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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
Movie Operators Make
Demands; Bosses Train
Scabs with Army Help

WASHINGTON, July 27.-FP)-
A wage of SIS week, and a working
week of 40 hours is the demand Of
the Motion Picture Operators Pro-
tective Union in the capital. This
demand is fatty rejected by the
theater owners thru their scale com
mittee. A strike is anticipated on
Sept. 1, unless one or the other side
changes its attitude. The existing
scale is $65 for 42-hour week.
In refusing to consider the unions
demand, the scale committee for the
Theater Managers Association de-
clared that it meant an increase of
$4,000 in wages to the union mem
bers. At the same time, preparing to
meet strike emergency, managers
claimed that only 100 out of 800 H.
censed operators in the District of
Columbia belong to the union.
Thomas A. Reed, president Of the
IuC Olet1AAl VI lie HAL
ayers that any wage increase must be
accompanied by an increase in the
admission charge. He asked why the
renovating of the theaters was not
an equally good excuse for boosting
prices.
The theater musicians and stage
hands, whose contracts expire next
year, are preparing demands similar
to those of the moving picture op-
orators. They may assist the strik-
ers if strikebreakers are used in the
present contest.
Sergeant H. Saum of the army sig
nal corps has been secured by the
managers as instructor in a school for
instruction of the managers and as
sistant managers in operating the ma
chimes, so that every manager may be
strikebreaker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
ELECTRICIANS IN
ASSOCIATION TO
Get into union
Ask Union to End Bad
Closed Book Policy

NEW YORK, July 81 (FP) -
''From now on I'm going to devote
my life to the labor movement" de-
clared one of the marlborough sub
way strikers to the Electrical Work.
ers Association. He spoke with sin
certify that admitted no doubt. He
thanked the organization for the sup
port it had given to the subway strik.
ers. The association had been try
ing to organize power house workers
and when the strike came, called upon
all such workers to join the fight
with the Consolidated Railroad Work.
ers.
Organize to Get Into Union.
The Electrical Workers Association
is an organization Of electricians
working for contractors, public utili.
tias, or elsewhere, who cannot get in.
70 Local 8, Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, which has closed dts books
The men have been organizing since
April and have succeeded In winning
nearly 1000 workers In that time.
Their officers state that there are
about $4,000 electrical workers who
should be eligible to Local 3 in greater
New York who are not members be.
cause the unions policy bars them
Local 3 has a membership of $500
practically all In the building trades
Does Not Sign Agreements.
The difference in wages is one OF
che big incentives of the nonunion
men to seek admittance to Local g.
The union scale is $12, So for helpers
and from $40 up for apprentices
Non-union workers get about half this
pay on building jobs, finishing work
repair jobs, ETC., and about Sc to $3.50
for the few top men in the public
utilities-light and power houses, tele
phone company, etc.
The Electrical Workers Association
takes In all bona fide electricians and
It's aim is to get them into Local 8 II
possible. The association does moi
serve as a union by refraining from
signing agreements, providing bene
fts, or doing other business usually
handled by union.
May Unite With Brotherhood.
The associations Bulletin for July
"a contains a copy of letter sent tc
the executive committee by H. H
Breach, international vice-president OF
the Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers, who promises to confer with the
men soon. A union of All Electrical
Workers; and Every Electrical Work
er Union Man is the organization's
slogan.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
SPEEDING UP OF LABOR BASIC
REASON FOR LAST YEARS BIG
PROFITS, SAYS THE GOVERNMENT

WASHINGTON c. July 27So capitalists ability
take profits the
American industry according
book just issued The particularly
speeding up
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
CHURCHES DODGE
MOVE FOR PROBE
OF IMPERIALISM
All Alike Give Abb,
Baptists close" Note
BY LAURENCE TODD,
Federated Press.

