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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-15
Worker Correspondence
from the Soviet Union.
BRITISH SEAMEN
IN RUSSIA TELL
WILSON TO QUIT
Brand ''Have-A-Lot" as
a Blackguard
BY a Worker Correspondent.


NOVOROSSISK, U. S. S. R. (By
Mail. AT meeting Of the crews of
all British ships laying in the port of
Novorossisk, held in the International
Seamen's Club, the following resolu-
ton was adopted unanimously by the
British seamen:
I'VE, the seamen OF British ships
assembled in the International Sea-
mems Club at the port of Novorossick,
having heard the address on the situa-
tlon In Britain, wish to lodge our pro-
test against the reactionary policy Of
Havelock Wilson in bringing forward
to the government the scheme where
by the strike would be declared ille-
gal, and to withhold the payments of
trade union funds by the banks for
strike benefits.
This Is, in our opinion, the worst
type Of blackguardly strike-breaking,
and therefore we call for his immedi-
ate resignation on the grounds that
he is unworthy of the confidence of
the members of the N. S. f. U.
Furthermore, we wish TO place on
record our disgust Of the action Of the
cowardly reformist leaders in calling
off the strike. thus deserving the min
ers when victory was in sight, we
further wish to express our admira-
tion OF the part that the miners have
played throughout the strike.
Long live the unity of the world
working classl
Long live the struggle for enamel.
patton!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-15
Trial of Is Youths
at Lemberg Court for
"High Treason" Over

LEMBERG-(By MaiD-The trial of
10 youths, ranging in age from IS to
% years, charged with high treason
for distributing, according to the
statement of the prosecution, illegal
literature" and, carrying on illegal
propaganda for the separation of
Galicia from Poland" has ended. Two
of those accused were, sentenced from
3 to 5 years at hard labor, from 10
months to one year at hard labor and
seven were acquitted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-15
BAYONNE, N. J.,
OIL WORKERS
WIN VACATION
Agitation Begins for
Wage Raise Demand

BAYONNE. N. j.. June 13.-(FP)-
Outside agitation has already ac
Icomplished something for the oil
workers out on Constable Hook. De
spite the stubborn and persistent re.
fusal of the Vacuum Oil company, for
over two years to grant its men a two
weeks vacation with pay, which it
had promised them as far back as
Easter, 1924, the company has receded
from it's position and announced such
vacations for this year. Men who
have worked for the company for FIVE
years will be eligible for the two
weeks lay-off. Those who have work
ed but a year or longer will get one
week.
Force Standard Oils Hand.
At the same time that the Vacuum
thus changed front, the Standard like
wise announced that the two weeks
vacation period, hitherto merely the
privilege" of workers who had been
with the company ten years, would be
given to the five-year men.
This places the employees of these
two companies on a par in this regard
with the employees of the Tidewater
Oil company, also located on the
Hook. The Tidewater workers are
much more belligerent than those of
the other concerns and have won their
demands with much greater ease.
Rockefeller Dodges Wage Demand.
Discomfort is increasing among the
workers, according to reports which
we are receiving from inside the
plants. For over two years the men
IF the Standard have been asking for
4 10 per ceIA raise. But they have
been referred by Coler to President
Walter Teagle and by him to John d.
Tr. The junior Rockefel-
er ducked the demand, leaving the
men right where they we're two years
lgo. In the meantime, the growing
prosperity of the oil company and
general conditions have made IL i'm
thatifhe wage raise be for 20
per cent rather than the previous
modest demand Of 10 per cent.
Meetings of the workers, under
outside" auspices, are scheduled for
lext month, ,yhen the first real test
II strength &ill be made.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-15
Mines Go Open Shop
While District Heads
Fail to Aid Miners

PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 13.-Hun.
dreds Of coal miners are begging for
work. Many have appealed to the
district officials for help to no avail.
Over half of the mines are working
on the 1917 wage scale. The mines
shut down, notify the miners to move
from their homes and then reopen on
the open-shop basis. At Avella, Pa,
the miners received fve-day eviction
notice. The district officials though
realizing what this situation means re.
fuse to aid the miners fight the. bosses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-15
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE.

