davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1926-02-13

Pat-"What are these microbes in the
oysters!'
Larry-'Little round whoite things
that they makes into necklaces"
Terence -'Wimmin is moighty SINH
Lar in one way"
Nora-"An, phwat's thot, me dear?"
Terence-"No matter how many of
them you git acquainted wild, they re all
aloike in being different from wan anoth-
er."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-29

uated thru the socialist school They
put over their class collaboration poll
cies to the tune of the international"
The Illusion held by many of the rank
and file that their leaders are revolu-
tionary, has to be broken down. The
Hillman of today is not as powerful
as the Hillman of yesterday. The
time is gone when he was able to
travel the middleof-the-road and thru
sheer popularity and strength shake
warning finger at both the left and
the right His present peace with the
reaetionary gang of the Forward, is
victory for Cahan and not for HILL
man.
The speeding-up process, causing I'M
employment and distress, wage cuts
thru so-called readjustments, are be-
ing keenly felt by the rank and file,
who do not consciously see that this
is a part of the Hillman class collabo-
ration policy and that the alternative
is one of struggle.
The task of the left wing is to clar-
ify the issues, to talk in the Ian
guage Of the workers, to press the inn
mediate demands, to force amalgama-
ton, which at this time is an imme-
date organizationaI necessity. With
all the unions in favor of amalgama-
ton, as usual, only the. ofIicialdom
stands in the way of bringing about
one union in the clothing industry.
With one Industrial union, the or
ganizing of the industry 100 per cent
would be easy. The smashing of the
speed-up system, and the minimum
standard Of production, the elimina-
ton of the demoralizing class collab-
Grafton machinery, the winning of the
4O-hour week, and a guarantee Of 80
weeks work per year, real unemploy-
ment insurance to be taken out of the
profits Of the industry, and many
other needed reforms come within the
realm Of immediate possibility. This
is the incentive which builds a left
wing and these are the tasks that con-
front the left wing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-29

impugning the motives of those who
introduced the resolutions.
The amalgamation resolution of the
left wing delegates did not ask the
Amalgamated to call convention of
other unions; it asked that confer
ence be called OF the official represen-
tatives of the other needle trades
unions to talk the matter over and
to lay the basis for the carrying out
of their convention instructions. Hill
man could take a prominent part in
the attempt to form a needle trades
alliance, which was aimed to defeat
amalgamation, but wakes indignant
when asked to take an active part in
bringing about amalgamation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-29
ABE CAHAN AND ARTHUR
NASH THE SPIRITUAL AD-
VISORS OF HILLMAN

In order to understand the confu-
sion of action on the part of the A.
c. w. convention, one must under
stand the influences that dominate and
lay down the policies for the organi-
cation.
Hillman is still the dominent figure
in the organization, although Abe
Cahan and the Forward" group are
growing in strength and to a large
degree dominate the New York mar
kets and have compelled Hillman to
publicly make peace with and come to
the aid of the Forward" to grant
organizationaI concessions to this
group, and to openly join forces with
them in the struggle against the left
wing.
Another paralyzing influence was
that Mr.. Arthur Golden Rule) Nash,
who received by far the greatest ova-
sion Of any speaker at the convention.
The Nash agreement fundamentally is
not different from the other agree
ments Of the Amalgamated. The great
publicity given to the Nash agree
ment, Nash's inherent ability to get
publicity, his appearance at the con-
vention, simply brought out into day
light and dramatized the class collab-
GRAFTON policy of the Hillman admins
tration. This fact had heretofore
been obscured by the past militant
struggles carried out by the Amalga-
mated and by the barrage of radical
phraseology.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-29

