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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18

mental naccuracies-one question Of
fact, the other question of theory.
I The A. F. of L. leadership has not
l. followed a consistent policy Of
non-interference in the internal affairs
of other nations. 1t has Joined with
the most reactionary section Of the
American capitalist class in its often
sive against Soviet Russia and at
times the A. F. of L. officials have
even assumed the leadership of the
offensive. They have continuously
slandered and denounced the workers
and peasants government Of Soviet
Russia, have attacked the Russian
trade union movement and waged war
on trade unionists of other countries
like Purcell, who have defended the
Soviet Union and the Russian labor
movement.
THE A. F. of L. official policy in the
4 Mexican situation is, therefore, not
a consistent one, because, as in the
question of the right of the Russian
revolution to defense by the worlds
working class, the A. F. of L. official
dom has followed a policy of inter-
ference-together with capitalist gov
ernments.
The conclusion forces itself that the
hands-off policy of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor leadership in the
Mexican situation is the result Of a
lack of sympathy with the Mexican
government and the labor movement
in this particular struggle at least.
. The nation" theory enunicated
IL by President Green, /. e., that ma
lions are made up of people without
conflicting interests-from which it fol
lows logically that no class struggle
is in progress in Mexico or any other
country-is a basic fallacy.
1t leads inevitably to such outright
evasions Of plain duty as is expressed
in the statement of President Green.
It is the duty of the American labor
movement to Interfere in the Mexican
situation ON THE SIDE OF THE
MEXICAN LABOR MOVEMENT AND
AGAINST THE CHURCH AND I'M
PER1ALIST REACTION-to speak
out with the utmost emphasis against
ALL the agencies that are trying to
throttle the development of the Mexi-
can popular revolution which is essen
TALLY two-fold struggle against
/. Feudalism as represented by the
catholic church and the other big land
lords;
2, American Imperialism represent
ed by Wall Street and the state de-
partment. w. r. D.
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Drop exhausted on Floor.
ADOPT Miners Riddles

NEW YORK-(FP)-"London dock.
ers who have only two days work a
week are taking in miners children,
one and two to the family" Ben Til
lett, member of the British delegation
seeking funds for the miners, told the
Federated Press. Tens of thousands
of children have been adopted for the
time OF the strike by workers in 9TH
er industries. The workingclass Of
England is showing more class CON
seriousness than ever in its history.
I'm nearly fifty years of strike ex-
perience," continued Tillett, II have
never seen a more brutal attack on
the workers than the employers and
the British government are making.
Before the reductions were asked the
were already making less than
your colored porters in the south"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18
Painters strike In St. Louis.

ST. LoUIS-FP)-Union painters
employed on city work in st. Louis
have been called on strike, due to
the failure of the city to meet the
new union scale of $1,000 per S-hour
day. Private contractors signed the
new scale two months ago. BY the
terms of the contract the painters get
another increase, 10 cents a day, eff
fective Sept. 1. The present city adj
ministration is decidedly anti.labor
but all real painters in st. Louis carry
union cards.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18
MOST OF 1000
N. Y. CAP MAKER
STRIKERS BACK
MON Imposes Severe
Terms On Bosses

NEW YORK. Aug. 16.-Nearly all
strikers remaining from the 1000
union capmakers called on strike ear
lier in the season will be returning to
work with the acceptance Of the new
agreement by the jobbers' association,
says j. M. Budish of the International
Cloth, Hat, Cap and Millinery Work
ers' International Union.
Cap jobbers do not have shops of
their own, but hire contractors, or
manufacturers. The agreement pro-
vides that they must register all their
contractors with the union, use only
union contractors and not employ new
contractors during the busy season
without consulting the union. Heavy
security is required from the independ-
ent jobbers and the association as
whole. aer
Some Continue Strike.
The association pays the union Sc
we're financial penalties for offenses of
its members and, in turn, takes dras-
tic action against the offending job.
Der. Workers from some of the
smaller independent shops will con-
tinue their strike till their employers
fall in line.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18
BAKERY UNION
BEGINS WAR ON
WARD COMBINE
Convention Decides To
Fight Bread Trust

