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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
Philadelphia Builders Club to Push Subscription D1e for Daily WoRe
WILL DISTRIBUTE
COPIES OF PAPER
IN DISTRICT 3
Urge Many to Join New
Body

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 20
An organization meeting of the
Philadelphia DAILY WORKEI
Builders Club" has been held hers
with twenty-three members attend
ing. The meeting realized the plan
which We're suggested by A. Rayitcl
circulation manager of The DAHL
WORKER, during a recent visit l.
Philadelphia.
An executive committee has beel
elected to carry on the work of tn,
Club. ]. Forson was chosen secre-
tary, L. Riehman, treasurer, and H.
Ruben, Correspondent of the newly
organized Club. The officers were
installed at once and the meeting
proceeded to the business before it.
Plans for a free mass distribution
Of The DAILY WORKER at a large
number of factories and union halls
were arranged and it is expected that
this will considerably stimulate the
national subscription campaign in
Philadelphia.
The special Philadelphia section
in The DAILY WORKER Of May l
was discussed. Prepare lions to
cover all phases of working class ac-
tiyities in Philadelphia for publica-
ton in The DAILY WORKER were
also made.
With the assistance of The DAILY
WORKER Builders Club" the Phila-
delphia district promises to pile UP
subscriptions in the big campaign to
add 10000 new readers to the paper
before May /.
All readers and sympathizers ar
urged to join The DAILY WORKER
Builders Club"
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worker has resigned a position in
protest against the autocratic meth
DDS of the ruling machine. Brodsky
n his communication to the workers
:alled upon them to remain in the
lnion and fight for their rights. II
Explained his resignation on the
yround that he was not a member Of
he union itself but had been appoint
d to the position.
Confirms Breach Betrayals.
Besides attacking Breach and his
machine for their policy of exclusion,
heavy fines and smuggling, Brodsky
also confirmed the charges already
made in the columns of The d lily
WORKER against Breach to the eff
'ect hat he has avoided the issue of
unemployment relief, that he has al
ligned himself with the big contract
ors in the trade and that he has de-
ceived the workers wi promises
about the "BX" proposition.
Rrodsky's statement follows:
Dear Brothers:
Many inquiries have reached me
asking If it is true that / have re-
signed from the Organizing Commit
tee of Local No. 8. / haven't your
names and addresses to communicate
with you individually so am taking
this means of advising you that
have resigned and my reasons for it.
When the Electrical Workers AS
ISOLATION made it's agreement to enter
the union, last August 18th, 1926, we
wrote to Mr.. Breach on that date:
Eve believe the best and most eff
fective method of organizing the UNI
lorganized electrical workers is not to
Iorganize the job or shop and ask the
contractor to organize his men, but to
take in every unorganized electrical
worker, or, in other words, organize
the men and not the contractors. With
every electrical worker organized and
with proper method of discipline by
his organization, this would mean
that every job or future job would
have union man waiting for it, and
we believe that this is much more
effective and powerful weapon, there
fore, by fore ng the bosses to accept
the union men rather than asking the
bosses to become unionized."
The Slogan.
We aimed at 100 per cent unioniza-
ton of every electrical worker in
Greater New York. We took the posi-
ton that no matter what branch of
work the electrician was doing, wheth
er fixing bell in some old cellar, or
hanging fixture in a millionaire's
mansion, whether hooking up press
or singing BX, or working in public
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21

