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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
NEWARK CREEK
WATERS win A
Great VICTORY
Eight Restaurant Bosses
Grant Union Demands

NEWARK, ~ j., March 21-The
militant manner in which the Greek
restaurant workers have been strik-
ing has forced eight of the restau-
rants to accept the demands of the
striking walters. The Greek walters
are on strike demanding shorter boyrs
and one day off each week.
Besides the eight restaurants that
have signed up granting 100 per cent
union conditions, are 10 more that are
now carrying on negotiations to end
the strike. Turnout the strike a
strong picket line has been maintain
ed before the restaurants that are on
strike.
The Little Presto restaurant re-
fused to grant the demands Of the
union. The effective picketing which
Is being carried on has kept customs
ers from going TO this restaurant. If
the proprietor persists in his stub
borness, the strikers are determined
to keep their line in front of the res
taurant and thus force him to close
his place.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
SENATOR OPENS
Fight FOR AN
INVESTIGATION
Workers Lou Wages
Barred in Discussion
BY n. M. WIcKS.
Especial 20 The Daily Worker)


WASHINGTON, March 21-Robert
N. LaFolIette introduced in the SEN
ate Saturday a resolution instructlnq
the committee on manufacturers to In
vestigate the textile industry with
particular reference to the Passaic
strike.
After consultation with senators
and others interested in forwarding
the investigation it was decided that
the manufacturers committee was the
one it should properly come before
because most of the Objectionable fea-
lures of the industry concern matters
over which that committee is suppos-
ed to have control.
LaFollette in his speech named the
list of grievances which were pre-
sented to the secretary of labor, DAY.
is, by the Passaic strikers.
LaFollette pointed out that the
workers in the textile industry in
New Jersey have been denied a living
wage and that sanitary conditions in
the New Jersey mills are a menace
to health" and living conditions far
below American standards" and also
that thousands Of American citizens
are being denied their rights under
the constitution, of public assem-
blage, free speech and free press"
and brutal assaults are being made
on peaceable citizens.
Senator Borah, republican, Idaho.
declared the low wages paid by the
mills was ample justification for the
strike.
i am examining the pay envelopes
and know the wages paid" declared
Borah. DO we want to justify such
wages in America? That is the vital
matter"
William B. Mckinley, the traction
magnate who is running for re-elec-
ton in Illinois this year is the chair
man of the committee on manufac-
lures and will have the deciding vote
as a canvass Of the committee re-
veals six for it and six against.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
GAS BOMB PRACTICE IN CHICAGO!

As bombs have Chicago police
- department Tear by the detective
bureau In yesterdays raid"
the police periodically accompanied by fanfare OF publicity
Care taken however, that the raids
lucrative eousn known political bosses Of Chi
eaeo and the wealthy threw
tear gas bomb into ont yesterday without
the publicity the Incident episode has
shown however that bombs effective when
thrown into the ansom Of
"speakeasy"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23

District No. 2:
The proposal Of Secretary of Labor
Davis. that the workers return TO
the mills Internationally, and then
submit to arbitration, is a plan to
break the great strike of the textile
workers, and to compel the surrender
OF the workers to the textile barons.
II Is a proposal even worse than that
which Colonel Johnson and the mill
owners have been making from the
very beginning OF the strike.
The textile barons proposed from
the very start, thru their Office boys.
the mayors Of Passaic and Garfield
that the workers return without con-
ditions, and that their grievances be
Continued on page ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
GENTLEMEN OF The FORWARDS,
TELL US NOW Who IT is THAT
7. SQUANDERS The union FUNDS

