 w. Adams 81.
to4 Ladies' Garment Workers, 32e W..
Van Buren, Street.
1875 Mscbinls,s' lie s. Ashlsnd elSs.
b24 fdachlnists, 735 N. Cicero Ave.
375 Maintenance OF Way, 42e W. e3rd ST..
81 Painters, sherman q Main Sta,
8 Piastersrs, go W. Monroe st.
Railway Carmen Dist. Council, 544s
ee7 Rsiiwsy Carmen. st44 Wentworth
1910 Railway Carmen, b446 Ashland Ave.
21s Railway Trainmen, 426 w. 63rd ST..
I, Roof fS p ~ w. Adams 81.
as sSsss Msss. sssa s. aaIs,sS 81.
zss Tss%.::r.. W " ws,sssslne,on ST.
7os Te ans CMeasb 22o S. Ashland
7ss rssmst.rs teoo.j' $3.50 S. -al,,sd
iso4e TuoE seii $40 W. Harri,o, 81,
ga Tunnel and saswsy Workers. 81 81
w. Harrison ST.
Note-unlsss otherwise stated all
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24
I.,W. w. Is Now Legal
In Canada, Says the
Agricultural Union

Conditions in Canada during the
harvest are unprecedentedly favorable
for an organization drive by the Agri-
cultural Workers Industrial Union,
q unit Of the |. w. W., according to
the unions headquarters.
Laws of the dominion of Canada
which were formely effective against
the l. W. w. have been erased from
the statute books" says the union.
The |. w. w. is now absolutely legal
In the entire dominion.
Members of the l. w. W. have Sc
yeral times in the past year been brot
into court on vagrancy charges, the
officers trying to make out that mem
bership in the organization was va
grancy. The l. w. w. won every one
OF these cases. Canadian justice is
very strict against mob violence of
the sort which prevails in some parts
of the United States, and nothing of
the sort is likely to take place in
Canada.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24

Van swearineens Are Agents.
At one of the sensational hearings
before the commission, the protest
ing minority displayed a chart show
ing the financial connection of the
Van Swearingens, thru long string
Of companies organized by themselves
to hide their transactions, back to
the New York Central.
One of their most daring feats Of
financial banditry, according to this
showing, was the buying of their way
into the board Of the G. & o., fol-
lowed by transfer of funds of the
road from banks along its line to
the Morgan bank in New York, then
the loan Of this G. & o. money to
the Van Swearingens for the purpose
of their buying the road.
They secured from the interstate
commerce commission the right to
issue equipment bonds for the prop
erty, secured by equipment that had
actually been used and rotted and
rusted away; with the proceeds Of
this bond sale they bought up new
properties.
They raised the dividend rate on
preferred stock TO per cent but took
away all voting power this was vest
cd in the common stock, which they
kept for themselves.
The Van Swearingens. according to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24
STEEL WORKER KILLED
WHEN DEFICIENT MOLD
CRACKS, End MAY DIE

Robert knaVleh, 4s years old, was
killed and William EstelI probably
fatally burned when the mold at the
Interstate steel Co., mill which they
were hIIIna with molten metal
cracked and showered them with
the fiery mass.
The plant is located at East 18th
St., and Prairie Ave. The company
had neglected to scrap the deficient
mold.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24
Mcnamara Faces Jail
for Aid in Indiana
Iron Workers Strike

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Sept "a
The fate Of John Mcnamara, labor
leader on trial in criminal court here
on charges of "blackmair growing
out of labor troubles here last year,
was declared guilty today. Mcnamara
is member of the Iron Workers
Union. Mcnamara is liable to one to
five years prison sentence to which q
$1,000 fine may be added
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24

