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The daily worker., 1926-08-03
CHICAGO LABOR
RADIO REPORT
MADE TO GIL,
Get Letter of Warming
from K. K. K.

The Chicago Federation of Labor
heard a report by Ed Nockels, secre-
tary, on its new radio station, VIGIL,
|recently set up at Municipal Pier. The
federation broadcasts speeches and an
nouncements from to Z p. m. every
evening. From 10 to 11:30 D. m. the
Municipal Pier jazz band takes the
microphone.
A letter was received from persons
signing themselves, r. K. K. K, pre-.
sumably a sort of radio ku klu klux,
warning station VIGIL to sign off at
Z p. m. every Monday night so as not
to interfere with the program of
WEAF, New York station of the Radio
Corporation of America. The letter,
Of course, was ignored.
$4,000 Pay Per Capita.
The radio report concluded with the
news that $4,000 members of the fed
Grafton had paid their per capita tax
for the radio station. This amounts to
rs cents per quarter, or 50 over a pc
riod of two years.
The grievance committee reported
that an effort to get the Grand Rapids
Furniture Co., of 239 Wabash avenue,
to observe night closing in their store
had been made with no success. The
committee that visited the manager to
protest about the six nights week OBJ
served by the store for lengthening the
business hours was told to get out.
Furniture Union Fights.
The fight against the company is be-
ing waged by the Furniture Salesmen's
Union, which has many men working
in the Wabash avenue furniture dis
trict.
The union label committee an
nounced that the Chicago Federation
Of Labor would take part in the ma
tional union label drive being made
by the American Federation of Labor.
The drive will be in progress from
August 20 to September and dur
ing those days union labor will agitate
for the purchase of only label goods.
The daily worker., 1926-08-03
Slave Stealing CHARGED.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Aug. L.
Attempts of Passaic wooden mills,
where workers have been on strike
for six months, to recruit other work
ers in Massachusetts mill areas are
being investigated by the state board
Of labor and industry.
Massachusetts agents have talked to
mill workers who were falsely induced
to go to the New Jersey mills. Work
ers were told that $50 a week was
the guaranteed pay in the mills.
Run Away from Mills.
Workers say that they were not
told Of strike conditions and in many
cases were told that the mill was "in
Long Island" None knew until they
arrived in Passaic and were forced to
eat, sleep and work in the factory that
they were brought to to serve as
strikebreakers.
They refused to be such and were
left stranded by the mill agents. In
some cases the Massachusetts work
ers went to the United Front Com.
mittee in Passaic for aid in getting
back TO their homes.
The daily worker., 1926-08-03
Chicago Nuclei
Elect Delegates for
Nomination Conference

The Workers (Communist) Party
nomination conference will be held
Tuesday, Aug. 10, D. M, at the
North Side Turner Hall, $40 N. Clark
St., to nominate the party ticket for
the state and county ballots for the
November elections. The conference
will also consider the organization of
the election campaign and the adop-
tion OF an election platform. Chicago
nuclei should each send two delegates
to this conference. The cities in the
northern part of the state having par
ty units will also send delegates. A
separate conference is being held
down state.
The daily worker., 1926-08-03
insult WILL
Be ASKED WHY
He CAVE COIN
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Chicago Federation of Labor does not
Increase the equanimity OF Fitzpatrick
and Nockels. Surely they cannot blame
the Communists for the investigation
or accuse them of having inveigled
them into endorsing Frank L. Smith,
the chosen son of Samuel insult.
VIII Fitzpatrick and Nockels repudi-
ate their endorsement OF Frank L..
Smith, since they must know by now
that his campaign was so heavily sub
sidized by the public utility barons I?
And If they repudiate Smith who will
they endorse? Or, will they turn
their backs on their recent past,
and decide that after all, they were
right when fighting for labor party
even against overwhelming odds?
That they owe an explanation to the
labor movement is beyond question.
Washed His Hands Like PLATE.
According TO news reports when
Fitzpatrick was asked for comment on
the slush fund exposure he said: "You
know we'll that the Chicago Fedora,
tion OF Labor is not mixed up in such
procedure. The thing is 30 entirely
remote from our organization that
care to say nothing"
so remote II should not be forgot.
ten that the Chicago Federation OF
Labor endorsed Smith.
The daily worker., 1926-08-03
Herrin Coal Mines
Resume Operation