MTHEN a suspicious looking indi-
w vidual cries, stop Theft" it is
well to look into his pockets to find
the stolen purse. And when the
gentlemen of the yellow socialist
daily forwards" raise a hue and cry
about the expenditures of the left
wingers in the International Ladies'
Garment Workers Union fight of
last year, it is well to look so that
we may find what the Forwards" is
trying to distract attention from. And
we have found it.
We were told some time ago that
when the Forwards" agents led the
pogrom on the progressives in the
New York international last summer.
some $4,000 were spent. We imme.
diately felt that such sum Is ridi-
culously small for such a collection OF
precious gentry. When VIC know that
for the "stoppage" a half a million
was spent" then we are sure to be
right in feeling that $4,000 is too
little for the boys to have spent in
their pogrom on the joint board left
wing. And now, since the Forwards -
has begun to shrek about the funds
which the left wing spent, we give
space 10 the following extracts from
q report given at meeting of dress
makers in New York the other day;
4 During the whole period OF the
l. bitter struggle which the joint
action committee (the left wing) was
carrying on 1t spent total of S122-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
PETERS, CARNEY
BACKER, is NOW
U. N. |. A. HEAD
Much Political Trading
During Electiono

DETROIT, Mich. March 2t-Mach
political trading went Oh at the fifth
International convention of the Uni
versal Negro Improvement Associa-
ton when the officers Of the organ
ization were elected.
Mr. Peters, who has been an ardent
supporter of the Carvey faction and
Of the Garvey black to Africa" and
this is white mans country" pol
icles Is now president OF the associa.
ton.
Mr. Wallace, president of the Chi.
cago division Of the Universal Negro
Improvement Association and Chicago
leader Of tho Garyey faction was
elected secretary and lord councillor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23

ization committee plans to cover all
the open shops in the city. Active
committees have already been organ.
lied to cover several sections of the
city and the rank and file have res.
ponded enthusiastically for the
work. The organization committee is
planning to enlarge itself until hun.
dreds Of the members have been
drawn into the campaign. other leaf
let's and propaganda material is being
prepared by the committee and during
the month OF April after all commit.
tees have been systematically organ
lied number OF shops will no doubt
be unionized.
Huge Profits Made.
That enormous profits have been
made in the metal manufacture is
(continved on page -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23

900, but the machine of the joint
board-the gentlemen of the For
wards'-spent not $4,000, but S27O.-
600! The additional 100000 they
spent was conveniently forgotten by
them.
. Besides the $4,000 spent by
Il the joint board of that period,
there were tens of thousands Of dol
lars spent by the individual locals,
led by the reactionaries, to fight the
joint action committee.
All that remains to be discovered
now is for what purpose the money
spent by the former joint board and
their kept local leaders was used.
The leaders of the former joint action
committee have told how they spent
the $122,Oa0. But how our good com
rades" OF the Forwards" spent about
three times that much, with the ma
chinery Of the organization in their
hands, they have as yet forgotten to
inform us-or anyone else outside of
their gang.
perhaps they will take this oppor.
tunity to let us in on the secret.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
CHICAGO TO PROTEST
AGAINST FOREIGN-BORN
BILLS ON WEDNESDAY

This Wednesday evening, at 8 p.
M, March "a, at schoenhoffen Hall,
Milwaukee and Ashland, there will
be huge protest meeting against
the many bills now In congress to
further enslave the foreipn-born
worker The meeting, which Is un-
der the auspices Of the Workers
Party. Chicago district, will be ad-
dressed by Robert Minor, we'll.
known editor Of the New Magazine
Section Of The DAILY WORKER,
and Arne swabeek, delegate to the
Chicago Federation Of Labor from
the Painters Union.
All workers are invited to attend.
Admission free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
COAL OPERATORS
TERRORIzE union
Miners IN W. VA.
Workers See Need of
Militant Program
BY ROBERT LINCOLN.
Especial to The Daily Worker)

