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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-03-29

Illinois state supreme court, handed
down in December, giving the Chicago
Carpenters District Council the right
to obtain an injunction restraining
the committee from interfering with
the contractural relations between
the unions and fair employers,
DOnnelly Planned" in Decision
The state supreme court gave Don
ely warm personal "panning" in
the decision, intimating very strongly
that it was the opinion of the court
that Donnelly was a meddlesome
busybody in going outside of the
printing business in an ATTEMPT ia
regulate the conduct of other enter
prises.
Chicago union carpenters were re-
ceiving $1.25 an hour at the time
that Judge Lands arbitrarily declar-
ed that the scale for those mechanics
should be lowered to 81 an hour, al
though the carpenters had not been
party to the farcical arbitration
proceedings held in the court of the
punchinello federal Judge.
Under the leadership of its fight
ing president, Harry Jensen, and fur
ther guided by the sound counsel of
Hope Thompson, eminent Chicago
lawyer, the Carpenters District
council resisted the order of Judge
Lands, and the fight was on.
Seeks to Enforce Award
The citizens committee to enforce
the Lands award was organized to
compel the carpenters and twelve
other organized craft to bow to the
will of Lands, who was working in
cooperation with representatives OF
hundreds of millions of invested CAPT
rtal desirous of curtailing the rapidly
expanding power of organized labor
in this city.
IidCtlSdily every DIB puSiilesS Dut
glar in Chicago joined the citizens
committee and bludgeoned less inter.
ested professional and business mer
into becoming party to the gigan-
tic conspiracy.
Millions of dollars were accumu
lated, and a reign of terror institut
ed. Contractors and architects inclin
ed to be friendly to the unions were
threatened and refused loans at the
hanks. Gangs of thugs were organ
ized and armed to intimidate and as
sault union members. Pressure wa.
brought to bear upon prospective
builders, and all those who had the
courage to deal with the unions were
condemned and ostracized.
Carpenters Ask Injunction II
At last the Carpenters District
Council, on the advice of Attorney
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-03-29
BRITISH TORIES
Are Panicky as Genera
Election Looms

London, England.-The conserva-
tive party, headed by Premier Stanley
Baldwin, now in control of the gov
ernment, are alarmed at the growing
strength of the labor party.
The election for 600 seats in the
house of commons will be held May
80. Mr.. Baldwin's failure to meet the
unemployment situation and unsatis.
factory relations with America over
naval affairs are leading causes foI
wavering tory strength.
Bad economic conditions is ack'
knowledged by Mr.. Baldwin's official
family.
Sir Arthur Lowry and DR.. Peace
of the ministry of health, declare that
conditions in the South Wales mining
section is without parellel in the
modern history of this country
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-03-29
COMMUNISTS
STRIKE FADES
FROM PICTURE

New York.--The red" strike in
the cloakmaking industry has collaps-
ed.
The communists formed an l. w. w
outfit with the usual stage setting
Two small cloak manufacturers, who
are related to a leading communist
organized paper" combination of
employers and the public were as
sured that hundreds of contracts
were signed.
Money was contributed and Mos
COW was informed that this city is
"seething with revolution"
When the bubble bursted, the
"reds" quietly withdrew. The ancient
trick will be duplicated, as the reds
operate among workers who are
swayed by emotion and who refuse to
be guided by experience.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-03-29
Low INTELLIGENCE
DUE TO POOR FOOD

New York.-There is a direct rela-
tionship between food and intelli-
gence, according to DR.. John Munroe,
Of Long Island University, who has
made 16-years' study Of the factors
of heredity and environment which
governs intelligence and the growth
Of intelligence.
DR.. Munroe declares that children
of well-to-do families have much
better chance of becoming intelligent
adults simply because they are better
fed.
''Food seems to have been the most
important of all contributing infiu-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-03-29

ences," said DR.. Munroe, in making
known the results of his research.
81 am convinced, as a result of my
experiments, that much of the low in
telligence among laboring people is
due to the fact that for generations
they have had poor and insufficient
food
1T may not be amiss to point out
that much of the present shortage of
intelligence may be eliminated when
it is recognized that the vicious food
conditions, the poor sanitation and hy-
giene, the brutality of many homes.
appear to be the conditioners of NOR
onism and borderline dullness and
that rapidly developing intelligence
must be necessarily stimulated on all
levels if it is to come to full develop
ment There is hope that the stag
nation of intelligence can be alle-
waited, if not largely eliminated, by
environmental manipulation"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-03-29
Yellow Dog Contract Bill
Is Favorably Reported
To California Assembly