grand total of $4,000 Of the $50, 800
paid in.
Il have made no reference to pro-
portions of salary and expenses vice
grand presidents railroad division,
which should in reality be paid where
they spend their time for the benefit
of the express membership. Every
member gets a copy of The Railway
Clerk free, every member, II he wish
es it, gets an insurance policy free,
every lodge participates in the con-
vention fund and is entitled to dele.
gate, every lodge participates in the
protective fund and that fund is also
used to pay salary and expenses OF
express national agreement and wage
committees.
Let the outlaws tell the truth, it
will hurt only them and not the
brotherhood"
How Orthodoxy Made Hereties.
The writer had occasion number
of times to visit the clerks union in
Omaha, during its ascending period.
The bible was placed prominently in
the center of the room. The meet
ings were opened and closed with
prayer. During the session practical
ly the whole time was taken up in
reading decisions of the railroad la
Dor board, the secretary droned out
these reports until the members be-
came nervous or exhausted and left
the room. Dues were paid in Omaha,
but as far as the average member
knew, the union was part Of the rail-
road labor board, and they it was
who gave decisions affecting pay and
jobs. Apparently, members had moth
ing to do or say in the matter.
The effect of this was for the mem
Der to abstain from going to church,
union meetings, and then to put his
trust in the government gods who sat
on the railroad labor board. The
Grand Lodge" and its officialdom is
patriarchate or oligarchy against
whom it is sacrilege to protest or cri-
ticize. 1t is the old feudal system
brot up to date with the grand officers
and their retainers exploiting the
membership. Orthodox feudal lords,
praying pilferers, job holding satraps
and government regulation caused the
serfs to become heretics and assert
their independence" Praying, preach
ing and issuing of bulls" has caused
this stronghold of feudalism to decay.
From 2,40O members the clerks union
has been reduced to a mere shadow
in Omaha, and that applies to many
railroads and towns in the country.
Amalgamation Of the railroad
unions and the drafting up and en-
forcement of demands thru their pow
er and control over the industry is
the only, way to solve the problem for
the clerks. 1t Is amalgamation or an
Inhalation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24

we have made that they are actuated
by selfish motives only and are seek
ing to provide remunerative jobs for
themselves at the expense of our loyal
members.
$50 far as we have record at this
writing, there has been reflections Of
membership from less than a dozen
express lodges. It is true that in
some isolated instances special meet
ings have been held by members Of
lodges sympathetic with the outlaws
and they have voted to surrender the
lodge charter. In every instance,
however, loyal members of each lodge
are holding the charter in the name
Of the brotherhood and all financial
officers who have improperly disposed
of lodge funds. will be held strictly
accountable by the loyal members,
under penalty Of their bonds"
Death Benefits "Key to Heaven"
According to Fitzgerald, the death
benefits ought to hold members 10y
al for q while, so he warns the shaky
ones and points out their interests
in the brotherhood thusly:
ain lodges where reflections have
occurred, loyal members have COM
municated direct with the grand pres
ident or grand ecretary-treasurer so
that their interests in the Brotherhood
including grievances, death benefit
certificates, and other matters, may
be be properly handled and protected
Should there be any further deflec-
tions, which l do not anticipate, loyal
members of the Brotherhood should
be governed accordingly"
Salary, Etc., Comes First Then Zero.
Bureaucracy in the railroad clerks
comes high. Just see what it costs for
administration (of slchloroform, per-
haps) in this modern, very modern,
craft and graft union, Fitzgerald
spills the beans in an effort to shoe
the loyal members away from the
other buzzard. Here is a gem in
union finance squandering by per
capita eater:
Continuing, Fitzgerald says: THE
outlaws are making much Of the vast
sums Of money paid in to this Broth
erhood by the express members and
the small returns. All money paid
by these members which goes into the
death benefit, railway clerk, protec-
tive and convention fund sis paid out
in accordance with the Brotherhood
laws for the benefit of every MEM
Der. Therefore, such money as is
paid in the general fund is to be reck-
oned with in the expenditure for the
benefit of all employees. On basis of
the present membership the express
members pay in one year into the gem
eral fund $4,000, out Of this is paid
salary and expenses of a vice grand
president and his stenographer, and
his office rent and office expenses and
maintenance Of express general griev-
ance committee which totals $4,000
annually. Also charging proportion
ately the salary of the grand presi-
dent, grand secretary-treasurer, edi-
tor, national legislative counsel and
miscellaneous expense such as sta
tionery, kilograms, printing, ETC., to-
tails approximately $4,000. making
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24
LABOR TAKERS QUARREL OVER
SPOILS; FITZGERALD EXPOSES
PRINCELY GRAFT OF FAT BOYS
(By Worker cOrrespondent)

OMAHA Nebr, H.
ocers
Fitzgerald
resorted attacks seemingly
getting mention the merits Of their outlaw has The
Brotherhood of which
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24
convlots in Desperate Fioht.

