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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
WORKERS FROM
ALL SECTIONS
TO PARTICIPATE
Meeting to Take Place
This Weekend
By H. E. KAYE.

CHICAGO, May 30.-In Chicago,
Saturday and Sunday, at Northside
Turner Hall, 800 North Clark St.
there will gather progressive railroad
workers from all parts of the United
States and from some points in Can
ada. Delegates from such far points
as Edmonton, Alberta have already
signified by letter their intention to
attend.
This, the third conference of the
International Railroad Amalgamation
Committee, two prior conferences
having been held in 1922 and 1925, is
by far the most important one of all.
Grave problems confront the railroad
workers. Due to the almost utter dis
organization of the railroad unions.
considered from fighting standpoint,
the companies have been able to de-
feat every strike in the railroad in
dustry since 1910 During the disas-
trous 1922 strike, company organiza-
tons comprising several crafts were
set up on many of the country's
largest systems. Widespread use of
the spy system and blacklist are re-
sorted to, with the result that thou
sands of our best union men have been
driven from the industry.
Unemployment Widespread.
Unemployment, due to the speed-up
and efficiency" programs of the COM
panies, but particularly result of
the high development and ever-in-
creasing use of machine technique
hSs reached the enormous total of
$4,000 workers since 1923. More
powerful locomotives, both steam and
siactTic, the use of the auxiliary or
booster locomotive giving greater
tractive power, improved round
houses and back shop machine meth
DDS, car loading to ever greater ca
pacities, due to better truck spring
placements and the use Of the "Dal-
man" truck, improved car building
and car repairing methods, the in
creasing use of such machines as the
Jordan spreader and ditcher, shovel
cranes, ETC., in the track department;
the use Of the car retarder in hump
switching yards; in the telegraph dis
patching service the recent develop
ment of the "GRS" and "Universal'
train control systems, are just few
cases Illustrating the use of improved
machine technique, among a stagger-
ing total of hundreds which a recent
careful survey of the railroad indus
try has elected.
One Device.
To show what all this means for
the railroad workers, let us consider
a little more closely but two of the
above mentioned machine processes.
Firstly, the car retarder: these are
power-operated track brakes applied
to the tracks of freight classification
yards to control the speed Of freight
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31

WORKER following the National
Nominating Convention, "the i'm
portance Of pushing the subscrip-
ton campaign turnout the country.
1t is on the basis of subscriptions
that The DAILY WORKER must
be built. 1t is The DAILY WORK
Err sub that brings the paper into
the homes and into the lives of the
militant American workers, not
once or twice, but for months so
that they come to understand the
Importance OF their working class
organ and of the Workers Party in
leading and guiding the workers in
their struggles.
every effort wi, be made to
push the drive for subscriptions to
The DAILY WORKER not only in
Detroit but thruout every industrial
center and in the poor farming
sections of Michigan. We are in
this fight to the finish"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31

five day week. The reorganization
of the mining industry which is pro
posed by the Lewis machine and the
operators to be carried out at the ex.
pense of the workers will in no way
solve the present crisis in the in
dustry. The mining industry does moi
suffer from too many miners, but
from too long working hours. With
the decline of the miners union the
employers are criminally neglectine
the safety of the coal miners. The
number of young miners under Is
years of age working under ground is
increasing and it will be the task oil
the newly elected officers of District
IL to fight for the abolition of under.
ground work for all young miners
under 10 years of age.
The policy of the Lewis-Fishwick
machine in collaboration with the coal
operators to split the young from the
adult miners resulted itself in the
non-participation of the young miners
in the present struggle and in the
affairs of their union. 1t will be the
task of the conference of the young
miners to involve more actively the
young miners in the struggle against
the operators and the bureaucracy
and also to develop an interest in the
daily work of the miners union.
Class-C Collaboration.
In the general campaign of the coal
operators to establish the company
union they introduced various features
of the collaboration policy, such
as company controlled sport teams
etc. This proved itself to be very eff
fective to split the ranks of the
mine workers and bring the young
miners under the influence of the coal
operators. 1t will be necessary for
the June youth conference to con-
slider the problem of building the La
Dor Sports Union and that it be under
the true control of the miners union,
The present unemployment crisis
in the mining industry is greatly eff
fecting the youth and forcing them
to enter other even less paid occupa-
tons, to join the c. M. T. c., the
army, the navy, etc. This conference
of young miners will have to discuss
not only the general role Of American
imperialism and militarism but also
how to prevent unemployment and
starvation from driving the young
miners into the c. M. T. c. and the
army. Besides the tasks of fighting
for the special demands, the confer
ence will also have to devise ways OF
bringing the young miners closer to
the general struggles of the labor
movement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
LABOR SPORTS
union APPEALS
Denounce Attempt To
Break Organization