partial chairman, will yield to wage
cuts in the form of readjustments,
consciously enters into the employers
scheme of increased production, but
he will militantly fight those employ
ers who do not yet see that their inter-
ests are embodied in the policy of
class collaboration.
Hillman's eulOgy of Nash and Abe
Cahan, and his speeches in the con-
Vention, shows clearly that he has, if
he ever held the opinion, abandoned
the principle of the class struggle. He
is definitely of the opinion that the
working class can develop the great
est amount Of freedom and gain the
most for their class under capitalism
In speaking about the Nash agree
ment he said:
at creates relationship that we
believe is in the direction of indus
trial democracy. For the ultimate
goal must be democracy in indus
try where people will be known not
only as workers, but will participate
as creators in Industry"
And again in the same speech he says:
"There is no prosperity in China
that great idea of the open shop
pers. If our open shoppers had their
way they would bring American
standards down to the Chinese basis.
They don't seem to realize that If
they bring the standards of labor to
the very bottom of the ditch they
will fall into that ditch themselves"
'Hillman sees no fundamental con-
tradiction between workers and en-
ployers under capitalism that cannot
be settled peacefully over the confer
ence table, providing that both forces
are of the opinion that their interests
are identical. The practice of Hill
mans policies has already shown that
his peace with the employers invaria-
bly, results in worsened conditions for
the workers.
This policy very naturally united
the Hillman and Cahan forces in strug-
gle against the left wing, whose pro-
gram is based upon militant class
struggle. The unity OF these two
forces, which has gradually been TAX
ing place during the past few years,
does not produce homogeneous group.
This is seen in the two largest mar
kets, New York and Chicago. In the
internal struggle in New York, in
which the left wing received a tenn
porary setback, Cahan and the Jewish
Daily Forward, not Hillman, strength
ened their forces. This win give them
more representation on the general
executive board, which means that
somebody from the Hillman machine
will be dropped.
The struggle of the left wing in the
Amalgamated is a difficult one. The
administration is composed OF men of
ability. They are clever and shrewd
politicians, experienced and capable
speakers, most OF them have grad
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-29
HilIman is a Militant Fighter for
Peace with the Employers

The great strikes of the Amalga-
mated, the mflitaney and class con-
seriousness Of the rank and file, very
naturally placed the red stamp upon
the organization which reflected itself
somewhat also in its leaders. But the
aspirations Of the conscious elements
among the rank and file to make the
union an organ Of the class struggle,
and the ultimate goal Of Hillman, were
entirely different. Hillman is not
against the strike weapon entirely.
He prefers arbitration through the i'm
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-29
HiIIman Defeats Left Wing Pro-
posaI for AmaIgamation.

The A. c. w. was the first union in
the clothing industry to go on record
for amalgamation The successful
struggles Of the left wing has won the
support of the other needle trades
unions for amalgamation. With all
unions now in favor OF amalgamation,
the next step to be taken was organi-
rational. The left wing in the conVen-
tion, therefore, submitted the propo-
sition that a conference be called Of
the various general executive boards
or their representatives to lay the
basis for an amalgamation convention
This desire was also expressed by the
striking flrriers and the representa-
tives of the ]. L. G. w. and capmakers.
Hillman, in defeating the resolution,
and asking the convention to reiterate
its previous stand for amalgamation,
among other things. gave voice to this
gem, For us to call q convention for
other organizations would be to as
sumo responsibility and power that
we neither have nor desire. The
Amalgamated will call conventions for
the Amalgamated, and the Amalga-
mated only"
This was the method used through
out the convention by the administra-
ton to defeat any proposal that they
were opposed to. Evasion Of action
by deliberate misinterpretation and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-29
FACTORY NOTE
BY JIM WATERS

You bunch over your machine
Like nun before a crucifx, ~
Weaving servile prayers to your mas
ter;
But in your eyes. see
Red flags and a blood-stained barri-
cade.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-29
DAWN
BY JIM WATERS

The first push of an early dawn
CLOVIS red,
The unprocrastinating sea
Picks up its scarlet colors
And sends them surging shoreward
Like a revolutionary army with BAN
nera.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-29
BY JACK JOHNSTON.

