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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
AMALGAMATED-NASH AGREEMENT
WHITEWASHES SCAB COMPANY
UNION DOES NOT CONTROL SHOP

not to be allowed No shop meetings,
no election Of shop chairmen, and no
job control by the union is provided
for. With the power of hiring and
firing in the hands of the boss it is
quite evident that the union Is to have
no say in the running of the shop
whatever.
Nash Loses Nothing.
1t is no wonder that Nash urged
his workers to join the union under
these conditions. He loses nothing
by this agreement, and the workers
gain nothing. 1t is the most brazen
case of the union withdrawing an open
shop manufacturer that has become
public for a long time. Hillman thru
this agreement has taken the final
step in class collaboration. This is
the application of the principles of
the company union to the Amalgamat-
ed.
Hllman's Developments.
The development of Hillman as an
exponent of class collaboration has
been steady and consistent. In 1924
he announced in Chicago that the pol
icy of the Amalgamated officialdom
was for ten years peace in the in
dustry." In 1925 he renewed the old
agreement in Chicago with the pro
vision that the bosses would be
granted adjustments" and now he
brings forth the Nash agreement.
Ten years peace in the industry
means surrender TO the bosses. "Ad-
iustments" mean cuts in wages and
the introduction of more intense
.speed-up systems as the Amalgamat-
ed members in Chicago know. The
Nash agreement means cooperation
with the bosses in the exploitation of
the workers under pretense of union
agreements.
Slave Drivers for Bosses.
The Amalgamated, under the lead
ership of Hillman and company, has
become a leading exponent of class
collaboration. The officials have be-
come slave drivers for the bosses.
They enforce their rule by smuggling,
explosions and blacklisting of men,
bers who oppose them.
Under these circumstances the
membership of the Amalgamated have
the duty of denouncing the Nash
agreement and the other schemes to
aid the bosses. Around the Amalga-
mated Action Committee must be
built the force that will rid the union
of Hillman and his crooked policy and
bring the Amalgamated back to the
path Of the class struggle and militant
defense of the interests of the men,
bership.
AS for Nash, the membership of
the Amalgamated must show that they
see thru the oily phrases of this dema-
gogue by insisting that his shop be
organized, and control Of shop condi-
tions be placed in the hands of the
Amalgamated members in the shop.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
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will be paid for all hours in excess OF
A.
Wages-A committee representing
both parties will be appointed to ex-
anime and adjust the wages of under
paid sections.
Unemployment Insuranee--A COM
mittee composed Of representatives of
both parties shall be instructed to
formulate a plan for the creation Of a
fund to protect the worker in time of
involuntary unemployment and of
need arising from other causes.
Preferenee-Shall be given to union
members in hiring new help.
Bosses Hire and Fire.
Dlscharge-Full power of discharge
and discipline lies with the employer.
The power shay be exercised with JUS
tice and with regard to the reasonable
rights Of the employee. If the union,
after investigation finds that an en-
ploye has been discharged without
just cause and that it cannot reach
an adjustment with the representa-
tives of management, it may bring
the case to the arbitrator.
Equal Division Of Work-During
slack seasons, if any, the work shall
be divided as nearly as is practicable
among all the employees.
bitraton-Complain or griev,
ances upon which representatives Of
the parties are unable to agree shall
be referred to an arbitrator chosen
jointly by the parties to this agree
ment.
enthusiastically union shall
have in each shop or floor one duly
accredited representative who shall be
recognized as the officer of the union
having charge of complaints and or
ganization matters within the shop.
The preamble of the agreement
brazenly sets forth that a working
democracy in industry" can be estab-
lished, and at the same time the other
provisions refuse to the 1000 workers
in the Nash plant even the privileges
that workers get in other union shops.
Shop Not Unionzed.
The boss has full power to discharge
and discipline the workers, and even
a discharge without cause can only
be brot before an arbitrator" In
the hiring of workers preference
shall be given to union members" In
other words the shop does not become
a union shop. Union hours are not
established, union wages do not pre-
vail and all that is promised is that
some very low paid sections may get
raise after investigation. Arbitra-
ton is to decide all questions arising
between the workers and the manage.
ment.
Regarding the administration of the
! shop the union is allowed" to appoint
one representative in every depart
ment The usual shop machinery is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
COST OF LIVING
ON INCREASE AS
WAGES DECREASE
Food Prices Higher Now
Than in 1924
Especial to Tho Daily Worker,


WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-For the
year period, Dec. is, 1924 to Dec. 10,
1925, all of the following 26 cities
showed increases in food prices: At
lanta and Cincinnati, 1870; Omaha.
1870; Philadelphia and St. Paul, 11eS;
indianapolis, Kansas City, New Haven,
and Peoria, 1919; Boston, Bridgeport,
Columbus, Louisville, Manchester, and
Rochester, 90; Cleveland, FAN River,
Providence, and Washington SO;
Memphis, New York, Portland, Me-,
Charleston, S. c. and Little Rock, 10 ;
and Dallas and Salt Lake City, 40
AS compared with the average cost
In the year 1913, the retail cost OF
food on Dec. 10, 1925, was 1870 higher
in Washington; 70eo in New York;
500 in Philadelphia; $50 in Atlanta
and Boston; 67es in Fall River, New
Haven, and Providence; CSC in
Charleston, s. G. and Omaha; GAG
in Cincinnati; 500 in Kansas City;
62e5 in Cleveland and Manchester;
G1% In Dallas and Louisville; Coz
In indianapolis; 500 In Little Rock
and Memphis; and 40eS in Salt Lake
City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
DIES MONIES
CONFERENCE
FIZZLES OUT
A Plain Fake to Fool
the Farmers
Especial to Tho Daily Worker,

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 29.-
Overcoming the threatened "dIrt
farmer" revolt OF yesterday, the farm
conference supposed to represent the
agricultural interests Of eleven states,
resolved Itself into fraud by select
ing committee Of % who are pledged
to work at Washington for passage
Of legislation that they hope will
benefit the farmer.
Proponents of this idea hail it as
the realization of a long standing
dream whereby the farmers will be
organized to carry on legislative ac-
tiyity on the same basis that labor
and industry is organized for the
same purpose.
That means that these so-called re-
representatives. of the farmers will
spend their time in the familiar belly
crawling posture Of the bureaucrats
of the American Federation Of Labor
and that at election time they will
try to befuddle the farmers by Undue
ing them to reward their friends and
punish their enemies"
Real Farmers Sore.
The few genuine farmers who we're
able to attend the conference are dis
gusted with the affair and many ex-
pressed a determination to go among
their neighbors and expose the thing
as a mere gathering of bankers, bust
ness men and few farm organiza-
ton officials who are anxious to get
into the game of old party politics.
The chief event of yesterday was
the staged appearance of Frank o.
Lowden, who married the Pullman
millions, became governor Of Illinois
and after a colorless record, tried to
obtain the nomination for president
Of the republican ticket but was ex-
posed for corrupting voters in the
state of Missouri in the primaries of
1920. Since then this politician has
posed as the friend" of the farmer.
Among those present was Len
Small, grating governor of the state
of Illinois, who is trying to force his
political henchmen to pay the million
he Illegally pilfered from the state
treasury while supposed to guard
those funds.
The voice Of the genuine farmers
was drowned by the artificial din of
those elements that prey upon the
farmers at Des Moines and the out
come Of the confab emphasizes more
than ever the need for the farmers to
endeavor to create alliances with the
class conscious workers of the indus
trial centers who are driving toward
a labor party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
S2O,OOO,OOO SILK
THREAD MERGER
is COMPLETED
z Companies Combine
Their Resources

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Consolida-
ton of Bedding Brothers & Company
and the Hemingway silk Company,
two of the oldest and largest silk
thread manufacturers in the United
States, was officially announced. A
new company with total assets in ex-
cess of $4,000, O00a will be formed,
joining Bedding Brothers. with assets
of S15,000000, and Hemingway, with
assets of more than ss5,OOO,0OO. It will
be known as the Belding-Hemingway
Company, Bedding Brothers purchas-
ing Hemingway outright.
Bankers Trust Finances Merger.
Negotiations were concluded after
conferences with representatives Of
Edward b. Smith & Co. and the
Bankers Trust Company, on the one
hand, and the Hemingway interests
on the other. The Smith firm and
Bankers Trust Company purchased a
controlling interest in the Belding
Company from the Belding family
early in June.
General u. G. Young, vice president
Of Bedding Brothers & Co., said that
the business and management OF the
two concerns would be combined as
soon as practicable. II. Morton Merri-
man, president OF the Hemingway
Company, will become first vice presi.
dent Of the new company.
Location Of Mills.
Mills of the Hemingway Company
are at Watertown, Putnam and Wood
bury, Conn, and In Haverstraw, N.
r., and New York City. Belding
Brothers & Co. has a thread plant in
Rockville, Conn; q fabric plant at
Northampton, Mass; two fabric and
two thread mills in Bedding, Mich,
and one thread mill each In Winstead
Conn, and Potaluma. Cal.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
SOUTH AFRIC A N
LAWMAKERS PASS
c DIOR BAR BILL
VIII Restrict Natives to
Unskilled Trades

