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KENTUCKY POLICE
TORTURE NEGRO
INTO CONFESSION
Sentenced to Be Hung
March 5; Asks Re-Trial
LEXINGTON, Ky„ March 2.—Ed
ward Harris, Negro, who was sentenc
ed to hang on March 5, In the court
yard here following a trial that last
ed thirteen minutes for the alleged!
raping of a white woman, denies that
he ever committed the crime and
cadis upon his lawyers to appeal his
case.
At the time of the Harris trial sev
eral detachments of troops armed
with riot guns and tear gas bombs
and armored tanks patrolled the
streets about the court-house to keep
the mob that had gathered around
the court room from lynching Harris.
Railroad Negro to Gallows.
The trial was a cut and dried affair.
The sheriff was the only witness for
the state and he gave what was pur
ported to be a ‘'confession” of Har
ris admitting that he had raped the
woman. From the time that the trial
opened until sentence was passed and
Harris bundled Into a fast automobile
took just thirteen minutes. From the
moment he was arrested up to the
passing of his sentence, Harris was
not allowed to see any of his colored
friend*.
Harris, unable to get in touch with
any of his friends and unable to get
a lawyer was told that the Judge
would appoint a lawyer. The judge
appointed three lawyers to “defend”
Harris. No attempt was made on the
part of the lawyers to defend Har
ris. Upon the judge asking whether
he had anything to say before the
sentence was passed, Harris realizing
that if the trial exonerated him, he
would still have to face the mob, de-'
dared: ‘‘l’ve got nothing to fight
this case with. I pleads guilty.”
Denies “Confession.”
Shortly after, a “confession” was
widely printed In which It was al
leged that Harris admitted his
“crime.” Harris denies that he ever
made this confession and declares
many of the statements which the
sheriff made in a purported confession
at the "trial,” were forced from him
thru torture that lasted for many
hours and the constant threat that
he would be released for the mob to
finish.
Harris denies that he raped Bry
ant’s wife and declares if given an
opportunity, he will force her to prove
her accusations. At the time of the
trial Mrs. Bryant did not attend the
trial as It was claimed she was “too
ill” and “too shocked.” Harris is also
accused of killing Bryant, with whom
lie was associated in bootlegging
white mule, and Bryant’s two chil
dren. Bryant had been released from
prison but one day before the alleged
murder.
Lawyers Refuse Harris' Pleas.
The lawyers that Harris had Ap
pointed to represent him in the trial
by the judge refuse to appeal the
case. At the time of the trial despite
Harris’ plea they fight for a change
of venue, the lawyers refused to do
so. When they were approached as
to whether attempts would be made
to stay the banging and appeal to a
higher court, the lawyers showed
their disdain for the Negro and de
clared that Harris had "committed
the crime” while crazed by wood al
cohol that Bryant had given him to
drink.”
New Orleans Daily
Lauds ‘Majah’ Berry
for Strike-Breaking
NEW ORLEANS— (FP)—The Daily
States of New Orleans in a 2-column
spread eulogizes George L. Berry, In
ternational president of pressmen's
union, for declaring that a strike is
a crime, followed by an account of
the troubles In New York, where he
walkod into a meeting of the press
men’s union and with several blows
of his fist felled to the floor members
of that organization who did not agree
with him in his demand that the 1923
strike be called off, using brute force
when persuasion failed. He also ad
vertised for and brought to New York
600 men to break the local’s strike.
Before his departure from New Or
leans Berry obligated Robt. E. Ewing,
owner of the Daily States, as an hon
orary member of the pressmen’s or
ganization. The Daily States is a
scab publication as far as the typogra
phical union Is concerned, having
broken Its contract with the union 11
years ago, when It locked out Its
printers without an opportunity to ar
bitrate. The pressroom of the Daily
Countess Asks That
Kellogg Tell Truth
(Special to The Daily Worker)
WASHINGTON. March 2—Countess
Catherine Karolyi of Hungary, thru
her attorneys, asked Secretary of
State Kellogg today to specify under
which of 115 different sub-divisions of
the Immigration law, or the 46 sec
tions of the sume law, he excluded
her from this country.
