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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-12
A. F. OF |. NOW
ON WATCH FOR
FAKE LABORITES
Daily Mail Hoax is
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WASHINGTON = OPP - President
Green of the A. F. of L. has been put
on his guard as to the British govern
ment's royal labor commission, which
is soon to tour the industrial dis
tricts of the United States under
guidance of the British ambassador.
Green says the A. f. Of L. accepts the
invitation to cooperate in showing the
visitors around, but does not hold It,
self responsible if they fail to visit
plants where union men are en-
ployed. Ambassador Howard has also
invited the Natl. Assn. of Manufac-
turers and the National Industrial
Conference Board to help in furnish
ing information.
American labor executives have
learned lesson as a consequence of
their ready acceptance of the hospi-
tality of the London Daily Mails hand
picked delegation of trade unionists
last March. BY agreement with sec
rotary Robt. Dissman, German Metal
Workers union, president ]. T. Brown
lie Of the British Amalgamated En-
cheering union and other representa-
tives of European labor, European
trade unionists visiting America in
the future will not be received OH.
cially unless officially sent.
Brownie explained to the executive
board OF the init. Assn. of Machinists
and to executives of the Metal Trades
department OF the American Fedora
ton or Labor the true character of
the Daily Mail labor" commission.
He said the men chosen by the fore
most anti-labor newspaper in Britain
to make the trip were reactionaries
who happened to hold union cards be-
cause the places whore they worked
are unionized. On their return TO
England they we're given great ban
quet, at which the most notorious enc
mics of British labor were present.
They made report flattering TO the
biggest non-union shops in the United
States. It glorified the welfare"
schemes OF these anti-union corpora
lions and praised the company unions.
I'VE were taken in by these fellows
because they showed union cards"
said Vice President Conlon Of the
Machinists. After they left Wash
ington to investigate industrial plants
We discovered that they were being
entertained by U. s. Steel and Gen
eral Electric and many other concerns
that are hostile to organized labor.
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greater numbers are injured and
crippled for life.
The Bosses Trlok.
The window cleaners experienced
many struggles with the bosses in
their attempts to raise their standards.
But since they organized themselves
into a union and especially when a
militant leadership was put into Of
fee, the window cleaners fought brave
ly their battles and succeeded to i'm
prove their conditions.
The employers, seeing that no force
can break the determination and
solidarity of the workers, attempted
to split the ranks of the workers by
spreading false rumors about their
leadership, with the intention to con-
fuse and sidetrsck the workers. This
was speedily and successfully checked
at the membership meeting.
The state department of labor, thru
it's department OF mediation and arbi-
tration, offered to arbitrate their
dispute with the bosses. But the work
ers felt that their demands are just
and refused arbitration. The bosses
took advantage Of that and spread
rumors among the workers that the
union refused to meet them at a
conference to negotiate the new de-
mands. This trick and proyocation
met with complete failure, the solid
arity of the workers is now stronger
than ever. The fighting spirit of the
workers and a militant, honest leader
ship assures the workers of victory
and success in their struggle for bet
ter conditions.
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modest, the employers refused even
to discuss them with the labor rep
resentatives This attitude of the en-
ployers, and their constant attempts
to break the Window Cleaners Union,
served as signal TO the workers to
strengthen their ranks and resist the
offensive Of the bosses to lower
their standards of living. This
was clearly demonstrated at their
membership meeting. where all like
one man decided to fight for their
new demands and union. The chal-
lenge Of the bosses was met by a
declaration Of an unanimous general
strike, beginning October l of all win
dow cleaners in New York City.
The Window Cleaners Job.
Not only is the work hard and tire
some, but the danger of it would
Justify a working week of less than
A hours. The worker In the other
branches of the building trades won
long time ago the demands the
window cleaners put up now. The
wages of the bricklayers, structural
iron workers are $14 to SIS per day
while window cleaners, whose work
is more dangerous, get only a half
Of that.
In general, the window cleaners
job is the most dangerous. The work
er has to stand on a space of to 5
inches on the Both floor and wash the
windows. There is nothing that can
assure his safety. The belt is attached
to side screws which are often loose
and unreliable and are the only things
on which the man holds on. AS a
result of such risky work many win
dow cleaners loose their life and
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WORKERS SUFFER
INCALIF0RNIA
COTTON FIELDS
Low Wages and Horrible
Conditions Prevail
BY JOHN X. OWENS.
Especial to The Daily Worker)