Labor Council, and John A. O'Connell,
secretary, San Francisco Labor Coun-
Gil
The chief speech against the yell
low dog contract bill was made by
Herman Phleger, who claimed to rep
resent notorious non-union foundry
in San Francisco, but who was gen.
orally believed to speak for the In
dustrial Association of San Francisco.
Additional arguments against the bill
were submitted by Mr.. Perry, of the
The next battle over the merits of
the bill will take place on the floor of
the assembly, where none but mem
bers of the lower house are permitted
to talk
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-03-29
Pullman Porters Told
To Dodge Company Plan
For Sham Wage Compact

New York City I. l.. N. S.)-Presi-
dent William Green, A. F. Of L., has
advised Pullman porters to stay away
from the so-called wage conference
called by the Pullman Company, and
not to vote in the election of repre-
sentatives called by the company.
Apparently" said President
Green, "the Pullman Company is pre-
pairing to 60 through the empty form
of negotiating a wage scale with
itself
Collective bargaining only can be
carried on between the representa-
tives of two groups when there is
perfect freedom of selection and
action"
The statement was issued following
conference with Roy Lancaster,
general secretary-treasurer of the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-03-29
TELEGRAPHERS OUT;
MACHINE CUTS RATE

New York.-Logan & Bryan, stock
brokers, installed telegraph printing
machines that are alleged to be SO
per cent faster than the Morse tele-
graph system.
Wages of from $40 to $85 a week,
paid to members of the Commercial
Telegraphers' Union, are cut to
S47.50 and $3.50 a week, and the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-03-29

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
Word has come from A. Phillip RAN
dolph, general organizer Of the port
ters, now in Los Angeles, that his
cross continent trip revealed stronger
organization sentiment than ever.
"The effect of the decision of the
executive council of the American
Federation of Labor to grant char
ters federal union charters) has been
most stimulating and helpful" Ran
dolph wrote.
While the resistance Of the Pullman
Company continues, the plan of the
porters is to establish locals in such
centers as Chicago, New York, At
lanta, Boston and San Francisco.
Some observers expect the company
to make a voluntary advance in
wages, hoping thus to halt organiza-
ton.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-03-29
WORKERS WIN POINTIN
yellow DO% FIGHT

Sacramento, GAIA bill to outlaw
the yellow dog" was favored by the
state assembly committee on judi
ciary.
Paul Scharrenberg, secretary State
Federation of Labor, was labor's lead
ing speaker in favor of the bill.
Anti-union manufacturers associa-
tions in Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco oppose the bill.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-03-29

Sacramento, Calf. U. l.. N. 81
One of labor's principal bills, Assem-
bly, Bill No. 1873, known as the yellow
dog contract bill, relating to con-
tracts of employment containing an
agreement not to affiliate with labor
unions, and declaring such contracts
void and contrary to public policy
has been favorably reported by the
assembly committee on judiciary.
The principal arguments for the
bill were made by Henry Heidelberg
legal advisor of the State Fedora
ton of Labor; Paul Scharrenberg
secretary, State Federation of Labor;
j. w. Buzzell, secretary, Los Angeles
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-03-29

telegraphers suspended work.
The wire men deny that less skill
is necessary They insist that faith
full employees should receive some of
the benefits of the machine rather
than be called upon TO reduce their
living standard SO per cent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1929-03-29
JAMES MORRISON DIES

Chicago.-James Morrison, long
time member Of Typographical Union
and one of the early presidents of
Madison (Wis) Typographical Un-
ion, died in this city. He was 63.
He was brother of Frank Morrison,
secretary A. T. of L.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-26
PIONEERS RALLY
Until MAY DAY

