The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-22
Charter 1000 Ships TO Break Strike

ton. But open shoppers" and others
proud of strike-breaking records assert
that it will surprise its critics by its
total October coal-export figures.
Not Satisfied.
Pot-bellied profteers,. however, are
never satisfied with their dividends.
1t is not hard to rally them to back
Commander" Baldwin when It means
more. money for them. They want to
ship more coal. Since more ships are
not available they want the United
States government to come to their
support.
High mine prices, high railroad
freight charges, high steamship boat
charges, high wages paid to scab
miners, scab railroad workers and
scab seamen, do not satisfy these
gluttons. So they have presented an
ultimatum to the United States gov
eminent.
U. s. Ships Carry soab Coal.
The United States government own
ed large number Of ships built dur
ing the war. 1t also got large num-
Der of ships from Germany as part Of
the victors' spoils in the late war
for democracy"
The government sold some; it
leased others. Several of these United
States Shipping Board vessels are now
in the coal-carrying trade.
The Transmarine, Moore and Nc
Cormack, Consolidated Navigation and
other lines with boats flying the stars
and stripes are engaged in this ship
ment of scab coal.
Government SeabbIng.
The Eastern Sea, the fourth ship
with the stars and stripes, to carry
scab coal from Baltimore since the
strike began early in May, sailed for
the west coast of Italy a few days
ago. Moore and Mccormack, as well
as other Shipping Board liners, are
also on the high seas with cargoes
Of scab coal loaded at Philadelphia
and other ports.
But this satisfies neither the coal
profiteers nor the British government
and its economic master, the one big
union of British industry.
Puts on Pressure.
o. E. Weller, a Baltimore politician
seeking reelection to the United
States senate, from Maryland, asked
the United States Emergency Fleet
Corporation to prepare several Of
these ships for the coal trade from
Baltimore.
/ But the answer was not reassuring.
The Emergency Fleet Corporation re-
piled that consideration must be given
to grain and cotton export altho ship
ment of those commodities does not
pay nearly as we'll as transportation
of scab coal to give aid to the British
bosses fight.
Fngy o'connor for soabbing.
The Emergency Fleet Corporation
overruled the plea Of r. Y. O'Connor,
chairman of the United States Ship
ping Board, that the government fit
out more vessels to help transport
scab coal. So Influential industrial
leaders are backing him up.
Sanders A. Wertheim, president Of
Burns Bros one of New York's
largest coal companies, on his return
from England and France the other
day, demanded that the government
give more ships for coal export.
His company, he says, has carried
more than 10000 tons of bituminous
coal to England and France in the
last two weeks. A score Of boats
flying the British, French and Belgian
flags are now loading Burns coal in
New York City.
The Burns company expects to ship
nearly 100000 tons Of scab bitumin-
Gus coal to England before the first
of the new year to help defeat the
British miners-if it can get the
boats to carry It.