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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-14
Besco Sends Starring Workers to Prison

cut into effect and calling the strike
off. But this is not alLwrelief ceased
coming. The conditions Of unemploy-
ment had not improved. ls,Four collier
les, employing about 1900 people,
were still entirely closed, down. Out
of the ten collieries in. Glace Bay sub.
district only one operated steady, the
remainder worked less than half time
or remained closed. The conditions
OF the workers and their families were
becoming worse from day to day until
finally nothing stood Between them
and starvation. ,"
PACING a Cape Bretonsh hard winter,
4 with no food, to say nothing of
clothing, appeals were sent to the
authorities, including civic, provincial
and federal, but all they got were
courteous kilograms and lame, hypo-
~itical excuses, altho the same gov
ernments had given Beseo practically
all the natural RESOURCES of the
province, together with ninety million
dollars in cash bonuses and subsid-
iaries Of the peoples money, and every
privilege that they ever asked for,
still nothing was done to keep the
workers from starvation or freezing.
IT is thus an easy matter to picture
4 a miners home during the Christ
mas of 1925, the season of 10y and
festivity. On Sunday, December 81,
mass meeting was held at the Rus
sell Theater, where two members Of
the government, Acknowledgement j..
9. Douglas and G. S. Harrington, min.
lister Of mines, were present. These
gentlemen promised TO-, do the best
they could and 1t was decided to again
call another meeting the following
Sunday. Another week bf hunger and
restitution, another week Of misery,
hoping against hope, and the meeting
again convened on January Q, but no
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-14

tool makers for from 60 to 20 cents an
hour. When the men were in real
unions the minimum hiring rates for
tooI-makers was s5 to 80 cents an
hour. $3.50
Another practice complained of by
workers is the shifting of orders from
one department to another in order to
get the work done for the lowest pos
sible wage. The departments thus
compete with each other in a blind
way. "In the former days if worker
got certain price to do a job in say
No. 16 and it was formerly done in
say shop 20 he would go to the union
brother in % and find the price he
received and also the condition under
which the job was done. If the price
was not right he would notify the
foreman and tell him he wanted the
right price and insist on getting it.
Under the company plan you get the
price they hand out, and if you went
to another department to find the
price you would be fired"
Committeeman, critical of the plan,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-14

members of the government were
present, no word or promise of en-
couragement was given, the govern
ment representatives could not be To-
Gated, so more kilograms were sent
out and the meeting adjourned until
3 p. m. in order to wait for a reply.
Nothing in form of relief in sight.
They could not beg or borrow, they
had nothing to eat, the stores and
windows were full of good food, cloth
ing and other Injuries. 1t was the
product of the toll of their own class,
stored up behind plate glass. Get
1t, or lose their own lives and that Of
their dearest ones, was the simple
problem. So the hungry ones took.
A RRESTS of those participating in
"A the raids followed; about thirty
were arrested and eleven convicted to
severe sentences, ranging from ten
days in Jail to three years in peniten-
tiary. The capitalist press refers to
the sentencing of these victims as
pathetic scene" etc, the judge ex-
pressing sympathy and sorrow for the
victims of the system which he so
stoutly defends. You have had q fair
trial, he said to the first victim called
up.
JUDGE CARROLL said he must do
- his duty. He certainly did--to his
class. When will the workers do their
duty to their class? It is the workers
Of Cape Breton who got 1t in the neck
this year, what section will be at
tackled next? Wherever the interest
Of capital demands. We then call
upon men and women OF the working
class to use their power. for the re-
lease OF those convicted in Sydney as
II is an example OF capltahstic perse-
cution of those workers who resist the
onslaught Of the master class TO in
crease exploitation and slavery.
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highest executives on the most impor-
tant local committees without limit
ing their choice of advisors. The
workers are also "pocketed" from the
rest of labor. For INSTANCE, the COM
pany union at West Lynn is allowed
no connection with that at Schenec.
tady. On the other hand, the COM
pany maintains afiliatien with the
United States chamber of commerce,
the National Electric Light Associa-
ton and other large employers groups.
This means, national organization for
the company; local organization for
the men.
Blacklist in Vogue.
Schenectady unionists' reports tell
Of an elaborate employment and black
list system. Despite the mo discrim-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-14
BY oBsERvANT.

