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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
Youngstown Roofers
and Sheet Metal
Workers on Strike

YOUNGSTOWN, O., May 19.-The
roofers and sheet metal workers are
on strike for higher wages. The
bosses organized in the Builders Ex-
change refuse to grant the workers
the increase sought, as they claim
that if the roofers and sheet metal
workers get the increase the other
building trades will then seek an in
crease. Attempts are being made to
crush the strike.
The roofers and sheet metal work
ers are determined to win their in.
crease and declare they will stay on
strike until they win their demands.
The union bricklayers have won an
increase OF 10 cents a day. Their
wages will now be $3.50 a day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
MANY SENATORS
DEMAND ACTION
ON FARM RELIEF
Administration Will Be
Forced to Discuss Bills

WASHINGTON, May 19.-The farm
bloc served notice on the senate that
it would call up agriculture relief
legislation before the end of the week
The announcement was made by Sem
ator McNary, republican, of Oregon.
during debate over the senate's tenta-
tive program.
I'VE have waited two weeks on the
house to act and the house seems to
be no nearer solution than when it
first took up the question of farm
relief" McNary said. I'VE must have
action at this session"
While McNary was giving his warn
ing to the senate the house, by a vote
of IS to 0, defeated a motion to strike
out the enacting clause of the S175,-
100000 Haugen farm bill.
Representative Tincher, republican,
of Kansas, criticized members who
were guided toward support of the
Haugen bill by kilograms and com
munications.
That is no way to pass legislation"
said Tincher. These foods of tele-
grams and postal cards are sent out
by minorfties seeking to impose their
will on the nation. The Haugen bill
has been analyzed as one that would
destroy agriculture. think that anal
ysis is correct"
Tincher read a message from the
Kansas farm bureau urging farmers
to demand members to support the
bill.
THAT organization" he said, has
no standing whatever in my state.
know that There is an example of
the type of minority influence which
many Of you appear to be guided by"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
TOBACCO FIELDS
SHOWN SCENE OF
CHILD SLAVERY
u. S. Report Reveals
Terrible Conditions

WASHINGTON, May 10. - That
thousands of little children, ranking
from to ~ years Of age, are shaving
from ten to thirteen hours a day
during the hottest months Of the year
in the tobacco fields Of the South and
New England is admitted by the re-
port Of the children's bureau OF the
U. s. labor department in a report
following a long investigation.
Not only are the children compelled
to work, but they are whipped II their
work lacks of efficiency, and they are
given, according to the government
report, "the most tedious and disagree
able tasks Of suckering and worming."
Revolving Tasks.
Suckering is the stripping Of the
plant during its growth Of the side
branches to cultivate the large leaves,
while worming is the picking OF by
hand from the plant of the revolving
tobacco worms. The report says;
The children complain that their
backs ache from bending over the
plants; that pulling off the suckers
hurts their hands; that the strong
odor of tobacco makes them i'll.
Worming is so disagreebale and, ac-
cording to some workers, so irritated
the skin that premiums are occasion
ally offered for it, or the children are
threatened with severe punishment IL
any worms are found on the plants
after the work is finished"
Government Does Nothing.
In spite of these atrocious condi-
tons and the declaration of the gov
eminent bureau that they constitute a
menace to child health, there is little
or nothing suggested as to how to
stop this barbarous slavery of child
agricultural workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
Mature Friends" Will
Hold Hike on Sunday

NEW YORK, May 19.-Sunday, May
23, the tourist club, 1.-THE Nature
Friends" will hold hike. Meeting
place Erie r. r. ferry, Chambers
street and Hudson river, at 3:4O in
the morning. Fare 81. Walking time,
about five hours. Leader, w. Schmidt.
Last Sunday the rain proved disap-
pointing to a great many who no
doubt were all prepared for a day OF
genuine enjoyment. This Sunday will
give those who were disappointed an
opportunity TO participate. for the
weather man promises fair weather.
All nature-loving proletarians are well
come.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
Soviet Russia the
Land of Refuge for
Prosecuted Workers

