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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-09-02

Ethel Barron bm Black Barron, Parker Hinckley
Peter Pan brig, Alesandro, D. Cronin
Steye GUY By Guy Axworthy A. w. McKusick
Red S. chg Shaughran NJ Hughes
Little Wonder, BIN, Guy Axworthey, CLANCY Sadler
Double c., Big, Malcolm Forbes, H. g. Hamlin
Ambassador, brg Enoch Grinde
Eugene chg Crinde
Dan B.. brig At Express McWliams
Colleen Moore, BIN, Peter the Great McWllllams
Vassar c., rng, Com. Curtis, L. w. Wheaton
Egyptian Taylor, big, Egyptian, M Hughes
Edgar Azof, Big, Azof, Perry D. Nelson
Prince Dell, By Deham Harrington
Louis Winter brg Ed Winter, Leroy H.. Taylor
Miss Cleaning, BIN, Henry Setzer Lester Dore Agent
Hedgewood Girl, chm, Hedgewood Boy John Ruggles
Eva W., blm, Direct Bradon, Fred Gray
Hedgewood Lady, bm Hedgewood Boy, Will Pomroy
Hlsboro Peter, chg, Peter the Great w. Means, ir.
Service Flag, big Service Flag, Alex Gray
Charles Dillon, Big, Senator Dillon Fred Gray
Helen BIN, Peter Ashland, H. H Blaisdell
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-09-02

Frank Butler
Parker Hinckley
D. Cronin
C. ]. Worthen
C.. J. Worthen
Charles Jordan
S. L. Spencer
Henry Clukey
Henry Clukey
Enoch Grindle
Enoch Grindle
Enoch Grindle
McWilliams
L. w. Wheaton
M. Hughes
Perry D. Nelson
Harringt
Leroy H. Taylor
Fred Gray
Alex. Gray
H. H. Blaisdell
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
COMPANY UNION
FAILURE, SAYS
SAGE REPORT
Rockefeller Plan Does
Not Stop Strikes

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-"It is foolish
to deny a divergence of interest be-
tween employers and employees. Ev-
cry dispute over wages illustrates
that"
This significant statement occurs in
the report, now made public, Of the
FIVE years investigation the Russell
Sage Foundation has made Of the
Rockefeller plan for employees repre-
sentation-the company union func-
tioning in the mines of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company.
The authors of the Sage report are
hopeful Of finding way to adjust the
claims of capital and labor without
exhausting trials of strength, but they
declare that the Rockefeller plan has
not been very successful. What they
| find in the Colorado mines holds pref
ty generally turnout the 500 other
companies which are attempting to
solve their labor problems by similar
systems of company-supervised en-
ployes representation, on the rail-
roads, the packing plants, the textile
Industry, particularly.
Three strikes have taken place in
the Colorado Fuel and Iron company
mines since the ,plan was introduced
following the bitter 1913 contest, the
report shows, tho the authors make
the assertion that relations are not
so bad as they used to be.
Raced Hall to Ground.
During one of these strikes since
the new plan went into effect state
troops prevented miners from holding
union meetings in the buildings of the
local Y. M. G. A., a majority of whose
board of directors were officials Of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron company.
And in one camp, when the miners at
tempted to rent the only available
public hall-a dancing pavillion-for
union meetings, the company, to pre-
vent its use for this purpose, bought
the pavilion and razed it to the
ground.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
TEXTILE STRIKE
IN CHINA CROWS
Especial to The Daily worker)

(SpeciaI TO Inc Daiiy Workerl
TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 22-The strike
of the ten thousand employees in
Chinese cotton mills owned by jap
anese capitalists is spreading, and al
ready business circles here and in
Osaka have sustained severe losses.
The strike in the Shanghai district
is certain, it is said here, to end the
Japanese practice of exploiting Chin
csc labor at lower wages than are
paid for the same kind of labor in
Japan. The striking Chinese millt
workers charge that the Japanese mill
owners have treated them brutality
The overseers beat the workers with
ropes, is the charge. Il
The strikers in the Naigai Wata
Kaisha cotton mills, numbering six
thousand, few days ago stormed the
plant and wrecked the machinery
worth thirty thousand dollars.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
new HAVEN CLOCK
4 SHOP RINGS in
new WAGE CUT
BY WILLIAM slMoNs.
Especial to The Daily Worker)