tTNHE sentences melted out to the coal
4 miners convicted of food raids by
Justice Carroll atgthe February ses-
sion of the supreme court at Sydney,
Nova Scotia, once more demonstrates
ito the working class that there is
"one law for wealth and another for
poverty" Since 1922 conditions have
prevailed in the mining communities
in Nova Scotia which reduced the
workers to poverty and starvation, that
were never known in any civilized
country since the dark ages. Lock.
outs, strikes, unemployment and es-
pionage have been forced upon the
workers in order to reduce their stand
ard OF living and to increase the prof.
its of the inhuman and merciless octo-
pus known as Besco British Empire
Steel company. 1t is a known fact
thdt the center of attack was directed
at Glaze Bay, more than any other
part of the district, because Il was
here that the basis of organization ex-
isted IL was here that the fight
against oppression and lowering OF
wages was more manifest. Conditions
were so appalling that in the latter
part of 1924 and early in 1925 the citi-
zens of Canada took up the matter of
providing relief for the miners and an
appeal was issued from coast to coast
and even to the people of the United
States to give something to save the
lives of the miners and their families.
INSTEAD of conditions improving,
4 Besco closed down entirely some of
the collieries in Glace Bay. This ne.
cessitated a call from the district ex-
ecutive Of the IT, M. w. of a. for
stoppage Of work. After Ave months
Of the worst conditions ever known in
the history OF labor struggles Besco
succeeded in putting a drastic wage
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-14

nation" clause in the General Electric
Co. company union constitution they
report that jealous committee mem
bers, who were discovered to be also
members of trade unions, have been
fired. Trying to represent the wishes
of the fellow workers who had elect
ed him." was the reason given by one
trade unionist for a discharge there.
Favorites are played by foremen in
the awarding of work, settling of
prices, etc., under the company union
plan, say these Schenectady trade un-
ion critics. When the unions were
recognized the workers were far more
Independent. They did not fear to
take up their grievances with foremen,
knowing that the trade union shop
committee, the local union, the metal
trades branch, and finally their inter-
nationals, would back them. Now the
appeal route takes them no farther
than the general manager, whose de-
cisions are final.
Bosses Play Favorites.
Under the company union plan there
is no equal distribution of work in
slack times, as formerly, when trade
unions were strong. Then the rule was
for one group of workers to have one
week, the other half the next. Now
the policy is not to alternate shifts,
but ito call the men all in, make them
stand around three to five hours, after
which the boss always picks his fav-
orites." When the worker does get
the chance to work the edict on prices
is take it or leave it," With no or
ganization to fight for his interests the
worker usually takes it, tho wages are
below those in pre-plan days.
First class men are now hired as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-14


eral Electric committee system are al
SO shown in an article in the April
issue of the Survey Graphic by Robert
Bruere, dealing with the West Lynn,
Mass, plants of the company.
4 The management and technical staff,
says Bruere, initiated and control
every feature of the "employe repre-
sentation PLAN" tho the workers are
given the illusion of having SAY"
chiefly by a suggestion box" special
financial rewards being given for tech
meal ideas that save money to the
management.
The workers are allowed no expert
advisors in dealing with management.
From the beginning they were barred
from calling in national trade union
officials, while the company put it's
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-14

tell Of long delays in getting anything
done under it. zone has been trying
for seven months to get a raise for
three men in his department without
results. The committeeman finally
told the men if they ever expected to
get a raise they should get into real
union"
Trade unions have almost vanished
in the Schenectady shops. The cleo
tricians once had 1000 members
Other crafts lost power.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-14
Los Angeles Waist
and Dressmakers to
Hold a Flower Bah

LOS ANGELES, April ia grand
flower ball will be held by the Waist
and Dressmakers' Union at the Co
Operative Center, 27O6 Brooklyn ave
nue., Saturday evening, April IL.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-14
COMPANY UNIONS HELP THE GENERAL
ELECTRIC BOSSES EXPLOIT WORKERS
By ROBERT DUNN, Federated Press

Since trade union the huge plants
the General Electric Of
men and appliances after broken strike
1918 wages have been reduced to the
pers These facts barred responsible
officials at the Schenectady Of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21
HONEST RUM
SELLERS LOSE