Continued from Page One)
terribly exploited section of the
American workers.
May Day must be that day on
which the workers and workers chill
dren must show their solidarity with
the textile strikers of the south and
with the workers wherever they
struggle for better conditions.
May Day, 1929 finds the bosses
of America feverishly preparing for
a new world war. They are pre-
pairing to enrich themselves at the
expense of the workers and their
children. They are especially build
ing up militarist children's organi-
cations like the Boy Scouts, etc. to
prepare the children for the coming
imperialist war.
We must demonstrate on May
Day to show the bosses that the
workers children will not be caught
unawares-that they will fight side
by side with the entire working class
against the bosses wars.
For Children's Delegation to Soviet
Union.
The Soviet Union is the only land
where there is no child labor, where
the children are the first and fore
most care of the whole working
class. The capitalist countries, the
United States in particular, hate the
Soviet Union. They are planning an
attack against the Soviet Union.
Our answer must be to the defense
of the Soviet Union. Send a work
ers' children's delegation that will
bring the message of solidarity of
the workers children of America to
the workers children in Russia.
Out of School on May Day.
The duty of every workers child
on May Day is to show his solidarity
with the workers of the world. Every
workers child must carry the slogan
Out of School On May Day-to all
the workers children wherever they
are found.
Together let us al fight against
child labor, against the bosses
preparations for war, against child
misery, for better living conditions,
for the defense of the Soviet Union,
for Workers and Farmers Govern
ment in the United States.
Join the Young Pioneers of
America.
Young Pioneers of America,
District Two.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-26

the 8-hour demand now in Gastonia,
in his article From Chicago to Gas
tonia." How the entire police force
with guns and clubs rushed into a
crowd of $4,000 workers and
trampled upon women and children
mercilessly. arresting hundreds,
wounding hundreds and killing two
during the May Day parade 10 years
ago in Cleveland, is told by N. Shat
fer. Among those who were ar
rested were c. E. Ruthenberg,
ex-secretary of the Communist
Party of the United States.
All the terror and inconceivable
treatments to which the prisoners
of Tucker Farm, the States hard
labor dungeon in Oklahoma are sub
jected to, either for stealing
chicken or for more serious offence
and where prisoners prefer suicide
to the killing labor, is revealed in
an article by w. L. Orr, in "Ozark
Justice"
Felix Kon in "Toward a World
October" shows the revolutionary
significance of all of the tortue, mer-
CHESS beatings, solitary confine-
ments and exiles as experiences by
the Russian revolutionaries in bring
ing about the present U.S.S.R. under
under the leadership of the feminist
Party.
"Mass protest freed me, my will
is more and more determined that
capitalism must be abolished"
Writes David Gordon in "Chained
to Parole" The other contributors
are, Ray Becker, in "The Centralia
Frame-up," "The Legion Sees Red"
by Elizabeth Cabit, continuation IN
Soviet Prisons, a poem by Robert
Whitaker and May Day greetings
from numerous revolutionary work.
ers organizations and prominent
liberals.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-26
Nav Day, 1886 to GastoniQ,
IN Latest Labor Defender

The May issue of the Labor De-
fender is just out. 1t is an issue
concentrating International May
Day, and the tremendous strike
wave now sweeping the South.
In "The Awakening South" by
Karl Reeve, editor of the Labor De-
fender, the writer speaks of the
death of the old South. The South
must be reckoned with as one of
the most militant section of the
working class in America. For the
first time in the history of the U. S.,
social, economic and political equal
ity for the Negroes have been de-
manded at open-air meetings with
out the occurrence of a single
lynching. Albert Weisbord, Ma
tional Secretary of the N.T.W.U. in
his "The N.T.W.U. Invades the
South" exposes the treacherous role
Of the American Federation Of La
Dor, shows the growth of the mill
fancy among the textile workers, the
rapid and splendid growth of the
N.T.W.U. and the historical signifi-
canoe of the demands, as put forth
by the N.T.W.U. as the 8-hour day
and 40-hour week. John H. Owens
shows the courageous struggle of
striking women in the South, in
Strike Vignettes."
May Day.
Robert Dunn, secretary of the La
Dor Research Bureau, i his article
on Standardization in Automobiles"
reveals the anti-union policy Of all
the auto magnates, exposes the pub
licity agents df the so-called liberal
newspapers, which praise the fake
bonus prizes for workers.
J. Louis Engdahl, acting editor of
the Daily Worker, writes on the sig
nificance of May Day and traces
the history of the S-hour day, be-
ginning with May !. 1866. down to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-26
MOBILIZE FOR MAY DAY

following partial list of International May Day meetings
by the Communist Party and sympathetic The
districts Immediately for listing the dates
halls of their ry Day meetings Except where
oherwis noted meetings May /.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-26
SANITARY HEADS
IN WILD SPREE
Tammany Shields Orgy
Of Chicago Officials