JERE, West Va, March 21-Here
in Jere, W. Va, the miners have been
reduced to very poor straits. Our
pay envelopes at the end of tho week
are mostly empty. When we have
our taxes taken off, that is, the price
Of powder, rent, tools, tool sharpen
ing, etc, we have little to take home
as pay for our work.
Conditions Terrible.
| have lived, or rather existed here
for many years, but l can confidently
say that our wages and conditions
have never been as bad as they are
now. We are like slaves. Most of
the miners are even afraid to let
anyone hear them kick or go to the
local and register their complaints for
fear OF being put on the road as it
is stated that it is the same all
around here, and if they get fired they
will not get another job, and their
wives and children would be even
worse off then than they are now.
In Bondage to Coal Barons.
No matter what is said around
here, the bosses know all about it the
next day. The miners know that the
coal company has stool pigeons thru
out the mine. The company has Gre
ated reign of terror as a result of
this espionage. Our working condi-
tons have entirely disappeared and
to talk of wages is a joke. The shacks
that the miners exist in are more
like chicken coops than human dom
iciles.
Company Unions.
Into this slavery hole there appear
ed the other day an agent of the coal
company, e. S. Doulogh, who heads
the Pittsburgh Coal company's 1917
scale movement, and attempted to get
the miners to accept the company
union and the 1917 scale. The min
ers told him that they would see him
in hell first. He tried to show them
many advantages that would come to
them as a result Of accepting the
1917 scale, but the miners knew bet
ter and repudiated him and his wares.
Supporting Progressives.
The miners here know that we
must build up the United Mine Work
ers of America, with strong mill
tant group. We are now doing that
We are organizing for the progress
sive miners program. Every one who
understands it-that is those who
have read it, are flocking to sup
port the program. We realize that
we must stay in the United Mine
Workers of America and fight for re-
lief thru our union under the lead
ership of the progressive miners to
make our union the fighting instru-
ment that it was in the years that
have now passed away. At many
meetings in the last few weeks
around here, the progressive miners
program was unanimously Endorsed,
and resolutions were passed to sup
port the miner paper known as The
Progressive Miner.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23

CLEVELAND FP)-The American
plan crowd are adding race prejudice
to the anti-union prejudice, according
to Cleveland Negroes, who complain
that the open shoppers are Befusing to
train colored workers for better jobs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23

stick together and let the men at
Washington know that they are
against the characterization laws. the
laws will not pass.
Denounees Washington Politicians.
Max Hayes. an old fighter in the Ia
Dor movement denounced the so-called
democracy that exists in this country.
He excoriated the men at Washing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
To Divide Workers.

VANCOUVER, b. C.--FP)--A new
wrinkle in the employer campaign to
divide workers on racial lines is seen
in an advertisement by the Canadian
Wood & Coal Co. in the Canadian La
Dor Advocate OF Vancouver. The ad
emphasizes: None But White Help
Employed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
WORKERS COMMUNIST
PARTY SHOWS NEED OF GREATER
SOLIDARITY OF TEXTILE STRIKERS

PAssAc N j. March 21The attempt on the part Of the denars
OF por ana the textile baons to have the
the old conditions arbiae to be nothing moro ,h -
attempt on the Of the mill government 70 crush m
strike OF the textile workers the following of the pa local
OF The Workers (Communstl Party district execv -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
Another ON Merner

Los ANGELES, March I'll vir.
tual confirmation of the merger of the
Standard Oil company of New York
and General Petroleum corporation
was made in a statement issued here
today by H. L. Pratt, president Of
the Standard Oil company of New
York. He said tentative agree
ments" for the consolidation had been
made.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23

ton and stated that the Atlantic City
convention of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor, unanimously passed a
motion to fight the registration bill,
which is menace to the entire labor
movement. m4tfs
John Olchon, president OF Local No.
Continued on page ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
CHICAGO MACHENISTS LAUNCHING
CAMPAIGN TO "ORGANIZE THE
UNORGANIZEDp THRUOUT DISTRICT
BY ANDREW ovEReAARp.

An active campaign unonze the
has been inflated by the District international Association Of
Maohnsts An organization committee
from the various locals in the city
already been worked and the
The hrs eah has already been distributed
by drawing into the work all the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
LABOR ASSAILS LAWS
AIMED AT FOREIGN BORN WORKERS

CLEVELAND nail on the
when he the
not whom
senave would there
like country
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
PROBE textile
INDUSTRY IS
LAWRENCE CRY
Workers Send Appeal
to Senator BOrGh
Especial to The Daily worker)

