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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-11

the
had smashed the kaiser throne
leaders In Bavaria Hungary Soviet republics
established The sainng at the leash
union leaders only To aid their
diplomats the of the
Such reachery witnessed dis
played the foundation of the International Federation of Trade
Unions
AS it was at Amsterdam International has
dominated the capitalists
1t tied the league of nations thru
the International labor office established by the league has
supported the PREPARATION policy the Allies few days before
France invaded the Ruhr in 1928 Amsterdam held information
al conference abolish all refused call one-day
against proposed by
Red International of Labor Unions Instead the conference
decided principle call general strike in the event OF
and to fight by of moving picture propaganda
The capitalist offensive the workers standard of living
after the opposed by Amsterdam The British trade
the basis of the Amsterdam International in Brit
1921 wage affected 100000 workers who lost by
these 100000 per week Again in 1922 the British work
per week by reductions Amsterdam
worries about this reduction the workers
standard of living
The British the beginning of 1921 received
aid from Amsterdam AS matter Of the triple alliance
ralwaymen transport betrayed
leading lights of Amsterdam Thomas Hodges Williams
Again 1922 the British metal workers wage
struggle and defeated because they received aid either
from Amsterdam the other unions in Britain When the
American miners strike in 1922 coal shipped from
Europe and Amsterdam did raise finger stop it.
Thus the Amsterdam international dominated by national
interests working class nteres the
the workers Not only does it shun international unity
holds fast to craft unonsm and by unfolding sectonaism
the workers. aids the bosses defeat
Amsterdam leaders the spearhead of the capitalist offensive
against the movement for international trade union unity The
Amsterdam international has
interests of the workers and does
ternational struggle against the capitalists
Tomorrow: The Red international of Labor Unions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-11
CAR WORKERS
LAID OFF BY
The HUNDREDS
12-Hour Night Shifts
Abolished
BY JOSEPH PLoTKIN
worker correspondent)

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Nov. 9.-After
driving their night workers at top
speed all summer long for IL hours,
the Nash Motors Co. and the Seaman
Body corporation today laid off both
groups of workers. Four hundred
were discharged en- masse from the
Seaman Co., which supplies bodies for
the Nash cars. All night work has
been discontinued at both places.
And this is just the beginning of a
general layoff. In the near future in
ventory will be taken at the Nash
plant, forcing practically the entire
staff out of work for a week or more.
This move by two of the largest
companies in the city will put workers
and their families in a critical condi-
ton, as it is not an easy. matter to
get a job in Milwaukee, especially
during the winter. And the lay-off
will extend thru the entire season,
the company announces.
The discharged employees point out
that if the companies had worked
eighthour shifts instead of two II
hour shifts, that there would be winter
work enough, not only for those now
discharged, but also for hundreds of
other unemployed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-11

my "Ap caught bAAASAiAb NN e''-o
personal ends:
after 90 months of continually
fighting with one active member after
another, framing them up, one by
one, using all the dirtiest and filthiest
tactics known only to the unscrupu-
lous disciples of the Second Interna-
tional, B. Reinish, organizer OF Local
No. 266, Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers Of America, of San Francisco,
stands convicted of petty thievery.
Last November, a motion was
made to donate So to the Sacco-Van-
zetti defense. Reinish would not al
low it, claiming that It would estab-
fish bad precedent A collection
was taken up and turned over to him
to forward. Time went by and no
receipt was shown. The question of
the receipt came up time and again
these past six months Each time
Reinish would wave the question
aside as unimportant and talk about
something else, villifying and abusing
the member who had dared put the
question. However, the subject came
up again some eight weeks ago, this
time, quite a lengthy debate taking
place, Reinish claiming to have sent
a check but failed to show the return
ed cancelled check. The secretary
was instructed to write to the defense
committee for information. The sec
rotary requested a sheet of the locals
stationary with the locals seal attach.
ed, for this purpose, but was refused,
and couple of weeks afterwards,
was framed up on a technical charge
of not, at the time, working at the
trade, and made to resign as secre-
tary thinking by this move to frus-
trate any official correspondence with
the Sacco-Vanzetti committee. How
ever the Sacco-vanzetti committee
was communicated with and wrote
back that they had never at any time
received any donation from either
Reinish or the local union.
ExpeI Secretary.
"The former secretary on receipt
of the letter reported this to the local
meeting, but Reinish as usual butted
into everyone who tried to speak
succeeded in turning the discussion
into other channels, leaving the i'm
preston the executive board would
handle the matter and report. The
executive board met the next week
and in it's report to the next local
meeting, never even so much as
mentioned the matter
"And at the next meeting of the
executive board the former secretary
was notified that he stood expelled
for bringing up this matter and secur
ing the evidence.
Fight over Finances.
"For 20 long months, ever SINCE he
was sent out here by Schlossberg
this man has been constantly fight
ing and framing up one active mem
Der after another. The lighting has
always conferred around THE same
ubject.-finances.
After the union was established
for a few months, the first secretary
and president demanded that an &C
counting be rendered Of the locals
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-11
BRITISH RAIL UNION
AMALGAMATES WITH
GENERAL TRANSPORT

