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kept in the G. r. u. headquarters as
usual fillees m SafYGfPraing to industries,
mat ms s cad on -oersnip IN all IN
dustrieS waaAown at all times.
100 = = a degree of organ.
ization of seven orr more branches
and at least 5000 members attained
in any industry. a convention shall be
called and they shall be issued an
Industrial union charter"
Red Internationalist Viewpoint.
The above proposal originated in
the conference of small industrial
unions held November 1, where
against it and the alternate proposal
OF local industrial unions, Harrison
George, took the point of view of the
Red International Of Labor Unions.
This views holds that in the indus
tries where the /. w. w. is really pro-
paganda group among workers already
organized, such l. w. W. should ally
themselves with he revolutionary
left wing of the unions organized
around the Trade Union Educational
League, winning the confidence of the
workers by constructive work in and
for the existing union, while stimuli
taneously leading them on to indus
trial unionism and to the goal of pro-
letarian revolution.
This view did not contend that the
small industrial unions should be
liquidated as entities, nor did it re-
quire that their members give up their
L. w. w. cards, but that, as propa-
ganda bodies, they should become con-
structive factors in uniting the work
ers, ceasing dualist attacks upon exist
ing unions, which antagonized the
whole labor movement and should, in
stead, seek the realistic road to the
goal of attaining one union in each
industry completely organized and
revolutionary in action.
Would Injure Industrial Unions.
The recruiting onion, it was pointed
out in the small industrial union con
vention, would tend not only to be-
come political body but would act
as pirate upon the real industrial
unionss 1t would have no genuine
economic base in industry and would
tend to absorb members into it who
actually belonged in functioning in
dustrial union branches.
This view, however, had no spokes-
man among the delegates of the pre-
sent general convention.
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Unity can be left out of an
aaenda, but to pass the question
over in silence is impossible.

Unity can be left out OF an
aaenda, but to pass the question
over in silence is impossible.
All efforts to set up the united
front in France have failed, in 80 far
as it's consolidation has had to de-
pend on the leading lights in the re-
formist movement. II would be wrong,
however, to say that the attempts 70
establish the united front have pro-
duced no results as far as the masses
are concerned.
THE workers congresses, the crea-
l. ton Of the central committee of
action, the opposition to the war, the
struggle agairNt Caillaux financial
plans, they have all helped to make
Of the Communist Party and the Unit
airy Confederation a rallying point for
the dissident elements inside the re-
formist movement.
What was the strength Of the op-
position at the reformist congress?
When the votes were taken it was
found that ten per cent of the unions
represented voted for unity. If, how
ever. the clever pre-congress prepare
lions be taken into consideration, the
way IL was ideologically worked over
by the leaders, the organizational
wire-pulling, and all the specific pc
culiarities OF French congresses where
It is extremely difficult TO determine
the number OF workers represented
and the acual relative strength of the
various groupings during the vote
taking. II will be realized that the
ten per cent, that voted for unity re-
presents the will OF far bigger per
centage in the subsidiary organixa-
lions of the reformist confederation.
END OF Article ID
The second and final article deal
ing with the two congresses OF the
French trade union movement will
be given In tomorrew's issue. Watch
for II.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-18

THE executive bureau of the Red
international of Labor Unions sends
its warmest greetings to all French
workers who took part in the protest
strike against the wars in Morocco
and in Syria This protest strike was
an earnest warning to the ruling class
in France and in all other countries.
1t means that the year 1914 has gone
forever. With the aid of the Com
munisf .lty and the unitarian trade
unions, the broad masses of the
French proletariat have grasped the
significance of the military under
takings of the third republic. On the
18th October they declared this pub
licly in ringing tones. This protest
strike which met with the bitter re-
sistance of all bourgeois sections, re-
presents great progress in the French
working class movement.
Unmask Bourgeois democracy"
During this strike the bourgeois
democracy showed it's real national
fascist face and gave those workers
who still believed in the left bloc and
in the bourgeois democracy a neces-
sary and inevitable lesson. The So
cialist part and the reformist G. G..
L. T. played a particularly disgusting
role in the strike. They acted as open
unashamed strikebreakers. 1t is diff
ficult to say whether the fascists or
the reformists have acted most
shamefully in their attacks upon the
workers. 1t is however clear that the
Communist Party and the unitarian
trade unions were faced with united
front of the bourgeoisie from the
monarchist Leon Daudet to the re-
formist Leon Jouhaux. Strikebreak-
ing is always mean and shameful
treachery. The strikebreakers know
this and carried on their business in
the dark, pocketing their 80 pieces
of silver the while, they did not dare
to do their work openly and tried to
make principle out of their strike
breaking.
Reformists Play Strkebreakers.
but the French reformists under
the leadership of Leon Jouhaux, the
vice-president of the Amsterdam In
ternational have altered all this
They offered themselves publicly as
strikebreakers and sabotaged the
strike side by side with the police
and fascists. In their descent, the
reformists have sunk to the level of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-18