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-Declaring
their determination to organize all
bakery workers in their fight against
the bread trust, the International Bak-
cry and Confectionery Workers con.
yention, meeting at the Great North
ern Hotel, has gone on record for a
vigorous campaign against the Ward
combine. The union at present claims
over 10000 members, about one.flfth
Of all workers in the baking industry.
Organize Drive.
Complete organization of all work
ers in the Independent shops, serious
efforts to win back the seeding locals
which built up the independent ANAL
gamated Food Workers Union, and
an expose Of Ward bread trust trick
cry are promised by union resolutions.
Request Organizers.
Calls for special organizers are fire.
quently brought before the convention.
The success of the campaign in the an
thracite region brings a plea for an
other organizer there. Special Sec
tions, such as the cracker bakers, ask
help, and there are a number of re-
quests for the union to expand its
jurisdiction to completely cover the
food industry. The convention is ex.
pected to take over a week to COM
plete its business.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18
Marine Union Strike
Reveals Virginia Has
Government Open Shop
BY GORDON cAscADEN.
Especial TO The Daily Workerl

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 16. = Every
service between Norfolk and Ports
mouth. connected by ferry boat, was
completely suspended as the result Of
a strike Of pilots and engineers, who
demand recognition of the Masters
Mates and Pilots Association and the
Marine Engineers Beneficial Associa-
ton, reinstatement of three dis
charged unionists and better working
conditions.
Charles U. Freund, general manag-
er of the ferries under their opera
ton by the City of Portsmouth and
Norfolk county, declares that pub
&c service corporation, operated by
municipal and county governments,
cannot recognize labor organizations,
and the mayors of Norfolk and Ports
mouth back this declaration. Freund
says he win fill the jobs from the
ranks of many pilots and engineers
now out Of work.
Meanwhile motorists find II neces-
sary to travel 20 miles TO reach points
one mile away while pedestrians are
forced to remain at home.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18
ShOpmen to be Organized-Fines RENTED
From the Machinss Monthly JournaI-offciaI Organ of
the |. A. M.

