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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-08
IS STRIKES NOW
ON IN CHICAGO
Cigarmakers Fighting.
Scab Products

CHICAGO, May 7 (FP'.-Thirteer
Chicago labor organizations have
iizeable scraps on their hands against
employers. Some are new and some
are over year old. The newest is
he defensive campaign of Local IA
Of the cigarmakers against flood of
100000 non-union scent cigars
pouring this month through the job
,ers from the Philadelphia factories
IF the tobacco trust.
Local 50 of the granite cutters has
70 fight the police as we'll as the en-
oloyers in picketing open-shop monu-
nent and tombstone yards. Garden
ers and florists No 17117, are ener-
getically pushing their Buy -No-Flow-
ers campaign, having defeated an in
junction effort and having their eye
On Mothers Day, the occasion skill
fully organized by the boss florists
to capitalize filial piety.
Local 81 the window washers unit
of the Building Service International
has settled with number of down,
town building managers at $3.50 2
month, the figure in the strike de-
mand of last January, but the ma
iority of managers are still holding
out against them. The internationa
held it's biennial convention in Chi
cago last week, electing Oscar F. Mel
son president and Paul B. Davis sec
lretary- treasurer.
Local 5 of the photographers con-
tinues to picket the Wallace Miller
Engraving Co., which went scab 2
month ago in what looks like an ex-
pertinent backed by larger engraving
houses. The fight may be as long
drawn out as that of five craft unions
that have been bucking the White
(Regan) Printing House the past 1"
months. White deserted the unior
column after so years Of friendly re
lations. The metal polishers also have
year-old fight against the Chicag
Flexible Shaft Co., likewise formerly
union. The list of 13 scraps is con-
p'eted by the capmakers. engaged
since early winter in battling Their
contract-breaking employers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-08
CANADA JODLE:SS
FIGHT FOR RELIEF
Winnipeg City Council
Fails to Act

WINNIPEG, Canada, May AT
the special meeting of the Winnipeg
city council held today, delegation
representing the unemployed, sup
ported by S. Sykes, One Big Union
and John Queen, M. L. A., repeated
demands for immediate relief. A mo-
,tion was made by Alderman Kolisnyk,
seconded by Alderman Durward fboth
labor aldermen), giving the Relief
Committee permission to spend an
additional $4,000 and more if neces-
sary, to relieve this immediate situa-
on. An amendment to the effect
hat the matter be held in allegiance
until registration of the unemployed
was completed, and the question then
20 be discussed at a further meeting
Of the council, was made by Alder
nan Pulford and Leach, representa-
ives of big business interests in this
city.
The committee representing the UNI
Employed objected to the amendment.
They claimed that the city had all
he registration it required for prac-
bical purposes; and that 5000. men
outside in the Market Square should
be ample proof of very serious sit
uation which demanded immediate at
tention. They demand that registra-
ton should be carried on by the Do
minion authorities, and that the meth
cd now being used was simply an at
tpmnt IN hide tbo facts
AS usual, when matters affecting
labor come before the city council, the
vote went 81 in favor of the amend
ment and against the unemployed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-08
LAY OFF STATE EMPLOYEES.

NEW ORLEANS, OPP, May r.
Since March |, 500 employees of the
Louisiana maintenance department,
in the construction of highways and
repair work, have been laid off owing
to no funds. The last batch of rs men
discharged claimed that towards the
end of the month they were notified
that they could only work eight hours
day instead of 10 at $3.50 a day,
or 50 cents an hour.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-08
Report U.S.S.R.
Protest Note to
RzsudsRl Govt.

BERLIN, May 7. = The Soviet
y Union has delivered formal
note to the Polish Government pro-
testing against the passive atti-
tude" which it has taken regard
ing Russian monarchist groups
operating in Poland according to
reports received here. The note
was sent in connection with the at
tempt to assassinate a member of
the U. S. S. r. legation staff.
AN attempt was recently made in
"A Warsaw to murder the Soviet
Union Minister Bugumoloff.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-08
ATTACK SCHOOL CONDITIONS

BALTIMORE, May Conditions
in two public schools of this city were
attacked yesterday in resolutions
adopted by parent-teacher organiza-
tions. The association of School 20,
held a protest meeting and threatened
to "strike against sending children to
that condemned school"
The conditions at School AZ, the
other one attacked, are "a reflection
on and disgrace to the city Of Balti-
more"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-08
Communist International Turns Dow the DUPLICATION of German Lgst