Union painters secured increases
since 1924 in Baltimore, Birmingham,
Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver,
Kansas City, Little Rock, Minneapolis
Pittsburgh, Scranton, Seattle an
Washington. Their rates of pay
materially below the average in
lanta, Charleston, Fall River. JacksuIv
vile, Manchester, New Orleans, RiuA
mond and St. Paul. All except the las
are either in the south or in low wag
textile centers in the north and the
rates are 9Oc or less per hour.
The average of the 40 cities was
$1.O4S May 1, 1925, compared with
S1O1S in 1924, $3.50 in 1920 and 46.7c
in 1928. The present rate is 35kp5
over 1924, 1867 over 1920 and 114.4qs
over 1918.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-18

THE present state of the French
l. trade union movement is due to
the general economic and political
conditions in France as a whole. The
outstanding features of the present
situation are the sharpening of the
financial crisis and the political
struggle in consequence of the colo
NAL war. A general drive to the right
is still going on.
All in all French industry is making
ends meet: there is no unemployment
in France; the stream of foreign
workers, now amounting to nearly
three millions, flows on, allowing the
industrialists to extend and cut down
industry as the need arises without
complications. On the other hand,
however, this immigration of foreign
ers is reducing wages and lowering
the economic standards Of the French
working class, and this is a question
that is beginning to play big role in
the French workers struggle to better
their position and is now attracting
serious attention.
WHAT are the basic features in
w Frances position to-day? The
most surprising thing is that there is
not that confidence there was in her
after-war prosperity. The masses are
in a rather anxious frame of mind,
lack faith in the government, and
there is feeling that the lesser wars,
the little colonial disputes in Moroc-
co, Syria, and elsewhere, may pos
sibly drag France into bigger con-
fiicts and so directly affect the exist
ence of the masses. Such feeling
of disquiet is making for an ideolo.
eical crisis inside the right wing of
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|. W. W. COMBINES
SMALL UNIONS IN
RECRUITING BODY
Change to Go Upon a
Referendum Ballot

The 18th general convention of the
Industrial Workers of the World has,
in the opinion of many members,
taken backward step toward the old
mixed locals" and away from the
industrial form of organization, in the
adoption Of a resolution turning the
smaller industrial unions into what is
called a general recruiting union"
This action was taken despite a
strong sentimerS existing in the con
vention itself against mass union
ism" as was shown by the argument
upon another resolution of similar
tendency but less definite, which
aimed to abolish the office of branch
secretary in favor of the setting up
of joint secretaryships, such secre-
taries to be credentialed direct from
general headquarters.
Vote Down Joint Secretary
Proposal.
The resolution proposing this joint
secretary provision, was voted down
by the delegates. In the debate upon
it most of the delegates stated that it
would tend to create a sort Of mass
unionism and take the attention off
the creation of industrial unionism
and would, in effect, make the |. w.
w. sort of political organization.
Some held it would disrupt the indus
trial unions entirely.
Despite this clear view of the tend
ency against Industrial unionism com
ing from the direction of joint secre-
tarial proposal, the delegates never
theless failed to realize the same
tendency in more definite form COM
ing from the direction of the proposal
for recruiting unions.
The counter proposal before the
convention was for the affiliation of
local industrial unions direct to the
general headquarters, and, of course,
the leaving of the small industrial
unions as at present in a department
under the supervision of the general
headquarters.
The Recruiting Union Proposal.
The resolution as adopted by the
convention, subject to referendum,
reads as follows:
81. All industrial unions now in
the department of the small industrial
unions shall be merged together into
one recruiting union, which shall be
known as the general recruiting union
of the l. w. w.
20. The recruiting union shall be
composed of recruiting branches, in
dustrial branches and members at
large.
"3. Industrial union branches shall
consist of fifty or more members en-
gagged in any particular industry, in
certain locality.
"a. General recruiting union
branches. shall consist of twenty or
more members in any certain locality
employed in those industries not UNI
der the jurisdiction of a chartered in
dustrial union.
80. Members at large shall be those
members who are now or who in the
future shall care to become mem
bers of the l. w. w. and who are not
in the vicinity of chartered indus
trial union branch or a G. R. U.
branch.
IS. The members of the G. r. U.
shall elect their own secretary-treas-
urer and except as otherwise stated,
shall have the same rights as any
chartered industrial union.
IS. The r. u. shall elect their own
member to the G. E. B. of the 1. w. w.
80. Membership records shall be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-18
Machine and Speed Up
Disemploys w ork ers
and Lowers the Wage

CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 16.-That
the advance of machinery and the
speed-up systems are putting work
ers in the unemployed army while
working those remaining on the job at
life-wrecking speed, is shown by the
testimony of employers of non-union
shops in this city.
Seven hundred men in nut and
bolt factory are doing as much work
as 1850 men did in 1920. Other bosses
report the same trend. Wages, how
ever, are about the same or less than
five years ago.
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mittee of Textile Workers, and
Whereas Brother Weisbord, the
organizer of the United Front Com
mittee of Textile Workers of West
New York has been arrested on a
trumped-up charge of disorderly con-
duct in connection with the activity
in the strike, be it
Resolved by Local So Of the I'm.
tied Textile Workers that we protest
against these actions against organ
lied labor, and be it further
Resolved that copies of these re-
solutions be sent to the press and to
the mayor of West New York"
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fork, n. J..
Dear Sir:
THE following resolution has been
passed by this organization:
Whereas we have been informed
that two pickets, textile workers OF
the Hillcrest silk Mills of West New
York have been arrested for picket
ing the Hillcrest Silk Mills, thus de-
nying the right of labor to peacefully
picket plant on strike, and
Whereas we have been further in
formed that violence has been used
by the police of West New York
against the workers and against the
organizer of the United Front Com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-18

When that argument begins at
lunch time in your shop tomor-
row-show them what the DAILY
WORKER says about it.
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Russian Woodworkers
Send 500 Roubles to
Strikers in Jugoslavia

MOSCOW, Nov. 16.-The Russian
Woodworkers' Union has decided to
send 500 roubles to the striking
woodwarkers in Jugo-Slavia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-18
OHIO MINE LOCALS IN
SUPPORT OF STRIKERS
IN The ANTHRACITE
Especial to The Daily worker)

Especial to The Daily Worker)
NEFFS, o., Nov. 16.-The United
Mine Workers Locals No. 1910 of
Shadyside, Ohio, and No. 1926 of
Neffs, Ohio, have passed a resoIu-
ton in support of the anthracite
strikers and against the interven-
ton of either the federal or state
government. Financial support was
also pledged. These locals have
500 members and 800 members
respectively.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-18
RED INTERNATIONAL LAUDS FRENCH
SECTION FOR ST RIKE AGAINST WAR
IN NORTHERN AFRICA AND SYRIA

MOSCOW The following telegram
the Red International Labor u praises
the French workers for their strike against Syria
and bitterly condemns the ikebreakng
section the Amsterdam international of Unns
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-18
NEW YORK'UNITED TEXTILE UNION
PROTESTS POLICE INTERFERENCE
In HILLCREST SILK MILL STRIKE

NEW YORK Nov 16The Knitted
United Textile Workers of New York City
police in the strike of the Hcrest silk mill
bord organizer Of the United Front
the following resolution addressed
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The Two French Trade Union Congresses

