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The daily worker., 1926-02-04
THE T.U.E.L.

ganization if any progress is to be
made.
Election for ecretary.treasurer will
soon be held in the ]. T. U. The pro-
gressives have nominated Max J. Sill
linsky, organizer in Cleveland. Sillin-
sky has a good record in the labor
movement and is tried progressive.
He stands for 100 per cent organiza-
tion and for putting efficient, energetic
men on the job really organizing the
unorganized. He believes in proper
economy in the union. He stands for
amalgamation 100 per cent, with no
ifs and butts. The situation in the
needle industry demands immediate
amalgamation and only the reaction
aries stand in the way Amalgamation
in the needle trades as in all other
trades, unification of the American Ia
Dor movement are only steps to world
trade union unity, for which Sillinsky
stands.
Where does Mr.. Sweeney stand on
these issues? He does not stand at
all, for they do not exist for him.
The progressives all over the coun-
try welcome the candidacy of Max j.
Sillinsky and must do everything in
their power to support his campaign
The Journeymen Tailors' Union, one
of the links in the unifcation Of the
garment industry, must be drawn into
the units making for progress in the
industry. Every live man in the union
must agitate for the election of Sillin-
sky, so that the union may go forward
to better days, to energetic action, to
efficient work.
The daily worker., 1926-02-04

reformist congress spent its time in
celebrating resolutions which the ad-
vanced elements of the people were
called upon to execute. No mention
was made about the struggle at the
reformist congress. The centre Of all
discussion was the system of negotia-
tions, the personal pleasure OF those
in power, hopes in the league of ma
tions, etc. 1t was no mere chance that
the bourgeoisie and the Black Hun
dred press, who scent any signs of de-
cay Immediately, sang the praises OF
Citizen Jouhaux, for the well deserved
all the nice things which were said by
his selfdenying. if not disinterested
advocacy Of triffles and real politik.
These two congresses threw a vivid
light on the main tendencies, not only
in the French. but in the world labor
movement. On the one hand reform
ism has reached the logical limit-sup-
port for colonial wars, whilst on the
other hand Communism has unfolded
its programme not only concerning
general, but also practical questions OF
everyday life. In spite Of the refusal
Of the reformist Confederation of La
Dor to amalgamate, the French labor
movement has nevertheless made a
stride forward. The unity question is
now before the masses. Il is discussed
among workers in the factories and
workshops, and the more it circulates
amongst the masses, the more sympa-
thy II evokes, for the consistent and
determined adherents Of unity-the
Communist Party and the Unity Con-
federation of Labor.
(Artiele n will appear tomorrow.)
The daily worker., 1926-02-04
WING IN
J.T.U. SUPPORTS
MAX SILLINSKY
Progressive Candidate
Has Real Program

CLEVELAND, Feb. - The pro-
gressives in the Journeymen Tailors'
Union are out to build the union. They
see that the present administration
headed by Sweeney, secretary-treasur-
err, is doing absolutely nothing to build
up the union. On the contrary, in the
past few years, the membership has
steadily dropped without any effort
being made to strengthen it. The or
ganization once had 1900 members
today 1T counts only 1000. This is a
shameful record for union which has
a tremendous field open to organiza-
ton efforts.
But what do we find? Are capable
organizers sent into the field to build
up the union? Not at all: Sweeney
sends out his henchmen who need a
job. They take their salaries, but do
not work. Protest after protest ap-
pears in the Tailor, the official organ
Of the union, against the methods en-
ployed by the administration, but
Sweeney goes his way, completely
ignoring the membership.
What is Sweeney's stand on the
questions confronting the American la.
Dor movement generally, and the ]. T
u. specifically? The lord only knows!
He has no opinion at all. The mem
bers of the union generally feel that
new life must be brought into the or
The daily worker., 1926-02-04
ARTICLE PART II
Continued from Yesterdays Issue)