RIPLEY, Cay, Oct. 10.-The cotton
picking season has opened In the Palo
Verde, San Joaquin, Imperial, and
Coachilla valleys. These valleys pro-
duce the bulk of Californ1a's cotton.
Low Wages Prevail.
The pickers are usually paid
from $1.0O to $3.50 per hundred
pounds for picking. These are all
desert valleys and are watered by
irrigation methods. The air is dry,
and the cotton is light and fluffy.
An average picker, working from sun
up to shutdown, earns about 1925 per
day.
The picking is done mostly by
Mexicans, Negroes, Indians, and poor
whites migratory workers) from
Texas and Oklahoma.
Live in Tents.
The ranch owners seldom furnish
houses for the pickers; they usually
provide tents. The workers eat and
sleep on the ground. Health inspec-
tors never visit the ranches to en-
force sanitary regulations.
Suffer from Cold.
Like most desert climates the days
are warm the year around, but from
September to March, the nights and
mornings are intensely cold, usually
below the freezing point. The pick
ers suffer from cold and exposure.
In order to make weight one must
pick very early.
The cotton is cold and wet with
dew. Pickers frequently contract
dew-poisoning; the fingers crack and
split open; many workers are in
capacitated from further picking for
several days or weeks.
All Unorganlzed.
The workers are nearly 100 per cent
unorganized. The ranchers carefully
encourage the fiction OF social in
equality. White workers refuse to
pick in the same fields with Mexicans
and Negroes.
The ranchers even fatter the Mex
leans and Indians, and make them
feel superior 10 Negroes. In this way
they force all to work for less money
and put up with very poor accommo-
dations.
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1000 WORKERS
ON PAPER BOXES
STRIKE IN N. Y.
Independent Union in
Fight for Demands

NEW YORK, Oct. 1O--(FP)--Four
Thousand paper box workers are
striking in New York for SIS weekly
wage increase, 44-hour week, time and
half overtime, double time Sunday
pay. About IS per cent of the work
ers are girls and women. Men do
the scoring and cutting as well as
driving paper box delivery wagons.
All are in the Paper Box Makers
Union, an independent industrial un-
ion, Open shop workers are employed
for long hours at as little as half the
pay Of union workers. Union shops
have the 46-hour week at present.
Gers andADicI<s Flight Strikers.
The paper box industry is of con-
siderable Importance In New York,
where great quantities of the boxes
are used in both wholesale and retail
trades, especially in garment indus
tries and by department stores.
AT least one detective agency is
known to be attempting strike break
ing by supplying nonunion drivers
and chauffeurs for manufacturers to
deliver stock on hand. The agency
gets $40 a day per man: Police are
acting as guards on the wagons.
May ReaffiIlate.
The union has been conducting an
intensive organization campaign for
several months. George Powers and
Anthony Capraro are the organizers;
Fred Caiola, the union manager.
The union was at one time affiliated
. with the Paper Pulp and Sulph1te
WORKERS International Union, a men,
Der Of the American Federation of La
Dor, and hopes to again join this in
ternational.
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CAPPELLINPS man
REFUSES TO AID
STRIKING MINERS
Local President Charges
Board with Non-Support