" Jewish daily socialist Forward, A"
becoming a dominant influence dn the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers, 1t is
quite natural that the expulsion and
suspension of the honest, militant
members OF the left wing becomes
the official policy Of the organization.
The Amalgamated convention, held
in Montreal ON May 10th to 18th, was
q veritable house of Babel as far as
ideas and concepts we're concerned for
the development and strengthening of
the union, and in this state of confu-
sion it was quite natural that Hillman,
Cahan and Mr. Arthur Golden Rule)
Nash should stand out prominently as
the leading figures in the convention
Resolutions But Not Deeds.
Militant support of the British min
ers, support for the textile and fur
riers' strikes, against fascism, for &C
tive participation for the protection of
the foreign-born, condemnation and
boycott of the Citizens Military Train
ing Camps, for unemployment insur-
ance to be taken out of the profits of
the industry and administered by the
union, to support all genuine move
ments for the release of all industrial
and political prisoners, recognition of
Soviet Russia-were all passed unani-
mously by the convention.
These resolutions, If passed in other
union conventions outside of the cloths
ing industry, would marke a tremen-
dous advance for the American labor
movement. But in convention domi-
mated by HiIlman and Beckerman such
resolutions mean very little, almost
nothing. Thus, in spite of the adop-
ton of these resolutions, the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers has ideologi-
cally taken a very decided step back
wards. Issues of tremendous imme-
diate importance were either evaded
OF defeated.
Glass collaboration as against class
struggle was adopted as the policy of
the A. G. w. A pious wish was ex-
pressed for the formation of Labor
Party, but the administration fought
against all efforts of the progressives
to instruct the officers to actively par
ticipate in the formation of an all
inclusive Labor Party.
On the question of ama1gamation of
all needle trades unions into one in
dustrial organization, which is an out
standing necessity and is recognized
as such by all unions in the needle
trades, with the exception of the
United Garment Workers, having gone
on record in convention for amalga-
nation, with the added weight of hav-
ing the striking furTders by telegram
and also the representatives of the
l. L. G. w. and capmakers coming to
the convention and expressing the
wish that the A. c. w. would take
the necessary steps to bring about this
much needed change, the attitude of
the administration was one of COM
plete evasion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-29

o. America is
champion tn
ci yH shame Of
SIDNEY HlLMN
"
How o Second International
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-14
PRESSMEN'S UNION
Invests Funds For Injured
Member-Installs New
Officers

A sum of money which will total
nearly $1,000 and which represented
gifts of the international Pressmen's
Unions of the United States and Can
ada to Clarence Wilson, an apprentice
pressman at the Middletown News
Signal, who was seriously injured in
an accident in the News-Signal press
room on January 2, was invested by
the local pressmen's union in fifteen
year endowment life insurance policy
for the young man.
The union Monday evening installed
the officers elected to service for the
coming year: E. Reed, president;
Walter Greenfield, vice president; M.
G. Broad, secretary treasurer; E. H.
Behrens, sergeant-at-arms, and Geo.
x. Mayer, correspondent of the Amer
lean Pressman.
The members were informed that
the international organization now is
engaged in preparation of an art
book, for which advertising is to be
solicited from the leading manufac-
turers of print paper in the United
States.
The book it is said will be a splen-
did example of the art of printer and
book binder.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-14

the governed, if we are to have any
measure of self-government, if the
voice of the people is to rule, if rep
resentatives are truly t reflect the
resentatives are truly to reflect the
sary that in each election there should
be fairly full participation by all
the qualified voters.
This is very far from being the
case in recent years. Since 1880 there
has been a marked increase in the
tendency to remain away from the
polls on the part of those entitled to
vote
The president disapproved propos-
ais to penalize citizens who fail to
vote. He said the most pracictal rem.
edy for present conditions was for
"all bodies of men and women inter
ested in the welfare of the country to
join together under some efficient
form of organization to correct this
evil which has been coming on us for
more than 40 years, and which, within
the last decade, has become more
acute"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-14
HIGH POINTS OF STRIKE