is the best way. We believe that or
ganizing the worker is the correct
way.
Initiation Fees.
Initiation fees have been increased
since we entered the local. Certain
lily this is not an inducement to get
the workers to join the union; quite
the contrary, it has driven away
thousands. believe it is much bet
ter to take in 10000 workers at $25
apiece than 1000 workers at $3.50
apiece.
According to the figures of Mr.. H,
H. Breach there are about $4,000 cleo
trical workers in the territory of Lo-
cal No. 3. Only about $500 are in
the union. This means approximately
70 per cent of the workers are I'M
organized and millions of dollars of
work gets away from union men. This
by the way applies generally to every
trade in the building trades in this
city, and is one of the main reasons
for the weakness of the building
trades unions.
At the present time the building
trades workers are suffering from
unemployment. They are part of the
large unemployed army of 100000.
Nothing has been done to meet this
problem in Local No. 8.
Unemployment.
With thousands of non-union work
ers walking the streets and thousands
/, of union workers without jobs a con-
dition arises which threatens the ex-
istence of the union. The power of
the large contractors to drag down
he standards of the union worker is
obvious. Such condirlon plays right
into their hands. They can use this
great reserve army to crush the union
whenever thev f~c' the tir,e is ripe,
and to overlook this possibility is a
crime against the interests of the
union man.
Ignores Organization
Not single public utility through
out the United States is organized.
The policy Of the International has
been to ignore the organization of
these powerful corporations. In spite
of this many of the members of Local
No. 20 attem pied to carry on some
organizational activities. They have
been discharged and Disseminated
against. In not a single instance has
the IBEW attempted to protect these
discharged workers. The policy has
been one of side stepping this issue
AS result of this Local No. 20 is
practically wreck and on the rocks.
This is not a pleasant picture fol
the electrical worker to contemplate
The building boom is on the decline
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21

filling their four camps along the line
of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad when they are
ready to begin operations.
Young and Old Apply.
Nobody is admitted to the room
where the food is being doled out,
however, who is not fit for a good
days work with pick and shovel,
wrestling ties or carrying rails.
William Baron, manager for the
Kanes, who has had Is years expert
ence in the agency business, said the
employment situation was worse than
he had ever seen it. He also said that
previous to last year the men who APP
piled for work in the camps were
usually between the ages of 80 and
so, while now there was heavy de-
mand for the same kind of work by
younger men, many applicants being
not more than 16 years old. While
the manager was talking there were
possibly $50 men partaking of the
Kane handout seated in camp chairs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
COOLIDGE CREETS
HORTHY FASCISTS
AT WHITE HOUSE
Pickets Jailed at White
House Protest

Continued from Page Onel
regulations and bailed out at $40
sach.
Hejjas, the most notorious of the
Horthy visitors, is credited with
directing a long series of revolving
crimes against DO h men and women
seized by the Magyar officers or
ganization on which the Horthy re-
gime is built. Details of one of his
crimes of torture and rapine, as
found in Wedgewood's report in 1920
were handed out by Gellert. Gellert
ated also that the reason why men
of this type have come to America to
dedicate monument to Kossuth, is
that the Horthy regime, Sitting on
smoldering volcano" hopes to use
the name of Kossuth to cloak its de-
struction of Kossuthism.
A majority of the deputation now
visiting America, Gellert stated,
supported the Horthy government in
its anti-Jewish optrages, including
the regulation that only 8 per cent
of the students may be Jews, and in
Guiding the frequent violence shown
toward the Jewish boys and girls in
the universities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
10000 MINERS IN.
STRIKE ON SYSTEM
OF CONTRACTING
Warn Against Leaders
Without a Program
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aroused and fully determined to put
g stop once for all to the individual
contract evil. Consequently Cappelini
and his crowd are compelled to make
Il pretense of opposing the contractor
system. But the miners will not be
fooled by this. For two terms Cap
pelini and his executive board have
controlled the district organization,
vet thev have done absolutely moth
ing to abolish the contractor system.
On the contrary, they have bitterly
attacked every ore in the union who
has made real fight to eliminate the
contractors, Proof of this was their
violent opposition to Local 1903, and
The attack which was directly respon-
sible for the deaths of Brothers Camp
bell, Reilly and Lillis.
Pretense.
"Bnt now, seeing that their cam
psign of terrorism fails in the face
Of the ever-growing rank and file OPP
position, Cappelini and his aids are
now TRYING to fool the membership
by pretending to oppose the contrac-
ror system. But we will not be de-
ceived. Deer in the ranks now is the
Settled conviction that the sweeping
Of Carnel'ri and his executive board
out of office is absolutely necessary
not only for the abolition of the con-
tractor system but also for cleans
inc the union generally of corruption
ord corrnary influences ard for build
ing it into rea, weapon for the de-
Tense IF cur interests.
Lewis Must Go.
"Rut defeating Cappelini and his
rang is only the first step. We must
also defeat John L. Lewis. He is the
arch wrecker of our union. His re-
dictionary policies have shattered the
organization in the soft coal districts.
he has brought the union into the
deepest crisis in it's history. If he is
sllcwed TO remain at it's head he will
destroy it with fatal certainty in the
anthracite as well as in the bitumin-
Gus. Throughout the soft coal dis
tricts the miners are in revolt against
him. Vast conferences have been held
in al the soft coal districts. The over
whelning majority of the miners de-
mand his removal as the first condi-
ton for winning the Pennsylvania
Ohio strike and for preserving our
Union and wage scales. The National
Save-the- Union Committee stands at
the head of this great opposition
movement and will hold big ma
rional conference in Pittsburgh on
April first.
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Miners ASK AID
FOR APRIL | MEET
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difference and corruption of the
Lewis machine. The progressives
from these districts all want to be
represented at the conference. 1t is
of the utmost Importance that they
attend, but they have no funds for
travelling expenses in their local
treasures. They can collect almost
no money among the miners, as they
have either been on strike for long
period, as in Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Oklahoma, or they have been work
ing irregularly.
much money is needed for rail
road fare of these delegates. We
must have representatives from al
of the important fields. We must
have help from our friends in de.
fraying railroad fare.
eve shall count on your unquali-
fled support and cooperation in the
next two weeks"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21