PARSONS, Pa, Oct. 10.-Local 3O76
of the U. M. w. of A., that struck
when four members were discharged
by mine boss for having cigarettes
in their possession-which the miners
declare were planted-decided to re-
turn to work without having their de-
mands aeceded to by the bosses of
the Glenn Alden Coal Co. The strikers
wanted the men reinstated and the
mine boss dismissed.
President Cappenini of District 1.
ordered the miners to return to work
saying that he would not allow any
unauthorized strikes. He informed
Thomas Burke, president of the local,
that the strike must be called off. The
grievances could be taken up by a
committee of miners who would meet
the operators. The question Of dis
charging the mine boss, a notorious
strikebreaker. was dropped by the
board.
Board Member Spoke.
A special meeting OF the local was
called at which a district board mem
Der was present. The miners f1ocked
to the meeting. The minutes of the
previous meeting at which the strike
decision was taken were read. Then
the board member spoke.
He frankly told the miners that he
would not stand for strikes over such
petty matters" as the discharge Of
union miners. He would never per-
NIT such strike.
Miners Were Angry.
When the board member got thru
talking miners began to clamor for
the floor. One speaker pointed an &C.
cusing finger at Cappellini's represen-
tatiye and demanded what good it
would do the miners to have person
like him (the board member) repre-
senting them, suggesting that he
would be more likely to help the boss
than help the men.
President Burke Of the local de-
olared that the local committee never
got any help from the district board.
Operators Defended by Otflclal.
The board member declared that the
operators had right to discharge
anybody in the mine. The miners re-
scented this, saying that even the laws
of the capitalist state Of Pennsylvania
do not guarantee any such right to
the owners. The faithful disciple of
Cappellini replied that the operators
had a right to do what they please
with their employees.
President Burke then declared that
since they had not only to fight the
bosses but also the officials of the
district, they would have to return to
work, pending settlement of their
grievances, with the understanding
that unless their. fellow-workers were
given back their jobs. that they would
come out again.
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the workers is supplied by the CO.
operatives. In number of places the
workers cooperatives have developed
to such an extent that they have com
pletely replaced all private trade
(Tula, etc.
Aided by Government.
The workers cooperative movement
continues to grow under favorable
conditions Of development. The gov
eminent has granted the cooperatives
number of privileges in the form OF
reduced taxes, priority in the receipt
Of goods from the nationalized indus
try and easy terms of payment. The
cooperatives are granted large credits
both by the state and the cooperative
banks. In addition interest.free loans
have been granted to them on a num-
Der Of occasions.
The movement constitutes a part OF
the general system OF cooperation in
U. S. S. r. but It enjoys a high degree
of independence and is controlled BY
the Central Labor Section attached TO
the trade unions. The connection be-
tween the workers cooperatives and
the trade unions, however. is purely
voluntary, though the unions natural.
ly exert considerable influence over
the cooperatives.
The cooperatiyes sell to their mem
bers both for cash and on credit.
There are two forms Of credit: short
term credit, including food and other
primary necessities, allowed between
paydays. and long term credits (up
to six months), under which articles
Of general use Clothing. etc. may be
purchased.
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ali larger than those of ordinary apart
ments, having more windows and
higher ceilings. Great inner court
yards separate the different units of
the building, which occupies only As
per cent Of the square block in which
It is built. Neighboring apartments
cover much more of the ground be-
cause their owners want the maximum
returns by crowding. The workers
cooperative house faces Bronx Park
on one side.
Low Rental Rates.
The workers entering the new CO.
operative apartment pay in 5000 per
room to help finance the building con-
struction. When they are unable to
pay the full rate the Consumers Fl.
nance Corp, subsidiary owned by
the United Workers Cooperative,
loans half the sum at 4 per cent, re-
payment at the rate of 81 a week
Maintenance OF rooms is to be S13
per room per month, covering all
charges, including $3.50 allowed for
paying of the $1,000, 900 building mort.
gage. Rental for other apartments
in the district mounts to $40 or SIS
per room per month. The mainten-
ance charges may eventually go down
to So as the mortgage is paid off.
No Industrial Ownership.
Residents may withdraw their pay
ments if they leave the building, tho
all must agree to stay at least two
years. New residents will pay in the
same sums, but in no case will any
resident ever own his apartment or be
able to sell or sub-let it as he would
in other so-called co-operatives. This
is a true cooperative apartment, the
whole property remaining in the hands
of the organization, and proceeds be-
yond expenses belong to the co-opera-
tive.
To Get Women Out of Home.
Every member of the United Work
ers' Cooperative must be a worker, a
member of the union if there is one
in his trade. Every resident of the
apartment house IS or over must be-
long to the cooperative. Some of the
most interesting features of the new
apartment are designed to bring the
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New Lumber Trust.