The countess contended, in a brief
filed in the district supreme court,
that Kellogg's explanation to her
mandamus suit that he had merely
acted “under the Immigration law,”
'Hus evasive, vague and non-con-
cftiaive.
Check-Off Agreement
Ends Strike of the
Nova Scotia Miners
(Special to The Daily Worker)
GLACE BAY, N. S., March 2 lt
is expected that a two • year wage
agreement will bo signed this week
between the British Empire Steel cor
poration and the United Mine Work
ers of America executives. The com
pany has agreed to restore the check
off. The contract is based on the re
cent report of the royal commission
which was adverse to the miners’
claims. For the last three months the
miners have been working under a
temporary agreement. This marks the
formal ending of one of the most cost
ly and bitterly fought labor conflicts
in all Canadian history.
NEW YORKLABOR
SENDS PASSAIC
STRIKERS RELIEF
GarmentWorkers’ Union
Donates SI,OOO
PASSAIC, N. J.. March 2. Labor
and fraternal organizations all over
the country are coming to the sup
port of the strikers of six New Jer
sey textile mills who are in the fifth
week of their strike. The Dressmak
ers’ Joint Board of the International
Ladies’ Garment Workers, New York,
voted a contribution of 11.000. An
other New York union is making ar
rangements to donate one day’s pay
which will bring In a large sum. Lo
cal No. 22 of the garment workers has
made a contribution of 1300. Many
other contributions have been receiv
ed to swell the relief fund.
An initial donation of $250 has been
received from Mrs. Stephen L. Wise,
chairman of the child adoption com
mittee of the Free Synagogue of New
York. Fannie Hurst, prominent no'Vel
ist, spent a day visiting the strikers’
homes and declared that “unbeliev
able conditions absolutely justified
the strike, and that wage cuts under
the circumstances were an incredible
act.” Rebecca West, a well-known
English novelist, also visited the
strike district with a view to report
ing conditions.
Arrangements are being made for a
permanent auditing committee of the
books of the relief organization. A
committee composed of Carl Holder
man of the American Federation of
Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers,
Branch 7 (Paterson), L. Stein, of the
Associated Silk Workers (Patterson),
and a representative of the American
Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery
Workers, Branch 17, (Passaic) met In
conference early this week and went
over the books of the general relief
committee and declared its intention
of establishing a permanent auditing
committee to answer unfounded slurs
on the disposition of relief funds.
The first Issue of the Textile Strike
Bulletin has appeared and Is being
distributed. It will be issued regular
ly twice a week In the future, and car
ry the strikers’ true story of condi
tions and progress of the strike as
well as reports on relief.
Send all contributions to the Gener
al Relief Committee of Textile Strik
ers, 743 Main Ave., Passaic, N. J.
White Prejudice Blocks
Printing Negro Paper
(Special to The Dally Worker)
S. BROWNSVILLE, Pa., March 2
The Civic Guide, a small weekly mag
azine which was to have been printed
for the Negro Civic League, the lead
ing Negro fraternal organization of
the section, will not be printed for
some weeks yet, due to the attitude
of the landlord who owns the building
in which the present printing plant
Is housed.
The Economy Printing plant, owned
by Manteo Herring and located on
Bridge street, In the basement of the
Morrow brothers building, was en
gaged to do the printing. He will not
he able to do the work, due to the
water which the landlord allows to
run down from his store to the base
ment.
Rights Guaranteed Only by Force.
Mr. Herring has made every effort
to get the owners of the building to
protect his shop, but about all that
they will say to him is that he “must
pay all the rent” or be sold out for
the amount. The owner of this store
signed a contract to keep water from
running down from their floor to the
basement but up to this time has done
nothing.
The colored man of North and
South Brownsville are watching to see
what these men will do. They say:
We can see that the office seekers
will say anything when they want to
get our votes. They can plead a
square deal. We see not the least sign
of a square deal in the Morrow Bros,
and Patterson, in this case. From now
on we will see to it that we do as they
have done —look for ourselves.”