Dao ana MS young son, both dressed
aIlke, and richly, are motoring over q
smooth and hawless concrete road toe
The boy sits next to his father, eager
eyed, alert. His father ls his hero. They
reach the mountains and climb higher
and higher. Then down the other side
at good clip, with a weather eye for
speed cops, whom Dad hates. AS Dad
drove he unused to himself. He used TO
be Jim Ross teamster then he MAS 1 A
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-15
STANDARD OIL
FINDS new USE
FOR WELT ARE"
Keep Cheap 'Pugs" to
Intimidate Strikers
.ny a worker correspondent.

TOLEDO, Ohio, June 1S-The
Standard on Refining company of To-
ledo created a new department a
month ago known as the "wax house. y
The men employed in this department
we're originally taken from the yard
laborers who were getting go cents)
an hour transferred to the wax house
at the rate of go cents) per hour.
The other day men from the acid
plant who received rate Of (60 cents)
were sent to work in the wax house.
The minute the men in the wax house
discovered this, they demanded the
same rate Of wages as the acid men.
Men Don't Want to scab.
The foreman refused to grant them
the increase, with the result the men
went on strike. Immediately they
were called to the company's office
and given the ultlmatun to 20 back
to work in the wax house at so cents
or they would be transferred back to
the yard laborers at the rate Of 40
cents.
A few Of the men weakened and re-
turned to work: those that refused
were fred.
So the foreman went among the
yard laborers to get a number of
scabs, but was not successful. The
first man he asked to go to the wax
house to work replied, mo, would
not scab on my feHowman."
The second man asked also replied
he would not scab. The boss asked
him in what way he would be scab-
bling. He replied that those men in
the wax house asked for 60 cents
per hour and if he took the Job for
30 cents per hour he would be scab-
bling.
The boss became very angry and
ordered the two men to go to the Of
fee and get their money because they
refused to scab. .s
So This Is Rockefeller Welfare?
The men refused to go to the office
10 get their time, with. the result the
boss got two prize fighters who are
working at the plant at present and
had them drag the men out OF the
plant.
The company is using the two prize
fighters to build up the athletic
league and the welfare association of
the employees to keep their minds on
OF organization.
Workers of the Standard Oil To
counterfeit these acts Of the company
we must organize into a powerful Ia
Dor union; so start the agitation to-
day!
A Good Cure.
Let's build strong labor union at
the Standard Oil. When we do that.
odd man Flanagan, who is the superin-
tendent of the plant, will not have to
make the remark that mo more -
men should be transferred
from one department to another"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-15

A sub a ddy ioiH hclp 10 d,ir,
capital asCGn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-15

III ueClulng not 10 accept the re-
port the meeting followed the example
set few days ago by the joint board
OF the Cloak and Skirt Makers Union,
which took similar action.
Appreciates Commissions Work.
The resolution recited that the union
appreciated the work of the governors
commission, but could not accept the
report as a. whole.
The union, it said, particularly ap-
preciates the commissions clear and
fair analysis of the evils of the job
bers' sub-manufacturing system, which
is demoralizing. our industry and de-
stroying our. labor standards"
The remedies proposed, the resolu-
ton, said, were inadequate to remedy
the fundamental grievances of the
union. 1t said
Means Lower Standards.
"Unless the jobbers who do the
greater part of the business in the
cloak and suit industry are made to
assume their just responsibility to-
ward their employees who produce
their merchandise, and unless the
workers are not assured reasonable
employment and earnings and are pro-
tected against arbitrary treatment by
the employers, the 10000 employees in
the industry will inevitably sink back
into the disgraceful system of sweat
ing and semi-starvation.
"The recommendation Of the COM
mission falls short Of these require
ments in several essential points"
Many speakers of the rank and file
and joint board pointed out that the
workers cannot expect to better their
conditions by using the so-called
peaceful policy" and a general strike
in the cloak trade. viii be unavoid-
able.
Commission Refused Demands.
The demands of the union presented
to the governors commission we're:
A 40-hour working week, time guar
antee of 36 weeks work per year, a
labor bureau controlled by the union,
and limitation Of sub-manufacturin
contractors. The commission refused
the 40-hour working week, the time
guarantee of SO weeks work a year.
1t recommended a labor bureau, but
controlled by the bosses. The limita-
ton Of contractors was made so loose
that 1t amounts to nothing.
The commission showed that it was
much more concerned about the in
side manufacturers than about the
workers. They allowed them a 10 per
cent free discharge of their employees
after every year.
AS a whole the commission recon-
mended nothing for the workers but
something for the bosses, as "impar-
tial" committees do. Business men
can understand only their own class.
The workers will have to speak for
themselves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-15
Favors Texas Method
of "Coddling" Them
to Death With Whips