SEATTLE-FP)-A gigantic mer-
ger of lumber companies involving 70
Of the largest concerns in the Pacific
northwest is under way. Organizers
of the merger are now comforting with
the bankers. One hundred million
dollars Of new investment will be re-
CURED and a capital outlay OF $780,
100000 will be represented by the new
corporation, with its 10000, O00O, 900
feet of commercial timber.
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Workers cooperatives in the
U. S. S. r.


Prior to the revolution the work
ers' cooperative movement was in an
embryonic state and represented a
negligible quantity, both from the
point Of view Of membership and bust
ness turnover.
Since then the movement has de-
veloped on a large scale. Thus on
Oct. 1, 1925, the workers cooperatives
had membership OF 1865, 7O3. This
does not include the transport (the
transport section has an autonomous
standing) which on that date had a
membership Of 1,O25,56O Including
temporary workers)
The total number Of workers affilia-
ted to the movement was therefore
4,692,26S. The total trade union mem.
bership at that time was 100000 lin
round numbers); so that the percent
age of trade-unionists organized in the
cooperatives was sos. In the more
Industrial regions the percentage was
much higher.
Increase 100 Per Cent.
The turnover at the workers CO.
operatives has been rapidly growing
While the annual turnover exclusive
OF the transport section) in 1923-24
was 4S.146,00O rubles, that for 1924-25
was 1881, $4,000 rubles, showing an
increase Of almost 100 per cent.
The share capital OF the workers
cooperatives exclusive OF transport)
at the end OF last year was nearly
100000 rubles. The shares are
rather small being equal on an aver
age to little over rubles each.
On January /, 1926. there was a
total OF 1,461 primary cooperatives
with 1904 stores in the country en-
ploylng 92.5sO persons (exclusiye OF
Industrial establishments).
An interesting question is how big
a percentage OF the workers pur-
chases is made thru the cooperatives.
Here the picture varies in different
parts of The country. In many OF tho
industrial centers, for instance, the
percentage is as high as 20 and so.
sometimes even going up to 100 per
cent In the less industrial sections
the percentage Is smaller
On the whole about 50 per cent OF
Tho geods and foodstuffs consumed by
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women out Of their domestic activities
into broader cooperative and labor ac.
ton. There will be cooperative res
taurant day nursery, kindergarten
gymnasium, music room, library, re.
ception hall and auditorium, and cleo.
trio laundry. The cooperative restau.
rant will aim to give such good food
so cheaply that It will compete the
housewife out of her kitchener kitch.
enette, as it is in most cases.
To Spread Out.
The first apartment will be followed
by two others, one ready next May,
the other next October. A group of
cooperative stores to serve the col
ony-and its neighbors-wI' be partly
completed by spring A cooperative
bakery may be built later and the or
ganization hopes to erect its own
school where workers children may 20
instead OF to public school. A theater
for the co-operators' use will be built
and a swimming pool. Lots for the
business structures are already owned
by the organization. Purchase of land
for a second colony is already proceed
ing.
They Have a Doctor.
The interest of the builder, Barnett
Brodsl1y, in the cooperative colony
idea is big factor in the progress of
this particular venture. Brodsky, a
successful New York builder, is allow
ing his service charge to be put into
a three-year mortgage. He helped Sc
cure the necessary loan to commence
building and has given much practical
advice. One unusual feature of the
apartment is the central electric
meter, which reduces the cost about
IS per cent, allowing for an increased
used of electricity by residents. A
cooperative clinic, with DR.. B. Liber
as physician, and dentists to be
chosen-chiefy for preventive work
is another feature.
"a further article on the United
Workers Cooperative and its aetivi-
ties in building cooperative move
ment" among workers will follow in
The DAILY WORKER next week.
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OAKLAND, Cal--(FP)--J. +. Dali
ton of the Los Angeles typographical
union was elected president Callfor-
MIA State Federation of Labor over
Roe H. Baker of San Francisco, in
cumbent, and Paul Scharrenberg was
reelected secretary. The convention
passed resolutions condemning capital
punishment, calling for repeal OF the
criminal syndicalism act, favoring old
age pensions and the state water and
power act, opposing comment by trial
judges during criminal cases, and call
ing for legislation against the hell
ships" Of tho Alaska salmon packers.
n also declared against the labor de
partment OF the league OF nations.
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Wages In Pottery Industry Low.