Especial to The Daily Yorker
Calling upon it's membership to
repudiate the "would-be splitters.
Palm Uurtamo and Company" the
executive board of the Labor Sports
Union recently issued an appeal con-
demning the action of this group in
its recent attempt to break the ranks
of the union.
The appeal follows a meeting of the
executive board at which number of
decisions were adopted:
Meeting Illegal.
l. "That the meeting held on May
6, in the home of r. G. Palm, par
ticipated in by four members of the
Executive Board-R. G. Palm, Ted
Uurtamo, V. Wiitala, and V. Mellin-
in conjunction with M. Lehto and G,
Heimo of Detroit and Toivenen and
Ahlrath Of Chicago was illegal and
that the steps it took were entirely
unconstitutional.
2. "That r. G. Palm and Ted
Uurtamo took part in this meeting
WIN Ine temperate purpose IN mind
of setting up a new and illegal Exec
utive Board and splitting the Labor
Sports Union.
3. "That the participation OF
Palm, Uurtamo, Wiitala land Mellir
in this Illegal meeting compels the
Executive Board to raise the question
of their removal from the committee
a. 1.-THE Executive Board affirms
its previous decisions that Paul Cline
shall remain National Secretary Of
the L. S. U. until the convention anc
asks the National Executive Council
to support this decision thru referen.
dunn.
Ignore Fake Secretary
5. "The Secretary shall i'm.
mediately acquaint all clubs, sections
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31

cars entering these tracks by gravity,
The track brakes reduce the speed
of the cars so that they come to a
stop without damage to the cars or
their contents. Where car retarders
are not used, the speed Of freight
cars is controlled by car riders apply
ing hand brakes. Today power car
retarders are in use by which Grains
of 100 cars are sorted like stacks of
MALL" Their use not only speeds up
the movement of classification but
dispenses absolutely with the switch
yards alone, as many as $50 workers
have been laid off to swell the ever
increasing ranks of the unemployed.
The keynote of the conference, the
most important point of the agenda,
around which every other problem
confronting the railroad worker re-
wolves, is the organization of the I'M
organized. OF the 100000 workers
in the industry, approximately 40 per
cent are organized. To the railroad
unions, this spells ultimate disaster,
Grave struggles are ahead. Straws
in the wind are the recent cases of
the Western trainmen and locomotive
firemen, the c. & o. shop crafts and
the wage cuts on some roads in the
maintenance-of-way department.
Slogans of Struggle.
The militant progressives in the
railroad industry have great tasks
ahead of them. Let their slogans be:
Complete organization of the unor-
ganized!
National, not system, agreements
Closer consolidation toward com
plete amalgamation of the railroad
unions!
A united front for better wages
and working conditions all along the
Incl
"A Labor Party!
The signals are clear--the main
track beckons--"Throw Ter over, and
pull her wide open"-Let's go!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
old Wonders
Discovered By
Labor FQkey