Whe1, fascist meets
fascist TammdRy
holds a public re-
ception. The obove
p 4 c ar G shoqCs
Pri n c G LudoVico
SpadG PotenStalai,
mayor of Rome,
looking handsome
as he marches up
to greet the NeqO
York b II w,
Mayor w a ! Il e r,
q0hOn he as said to
resemble. Potenzi-
AM IS believed to
be IN the United
States to strength
en- the North Amer
icon fascists IN
their blackskirt al
legiance. G 70 q e =
WhaLen slicked up
IN full reguIia is on
the left.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-08
Whitewash Deaths

WASHINGTON, May IA COM
plete whitewash of Commander H. s.
Baylis, commanding officer of the
destroyer Pauling that was re-
sponsible for collision that sent the
submarine S-4 to the bottom of the
sea off Provincetown, Mass, with a
loss Of 40 lives has been issued by
board of inquiry appointed to in
vestigate the fatal accident.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-08
TWO MEN DROWN.

MONTREAL, Quebec, May T.
Two men were drowned and a third
had a narrow escape from similar
fate when the boat in which they were
fishing in the St. Lawrence River here
capsized.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-08
Auto Deaths Increase

WASHINGTON, May Motor
car accidents were responsible for
525 deaths in II large cities during
the four weeks ending April 81, ac-
cording to figures made public here
today by the commerce department
This shows an increase of IS deaths
over the four weeks ending April %.
1927.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-08
AWARD $3.50 TO GIRL.

LONDON, May John Barker,
four, has been awarded $6,250 for
Vmages to her leg by the car of
Claud Geoffry, wine merchant.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-08
JAPAN PLANNING
new SEIZURE OF
.SHANTUNG CITIES
Strik IS and Boycotts
Spread in South

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to protest strike they fear the posi-
bility of mass demonstration against
the Marking government.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-06

school pupils. Thers is 10 laW cov- ering senior high schools
 The mayor was given his drst power when the city aa4 tewn. eev- ernments were consolidated in 1896. Previous to that. he was executive head of the city government and the Asst selectman was in charge of the town government. Several of the present board, like the welfare commission. were under tho beard of selectmen and there were svsral streets in the city which wers not under the supervision of the city government The hrst selectman re. ceived . hilary Of e1,500 and the mayor S1.10O.
 In 1908 ex-Mayor George A. Quigley. who was then . yq,lng councilman from the second ward. introduced the consolidation propo. sition ints the common council and after several bitter lights 1t passed Then charter revision committee, the frst ever in existence. was ap- pointed and after months of work 1t revised every ordinance and drafted new ordinances which gave much power to the mayor.
 The late Samuel Bassetts was mayor at the time. but it was ac- tually the late George M. Landers who first enjoyed the power vested In the new mayor when he was elected to office after the six year administration of Mayor Baasetts.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-06

order to bs finished . la modss be- gan te take on the appearance ef the spanish flag or the Chinese national ist emblem. From there on the next steps were ample. Now everything from . vacuum cleaner to q knife handle must be done in colors. and even our most prosaic of machinery must have . dash of soft tone. A kitchen nowadays is not only food factory but an ensemble.
 Manufacturers have discovered that in order to sell 2 large variety of goods they must be done in color. Let something made in factory for general consumption have black handle and 1t ii doomed. The same thing with . blue handle will sell like hot cakes. Utility is no selling point any more; color is the basis of all sales talk, and many . salesman has come to think he is selling rain- bowa
 There are no objections in these circles against color. As yet We do not grind out these commentaries upon . smart typewriter possessing a color scheme, but when the present contraption is worn out the next one is going to be done in some lively shade, or perhaps several shades. That ought to put more color to what we write.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-06
Observations On He Weather

Washington, Oct. 6-Forecast for Southern New England: Fair Saturday and probably Sunday; not much change in temperature.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Fair Saturday; Sunday increasing cloudiness, slowly rising tempera- ture.
 Conditions: The disturbance that was over Lake Superior Thursday night is advancing northeastward, being central southeast of Hudson Bay With a trough extending south and southwestward to West Virginia. The northwestern dis turbance is advancing eastward. being central over Manitoba.
 The outlook Is for mostly fair weather Saturday and Sunday in states east of the Mississippi river. Except for showers Saturday night along the lower lakes and on Sun. day in northern New England. and on Saturday and Sunday in portions of the south Atlantic and east Gulf states. Temperature changes will be unimportant.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-06
25 Nears Ago To-day