Took Bible Literally.
HUNTINGTON. Ind., March 2--Be
cause he built a huge blaze In the kit
chen stove with the announced Inten
tion of offering his three children as
a “sacrifice to the lord" Joe Randall
laborer of near Huntington, pas en
route today to the eastern Indiana
insane hospital at Richmand for ob
servation. "I had a dream and god
told me to do it,” Randall said when
officers arrived.
CHINESE BOYGOTT
CAUSES A HUGE
LOSS TO ENGLISH
50 Percent Slump Hits
British Merchants
CANTON, March 2—The effective
ness of the strike boycott of Hong
kong is disclosed in the publication
of the statistics of its shipping for
the third quarter of last year. Im
ports of the 25 principal commodities
dropped from approximately $58,-
000,000, the 1924 total, to $29,000-
000, or one-half. Exports in the same
period slumped from $44,000,000 to
$23,500,000, almost one-half.
Shipping statistics confirm the ter
rific losses suffered by the British. In
1924, Hongkong registered an average
arrival of 210 vessels a day, with a
tonnage of 156,154 tons. For the third
quarter of 1925, the average was only
34 ships daily with a tonnage of 55,-
819 tons.
Shares Are Hard Hit.
The stocks and bonds of the Hong
kong banks and sugar refining, elec
tric, and other industries have suffer
ed enormous declines. Three thou
sand bankruptcies have taken place.
The finances of this city, on the oth
er hand, are in excellent shape. Trade
and industry are progressing.
• • •
Chamberlain, The Liar.
LONDON, March 2. —The hypocrisy
of British statesmen in dealing with
the imperialist policies of the empire
is revealed by the reassuring state
ment in the house of commons of Aus
ten Chamberlain that ‘‘the attitude of
patience and conciliation “adopted by
the British government in the pres
ent situation in China is bearing fruit
in the slow but steady restoration of
friendship and good will between the
British and Chinese peoples” with the
actual fact that just a day before
his address the armed forces of the
British In Hongkong had paraded that
city from early morning until late at
night in an effort to Intimidate the
Chinese. The forces included the
Punjabis, a regiment of natives of In
dia brot here to support British im
perialism.
* * *
Fear a “Red” China.
LONDON, March 2. —The possibility
of China turning "Red” in her strug
gle against foreign shackles is em
phasized in the report on China, com
piled for the department of overseas
trade by M. Brett. “The growth of
the labor movement,” he concludes,
“and the danger of its diversion to
purely political ends, is one of the
most dangerous symptoms in the pres
ent state of China, and so long as
this threat continues to exist the in
vestment of foreign capital in indus
trial enterprises in this country will
be attended with grave risk.”
The British have recently sent $3,-
000,000 to Hongkong for anti-Bolshe
vist propaganda. The frequent arm
ed displays of British strength in that
city have the same object.
'BATH-TUB GIRL’
APPEARS BEFORE
N. Y. GRAND JURY
Joyce Hawley Demands
SIOO,OOO Damages
NEW YORK, March 2.—Joyce Haw
ley, pretty young lingerie model
whose wine bath featured Earl Car
roll’s sensational party at his theater
here recently, wag to appear late to
day before the March federal grand
jury, which is “investigating” the
party.
Carroll who appeared before the
February grand jury when the in
quiry started, was to be another wit
ness.
Miss Hawley was to be questioned
concerning the story that she climbed
Into a tub of wine and ladled drinks
to the guests. Carroll was to be ask
ed where he obtained the wine and
who also was involved with him in
procuring It.
According to Morton Abrahams,
Miss Hawley’s attorney, she has not
Received the SI,OOO fee which she says
Carroll promised her for going thru
with her ‘‘stunt.” She has threatened
to sue the producer for SIOO,OOO dam
ages.
Russ Inventor Designs
New Wariometer
MOSCOW, U, S. S. R„ March 2,—A
new appliance for the measuring of
deviations from normal gravitation
has been perfected by Prof Nikiforov
senior physicist of the Academy of
Sciences. The advantages of the new
appliance over the old types of gravi
tation variometers consist In that It
affords the of registering
from 20 to 40 deviations per day,
whereas with the old Instrument it
was only possible to take two records
dally. The appliance is quite port
able and convenient for field observa
tions.