NEW YORK CITY, May 19.-The
New York Times publishes an article
by Anna Louise Strong telling of the
feeling Of solidarity by Russian work
ers for their comrades prosecuted by
capitalism in other lands. In part it
says:
When the writer visited Baku in
1923 the poverty-stricken oil workers,
Just emerging from chaos and hunger,
were donating an extra Sunday at
work for fellow miners in the Ruhr.
Strikes in Shanghai, in Nova Scotia,
called forth similar contributions.
During the years Of after-war reac-
ton nearly 300 political refugees a
month fed from death sentences and
found a haven in Moscow. The Rus
sian workers organized relief for
these refugees; they put them first on
the list for jobs; they sent them to
hospitals and rest homes until their
broken nerves were restored.
$50 Moscow is the natural head
quarters for that far-famed organiza-
ton, the Third (Communist) Inter
national. The writer asked the secre-
tary why, in view of the international
nature of the organization, Moscow
was chosen as headquarters. He
smiled bit cynically.
ave should, of course, prefer Ber-
lin, Paris, London or even New York.
he said. All these places, in turn.
have been revolutionary centers. They
are much more central and efficient
than Moscow. 1t would be a pleasure
for us to go. Are you by any chance
us shelter in New York."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
Lathers' Union Heads
Renew Old Contract
With Plaster Bosses

The Lathers' Union officials have
signed three-year agreement with
the Contracting Plasterers' Associa-
ton at the old scale of $3.50 an hour.
A similar agreement was signed with
The Employing Plasterers' Association
about a week ago.
The contract provides that after a
notice of ninety days either side may
open mp negotiations for wage adjust
ments.
This action of the Lathers' Union Of
6cials is a blow against the plasterers
now on strike. This action aids the
bosses IN their fight against the plas-
terers. The fathers could have won a
wage increase If they had followed the
lead OF the plasterers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
SUPREME COURT
MAY Get TEAPOT
DOME SCANDAL
Case Now in the Circuit
Court at St. Paul

ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 19.-The tea
pot dome controversy involving Albert
B. Fall, former secretary of the in
terror, and other high officials, may be
carried to the United States supreme
court.
This was revealed in the United
States circuit court here when counsel
for both the government and for Har-
ry f. Sinclair's mammoth oil com
pany, which now controls the Wyom-
ing naval oil reserve, announced that
an appeal will be made to the SUI
preme court of the United States
should the circuit court rule adversely
against them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
Stokes, Wealthy Hotel
Owner, Dies in N. Y.

NEW YORK, May 10. - W. E. D.
Stokes, millionaire hotel owners, died
here. His life was one continual round
of legal suits with his wives and other
women with whom he had intimacies.
His first wife divorced him for in
fidelity, his second fought him to a
standstill for five years in the courts
when he sought TO divorce her. Two
chorus girls once shot him, and an
other woman in Kentucky sued him
for the maintenance of her son.
His estate probably will amount TO
something between $7,OO0,OO0 and
100000, but there are legal actions
claiming considerably more than that
still pending.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
ANTI-LYNCHING
BILL SHELVED
BY COMMITTEE
Senators Refuse to Re-
port Bill to Senate

WASHINGTON, May 19.--The SEN
ate Judiciary committee by a vote of
0 to 8 refused to report the Dyer
Mckinley anti-lynching bill. Several
years ago bill of similar nature in.
troduced by Dyer was passed in the
house but was defeated in senate.
Senator William B. Mckinley, an ILL
nois traction magnate, and a number
of other senators were conveniently
Ill at that time and the bill was de-
feated by few votes.
When Mckinley realized that in
order to win the Illinois primaries he
must have the Negro vote he intro
duced the Overwhelmingly measure.
His sponsoring of the measure was
purely a vote-catching maneuver.
Dyer, who is also one of the sponsors
of the bill, is sponsoring the bill for
the very same purpose. His district
contains large Negro vote. He seeks
to be reelected by this Negro vote.
Neither of the two are interested in
real anti-lynching legislation passing
the legislative body.
The Overwhelmingly bill provides
that the county or community in
which a lynching took place would
forfeit $4,000 to the estate of the
victim. 1t also provides that the law
enforcement official allowing mob to
lynch a prisoner for whom he was
responsible would be subject to a
heavy fine or Jail sentence, or both.
Coolidge, in a statement to press rep
resentatives on this measure, declared
1t was too harsh"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
RANK and FILE
DENIES HEADS
SPECIAL FAVORS
Croatian Workers Fight
Reactionary Proposals