The opening of Hanna's remod- elled armory on East Main street took place last evening and very ap- propriately was it conducted. The vehicle of the opening was furnish ed by an entYrtainment under the auspices of the Tabs. Music was fur nished by Tevlin's orchestra.
 Plainville is in the midst of a lively campaign on the license ques- tion and every voter has been cir cularized by the temperance organ izations
 Mrs. $. H. Wood has been reap pointed superintendent of the Chi nese department Of the South church Sunday school.
 No unusual interest attaches tC the republican caucus tonight except with regard to the school commit tee posts. w. F. Attwood's term ex- pires and he will be renominated by exclamation as he deserves to be. but there is contest for Carl Ebeesen's position.
 James Gavin and J. ]. Walsh at- tended the Boston Pittsburgh game in Boston yesterday. The game was one of a series between the winners of the American and National leagues.
 John A. Andrews has been in at tendance all week at the lectures and demonstrations given Tn New Haven by Prof. Carl F. Barnes on anatomy, sanitary science, and 'em- balning
 The local High school football players will be interested 10 learn that the Waterbury High team has disbanded because of lack of inter- est
 Charles Sloan secured a piece of the old High school blackboard when the building was being torn down. He has had it framed and is Keeping if as memento.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-06
GRADE CROSSING REMOVAL

Word went out from Hartford the other day that the Public Utilities Commission favored the elimination of four grade crossings and these as early as possible; but the proviso was added that the New Haven rail road would not be expected to get to work on any of them before it was financially able to do SO.
 That is one of the reasons why the elimination Of grade crossings is such d slow process; and 1t is really remarkable that some of the more dangerous such crossings have been eliminated so far.
 The railroad can always show the r. L. C. that it is financially Tn no position 10 eliminate contested crossing.
 What the F. l.. C. should do is 10 bear down on the situation little harder. seeing that the state law Is entirely on it's side.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-06
THE FRANCO-ANIERICANS

A race that attends to business, looks after it's own affairs, and doesn't attempt to meddle with the morals and habits of others are the French Americans of New England. There are more than a million in this tier of states, and they are heard from less than any other race in America. Fall River, Mass, is the third largest French center in Amer ica, ranking next to Montreal and .QrcDec.
 How these French Americans are going to vote will have an important bearing in the campaign in most of the New England states. They are a peaceful. hard-working and church. going population.
 Their votes vii be as important in New England as the Nonpartisan and former La Toilette votes are in the West.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-06
GAS STATION HAZARDS

Objection to the increase of gaso- line filling stations in the city fre- quently has hinged partly upon the argument that the entrances from the street add to the accident hazard. Whatever justice there may be in opposing gasoline stations as such, we don't think this point, upon the face of the accident chronicle. has been important.
 When an automobile drives from the street into the entrance to a gas station. or from the exit to a gas station into the street, here truly Is a certain hazard But at such times drivers are on their mettle, they look carefully before they step on the gas; and those coming along the highway: knowing there is a ga. station ahead, likewise know what to expect and are on the lookout.
 Which results in exceedingly few accidents at such points.
 More accidents occur by far when drivers enter or leave private drive ways alongside residences or other buildings, which forces them to cross the sidewalk On such occasion. pedestrians are not likely to be on the lookout, passing autoists are not necessarily watchful, and the stage frequently is set for trouble Cases of children getting injured at such times are frequent.
 At no time is there need for great CT care than when drivers pass over d sidewalk while traversing d private entrance to home of business house. Everybody who drives 6 car
New Britain herald., 1928-10-06
Civic Clubs Easy Picking For "CpIifting" Visitors.

There were two speakers at each civic club meeting this week. At the Lions club and at the Rotary club the same two speakers were present. One was giving series of lectures. at a paid admission price, under the auspices of four churches and in three schools in the city dur ing the week. The other, who spoke for five minutes at four civic club meetings, is planning to hold a meeting tomorrow where he will recommend the formation of boys chorus He charges no admission, but will take up 8 collection.
 For the first mans lectures throughout the city, 25 cents ad- mission was charged for children and 50 cents for adults. When he finished his talk he sold books. He spoke on Galilee, his birthplace. al- though he claims to have been speaking in America for 16 years. Tickets for his lectures were placed in the hands of school children for sale.
 Both men must eat, therefore they must earn living. It is safe to assume that they get their living making these speeches, which is per fectly legitimate. But the fact IS that each, as do many others. made use of the civic clubs to advertise his wares and each also approached the churches in an effort to help bring out audiences.
 Both lectures, concerts or projects advocated may be and probably are very good, but the point remains that whenever a man has seed to plant, especially in New Britain, he finds the civic clubs fertile fields for his propaganda, and if he can at- tach any sort of moral or religious significance to his business, he casts an appealing eye on the churches and their organizations.
 While .the cooperative spirit is more active among civic clubs than churches, the~a clubs are prohibited by the bylaws, ethics and traditions from permitting their speaking priv iIcges to be used by politicians for party purposes, ministers for scctar- ian purposes, salesmen or others for commercial purposes.
 It would be better for these clubs if they barred their doors to all speakers who invite themselves.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-06
or truck has to do 1t and exceeding caution is essential.
AMBULANCE CHASING