CHICAGO, April %. (UP)-
Tammany FALL was drawn into the
Grand Jury investigation of the
Chicago Sanitary District today.
Following up reports that officers
of the district staged a riotous
party at the Waldorf Astoria in
party at the Waldorf Astoria in New
York with public funds, Assistant
States Attorney Frank J. Loesch
New Workers also took part in the
celebration.
Last week the Grand Jury was
told that a delegation of sanitary
district officials, headed by T. j.
Grove, former president, chartered
a club car to New York and put on
such a wild party at the Waldorf
that the bill for broken furniture
and liquor was more than $4,000.
Evidence Refused.
The delegation from the West
started out for Washington where
the sanitary district officials were
to testify at a lake diversion hear
ing. They we're said to have spent
only few hours in the capital, how
ever, before going to New York.
The party atsthe Waldorf was in
1927 and Loesch said he had learned
that the Tammany Congressman
Joined the Chicago junket at South
Bend, where he had attended a
Notre Dame University football
game. He went on to Washington
in the private club car and thence
to New York, where he and Mayor
Walkers welcomer are said to have
given the keys of New York 20 the
visitors and to have witnessed their
Misunderstanding gaiety at the
uptown hotel
Loesch said that when he went to
New York to INVESTIGATE the $4,000
expenditure r. "s-llsed by Tam
many influer~ obtaining the
Information he desired.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-26
MEMBERSHIP IN
Revolt; GANG
RUNS TO COVER
National Miner Union
Appeals to Militants

WEST FRANKFORT, ILL.,, (By
MaiD Widespread explosions and
heavy fines of grafters in Local
4173 of the United Mine Workers
marked the all-night session of the
local here the other night.
Forced to eoncede to the pressure
from the disconnected rank and file,
the corrupt machine in control of
the local was obliged to Sacrifice"
its own henchmen, in order to make
the gesture of presenting a stain
less record to the suspicious men,
bership. The largest local in the
country, Local 4173, covers the New
Orient Call Mine, the biggest in the
world.
Expel Grafters.
President Al Mitten, notorious
tool of the Fishwick-Lewis machine,
was expelled for so years. Charley
Robinson, as corrupt as Fishwick,
district president, and former sec
rotary, was expelled for SO years.
The vice-president was removed
from office. Financial Secretary
Joe Robbins was removed and fined
$1,000. John Patterson, recording
secretary, was fired and fined $500.
Treasurer c. D. Macdonald will be
tried at the next meeting.
The grating activity of the ex-
PEELED officials was common knowl-
edge throughout the district. When,
however, it was disclosed that they
had received $4,000 from DR.. Estus
for the privilege of treating" the
miners with pills (for which service
the doctor gets $3.50 month from
the miners), the officialdom was
forced to take action.
Sell job to Doctor.
When the doctor went to a loan
company to raise the money to buy
the job the manager of the COM
pany made an affidavit to that eff
feet. One of the tellers spread the
story, giving the details of the di-
vision of the money.
Up to noon today Fishwick, Fox
and Company had not yet rein
stated their fellow takers. This
action is only a question of time,
however, since the miner grafters
have damaging information on the
big men. The revelations only add
to the disgust of the rank and file of
the union. Incidentally the story
adds to the prestige of the Nationa,
Miners Union, which fights the en-
croadhments of the operators along
Industrial lines, always expressing
the militant aspirations of the rank
and file.
no'a Join the NM.U.
National Miners Union men, how
ever, point out to the dissatisfied
workers of the corrupt U.M. WA.
that discomfort alone will achieve
nothing. They appeal to them to
abandon the U.M.W.A., where graft
is necessary feature of the rule of
officially sanctioned, entrenched
bureaucracy. Many locals of the
U.M.W.A. have already joined. and
continue to join, the militant union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-26
Middle West Plans for Big
Nav Day Demonstration
Gather in Union Park, Chicago, Near Scene of
Haymarket Affair of 1886

Throughout the middle vest and particularly in Illinois,
Wisconsin Indiana the observance of May Day this
will take of character than many past
The meeting arrangements practically everywhere in
hands of conferences Of organizations which have responded
the call of the Communist Party The following paragraphs
give idea of part of the meetings already arranged for
Wednesday. Nav 1St.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-26