lsome ifty-odd railroads, to which num-
Der others have been added from time
to time.
| MYTH the collapse of the strike the
w railroads of the United States,
with the exception of those above re-
ferred to, lost no time in letting it be
known that they would either operate
as non-union roads, or that the compa-
MES would form their own unions. Ii
is under these conditions the railroads
have operated for the past three years,
conditions which thousands of former
members of the shop craft organiza-
lions have found intolerable, and in
many cases unbearable. Thousands of
these former members yearned to get
back into the unions to which they
formerly belonged. Heretofore they
were prevented from doing so because
of heavy fines against them, and be-
cause of the unwillingness of unions
to take them back.
MYTH the passage Of the new rail-
w way labor act, however, it was
felt that the time had come when the
best interests Of all concerned would
be served by removing the obstacle
standing in the way of those who had
been fined and expelled for breaking
their obligation, who desired to again
affiliate with the unions Of their re-
spective crafts.
The executive council Of the I. A. of
NJ, therefore, decided at its May ses-
sion to remit all fines imposed upon
railroad machinists who returned to
work during the life of the 1922 strike.
NOW that the ban has been removed,
4 Y every effort should be made to re-
organize all the railroads in the United
States. 1t may be impossible to make
much Roadway for a while on roads
whore the company unions are firmly
established, but we feel confident that
even on roads which emulate the ex-
ample of the hard-boiled Pennsylvania
system some progress can be made.
TT is only a question of time when
L the shopmen on such roads will
realize the futility Of company unions
to increase wages or improve working
conditions. They are Just what the
name implies-"company unions
created by the company, which not
only dictate the policy OF the So
called unions, but In whose interest
alone they function.
THE action taken by the shop craft
organizations in remitting all fines
has opened the door for thousands of
former members TO again become real
honest TO Injin" union men. For
their own good. and for the good OF all
concerned, they should quickly take
advantage Of an opportunity which
they have long sought.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18
fine FABRICS
DYED WITH The
BLOOD OF LABOR
Textile Dye Shops of
Jersey an Inferno
BY ESTHER LOWELL,
Federated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-(FP)-Bril-
liantly colored silks and satins, vel.
vets and other fine fabrics as well as
the harder woods and worsteds are
dyed with workers blood-blood
drained from the living bodies of the
men and women who work in the I'M
healthy dye houses.
The Workers Health Bureau exam
ination of n dye workers, striking
against intolerable conditions in
Lodi, Passaic, Paterson and other New
Jersey shops tell the tale. The bureau
has issued a report entitled, Health
Hazards in the Dyeing and Finishing
of Textile, which included the findings
Of the examination.
No Forced Ventilation.
Dyes are usually poisonous but the
fumes in most Jersey Lighthouses are
left to saturate the air of workrooms
and to seep into workers lungs. The
poisonous fumes and the terrific
steam fog which too frequently en-
velops dye workers can be drawn off
by mechanical ventilation, the Work
ers Health Bureau states.
In this health-undermining atmos.
phere Of the Lighthouses, the workers
are employed up to 70 hours per week.
The workrooms drip with water as the
steam condenses and the workers'
clothes become soaking wet. The dye
workers have no opportunity to
change to dry clothing before going
home; so that winter air easily brings
pulmonary troubles to them.
Every Worker Affected.
Not one of the dye workers exam
ined by the Workers Health Bureau
was free from physical defects, altho
they were chosen at random from the
strikers. Three had active tuberculo-
sis and had to be taken to sanitariums.
Seven others have serious respiratory
disturbances which may yet prove to
be tuberculosis.
Eight of every 10 examined COM
planned of severe irritations of the
eyes, nose or throat; over one-third
are unable to digest their food; and
over a third have constant headaches
while working or nearly as many have
rheumatism or muscular pains.
Twenty-three had suffered from in
dustrial accidents,-burns from caus-
tic soda, acids or steam; falls, sprains.
strains, blows, and ripping of arms
and hands by machinery. Dye, work
ers showed higher blood pressure than
painters, furriers or bakers, other
groups affected in this way from their
work.
Drop Exhausted on Floor.
Dye workers drop from sheer ex-
haustion on the wet floors of the work.
rooms. Rest rooms, wash rooms. gar
ment lockers, lunch places
are all unheard of in the dye houses.
Toilets are primitive and inadequate,
the workers report. Their wages are
very low-as low as SIS to $40 for SIS
hour weeks for father with depend
ent children. He worked in the wash
ing and drying room.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18
Durham Central Labor
H e a d Blacklisted
by Carolina Bosses

DURHAM, N. c. OPP = Angry
business interests have forced Marcus
F. Sauls, secretary of the Durham
central labor union, to leave the city
in order to make a living. Sauls is a
printer who was recently laid off on
the excuse that work was slack. Be-
ing refused employment elsewhere in
Durham, he has had to move to Char
lotte, but the Durham central body,
out of loyalty to one whom they con-
slider a victim OF discrimination, has
declined to elect a new secretary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18
American Labor Must Support Mexican Labor