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. June 13-The
United States has drawn upon itself
the accumulated scorn and contempt
of the entire civilized world for its
lenient attitude OF "codding the Grim
inal," Judge Kavanaugh OF Chicago
said before the convention OF the Min
nesota Bankers Association.
"You can't coddle the criminal with
out belittlingl IN his mind, and in the
mind Of the public, the enormity of
the crime he has committed. We pay
too much attention to the reform, wei.
fare and happiness OF the law
breaker" Nc'f
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-15
Social Democrats
Expel Member of
the Vagi Party

VIENNA, June 13.-The Hungarian
social-democrat organ "Nepszava"
published an official party statement
in which the former miners secretary
of Salgo-Tarian, Orawetz, is expelled
from the party for belonging 10 the
Vagi party. sN#
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-15
- M6GASW @0yNg61UN9eNgg -
=H 1000 WORKER coREE5DONDENTT - -
CLOAKsMAKERS TURN DOWN THE
GOVERNORS COMMISSION BY A
UNANIMOUS VOTE; STRIKE LOOMS
BY GoLDlE cHI5kA
(Worker Correspondence

NEW YORK N Y, June 1SCooper capacity with
shop charmen Ladies'
Garment Workers Union when unanimously
accepting the decision advisory which re-
Gently made public years investigation
, 1926-03-12
ARMS CONFERENCE.
Soviet Accepts.

The Soviet Government has decided
to accept the invitation of the League
Of Nations 10 take part in the prelimi-
nary disarmament conference. and not to
ooject to the participation Of Soviet ex-
perts in the preliminary commission on
economic subjects, provided these com
missions do not meet on Swiss terri
tory.
The Soviet Government has been try
ing to force the Swiss Government into
an admission Of neglect to afford pro-
lection to their envoy Vorovsky, who
was assassinated at Lausanne in May
1928 while attending the Near East
Conference London Daily Mail.
, 1926-03-12
POSTAL CLERK is SUICIDE BY
SHOOTING

Providence, Feb. 19.-David Howard,
thirty eight, a clerk in cashiers depart
meDt of the Providence postoffice. com
mitted suicide in the Postotice Building
by shooting himself through the head
with As caIibre army revolver.
Howard lay dying on the floor of a
washroom when a fellow employe, Isaac
L. Blackman, discovered him. Black
man summoned Assistant Postmaster
William j. Duffy, who notified the police
and Howard was rushed to Rhode Island
, 1926-03-12
DOLES FOR I.
How Socialists Help Their Friends.

Southwark is an outstanding example
among the London boroughs of Socia-
listic squandermania at the expense of
the ratepayers.
The most gIariug instance is provided
by the operations Of the local board of
guardians.
The relief committees are constituted
according to wards and the Socialists
where they have majorities take good
care to look after their own friends, par
ticuIarIy ii they wear the red button of
the organised unemployed"
The proceedings at these committees
are described as more akin to a slate
club meeting than that of an elected
authority disbursing public money. and
this is the kind of conversation reported
to take place when an applicant. APP
parently hale and hearty, appears be-
fore the committee.
The Chairman: Good morning Jack;
how are you?
The Applicant: Pm none too well
Bill.
The Chairman: Sorry about that.
You had better take 70 bob in cash and
Is bob in kind.
Applicant: Thank you Bill.
There is no examination of the appIi-
cant's necessity for relief. Ibid.
, 1926-03-12