WASHINGTON OPP Wages OF
men and women employed In the
American pottery industry are decid-
eddy low. This is shown by a study
which the U. s. department Of labor
has just completed, based on statistics
for 46 potteries, most OF which were
In the region centering about East
Liverpool, o. For $3.50 men and
boys the average earnings per, week
In 1926 were S2622, and for A657
women and girls they were 1927 in
tho semi-vitreous plants, producing
common tableware.
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Almost Unanimous

SAN FRANCISCO -. (FP) - The
trial Judge, the district attorney, his
assistants. the forman OF the jury,
and s OF the . living jurors In the
Mooney and Billings preparedness pa
rade bomb case will join in their plea
for pardon when the. hearing Is held
in Sacramento on oct. 20. All these
officials are convinced that both men
were convicted on periured testimony.
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Here's an Opportunity to Help

NEW YORK - OPP -Oyercoats,
shoes and other clothing are needed
badly for the Passaic textile strikers
and their families, declares the init.
Workers Aid. The eight months fight
began in winter and is now wheeling
around to winter again. Pickets are
still Drawing wintry winds and police
mems clubs in thin summer garments
and ragged remnants OF coats. Cloth
ing collections may be left at Room
237, 700 Broadway, New York, or sent
directly to the Passaic Strikers Gen.
eral Relief Committee at 743 Main
ave-, Pnssaic. N. J.
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BIG COOPERATIVE APARTMENT
IN GOTHAM WILL BE READY FOR
TENANTS EARLY IN NOVEMBER
BY ESTHER LOWELL, Federated Press.

NEW YORK of and
their families will into the big
have built the first unit borough
York City About LOO spckandspan spacious rooms
enjoy the benefits
United Workers Cooperative.
Each of the $50 tworoom or fouroo
has at least
Of the day assured single ones are
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wAsHINGToN--(FP)-Pres. Coo.
lidge continues TO maintain federal
judges Richie and Reed and Dist.
Atty. Shoup in office in Alaska, de-
spite the fact that the senate Judiciary
committee last Juno forced him 10
withdraw their denomination.
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Window Cleaners Fight for Standards
BY LEON PLATT
Especial to The Daily Workerl

yearly between the Protective
Window Association Window
expired September union
meeting discuss the negotiations
the Employers Association and the
he the
$40 As
considered the window
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SOVIET TRADE UNIONS TELL OF
PARTICIPATION OF MEMBERS IN
GROWTH OF THE CO-OPERATTYES

The following cooperatives in the Soviet Union
sent out by the Central Council Union
in their Trade Union Bulletin participation labor
unions the workers republic in the cooperative move
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Organized Labor-Trade Union Activities

News and Comment
Labor Education
Labor and Government
Trade Union Politics
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Policies and Programs
The Trade Union Press
kes-Injunctions
Labor and Imperialism
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LANSF0RD, Pa.-FP)-Delegates
to Dist. Z, United Mine Workers, con
vention discussed the failure of the
operators and board Of Cancellation to
institute the checkoff system, expect
ed when the anthracite agreement
was signed. Delegates urged that
Pres. John L. Lewis be invited to
meet the Cancellation board and go
over the checkoff The checkoff is a
system whereby union dues are de-
Quoted by the company from wages
given to the local. It exists in the
organized bituminous districts.
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Plan Huge Building
Program for Moscow
Workers Apartments

MoSCOW-(By MaiD-The Moscow
Soviet has applied to the Central
Communal Bank for long-term Gre
dit Of IS million roubles. The money
will be spent on the building Of houses
and workers apartments in Moscow.