We are not going to waste any time
here discussing the hypocrisy of
Citizen Jouhaux who shouts about in
dependence whilst himself delegate
Of the French government in the
league of nations. 1t is well-estab-
lished fact that the more these gentle
men shout about independence, the
greater is their dependence on bour-
geois government. The speakers at
the reformist congress, especially
Jouhaux, spoke at great length on the
subject that their reformist confede-
ration is the theological and political
heir of the pre-war Confederation of
Labor. 1t would be difficult to imagine
a greater distortion of facts and a
greater caricature of commonsense.
The pre-war Confederation of Labor,
Notwithstanding its shortcomings, was
founded on the principle of the class
struggle. 1t carried on antimilitarist
work, it was anti-parliamentarian in
tendency, it dealt with the problem of
the destruction of the state, it fought
against war, laying stress on the pre-
datory character of so-ealled defensive
struggle. In a word it carried on a
real revolutionary class struggle. Not
a vestige of all this is to be found in
the reformist Confederation of Labor
The term itself "class struggle" has
long ago disappeared from the voca-
bulary of reformist orators and from
the pages Of their papers. Glass CO.
operation and the class truce are the
official symbols of the creed Of the re-
formist Confederation Of Labor-and
to parade after this in the role Of the
ideological-political heir to the pre-
war Confederation of Labor requires
courage bordering on impudence.
The main reason for the reformist
The daily worker., 1926-02-04

the new scheme Of class coIIsbora-
tion being put over on the Railroad
5rotherhoods, should be a warning
note to all proeressives Of the In
roads that company unlonism ls
making in the American labor move
ment.
All militants should attend the
next meeting Of the r. U. (. L. at
which this interesting problem will
be discussed. Glass collaboration
and company unions are afflnities,
they are the weapons used by the
employers to disarm the workers.
At this important meeting the
struggle Of the left wing In the |. L.
G. w. and furrlers' convention will
also be discussed. No trade unionist
who believes that these dangerous
tendencies should be understood and
combatted will miss this meeting to
be held in the Northwest Hall, to-
night Feb. 3rd at 8 p. m. Every
body welcome.
The daily worker., 1926-02-04

reason for this was certainly not only
the desire to welcome the congress,
but mainly the desire to discuss joint
ly ways and means for coping with
the growing demand for unity which is
undermining the very foundations of
the reformists organizations.
Left Wing Opposes War.
The two congresses could not, of
course, ignore the colonial wars in
Syria and Morocco; but whilst the
Unity Confederation of Labor express
sed itself strongly and categorically
against war, issuing the slogan for the
immediate evacuation of Morocco, at
the reformist congress all the
speeches resolved themselves into at
tacks not on the government for the
Moroccan adventure, but on the Com
munists and the Unity Confederation
of Labor for their 'demagogic" slo-
gans. The demagogy of the Commun-
ist Party and the Unity Confederation
Of Labor consists in demanding the
immediate evacuation of Morocco. One
of the speakers proved to the satisfac-
tion of the entire reformist congress
that the evacuation of Morocco would
be a signal for the assassination Of all
Europeans. From this it was not very
difficult to make a deduction Of the
"demagogy" of the Communists and
the Unity Confederation of Labor
The reformist congress adopted the
viewpoint that in this war France is
defending herself (poor France which
was attacked by the RiffsD, and that,
therefore, the working class cannot
and must not protest actively against
the war. H
This viewpoint of the reformist Con-
federation of Labor concerning the
war, in other words, the confedera,
tion's support, of the Moroccan war
had a rather peculiar influence on the
Amsterdam International. It is well.
known fact that the latter has not yet
found time TO express an opinion OF
the war in Morocco. Why? This ques
tion was asked by the social-demo-
cratic Berne Tagewacht in an article
entitled: why is Amsterdam Silent?'
The Berne Tagewacht writes: "The
working class has a right to know II
this silence is connected with the per.
sonal views OF the second President OF
the Amsterdam International (Jou
haux), or II other reasons have com,
PEELED the Amsterdam International to
remain passive. II would be intoler.
able TO think that for the action or in.
action OF the Amsterdam international
the opinion OF one of its presidents
carries greater weight than the inter.
ests OF the working class and the reso-
lutions of International Trade Union
Congresses.
II social-democratic paper puts the
question thus n is evident that the
conduct of the leaders Of the General
Confederation q Labor Is fairly clean
The daily worker., 1926-02-04
Railway Carmen Fight
Open Shop Stockyards