LAWRENCE, Mass, March 2t-The
United Front Committee of Textile
Workers in letter to Senator William
E. 5orah requests that the senator in
sist on federal Investigation Of the
miserable working conditions Of the
textile workers Of Massachusetts.
In the following letter the speed-up
and doubling up systems that are in
vogue in the Lawrence mills are
pointed out to show how the condi-
tons of the textile workers have be-
come worse and worse:
I'VE. the United Front Committee
Of Textile Workers of Lawrence,
Mass. earnestly request that a fed
eral investigation of the entire textile
industry of Massachusetts, be insti-
tuted at the earliest possible mo-
ment."
Doubling Up System.
"The doubling up system, whereby
hundreds are thrown out OF employ
ment, while those on the jobs are
speeded up with lower wages than be-
fore they took over another workers
john addition to their own-has been
put into effect in all the mills. Old men
are working IL hours per night and IL
one of them dares to complain he is
threatened with discharge-because
Of his age he is made to feel that he
is an object of charity-that it is a
great privilege to be allowed to work
IL hours.
Women in the cotton mills here in
Lawrence who used to operatg Is
looms now operate 80 looms and re-
ceive lower wages than when they
managed IS.
"In the entire industry all human
standards have been ruthlessly sacri-
feed to mad scramble for immense
profits and supremacy in the textile
world.
5arons Reap Enormous Profits.
The American Wooden company.
owning three large mills in Law
renee, one at Maynard, Mass. and the
Botany mill in Passaic is VIGOROUSLY
prosperous. While the Pacific mills
according to their own printed fnan-
cial statements had enormous earn
ings last year-their labor conditions
are almost unbelievable-boss hold
lng threats of wage cuts and dismis-
sal over the heads of the workers.
by the speeding and doubling up
methods the most skilled weaver now
tending 80 to 40 looms Cotton weav-
ing) cannot command anything like
the wages received for the more nor
NAL task Of managing 16 to Is looms.
It is common saying in Lawrence
that the weavers should be equipped
with roller skates to make the jump
ing back and forth easier for them.
I'VE urge that you investigate these
conditions Immediately as the federal
government must be concerned with
the welfare of the thousands Of tex
tile workers-skilled and useful men
and women, citizens of America.
Respectfully submitted,
United Front Committee Of Textile
Workers Of Lawrence"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23

Put copy of the DAILY
WORKER in your pocket when
you go to your union meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23

The DAILY WORKER Raises
the Standard for a Workers
and Farmers Government
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-30
HAIL BUREAU
SAVED PEOPLE
26 MILLION
People Have Paid For Insur.
ance Less Than Half Of
Private Co. Rates

Contention that the state hail in
surance department has saved S26,-
K ;lG,O5G.20 to the people of the state
during the seven years the state hail
insurance law has been operative is
contained in joint statement issued
today by Insurance Commissioner S.
a. Oisness and Martin Hagen. mana
ger Of the hail insurance depart
ment,
Data is based ON the average charge
per acre for protection made by the
state department in comparison with
the charge made by private COM
panies. In terms of percentage the
average state rate was 40 compared
with an average private company
rate of log. the statement said.
i" applying these rates TO Ca
60 q acres insured by the state
du the last seven years the state
mcnt shows that land owners paid
s22,GiS.S97.56 to the state whereas
they would have paid s4s,95S.953.76
10 private companies under the pre-
vailing rates. The total risk car
ricd by the state during the seven
years was Sl5S. ll3.I7S, the statement
shows.
On Same Basis
The department has a surplus Of
s3.l0S,6S6Sl available to pay losses
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-30

and meet other expenses, the state
nent shows, thus doing away with
interest charges and discounts, sta
bilizing the department and putting
II on n sound business basis"
Outlining the attitude which Non
partisans are expected TO take in the
coming political campaign the state
ment says: at is sometimes claimed
that the state has, lost great deal
Of money on the state conducted en-
terprises. Perhaps some Of them
have not been shining successes but
il one is to be fair in making COM
PARSONS one should consider all the
business enterprises Of the state and
not single out for publication only
the bad. If such be done it will be
found that the savings made to the
farmers Of the state by the hail
insurance department will offset all
the other losses and still show an
absolute saving of more than S22,-
100000. The low premium is an alb
solutc saving, Il fact every business
man must admit
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-30

The department has a surplus of
S3.l0S, 6S6Sl available to pay losses
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-30
George F. Will
Candidate For
Co. Commissioners