WASHINGTON, July .27- (FP)-
Need for more light on the conces-
sions that American capital has Sc
cured in foreign countries since the
war - concessions that may lead
to another war more calamitous
to the world than the last one-form.
ed the theme of a conference held in
Washington July 23 under the lead.
ership of the Peoples Reconstruction
League.
Speakers at this meeting appeared
agreed that the American public con.
science is not Just now sensitive to
what American capital may be doing
in the Near East, in Latin America
or in the Orient. But hope was ex-
pressed that the senate committee on
foreign relations, headed by Senator
Borah, might Investigate the danger
that this spread of American dollar
imperialism would lend to war.
Presbyterians Won't Touch II.
Benjamin G. Marsh, executive sec
rotary of the league, advocating a
rigid investigation of the trend Of
these concessions, said that he had
tried in vain to get the aid Of the
Congregational, Methodist, Baptist,
Presbyterian and Episcopal boards in
securing the inquiry. The secretary
of the Presbyterian board has re-
ported: "The board feels that in
view of the non-commerciaI and nom
political character of foreign mission
airy interests in non-Christian lands,
it would be better for it not to par
ticipate in the proposed movement"
coneregationalists Give AlIbi.
DR.. James L. Barton, veteran sec
rotary of the Congregational General
Board of Foreign Missions, wrote that
his board had rarely taken any part
in discussion of political questions or
economic problems. 1t had made an
exception in the case of ratification Of
the Lausanne treaty with Turkey, be-
cause failure of ratification may end
the work OF his organization in Tur-
key. They would not enter into any
demand for investigation Of American
investments abroad.
Baptists Lose Letter"
Inasmuch as Marsh had proposed
that the Rockefeller oil concessions
and plans in various foreign countries
be included in the investigation, he
was not surprised that the Baptist
board "lost" his letter. II was OBJ
vious that the rich pew-holder class
in America would not want its foreign
commercial conquests and industrial
invasions disturbed by a probe com
mittee Of congress.
Marsh told the conference that Sec
rotary Mellon was in Europe to sad
die a new Dawes plan on France, and
he intimated that the investment
bankers were likely to pick a demo
crat candidate TO replace Coolidge in
the White House in ordep to carry on
the game OF concessions by btpar
tisan arrangement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
GOLDEN WEST
MEANS MISERY
FOR WORKERS
Youth Finds Greeley
Go West" the Bunk +
BY M. PERRIN

u
Jack is a young boy Is years Old
His mother is a widow with three
other children besides him. On ac-
count of this he was forced to go to
work as soon as he graduated from
public school.
He got himself a Job at the Alex
ander Wooden Company, 3O5 West Adj
ans ST., where he received $13 week
Of which he gave IS week to his
mother. With what was left he bought
his clothing, shoes and as much as he
could, ne saved. i
Saves $40.
After working months he saved
$40. When summer came and all his
friends, that were still going to school
had gone on a vacation Jack became
lonely and his days work seemed
very long for him. He was afraid TO
tell his mother that the work was too
hard for him. He made up his mind
to go west.
One warm morning, when he was
supposed to go to work, he took with
him a shirt, pair Of hiking pants and
a few other things including his $40
! and started for the west.
After riding in autos, stealing rides
on trains and walking a good distance
he arrived in Denver, Col. 1t took
him seven days TO get there. While
going there he slept in wheat fields.
haystacks and prairies. He arrived in
Denver penniless, hungry, tired. and
with blisters on his feet.
Unable to Find Job.
He started to look for a job-but
with no results. He wrote a letter to
his pal in Chicago. In it he told him
| that West was beautiful-but not for
a poor worker.
He then started for home. When he
| reached FarbUrg, Neb., he went to the
city hall With tears in his eyes hs
told the sheriff what had happened to
/ him He begged the sheriff TO have
pity on him and put him in jail for a
few days so he could rest his tired
| body.
The sheriff looked at him with a
! cold stare and in grum voice he told
him to go back where he came from.
But sheriff" pleaded Jack, 'Tm
tired and broke. What shall do7"
."Who wants to know your hard
luck Stories" said the sheriff. "Get
out Of here and be quick too" Jack
left crying bitterly,
Goes Hungry.
He sometimes got a meal IN q res-
taurant in return for washing pile Of
dirty dishes. There were many days
that he went without a meal. One
day he went onto train. The con-
ductor found that he had no ticket
and threw him off the moving train.
Jack was badly bruised.
At last after much suffering ne ar.
rived in Chicago. He was an awful
sight to look at. In one months time
he had lost Is pounds.
Now he has his old JOB back again.
He knows he can never enjoy the out
door life. He must always work in
order 10 exist.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
FUR WORKERS
Get HELP FROM
GARMENT UNION
Chicago |. L. C. w. u,
Donates $1,000

The Chicago Joint Board of the In
ternational Ladies' Garment Workers
Union donated $1,000 to Local 40, Chi
cago Fur Workers Union, so that the
fur workers could better carry on their
strike.
The United Hebrew Trades at their
last meeting decided to appeal to the
% unions affiliated to it that they help
the fur workers strike morally and
financially.
The letter sent by the bosses threat
ening the workers that have gone on
strike with the loss of their jobs and
declaring that they would no longer
deal with the union has only strength
ened the determination of the strikers
to win their battle with the Chicago
Fur Manufacturers Association. The
union members have turned the let
ters over to the union.
Strike headquarters have again been
moved back to the West Side Audito-
rum, Racine and Taylor street.
A break in the ranks of the bosses
belonging to the association is ex-
pected before the week is over. Quite
number of the bosses that are still
in the association are urging that the
association sign up with the union
The die-hards insist on operating their
shops on a non-union basis. 1t is ex
pected that those that are seeking to
effect an agreement with the union
will bolt from the association, leaving
the die-hards to themselves.
Fear is expressed among the bosses
that if this strike continues many or
ders that must be filled will be can
celled and shipped elsewhere.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
WOMEN OF THE
|, R, T, STRIKE
JOIN STRUGGLE
Many Sisters from Other
Trades Meet Them
BY ESTHER LOWELL,
Federated Press.