Continue to follow the Daily
Worker in its exposure of housing
conditions thruOut the city.
Tenants are invited to write let
tiers to the Daily Worker about
their apartments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-26
LATIN AMERICANS
Toll LONG HOURS
TO PAY HIGH RENT
12-Y ear-Old Girl Acts
as Housewife
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
a very busy housewife and did not
have very much time to spare.
ooh, we are Spanish, you know.
We come from Cuba. l used to know
how to speak Spanish, but l have
forgotten"
Consumption.
They are not Spaniards, although
they are called that because they
speak the language. Most of the
families here are native Cubans or
Porto Ricans.
The body of the girl is very thin
and you think that if she continues
very much longer cleaning this I'M
ventilated flat and manipulating the
pans after hours in school, and may
be later going to join her sister in
the laundry, that she will be one of
those many consumptives living in
Harlem.
ANOTHER worker living in this
II house has been unemployed for
almost year. He is plumber, and
had his leg broken when a sink fell
on it. He was in the hospital for
months and could not work after he
came out. Now he finds an odd job
here and there in the tenements. His
wife is the wage-earner. She works
at the CATHEDRAL of st. John, the
Divine, as a scrub woman, and when
she works she gets 81 day for IL
hours of work. But she is only en-
ployed a few days a week. They pay
S27 for the 8 room apartment, for
which white family had previously
paid SIS.
A Porto Rican, who has four chill
dren and pays $26 for four rooms,
works as a laborer for the city. His
income in uncertain for he must de-
pend upon the weather. During the
last week, for instance, his total pay
amounted to about $40.
We cite these few cases-there
are more like them in the building
just to show how the worker, doubly
exploited both in industry and in the
tenements because of his color, is
completely at the mercy of that class
Of parasites who rule this country.
Some Figures.
THE houses in this block are fairly
representative of the other tene-
ments in the section. In the survey
made by the State Housing Commits
sion it was found that 1872 per cent
Of the tenants living in the block be-
tween 103rd and 104th and Second
and Third Avenues, paid So per room
per month or below The rents have
increased about 70 per cent over
February 1909, which is about the
average rent increase for that period
for all of New York City.
1t was found that in January 1928,
the average rent paid for apart
ments in this block was S24.36.
= 81
Continue to follow the Daily
Worker in its exposure of housing
conditions thruOut the city.
Tenants are invited to write let
ters to the Daily Worker about
their apartments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-26
CAvE.IN HURTS WORKER.

MILWAUKEE,, (By Mail) .-Har-
ry Abas, a worker, was severely in
jured when buried under a cave-in
while at work for the Hahn Con-
struction Co. He was rescued by
feiloY workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-26


Philadelphia Speakers: R. Minor H. Benjamin.
Negro speaker.
Chester Speakers Ben Thomas and YWCL speaker
Allentown, Speakers, L. Lemley speaker
WlkesBarre s p. m.
Scranton May A. Center Lackawanna Ave-
Minersvile, p. m.
Easton and Bethlehem p. m.
Erie May 2:30 Scandinavian ST. Speaker:
J. Campbell.
RHODE ISLAND
Providence, p. Speakers: J. r. Reid L. NardeIa
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco Eagle Hall, 273 Ave. Speakers:
E. Gardos A. Whitney, d. Ettlnge Negro Mexican and YWL
speakers.
Oakland April 80 Fraternity Hail. 70S Perala Speakers: E.
CARLOS, A. Whitney, Chaplick, M. Martin.
Eureka April II. Speaker E. Gardos
Fort Bragg April 20. Speaker E. CARLOS.
Sacramento May Open-ar (Park) Speakers M Daniels E.
Gardes.
Los Angeles. Details to be announced.
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis Speakers Devine YWC speakers
St. Paul. Street meeting 10th Capito),
then parade 435 Rice St Indoor meeting,
Pat Devine, c. Korsen, YWCL and Pioneers.
Duluth Speakers: H. Puro, W. Watkins
Chisholm p n. Local speakers. ----~---- = -
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-26

Demonstrate on May Day your
solidarity with the oppressed Ne
gro race. Long live political, So
cial and racial equality for the Ne
gro masses.