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VOL. XXV. No. 17
By JOSEPH A. WISE5
0taff Correspondent, International
Labor News Service
Chicago.—Victor A. Olander, sec
retary-treasurer of -the Illinois Sta^e
Federation of Labor, has directed the
attention of International Labor
News Service to the dangerous char
acter of the literature being circulat
ed by Chicago agents of the Third
International to promote attendance
at the American Negro Labor Con
gress, which, it has been annourtCeta,
will be held in this city October 25.
..... Mr. Olander's comments had par
ticular reference to a new four-page,
seven-column newspaper called the
Negro Champion. The publication
office is given as 19 South Lincoln
street, Chicago, but it is actually edit
ed and printed at the office of the
Daily Worker, official mouthpiece in
America of the soviet authorities of
Russia.
Attempt to Hide Place of Origin
A studied effort has been made to
cover up the bolshevik character of
the Negro Champion and its place of
origin, the number accompanying the
union label of the Allied Printing
Trades Council even having been bat
tered so that it would be difficult to
trace where the paper is being print
ed.
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efforts at concealment were
dhfildish, however, as it is known that
tfie publication is issued from the
headquarters of William Z. Foster
and Cf E. Ruthenberg, American
agents of the Third international.
Vicious Cartoon Features Issue
A vicious cartoon, labeled "The
New Big Three," appears on the first
page of a late issue of the Negro
Champion. China, India and Africa
are repi'esented by three gigantic and
sinister figures gloating over three
small and cowering figures represent
ing the United States, Great Britain
and France. Back of the three giants
Stands a soviet soldier with a rifle
slung across his back. The author of
the cartoon is Robert Minor, the
notorious communist cartoonist.
Virtually the entire contents of the
publication are designed to arouse
race prejudice and antagonism and to
j&rray the peoples of China, India and
Africa against the white race.
Chicago Negro Edits Paper
The name of Lovett Fort-White
man, organizer of the Negro Labor
Congress, is given as the editor of the
Negro Champion. He is a Chicago
negro who is said to have spent nine
COMMUNISTS
"FISHING" FOR
NEGRO SUPPORT
Chicago.—Masking under the title
"committee for organizing American
negro labor congress," the commun
ists have called a meeting of the con
gress in this city October 25 next.
~"Trade unions affiliated to the A. F.
of L. are being circulated for names
of negro workers, but no intimation
of the communists' connection with
this movement is given. The commit
tee issues a paper from 19 South Lin
coln street, this city, the headquar
ters of the labor defense council and
other activities under which the com
munists operate.
The committee has issued the usual
call fo$ funds, and every Effort is
made to associate the latest "boring
from within" with bona fide union
ism.
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Olander Denounces Efforts of
Reds to Arouse Race Hatred
Between Whites and Blacks
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months in .Russia, after which he was
sent back to America to assist W. Z.
Foster and his crowd in bolshevizing
the negro race in this country.'
"Fort-Whiteman is lik^ a man
carrying a flaming torch through dry
grass," said Secretary Olander.
"He seems to be deliberately fan
ning the embers of racial misunder
standing and suspicion with the fear
ful purpose of causing them to burst
into a scorching flame of racial hatred.
Cartoons Stir Race Hatred
"The cartoons which appear in his
paper ignore economic and political
issues almost entirely and make a di
rect appeal to racial antagonism in
a manner calculated not only to set
the negro against the white, but also
to arouse distrust against the negro.
"It is peculiar that this scheme to
arouse racial antagonism was inaug
urated immediately after the Amer
ican Federation of Labor has an
nounced its purpose to enter upon a
great organizing campaign among all
classes ofV workers in the United
States, including negroes as well as
whites."
TEACHERS URGE
New Capital School Be
Named After Late Sam
uel Gompers
By International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.—The educa
tional authorities of the District of
Columbia are urged to name a public
school building after the late Samuel
Gompers, in resolutions approved by
the American Federation of Teachers,
in -annual convention at Chicago.
Copies of the resolution have just
been received here by the American
Federation of Labor. The resolution
is as follows:
"Whe reas, the history of the or
ganized labor movement of America
is largely the narration of the
achievement of its labor statesman,
Samuel Gompers and,
"Whereas, Samuel Gompers died
serving the labor movement and gave
his last bit of strength in cementing
the friendship of the labor movement
df Mexico and the United States
and,
"Whereas, Samuel Gompers has al
ways been an outstanding champion
of the cause of public education which
was brought into being because of
labor's unstinted efforts and support,
and,
"Whereas, School buildings are be
ing erected in the capital and named
after men and women who have made
noteworthy contributions to the de
velepoment of the euntry and,
"Whereas, Samuel Gompers has not
only made such contributions to his
country, but to the development of
public education as well therefore be
it
"Resolved, That the American Fed
eration of Teachers endeavor to se
cure legislation authorizing the com
missioners and the board of educa
tion of the District of Columbia to
name the firSV buildings hereafter to
be erected in the District of Columbia
as the Sampel Gompers school and
be it further
"Resolved,
NThat
a copy of this
resolution be transmitted to the
American Federation of Labor."