NEW HAVEN. Feb. 22.-The wage
cut announced by the New Haven
Clock Shop has caused considerable
unrest among the workers of that COM
pany. About $50 stopped work already,
out Of the 1900 in the plant. This is
due to the cut being given to only a
few departments.
A Capitalist Leeeh in Action.
For two weeks the rumor of a IS
per cent wage cut went the rounds Of
the shop. Then notices were posted
of a TO 10 per cent cut in two de-
partments. The workers in those de-
partments were assembled by General
Manager Whitehead, who told hard
luck story about being unable to COM
pete with the Ansonia Clock Co. of
Brooklyn which has cut the price of
their watches to rs cents. He an
nounced a ten per cent wage cut for
the piece workers, since the company
was entitled to profits. He asked the
men to turn out more work. This
would add 20 watches to the daily
production of lao watches in the adj
iustment room. When the men op-
posed cut, he submitted the PROPOSE
ton of a four weeks tryout of the
new scheme of prices. He believed
that the workers could make up for
the cut in price by turning out more
work. If a four weeks tryout would
prove that the workers were getting
less than before, then some other
arrangement might be entered into.
But he did not promise a return to
old prices.
This made it clear to the men that
it was trick to put over the new
plan. At the meeting, an American
worker declared defantly: "You want
to suck the life blood out of us. We
are skilled workers, and you, Mr..
Manager, admit it, we must work hard
to exist, many being compelled to
work before the whistle and during
lunch hour to exc out a miserable
existence; yet you are not satisfied;
you want to make it worse"
More Profits Is Their Slogan.
This is the beginning of a general
wage cut in the New Haven Clock
Shop. Representatives of another de-
partment were told that when there
was enough work to keep them busy,
the new plan would be put in opera
ton.
It is too early to tell just what
action the workers will take, who are
on what they call "a vacation" There
is no doubt that the only satisfactory
action is general strike of the entire
plant. But whether this action will
be taken is a question. The next few
days will tell the tale.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
new YORK VOTE RECOUNT
| SHOWS HOW COMMUNIST
VOTES WERE STOLEN

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-ln the
fight between two capitalist candI-
dates for congress in the four
teenth congressional district result
ing in recount which has just
ended It was found that Ludwig
Lore, Workers (communlst) Party
candidate gained SO votes.
The contest was between Nathan
D. PerIman, republican, and DR..
William |. sirovich, democrat, and
Perlman was declared elected by
26 votes. The Communist gain Of
over fifty per cent is indicative Of
the wholesale steal Of votes from
The workers. candidates, not only
in this district but all over the
country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
Story from South Bend.

To the DAILY WORKER: Your aFel
partment, How We Work and Live"
is very good. And it may interest
some readers. to know we live and
work here in South Bend.
The other day the Beauty and Boil
shevik" was TO be shown and the To-
cal papers were asked to run an ad,
which was fatty refused. They APP
peared to be horror-stricken at being
asked to print such high voltage prop
uganda, and we were dismissed with
out farther ceremony.
Perhaps they feared the day when
every man will be Bolshevik, every
working manu- should say.
It appears the South Bend Tribune
tries to do the thinking for all its
readers. And tries to make them
think the Communists are hopeless
case. But the editors comment on
the June IL convention proves he
himself is not so sure as he said this,
or its equivalent:
"Such a program may be adopted
some time after a revolution which
may be peaceful and may be bloody
SO they tell us what the people
want" Just before election Stude'
bakers were working overtime. And
It was commonly noised around "Cool
idge and prosperity. II would be too
bad to kill IT. 1t sure would" But
the people didn't kill It, it died a nat.
ural death.
And the people, not only workers,
but some storekeepers, were anxious
to know the cause Of its death. I'm
sorry most OF them don't know yet.
In the February Bird Tribune all
front pages and headlines--"S tude-
baker Facts Given" in which DR.. Lip.
pincott states there were 1924
checks issued for the week But be
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24