car company proposed to build a double
track system from Stop 10 to Rio Pie
dras, buy new cars and generally i'm
prove the service.
Then it offered to divide the territory
with these remaining busses. They
would abandon the Condado route and
turn it over TO the guaguas together with
the rights to the Lola section and other
districts. The company would only re-
tain the Carretera route between San
Juan and Rio Piedras. and Mr.. Giles
stated it would ever be willing to give
up the Park Street line to the buses in
order to bring about a definite settle
ment This proposal was rejected by
the Public Service Commission in Oc-
tober.
Speaking in regard to the Attorney
Generals statement that the Porto Rico
Railway Light and Power Company could
not abandon its street car service with
out torfeiting the entire franchise, Giles
contested the statement claiming that
the street car franchise was entirely
separate from the light and power fran.
elise.
Supporting his claim he said that at
first there had been three distinct com
panies giving light, power and transit
service 10 San Juan. One was the San
Juan Light and Transit Company which
had a franchise for giving electric light
and trolley service to San Juan; the
other was the Porto Rico Light and Pow
err Company which obtained the fran
chise for developing the Comerio pow.
er station and to give light and power
TO other towns within its area; and the
third was the Caguas Tramwqys Com
pany which secured the franchise for
operating a railway from Rio Piedras
to Caguas.
In 1911 the Porto Rico Railway, Light
and Power Company was organized in
San Juan. 1t took over all the three
franchises.
Mr.. Giles called special attention to
Section l of this franchise as it was
issued by the Executive Council of Porto
Rico.
1t states: Subject to the conditions
of the next succeeding Section hereof,
the consent and approval Of the Exc
cutive Council is hereby given to the
assignment of the Porto Rico Railway
Light and Power Company of said re-
spective franchises and each and every
one of said franchises is hereby express
Iy re.enacted and granted to the said
Porto Rico Railway Light and Power
Company upon identicaIly the same con-
ditions and limitations as are in said
franchises, respectively, set out"
Mr.. Giles says the street car franchise
ic entirely cpnaratn from tho Ii0ht ond
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-10
Savings Start TOMORROW

WHEN 8 o'clock opens the
~ doors Of the Mayer Store
tomorrow morning, more than
half million dollars worth Of Life
time Furniture will Be Offered the
Washington Public at tremendous
price reductions. The savings
are large.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-10

The tremendous price reductions do
not affect our policy to prepay
freight to customers who desire
out-of-town shipments. Shipments
will be prepaid to your nearest rail-
road station, as is the usual Mayer
& Co. custom.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-10

YOU have no idea Of the values.
They are remarkable The
quality is the usual Lifetime
type which means that apollo
.gies are never IN order, regardless
Of what standard Of comparison
may be used.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-10
The Repriced Values
Include Mayer Service
as fOIlOlUs

Storage
Due to the unusualness of the price
reductions, furniture purchased DUR
ing this Repricing Event will only
be stored for thirty days where
later delivery is requested.
Interior
Decorating
The same efficient staff of Mayer
& Co. decorators is at your service
for advice and suggestions on in
terror arrangement. This service,
usual, costs you nothing.
Charge
Accounts
The prevailing low prices in way
affect our usual policy of granting a
charge account. The courtesy of an
account will be confdentially granted. .
Prepaid
Freight
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-10
lll.llNI-..l4
urniture
Prices
Are Down

WHOLESALE furniture prices
W are lower. Buyers returning
from the big Furniture Market have
learned It. You get more Furniture
for your money today than YOU have
been ableto get for years. The trend
of Furniture prices is downward.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-10
Interior
Decorating

The prevailing low prices in no way
affect our usual policy of granting a
charge account The courtesy of an
account will be confidentialIy granted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-10
Not a Sale
But a Permanent Redut

DUI a ] q II1o11C41L INCUWGIIO41
Distinctly different from a Sale, this reprici
of Lifetime Furniture is permanent. The ne
low prices will remain until goods are sold. I
early shoppers wifi get the choice selections.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-10

The Responsibility of Leadership
Prompts Us to Act at Once
Washington has been taught to expect big
things OF u.s. When there Is a reduction in prices,
Mayer & Co. deeply feels it's Responsibility of
Leadership and is, always the first to
reductions
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-08
PROTEST Of US.
IGNORED BY
MEXICO
Gales Has No Notion Of
Changing Alien Law,
Reports State.
Ry WILLIAM P. FLYTHE


- '.ENftO CITY, Jan. S.-Mexico's
.,..os. upon her new laws relating to
10 s.sI ci which have aroused such
= sicr-n OF protest-was taken with
- tu.i knowledge of the views of the
United states regarding them, it was
lasn.d definitely today.
'ib:' answers arguments that the
I'n.ttd States mas no right to COM
iain unless something was said be-
1oF2 Congress acted upon them.
IL is known that Ambassador Shef-
field talked with Minister Saenz on
in structious from the State Depart
mcnt. and frankly informed the Mex
lean government Of the possible con-
sequences of these laws, including the
>Nlnerican view that they violate the
Shirt Of the claims convention.
DESPITE all this Mexico is under
STOOD TO have replied that she had no
intention of changing them. After
this protest had been made Saenz APP
reared personally before Congress, cx-
l,laining and advocating the laws.
President Gales is understood to be
most determined when he makes up
his mind. and it is known he IS no,
disposed 10 accept foreign dIctauon.
rs the representations OF the United
States are called.
There is no doubt that Gales ap-
proved the law-with its regulations
y-ithont considering the attitude oil
lo"cigrers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-08
ITALIANS HISS DOWN
VALENTINES MOVIE