Ambulance chasing lawyers have been investigated in New York and in the eases of 7A gentlemen of the bar discipline was recommended. A further recommendation of Justice Wasservogel of the state Supreme court is that contingent fees be re- duced from 50 to B 1-3 per cent. Ambulance chasers were painted in lurid colors and we have no doubt that much of this rococo style of de- nunciation has been well deserved. But there is another side to the story, one that the estimable bar associations would do we'll to tackle.
 What about the ambulance chas- ing done by the legal talent or agents of corporations, who in- variably rush to the bedside of . victim after an accident and get him or her to ''sign paper" which often completely nullifies the rights at law?
 These hirelings are ambulance chasers and are worse than the other kind. The vital difference between the two species is that the corpora tion ambulance chasers want to beat the victims out of just compensation for injuries, while the lawyers who rush to a bedside in order to obtain lawsuit to divide at least are bent upon getting something for the vic tim.
 If the one species of ambulance chasing is eliminated and the other isn't the net result will be that the corporation ambulance chasers will have free field, greatly to the sat isfaction of the indemnity insurance companies and accident insurance concerns.
 The situation in New York and in many another state has been one which yielded fair race between the two types of ambulance chasers. Doing away with the one kind with out injuring the prospects of the other would not be exactly a square deal to the patient.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-06
A WET VOTE IN THE W. c. T. U

The state w. T. c. L. seems to be somewhat interested in the reason why Mrs. Lena Greenbacker, state president, resigned the other day. Mrs. Greenbacker, also representa- tive from Middlefield to the Legis- lature, quit after she had voted for Judge Francis fallotti at the state Republican convention. Judge Pal lotti, as almost everyone knows, is . wet. Perhaps fellow members of the w. c. T.. U. say that Mrs. Green- packer should have voted for Ernest E. Rogers, a stalwart dry and dea- con in the Baptist church.
 Mrs. Greenbacker seems to have been actuated by the clearest of po- litical motives. She says she believed then and does now that the nomina- ton of Pallotti would have been in the best interest of the Republican party; and she. being a Republican first and foremost, thought it better to strengthen the party ticket by the nomination of Pallotti as lieutenant governor. J. Henry thought differ ently, however, d1hat is why Pal lotti was ditchcd,
 Mrs. Greenbacker was between two fires. As president of the w. C.. T. L. she was in duty bound, accord ing to her comrades in arms against the drink evil. to vote for q dry candidate; as member of the Re publican convention she felt bound to work for the interest of the party. Judge Pallotti was not ditched be- cause he was wet, but because J. Henry feared he might become gov ernor some day. Mrs. Greenbacker. an independent thinker, did not agree with this premise. She had made up her mind long before the convention and could not be shaken. The incident shows once more that politics and prohibition don't mix all the time in the Republican party.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-06
Mayor of New Britain Has Wide Veto Powers

Although it Is not generally known, the mayor of New Britain has more power than any other mayor in the state of Connecticut. This fact was brought home to of- ficials in branches of the city gov ernment in the past few months when they found themselves power less to act without the sanction of the chief executive.
 The mayor of New Britain has practically every official in the palm of his hand and he has unusual power when it comes to regulating the expenditure of money. Unless he gives his sanction to the move- ment, it seems. the school board will not be able to build high school additions. Even the state board of education is powerlcss to move the mayor because under the laws of Connecticut the city does not have to provide accommodations for any except elementary and junior high
New Britain herald., 1928-10-06
POLLUTION AS AN ISSUE


 The effort made by Charles G Morris, Democratic candidate for governor. to make an issue out oi the pollution of the streams and waters of the state. ia commendable' For 16 years the problem has been a pressing one," he stated at Water. town, "but as yet nothing construct i've has been done to right this sit uation."
 Pollution of the streams has be. come a public menace. without . doubt. The perennial committee meetings which have dealt with the subject have been futile. Solution today is no nearer than it was g dozen years ago. More determina- ton in the capitol and less dilly- dallying would bring about better re- suits.
 The party in power Is making quite an effort to prevent Massachu- setts from diverting waters from the Swift and Ware rivers 30 al not to interfere with the present flow of the lordly Connecticut. If the same energy were expended to clarify the waters MT. Morris would have no complaint to make in this campaign. The more he emphasizes the present pollution and inaction by the gov erning authorities the greater the public service he is doing.