BILOXI. Miss. June 21.-Hi-jack
ing, not to mention obstacles placed
In their path by State and Federal
dry agents. have sounded the death
knell for the honest bootlegger."
Honest liquor smuggling and dis
tribution into the interior now Is
becoming a discuraging operation
for the virtuous booze .peddler. and
he is being forced to abandon the
occupation.
Dishonesty among his employees,
loss Of caches Of contraband. de-
struction and grounding of boats
resulting from incompetent nayiga-
ton also are included in the honest
Gulf Coast bootlegger's category Of
worries.
However. the thing that simply
ruined the bootlegger who really i'm.
ported European liquors. was the
distribution OF cheap imitation BY
dishonest" bootleRgers according to
prohibition agents along the Gulf.
Dry agents recently have seized
thousands OF gallons Of Cuban al
cohol which is being colored and
put on the market.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21
IN Il SCANDAL
| NE | T|GHT.ENS
b international News Service

NEW YORK June New rev.
clations In connection with the
sbootlegglng Of uneertifted milk and
cream into the city are expected
today. following announcement BY
Health Commissioner Louis 1.
Harris that he expects to suspend
three more members Of the food
and drug squad OF his department..
DR.. Harris said he obtained in
formation that the men had been
involved in the recent milk scandal
Chief Assistant District Attorney
Ferdinand Pecora Of New York
county, says he will go before the
grand jury tomorrow with evidence
that former employe of the
health department conducted a fac
tory in South Street in which
skinned milk was converted into
cream" by the addition Of cocoa
nut oil.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21
RITES FOR A. IN. BILLINGS
At ST. THOMAS, NEW YORK

NEW YORK, June 21.-Funeral
services viii be held here tomorrow
at st. Thomas Church for Albert
Merritt Billings. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. K. G.. Billings, of New
york and Santa Barbara, Calf,
who died here on board his house
boat, the Tropic. Mr.. Billings had
been i'll for more than year from
embolisn or obstruction Of an
artery, and for the last few months
his condition has grown steadily
worse.
Two physicians were called late
Saturday night when his illness
took critical turn, but they could
not save him. He was 50 years
old.
Mr.. Billings parents arrived here
several days ago on board their
yacht.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21
BARRIERS To AID
BATES GIRL
By TnternationaI News Service

WHITESBCRG. KY. June I'll
Miss Martha Bates, the young girl
who slapped the face of minister
because he condemned bobbed hair
in his pulpit. and who was sen
fenced to 40 DAYS in jail. appa.
rently has the support OF eastern
kentucky BARRIERS in her fight to
win her acquittal.
This was evidenced when It be.
came known that a group Of Ken.
lucky tonsorial artists were in
strumental in persuading Governor
william j. Fields to grant Miss
Bates a 9O-day stay of sentences,
She is now at liberty under bond
BARRIERS in a number OF towns
are making donations to buy ti1C
Thornton Creek girl new auto
mobile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21

: CIimaxing two months Of super
human labor 1870 feet beneath the
sea, on the ill-fated submarine,
twenty divers and "a fleet OF sal
wage vessels were prepared for
their supreme effort. A towing
bride" was attached to the stern
of the vessel, the last step pre-
paratory to the attempted resuPrec-
ton of the submarine.
Weather conditions were report
ed favorable, although sudden adj
vent of a choppy sea win cause
postponement of the project.
When the signal Isl given. the
eight pontoons hugging the sides
of the submarine viii be pumped
with air. The vessel is then ex-
pect to rise toward the surface.
Her battered condition and the
corrosion Of the sea, the exact
reaction to this engineering feat,
cannot be diagnosed by naval
experts. Some predict she will bob
to the surface like a cork within
few minutes, and others consider
the possibility Of the vessel buck.
ling in two from the sudden strain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21
NOW
IN FINAL LAP
HOFF AND JOYzELLE

Congress turned into the home
stretch today, accompanied by the
din Of threatened filibusters and
eleventh hour u1timatums concern.
ing pet bills, none OF, which prob
ably will materialize.
Adjournment is set for June 80.
and the outlook today was for this
program to be carried out.
Members will go home to see
about getting itself reelected, leav.
ing number Of important matters
hanging in, nlidair.
This list includes farm relief legis-
lation, the ratification OF the French
debt settlement, disposition OF Mus
Gle Shoals, and the Rivers and Har'
bors bill.
A vote will he he'd some time
this week on the McNary,Haugen
bill for farm relief, which the Cool
idge-Mellon wing of the Republican
party has pronounced "economially
unsound" and which the Dawes.
Watson Western group has por-
trayed as admirable from every
standpoint, economic and political.
IHe NOOAQBe-MellOH group, sup
ported by sufficient Democrats, has
the votes to kill the McNary bill
any time it can be brought to a
vote.
A determined effort will be- made
ITO pass the Rivers and Harbors and
second deficiency bills. which in
clude appropriations for millions of
dollars worth Of work, on inland
waterways, and for the Inaugural
ton of the Governments new Fed
eral building program, but it is
doubtful il it succeeds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21
DUNBAR To GIVE
l78 DIP 0AIAS