Threatened by a general strike
last year to aid British coal min
ers, the Baldwin government vot-
ed subsidy of $100,000,000 to
the coal owners to maintain ex-
listing wage scales. A royal coal
commission was appointed to in
vestigate the coal industry.
No action was taken on the
commissions report, many feat
ures of which were Objectionable
to the miners.
The wage agreement and the
subsidy expired May /. The coal
owners demanded district agree
ments because of varying condi-
tions. The miners replied that
this will pit one district against
another" They refused to lower
wage or increase hours.
The government considers the
general strike a challenge and is
putting into effect all of the pow
ers of dictatorship granted under
the kings proclamation of
state of emergency.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-14
Election May l8 to be Test Of Power
Of Farmers and Workers, Who Are
Backing Governor Pinchot for Re-
publican Nomination.

By International Labor News Service.
Philadelphia great test is i'm.
pending Of the power Of farmer and
labor groups as opposed to the Money
Bund and the political gang in Penn
sylvania in the primary May 18 which
will name the G. O. p candidate for
United States senator from Pennsyl-
vania.
Seldom in the East has any one
republican candidate received such d
strong Endorsement from labor as that
accorded Clifford Pinchot, now COVER
nor, for the nomination. Every force
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea is enlisted for him and he is re-
ceiving the solid backing Of other ele-
ments of organized labor. In the
western and hard coal counties the
lists of registered voters in the pri-
maries have been swelled for him,
many democrats, it is said, leaving
their party standard to enroll repub-
lican SO they may vote for Pinchot.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-14
Green Says British Strike
Will Not Change Course Of
American Labor Movement

industrial conditions prevailing in
America. In addition, under the form
of organization prevailing in the diff
ferent nations across the sea the
organizations of the workers in each
country may determine their own poll
cies. The organizations of Continen-
tai Europe and Great Britain are affil-
lated with the international Fedora
tion of Trade Unions, with headquar-
ters at Amsterdam, Holland. The
American Federation of Labor is not
affiliated with this International Fed
Grafton of Trade Unions.
The American Federation of Labor
believes the miners of Great Britain
are justified in their demands that
they be paid decent living wage.
We believe their grievances are well
founded and should be speedily re-
dressed. We express the hope that
those qualities of deliberation and
judgment which have always charac-
terized the British people in every
crisis will so assert themselves as to
bring about an immediate settlement
of the causes of the strike and to
avert the dire consequences with which
the people of the nation are threat
ened.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-14

acknowledgements iron, steel
and tin workers appreciate the efforts
of Joe" Bishop to better their con-
ditions of life. At the age of 81, he
has retired to private life, and the
Amalgamated Journal says:
"The first president of the Amalga-
mated Association is venerated by it's
membership. All wish him many
added years of life that he may re-
count the wonderful achievements of
the organization of which he is the
father"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-14
BALLOT BOYCOTT
Is National Menace, De.
clares President Coolidge

Washington.-The failure of citi-
zens to vote is a greater menace to
our governmental system that viol-
lence and other crimes, said Presi-
dent Coolidge, in an address to the
annual convention of the Daughters
of the American Revolution.
Violations of law are so apparent
that they quickly arouse the moral
power of the people, but shirking re-
sponsibilities of citizenship is more
insidious and likely to be more devas-
tating, said the chief executive.
1--WE live in republic. A vital
principle of that form Of government
is representation. More and more as
our population increases it becomes
necessary for the people to express
their will through their duly chosen
delegates. If we are to maintain the
principle that governments derive
their just powers from the consent Of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-14
BY WILLIAM GREEN
President, American Federation of
Labor