CAPE TOWN., South Africa, Jan 20
The assembly here passed the first
reading of the governments color bar
bill by vote of 81 to So. The gov
ernments color bar bill for the Union
Of South Africa includes industrial
segregation, residential segregation
and the gradual extinction of the par
liamentary franchise now held by the
natives.
The industrial segregation clauses
would limit the natives to certain un.
skilled work in industries and would
not allow them to become skilled
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
US. Attorney General Is
Revealed AS Capitalisrn's
Prize Boob Now in Office
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY, of the myths that the working class must
knock the head effectively the illusion that because
st industry therefore, possess excep
tona ability that he far above the average human being
that ne gifted with peculiar talents that separate him from
the multitude.
Thus many workers carried away with the idea that
the boss is gifted human being that the working class
not get along without the boss class The capitalist of
course does everything possible to pepetuate and develop
this Illusion
Socialists aid the perpetuation of myth
by raising the question, Are the workers ready (meanng
have they sufficient negence to take power?" Are the
workers able to take Industry" and similar
tons ripe for the seize power placing implicit
faith in the genius of the working every prob
lem that will present itself.
An example of kind of 100 per dunbbeIs that
capitalism places responsible positions found in the
luminous proportions Of John CarbaIdi Sargent attorney
general of the United States by the grace of his friend Cal
of workers in the United States under the impression that
the attorney general head of the department of justice
is protecting their rights"
One Of the biggest bandit organizations of predatory
capital today is the aluminium trust The department of
Justice supposed to be hot on its trail But what the
Sargent confessed to senatorial oout.. investigating the alum
mum which involves Treasury candy"
the Pittsburgh muImOnairs that had heard resolution
Of the federal commission refusing aluminium
to his
apparent
Sargent went On declaring that positively
Melons aluminium until
Sargent innoent declared that had heard aluminium
all before e o Washington.
action aluminium
really
Of his subOrdinates.
This condition IS not the exception caused repub-
senator for instance, to excam incredible as it
the attorney general knows less about the department of
justice than DENLY did about the navy"
The robber interests actually do need able in
the government In fact the more ignorant the
bueaucrats happen to be- the easier they led about by
the by the few able thieves who have sold their talents
to capitalist industry and finance Ignorance therefore
at premium under capitalism especially when places to
be filled the capitalist Any braness parasite
can be converted into swveI-char office holder.
Thru the big fact that he is compelled to work for iv-
ing however, the worker becomes acquainted with industry
Labor furnishes the genius that exploited by capitalism
But labor in time will learn to abolish capitalism, reaiz-
ing the fact that it has the brains to build its
order.
When workers feel today that they do not possess
enough ability to take power let them consider the
of the monumental gnoranus, John Carbad Sargent the
"knownothing attorney general of the United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
Eyes suffer Most.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29-"The cost of
lost eyes due to industrial accidents
is estimated at 40.5 per cent of the
total amount of compensation award.
ed for all classes of permanent injur-
les, almost twice the next largest
award, which was for loss of hands
and more than the combined awards
for all other losses consisting Of legs,
arms, feet, fingers" says the Eye
Sight Conservation Council Of Amer
lea.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
WEST VIRGINIA UNIONS
SEND FINANCIAL AID TO
MINERS; GIVE CLOTHES

HUNTINGTON, w. Va. Jan. 20
The Eleetrieians' Union donated $40.
The Plumbers Union s25. And the
erleklayers, SIS to the miners.
The label league Is collecting old
clothes and sending them to the
miners headquarters at Charleston,
Falrmont and Grafton, w. Va.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31

1.-THE power Of the working class is
organization. Without organization Of
the masses, the proletariat-is moth.
ing. organized-it is all. Organize.
ton Is unaninity Of action, unanlmlty
of practical activities"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
Want More Pay and Pensions.