LONDON, Nov e.-of so per cent
OF the members Of the National
Union Of Enelnemen. Firemen. Me.
ehanies, and Electrical Workers
voting rs per cent decided In favor
OF matchmaking with the Trans
port and General Workers Union.
a special conference Of the form
er union 10 to be held at Sheffield
tomorrow, to confirm the ballot
vote.
The union has a membership Of
$4,000 while the strength OF the
transport and general workers. e.
1snlzatlon 10 over 100000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-11

Lowest paid workers are the dish
shers, panwashers and porters who
Give but $12 or $14 week.
Little Time to Eat
he workers receive but little time
rest and eat. The manager of the
taurant is forever watching the
taurant workers to see to it that
" are kept busy at all times.
teen minutes is all that they get
eat their meals.
rhe food that they get is none too
Sd. The manager takes care of
ndling out the food to them and he
Is to it that they eat very little
sat, or vegetables.
Shifted Around.
The workers in the chain restau-
ats are forced to work at all hours.
ley are shifted around from one
lift to another. If the worker OBJ
its to being shifted from one neigh
rhood to another or from one shift
another he is Immediately fired and
other worker is sent to fill his
ace.
The Negro worker is more and
ore displacing the white workers in
e Thompson restaurants. The man.
ers take advantage of the Negro
every imaginable way. The Negro
orker is forced to do harder work
id given the worst of food. Not
lily does the management Of the
staurant ride" the Negro worker
it many of the customers make it
Try unpleasant for him.
Do Not Stay Long
Most of the workers that work in
e chain restaurants leave as soon
they can get hold of another job,
Their in some other industry or in an
dependent restaurant.
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can only be explained from the angle
that Paul |. Smith is an agent of the
capitalist class.
Workers don't have to organize into
trade unions to support the open shop
policies of capitalism, and pay fellows
like Paul I. Smith a big salary and
expense account, to advocate the
open shop. Capitalists can attend to
that themselves. How long is the
Minneapolis working class going to
bear this treachery of Paul /. Smith
to its interests?
Backsliders
Frank Starkey of st. Paul support
ed Smith, as did old man Mahoney Of
St. Paul.
They took the position that it would
be better to fight somebody else than
the Minnesota Cooperative Creamer-
les Association. What both Mahoney
and Starkey revealed in their non
union attitude, was the fact that they
are in political alliance with the rich
farmers, whom they do not wish to
slight
That's all. Good lackeys of the mid
die class farmers, but poor spokes-
man for organized labor.
cramer For $3.50
Bob Cramer informed the building
trades delegates that "You should be
satisfied with a $3.50 proposition and
drop the boycott in your organiza-
tons"
Who he was speaking for nobody
knows. However, it is plain that he
was not supporting the interests of
| the building trades. Cramer is an en-
thusiastic follower of Paul I. Smith,
whether by conviction or otherwise,
is a question apart.
Bennett Different
Bill Bennett of the painters assert
ed to the meeting that THE painters
are strong for the support of the car
penters, who are waging a fight for
fthe whole labor movement"
Both Bjorklund and Findstrom of
the carpenters, demanded in the
name of the rank and file of their or
CARNATIONS, that there be action on
the boycott The rank and file can
not be ignored, they held.
Frank For Fight
Walter Frank of the fathers said:
1.-THE discussion should center about
the question of making the boycott
effective. 1t is our duty to the labor
movement to uncover weaknesses
which prevent a united front of work
ers in all trades, to uphold the inter
ests Of the rank and file.
eve must appeal to the dirt farm
! ers to uphold a labor policy. When
cooperatives serve the interests of
the open shop they must be fought
in two ways: First, by direct fight
for union job and union conditions,
secondly, by an appeal to the farm
ers who control the company (if they
do to insist the job be cleared up.
The open shop must be smashed. The
carpenters, painters and fathers are
fighting the battle of alltthe workers. !"
The issue is hot in the labor move-
ment, distinct left wing orientation
is on the way in quarters hitherto
passive. Signs point to "a general
awakening from the psychology of des-
pair
L L
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CO-Operative CreamerY.TurnS Out Open ShOp