NEW YORK, July 27.-Wives and
women relatives of Interborough sub
way strikers are learning what women
can do in the labor movement. Ac-
tive women workers in trade unions
and in the general labor movement
talked to Peterborough women at a
special meeting at strike headquar-
ters. Altho it was the hottest night
of the year. group Of 30 or more
assembled.
But They Did Get II.
"The Interborough can't get the in
Junction" Susan Brandeis, daughter
Of Supreme Court Justice Brandeis,
encouraged the women. She explained
that the Danbury hatters' case, which
the Interborough thinks is a prece-
dent, rests on the theory that the
workers voluntarily made the agree
ment and then broke it. She declared
that marlborough workers did not
willingly enter the company union
agreement and hence cannot be re-
sponsible for breaking it.
Women from other Industries.
Anne Washington Grafton, who has
organized for the International La
dies Garment Workers, for the milli-
merry workers and other unions, told of
the possibilities of womens auxil-
iaries, referring particularly to the
machinists' union women's groups.
Helen Black told how the women and
girls helped the furriers win their II
week strike.
Lena Chernenko won much applause
for her story of what women in Pas
sale have done in the six months fight
there. Mrs. Bresnac and three other
Passaic women workers came over
with Lena Chernenko to cheer the
Interborough women. Nellie Nearing
told of what women in Europe are
doing in the labor movement and 9th.
ers told about the organization of
women's auxiliaries in American mine
fields.
Gurley Flynn Speaks.
Clarina Nicholson, secretary of the
emergency, committee for strikers re-
lief, assisted Mrs. Edward P. LAWN in
presiding. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn led
the women, upon invitation of the
strikers, down into the main hall
where she addressed the large assem-.
blage.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
Factory Output Is Great.


"The immense contrast between
1925 and 1921 is indicated by the fact
that manufacturing output for the
year as a whole was more than so per
cent greater. and that the maximum
month of 1925 showed output more
than so per cent greater than The min
imum month Of the depression year."
Big Rail Year.
Railroad conditions were unusually
favorable, the report indicates. Tue
railroad traffic Of 1925 was equal 20.
II not greater, than that of the pre-
yious peak year in transportation his
tory, 1929" II Is stated. "The net rail-
way operating income in 1925 was the
highest ever reported, reaching for
class one railways S1,120, 900 900. as
compared with S962,OOOO00 in 1913.
s974,0OO,0 900 in 1924, and S1.1O5, 900 900,
the previous peak reached in 1916"
Claims Farm Situation Satisfactory.
As TO agriculture, Il is stated that
while some branches have not yet
recovered from the injury wrought by
the great slump in prices OF farm prod
ucts in 1920 and 1921, the situation in
general during the last two years has
been more satisfactory than before,
and on the whole the year 1925 wit.
messed some Improvement as COM
pared with 1914"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29

Is claimed as an important achieve
ment. The following summary is
given out:
Considered as an entirety the in
dustry and commerce of the United
States during 1925 reached the high
est levels ever attained in our history,
not even excepting the years of abnor-
NAL war activity" says the book in
summarizing conditions in general,
More Efficiency the Reason.
Nevertheless apart from heavy
speculation in the securities market,
the year was not one of credit inaa-
ton or boom psychology. The high
activity of business represented the
continuance of conditions scarcely In
terrupted since the middle Of 1922.
The basic reason for the greater vol
ume OF business has been the increas.
ing efficiency of industry and com
merce.
Manufacturing output Increased.
During the summer of 1924 there
had been a temporary recession of
modest proportions in the activity of
business, so that the volume of pro
duction and domestic trade for the
year was slightly less than in 1928
This small loss in ground was more
than recovered last year. The depart
ment OF commerce index for the guam
titative volume OF manufacturing out
/ put indicates a production 1Oh pei
cent greater than IN 1924, per cent
greater than in 1928, and more thar
20 per cent greater than in either 1915
or 1920.
Record Lumber Output.
"The corresponding index of min
eral production showed an Increase Of
nearly per cent over 1924. the an
thracite strike alone accounting fol
the fact that the peak OF 1928 was not
surpassed. The output OF forest prod
ucts attained record proportions
Building construction was more active
| han ever.
49,. p.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
Tariff on Cattle and
Beef Helps Only the
Big Packing Houses