Union railway carmen are fighting
a lockout at the stockyards shop Of
the Mather Stock Car Co., a concern
that makes and leases livestock cars
to the railroads. The lockout is the
second step in the plan OF Pres. A. C.
Mather to crush the union which has
maintained high wages and good con-
ditions in plant. The first step was a
similar lockout year ago in the com
pany's Ridge plant. The Ridge lockout
ended when the long enforced unem-
ployment has disorganized the union.
The Ridge plant is now working open
shop.
The 100 men in the stockyards plant,
organized in the Brotherhood OF Rail-
way Carmen, have agreed to stay out
as a body until they can all return.
This is to prevent the company from
freezing out the active unionists.
Union officials will confer with the
company in a few days.
Wages under the union agreement
averages 72c an hour with a return of
S5c to 9Oc on hour for piecework. The
average for similar work in unorga-
nized shops is about 66c. Seniority,
shop committees and the usual unino
conditions prevailed The company
also has a shop in st. Louis under
union agreement.
The daily worker., 1926-02-04

We should like to remind you that on
the eve Of the congress, Jouhaux wrote
as follows in an article entitled: Nor
ocean Affairs" 1.-THE government was
faced by an accomplished fact and
there could be no doubt whatever that
the position was dangerous. Let us
trust the government. In the Moroc-
can war ambitious aims and influences
must not exceed that which is neces-
sary in the interests of the nation"
Let us trust the government-such
is the independent" philosophy Of
this independent" agent of the bour-
geoisie.
With such close contact with the
bourgeois government it was evident
that the reformist congress would turn
out to be against unity But this must
not be taken as sign that the work
ers in the reformist unions have no
desire for unity. This is certainly
not the case. The desire for unity in
France is at present stronger than
ever. This is shown particularly clear
1
ants congresses at which hundreds Of
thousands of workers from all the
districts OF France are represented.
These congresses, to which workers
of all tendencies are invited, are also
attended bl a considerable number of
members of socialist parties and by
local leaders of reformist trade unions.
Together with the Communists and
leaders of the unity unions, they dis
cuss and elaborate measures for strug-
gle against war.
The categorical rejection Of the re-
formist congress by a considerable
majority OF votes resulted in the fail
ure to convene the inter-confederal
congress proposed by the Unity Con
federation of Labor. But nevertheless
56 unions attended this unity congress
including 10 affiliated to the reformist
Confederation of Labor. The others
were autonomous unions which ex.
pressed the wish to discuss the ques.
tion of unity Jointly with the repres.
entatives Of the unity trade unions
The unity congress elected so dele
gates, who, together with the repres
entatives Of the reformist and auto.
nomous unions, discussed ways and
means for the further struggle for
trade union unity In France. At this
conference the anarchists made an az.
tempt to bring forward the Charter OF
| Amiens as a platform, but they met
with such determined opposition that
they withdrew their proposal. The
conference carried unanimously a re-
solution proclaiming the necessity OF
struggle for the fusion OF all parallel
organizations. local, district national
and international. This conference
was attended by several powerful auto.
nomous unions of civil servants who
desire unity only on the basis OF the
class struggle. This unity conference
showed that there is in France within
The daily worker., 1926-02-04

