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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-31
OPEN Intense
UNICADRlVE
INPATERSON
PGSsGic Workers to Aid
Organization Efforts
Especial to The Daily wOrker)

PASSAIc, MI. March ga viuoF-
Gus organization drive among the dye
workers of Paterson, some of whom
are already ons strike, will begin
this week, according to announce
ments made by Albert Weisbord.
In pursuance of this aim, the United
Front Committee has been in consul
tation with the Associated Silk Work
Iers of Paterson. who have sent a COM
mittee to investigate the conditions at
the United Piece Dye Works of Lodi.
Will Aid Organization Drive.
In a letter to Fred Hoelscher, sec
retary-treasurer of the Associated Silk
Workers, Weisbord proposed joint ac-
ton with the Associated in organizing
the dye workers. If the Associated
wishes to organize alone, the United
Front COMMITTEES Of textile workers
will heartily cooperate in any move"
according to the letter.
"If the Associated Silk Workers
does not wish to participate in any
way in this drive, then the United
Front Committees will organize alone,
and if necessary open an Office in Pa
terson for that purpose. The under
standing will then be that only the
dye workers willllbe organized by us
and that at any time the Associated
Silk Workers may join us in the
united front"
Union Nd Strikers.
Twenty thousand pounds of sugar
has been donated by the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers. This is the second
large donation in a week from this
organization, which sent a carload Of
-four last week.
Other outstanding donations we're:
$500 from Locals and of the Anal
gamated Food Workers, $500 from the
Workers (Communist) Party of New
York City, 800 from the Workers
(Communist) Party group in Detroit,
S249 from the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers local Of Brooklyn, and $500
raised by private organization by
Mrs. Stephen L. Wise.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-31
CLEVELAND THEATRICAL WORKERS
INSIST ONLY UNION LABOR BE USED
IN THE PHILADELPHIA EXPOSITION


Exposition Philadelphia
In this
Independence.
This
tive Workers
that they
no
IN that the demands resolution may
ealIzedr
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-31
Nine New Camps Are
Ready to Train Dubs
for Shooting Workers

WASHINGTON March 20 - The
war department has announced an
enlargement of the civilian military
training camps for this year Nine
new camps will be conducted, includ-
ing one at Fort Sheridan, Ill. This
will make a total Of So in all.
The new location at Fort Sheridan
ILL.,, is expected to accommodate 1850
men. Department officials believe Il
will attract many business men from
Chicago, who will welcome. the oppor-
tunity to learn close at home how to
use military tactics to break strikes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-31
Arrest Baker Pickets
for Criminal Contempt

NEW YORK, March 29.--Five strik
ing bakers of local 305. Bakery and
Confectionery Workers international
Union, are charged with criminal con
tempt under an injunction obtained by
Moritz Schwartz, whose bakery has
been picketed as unfair The workers
are held on $500 bail each Criminal
contempt has never before beer
charged in New York. so that this
becomes a test case.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-31
UNIONS OF n. Y.
FIGHT FOR new
WAGE RATE Law
Want Defective Meas
ure Replaced 81
lspeoIaI to The palIy workstl

ALBANY, March 2e-oraanized la.
Dor of the state, as represented by the
Federation of Labor, is carrying on a
bitter fight for the passage of the
Phelps bill which provides that the
prevailing rate of wages" must be
paid by all contractors doing work
for the state or municipalities. This
rate is defined as that paid to 81 per
cent of the workers of the locality
where the work Is to be done.
The state now has a law covering
this subject but as it is open to attack
upon the same grounds as those which
caused the United States supreme
court to declare invalid similar
statute of Oklahoma, the unions want
this new bill enacted at once to pro-
vide against an emergency. ~
Contractors Fight Bill.
The Associated Industries and the
Contractors Association are opposing
the bill. They are using the camou.
flage that it is not needed inasmuch as
the present law has not been attacked.
What they are hoping to do is to post
pone action by the Legislature and
then try to get the issue in the courts
for final decision before the legisla-
ture again meets. They believe that
il they can once get rid of this legis-
lation they can prevent az similar
measure being passed in the future.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-31
MOTHERS LEARN
NEED OF R { AL
ORGANIZATION
United Efforts Defeat
School Discrimination