George r. Viii. head of the Oscar
II. Will company of Bismarck. will be
a candidate for county commissioner
from district No. /. Burleigh county
it was announced here today. Dis.
trict No. | includes the city If Bis
marck and surrounding townships and
has been served tor many years by
+. G.. Patterson, chairman Of the
board. No announcement has as vet
been made by Mr.. Patterson regarding
his future plans politically.
Mr.. Will was born in Bismarck Al
years ago. and is graduate Of the
bismarck high school and Harvard
university. He has served as a men,
Der Of the Board Of Education for
several years. and is a member of the
city library board. director Of the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-30
Junior Class Play
Cast Dev0ting Much
Time to Reheafsals

The cast for adam and Eva" the
play TO be presented by the Junior
class Of the high school on April 8.
is making use Of the Easter vacation
tn devote much time to rehearsals.
The play is coming along splendidly
and the directors are we'll satisfied
with the wor!; of the cast. Next
Monday evening the inmates at the
State Training School in Mandan will
be given an opportunity to see "Adam
and Eva" and the following We'd
nesday the play will be presented at
the pcnitentiary.
Tickets are being sold by members
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-30

jects in New Mexico, lis q graduate Of
Purdue University and was appoint
ed on recommendation Of A. L. Eel
lows. government engineer in charge
of irrigation work in the Denver dis
trict.
Among the projects on which sur
veys will be made this year will be
the Mouse River Valley irrigation
plan which received considerable at
tention from the department last
year, s-as
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-30
Kennedy Is Named
to Succeed Mcmahon

Robert f.. Kennedy Of Tucumcari
N. NJ, has been named state assis.
tant engineer in charge ot irrigation
drainage and water right matters.
taking the place made vacant several
months ago by the resignation of
George II. Mcmahon. Kennedy has
had experience on government pro.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-30

White was held on a charge of steal
ing wheat. Should he be acquitted 1T
the next term Of district court he will
be arrested again on charge Of hav-
ing forged check on County JUICE
Fred White of Amidon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-30
aAasssss nsalsrsRED

New York More than 10000, 900
motor vehicles were registered in this
country in 1925. an increase Of 2.132,-
1853 over last years number. OF this
total 11,658.45l were passenger cars.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-30
JAIL BREAKER ARRESTED

New EnRland-Robert White OF
Bowman. who broke ieil at Amidon
was re.arrested about four miles
south of here Wednesday by Deputy
Sheriffs F. S. Sleigh and c. N. Chris
Jensen after an all night search.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-30
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE

of the class. It is expected that
residents Of the city will patfonize
the play and Indications are Tor a
capacity house. Seats will be re.
served next Tuesday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-30

Association of Commerce. and presi-
dent Of the Bismarck Rotary club
International., 1926-05-30
Distribution of State
axes
1 axes

Chart No. 3 and Table No. ) show
the distributian OF the portion II
taxes levied for State purposes. This
$ chart shows that 54st per cent Of
the amount raised for State taxes
goes for educational purposes. It
further illustrates the fact that it
fhe entire amount ot money ey-
pended for administrative and de-
partMental expenses were completely
eliminated and that il there were not
a single State officer or department
LEFT ON a salary basis. the saving
would amount 10 only S666,S15-
When il is remembered that there
is iacloaed in This $G66.s15 charged
as administrative and departm ental
expense. the sum of S100,000 Cor The
Commission of Agriculture and Hor-
t;cuI,nre 10 fight crop pests; $4,000
fof the destruction OF injurious re-
dents $4,000 for The eradica tiea OF
tuberculosis in cattle; $1,000 for the
state veterinarians: and $S0,c00 TO
protect and eradicate disease i'll the
livestock industry. it Will re seen
tha& approximately 20 per cent Of
the administrative cost OF govern :
pent directly concerns the business
OF every farmer. dairymaR ard live
stock man in. the State.
Amy discussion from any source,
indicating that the taxes can be ma
terially reduced by radical savings in
administrative and departm entail eS-
penses. illustrates very conclusively
that those who make such assertions
have little knowledge OF tho actual
situation concerning State taxe5,