You do the job twice ns well—
when you distribute a bundle of
The DAILY WORKER with y<fv
story in it,
THE DAILY WORKER
7,663 People JPnmp
Christian Dope Into
the Chinese Daily
(Spacial to The Diliy Worker)
NEW YORK, MarcA 2 Statistics
show that there are 7,663 people, In
cluding in that number the members
of their families, engaged in mission
ary work in 740 different cities of
China. They are distributed as fol
lows:
Shanghai, 554; Peking, 284; Canton,
265; Nanking, 220; Chengtu, 203; Foo
chow, 188; Changsha, 123; Hankow,
153; Tsinanfu, 123; Wuchang, 103;
Tientsin, 99; Hangchow, 91; and
Hongkong, 84. -
MINNESOTA CALLS
A FARMER-LABOR
STATE (MEK
County Conventions Will
Be Held First
(Special to The Daily Worker)
MINNEAPOLIS, March 2.—The call
for the state convention of the Farm
er Labor Association of Minnesota
has been issued. It will be held in
St. Paul, March 26 and 27 in the La
bor Temple. Delegates to the state
convention will be apportioned accord
ing to the vote for governor on the
farmer-labor ticket in the last elec
tion, each county to be entitled to one
delegate for each 1,000 votes or major
fraction thereof.
Hennepin County Convention.
County conventions are already being
prepared. Hennepin county, consist
ing of Minneapolis and vicinity, which
Is entitled to 70 delegates to the state
conference, will hold Its convention
Thursday evening, March 11. This
convention, according to article IV,‘
section 1 of the state Farmer Labor
Association constitution, will be lim
ited to the election of delegates to
the state convention and to the adop
tion of resolutions pertaining to the
present political situation and to the
aims and aspirations of the farmer
labor movement. The county conven
tion will not nominate county or dis
trict candidates for office, but will
refer these nominations to a special
nominations convention to be held
later.
County Call Sent Out.
The call for the county convention
will be sent to all organizations form
erly affiliated to the Farmer Labor
Federation as well as to all organ
izations eligible to representation ac
cording to the constitution of the as
sociation. Article riTOf the constitu
tion reads. “. . . Its (the F. L. A.)
purpose shall be to unite all farmer,
labor and other kindred organizations,
and unorganized elements which sup
port independent political action by
economic groups, Into a political as
sociation . . Altho the call will be
sent out Immediately, all local organ
izations meeting before the call is re
ceived are urged to affiliate (if unaf
filiated) and to elect representatives
to the county convention.
Basis of Representation.
Each local organization, union or
ward club, with not less than 10 mem
bers, will be entitled to one delegate,
plus one for each 100 members or ma
jor fraction thereof, not to exceed
three delegates. This will be the ba
sis of representation at the county
convention. Representation to the
state convention will be as follows:
“Article IV, section 2. Delegates to
the state envention shall be based
upon the vote cast for governor on
the farmer labor party ticket at the
preceding state election. Each county
shall be entitled to one delegate for
each 1,000 votes or major fraction
thereof cast for the farmer-labor can
didate for governor in said county at
the preceding state election and one
or more delegates from a county may
cast the full quota vote allotted to
said county at any state convention
in case of the absence of any dele
gates from said county,”
Chamorro Agents in Washington.
WASHINGTON—(FP)—March 2.
Agents of Gen. Chamorro, unrecog
nized dictator of Nicaragua, have had
a talk with the chief of the bureau of
Latin-American affairs in the state de
partment. They have beoh refused
any interview with the secretary, and
have been reminded that the United
States will neither recognize Chamor
ro nor encourage any of his financial
moves in New York.
IV
OAK PARK AND AUSTIN
WORKERS HOLD BUNCO
, AND TEA PARTY TONIGHT
A celebration—the firet of Ita
kind to be hold in the Auetln and
Oak Park territory will take place
at Wickatrom'a 1015 North Taylor
Ave., Oak Park, 111., tonight, In the
form of a bunco and tea party.