One hundred and twenty-one young
colcred woman and 81 young men
will be graduated by Dunbar High
School today at s b. m. on the
campus at Howard University.
The Community Center band of
81 pieces will head the line of
march on the hill.
Invocation will be by the Rev.
HALEY B. Taylor. Mrs. Coralie
Franklin Cook. retiring member of
the Board of Education. will pre-
side
Elma foyer, saxaphene artist,
will be the lone soloist on the pro-
gram. DIR. Alain Lerop Locke will
deliver the commencement address.
Diplomas VIII be awarded by DR..
]. Hayden Johnson, member of the
Board OF Education.
Garnet Crun1meI Wilkinson, su.
perintendent in charge of colored
schools of the District, will award
scholarships.
The singing 81. the Alma Mater
song by the graduates will be fol-
lowed by benediction b. the Rev.
HALEY b. Taylor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21
MOVIE AIS
DRESS BEST

PARIS, june 17.-Paui Poiret, the
worlds arbiter Of female elegance,
believes American women the best
dressed Of all cinema actresses.
You want to know In what
films / have found the women the
best dressed?
I'll reply without hesitating. In
the American film American WON.
en- seem to have certain audacity
in carrying off startling creations
which are never IN contradistinc-
ton to good taste.
They have exquisite figures and
1t is the greatest pleasure for ...e
when j am commissioned to make
the costumes for an American
screen artist.
Monsieur Poiret does not believe
in the 'garconne" style. Il am the
firm opponent of any movement
to nnasculanize la femme. repu
date 1obbed hair. and abhor that
monstrosity. the dinner jacket
Woman is most charming WHICH
she is most woman. |"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21
Pupils SIGN UP.
!. FOR SUMMER

Seven thousand pupils are expect.
ed to attend summer school, which
opens July for all city schools.
Walter b. Patterson, special activi.
ties supervisor In divisions 10, and
Leon L. Perry, supervisor In di
visions 1913 said today.
Registration is going on through
supervising principals. Senior high
school students should register be-
tween and IL a. m. on July
with Mrs. D. L Fluff. at Central.
where SUMMER high school will be
held. After July 6, registration will
be at the schools.
Americanization classes will so
on night and day during July and
August School will be held also
at the House of Detention and the
Industrial Home. only the former
staying open all summer.
Private school pupils will be adj
mftted upon two weeks trial.
The 81 elementary schools to hold
sessions are Amadon, Arthur.
Brown, Bryan, Cooke, Curtis,
Emery, Force; Graham, Henry
johnson, Ketchurn. Ludlow, Monroe,
ark View, Pierce, Petworth, Wal
ZACH and West Junior high will
- HSIu a. 4haSr al 1eaAu eALAu JSLLSI-
son, with Central taking ninth
grade.
Registration for colored schools
viii be on July 6 High school
will be in Dunbar. with that and
the elementary schools taking jun
Tor high students Elementary
schools will be New Bell, Burrville,
Cleveland, John +. Cooke, Lovejoy,
MaRruder and Phillfps For the
first time in school history. Perry
said. three courses Of music will
be given.
Parents are asked to accompany
children who should bring report
cards or other credentials in ali
cases.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21
WE'D
THRICE At is
b. international News Service

By international News Service
NEW YORK, June Countess
Adelaine Petrige, is. is the bride
today al David Raymond wheeler,
50, an official OF a mortgage com
pany OF this city.
This is the countess third mar
riage.
She and Wheeler were married
after q brief courtship. Whirlwind
romances have marked the career of
the countess. She is the daughter
of the Hurwitz family of Paris bank.
ers. In 1924. when Ia, she was
married to Arthur Singer in Paris,
according to Frank Wheeler, brother
of the present bridegroom.
After nine months the bride sued
for divorce and Singer settled
81, 100000 on her. Wheeler said.
Next she married Count Petrige.
a Russian Nobleman. She obtained
a divorce after seven months.
Two months ago she came to New
York to perfect her knowledge of
English and met her third husband.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21
BOOZE HIDDEN
IN FISH Ne IS
By international News service