did not state the amount of money
paid in wages. Funny" perhaps the
Tribune wouldn't print such propa-
ganda.
DR.. Lippincott also took occasion to
refute the babbling idiots with these
curbstone rumors who have been cir
culating propaganda against the cor
poration, and praised the employees
stock purchasing plan. believe this
plan to be we'll known.
Following the talk ON motion of
Fred w. Keller-"Strong for the open
shop" the real estate board reaffrm-
ed its confidence in the Studebaker
corporation.
You Wilt note that the confidence
of the slaves was not necessary. 1t
is expected the real estate men will
trim them also, then they will be
more obedient at the shop.
The Tribune editor praises DR.. Lip
pincott, but in another issue scores
those self-styled internationalists.
those REDS" He sees no interna-
tional capitalists, oh, no, of course
not!
To all this the "News-Times" sug-
gests we Smile and Shove" But OF
course to organize would bring down
the wrath Of the mighty dollar.
II is expected the capitalist press
will keep on with prosperity and good
republicans and good democrats while
the priests and ministers will send uT
many prayers. But II the workers
want TO know what is eating them
they must read the DAILY WORKER
We also suggest Smile and Shove
and regardless of color or nationality
organize into the Workers (Commun
ist) Party, the party of Lenin in Am
erica.
A South Bend Worker. South Bend
Ind. ss.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
"No Jobs in Chicago"
Warns the u. S. Labor
Department in Report

Hundreds of men are Hooking to
Chicago expecting to find work and,
while employment conditions are good
in the city, there is at this time only
sufficient employment for resident
workers, according to the report for
the district including Illinois and ad-
joining states issued by the United
States department OF labor.
The report states there is a surplus
Of common labor in the state, attribut-
able to outside work being completed
and to a large influx OF workers from
other parts of the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
HUNGRY CzARISTS
BESIECE HERRIOT
FOR HANDOUTS
M o n e y Belonging to
Russia Held in France

PARIS, France, Feb. 22.-Premier
Herriot has informed Russian czarists
living in Paris that twenty-five million
francs belonging to czarist Russia
are now held by the French sequest-
rator. The premier said that his gov
eminent is also holding "czarist
funds" in the Bank Of France of which
st is impossible to determine how
much belongs to Russia, and how
much to contractors" These sums,
he said, were deposited as advances
on contracts.
The Russian refugees, who claim
that there are 100000 in France, are
angered at the recognition of Soviet
Russia by France. M. Makalov, the
Russian socialist and counter-revolu-
ZIONIST said that the recognition means
that the Russian refugees are now
without a country and without a pro-
tector, because of Frances action.
They do not want to return to Rus.
STA because of the ruling that all citi.
zens of Soviet Russia must work for
their living.
THE world is abandoning us by de.
grees," Mrs. Makalov walled. I'VE nc
longer have any other protector but
Cod" She intimated that even God
has fallen down on the job.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
March Birthdays of
Political Prisoners

Birthdays In March of political pris-
oners, confined in various state insti'
buttons of America, are announced as
follows:
At Moundsville, West Virginia, s1s
jefferson Street
March 6, Edgar Combs, No. 1881
(serving life).
At Box $50, WaIla WaIla, Washington
March 2, Britt Smith, No. 94OS;
March 4, Ray Becker. No. 9413;
March 10, Fred Suttle; March 16, o.
C. Bland, No. 9409.
At Represa, California, Folsom Prison
March 6, Leo Stark, No. 1860.
At Thomaston, Maine, Box "a"
March 81, Danny Fallon; March 81,
Peter Dirks.
At San Quentin Prison, San Quentin
California.
March 5, Peter Wukusick, No
3S795; March 5, A. c. Drew, No
1864; March 10, J. B. Childs, No
3S109; March IL, VIM. Baker, No
S5713; March Is, Matthew Schmidt
Serving life); March II, Omar ]
Eaton, No. 36627; March 20, d. c
Russell, No. 3945S; March "a, Jacl
lin, No. 37635; March rs, Pierre Jams
No. 37117; March 81, Arthur G. Ross
No. 3S3s1.
Friends and sympathizers are invit
ed to send birthday cards and letters
money is advisable for gifts) t.
these political prisoners. Books anc
publications to be sent directly from
the publishers. Small calendars fol
the year 1926 are also suggested.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
D|vET,,EIKE A
CIvET Cat, LEFT
PERFUME BEHIND
Lincoln Memorial Got
Reactions Stencil
lspeoiaI to The DaIIy workerl