utility, all electrical work and every
electrical worker should be controlled
by the union. Only through 100 per
cent unionization could we achieve
this. We said further in the same
letter:
"The Electrical Workers Asso-
citation threw out the slogan, Every
electrical worker a union man, and
all electrical work under union con-
troll We stand by this
whether we should become members
of Local No. or Local No. 20, or
sremain in our association. We be-
lieve this serves the interests of the
electrical workers best and we also
believe that this most important
work must be carried out. We do
not propose to be stopped under
any circumstances in this elemen-
tary necessity to solve the problem
Of all electrical workers and we
shall continue this organization
work inside the international Broth
erhood or oatsIae IN the electrical
Workers Association if we cannot
get together"
Non Union Worker.
Our association raised the slogan
of complete organization of the cleo
yrical industry in this territory. We
further emphasized cna5 everything
should be made as easy and simple as
possible for the non-union worker in
order to get them to enter the union
by the thousands. We were opposed
to high initiation fees and in connec-
ton with this we wrote in the same
letter:
High initiation fees make it i'm
possible for potential union men to
enter union primarily because
they cannot afford to pay large
sums, whether on installment basis,
or in lump. To carry out an or
ganizing campaign every possible
artificial barrier should be removed,
and high initiation fees defeat this
purpose. They keep. out many eff
ficient workers who otherwise have
every qualification"
1t was on the basis of these policies
that our association entered the local
and I was elected to represent them
on the organizing committee Of Local
No. 3. have tried to do my best tc
carry out these purposes. / tried tc
get the organizing committee to oper
its books widely, take in every cleo
trical worker in the industry, carry
on an open and vigorous campaign
distribute leaflets all over the city
hold mass meetings, reduce initiation
fees, etc. This the organizing COM
mittee would not do. Mr.. Breach be-
lieves that organizing the contractor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21