HERRIN, H., August 1.-For the
first time since March 80 last, every
operating mine in the vicinity of Her
rim was working today.
A report from railroad Office here
indicated the coal business has in
creased 2596 in the past ten days and
officials anticipate a similar advance
ment in the next ten days. The Bobby
Dick Mine which has not been in oper-
alton for several months will resume
activities next Monday, employing sew
eral hundred men. There are plenty Of
unemployed workers in Herrin to meet
the demand for men.
The daily worker., 1926-08-03
Grand Jury Ready to
Act on Church Death

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 1. =
Its investigation complete, the Tar
rant county grand jury was ready to
vote today on the question of laying
formal charge OF murder against
Rev. j. Frank Norris, fundamentalist
leader who shot and killed d. Il.
Chipps, prominent lumber broker and
clubman, in the pastors study of the
First Baptist Church here July II.
Should the grand jury accept Nor.
ris' sworn statement that he shot in
selfdefense, the pastor would be freed
Immediately from the ls10,OOO bond
under which he has bsen at liberty
since the killing.
The daily worker., 1926-08-03

servicse in front OF the Gilbert
Davis mines which is protected" by
the injunction OF Judge Lazzelle,' was
not allowed by the sheriff.
To Issue Paper.
While the representatives Of the
U. NJ. w. A. were placed behind bars
for violating the Injunction arrange
ments we're made by the union to con-
duct the union affairs from the jail
At the same time all arrangements are
completed for the issuance OF a four
page newspaper, called the Union
Miner, devoted especially to the In
terests OF tho strike.
The daily worker., 1926-08-03

Scott's Run region. TO 30 days in
jail and 5000 fine each.
Three miners were given a SEN
tence OF ten days and $50 fine each
and two women pickets were given a
fine OF $50 each.
A motion for an arrest Of Judgment
until appeal is taken was refused by
the court The case was appealed to
the state supreme court OF appeals and
an order was issued by this court for
the immediate release Of the five men
on bail of $1,000 each.
stop Religious Service.
The picketing continues all along
the line. An attempt to hold religious
The daily worker., 1926-08-03
PASSAIC TEXTILE
STRIKERS GET $4,000
OF new YORK FURRIERS

PAssAlc, N. j., Aug. I. - The
New York Furriers' Union has
turned In check for $4,000 as the
first instalIment on the $4,000 the
union Is raising thru a membership
tax for Passale strike relief.
Five thousand dollars have also
been received from the Emergency
Committee for Strikers Relief, OF
which Mrs. clarIna Nicholson Is the
secretary.
The daily worker., 1926-08-03