Report by comrade Lozovsky
to the Executive Bureau of the
Red international OF Labor
Unions.
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strikebreakers and play their role
openly. Despite the wild campaign of
calumny carried ON by the bourgeois,
fascist and reformist press, despite
the organized efforts to break, the
strike, hundreds Of thousands of work.
ers have had the courage to defy the
bourgeois fascist-reformist bloc and
to fling their protest and scorn into
the faces of their enemies.
Let the French bourgeosie rage,
let the French reformists discredit
themselves completely, let them lie
about you, nothing can hide the fact
that it was the Communist Party and
the unitarian unions alone which
raised themselves in protest against
the robber colonial war, and that
honest workers in the reformist Or
CARNATIONS took part in the strike,
despite the direct orders of their lead
ers. n.A
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Workers Did Duty.

THE French section of the Red In
ternational of Labor Unions has done
its duty in accordance with the prin-
ciples of the international. And the
c. G. T. has also acted according to
the principles of its international by
strikebreaking.
ut would be interesting to learn the
opinions of the International Fedora
lions of Trade Union in Amsterdam
upon the attitude of its French sec
ton to the wars in Morocco and Syria.
Long live the heroic strikersi
Down with the strikebreakers!"
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Coming up, St. Patrick's Day dance.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-10
Memory of Britton Kept
 Alive By Annual Service
(Rv 4 AsSoriatad prescl


 LONDON, Feb 1O.-One of the most ancient memorial services held annually in London is that of the Worshipful Company of Coopers. It was originated by the terms of the will of Henry Clicker, dated May 10, 1873, which provided 'that the Mas ter and Wardens of the Company of CoOpers after ye decease of my wife, shall upon New Years Day, at after noon, yearly for ever, at a reason able hour in the church of St. Mi chaels in Crooked Lane, in London, provide some learned man to make sermon, and he to have for his pains six shillings."
 Since the death of the founder, how ever, this sum has been increased to 42 shillings. In accordance with the annual custom, the will, which abounds in small requests set out in quaintly phrased language, was read at the close of the service by the clerk of the Coopers Company.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-10
BUREAU HAS NO FUNDS TO HELP
 REEIEVE>DEER

JUNEAU: Any relief measures un- dertaken to prevent extermlnatlon of deer in Southeastern Alaska, will be made possible by funds from sources other than official, it was made known here today upon receipt of tel egrams from Washington by the Jul neau Chamber of Commerce. The Federal Biological Survey has defi- nitely announced it has no funds it can legally expend for that purpose.
 Game Warden En Route
 Acting Agent H. w. Perfume. wir- ing from Sitka this morning, inform ed Mrs. Kay, clerk in the bureau of tfice, he would come here as soon as possible to investigate the local situ- ation and see what relief work could l be undertaken. MT. Terhune was re- gently in the Petersburg and Wran- gell districts and went to Sitka to ap- pear in trials of alleged violators of the Alaska game law.
 ! |. CcUlSu O1u ollAa ocy | ing he was in direct communication with Washington Bureau officials, who informed him no funds were on hand but had asked for an estimate of the probable cost of feeding hay to herds of Baranoff island Chichagof island and Kruzoll island.
 1 Chamber Gets Action.
 Secretary M. s. Whittier of the Jul neau Chamber of Commerce wired full accounts of the situation yester- day afternoon both to Dr. E. W. Nell son of the Biological Survey and to Delegate Sutherland. He urged the importance of immediately undertak 1 ing relief measures saying the situa- tion demanded official and organized eeffort if the animals were to be saved from extermination.
 | The Chamber had received answers l from both men today. Do. Nelson said , the buureau had no funds that it could legally use, and that it was in direct touch with Mr. Goddard and added: I will inform you later concerning re- suits of our efforts.
 Delegate Sutherland's wire said the bureau was appealing to private sources for money to conduct relief work He said: "Dr. Nelson of Bio- logical Survey is raising funds among naturalists for protestion of deer and expects to have S1,000 by Saturday night Solicitor for the Department of Agriculture advises Dr. Nelson he cannot use game protection funds ap- propriated by Congress.
 ] Cold Affects Forage.
 Warden Goddard after trying out hemlock and other foliage for forage wired the local office that it was no good as long as the prevailing cold weather continues. Hay alone will answer the needs. Coughs on the trees cut, apparently are coated with
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-10
Sweden Warns Against
 Breaking American Laws
tBv Associated Press)