PHILADELPHIA, May 30.-Illum-
! mating sidelights on the reason
why William d. Mahon, organizer
of the Amalgamated Association Of
Street and Electric Railway En-
ployes was rather listless about
strike on New York's traction lines
recently is found in an item in the
Progressive Labor World which ap-
peared recently: ..
wonders will never cease! The
lion and lamb have decided to play
the trolley game together, side by
side, and in harmonious agreement
and understanding. Fighting Bill
Mahon and 7. E. Milton have en-
tered into peace pact. For the
past few years it has been grad
ually conceded that Milton, big
figure in Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit and father of the Mitten men
and management idea, is potent
figure in establishing right rela-
tons between employer and en-
ploye.
cit is good for industrial Amer
lea to see men like Mitten and
Mahon working shoulder to shout
der"
The Progressive Labor World is
republican organ edited by Frank
Feeney; president of the Elevator
Constructors Union and veteran
G. o. p spokesman
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
Bored Yale Men
WaIIOb Quite a
Few Policemen

BOREDOM! This is the explanation
- offered by professors in the
psychology department Of Yale
University for the riot here yester-
day in which several hundred stu
dents took part and which resulted
in the failing Of a half dozen.
1t all began with a sewer.
Awakened from their nocturnal
slumbers by the pounding of a
sledge hammer, students began to
hurl cups, saucers and other bits of
chinaware. Several of the collegians
hustled down the campus. Within
a few minutes, hundreds of others,
spurred on by a sense of solidarity
Joined in the militant throng.
A flying squad sent out by the
police department was received with
fruit, eggs and bricks. Infatuated
by the arrest of six of their COM
rades, over 200 students later
stormed the local police station in
effort to bring about their release,
out In vain.
A contributing factor in causing
today's riot, according to the uni
versity psychologists, is to be found
in the fact that the freshmen were
given half-holiday, the upper
classmen being left out of account.
The half holiday was awarded to
the freshmen for refraining from
staging a riot in a theater after
elaborate plans for the ceremony
had been completed,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
r eIief Jobs
Paid GY0HgYS,
Not Workers

The present forced investigation
into the Tammany Hall street clean
ing service not only shows the dis
tribution Of millions of dollars OF
graft among the appointees of Mayor
James j. Walker and Governor Al
Smith. Separate hearings now going
on before Commissioner Of Accounts
J. A. Higgins and the Bronx County
Court show also how workers of New
York were defrauded of large por-
tions of their wages by the Tammany
graft system.
The testimony has shown too how
many of the so-called relief jobs which
Tammany Hall reported it gave out
to hungry men at the height of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
COOLIDGE WARNS
U. S. WILL FIGHT
OTHER COUNTRIES
Peace Talk Cloaks New
Threats of War
Continued from page one)


guilty" the president served notice
on Haiti, Nicaragua, China and other
countries, subject to the aggression
Of American imperialism, that they
need hope for no release from this
condition. "Our further interest in
these countries" he declared, sis to
assist these people in establishing
stability"
That the American capitalist class
is aware that future events will bring
inevitable class conflicts within the
United States and that preparations
against the certain rising of the work
ing class are being made, was the
gist of another section in his address:
"All nations are subjected to more
or less domestic tumult. In such
cases, the presence of adequate armed
forces is the only practical method of
protection for life and property"
Iron Necessity.
The same necessity, Coolidge hint
ed, which would force the suppression
of uprisings at home would dictate
the stamping out of such disorders
even in foreign countries. "Our peo-
pie are granted free access on the
same basis as others into all the coun-
tries of the world. AS a general pol
icy, they go with the encouragement
to engage in all kinds of enterprise.
Our government necessarily has
rights over it's citizens and their prop
erty in whatever country they may
be. ;. A government of the United
States that failed in its duty to pro-
tect the lives and property of its cit
liens would be justly condemned"
Coolidge concluded what is believed
to be the most jingoistic speech yet
made by an American president,
with the expected eulogy of the So
called peace treaties which are now
being negotiated between the United
States, France, Great Britain, Japan
and Italy. These treaties have inau-
gurated zone of the most impressive
peace movements the world has even
SEEM" he declared. "Our government
is government of peace, not of
war;" he announced within ten min
utes of his opening words which de-
scribed the record military, naval
and air preparations for the next war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
Dogs of War; German ImperiaIists Recruit Animals