~ the nation, there isn't much or
ganized material with which to build
the United labor front against the
capitalist parties for this years con-
gressional elections.
Thus the organizations that do
exist stand more glaringly in the
limelight and their activities re-
ceive closer scrutiny.
If there existed a Labor Party
with masses attached to it, the pres
ence of the socialist party, for in
stance, in the political arena would
receive but little notice. Whether
the socialist party joined in the
united front or evaded it would
then be only passing, unimportant
phenomena.
But since the forces building for
independent political action of the
workers and farmers are weak and
scattered, those forces that dodge
or evade the struggle necessarily
subject themselves to denunciation
by and ostracism from the work
ing class movement.
In very few states does the social
list party even give an ear to the
demand for the United Front of La
hor fOy fba foil oIoot;opo
The state of California is one of
the few exceptions. In the Pacific
coast state the socialist party has
at least answered the appeal of the
Workers (Communist) Party for the
placing of a United Labor Ticket
in the field. This indicates that there
is little ferment within the social
ist ranks against the recent Pitts.
burgh national convention edict of
the socialist party against all such
United Front actions with Commun-
lists.
The disappointment, of course,
comes in the very clear concession
of the socialists, contained in this
letter, that in California as else
where, the socialists have learned
nothing and forgotten nothing. The
socialists still stand, after seven
years, at their Armageddon of those
August days in 1919, when the Com
munist forces in America left the
socialist ranks and built their own
party, the American section Of the
Communist international.
Instead of joining with all other
labor elements to fight for certain
immediate interests of the workers
and farmers, the socialists revive
their old attacks on the Commun-
lists and demand that the Commun-
lists surrender their principles and
return to an acceptance of the So
cialist reformism-which is not So
cialism-against which they rebel
ed years ago.
1t is easily understood how the
two signatories to the California So
cialists' letter, Cameron H. King,
state chairman, and Lena Morrow
Lewis, state secretary, cling to such
Illusions. They play the role OF So
cialist officials in all countries, who
combat laTbor's United Front ac-
tivities. But it is difficult to un-
derstand how Upton Sinclair, select
ed as the socialist candidate for gov
ernor, can feel himself serving the
working class thru imbibing such
moonshine.
1t is hoped that the California
The daily worker., 1926-08-03
Passaic, New Jersey,
Strikers Are Urged
to Join the A. F. of L.
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ing me back talk" declared the uni.
formed thug.
On the way to the station the COP
thought OF another bright idea. When
they arrived at the station Weisbord
was accused of another charge-that
OF carrying concealed weapons. A
huge bologna knife, which the cop
produced from his own pocket, was
declared to be the property of Weis-
bord. Even the sergeant looked skep-
tical and released the strike leader on
s25 bail. The police court Judge was
very grave the next day. He ex-
acted $500 bail and held Weisbord
for the grand jury on this charge.
The daily worker., 1926-08-03
NOCKELS and
FITZ Want TO
RUN THE JAIL
Better Than Fighting
Against Injunctions
(By Our Untlrlng RepOrter.J }

(5y Our Untiring Reporter.)
The half dozen members of the
|. L. G. w. u, who are still in the
county Jail because they violated an
anti-picketing Injunction, have the
chance Of lifetime If they only knew
1t. They may be lnvItedii harassed
Judge to run the county Jail.
Perhaps it never occurred to the
girls, but they were too busy fighting
to do much thinking. Somebody once
said that history left the fighting to
the FOOLS
Never Too Late to Learn.
Therefore Edward Nockels and John
Fitzpatrick, who began to read history
recently have lot of time to devote
to thinking. Those two very much
abused labor leaders were recently
taken to task at a federation meeting
for not doing anything to help the
jailed pickets, other than asking their
friend Len Small for pardon. Stung
by the taunt, John and Ed swung
around in their battered swivel chairs
like two gigantic weather vanes.
Time for Action.
Said John to Ed: "The reds will
have us in red politically unless we
do something for those pickets."
"I'll fight them in couples" growled
Ed. They're no good anyhow. They
can't fight. If 1 was young man"
David Stopped Goliath.
Now can that stuff" replied John.
do you remember the day Big
Fitchie walked across the room at the
federation meeting wanting to know
who said, Sit down, you big stiff?
And little Walt of the iron workers,
who never opened his bazoo until then,
piped UP and said, L said it, you big
bum. What are you going to do about
it,? And Fitchie sat down. Ed, that
kind of stuff doesn't work as it used
to in the days of old Skinny Madden.
Brains is what counts today. Put on
your hat and do a little thinking"
Ed Ran Into an Idea.
There was silence for a few minutes.
Ed was reading his favorite daily
paper, the Chicago Tribune.
Il have it," he said. They're look
ing for gang to run the county Jail.
Suppose we demand that the l. L.
G. w. U. pickets be hapded the job.
This will save our hides from the
reds. Surely they cannQ, expect any
/ mora than thof from, nc
He Saved the Day.
Good bye, 3D." chuckled John.
Only for you wouldn't know what to
do. You are a genius. Sit down and
write a letter to Judge Jack Nc
Goorty."
Ed got busy and this is part of what
resulted:
MAY we ask, judge. when appoint
ing an advisory committee on Jail con-
ditions, etc, why the class distinc-
ton? Why highbrows and intel
lectuals? Why bankers? Why a direc-
tor of a self-constituted so-called crime
commission?
'The Chicago Federation of Labor,
representing the labor movement of
this city, is an honest-to-god civic or
ganization not organized for profit, a
human and humane institution of the
working people. And we have quite
few men and women prisoners in the
county jail because of the illegal abuse
Of the Injunction by some of our
judges in industrial disputes.
Therefore we suggest that these
folks with the experience of the coun-
ty Jail, who are there because they are
poor, be substituted for some of those
on your advisory committee"
The daily worker., 1926-08-03
GO SLOWLY ON
CONTRACTS IN
N. Y. MARKET
Garment Strikers Hold
JObberS to Account
tspeoIaI 70 rhe naIIy Workerl