LONDON. Sept o. Twenty-Five
convicts and one warden of the Kiel
prison in Holstein on the Baltic Sea
were killed in desperate attempt
of 400 prisoners TO fight their way to
freedom, according to Central News
dispatch from Warsaw today
Eleven convicts and two wardens
were injured in the pitched battle.
Troops were called to aid the prison
officers and rounded up all the es-
capped criminals.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24
More Automobiles Made
in 1925 Than 1924; Yet
Jobless Still Hoof 1t

WASHINGTON, Sept. %. - While
hundreds of unemployed workers are
pounding the sidewalks in their eff
fort to find a master, the U. s. de-
partment of commerce sends out in
its news service an announcement
that more automobiles we're produc-
ed in the first eight months of 1925
than in 1924. There were produced
in the first eight months of 1924, g.
351,91S passenger cars in the United
States and Canada. In 1925, for the
same period, 2,516,3S9 passenger cars
were produced.
Make your friend a friend of
the DAILY WORKER. Send in
his subscriptiOn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24
VAN SWEARINGENS ARE AGENTS OF
J.P. MORGAN, STOLE SMALL ROADS
TO COMBINE WITH NJ Y. CENTRAL

WASHINGTGON
the Chesapeake Ohio
chair before the
brothers
the biggest rail the Hartman
backing the minority promising
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24

the minority stockholders. are agents
for Morgan & Co., and their pick
ings" in the present case will be rich
enough to make the late Jay Gould
turn enviously in his tomb.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24
rIaert AGAIN oo.operates wlth LeaIon

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 22-selec-
tion Of John ]. Tigert, United States
commissioner of education, Judge
Harry F. Atwood, of Chicago. and Dr..
Thomas E. Finegan of Harrisburg,
former state commissioner of educa-
ton for Pennsylvania to serve as
Judges in the 1924-25 national essay
contest of the American legion was
announced here today by National
Adjutant James F. Barton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24
SOVIET SCIENTIST
REACHES RARE AIR
IN BALLOON FLIGHT

MOSCOW, (By Tass) Friedman,
director Of the Central GeophysIeaI
Observatory, has risen to the high
est strata Of atmosphere on an aero
state for scientific investigation.
The air baIIon reached the height
Of 7,4oo meters at which Friedman
stayed for two hours, after which
time he was forced to land, owing
to metereoloele conditions impend-
ina further observations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24
WE REFERslNR. LNSTONE TO THE
BRITISH MINERS FEDERATION

CITY, a2-Theodors Of s. In
srrvsd In Saturday He said
and substitutes
any shortage the United States"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24

Wrap your lunch in a copy of
the DAILY WORKER and give
it 1.-THE DAILY WORKER. not the
lunch) to your shop-mate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-24

Build the DAILY WORKER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-08

Czecho-Slovakia determining the part
and attitude to be played by either of
the signatory parties in the event Of
the other being engaged in war with
a third state-more especially with
the Union of S. S. Republics or Ger
many.
In the event of war between Ger
many and one of the two contracting
parties. the other party is to automat-
ically join the war on the side of the
allied party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-08
Foreign Trade With Russia