RoSTOK, Jan. 29.-(FP)-Boston
park workers organized in the Metro
politan Park Employees Union, Ma
tlonal Federation of State, City, Town
and County Employees Union, are
asking for higher wages and pensions
OF one-half their yearly pay on retire
ment. The metropolitan district COM
missioner is asked by the union TO
assist in having the Legislature enact
legislation providing pay increase and
pensions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
BY L. P. RINpAL.
(Worker correspondentl


LOS ANGELES, Calf, Jan. 29-
Communism is making progress-even
in this stronghold OF the american
plan" and 100 per cent Americanism.
This was fully demonstrated at the
Lenin memorial meeting in Music-Art
Hall. The in-Liebknech
burg spirit was there-and it is here
to stay. The large hall was too small
for the big crowd. Many people stood
for three hours, turnout the splendid
program.
The orchestra, directed by lad Of
about IL, conducted the singing Of the
juniors, who are always ready" The
Russian, Jewish, Lithuanian and Hun
garian singers made the program the
best ever arranged.
A large number of new faces were
seen in the audience. This was, no
doubt, the result of vigorous attacks
on Communism flor a period of two
weeks) on the front page of the cap
italist press. The papers are advo-
eating direct action as well as sup
pressive measures by the authorities.
The police have started 10 act
against the reds" A meeting of un-
employed at the slave market was
broken UP.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31

When that argument begins at
lunch time in your shop tomor-
row--show them what the DAILY
WORKER says about it
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31

After that tdlk toith yor shop
mate-hdnd him a copy Of The
DAILY WORKER. IL loiH help
conriHce him.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
over 5000 on Strike.

PASSAIC, N. j., Jan. 49, The
strikers at the Botany Worsted Mills
have had their ranks swelled to the
extent of over 700 more workers en-
ployed by the Garfield worsted Mills
joining them, completely tieing up
that mill. The workers of the Gera
Mills are also expected to walk out
any minute.
At the Botany Mills even the ma
chinists went on strike, thus uniting
the more higher workers with the
rest in united front against the
bosses, who are making attempts to
break the strike by having the little
crafts meet separately and make
separate agreements WITH hen. They
are also trying to frame up Albert
Weissbord, strike leader.
The spreading of the strike to the
Garfield was achieved by over 1000
strikers of the Botany Mills en- masse
calling upon them to join in united
struggle against the wage reductions
which they did by one hundred per
cent response.
More than 5000 workers are now
on strike and are being joined by the
few who have not lined up. Enthusiast
tic strike meetings. addressed by
Pascal Cosgrove, ]. o. Bentall and
others are being held at Neibauer
Hall and Belmont Hall, where hun
&. a.. 4
eagerly listening to the speakers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31

Put a copy of the DAILY
WORKER in your pocket when
you go to your union meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
TOLEDO HOLDS
ENTHUSIASTIC
LENIN MEETING
Capitalist Press Sees Red
in Los Angeles
lspeeIaI to rhe paIIy worksrl


TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 2s-The Lenin
memorial meeting was one of the most
successful and enthusiastic meetings
held in Toledo.
The meeting started at eight o'clock
with Comrade Bruce Smith as chair
man. Several of the local speakers
among which was Comrade Buehler
explained the difference between the
role that Lenin played and that of
Ex-mayor Brough, who died three days
before the Lenin meeting and who left
behind labor record that will be re-
membered by Toledo workers for
many years to come.
Robert Minor, editor of the new
magazine section Of The DAILY
WORKER held his audience for two
solid hours telling of the life Of Lenin
and the work that Lenin had accomp-
lished. 1t was lecture that will
never be forgotten by the workers
that attended the meeting.
At the close of the lecture a mum.
Der Of questions were asked by work
ers in the audience After Minor had
finished answering the questions, the
chairman spoke on She DAILY
WORKER and the need of the work
ers to support the fighting organ of
the American working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
AMERICAN RADIO FANS HEAR
MOSCOW BROADCASTING STATION

the international radio have Is. ended
reported that th.v hatd h
Moscow broadeastina station
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31
MORE TEXTILE
WORKERS QUIT
IN PASSAIC, N. J.
Picket Line Surrounds
Many Mills
CONTINUED from page u.