CLEVELAND, May 19.-The rank
and file seated in the convention of
the Croatian Fraternal Union has as
serted itself. The officials, who
framed a constitution and bylaws for
the organization, which is now the
merger of three different Croatian fra
ternal unions, has not hestitated to
propose emoluments for the officials
which the rank and file has promptly
turned down.
Vacations for the officials are one
Of the points fought by the workers.
A worker in the mines and steel mills
get no vacation, except when he is
turned out. OF the mines or mill so
why should an official, who gets his
regular pay, be granted vacation,
they demanded. This proposal was
voted down.
The officials sought IS per day while
out on the road. 1t was voted down.
When an official gets sick, he should
be entitled to a sick benefit. When
a worker gets sick, they pointed out,
his pay stops while the salary of the
officials goes on even when he is
on the sick list, so why add sick
benefit. This proposal was also voted
down.
A very significant motion was de-
feated by the Progressive Bloc. The
national committee proposed that if
a local educational director does not
conform to the decisions of the ma
tional educational director, he may be
removed by the national office. The
Progressive Bloc amended that the
lodges themselves may discipline a
local educational director, The
amendment passed by large vote
The reactionaries who entered the
convention like cocks in the pit, look
pretty sad these days. The secretary
of the union, who reads the constitu-
tion, throws up his hands in despair
when the Progressive Bloc and the
Iduh anu illc UCdN W plCSO5 ZIG AOoS-
tionary proposals. The reactionaries
talk long and loud, but the vote of
the rank and file knifes their cursory
propositions.
The Progressive Bloc is gaining
power but the reactionaries are poll
ing ever less votes. Their tricks
have worn off, and the worker dele
gates are beginning to see thru them.
There is still much to be done by
she convention. The constitution and
bylaws have been discussed for about
five days. The resolutions are to
come up next.
The convention sent a delegate to
the national conference of the Coun-
Gil for the Protection of the Foreign
Born, which was held in Washington,
d. G. The attorney OF the union,
which has 10000 members, was NOM
mated by the Progressive Bloc to be
the delegate and was elected.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
7. U. E. |. HOLDS FIRST
PICNIC OF SEASON; FOSTER
AND dunno WILL SPEAK

The fourth annual picnic of the
the Trade Union Educational League
will be held Monday, May 81 (Dee-
grafton Day.. The picnic will be
held at the new chernauskas Grove
located in Justice Park, III.
A complete new dance hall has
just been erected, which should in
terest those who are interested in
the Charleston, etc. A great open
field is available for baseball games.
The grove is one of the most at
tractiVe ever rented by the Trades
Union Educational League and pro-
VIdes nice and shady spaces for
tired radicals"
LetehInger's Union Orchestra will
provide the music. All kinds of re-
freshments will be served. Admls-
sion is only so cents.
William z. Foster, seeretary-treas-
urer of the Trades Union Educa-
tionaI League, and William r.
Dunno, editor of the DAILY
WORKER, will speak. Both speak
ers have just returned from an ex-
tended tour thru Europe and Soviet
Russia.
How to get there: Take Archer
Ave. car to Cicero lend Of Ilne),
thereafter Joliet car to grove, which
is located at 79th street and Archer
Ave. Tickets are on sale at the fol-
lowing places: Room 81, 1856 w.
Washington ST.; DAILY WORKER,
1113 w. Washington ST.; 10 S. Lin
coin St. and members Of the Trades
Union Educational League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
Salmon Fishermen
Win an Increase

ASTORIA, Oregon, May 19.-The
commercial fishermen on the Colum.
bia River in Oregon, have won an in
crease in prices to be paid for salmon
thru their strike. The strike started
at the beginning of the season, May
1, when the packers offered the fish
ermen 13 cents a pound for raw Chi.
nook salmon. The fshermen's union
demanded IA cents.
The strike has now been settled
and the fishermen will get 1874 cents
a pound. About 1000 gill net operat.
ors were affected by the strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
Allenlsts Examine Scott.