President, American Federation of
Labor
The general strike which was
threatened in Great Britain has be.
come an established fact Naturally
this has created most grave situa-
ton and one which causes a feeling OF
deep concern in the minds of all
thinking people. This is the first time
general strike has been resorted to
in Great Britain. The working people
in the United States will observe with
keen interest this experimentation in
the use Of the sympathetic strike as
means of bringing about the settle
ment of wage controversy in a sim
gle industry.
The great danger involved in gen.
eral or sympathetic strike is the pos
sibility that the original grievances
which are the primary causes of the
strike and which are, in this case,
meritorious, may be lost sight of be-
cause of the charge that the general
strike is challenge to government
and to the existence Of government
The issues of the strike become OBJ
scured and the public mind becomes
confused. Public opinion, in Great
Britain, might suppose the workers in
their demand for the redress of Just
grievances whereas it would solidly
support the government in its efforts
to maintain control of the government.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-14

now receive $1.371s an hour and are
asking for an increase to $1.50 an
hour President Harry Jensen, Secre-
tary-Treasurer Charles H. Sand and
Business Agents Tom Ratcliff and
Mark Taylor, all expressed confidence
of successful outcome to the nego-
tiations which are being carried on
with the contractors in the interest
Of the outside men.
1t is estimated that there are $780,
100000 of building projects in view in
Chicago at present. Building permits
for new projects of valuation of
$50 100000 were issued in April.
Other building trades unions have
been negotiating new wage scales for
several weeks past, with so many
Kaleidoscope changes daily that it
would be useless for weekly labor
paper news service to try to follow
and record them.
Plasterers Want S1.75 an Hour
The plasterers are holding the CEN
ter of the stage as this is written, with
their demand for an increase of 25
cents an hour and five-day week.
Their scale now is $1.5O an hour
They want a raise to $1.75 an hour.
Scarcity of plasterers in Chicago
probably will win the battle for them,
despite the threat of the contractors
that there are four or five substitutes
for plaster which will be used here
unless the union backs down in its
demands.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-14
Carpenters District Council
Of Chicago Wins Increased
Pay for 4,500 Union Millmen

BY international Labor News Service
Chicago. Harry Jensen
and other officers of the Chicago Car
penters' District Council have success
fully concluded negotiations with the
Chicago Millwork Association which
have resulted in yearly increase in
wages amounting to more than half
a million dollars to the 4,500 union
millmen in this district.
The council approved the proposed
new scale by unanimous vote and
ordered it sent to the referendum.
There is no doubt that the membership
will vote adoption.
To Get Sl.20 an Hour
The millmen had asked for an in
crease of 10 cents an hour. The old
rate was $1.15 an hour The difference
was split after several weeks of nego-
tiation and compromise reached
whereby the scale from May /, 1926,
to April 30, 1927, will be $1.20 an
hour. Apprentice boys get an in
crease of So week Their wages
range from SIS to $22 week. Forty
four hours will constitute a weeks
work.
Business Agent Ben Whitman, OF
the millmen, expressed great satisfac-
ton over the successful conclusion OF
the negotiations.
Outside Men Ask More Pay
The scale for the 10000 outside car
penters here expires June /. They
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-05-14
Labor Swells Primary Lists in Pennsyl-
vania's Three-Cornered Senate Fight
Big Vote to Be Cast

Between 1,250,OO0 and 100000
votes are to be cast. The labor, farm
er and church votes is expected to go
for Pinchot, the business and con-
servative vote to Pepper and the city
votes to Vare-making close contest.
Pinchot's campaign has been a lone
one, for he has had no political organ
ization other than that of the yolun-
teer workers who won for him his
election to the governorship four
years ago. That he has been courag
eous, efficient and honest in his ad-
ministration even his opponents ad-
nit. Under the Pennsylvania law a
governor can only serve one term
Pinchot's nomination and election to
the United States senate will be a
powerful blow to the reactionary ele-
ments and the outcome Of the coming
primary is awaited with deep interest
by the nation.
Result TO Be Close
The result will probably be so close
that it will be several days after the
election before correct summary of
the count will be known. 1t is also
question of whether the machine
will weigh or count" the vote. The
Philadelphia gang is notoriously cor
rupt. Both Pepper and Pinchot will
have difficulty in supervising the
count there, it is admitted.