The lucky one* will receive good
prizes in the form of books. English
tea and the beet of Swedish pastry
will be served.
Ells Peterson, editor of the Ny
Tld, Swedish organ of the Workers
(Communist) Party, will deliver a
short talk on the International La
bor Defense. Admission to thia
grand social will epst fifty centa.
The affair la arranged under the
auspices of Nucleus No, 33, Section
No. 6, and the proceeds will go to
the Zelglsr miners' defense.
Brockton Is Proud of
the Revolution That Is
150 Years in the Past
By J. LOUIS ENGOAHL.
“pEVOLUTION!” is today a hated
-*■*' word by the ruling class in
the shoe town of Brockton, Mass.
But it was very different 150 years
ago.
Then the call to “Revolution!” rang
thru this neighborhood, and every
able-bbdied man was supposed to re
spond to the call to arms. All who
did not were denounced as royalists—•
traitors.
• • •
This year is the 150th since the
signing of the Declaration of Inde
pendence. It will be celebrated far
and wide as an event of‘the greatest
historical significance.
The American revolutionists of 150
years ago will be lauded as great
heroes to be honored by all the peo
ple.
But Anthony Bimba, the revolution
ist of 1926, the Communist editor, has
been on trial here these past few days,
prosecuted by a Lithuanian Jew, who
has forsaken the religion of his fath
ers to join the Unitarian church and
do the dirty work of the profit-seeking
New England capitalist class. He Is
denounced as a seditionist in addition
to being charged as a blasphemer.
« * *
I dropped in at the local library. A
young man was at the book counter.
I asked if they had a history of
Brockton. He produced with pride a
bulky volume.
It was with the tremendous words
of the court prosecutor, questioning
about “force and violence,” “over
throw of the government,” "revolu
tion,” still ringing in my ears, that I
turned the pages of this historic book
and came to a whole chapter set apart
under the heading of “The Revolu
tionary War.” It starts out with this
proud claim:
“No period in the history of the
world is more interesting, or more
full of moral and political instruc
tion than that of the American revo
lution.”
The author recites with pride the
growing resistance of the colonists to
the tyrannical rule of the British
king. The colonial legislatures passed
resolutions protesting the right of the
king to impose taxes without permit
ting representation in his royal par
liament. This gave rise to the famous
slogan, “No Taxation Without Repre
sentation!”
When the king’s government passed
“The Sugar Act,” April 5, 1764, im
posing new taxes upon the necessities
of life, the waves of protest mounted
higher, so that British rule sent
10,000 more soldiers to be quartered
among the colonists “to maintain law
and order.” The flames of revolt
spread as the hated Stamp Act, of
March 22, 1765, was imposed. The
colonists placed a boycott on all
goods coming from Great Britain, and
the famous “Tea Party” threw a car
go of tea into Boston Harbor. All
these facts are proudly set forth In
this “History of Brockton” with this
comment:
“All these measures did not intim
idate the Americans, but served to
strengthen their firm purpose not
to submit to their oppression In any
form.
“Societies In great numbers were
formed called ‘Sons of Liberty’ de
termined to resist parliamentary op
pression (Great Britain).”
• •
But the British made no retreat.
Instead they strengthened their mili
ASWELL BOASTS THAT HIS VICIOUS
BILL AGAINST LABOR WILL BECOME
LAW; NO OPPOSITION IN WASHINGTON
(Continued from Page 1)
pearance sake,” and Aswell smiled
quite contentedly.
Green Does Nothing.
I don’t know how correctly the late
Gompars was quoted, but investiga
tion showed that the Green regime
isn’t even putting up the appearance
of a fight. Up to the present time
President Green has appeared before
no committee of congress champion
ing any “labor measure." Ho has writ
ten no letters to any member of con
gress demanding any sort of action on
anything. The so-called “labor lobby,"
composed of three tried and true
henchmen of labor aristocracy, have
shown no activity against this anti
foreign-born legislation, altho the At
lantic City convention last October
condemned It in energetic terms.