NEW YORK CITY, Aug. IA total
Of 80 garment manufacturers have set
lied to date with the Cloakmakers'
Union Joint board on union terms, It
was announced at the offices Of the
Joint board. However, despite 200 ap-
pleatlons from manufacturers and
Iobbers, David Dubinsky, secretary Of
the strike settlement committee, warn
cd that not more than so agreements
are likely to be concluded from the
applications In hand, because there is
no evidence that the remainder can
give adequate guarantees Of living up
to unl0n conditions.
Must Aim at Jobbers.
Louis Hyman, chairman Of the Cen
sral Strike Committee, speaking to
hundreds of striking shop chairmen at
Webster Hall warned against precipi-
tating settlements with manufacturers
who are under the suspicion of Civ
ing a considerable portion Of their
work 10 iobbers not responsible to
the union. He declared that the pur-
poses Of the strike viii not be lost If
3obbers, not yet brought to account,
can obtain surreptitiously some Of
their work from independent manu-
faoturers.
1T Is not TO the unions advantage
to settle with any manufacturers about
whom we have the slightest suspicion
Of doubt. We therefore must ask you
10 Inform your workers not to press
tor individual settlements and so OBJ
scure the main issues of the strike.
We must, and we are able, to show
the tobbers that they can get no work
done either in New York or out of
town. Then they will have to treat
with Us, whether they like it or not"
Close Out Of Town Shops.
Despite frequent arrests out Of town,
the strikers outof-town committee,
thru Jacob Halpern, chairman, is able
to report that hardly does non-union
shop attempt to rear its head that it
is promptly shut down. Six pickets
were arrested in Morristown, N. j.,
and fined So a piece, but not until
a shop had been closed down. Three
strikers were arrested in Orange, but
a shop there was closed. Another shop
was shut down in New Brunswick.
AS a result of union activities there,
four men were arrested and held for
the grand jury, charges Of assault
being branded as absurd. A shop was
closed in Summit.
II is generally admitted in the gar
ment industry that the success of the
union in preventing the operation of
mushroom shops outside Greater New
York will be the greatest determining
factor in bringing the jobbers, who
control IS per cent of the industry,
to terms. Their ability to get work
done at this time is almost negligible,
according to Mr.. Hyman.
Contest lnIunetlons.
The general strike committee met
at Manhattan Lyceum and put the fin
ishing touches to the text of the pro-
posed agreement with jobbers. Coun-
sell for the union will appear in the
supreme court TO fight making perma-
nent an injunction obtained by the
manufacturers to prevent alleged in
timidation OF non-union designers.
This will be in the nature Of test
case, since It involved the right OF
picketing and of peaceful persuasion
to join the union.
The daily worker., 1926-08-03
Workers VIII Judge the
Socialist Party on It's
United Front Position
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