loose from their neckS.
Frank is trying to excuse himself to
the membership by saying that the
progressive miners fail to come out
into the open so that they can be held
accountable for their attacks" Again
he lies. Every article in the Progress
sive Miner is signed by the writer of
the same, and Farrington's canard in
this respect shows the panic in which
Frank finds himself, and the awful
weakness Of his position. Every miner
in Illinois knows that Thompson and
Watt has challenged the Lidder to de-
bate the issues in Illinois at locals
thruout the state, but Harrington was
too cowardly, and scared of the wrath
of the miners he betrayed to appear
before them in debate with either of
the two real leaders of the miners in
Illinois-Freeman Thompson and John
Watt.
Franks Poison Pen.
It is waste of time to be forced
to answer the vile articles from the
reptile pen Of the faker Let every
miner realize the fact that Harrington
is fighting the Progressive Miner. That
is the best boost we, or anyone else,
could get for their publication. All
miner who had any doubt before, will
now support the Progressive Miner,
the only real miners paper in Amer
lea, that will tell the truth whether
it results in the political assassination
of the faker harrington or not
1t is well we take time to thank
Harrington for his unintentional boost,
and his free advertizing. However, he
forgot to give the readers our address,
and the price of the paper. The Pro
gressive Miner is published at 1920
S. Chicago Ave, Chicago, Ill. Price
of the paper is so cents per year, in
bundles of 10 or more the price is 21s
cents per copy. Send all subscriptions
to the secretary and editor, Alex Reid,
at the above address.
Challenges harrington.
Let the miners compare our pro-
gram with Farrington's. Farringtons
program is as stated above. The pro-
gressive miners is the following:
Shorter work day and week, increased
wages, minimum wage, unemployment
benefits, national yearly agreements.
to eliminate seabbing, naturalization
of the mines with workers control
and for labor party Of the workers.
Let Harrington put up his program
against the progressive miners, that
the miners Of Illinois will see who has
the only real program for the industry
We challange Harrington to publish
his program along side Of the progress
sive miners in the Illinois Miner that
the workers will see it in the next
issue of the Illinois Miner.
The daily worker., 1926-02-04
CARPENTERS in
DETROIT, MICH,
WIN Big VICTORY
Scab Job Cleaned Up
by Expelled Locals
lspecIaI to rhe DaIIy WORKED


DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 2.--The two
carpenters locals Of Detroit, expelled
by Hutcheson, reactoinary president
of the Carpenters Union, have scored
another victory by organizing a scab
job run by former member of the
union who has taken advantage Of the
past weakness and lack of miIitancy
Of Hutcheson's organization to turn
scab contractor.
The gentleman in question, a Mr..
Klein, had grown prosperous on the
exploitation of carpenters at 65 cents
per hour, and had developed an un-
healthy disregard for union rules.
When a group of militant carpenters
appeared on the Job led by Business
Agents Kaller and Reynolds, and
swept his job clear Of scabs, his first
reaction was to curse the union and
send for the police, with the result that
Reynolds was arrested. However,
Hutcheson and his agents have used
police, thugs, injunctions, and the
state cossacks against the carpenters
of Detroit to the end that they aren't
very easily scared by a show Of
force"
Unionize the Job.
The warning" of the police, which
is another word for intimidation,
when it works, didn't impede the pro-
gress of the strike in the least. With
in two hours of the arrest and release
of Reynolds, the strike was settled
with complete victory of the work
ers, one hundred per cent union
shop
This is the second job Strengthened
out by the strike method by Czar
Hutcheson's outcasts. His agents oc-
cupy themselves praying for injunc-
tions and a reasonable attitude on the
part of the bosses and preying on the
rank and ale, while the rank and file
pray to be relieved of the presence
of the obnoxious Brother" Botterill,
whose stay among the carpenters of
Detroit has outlasted his welcome by
about three years. Botterill has a pet
theory that when he has $50 of the
carpenters cajoled into the union by
his sermons, he will say to the bosses,
Here they are, $50 of them. Count
EN-" and the bosse will nod approval
and sign on the dotted line.
There is one advantage to this line
The daily worker., 1926-02-04
Eastern Trainmen
Demand 81 Increase

NEW York;, Feb. 2 = Eastern
railroads have received demands for
increased pay for trainmen and con-
ductors and were given until March
2 to make their answer. The increase
demanded amounts to about 81 day.
The daily worker., 1926-02-04
American Leaion Wants Ford.

MASON CITY, Ia, Feb. 2-Henry
Ford has been invited to attend an old
time dance sponsored by the American
Legion Post, which plans to endeavor
to popularize the auto makers favorite
dances in Iowa.
The daily worker., 1926-02-04
CROWN PrInee VIsIts KaIser.