tbv Associated PreSSJ
 STOCKHOLM, Feb 10.-The lure of the Golden West is as strong as ever in Sweden, and the applications for Vlsas received at the United States consulates have practically exhausted the quotas for the remain der of the immigration year
 In view of this situation the Swed- ish authorities, as we'll as the Swed- Line, are making efforts to prevent Swedes from yielding to the temptation of entering the United States illegally. Thus the govern ment social board has published in it's latest bulletin a warning against attempts to slip over the Canadian frontier by persons who have been illegally transported to the Dominion
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-10
Gifts From Eastern Lands
 Emerge Prem Dusty Bins
(By Associated Press)

tDy HSSOCldleu IEesSJ
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 9.-The State department has rescued from it's temporary wartime quarters in a endorsement a collection of rare gifts from the East, presented to the American government as goodwill offerings.
 Swords from Japan and Siam, a stone from the Great Wall of China, relics from Korea, and rare embroid- cries are in the collection. Miscella- neous documentary material and Ob- iects of art, now in the keeping of the State Department, would, in the opinion of officials, be valued in the millions of dollars if offered for sale.
 The swords from Japan seem to have been brought here by the first mission from Japan in 1860, when notifications of the treaty of 1858 were exchanged. These gifts cores bonded, it is believed with those that Commodore Perry took with him to Japan. When the treaty with Ko- req was ratified here, the members of tRe mission from that country brought presents with them. The Japanese mission of 1872 likewise brought gifts.
 Congress may be asked to make provision by appropriation for the proper care of the articles.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-10

ice to such an extent that they are unfit for food for the animals
 MT. Goddard suggests that all gas about the district cut a few trees and some brush in sheltered spots ac- cessible to deer. In this manner he believes it possible to save many ami mals that otherwise would starve As soon as the weather warns up slightly the ice coating will thaw off the branches
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-10
Crime Decreases In Prague
(By Associated Press)

PRAGUE, Feb. 10.-There was a considerable decrease in crime during the last year, according to a report issued by the police authorities. The city with a population of 100000, had only two murder cases.
 The report records an increase in street accidents, which is regarded as only natural in conquence of the rapid growth of Prague. Twenty three were killed in automobile ac- cidents.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-10

the deaf has been formed simultane- ously both here and in Rotterdam. The members will specialize in foot ball and a match between Amster- dam and Rotterdam elevens has been arranged for next Easter Monday. From the two deaf teams national eleven will be selected which is to meet Belgian team of deaf play CTS at Antwerp next May.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-10
MONARCHISTS BUSY

MUNICH, Feb. 9.-A baker is at the head of the largest city of state re- ported to be overwhelmingly monar- chial. This democratic spectacle is pre- sented by the elevation of Alderman Schnargle to the office of mayor of the Bavarian capital.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-10
For the Prospector

Can you make an accurate compass survey of your claim?
 The strange minerals you find in the hills-can you determine what they are with the blow pipe! Do you know how to test your ore for various meth ods of concentration such as amalgamatlon cyanl- daton, jiggng, table concentration and flotatlon! Do you know how ore bodies form and their habits? If you do you can pick favorable areas for prospect ing and eliminate much dead work. ;.* Would you like to be able to assay your ore for gold and silver? .".~. :."* Will not these aids better your chances of putting new mine on the map in Alaska?
 TUITION IS FREE
 This is the of the work the prospector takes up in the Mining Short Course the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines.
 The first of 10 weeks duration begins Mo- vember 3rd. The work is repeated in another short course beginning February 2nd.
 The charge for books and supplies used, totals about $25OO for the complete course.
 Work is offered in geology, mneralogy, mining meth ods, dressing, and fire assayng
 There educational requirements except the abl- ity read and write.
 This is dressedup Bring along your wool shirt and overals. You will need them.
 CHARLES E. BUNNELL