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By International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.—William Gi'een,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, has entered a vigorous pro
test against the reduction of wages
ordered in the textile industry.
In a letter to Robert Amory, presi
dent of the National Association of
Cotton Manufacturers, and Andrew
G. Pierce, president of the American
Woolen Company, President Green
declared that the reduction "was not
based upon reason, fairness or Jus
tice."
Wrong to Reduce Purchasing Power
"Your action represents the power
of force and might," h6 said. "It is
economically and morally wrong to
reduce the purchasing power of the
workers engaged in textile manufac
turing through the imposition, by
force, of a reduction in wages while
wage levels are being maintained in
practically all other lines of indus
try.
President Green points out that the
textile industry enjoys the benefits
of a high protective tariff. He said
that reductions in wages are not pro
posed and are not being forced upon
the workers in other industries. In
fact, in many industries increases in
wages are being granted, he added.
The letter to the two presidents is
as follows:
Cut Difficult to Understand
"Press reports carry the infor
mation that the American Woolen
Company is engaged in putting into
effect a 10 per cent reduction in the
wages of its employes and that other
manufacturing concerns engaged in
the manufacture of textiles in certain
New England states are following
the same policy.
"It seemed strikingly strange and
most difficult to understand why
manufacturers who are the beneficiar
ies of such a high protective tariff,
as those engaged iji the textile manu
facturing industry, would be the first
to attempt to impose a reduction in
the- wages of their workers. Certainly
if there is one industry in America
which enjoys the benefits of a high
protective tariff more than any other
industry it is the textile industry.
Wages Maintained in Other Indus
tries
"Reductions in wages are not pro
posed and are not being forced upon
the workers in other industries.
Present existing wage levels are be
ing maintained while in some locali
ties increases in wages are being se
cured, consequently the attitude of
your company and that of other tex
tile manufacturing interests, in forc
ing reductions in wages, is not in
keeping with the general industrial
and economic policies being followed
by other manufacturing interests.
Existing economic facts- make your
position unjustifiable and indefensi
ble.
"Living costs do not justify a re
duction in wages and certainly when
you take into account the high pro
tective tariff which your industry en
joys competition can not be offered
as justification for your action. Be
sides, it is economically -and morally
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Action of Mill Executives
Represents Power of Might,
President Green Declares
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A. F. of L. Head Makes Strong Protest
Against Wage CuJ? in Textile Industry
wrong to reduce the purchasing power
of the workers engaged in textile
manufacturing through the imposi
tion, by forces, or a reduction in
wages while wage levels are being
maintained in practically all other
lines of industry.
Workers Forced to Lower Standards
"How can the workers in the tex
tile industry sustain a reduced pur
chasing power through the imposition
of a substantial reduction in wages
and at the same time maintain and
enjoy a standard of living commen
surate with American citizenship? If
their wages are reduced how can they
buy goods manufactured by your in
dustry and other industries in such
volume and character as to maintain
prosperity throughout the land?
"The logical conclusion is that the
workers in your industry are being
forced, through a reduction in wages,
to lower their living standards below
that of the workers employed in other
lines of American industry. The rep
reshensible featui-e of it is that this
is a forced reduction in wages. The
workers have not been consulted re
garding acceptance or rejection. It is
a reduction in wages that has been
imposed and enforced in spite of the
opposition and protest of the work
ers affected. The representatives of
the textile manufacturing interests
cannot justify their position before
the American people, either econom
ically or morally.
Wage Reductions Economic Wrong
"As president of the American
Federation of Labor, I offer a most
vigorous protest against the imposi
tion of this economic wrong. Your
action represents the power of force
and might. It is not based upon rea
son, fairness and justice. In behalf
of the working men and women of
America for whom I have the author
ity to speak, I repeat again my sol
emn protest."
CHINESE WORKERS
Striking For Decent Living
Conditions to Receive
Canadian Union
ists' Aid
Vancouver, British Columbia.—The
Trades, and Labor Council demands
that those responsible for firing on
unarmed striking Chinamen at Shang
hai be punished. Indemnity for the
families of the killed and injuretLand
the withdrawal of foreign warships
from China are also demanded.