Bitter hostility to this legislation
was voiced at the office of Congress
man Adolph J. Sabbath, of Chicago.
It was denounced as an effort to in
troduce the 'deposed Russian czardora
in this country. But it was admitted
here that the opposition was not or
ganized. Nothing had been heard hero
of Green’s labor lobby.
Victor L. Berger, the socialist con
gressman, was back home in Milwau
kee. He opposed this legislation, of
course, but he had organized no fight
against It.
The so-called ’'progressive group”
tary forces. The United States con
gress is even today strengthening the
power of Its Governor General Leon
ard Wood in the Philippines in pretty
much the same tyrannical way. The
British General Gage, began building
new fortifications in Boston.
Then came another threat from the
colonists in the holding of the Pro
vincial Congress, that met at Con
cord, westward from Boston, while
Brockton is to the southward. At
Concord, Oct. 11, 1774, the spokesmen
of the colonists took measures for
arming the whole province. Without
any arguments about the use of
"force” says of the acts of
the Provincial Congress:
"Twelve thousand men were or
dered to be raised and to hold them
selves in readiness at a moment’s
warning. They were called ‘min
ute men.’”
The writer then goes over carefully
the march of the British against Lex
ington and Concord and the success
ful resistance of the colonists. He
writes in lauding these events the
following:
“At Lexington was the first blood
shed In defense of the liberty of the
people, and immediately on the de
parture of the troops (British) from
that place, by an arrangement pre
viously made, the committees of
safety thruout the whole country
despatched messengers on horse in
every direction, so that by evening
every town within 100 miles was
informed THAT THE WAR HAD
COMMENCED.
“The news was scattered thruout
the towns by guns being fired, and
other signals being given, so that
the people in the remote sections of
a town were soon aware that they
were needed.
"THE NEWS OF THIS BATTLE
ARRIVED IN BRIDGEWATER
(NOW BROCKTON) EARLY IN
THE DAY AND BEFORE SUNSET
THE COMPANY HAD COL
LECTED AND WERE READY FOR
A MARCH.”
That was on April 19, 1775. The
book then devotes numerous pages to
following the deeds of Brockton’s rev
olutionary soldiers thru the seven
years of the War of the Revolution.
Many pages are used up in recording
their names and the military units to
which they belonged.
* * •
Today, of course the right of revolu
tion is outlawed, just as the British
tried to outlaw It 150 years ago.
New England, the richest center of
American revolutionary traditions, is
today the stronghold of the greatest
reaction.
New tyrannies, always new wage
cuts, ever worse conditions of labor,
all these things are visited upon New
England labor of all nationalities by
a parasite class, largely native, “The
Sons and Daughters of the Revolu
tion,” grown respectable thru the
passage of a century and a half of
time.
* • ♦
Today it becomes seditious to even
talk about the miserable conditions
of New England labor. Bimba Is held
up in court as a criminal for daring
to utter these things and calling upon
the workers to organize for the strug
gle to better their lowly standard of
living.
The new revolutionary change faces
the same obstacles that were con
fronted by the old. But the struggle
grows and develops. The new ob
stacles to the new revolution will also
be successfully overcome.
in congress is disorganized, without
leadership and having no program. It
has no definite stand.
Labor Must Fight.
It is very evident, therefore, that
the fight must come from the outside.
It can only originate with the coun
cils for the Protection-of the Foreign
born that are now being organized in
all sections of the country. These
councils must not only develop senti
ment against this legislation at home,
but they must also provide for push
ing the war energetically In Washing
ton.
Aswell says of his bill, “It is going
to pass.”
Labor over the country must say
of this and all similar legislation, "It
will not pass.”
Lower Pay In Massachusetts.