!. EERGAMO, Italy, Jan. N.-HT-
EJdolph Valentines film, "Monsier
I;csucaire." was howled off the screen
in Il cinema theater here last night
The demonstration is attributed to the
fcrIirg aroused by the italian actors
l%cert application for American citi-
zenship.
4 movement 10 boycott Valentines
films in Rome recently brought per.
s3ral orders from Premier Museolini
that they were not TO be interfered
with.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-08

We have about 800 boxes ri Won
al, haudkerchiefS which We are will
inc Ia sacrifice al l., price in crir'
t. sell them all saturday. They ar'
IN the clevereSt Of styles-thoSe orig
iual effects that will make Your hand
herchi + admired by everyone. -
voiles. linens, swis,cs and orhc~ fin
materials.
The Coconino sun., 1926-09-03
A Business Mans View Of Common Horse Sense
oant J. Coz for Governor Of Arizona for the following

J. Coz for Governor Of 4rizona for the following
has beenas
be possibly for the they
the banking getting fifty
Arizona One half Of these not have M balance after their bills
ahank Cox but by
the eeeisatu O ArzOuafT o by Governor
Maddox
He
even the
m In regard the and has
ete
satisfactory plan fairness Arizona on the Colorado
the and legislature Arizona the members OF
the u Congress before they can anything
Cor hastOd
ST. be
will letof Heons that the first foundation
only
and
nighbor develop their rights
s Governor Arizona
which would framed be unfair (pover and all osded that the
California produced limited selfish deyeE
Boulder The latter K but the before
Glen above Lees Ferry
mdo Colorado
j. Cox for all latter the Colorado
damn
appoint Hon Tom Maddox unfinished A
HoMa tInWod
Of diversion dam Parker and call
am.
believed not election am telling
Arizona Governor and above
throw mud and against another
Whent there SO much a
tneonIyd can e n November:
dandh Honorable Cox chance do
and the
o its kim n world And it's in CocOnino County
etteso okedb by Hon
The Coconino sun., 1926-09-03

ter s by Hon. JJ Cox
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-07
LISTEN, WORLD! "

l was about 75O degrees patriotic
during the war.
Ny pride in this statement is not
unmixcd with shame. For, in the name
Of that patriotism ! did, said and
thought things which would have been
acorned by some our better HOttcn-
tots.
However, there was one stunt pull
ed off during the war which gave
even me pause. The incident concern
cd a mother and her son. The boy
was very young and badly frightened
He had been drafted and had gone TO
his camp in high spirits. But once
there, inconsistencies and terror over
whclmcd him and he did the thing
which frightened child will nearly
always dO-he ran away TO his
mother.
For some days he hid in the home
while the 100 per cent mama rallied at
him and commanded him to return to
the army, and face the consequences.
| do not know what the actual cOnSe-
quCnccS Of such deScrtiOn in time OF
war would have been, but the infer
cnce was that the boy would be shot
for desertion. The boy would not go.
So the mother called in the authorities
and gave her son up.
l do not know whether this story
was true, but do know that it swept
the country and brought about over
whclming applause.
1 didn't applaud it. / thought what
l would have done if a certain scnsi-
tive, gentle boy whom l loved should
turn panic stricken at the horror OF
war and seek refuge in my arms.
thought of the fierce fighting love in
mothers which, since time immcmO-
rial, has made them face death and
sacrifice that their children might
live.
And suddenly my $50 degrees pa
triotiSm did flop! For beside the call
of mother love, the snarl Of fighting
nations seemed a trivial and bestial
thing.
] am aware that many will disagree
violently with hits stand. Mrs. Mary
Bailey of Houston, Texas, would
most certainly disagree.
Mrs. Bailey gave her son, John. II,
into the custody Of the law on Feb
ruary %, even though he faces trial