NEW YORK, March 20 - The at
tempt Of the authorities Of the Board
Of Education In New York City to d..
vide the mothers has mlserably failed,
They did not know that the mothers
organized in permanent organ
lzation called the Omitted Mothers Of
williamsburg" for the protection Of
their children in the school and at
home were ready to fight for their
rights.
Mothers Protest
When the mothers Of Public School
las were fighting against the transfer
OF children from that school to other
schools they visited the Board OF
Education and Mayor Walker twice.
When the authorities learned that the
mothers were determined to withhold
the children from school until their
demands were granted. they called
the mothers to the Board of Education
on a Friday before the transfer was
to take place and told the mothers to
take the children to School las on the
date of the transfer. The mothers
were overjoyed, They had won a vic
tory. The children were to stay in
schools nearby and not have to cross
dangerous crossings.
Threaten Mothers.
When the mothers brot the children
to school each one was called into
the office. The mothers were treated
roughly and told the children would
be herded together in the basement
without instruction, without books and
that they would not be promoted and
insisting on the mothers taking the
children to the schools designated by
the Board of Education. Each mother
answered that she wanted her child to
remain in school 14S.
The mothers were then told roughly
to get out" The mothers watched,
and true enuf the children were
herded together, all grades, in the
basement. The authorities of the
Board of Education were true to their
promises that they will do all in their
power to compel the mothers to take
the children to other schools. Instead
Of taking the children to other
schools, the mothers called a meeting,
where statements signed by the moth
ers were taken of the treatment their
children had received. 1t was also de-
cided to instruct the organizer, Mrs.
B. Zlott, to write the Board of Educa-
ton outlining the conditions and the
mothers also decided to demonstrate
around the school in protest. A dele
cation. was elected to go to the Board
If Education.
..es; Demands Finally Won.
Mrs, Zlott sent letter to the Board
Of Education also informing the press
that a delegation was to go TO the
Board Of Edpcation. As usual, the cap
talist press gave no notice of this.
When the mothers arrived at the
Board OF Education the elevator took
them up to the seventh floor. The first
time when the delegation went to the
board they were compelled to walk up
the seven flights. They we're taken
into the office very politely and seated.
The district superintendent, DR.. VERT,
then came out and informed the dele
cation very sweetly, that all arrange
ments had already been made" for the
"children's comfort and education"
The authorities OF the Board OF Educa-
ton tried TO divide the mothers and
frighten them into subsiding and
failed miserably. The mothers have
learned the lesson OF organization and
unity.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-31
New South Wales
Seamen Receive
44-Hour Week

SYDNEY, Australia, March 20.
Seamen employed on steamers en-
gagged along the coast of New South
Wales have been granted a 44.hour
week. There is no reduction in wages
because Of the shorter work week.
The 44-hour week is now general thru
out New South Wales.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-31
JOURNEYMEN TAILORS
TO DISCUSS GENERAL
STRIKE ON THURSDAY

NEW YORK, March 20. - Local
No. OF the Journeymen TaIlors' In
lon Of America lis holding a mass
meeting at the Bohemian Hall, 32t
East 73rd Street, Thursday night,
April at o'clock at which final
action on the question Of a general
strike this spring will be taken. All
members are urged 70 attend.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-31
Contractors Flight Bill.
Many New Radio stations.

WASHINGTON, March 2s = With
500 applications for licenses to oper-
ate new radio stations pending before
Secretary of Commerce Hoover, plans
were being laid today by the depart
ment of commerce for a general re-
ALLEGATION OF wave lengths.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-31
Pleads to FOrestalI Action.