LONDON, Feb. 2.-The former
crown prince Of Germany arrived at
the border town Of Oldenzaal, Holland,
for a visit to his father, the former
kaiser, at Doom, according to a news
dispatch from Copenhagen.
The daily worker., 1926-02-04

"The power Of the working class is
organization. Without organization Of
the masses, the proletariat--ls moth.
ing. oreanized--it Is all. organlza-
ticn is unanlmity of action, unanlmlty
of practical activities"
The daily worker., 1926-02-04

Put copy of the DAILY
WORKER in your pocket when
you go to your union meeting.
The daily worker., 1926-02-04

Confederation of Labor being the most
dangerous and determined opponent
Of unity was known to everyone, but
it was not mooted. This reason is the
intimate connection between the lead
ing reformist stratum and the left
bloc. The left bloc in France finds
support in the socialist party and on
the reformist Confederation of Labor
OF what use is trade union unity to
Messrs. Herriot, BRAND, Caillaux and
the other left creatures of the French
moneybags? Jouhaux merely carries
out the instructions of his masters and
that is all. OF course, such things are
not spoken of; they are merely done
under cover of the Charter of Amiens
and the desire for 100 per cent inde-
pendence.
The intimate connection between
the left bloc and the reformist Confe-
deration of Labor has prejudiced the
question of unity.
Reformists Oppose Unity.
All the attempts of the unity con-
federation to bring about joint ses-
sion of both congresses, or to form a
parity commission for the discussion
Of the unity question, met with strong
and categorical resistance on the part
Of the reformists at which the entire
bourgeois press was jubilant. In view
of such governmental bias it was
gelf-avfdent that fhe rafOrn1iaf cOn.
gress would reject the invitation Of
the All-Russian Central Trade Union
Council to send delegation to the
U. S. s. r. as it worth WHILE" asked
Jouhaux, ito send a delegation to ex-
tract from there (from the U. S. S. r.
an impression of impotence to confirm
that free existence for organizations
is more difficult there than under a
bourgeois order? understand and ex-
cuse % the Russian revolution and
its development and difficulties with
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-03-25
Third Intermountain
Program Well Liked

Miss Louise Strobach of the In.
termountain College players com.
pany, before a packed house al
the Methodist church, delivered
"The Servant in the House" Fri.
day evening. Miss Strobach is 6
finished artist in her line of en-.
deavor and pleased her audience
with the expression and ease with
which she gave her reading. Re-
peated applause greeted her at the
end of each act.
This was the third number pre-
scented on the community lyceum
program of the Intermountain
Union College of Helena. One more
number remains, the concert by
the Glee Club, which will be given
on Saturday evening, April "a.
The course was brought here by
the local Methodist church.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-03-25
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the I~nterior

U. S. Land Office at Great
Falls, Montana, March 2, 1926.
Notice is hereby given that
Sam Steel, Of Wolf Point, Mon
.tana, who, on May goth, 1921,
made End Homestead entry Serial
No. 057270, formerly Glasgow No.
058714, for North half (Nh),
Section 20, Township % N,
Range 48 f., Mont. Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to
make three years Proof, to estab-
fish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before John o. Garden,
u. S. Commissioner at Wolf Point,
Montana, on the 18th day of April,
1926.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Oscar Erickson, Melvin Erick-
son, Rodger Hassett, William L.
Steel, all of Wolf Point, Montana.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior

U. S. Land Office at Great
Falls, Montana, March 2, 1926.
Notice is hereby given that
Ernest J.. Sjoquist, formerly of
Wolf Point, Montana, now Eek
man, N. d., who on October 18th,
1921, made Additional homestead
entry O57584, formerly Glas-
gov No. 059343, for SEA,
Section 80, Township 81 N,
Range As E., Mont. Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to
make three years Proof, to estab-
fish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before John O.. Garden,
u. S. Commissioner at Wolf Point,
Montana, on the 18th day of April,
1926.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Ed Camrud, of Wolf Point,
Montana, Hans Siljenberg, Of
Wolf Point, Montana, Hans An
derson, Of Wolf Point, Montana,
John Nilsson, Of Benrud, Mon
tana.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior

department OF the interior
U. S. Land Office at Great
Falls, Montana, March 2, 1926.
Notice is hereby given that
Joseph E. Pipal, of Wolf Point,
Montana, who, on March %, 1918,
made Desert Land Entry G. F.
066284 Glasgow, No. O19815, for
SEH SEA, Section /, Township
&c N, Range 46 E., NJ. Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to
make Final Proof under Sec. 5,
Act March 4, 1915, to estab-
Fish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before John o. Garden,
U. S. Commissioner at Wolf Point,
Montana, on the 18th day Of April,
1926.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Wayne Fuller, Tom Simonson,
Ray Kelberer, Robert Meister, all
of Wolf Point, Montana.
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