DRESIDENT GREEN of the Ameri-
4 can Federation of Labor is quoted
on the Mexican situation as follows:
We regard the domestic and Inter
national policies of another nation
as part Of their own problems.
Whatever wrong may exist and
whatever injustice may be practlced
can only be remedied by the people
who make up the nation.
In claiming the right to deal with
our own domestic and adminlstra-
tive problems without interference
from outside sources we must con-
cede the exercise of the same right
to other nations.
THE only inference that can be drawn
4 from the above statement is
that the executive council Of the A. F.
Of L. does not intend to take sides in
the contest in Mexico between church
and state.
The only attitude which could be
worse than this would be that of &C
tive support of the reactionary forces
arrayed against the Mexican govern
ment elected by workers and farmers.
effectively, this Glands off" policy
mounts to support Of reaction in
Mexico.
WITTY?
w Because it is obvious that the cath
Ollie church, aided by American impe-
rialists who harass the Mexican gov
eminent by new demands in this
period of crisis, is trying to force a
revocation of that portion of the Mex
lean constitution which makes the
land and natural resources the prop
erty of the state. The struggles of
the Mexican masses always have CEN
tered around this one issue and the
fate of every Mexican government has
depended upon it's ability to admins
ter this constitutional provision so
that the poems would remain hopeful
(even tho landless) and the church
and landlords helpless tho hostile.
THE American Federation Of Labor
officials can no more remain neu-
trail in this situation than they can re-
main neutral on the matter of the
British coal strike, for instance. Either
they are aiding the Mexican workers
and peasants or they are aiding the
church, the landlords and the impe-
rialists.
There is no middle ground.
The statement of President Green
relative to the A. F. of L. policy of
in the internal affairs
of other nations contains two funda-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18

TT is generally we'll known that sane
L ton for the great railroad strike OF
1922 was given by the executive coun-
Gil of the railway employees depart
ment only after the railroad members
of the several shop crafts involved
had by an overwhelming majority
through the referendum voted to
strike rather than accept a further re-
duction in wages imposed upon them
by the railroad labor board at the re-
quest of the railroads.
THE order to cease work July 1,
4 1922, was obeyed by practically
every shopman on every railroad in
the United States, and the tie-up was
complete. The men having demanded
the right to strike waving all claims
for strike benefits, the executive coun-
Gil was justified in believing that all
would stick by their guns until a sat
isfactory settlement was effected, and
it appeared at the beginning that they
would do so.
THE situation was so serious that it
threatened to tie up the railroads.
Because of this the late President
Harding called to the White House for
a conference representatives of both
sides. Using his good offices, he en-
deavored to effect a compromise thru
a plan which was accepted by the late
T. Dewitt Cuyler for the railroads,
and B. M. Jewell for the shopmen.
Altho the executive department rati.
fed Mr.. JewelPs acceptance of Presi-
dent Harding's plan for a settlement,
the railway executives turned Cuyler
down fiat. Without going into detail
concerning what followed, II is suf-
flcient to say that President Harding,
instead of insisting upon the railroads
keeping faith with him, turned tur-
tle," and after temporizing with the
railway executives, finally submitted
a new plan to the shopmen, which vir-
tually meant unconditional surrender,
and which, Of course, was rejected.
Then came the great betrayal.
THE notorious Harry Daugherty, the
4 infamous attorney general OF the
Harding administration, with full
knowledge OF his chief, sneaked to
Chicago like a thief in the night and
secured from his friend, Judge Wilker-
son, an injunction against the striking
shopmen, said to be one OF the most
fragrant invasions OF the constitutional
rights Of citizens OF the United States
ever witnessed since this republic was
formed
THE injunction broke the morale Of
i the mevl, and hundreds OF strikers
began TO return TO the shops they had
left July /. AS a consequence II be-
came necessary to fine and expel these
men from the organizations to which
they belonged. 1t quickly became ap.
parent that settlement on national
scale would be impossible. Therefore,
in order TO aavo something from the
wreck, what is known as the Chicago
agreement was entered into by the
railway employees department with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-18
new INJUNCTION
ISSUED AGAINST
CHICAGO UNIONS
Restaurant Owners Use
Yellow Dog Contract
BY LEN DE cAUx. Federated pr.,s.