Edwards of New Jersey, a faithful
servant of the textile interests, plead
ed that he be allowed to go to New
Jersey and that he would bring the
bosses and the strikers together into
some sort of a settlement. BY his
actions before the committee, which
was in a secret closed session all the
time, he betrayed the fear of the tex
tile interests that the investigation
might disclose many facts that would
aid the textile workers into getting
their demands.
One of the arguments raised by Ed
wards was that New Jersey was cap
able of handling this problem and that
the federal government should not in
terfere.
McNary of Oregon proposed as a
compromise-that one speaker be heard
CONTINUED on page %
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-31
La TOILETTE IN
Big FIGHT FOR
TEXTILE PROBE
BGrOnS Fear Quiz on
PaSSGic Strike
Especial to The Daily Worker,


WASHINGTON, o. c., March 29.--
The attempt Of the big business tools
on the senate committee on manufae-
lures to throttle the preliminary In.
vestigation before the COMMITTEES OF
the Passaie textile strike situation is
meeting with strong opposition from
number of committee members.
Senator William B. Mckinley of ILL
nois, who is chairman of the commit
tee, had the committee meetings post
poned from day to day in an effort to
avoid the presentation OF evidence
showing the low wages that are paid
in the Passaic textile shops.
Postpone Action.
When the matter finally came be-
fore the committee on manufactures
the big business tools by a vote OF
to 2, with Brookhart of Iowa refusing
to express his view, decided to post
pone all action for at least a week.
Senator LaFollette, who introduced
the ASooAutAOH, Hdu the support OF
Wheeler only. Senator Mckinley, Me
Nary, Edwards, Mclean, Metcalf and
Tyson opposed the preliminary hear
ing and refused to allow Senator La
Toilette to tell the committee why he
demanded an investigation. It is the
custom Of senate committees to allow
the prepayment of resolution to
present reasons for his proposing the
resolution. Sen. LaFolIette was denied
the customary privilege. The session
Of the committee at which the holding
Of preliminary hearings was discussed
was nothing more than an attempt to
stifie the investigation which the tex
tile barons fear. VS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-31

The DAILY WORKER Raises
the Standard for a Workers
and Farmers Government
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-31
Lathers poubIe MemberahIp.

CLEVELAND = OPP ~ From Sep
tember 1921 to August 1925 the Lath-
ers international union has almost
Dubbed It's membership. The Official
figures are 6,219 In 1921 and 1855
In 1926, gain Of 5.s6a
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-11-05

Hoover wrote: ~Your splendid gift
vii materially aid in providing re-
lief and entertainment for worthy
class of public servants. At the
best, many of these men are forced
to lead a dreary lonely existence,
shut off from practically all the or
dinarv amusements of the average
citizen.
"Many OF the stations can be
reached only when the weather is
favorable. At Tillamook Rock of
the Oregon coast. there have been
periods when the lighthouse tender
has been unable to reach the sta.
ton for seven weeks at stretch
Al Cape Sarichef Alaska the
keepers were unable at one time
to receive any mail for period
Of 10 months Radio will do much
to relieve the monotony of exist
ence In these isolated stations
Distribution and installation OF
the sets will be directed by George
R. Putnam q S Commissioner of
Lighthouses Putnam promises to
see that al the more isolated sta
tions, from Alligator Reef Florida
tc Cape Hlnchinbrook Alaska;
from the old masonry tower OF
Cape Henlopen light built in l765
to the most modern steel station or
A nj, rlcar Shoal has its radio set
ur ana IN working order before tn
long winter isolation sets in
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-11-05
Private Capitalists
To Manage Air Mail

Washington, D. c. = Postmaster
General New asks for bids on the
transcontinental and the overnight
New York Chicago air mail services,
which have been developed and main
tained by the post office department.
It is hoped that the successful bidder
will be prepared to transport pass
engers and express. e
at has never been the intention OF
the post office department to con-
tinue TIM permanently the operation Of
the air mail service" Mr.. New, said.
1T was planned merely to develop it
to point where its feasibility and nd
practicability could be demonstrated
and then, as soon as commercial fly
ing ing companies became strong enough
to handle such an enterprise, to re-
the fruits Of + the the +seE depart tso
ment's pioneering. 1t is felt that the
work of the department in this direc-
tion has pushed commercial flying IN
America several years ahead"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-11-05