The Minneapolisl labor movement
needs this kind of solidarity.
Craft selfshness
There was an element present who
were only interested in grabbing
something for their particular craft,
at the expense of all the rest, if need
be. But they were defeated, we are
glad to remark. They do not speak
for nor do they represent the best in
terests of the labor movement.
The motion of the carpenters was
amended to declare boycott against
the Minnesota Cooperative Creamer-
les Association. 1t carried.
The representative of the Electric
al Workers Union, Brother Guy Alex
ander, made a fine defense for unity.
He declared that ne was in favor of
declaring the boycott as against the
strike, and hoped that there would be
perfect unity between all building
trades unions in the future, in unit
ed front against the bosses. This is
very good omen for the workers of
Minneapolis.
How They Voted
Organizations voting for the amend
ment were as follows.
Carpenters Nos. and 81, Painters
No. 1856, Lathers No. 1870 and Hosting
Engineers. The bricklayers were
neutral.
At later meeting Of the. business
agents of the Building Trades, the
vote on the boycott stood as follows
For Boycott:
! Bill Bennett of the painters, G. Alex
ander Of the electrical workers, Wal
ter Frank of the fathers, Biorklund OF
the carpenters and hosting engine
er.
Against Boycott:
Houston, business agent of the
Building Trades Council, Christian, OF
the building laborers, and Malley OF
the steam filters.
1t is apparent of course, that those
who voted against the boycott, be
lieve in the philosophy of everyone
for himself and the devil take the
hindmost." That is the road which
leads to destruction.
Glass Collaboration Called to Actor
AS a result of the action of the
Building Trades Council on the mat
ter in question, a meeting of the out
standing class collaborators was call
ed to upset the work of the Building
Trades, both from st. Paul and Min
neapolis.
Old man Mahoney and Frank Star
key of the st. Paul Milk Wagon Driv
ers' Union were present.
So was Paul |. Smith, who, as an
organizer is good butcher. Also
Bob Cramer, who has swallowed witt
wry face all of his former class
struggle views. New winds demand
change on sails, and Cramer is the
boy who can alter them fast.
Paul /. Smith told the Building
Trades representatives that thu
bankers want to destroy the coopera
tive of the farmers. No boycott
should be declared"
What He Didn't Say.
What Mr.. Smith did not say wal
that banker, and one of the bigges
in America. wash actually debating
the open shop policy of the Minnesota
Cooperative Creameries Association
That banker is E. w. Decker.
How Mr.. Smith can, as a nationa
organizer of the A. F. of L. uphold
the open shop policy of e. w. Decker
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-11


MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Nov g.
During the past three weeks, the
building trades workers have been
deeply agitated about conditions
existing at the Minnesota Cooperative
Creameries Association distributing
plant, now being built, from whom
The DAILY WORKER correspondent
secured the facts contained in this
story.
AS we signalized in The DAILY
WORKER last summer this associa-
ton is ostensibly a farmers cooper
alive, with the strange feature Of
having E. w. Decker, head of the
Northwestern National Bank of Min
neapolis, on its board together with
several other capitalists.
A Reactionary.
Decker, as everybody knows, who
knows anything at all, is one of the
principal financiers Of all anti-farmers
movements and the open shoppers.
The fears which we expressed in
our former study of the Minnesota
Cooperative Creameries Association
are slowly Undertaking. into facts
we are sorry to say. This association
serves six thousand farmers within
40 mile radius of Minneapolis.
Favors Open Shop
The hub-bub among the organized
workers arises from the fact that
this association has let its contract
for the building Of its large distribu
ting plant, to the notorious scab firm
of Pike and Cook.
This action on the part of the asso
citation, has disconnected the building
trades workers, who expected that a
farmers cooperative would treat them
better than this, since this coopera
tive is continuously appealing to or
ganized labor for the consumption Of
its products.
However, it is not for nothing that
the big capitalist, E. W.. Decker is Oh
the board of the association.
Carpenters Negotiate
From the very outset, the Locals
No. Z and 81 of the carpenters, enter
ed into negotiations with the mana
cement to build the plant under unior
conditions. The negotiations went Oh
for quite a period. But they were
fruitless.,
The assistant manager of the co
operative, Mr.. Johnson, informed the
carpenters that 1.-THE contract would
I be let to the lowest bidder regardless
of union or no union" and so it was
1t must be noted in this connection
that part of the board representing
the dirt formers, actually favored or
ganized labor.
However, the preponderance of the
capitalist, Decker influence, defeated
the dirt farmers point of view, as il
will always do unless the farmers
change the personnel Of the board, i
they can. 2 =
Carpenters Appeal to Building
Trades Council
The carpenters, after being turned
down by the management of the asso
citation, brot' the whole matter up be
fore the organization committee o
the Building Trades Council. They
presentedsR motion to strike the job
They pleaded for a united front Of
all organizations involved, in order t
protect the interests of all the work
ers. 1t was splendid plea for rea
workers solidarity and a credit t.
the representatives of the carpenters
49,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-11

This nstGIent of series of articles dealing
Nth the question of World Trade Union Unity This nstetment
deals foundation of the International Federation Of
Trade Unions policy tactics FolIowing instruments oU
Red International of Labor Unions and the British
Workers and International Trade Union Unity
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What do you earn? What are con-
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'ORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-11
5ORKERS POORLY PAID IN RAKLIOS
AND THOMPSON CHAIN RESTAURANTS
ex JEAN PERRIDEs, Worker correspondent.

the walters
Rakios Thompson chain is felt
IL
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-11

Wrap your lunch in a copy of
the DAILY WORKER and give
it 1.-THE DAILY WORKER. not the
lunch) TO your shOD-mate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-11
REINISH, DISCIPLE OF AMSTERDAM -
INTERNATIONAL AND APPOINTEE OF
SCHLOSSBERG, PLIERS UNION FUNDS

FRANCISCO 9The following B. Rensh
Amagamated Clothing Workers
pferng for their
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HELP SAVE THE DAILY woRKERl
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-30
Hannah J, Patterson

Hannah j.. widow Of the late Chas.
3. Patterson, passed away at the
home of her daughter Mrs. Frank
Fogg, Dover, N. H.. Friday, Mar. 81.
She was born in Pittston Me-. Nov.
% 1943 the daughter of Samuel B.
and Sophronia (Ware) James. She
is survived by her two sons, Horace
A. Brown of Brooklyn, N. Y. and
c. Winfield Patterson of Pittston,
Me-. three daughters Carrie S. Bick
ford of Portsmouth N. H., Ellen S.
Jaquith of Gardiner and Cordelia l..
Fogg of Dover. N. H.. with whom she
has always made her home. II grand
children and several great grand
children, one brother. Samuel l..
James Of Randolph, Me. Mrs. Pat
terson had always lived in Pittston
and Randolph until about seven
years ago. She was a woman with
a happy, sunny disposition, always
a loving wife and mother and won
many friends with her quiet ways,
all OF whom deeply mourn her loss.
Funeral services will be held at
Christ church. Gardiner. Tuesday,
Mar. 81 at P. NJ.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-30

neh, Randolph and vicinity who will
sincerely mourn her loss. Although
confined to her wheel chair by rheu-
matism for a number of years she
retained her usual cheerful dispo-
sition, and had kind word for the
many friends who came to see her.
Although not able to be physically
active she kept her mind alert and
kept in close contact with all cur
rent events. She passed good deal
of her time in the making of quilts,
and has originated many handsome
patterns, which have been display
ed in Gardiner.
She was born in Whitefeld. March
5, 1888, the daughter of Samuel and
Fannie Reed Brookings. She mar
ried the late Benjamin Elkins and
leaves two daughters. Mrs. Harriet
Mansir of Pittston, Mrs. James La
Bate of Gardiner. and her son, Ira
Elkins of Undertook street. Ran
dolph, with whom she made her
home; also four great grand chill
dren and eight great grandchildren
there being four generations in the
family group. Funeral services Will
be held Tuesday afternoon at one
o'clock from her late home at 40
Undertook street, Randolph.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-30
ADJUSTMENTS
Rural Folks Are vividly Drawn