FARGO, N. d., Feb. 22.-In order
to carry out their promise of harmony
between the progressive non-partisan
and the reactionary /. v. AS, the
leaders Of the non-partisan house
and senate, including the governor,
selected two, persons who were to
make orations in honor Of the great
Abraham Lincoln on the 18th of Feb,
1925.
For this occasion they selected one
person by the name of Mrs. Oberr
Olson, wife of Senator Olson. This
woman, a picture of real health and
beauty, delivered an grafton that was
fitting to that occasion; which put all
present in the finest of humor.
Then came the agent OF black re-
action. A. @. Divet, member OF the
house of representatives, who can
command from $25 to $50 a day in
law cases. yet is In the legislature at
$500 a day, to see that the farmers
in the assembly do not put anything
over on big biz.
This tool of the chamber of COM
merce began his talk by reciting Lin
coins prayer after the battle of Get
tysburg. Many looked for a great
grafton by him, yet they knew If Lin
coin was on earth today, this bench
man of the interest class would be
the first to denounce him.
Sure enough, he had only started,
than a turn was made in his speech,
which attacked representative govern
ment and upheld the Judiciary and
government of the minority. He raked
his brain to find something reaction
airy that Washington might have said,
he quoted these to prove HIS conten-
ton. Thus he continued for an hour
or more and wound up by quoting the
following: 8E
"Chose ye today what house We will
serve? Whether the house of the
Amerites, or the house of our faith
ers? Whether the house of Benedict
Arnold, Debs, q Goldman, or Foster?
AS for me and my house, we will
choose the house Of Jefferson, Wash
ington, and Lincoln"
This ended his TRADE. He recefv.
ed about 80 hand claps from the 500
or more people that had gathered in
that great chamber on the 10th an.
niversary of Lincoln's birthday. His
memorial was concluded by singing
the Star Spangled Banner Thruout
1t, A. G. Divet stood abashed, his sal
low complexion turning to a greasy
dark colored.
All left theo law making chamber
with gloomy feeling; many saying
Il expected 1t would turn out like
that" Thus wound up the harmony
meeting, and we'll we may say, that
those who play with civet cat may
expect to get perfumed by it.
Red ReveI Masquerade Ball, 81 South
Ashland Avenue
Corner Of Monroe and Ashland Blvd.
ed. February 20.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24

Cdll 10 all OLner building trade 10
Gals asking them to elect a commit
tee of three members to form joint
building trades organization commit
tee.
Begin Drive March is.
The proposed call was to provide
for the launching Of this campaign
not later than March Is, and to con-
tinue during the entire period of
building activity, the necessary funds
with which to conduct this campaign
to be raised proportionately by each
local in manner decided upon by
the committee.
They proposed that Local No. 1856
lower it's initiation fee from $4,000
down to $500 for period of ninety
days and that this new fee be made
payable in five weekly installments
of $500 each. Local No. 1856 in turn
to request all other building trades
locals to lower their fees proper
tionate amount during the campaign.
Want Blanket Agreement.
In order that the unity established
between the locals during this cam
paign may be made permanent, the
plan further proposed that only a
blanket agreement covering all build
ing trades crafts and providing for
wage scales and working conditions
to be approved by the rank and file
Of eac hlocal, be signed. These agree
Tments to expire simultaneously on
May /, 1926.
After Comrade Stevens had read
the proposed plan of action many
members of the local took the floor
in support Of 1t. 1t plainly met with
the approval of the rank and file. 1t
was then unanimously decided to
hold specially called meeting of the
entire membership on next Tuesday
evening, at which time the plan will
again be fully discussed and action
taken that will without doubt result
in the starting of the most extensive
campaign to organize the morgan
lied building trades workers that has
ever been conducted in Minneapolis
No Withdrawals.
On account of the attack made by
the reactionaries against the Com
munists many members. of the Paint
ers' Union were in favor of with
! drawing from that body, Comrades
Stevens and Thornton spoke against
that policy explaining that conditions
could never be changed if the militant
unions withdrew. After the matter
had been discussed the local decided
to continue their affiliation and elect
ed w. F. Bennett, Joe Wieser, Carl
Erickson, Joe Lessard, and A. B.
Dean >as delegates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
Think Liberty Bonds
Were Duplicated on
Widespread Scale

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Evidence
Of widespread duplication of liberty
bonds in small denominations has
been unearthed by the special house
committee which for more than a
year has been investigating charges
of Irregularities, it became known
today.
The report Of the committee, ex'
pected next week, will charge lax
methods of operation in the bureau
of printing and engraving, and in
some divisions of the treasury depart
ment, 1t was said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24

Terrific Increase of Productivity
In iron and steel while production
in 1924 was per cent above 1919
the industry provided jobs for II per
cent fewer workers. In automobiles
production was SO per cent larger but
jobs IL per cent fewer. This meant
an increase of log per cent in the
output per worker.
Here we see why capital is draw
ing good profits even though the de-
mand does not call for steady opera
ton of full plant. Capital is using its
ownership to cop all the so-called
blessings of modern industrial pro-
gress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
Oklahoma Judge
Finds Membership
in I.W.W. Not Crime