The ttoo dogs
sho10n in the pic
ture are the latest
thing IN cannon fod-
der. The German
i M p e riGIists are
training dogs to
fight 10itk the men
IN the neat sIGught-
er. The dogs 1Uill
leap at their ene-
mics and try to tear
open their throGts.
The animals, Ike
the men, are trained
to aOeGr gas masks.
Every conceivable
force is being util-
lied By the German
intperiolists IN pre-
pGration for the
neat 1CnT.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
Crane Throws Worker
Into Water; browns

BALTIMORE, Md, May 80. Il.
Colefield, 35, was drowned yesterday
when he was knocked overheard by a
crane while working at pier 4, Locust
Point.
According to witnesses of the Incl
dent, the man was unloading machin-
cry from freight car to scow when
the crane, which was being operated
nearby, jumped the track causing a
part of the machine to strike Cole
field, forcing him into the water. Eff
forts by fellow workmen to rescue
him were unsuccessful.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
CONVENTION TRAVELS MANY ROADS WITH EAP1

Griffin remained in Minneapolis
for "a hours, looking over the sights
of the town, and then boarded the
Pioneer Express at st. Paul. His
next stop was Milwaukee, where he
had an opportunity to get some
food before catching another train
within half an hour for Chicago.
At this point, after having COW
cred almost two-thirds of his trip,
Griffin experienced his first real
difficulty. A guardian of the law
began playing a game of tag with
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31

friends. But 1 realized it was no
time for social-democratic defeat
ism or compromise. Only revolu-
tionary methods could save me. So
just broke away. Dodging thru
several streets, l ran into a garage
and slid under one of the cars. For
two hours the two cops hunted for
me but they never thought of look
ing under the cars. I resumed my
journey later on top of a freight
car"
Arriving at a small town, he
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31

tend the convention, Griffin did not
let 5000 miles and the fact that
his pockets were empty stand in his
way. At a. m. May Is he boarded
a passenger train at Seattle, Wash,
and made Avely, Idaho.
At this point he decided to try a
different type of train and so swung
himself aboard freight that took
him to Mosolu, Mont, where he
caught the crack "Olympian,"
which landed him safely in Mime
apolis on the morning of the 10th.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31

II thought I was lost" Griffin
said. "But fortunately the train
began to moveA And l moved out
with it."
"After a short rest in Buffalo I
went down to the Erie yards" Grit
fin continued. "But l was stopped
by two husky bulls along with
three other Travellers an Italian
and two Poles. 1 though my jour
ney seemed ended and l had visions
of spending the days of the conven-
ton in Jail, far from home and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31

him. But Griffin arrived in the
great packing center at 10 a. m. on
the 18th. He Immediately made
connections with the Workers Party
office in Chicago and remained in
the city for two days.
Boarding an excursion train on
the goth, he went as far as Fort
Wayne, Ind, where he hoped on a
freight train for 80 more miles.
Here somebody roared: "Hey, you!
Come on down! Don't you know
better than to ride a mail train?"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31

wired to New York for money for
q ticket. But after waiting for
about five hours (the reply arrived
later), he jumped aboard slow
passing freighter and went on.
After riding to a small depot, he
got a lift on truck into New York
City arriving tired and dusty, at
6 a. m. on Friday, May 25.
The American Negro Labor Con-
gress made arrangements for his
stay in the city during the conven-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31

David A. Griffin, Negro delegate
from Seattle to the National Nom
mating Convention of the Workers
tCommunist) Party, travelled more
than 5000 miles with empty pockets
ON trains of various sorts to arrive
IN time for the opening of the con-
vention last Friday.
Griffin is one of the most active
Negroes in the Communist move
ment.
Having made up his mind to at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
Man Burned to Death
AS Fire Destroys Home

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 3d.
When the little two room dwelling
in which he lived caught fire yester-
day, John Cleggett, aged 80 and an
invalid, was burned to death. His
wife barely escaped similar fate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
YOUNG MINERS PLAN
CONFERENCE JUNE 9
Rv LEON PLATT

District
SPRINGFIELD Ill., May 30Considerabe been aroused
the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
FALL KILLS PAINTER.