BY LEN DE cAUx, Federated Press.
Alarmed by the initial successes of
drive to organize their workers, 100
Greek restaurant owners, organized in
what is called the American Restau-
rant Owners Association, have secur-
ed an injunction thru Judge Hugo
Friend that prohibits every form of
peaceful picketing, and are seeking
to force on their employees a yellow
dog" contract. This contract is iden-
teal with that used by the Automo-
bile Dealers association and denies
the workers right to any dealings
with the union or union men.
Try to Stop UnionizatIon.
The organization drive was started
by the Hotel and Restaurant EN-
ployee's International Alliance, when
Cooks Local No. S65 took on a spe-
cial organizer to deal with the South
Water Market district of Chicago.
Three out Of a possible % restaurants
in this district were lined up almost
Immediately and IN IL days IL more
places were cleaned up. One of the
restaurants which was picketed was
owned by an official Of the Greek own
ers' association, and it was his eff
forts, coupled with apprehension at
the fine response to the drive that led
to the drastic action of the employ
ers.
Bad Conditions.
Long hours and low wages have
reused much discomfort among the
Greek restaurant workers, and the I'M
ion has had many requests from them
for organization, according to Vice
Pres. ]. G. Staggenburg Of the inter
national union. Twelve hours a day,
Z days week. is the rule in these
places, and cooks are often paid as
low as S25 week for these long
hours, the rest of the help, Of course,
getting far less than this amount. The
union enforces minimum of $50 a
week for hours and days. In or
der to get by the law regulating wom-
ems hours, girl mattresses are usual
ly worked on split watch 10 hours
a day.
Injunction Drastic.
The injunction issued by Judge
Friend is of most drastic nature,
any sort of communication
with the workers at any place or any
sort of action that may bring hatred,
censure, scorn, disgrace or
annoyance" on them because of their
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colleae Instructor soahhlnn.

PONTIAC, Mich (FP) = Among
the scabs at the Pontiac Pattern En-
cheering Co, where the pattern max
ers are striking, IS Rupert Hall, who
during the school year is an instructor
in pattern making at the University
of Illinois.
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new members we're initiated at the
last meetiug of Transfers Local
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Policies and Programs
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By Upton Sinclair
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE.

tCODyright, 1923. BY Upton sinclAirI
New Britain herald., 1926-07-19
MILFORD HOSPITAL HAS
 FOUR EMERGENCY CASES
Three Are Result of Auto Crash and Another Is Man Hit By
 Trolley Car.

Milford, July 1o Pt-Four persons are in the Milford hospital today as the result of a series Of accidents which occurred here in Milford to- day.
 Two men and 17 year old boy received painful bruises and injuries when coupe in which they were riding collided with a sedan operat- cd by Harry Miller of 10 Wooding street., Hamden, Conn.,, at 6:45 o'clock this morning on the Bridge port turnpike between Milford and Devon.
 The coupe was being driven by George Bristol of Patterson street, Iillsdale, N. J.. and with him were his son, Willim, f7.a and Max St. GernefeIdt.
 Bristol and his two passengers re- ceived decorations and bruises about the body. They were rushed 10 the Milford hospital where an eXamina- ton disclosed that the elder Bristol had a broken shoulder and St. Gcrnefeldt possible internal injuries.
 A compound fracture of the right ltg was sustained by Michael Sackas
New Britain herald., 1926-07-19

At a Court of Probate holden at New Britain, within and for the district of Berlin, in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, on the 18th day of July 4. D. 1928.
 Present, Bernard F. Gaffney, Judge.
 Estate of Elizabeth R. Miller. late of New Britain, in said district dereas sed.
 Upon the petition of Willis NJ. Thayer, by A. Storrs Campbell, his attorney of Hartford. Conn, praying that this court appoint commissioners to receive and de- eide upon claim presented against the es- tate of Elizabeth B. Miller as per appli- cation on file more fully appears, it s
 Ordered-that said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in New Britain, in said district, on the goth day of July, A, D. 1926, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. daylight saving timel and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place of hearing there by publishing this order in some newspaper published in said New Britain, having a circulation in said dis trct. and by posting a copy thereof on the public sign post in the town of New Britain. in said district, and return make.
 BERNARD I. GAFFNEY, Judge.