welcome Stranger" the screen YER
sion of the great Broadway play by
Aaron Hoffman. which is now being
shown at the johnson Opera House
today only. is vivid picture of the
prejudice Of a small town. The au-
thor has made a study Of New Eng
land rural folk and all the personages
in his play are distinctive, each def
mite type. 1t is real stofy of Ameri-
can life. adventure and romance.
The central character is Isidore Sol
ONION, a poor clothing merchant, who
wanders into the town of Valley
Falls, n. H. one New Year Eve, when
the mercury is away below zero and
the north wind shrieking like chorus
of fiends. Cold as the weather is, he
finds the inhabitants of the town far
more frigid and unkind. With won
derful optimism he pursues his own
course, befriends a couple Of unfortu-
nate ones and finally rises to a posi-
ton of prominence and respect.
welcome Stranger" has been one
of the most successful of present day
legitimate productions. In Chicago
and New York it broke all box office
records of the theatre in which it
played
Another ANDY Gump" and "Oh
Min comedy together with the ever
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-30
Birthday Party

Fred L. Stevens % IL Wintn and
street, entertained Il party OF li sSa,
Sunday in honor of his plrln TN,
There was a very pleasant
gathering. Lunch was ser'eu
$50 by Mrs. Fred J.. Stevens. a 'sr,
ed by Mrs. Jessie Ellis. Inc Ind
was tea. coffee, ham and egg I ,arg,
witches. and cake. There was q I'm
birthday cake to grace the oet" ~
Mr.. Stevens was the reciplen'
number of anpropriate gus
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-30

Mary e. Newhall. widow Of Henry
L. Newhall, died suddenly Sunday
morning at the home Of her daughter,
Mrs. Hiram Morrell, on the Patten
road, South Gardiner, aged ~ years.
Three years ago she suffered a shock
but the cause of her death was pneu-
monia.
She is survived by her daughter,
three grandchildren. William Henry
and Antoinette of South Gardiner and
II. Milan of Rumford, and four great
grandchildren. The funeral will be
held Tuesday at 10 o'clock at the
home Of her daughter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-30

Although the roads are in excel
lent condition for this time of year
tales are coming in of conditions on
the Brunswick road that spoil the
good travelling between Augusta and
Portland. There is one place this
side of the Danforth farm where 80
automobiles were hauled out by the
State tractor at work there. When
the tractor left off work for the day
several more parties found it i'm
possible to get through and had to
be hauled out by horses. Autoists
report that except for this portion
there is no trouble getting through
to Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-30
Funeral Of Annette S. Wright

Tie funeral Of Annette S. Wight,
was held from the Universalist
church on Saturday afternoon at
o'clock, Rev. Milo G. Folsoml ofiiciat-
ing. Members of the Heath Relief
Corps and Marion Chapter Order of
Eastern Star attended in body.
There were many beautiful floral
tributes.
The bearers were Arthur Smith.
Phillip Goliath. J. NJ. L. Bates and
Albert Hodgdon. The interment was
in the family lot in Oak Grove GEM
etery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-30
Funeral OF Mrs. Margaret A.
I1ariohty

Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Margaret A. Flarighty We're held
saturday morning at ten O'Clock
from st. Joseph's church, Rev. Faith
err L. Fl. Reardon officiating at a
nigh mass. There were fnany
friends present, and the floral fri
butes were many and beautiful. The
bearers were Thomas, Frank, John
and William Kelley. Interment was
IN the family lot at st. Joseph's
cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-30

The Samaritan club was hon,
tanned Friday evening at the ger
of Mrs. Nellie Dawes. There,
eight members present, pesIiDonir,
number of visitors. The Nusb
was passed in needleworki TN
was furnished by the victroa, loved
selections were very muci tn
Refreshments were served " Tod
hostess. Those present rep0'
very pleasant time. ;, attend
On account of the snnail Ems. 4
ance during the past few nun" club
was decided to disband INC
which accordingly was done.