McALESTER, Okla Membership
in the Industrial Workers of the World
is not criminal offense in Oklahoma
the appellate court holds in directing
the release of Arthur Berg from the
penitentiary. Berg was freed Feb 10
after the court reversed a 10 year sen
tence imposed in 1923 under the state
criminal syndicalism. The only
evidence was Berg's membership card.
card.
Homer Wear, and I. w. W., now in
McAlester on Swear sentence for the
same reason is expected to be releas
ed when his appeal is heard in March.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
HOPKINS WON'T
UNIONIZE HOME
OF THE '48TERS'
Socialist Lawyers and
Labor Bankers Ditto
Especial to The Daily workerl

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.--- After a
lengthy negotiation with the oruaniza-
lions affiliated with the conference Of
progressive political action, many
socialist lawyers and labor banks, on
the question Of unionizing their office
workers, the Bookkeepers' and STEM
oeraphers' Union has met With but
little success.
Mr.. ]. A. H. Hopkins, the manager
of the office of 1.-THE committee of
As" affiliated with the conference Of
political progressive action fatty re-
fused to unionize the office. In the
fall before election he approached the
same union asking their support in
the campaign. The president Of the
union still hoped the conference of
progressive political action would
support the labor movement and
kept on approaching Mr.. Hopkins
with the same demand of unionizing
his office.
After the election was over Mr.
Hopkins did not have to hide his face
any longer and he flatly declined to
deal with the union.
S. p. Lawyers Anti-Union
1t took just as little time for the
president of the union to negotiate
with the socialist lawyers, leaders of
the socialist movement, Hillqrit,
Block and Meyer London, etc. Mey-
er London did not have the courage
to state that he does not want to
deal with the union, but he found an
excuse that he had so many cases
on his hands that he has absolutely
no time to talk this matter over with
his brother who takes care of the Of
fee.
The same Meyer London, who, for
two periods represented the East Side
workers in congress, could not find
ten minutes to talk over the matter
with his brother to unionize the Of
fee. He tried to bride the business
representative Mf. Bohm, by offering
him a certain, amount of money for
the union as dues for his employees.
But Brother Bohm was not after the
dollars for the union treasury. He
was for unionizing the employees.
More Consideration from Private
Concerns.
The union representative had less
trouble in unionizing private Offices
and banks than he experienced with
the labor banks. Within two meet
ings he succeeded in unionizing a
bank downtown and a. few offices in
the same neighborhood, but he could
not unionize the Federated Labor
Bank of New York in ten months. He
had hard struggle with the Anal
gamated Labor Bank, but finally sue
ceeded. But the Federated Bank is a
hard nut to crack. 1t was much east
or for the president Of the union to
talk the matter over with the heads
of the national banks and large Of
fees, than with the head of the Fed
Grated Bank. The head of the Metro
politan Insurance company paid him
more respect, than the head Of the
above mentioned labor bank.
In conclusion we might say that
the Bookkeepers' and Stenographers'
Union had less difficulty in dealing
with the private capitalist concerns
than they had experienced while try
Ing to unionize offices and banks of
labor organizations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
Bus Drivers Recognized.

wEEHAWKEN, N. j., Feb. a.
Weehawken bus drivers are recog-
nized as union members now by the
bus owners after a short strike fol-
lowing that of Jersey City bus driv-
ers, who also won recognition. The
union men get one day Off every two
instead of three weeks. The demand
for $3.50 wage increase was compro.
missed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24

1919 basis and 100000 workers their
jobs compared with the prewar years.
Machine Progress Causes
Unemployment
Technical progress is crowding
workers out of jobs. The federal re-
serve figures show production and
employment in the major industrial
groups in 1924 relative to 1919 by
the following percentages based on
1919 as 100 per cent:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-24
PAINTERS UNION 1856, MINNEAPOLIS,
MIMI, TAKES TIIEHLEAD IN DRIVE FOR
UNIFIED BUILDING TRADES CAMPAIGN
BY CARL skoGLUND.
Especial to The Daily Worker)

MINNEAPOLIS MINI, 22Panters
lead
organization
At their meeting held program
introduced
years
energetic
again raise their o
not defeat
the combined employers