the more remote stations and in
sure a method of immediate COM
munication with them a. all sea-
sons.
These sets however. will not
only make possible emergency COM
munication in such situations. but
will provide a medium by which
the loneliness and monotony of life
for the keepers of light stations
may be relieved by programs of
concerts. lectures, sermons. news
and weather reports.
Endorsing the movement to
equip lighthouses with radio sets,
as started by public-spirited
woman who heard how radio had
brought Thompson to the bedside
of his dying wife Mr. Kent re-
Gently wrote Secretary of Com
merce Hoover:
81 should like. as my tribute to
the men in the lighthouse service,
to provide each of the 200 light
houses which | understand are still
without radio receiving equipment.
with an Atwater Kent receiving
set and speaker can think of
no group of people to whom radio
would mean more than to these
keepers and their families. cut Of
as thev are for long periods from
either contact ~ communication
with the outside world
lp accepting the offer Secretary
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-11-05
Most Orderly Work Suspension May
Be Unlawful, Says the High Court

law nor the Fourteenth Amendment
confers the absolute right to strike.
AS the Kansas law now stands, it
is illegal for the Court of Industrial
Relations to set prices that business
men should charge and courts can set
in judgment on strikes. AS far as
business is affected, courts have tax
en- the teeth out of the law.
In April, last year, the supreme
court set aside an order by the indus
trial court that the Charles Wolff
Packing Company pay certain wages
on the ground that its operation is
affected with the public interest. The
supreme court distinguished between
a quasi-public corporation, such as a
railroad, and private manufacturer
or shop keeper.
"Such a system" the supreme court
said, "infringes the liberty of con-
tract and rights of property guaran
teed by the due process of law clause
of the Fourteenth Amendment"
The Kansas law was passed in jan
uary, 1920, following the miners gen
eral strike few months previous.
Governor Allen called a special ses-
sion of the state legislature to pass
the act. Later he defended this stat
ute in a joint debate with the late
Samuel Gompers in New York City
and made similar speeches throughout
the country. He was urged as a vice
presidential nominee in 1921 because
of his solution" of the strike ques-
ton.
The law is no longer feared by bus
mess.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-11-05

known to all. 1t brought the public
service to low estate and caused in
slstent demand for reform. The long
struggle for civil service reform and
the legislation designed to insure
some security of official tenure ought
not to be forgotten.
This court, as early as 1903, in an
opinion never overruled, positively de-
clared that the president had no pow
er to remove at will an inferior Off
Ger appointed with consent of the SEN
ate. to serve for a definite term fix
ed by an act of Congress"
Justice Brandeis said the power to
remove a subordinate official "is not
a power inherent in a chief execu-
tive"
Answering the claim that the pres
ident should have this power "to en-
force the law" Justice Holmes said:
"That seems to me spiders web in
adequate to control the dominate
facts.'
The decision arms the chief execu-
tive with sweeping powers.
Defenders of the decision claim it
will "centralize authority" and aid in
the enforcement of law. Opponents
say it gives the president free hand
and permits him, if so inclined, to fill
every important commission and bu-
reau head with those amenable to his
will. The issue is as old as our gov
ernment, and will cause a sensation
al fight in Congress.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-11-05
Steel Trust Publicity
Is No Aid to Workers

New York-"Publicity of accounts
is no guarantee that others than in
vestors will receive their dues" ac-
cording to the October number Of
"Fa acts for Workers." issued by the
Labor Bureau, Inc, in discussing prof
Ripley's suggestion of publicity for
the accounts of large corporations.
Labor Bureau, Inc, prepares stats
tics and wage arguments for trade
unions.
1T should be remembered by labor
and Others" the Labor Bureau saws.
that some of the firms that practice
admirable publicity in their account
ing statements-such as United States
Steel and General Electric-are bv
no means models in other respects"
The issue states that publicity Of
accounts should be practiced bv cor
porations merely in the most elemen-
tary self-interest" as this will aid in
raising money by the sale of stock to
the general public.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-11-05