At present the tendency still increase
cessons to private enterprise from the Government monopoly
Thus in 1923 the Mixed Companies number There
are at present 15 Mixed Companies operating of which four
operate in transport and four in timber Two have
been licensed OF these six German Austrian
the English Dutch Norwegian Turkish and Persian have each
one One mixed Russian and foreign and three mixed
English German and Dutch Although the United States
official relations yet with the Union Mixed Company
Amtorg has been formed under American trades
direct with the Commissariat for Foreign cotton
ber tractors etc. against furs The foreign
firms 192324 40728000 gold rouubIes which 90
$4,000 gold roubles export against in 1929 49,
$4,000 of which 4736OOO export The policy to organ
ize such Mixed Company least for each country
commercial relations with Russia with object of attracting
foreign capital But this has had little
object the attraction xpers disappointing
it is found that the conditions in Russia
trained expert takes longer in learning work them than
novice. None the less renewed effort is being
through the agencies abroad foreign trading
ncal experts
Foreign firms operate under decree of April 1928
with concession from the Concessions Committee rights
and responsibilities defined under applying
the decree above mentioned translation of which will be
found in the Russian Review" for December 6h D. 361
In this connection it be observed that sending
Russia of agents except for Of inquiry report
present be useless expenditure Business
through the official agencies But Mixed Companies
useful aison between the Russian producer consumer
egn capital
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-08
srIekmakers FIGHT open shop.

BERLIN, Conn, Aug. 6-Stand
pat for the open shop is the watch
word of George F. Pickett of the Amer
lean Brick Co, where the union is
striking for recognition. Pickett says
he expresses the feeling of 95 per cent
of the brick manufacturers of Con
necticut and Massachusetts but admits
that some manufacturers have weak
ened and signed with the union. He
talks of trying to import thousand
Negroes If the need arises.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-08
MORE BITUMINOUS MINES
OPENING IN ILLINOIS RE-
EMPLOYING 1900 men
Especial to The Daily worker)

WEST FRANKFORT, ILL.,, Aug. 9
Business circles in Southern llli-
nois are radiating the most optimis-
tic altitude since the war today, the
result of general resumption Of coal
production thruout the coal fields.
Announcement was made today
that Old Ben Mine No. 8, here, en-
pIoying a thousand men, will re-
sumo operations Aug. is. Number
twelve at Christopher renews pro-
duction Aug. 10 with 600 men and
three other West Frankfort mines
will start up again within this month
with total of 1900 men.
Coal men declare the outlook is
good for market conditions this
winter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-08
CHAPTER v
Foreign Commerce
Organization

Foreign commerce has been since the Revolution a Gov
eminent monopoly. But the New Economic Policy madein
foreign eyes derogaon FROM in Russian eyes development
ohis principle by deegang the conduct of foreign
part private enterprises and private capital under
control Foreign now decree
Of October 16th 1922, conducted through
I. Official Establishments, as the Gostorg the
Commssarats Syndicates and Trusts other
official organs as get permits to trade
2. The Cooperative Commercial Organizations. such
as Centrosoyouz Seskosoyouz.
g. The Mixed Companies which can again be subdi-
vdcd into ( combinations of official establishments
purposes of foreign trade (2 companies private
foreign capital participates and go companies with pri
yate native capital W
Private companies and persons trading under license
for specified period and purpose. The present policy
to give such private licenses for specified period mainly
for export and let the total turnover exceed per
cent Of the total turnover Of foreign In their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-08

Thru Courtesy Of the
international Pub
fishers Co.

case the Government does participate in capital
in the profits
The operations of all these organizations conform
the general of the Minister Foreign Commerce
which itself conform budget
the Supreme Economic Council Within these limits
official and semoficia organizations enjoy
om and responsible their public private
for showing profit in their turnover Official semi-ocial
private enterprises supervised Commercial
Enterprises and Establishments the controlling authority
thus quite distinct from the conducting authority
The Government organizations operate in for
egn markets through official agency foreign capital
Torgpredsvo) such ARGOS London agencies by
ispacng the foreign buying
intended to acquire the nddemans profits
ment account. $40
1t follows That private capital is only admitted to foreign
trade in Insignificant proportions PROFESSIONALLY. Official
opinion believes that in time State technical trading
organizations develop foreign will again wholly
proportion is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-08
POLAND IN WAR
MANEUVERS AIMS
AT SOVIET UNION
England, France Watch
Sign Balkan Pact
Especial to The Daily worker)

MoSCow-(By MaiD-The Mos
COW papers report that the Polish
army plans big maneuvers in August
in the Volhynia region. At these man
euvers there are to be present spec
tally sent representatives of the mill
tary general stats of England, France,
Czecho-Slovakia, Rumania and the
Baltic states.
1t is expected that political con-
vention will be signed at the time of
these maneuvers between Poland and