WASHINGTON, July 27.-In a book
analyzing the effects of the present
tariff rates on cattle and beef the
Brookings Institute of Economics finds
that this tariff does not help the cat
tie and beef industry. Instead, it loads
an unnecessary burden on the indus
try and the consuming public.
It shows that since the depression
of 1920-25 in the cattle industry Amer
lea is beginning to import beef, and
hence a tariff will serve to boost
prices, while the cattle grower is
pretty thoroly out Of business anyhow.
Dealers in beef will reap a high profit
in the future if the tariff is retained,
but the farmer will not.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
Thousand Hat Frame
Workers on Strike

NEW YORK, July 27.-One thou
sand hat frame workers are striking
for their union demands: unemploy-
ment insurance, Is per cent wage
increase, and that manufacturers stop
working at the bench. Shops are
small and the employers like to act as
pace-setters. Only about 10 of the
shops employ 80 or more workers,
while the rest have three to twelve
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
Chicago Needle Trade
Workers to Hear Talk
on Industrial Issues

The Chicago needle trades workers
are invited to attend a special meeting
called by the local needle trades sec
ton of the Trade Union Educational
Leogue, to be held Wednesday even
ing, July %, at the Northwest Hall,
2403 West North avenue, corner of
Western avenue.
The meeting will begin promptly at
p. m. and all workers in the industry
are asked to attend. The needs OF
the workers will be dealt with by
Sister Ida Rothstein, who will speak
on "The Needle Trades Most Burning
Issues; Amalgamation and the 40
Hour Week"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
Man eo to Jam

Fifteen judges and clerks OF cleo
ton today were cited for alleged con-
tempt OF court in connection with ap-
parent irregularities in vote returns-
The citations, which election COM
mission officials declared probably
would be followed by 1000 others or
more, ordered the accused persons 70
show cause why they should not be
sentenced TO jail terms.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
American Consul Gets
Uruguayan Government
to Break Boat Strike

Montevideo, Uruguay, July q. The
American consul @. Gaylord Marsh,
with the assistance of Uruguayan ma
rines sent on board at his request,
forced the crew OF the freight steamer
the West Mahwah, to 20 to sea when
the crew refused to take the ship out
until bad conditions we're corrected.
The ship is an American one, bound
for Los Angeles. Local labor papers
point out that the incident shows how
the recent American loan OF s45,.
100000 TO the government OF Uruguay
has made that country's government
the servant OF american capitalist in.
terests In suppressing strikes.
SEND IN A SUB TODAY TO THE
DAILY WORKER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
Bricklayers' Union
Offers SIS, 900 Reward
for Bombers' Capture

CLEVELAND, July PA reward Of
$4,000 has been offered by Local No.
5 of the bricklayers' union for the ar
rest and conviction of those who
placed bomb in the automobile Of
Edward Spencer, business agent of the
union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-29
CHICAGO TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
AIDS PASSAIC TEXTILE WORKERS
AND STRIKING BRITISH MINERS

Chicago Typographical Union it's last meeting unanimously
send $500 to the striking textile workers Of Passac
The constitutional limit $50
deeers and notice appropriation
$1,000 would be asked
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Evening star., 1926-12-16

encore. The second group also was q
feast for the connoisseurs-a feast OF
moderns. Respighi provided Il Tempt
assai Lontani." q beautiful song; two
old Chinese poems, as fragrant as
lotus buds and as fragile as the enana-
eled beauties Of Ming figures, with dis
eliminating, artistic setting by Ban.
took, proved a treasure find for con-
cert programs. and Elgar's rs She
Not Passing Fair?" completed the
group. The encores were Coleridge.
Taylor's "She Rested by the Broken
Brook" and Blanche Seaver's Just
for Today"
For the audience at large the real
climax of the program was the next
group, with Hughes arrangement Of
"The Next Market Day." sending q
roar of laughter all over the house
that sobered and hung pendant dur
ing Kathleen Mavourneen." only to
break loose more completely for the
little encore, open the Dor, Dear"
other encores were Believe Me.
That All Those Endearing Young
Charms" warmly welcomed. and "The
Little Silver Ring" In the last
group again the ballad dominated.
Kennedy Russell's attractive and
original song, "a Poor Mans Gar.
OGn. 1DuL EYES "tibtGA w 1s4t :.
Schneider, and a typical Mccormack
hit, and Mrs. Seaver's Calling Me
Back to YOU" were followed by such
inirnitable favorites as Loves Old
Sweet Song when You and Were
Young. Maggie." and Mother Ma
chree."
Mr.. Schneider did about everything
except push out the piano. being o
fine accompanist tas he has been for
many years for Mr.. Mccormack; a
pianist Of abilities, though his Chopin
was not as distinctive as the mod
erns, especially Palmgren's May
Night and Debussy's Gardens in
the RAIN" and he is the composer of
the lovely little Caprice" which was
| his encore to his second group. and
Of the song your Eyes" sung by Mr..
Mccormack.
ut was q typical Mccormack con.
4yt and Mccormack audience.
lD II. F.