work is getting scarce, unemployment
is increasing. The labor-hatin&
bosses always act the same way. They
will use the unorganized and unem-
ployed and unprotected worker t.
take your places when the offensive
begins. The situation of unemploy
ment must be met Immediately and
practical steps taken at once to over
come this crisis.
Subway Construction.
A few months ago resolution was
passed by the local demanding that
the city administration make it man
datory that union men be employed
on subway construction. When Mr.
Breach appeared at the next meeting
he ridiculed this resolution and it has
been quietly forgotten ever since
Meanwhile millions of dollars of sub
way construction is going on now
The Tammany administration allows
non-union men to do this work and
union men to walk the streets. The
union leaders do nothing, in fact they
kill any attempt to do something.
protest against such methods, strong
ly urge the membership to see that
this resolution is revived and a show
down demanded from the Tammany
administration and the union leader.
ship.
The BX proposition will take at
least two years to be enforced before
| it becomes really effective. Men who
are out of work cannot wait for two
years. Practical remedies must be
taken now. / can see no reason why
the organization cannot proceed at
once on the basis of getting five
day week, establishing equal division
of work, and prohibiting overtime.
In my opinion the program of Mr.
Breach and his organizing committee
is one which fayors the large con-
tractors at the expense of the mem
bership. am pretty sure that not
a single large contractor is uq'ng
union labels on his fixtures. This
clause has been entirely eliminated
from the agreement insofar as it af-
focts the large contractor. The small
contractor is compelled to use union
labels.
! Such special privileges work against
the interests of the membership.
am opposed to policy of special con-
ditions for any group of contractors.
Members Excluded.
! have also become aware, of the
exclusion Of members from the meet
ings of the local. Since | was closely
identified with the administration,
want to go on record as emphatically
opposed to any policy of exclusion,
beating, smuggling and intimidation Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
DEFEND worker"
VICTIM OF CLASS
STRUGGLE URGES
Thousands Still Needed
to Resist Attack
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class war prisoners is The DAILY
WORKER, The only militant labor
daily in the English language has
always fought in the front rank for
the release of these brave men. The
class war prisoners trust The DAILY
WORKER. They know that whatever
help is brought to them will be
brought thru the aid of their work
ing class newspaper. The DAILY
WORKER must be saved to carry Oh
the fight for these imprisoned work
ers.
But The DAILY WORKER itself
has had to defend itself against the
attacks of the United States govern
ment. The same forces which have
buried the class war prisoners in the
American jails have reached out their
dead hands to seize three of the edi-
tors of The DAILY WORKER.
The crisis which the government
has forced upon The D ALLY
WORKER is one of the severest to
which the paper has ever been sub
iected. The enemies of The DAILY
WORKER, alarmed at the rising tide
of militancy in the American labor
...,..,, -. - $40 Ja4o,-,,oi,,ad ~ o,1,oIa
it's only militant English daily organ
with one blow. Thousands of dollars
are still needed to defend the paper
against the forces which are seeking
it's des truction. Only the united ef
forts of the m ilitant American
workers can keep The DAILY
WORKER alive thru this trial. Every
worker must contribute to the sup
port of his paper. Every labor or
ganization must send help to The
DAILY WORKER.
The Worker Brings Hope.
Behind the walls of the capitalist
prisons, the minutes pass like days,
the days like months, and it seems
that the long terms will never end.
There is always the chance of death
before release comes. Only The
DAILY WORKER brings hope Of re-
lief to those who lie within the cells,
Save the DAILY WORKER to
carry on the fight for the class war
prisoners, and for the striking miners
and the millions of unemployed thru
out the United States. The DAILY
WORKER must not die. Rush your
ntri blu lions to The DAILY
WORKER, 80 First St., New York
City.
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when hiring is resumed there will be
reduction from the rate Of wages
offered in previous years. Yet there
will be an increase in the price OF
board at the camps.
1t is almost impossible to obtain
any more definite information as to
the prospects for the unemployed
workers who follow this sort of work.
In the few places where the individu-
ais in charge are willing to say any,
thing, it appears that 35 or SO cents
an hour will be the prevailing rate of
pay while the rate for board will be
from $7.70 to SO week.
Mission Technique.
The Kane Industrial Agency, at End
ISt. and the Rowery, has taken a leaf
tout of the book OF the missions by
supplying MONDAY meal of bread
and coffee to unemployed prospects.
1t seems to be the idea of the benev-
'olent Kanes that since the missions
fill their empty pews by giving
handout it is reasonable to believe
that their daily handout will aid in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
HARDING RECORDS
TO Be "EXHUMED"
Marion Star Financing
+ Thought Oily
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oil securities in his private accounts.
And in Washington, H., another in
vestigator will seek information to
show that a package containing $780,
0C0 oil bonds sent to thai town were
intended for Justice Frederick Sid
dons, of Washington, D. c., who con-
Quoted the Teapot Dome conspiracy
trial Of Sinclair and Albert B. Fall,
former secretary of the interior.
Smith Goes Unquestioned.
The senate committee is reluctant
to summon Gov. Al Smith of New
York, the democratic party's leading
aspirant for the presidency, for ques-
tioning, although it is known that the
democratic party has profitted extern
sively from oil bonds. The committee
says it is outside of its jurisdiction
to question Smith," Sinclair was ap-
pointed New York state racing COM
missioner by Smith after the 1920
campaign.
In resolution Sen. James Couzens
declared that the Teapot Bone in
quiry had disclosed the worst trail of
fraud and corruption in public life
that has existed in our history"
Couzens declared Secretary Mellon
was large contributor in the 1926
Pennsylvania primary in behalf Of
former Senator Pepper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
CANADA WORKERS
OENOUNCE A. c. W.
Demand Reinstatement
of Expelled Members
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tC0Hf'q1'f"f fffm FVGe C9lef
prominent leader of Canadian labor,
several local speakers addressed the
meeting. Gre of the largest coalee-
tions ever made at a meeting of this
size, slightly over 81, 300 was taken
up for the relief of The families of
those workers On strike against the
employers who discharged left wing
ers upon the instructions of the union
officials.
Afraid of Ben Gold.
An interesting sidelight to the
above event, demonstrating how
far the Amalgamated officials will
go in their fight against the progress
sive movement in the Amalgamated,
presented itself yesterday when it was
learnt that the Amalgamated heads
had requested the government au-
thorities to keep Ben Gold, Commun-
isr leader of the New York needle
trades workers, out of Canada. This
request had been made so openly that
a trade journal devoted to the inter
ests of the mems clothing employers
had carried special dispatch an
nouncing that Gold had been taken
off the train on the Canadian border,
and sent back. This despite the fact
that Gold had not even been intending
to go to the mass meeting due to
pressing business here, according to
a statement made by him at his office
yesterday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21