socialists will carefully study the
reply of the Executive Committee Of
District No. 13, lof the Workers
(Communist) Party, published in
last Saturdays issue of The DAILY
WORKER. That letter is written to
meet the situation that has arisen
in California, but it applies equally
we'll to the whole nation. 1t is a
statement OF the Communist position
that rank and file workers should
be able to understand, even if So
cialist party officials, who claim to
have been in the revolutionary
movement for score and more of
years, fail to grasp its meaning.
California is plague spot of cap
italism. Labor is practically outlaw
ed under a dastardly state criminal
syndicalist law. Courageous spokes-
man of the workers sit in prison.
Capitalist interests are busy plum
dering the subject working class
everywhere. The capitalist robber
never rests.
The Communists, in this crisis,
call for fight to repeal the state
criminal syndicalist law, a fight
against the use Of injunctions in la
Dor disputes, a fight against anti
picketing laws, against military
training in the schools, against the
plundering of the water power of
the state, and struggle for the re-
lief of the farmers and the improve
ment of the working conditions of
the badly exploited Mexican and
Negro workers.
Cameron King, Lena Morrow
Lewis and Upton Sinclair will be
compelled to answer for themselves
and for the socialist party if they
reject the United Front demand to
develop the solidarity of the work
ers and farmers for this very neces-
sary struggle. Technical bubbles
will not avail.
Belief in the proletarian dictator
ship, the Soviet power, the Boil
shevik overthrow Of the capitalist
state, Communist criticism of So
cialists and the nature of Com
munist activities in the trade
unions, are not at issue in the plac-
ing of United Labor Ticket in the
field in California Communists GER
tainly intend to remain loyal to their
principles. Workers who do not ac-
cept those principles will remain
outside the Communist Party. Some
of them may remain in the social
list party. When workers discover
that Communist principles offer
them the only escape from their
present difficulties, then they will
consider joining the Communist
Party. But that is not the i'm
mediate problem.
The problem right now IS the
building of a United Front of la
Dor to fight the very evident unity
of the employing class in California.
There is yet time for the Cali
fornia socialists to accept the Com
munist proposal for solidarity un-
der the standards of a United La
Dor Ticket on the basis clearly and
definitely outlined. The socialists
must make their decision in full
view Of the whole California work
ing class.
The daily worker., 1926-08-03
New York Central r. r.
Moves for Big Merger
with Midwestern Lines

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.--Another
big railroad consolidation was sub.
mitted to the interstate commerce
commission today for approval.
The New York Central asked for
authority to acquire control by lease
for 80 years OF the Cleveland, Cincin-
natl, Chicago and ST. Louis Railroad,
known as the Big Four system, the
Michigan Central, and the Chicago,
Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railroad.
AT the same time the Big Four
asked to acquire by lease for 80 years
the Cincinnati Northern and the
Evansville. Indianapolis and Terre
Haute Railroad.
The daily worker., 1926-08-03
Severe Earthquake In Channel.

ST Heller, Jersey, Channel Island,
Aug 1.--Severe earthquake today
shook the Isle of Jersey. Buildings IN
st. Heller rocked to and fro for several
seconds. Many chlmneys tumbled
down. No casualties were reported.
The earthquake was the most severe
ever experienced In Jersey,
The daily worker., 1926-08-03
Mill STRIKERS
WANT TO UNITE
With A.F.OF |,

PASSAIC, Aug. 1.-Passaic police
arrested Albert Weisbord, organizer of
the United Front Committee of Textile
Workers, for carrying a pocket knife.
Police claimed he was carrying con-
cealed weapon" His aid, Michael
Grabinsky, was arrested in his ma
chine for obstructing traffic." and an
other strike leader, Jack Rubinstein,
was again arrested 'for disorderly
conduct"
The strike heads had come from a
mass meeting at which Weisbord told
Of his visit to Senator Borah and said
that he would withdraw if his pres
ence blocked negotiations. He de-
clared that the strikers "unqualifedly
desire to associate with" the American
Federation of Labor"
Demand Recall.
The Associated Societies and Par
ishes of Passaic, catholic organiza-
tions, are seeking the recall of Mayor
John H. Mcguire and Police Commits
sioner Abram Preiskel as responsible
for attacks of Passaic police not only
on strikers but on outside visitors.
The brutal beating of New York fur
workers brought the situation to a
head for the societies.
The daily worker., 1926-08-03
MEXICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
AND GALES MAKE DECLARATIONS
In WAR WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH
Especial to The Daily WOrker)

MEXICO CITY, Aug IA committee Federation
Labor &C. R. o. M visited the
pledged the solidarity to the government in its fight