CHESTER, ILL.,, May 19.-Alienists
today conducted an examination into
the mental condition of Russell Scott,
convicted slayer of Joseph Maurer,
Chicago drug clerk, at the asylum
here for the criminal insane. The re-
suit Of the examination was not an
nounced but. is expected within the
next few days.
II declared sane Scott will be brot
back to Cook County where he is UNI
der sentence to hang.
Robert Scott, RusselIs brother, is
to be tried soon for the same murder.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
BULGARIAN |. |. D. HOLDS
DANCE SATURDAY TO AID
DEFENSE OF 264 STRIKERS

The Bulgarian Branch of the In
ternationsl Labor Defense will hold
an entertainment and dance at the
American Musicians Hall, TIT West
Adams ST., near Halsted, Saturday
evening, May %, at 1880 o'clock.
The proceeds of the dance will 90
towards the defense Of the 264 ar
rested by the Passaie police. Ad-
mission will be so cents for men and
25 cents for women.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
LOST ADJECTIVE
MAY CAUSE U. S.
MEXICAN CRISIS
Religious Teacher For
got Religion

MEXICO CITY, May 19.-The de.
portatton order issued against the rep
.resentative of the pope, Archbishop
Caruana, may be the subject Of pro-
test by the American government to
which the papal envoy appealed as an
American citizen.
Caruana is the archbishop Of Porto
Rico and the Antilles, and it is sus-
pected that he was sent to Mexico
purposely to raise the protest as an
American citizen in behalf of the
church's fight against Mexico's de-
portation of priests who dabble in pol
itics.
A PrlestIy Flb.
The government claims the holy
man lied to the immigration authori-
ties and when asked at the border as
to his profession declared he was "a
teacher
This claim seems borne out by the
statement issued by the archbishop
himself, which says that when asked
as to his profession: II stated the
profession l really have of teaching,
without, however, any intention of hid
ing any other titles that have"
Omitted the Adjective.
The fine point in the argument is
that the priests passport states that
he is a religious teacher" while the
adjective religious" seems to have
been conveniently forgotten by the
archbishop while answering questions
at the border.
Caruana declares that if the order,
supposed to allow him six days TO
leave Mexico, is carried out, he in
tends to go to Washington and place
his complaint before Secretary KEEL
logg.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
subsection No. 9 of Section No.
Meets,

This concerns street nuclei Nos. 20,
80 and 81 and shop nucleus No. %.
A membership meeting Of our sub
section will be held Monday, May "a,
at s D. M, at 1888 Hirsch boulevard,
Folkets Hus. William F. Dunno, who
has just returned from Europe, will
speak on 1.-THE British General Strike
in Relation TO the World Labor Move
ment." Every member should be pres.
ent. There will be a check.up on the
attendance of each nucleus. After the
lecture and discussion is over one or
two organization questions that need
immediate attention will be taken up.
Attend the meetingl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
Pittsburgh l. L. D. Asks
Friendly Organizations
to Aid June IL Picnic

PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 19-Caro-
line Scollen, secretary OF the Inter
national Labor Defense of Pittsburgh,
announces that the l. L. d. is to hold
q big picnic at Schuetzen Park in
Millvale, Pa, on June IL. All or
CARNATIONS of Pittsburgh ard vicin-
tty which are friendly to the /. L. d.
are asked not to arrange any affairs
for that day and to aid the success of
the /. L. ID. affair.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
ssInorease. tDecrease.

TTlQCTGabo. TOeCi6dSbs
Most Of those with greater purchas-
ing power since 1915 are the lower
paid, less skilled workers. Their gains
reflect wartime recognition of the fact
that their prewar wages were uniusti-
fiably low. The Lane commission re-
porting in 1918 said: 1T has been a
somewhat popular impression that
railroad employees were among the
most highly paid workers. But fig
ures gathered from the railroads dis
pose of this belief. Fifty-one per cent
of all employees during December,
1917, received SIS per month OF less"
The wages of these low-paid work
ers still fall short Of a decent living
standard. Those of the more highly
skilled and responsible fall short of
their accepted prewar standard.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21

This is the story told by the sta
tistical bureau of the United States
rail labor board at the direction OF
A. o. Wharton. Wharton, who is
chairman of the boards committee on
statistics, had the data compiled to
counteract an unfair picture of rail
road wages circulated from the Of
fee Of Horace Baker, one of the rail
road representatives on the board.
Bakers misleading propaganda
showed the increased purchasing
power of railroad wages since Feb
ruary, 1920, a time when wage in
creases we're long overdue. Baker had
these figures prepared ostensibly for
his personal use but circulated them
widely without the knowledge Of the
board. This tended to place the
boards authority behind employer ar
guments against wage increases.
Wharton takes as a basis Decem-
Der, 1915, the date used by the Lane
federal commission in its recommen-
dation to the director general of rail-
roads. This affords fairer picture
Of the position of the railroad worker
with reference to his prewar standard
Of living. It shows the rates of pay
Of typical classes in 1915 and 1925
and the changes in purchasing power
as follows:
Railroad Waves. Chance
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
The Chicago Party Membership