Washington, D. C.-Registra-
tion of aliens. will again be urged
in the next congress, which con-
venes the first Monday in De-
cember. Advocates of this syS-
TEN are presenting an additional
argument for it's adoption-that
it will check the admission of
alien seamen who desert their
ships in American ports.
Registration of aliens will prove
ineffective unless every person in this
country is registered" said Andrew
Furuseth, president of the Interna-
tion Seamen's Union.
"If only aliens were registered,
hundreds of thousands of native-born
citizens who speak with foreign ac-
cent would be under the surveillance
of government officials. Their only
protection from annoyance and intlm-
idation would be registration. Other
native-born citizens, who have lost
proof of their birthplace, would also
have to be registered for sself-protec-
ton. Eventually our entire popula-
ton would live under the European
system of espionage.
"Organized seamen," continued Mr..
Furuseth, shave a solution for the in
flux of inadmissable seamen. The
King bill, pending in the senate, pro
vides that every alien seaman arriv-
mo at an American port shall be ex-
amined to determine whether he is a
bona fide seamen. If not, such in
comnetent shall be considered an i'm
migrant and be deported as a passen-
GER on some other vessel and at the
expense of the vessel that brought
him in.
shall be required to carry a crew
equal in number to the crew they ar
rived with. No vessel shall enter an
American port with any alien seaman
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-11-05
Ship Owners Are Opposing Plan
to Stop Entry of Alien Seamen

who would be debarred from admis-
sion to the United States as an i'm
migrant unless he comes into port on
a vessel in distress or was born in
the country which flag the vessel car
reis, as distinct from being born in
a colony, dependency or mandate.
"The King bill further provides that
"a Japanese vessel, for instance, may
enter with crew of Japanese, but
not with Koreans, Lascars, Chinese
or other nationals. This means that
a Japanese vessel may come with
Japanese seamen, as an English YES
sci may come with European seamen.
''It is significant that those who
talk of stopping the bootlegging of
seamen make no mention of the King
bill.
"Coolie-employing vessel owners
are unit against the King bill.
Their reason is apparent"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-11-05
A Success as Usual
S.S
WITH
APOLOGIES

The Newark Business and
Professional Women's Club has,
from the beginning, been a pro-
gressive and hustling association
of real live wires, always on the
alert to boost the best interests
of the community in every poss-
ible way.
It has never yet fallen down
in any of it's praiseworthy en-
terprises, and they have been
many and varied. Two of the
latest being the big boost given
to the county fair by so largely
adding to the membership of the
Agricultural Society, and the
Newark Exposition, just ended,
which was probably the largest
of its undertakings and entailed
an immense amount of hard
work; and again resulted in a.
great success. 1t met the uni
versal approval of the people,
who turned out en- masse to en-
joy the varied attractions and
see the display Of home manu-
facturers and merchants. Ev-
cry night was a big night and
the place was filled to overflow
ing.
The exposition was not pro-
noted with the idea of making
money, but the proceeds were
sufficient to meet all expenses
and net a small surplus.
The Business and Professional
Womens Club is a welcome addi-
tion to municipal boosters, and
in the words of the immortal Rip
Van Wrinkle, "May you live long
and prosper"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-11-05
President Given Wide Powers;
May Dismiss Officials at Will

Washington, D. C.-By a vote
of 6 to 3 the United States Su-
preme Court has set aside law
passed by Congress in 1876
which provides for the removal
of postmasters ''by and with the
advice and consent of the SEN
ate." The decision invalidates
other statutes which are intend
ed to curtail the power of the
president to arbitrarily remove
officials whom he has appointed
"by and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate"
Justices Brandeis, Holmes and Nc
Reynolds dissented The latter said
that the majority opinion is "revolu-
tionary."
1t is claimed that members of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, the
Tariff Commission, the Federal Trade
Commission, postmasters and other
presidential appointees who have been
approved by the Senate can now be
removed at the whim of a chief ex-
ecutive. Civil service employees are
not involved.
Justice McReynolds said: "The SER
ious evils which followed the practice
of dismissing civil officers as caprice
or interest dictated, long permitted
under congressional enactments, are