LOS ANGELES, June 21.-Air
planes and fish nets are the latest
weapons to be employed by Los An
geless harbor bootleggers and Off
shore ruIn.runners.
When bootleggeris consignment
recently was Is days overdue. the
enterprising retailer of rare liquor
chartered a plane and went out to
sea hunting his craft.
Many Of the rum ships are now
equipped with large fishing nets. o.
ficials OF the Coast Guard discoy
cred, and when the Federal cutters
come into sight the liquor supplies
are lowered. in the nets below the
ships waterline.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21
PROTEST rail
RATE ON GOAL
y International News Service

ATLANTIC CITY ~. u June
21.-More than 100 coal operators.
railroad officials and mine repre-
sentatives were IN attendance today
at the Interstate Commerce Com
missions hearing to examine rail.
road freight rates on bitunin0us
coal from Kentucky. West Virgins
and Pennsylvania to the New Eng.
land States.
The Interstate CoInmercs Com
mission established temporary
freight rates ranging from $l.10 10
$3.50 on bituminous product routed
through CIearfieIdI Pa.
western Pennsylvania operators
objected on. the ground Of discrimi-
nation. Recently. the temporary
rates expired and the New England
States applied to the commission TO
have the rates made permanent.
Rail freight rates on bituminous
coal from the fields Of the three
states to Newport News. Va. and
thence by water to New England
win be Investigated also.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21
CHINESE WHO MODEST
FOREIGNERS TO BE SHOT

LONDON. June Fl. Pekin au-
thorities have proclaimed that any
Chinese who molests foreigners shall
be shot Immediately, according to
a Pekin dispatch received here.
This warning of drastic action
follows an attack upon on Ameri-
can, Miss Manley. She was dragged
from 4 rickshaw by Chinese who
made to- attempt to strange her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21
DUTCH GIANT Welded
TO SMALL SWISS GIRL

DUNDEE, Scotland. June 2I.--one
OF the most unusual cosmopolitan
weddings was celebrated here when
Albert Kramer, a Dutch giant. who
Is IT. in. tall. married VIII.
helmina Fassler, a Swiss girl, who
Is but IT. inches tall.
The best man was a Russian. The
bridesmaid was Scottish. A guest,
OF honor was Seppeltoni, 4 Scottish
dwarf. who Is only It. 3 In. tail!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-21
What's Doing Today
and Tomorrow
TODAY

TODAY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Avenue Christian
Church. steamer st. John, 1880 p. m.
Lawn Fete---New Hampshire Avenue.
Third and Buchanan Streets Northwest,
benefit Zion Lutheran Church. all day.
Meeting--Piney Branch Citizens As
ISOLATION. Hamline III. +, Church. Six
teenth and Allison Streets Northwest,
Meeting--Henry D. Cooke Home and
School Association. school auditorium,
Meeting-BIoomingdale Chapter. r. w.
G. A., home of Mrs. F. t. BeehlinR,
Kew Gardens. .. M.
Meeting Union. No. s, Odd
Fellows. Pythian Temple. p. m.
Meeting Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent,
No /. c. w. U. v. D., g. A. r. Hail.
5 y. m.
Tomorrow
Observation-Disclosures Business Club.
Burlington Hotel, 1880 D. m.
MeetinE-Zonta Club. Raleigh Hotel
: MeetIng-Business women's Council.
Covenant Clutch, S D. m.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS County Fedora
tion. executive board. home of Mrs. o.
G. Merrill. West Melrose Street, Chevy
Chase, II q. m.
Meeting Woman's Club of Bethesda.
executive board, home of Mrs. Earl w.
CHeSy NadSes lUsSO a.
Luncheon-CoaI Merchants Board of
Trade. Lee House. 1890 p. m.
Luncheon-Was hington Real Estate
Board, Lee House. 1880 D. m.
Dinner-SiRma Epsilon Sorority, $40
p, m.
Observation-Disclosures Review. Odd Fell
lows. w. o. w. Hall. o. m.
MeetinR-WashinRton Council. X. of
c.. .. m.
MeetinE-D. c. Congress Parent
Teacher Associations Women's City
Club. D.. IN.
\ Benefit Lawn Fete-Zion Lutheran
Church. New Hampshire Avenue. Third
and Buchanan Streets Northwest, all