Jac-A AsSAsPSSy OF an agreement
aor heavyweight match is that Tex
Rickard realizes tina. none of the
above mentioned challengers will be
able to draw a record crowd il they
face Gene in the squared circle. Inc
only man today that would Draw 4
capacity house and give Tunney u
real fight is Jack Dempsey. In hrs
writer's opinion Jack will NEE Gene
for the third time and regain his
crown as world heavyweight cham
pion. Boxing fans are urged to
paste this in heir hat and follow de-
velopments.-S. A. P.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, March
'0-Jack Dempsey will either appear
or referee in one of the bouts to be
held here Friday night for the flood
sufferers in Southern California.
o hers on the program will include
Ace Dudliins, Nebraska fa-orite.
Stating that his clients, Murray
Render and William Dow, are con-
fined to their beds because of the
manner in which they were beai en-
up by detectives Of the Industrial
SQUAD under acting Lieutenant John
Frederick, at Madison Square Garden,
Isaac Seminal obtained an adjourn
men in West Side Court of the case
against the men, the charges being
interference with a police officer and
disorderly conduct during the recent
six-day bicycle races here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
Scott Nearing Lectures
On Europe Today" at
Irving Plaza March 2S

Scott Nearing, recently returned
from the Soviet Union. China and
Central Europe, will lecture on ECU
rope Today at Irving Plaza, Irving
Place and 18th ST., next Wednesday,
March 20, at p. m. The meeting
is arranged by Sections 2 and 8,
Workers lCommunist) Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
Falling Crate Injuries
Shipworker in Midocean

While at work in mid-ocean on the
S, S. Ccsterayk of the Holland Amer
lean line. Arnold Kruger, "a. store
keeper Of the ship sustained pos
sible fracture of the right hip and
q strained back when a crate of
canned goods fell on him.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21

Sta e A t h | e tie
Commission have
despatched a tele-
yram to Gene at
iiami Beach, Fla,
'eminding him
hat he must de-
ida on his next
pponent at once,
he time to defend
his title expiring
on Thursday. They
also state t h a I
hallenges h av c
}sen filed by Jack
J h a r k Y. Ton,
Ieeney and Johnny
,isko.
An impor ant
actor that is de-
aging the signing
z 1900. 49, =. =,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-21
Sports in Brief

Gene Tunney is being ousted out of
his nest of solitude where he has beel.
eposing since his questionable vic
iory over Jack Dempsey last year.
nhe b-xia~ eolons of the New Yorl