lContlnued from page ~.
pany. We are the real friends of the
workers. If we cut wages 1t is for
their sake, to get more work for
them. j. :" All this led UP to the sug-
gestion that the committeeman take
the Lawrence job. filing in the length
Of time for which he wanted the con-
tract to run.
Police Attack Workers.
The strike in the, bigger Botany
mill that started the fray, was called
in thrilling fashion by committeeman
returning from a fruitless interview
with Colonel Johnson and his associ-
ates. The thirty committeeman went
from department to department pull
ing out the workers. Captain Zober
and mob Of police rushed in and at
tempted to throw them out. But the
double task of chasing the committee
men and trying to herd back the
workers to their machines was too
much. The weaving room, barred in
time, was saved for a. half day, but
half day only till it was likewise
emptied.
Botany Mills are in the wooden coun-
ell Of Passaic, which centralizes EN-
ployment from one Office and keeps
a record of every worker. It's black
list and espionage systems have been
exposed many times. Strikers demand
= =.
overtime and reinstatement of dis
charged men. They are unaftiliated
with an outside union and pay dues
into the United Front Committee Of
Textile Workers, which says it will
cooperate with any union entering
the Passaic mills for the purpose Of
lighting wage cuts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-31

-write--distribut The DAILY
WORKER.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1926-07-22
|xapcsolatbsn fog megt6rt6nni.,

kapcsolasbsn Fog megt5r46nni..
Konfi1m&ndusel selr6l. AZ eddig
jelentkezett konfirmandusok meg
kezdtek a tanulast, a kesziil6-
dest. Minden kedden es csiit0rto-
kon delel6tt 9-t5l 12-ig az egyhaz
lelkesze oktatja a novendekeket.
Az ujkeny6ri Urvacsoraosztas
september Sen lesz megtartva,
a konfir1nandns. novendekek Elk
kor fognak el6szor az Ur scent
asztalahoz jarulni. Fla valaki meg
mem jelentette be konfirmaland6
gyermeket, tegye AIT minel elSbb,
inert meg a most jelentkezS no.
vendekek mem kestek ell. Kate
kizmust a lelkesznel lehet kap-
nj.
Bebizonyitott erdeklo lod6s .--Egy
hazunk el6ljaroi es tagjai igasan
iszep szamban jelentek meg Ell
wood City1ben (Pa. }, hogy az OF
tani kis magyar reformatus gyi-
lekezet lelkesz beiktatasi iinne-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1926-07-22
[@l@l@EElI@lEE

kelt egy nehez sSallasos dara'bot,
mindenki legpagyobb megelege-
desere.
A gyermekkar tobbszor fel fog
lepni, minden alkalommal szebb-
nel-szebb vallasos eneket fog enc
kelni a templomban. S minel job
ban osszetanulnak, ANIMAL jobban
fognak enekelni.
Nyugtazas.-Kiss Sandor es Asz
talos Aron prezsbyterek a kovet-
kezo adomanyokat gyiljtottek a
bankett koltsegeire:
Meszaros Janos 25c, Kovacs
Ferenc 81, Kiss Sander So, Var
ga Sander 81, Csorgo Janos soc,
Varga Belane soc, Daku Ferenc
New Brunswickrol So, Bernat
Oreszt 81, Bende Ferenc 81, B.
Balogh Ferenc ST., Vezse Mihaly
81, Banyacky Janos 81. Id. 10th
Istvan $40, 10th Janos soc, Asz-
talos Aron 81, Ref. Egylet $50,
Bridgeport Seg6ly Egylet $40,
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1926-07-22

vegezte a lelkeszi teend6 d6ket. Az
elhunyt mintegy 16 evvel ezelott
ment haza, Youngstownbd oyer
mekeiyel Kis Kikiill6 megyebe,
Szasz Bonyhara. Azota otthon
cit, S az ut6bibi id6ben betegeske-
dett. Ferje kihozatta, Janos fla
val, s csaka ez ev majusaban err
keztek meg. Hazulrol hozott be-
tegsege nem multi ell, hane1n in
kabb novekedett. A multi het pen
tekjen hivatta a 1elkeszt, hogy az
Urvacsorat felvegye, A lelkesz
meg is jelent beteg agya mellett
S kiszolgaltatta neki scent je-
Jgyeket. Nehany ora mulva be-
teg szive meesziint dobogni.
Daczara annak, hogy nem sok
ismerosiik van Youngstownban,
szep szamu gyaszol6 koz0nseg
gyult egybe ugy gyaszhaznal,
mint Mahoning ayei reformatus
templomban, ahonnan Todd Me-
mortal temetobe kisertek utols6
utjara.
Egyhazi kozgyiiles. - Egyha-
zllnk a rank kovetkezJ vasarnap,
a delelotti istentisztelet utan,
tartja felevi kozgyjileset. Ezuton
is felhivjulS az egyhaz tagjainak