The trouble can be traced to brutal
treatment and starvation wages paid
Chinese workers by foreign exploit
ers, according to the Chinese benevo
lent association of Vancouver. The
strike started at Tsingtao, near
Shanghai, in cotton mills owned by
Japanese capitalists. The mills em
ploy child labor between 6 and 12
years of age. Working conditions in
clude the 12-hour day, the seven-day
week, a holiday on rare occasions,
and $3 a month in Shanghai money.
A commission of which one-half
were mill owners investigated these
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conditions and agreed to their cor
rectness. The mill formen are Jap
anese. If the children attempted to
play they were beaten. If the par
ents object, they, too, were victims
of this brutality.
The Tsingtoo workers struck, and
later the Shanghai workers jioned in
sympathy. The latter^ paraded and
the police interfered. One striker was
killed. Shanghai students then ar
ranged a demonstration, but were shot
down by Indian police, led by British
officers.
FUR WORKERS ON STRIKE
New York.—The International Fur
Workers' Union has issued an appeal
to these workers to aid a general
strike of Montreal fur workers.
The strikers are asking for union
recognition, wage increases and the
creation of an arbitration board.
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By International Labor News Service.
Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis
Typographical Union No. 1 has start
ed an effort to bring the 1927 con
vention of the International Typo
graphical Union to this city. The
convention will be the celebration of
the seventy-fifth anniversary of the
founding of the union, the year mark
ing the jubilee not only of the inter
national union but of Union No. 1.
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By International Labor News Service.
Indianapolis, Ind.—In a report on
th(^ strike situation in the Fairmont
fields of West Virginia, Van A. Bitt
ner, international representative in
that field, has issued a statement to
the. public of West Virginia in which
he exposes the duplicity of the oper
ators in the matter of putting the
so-called "American plan" into force
in the coal fields of that district.
The statement points out that the
Bethlehem Mining Corporation, the
Dawson Coal Company, the Weaver
interests and other big mining con
terns of that state have repudiated
their solemn agreement with the min
ers and "are attempting to hide their
faithlessness and perfidy behind the
stars and stripes by calling their un
holy scheme of breaking a contract,
'the American plan.' This action of
abrogating their contract with the
United Mine Workers of America is
an insult to the honor and intelligence
of every man calling himself an
American."
The statement further sets out that
the companies in question met the
INDIANAPOLIS
Begins Drive to Win 1927
Typos' Convention
The recent acquisition of new in
ternational headquarters here is also
advanced as one of the prime reasons
why the union should hold the 1927
convention here.
Wijliam J. Spires, assistant to John
H. Hays, secretary-treasurer of the
union, will officially present the In
dianapolis invitation to the conven
tion which meets at Kalamazoo,
Mich., August 11.
Delegates to the Indiana state con
ference of typographical unions which
met at Crawforlsville unanimously
indorsed the move for the convention
fiere and will urge the matter before
the Kalamazoo meeting.
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COMPANY "UNION"
OPPOSES WAGE RAISE
New York.—Officers of the com
pany "union" of the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company have voted
to postpone a wage increase that was
urged by these unorganized em
ployes.
Officers of the "union" had a half
hour talk with the management and
were assured that the financial affairs
of the company will not permit an
increase. This seemed satisfactory,
and the "union" representatives join
ed with the management in deferring
action.
As the fight for a wage increase
has been shifted to the company
"union," the management is delight
ed' with their trade union substitute.
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United Mine Workers at Baltimore
and formulated what is known as the
Baltimore agreem'ent, and that after
signing the contract "cast saide every
principle upon which Americanism is
founded and adopted the kaiser's
principle of dishonoring contracts."
Van Bittner charges that the coal
companies broke faith with the min-*
ers by the use of armed gunmen and
yellow dog contracts. He further
charges that they—
Evicted defenseless men and women
from their homes.
Attempted to bribe local officials
of
the United Mine Workers of America.
Threatened to shut off the water
supply liom miners' homes at Wyatt,
West Virginia.
Shut down the mines and adopted
a process of starvation against men,
women and children.
In closing his statement, Bittner
says: "The United Mine Workers of
America is now in West Virginia
fighting for the only real American
plan known in this great country of
ours for faithful observance of con
tract, viz: the United Mine Workers
of America. The union will continue
to battle in northern West Virginia
until these coal companies are taught
that the God-given commandment,
'Thou shalt not lie,' prevails in West
Virginia."
PAINTERS RAISE WAGES
Elmira, N. Y.—After a two-weeks'
strike, painters raised wages cents
an hour. The new rate is 95 cents.
Neponset and Congoleum, yard.
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