GENERAL membership meeting will evening.
"A 90 North Hail.
bring his
p up membership book.-Arns evabeeh
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
Chicago Must Continue
to Pay 7-Cent Car Fare

Federal Judges Evans, Page and
Anderson, sitting en- banc, issued a
final degree upholding a ruling Of
Master in Chancery G. b. Morrison,
that the Ave and six cent street car
fares ordered in Chicago by the ILL
nois commerce commission are con
fiscatory.
eENn IN RIIBi
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-21
RAILROAD WORKERS. WAGES FALL
SHORT OF COST OF LIVING INCREASE
BY LELAND oLDs, Federated Press.


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includes majority
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-18
COT. REGULARS
To NIP PROBES
continued from First Page.1

Continued from First Page1
the Aluminium investigation, Adj
ministration leaders quietly laid
plans to prevent recurrence OF
the investigating orgy of 1924,
which ended only after two Re
publican Cabinet officers were
forced into retirement
The regular Republicans rallied
around a new declaration Of pol
ICY under which all resolutions
proposing Senatorial inquiries would
have to be approved first by a
standing committee of the Senate.
II successful in referring resolu-
lions to standing committees, usu-
ally dominated by Administration
forces, Republican leaders would be
able to check any extended series
of investigations.
The proposed inquiry into the
Mellon concern was contained In a
report. submitted by Senator
Thomas J. Walsh CD of Montana,
famous Teapot Dome prosecutor.
after the Senate Judiciary Com
fnittee inquired into delay" on the
part of the Department OF Justice
in prosecuting the Aluminium Com
pany for alleged violation OF an
antitrust decree.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-18

terry both in Europe and aboard ship
coming to this country, in which
the Federal court held that ''n0
moral tuFpitude was involved" and
the aliens were permitted to enter.
One was the case of a married
man who admitted indiscretions liz
Europe. and the other Of a young
woman, travelling to this country,
who, while she was not Charged
with being a downright bad woman,
admitted occasional lapses from the
moral code, once on the ship com.
ing over.
Secretary Davis statement an.
nouncing the decision said 1t had
been the practice Of the depart
ment for 10 years to exclude aliens
for offenees similar to the one
Countess Cathcart admitted, and
considerable numbers" mac been
excluded.
He could not consider the ex-
traneous influences from many
sources urged for or against the
admission" Of the countess, he said.
Britain Keeps Hands Off
LONDON, Feb. 1s.3-The British
government is striving not to be.
come involved in the case of Vera,
Countess of Cathcart, banned from
the United States, despite pressure
exerted by influential persons to
force the foreign office to take the
matter up officially with the United
States.
In addition to the suggestion
made by Captain Fairfax, Nj. p,
that the government consider re.
VHViCo lc Gfxo
nounced that he will ask Sir Austen
Chamberlain, foreign minister, to
consider the advisability of con-
ferring with the United States with
a view to adopting reciprocal immi-
grafton legislation.
The foreign office issued formal
denial today of reports that 1t al
ready has interviewed in the case of
Countess Cathcart. 1t was stated
that the British consul general in
New York has been instructed to
render her the same aid as would
be rendered to any other British
subject.
Earl Sorry For Vera
| MONTREAL, Feb. 1s.-The Karl
of Craven is sorry for Vera,
Countess of Cathcart, barred from
! the United States because Of an
escapade with his Iordsh4k in South
/ Africa five years ago.
Returning from a visit to Ottawa
the earl, who fled from New York
to Canada to escape arrest. first
learned that Lady Cathcart had
been ordered excluded
LAS far as am concerned" said
his lordship, 1.-The whole thing has
been very unpleasant. ! am sorry
for the whole thing having hap.
pened. l am more than sorry for
Lady Cathcart having been put IN
her present predicament, in which
no decent woman ought ever ia
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