WASHINGTON, May 30.--George
w. Ashton, worker, fell to his death
yesterday while engaged in painting
a three-story house here
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
wORKER ELECTROCUTED.

MUNISING, Mich, May 30.-While
patch on hotel boiler,
Hart Smith, %, was electrocuted here
yesterday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31
PUSH MOVE FOR
union BUILDING
Cloak Conference Sat-
to Launch Drive
(Continued from mage one)

CONTINUED from mage ome)
resigned as functionaries of Sigman's
largest local and publicly affiliated
with the National Organizing Com
nlittee, progressive organization
now launching drive to rid the union
of the Sigmans and Schlesingers, and
to regain union conditions in the
cloak and dressmaking shops.
Drive to Begin.
The drive of the membership to
again establish the union conditions
won after many years of bitter strug-
gle and destroyed by the right wing,
viii be officially begun at the con-
ference of the Representatives and
chairmen of shops here. The confer
ence which is sponsored as the first
step in the campaign of the National
Organizing Committee will be held
in Webster Hall, 11th ST. and Third
Ave, Saturday morning, 10 o'clock.
Shop chairmen of registered and
unregistered shops, and shop dele
gates elected by the workers in the
unorganized and open shops will par
ticipate in this conference, which is
conceded by all acquainted with the
cloakmakers' struggles, to be of his
toric significance.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-31

Ignore Fake Secretary
5. "The Secretary shall inn
mediately acquaint all clubs, sections
New Britain herald., 1928-09-15

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New Britain herald., 1928-09-15
OPEN TEST COURSE FOR H. 5. TEACHING
School Board Offers Opportunity
 for College Graduates

Young men and women who have fulfilled all the educational re- quirements necessaryst to make them teachers in the Senior and Junior High schools but who lack the one year experience required under the laws of the New Britain school board. will be given more consider ation by the school authorities under a new regulation decided upon at the meeting of the school board yes- terday afternoon.
 According to the ruling, which was recommended by the teachers sub committee six New Britain college graduates are to be appointed as substitute teachers. two in the Senior High school. two in the Gen. tral Junior High school, and two in the Nathan Hale Junior High school and for the first year they will be given the minimum salary of &l,00O a year. If, after the first year, they prove competent, they will be recom- mended for regular positions in the schools.
 Holmes Points to Savings
 It was argued that t6.000 a year would be large item of expense, but it was pointed out by Supt. Holmes that under the present sub- stitute plan. teachers receive &6 a day which last year amounted to $7,- 9o6. Supt. Holmes also pointed out that the teachers would be used to coach" pupils when they are not re- quired as substitutes. He argued that more than six be appointed so that there would not be too many teachers 'loafing around the school"
 Supt. Holmes was given authority to try the experiment for year but the board asked that a report be made at the end to determine its success.
 After the matter was given the unanimous approval of the board, Mrs. Laura r. Mangan. a member of the board and former school teacher. praised the plan as splendid step toward progress and she congratulated the teachers com mittee for it's recommendation.
 Committees Recommendation
 Following is the teachers commit tee report:
 'The following rule regarding ap- pointments to High schools was adopted by the school committee and has been in effect since September 1918:
 Appointments to high schools shall be restricted to graduates of colleges and professional training schools of recognized standing who have had not less than one year of successful experience, or to non- graduates who have had not less than four years of successful teach- ing experience.'