BOSTON—(FP)— The a v e r a g e
weekly wage of Massachusetts cotton
mill workers is actually less than that
of southern textile workers, Thomas
F. McMahon testified at the legisla
ture’s labor committee hearings on
the proposed bill to break the 48-hour
law for women. Massachusetts cot
ton workers average only sl6 per
week while southern mill workers
average 117.80 weekly, by McMahon’s
statistics. Massachusetts workers
have been on part time employment
for over two year*
KEEP OUR CITY
SCABBY, PLEADS
COMMERCE HEAD
Los Angeles Open Shop
Losing, Is Warning
(Special to The Daily Worker)
LOS ANGELES, March 2 The
chamber of commerce, which boasts
of being the largest In thq world. Is
worried lest the reputation which this
city has acquired as the "Citadel of
the Open Shop” may be lost. Accord
ing to R. W. Pridham, returning
president of the chamber, “a particu
larly energetic and strenuous effort is
being made at this time by organized ,
labor, thru the medium of sympathetic j
strikes, to reduce our fair city to a '
condition of industrial servitude.” It
is the duty of every resident, Prid
ham contended, “to combat this des
structive union-labor propaganda with
all the might and power at his com
mand and assist the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, which has
battled and maintained industrial free
dom for the past thirty years.”
This pathetic appeal by the million
aire exploiters of the city for help
from the little business men and the
professional people was voiced at the
recent banquet given by the chamber
in honor of its newly elected presi
dent, Arthur S. Bent. Other speakers
Included, Robert A. Millikan, the
scientist; Frederick Warde, a veteran
actor, and Cyrus K. K. Curtis, editor
of the Saturday Evening Post.
Culture Pays.
The keynote of the meeting was the
plea that it was time to develop Los
Angeles from the cultural standpoint.
“These things have a distinct econ
omic value,” declared Pridham in re
ferring to the need for an artistic city
and an intellectual atmosphere. The
industrial situation, according* to him,
was very good. During the past year
400 new industrial establishments had
located in Los Angeles. The plants
already here made a gain of 20 per
cent in productivity. As there has
been no general increase rn wages
this increase shows that exploitation
of the workers has become much
more thoro.
Their Ideal Scab Herder.
Curtis made a flowery speech of
praise for the city. He was warmly
greeted by the banqueteers, as he is
their ideal of the militant union-hater.
His publications have never been
unionized. In Philadelphia, the home
of the Saturday Evening Post, the al
most total absence of any organized
labor strength is due to his overpower
ing influence.
WOMEN MUST
BE DRAWN INTO
LABOR'S STRUGGLE
By AMY SCHECTER.
The International Women’s Day
mass meeting to be held March 6 at
Northwest Hall is to mark the open
ing of an intensive campaign to draw
the working class women of the city
Into real participation iq the struggles
of the working class.
Women in Industry are the victims
of every type of exploitation and op
pression to which men workers are
subject; as a less organized section of
the working class the degree of ex
ploitation is in their case even more
intense. The general enslavement of
the working class is their enslave
ment; the general fight of the working
class for liberation must be their
fight.
Working class women fall broadly
into two categories—women in indus
try and housewives; tho of course im
mense numbers of women are saddled
with the double burden of long hours
In the shops and care of their chil
dren, cooking, and cleaning to attend
to when they come home tired out at
night. Both men and women in the
shops who as union members are
already consciously taking part in the
dally struggle of the workers, must
unite In a systematic attempt to draw
all the women in the shops into the
union and into the struggle. They
must bring every woman in the shops
to realize that her Interests as an in
dividual and as a member of the work
ing class are inseparable from those
of the organized workers in her indus
try, that their union must be her union
and every struggle that It carries on
her struggle. The woman In Indus
try must also be approached on issues
especially affecting her interests, —
equal pay for equal work, abolition of
night work for women, etc.
The working class housewi/e has a
constant struggle to meet the problem
of seeing to It that her family is
housed and fed and clothed and her
children educated in the face of high
rents, high prices, low wages, and In
efficient, overcrowded schools. Work*
Ing class housewives must Join the ex
isting organizations, such as Mothers’
Leagues, Renters’ Associations, Par
ents’ Associations, etc., and carry on
a united campaign against the exploi
tation with which the worker’s family
is met at every turn of the road.
At the International Women’s Day
meeting speakers will deal with the
problems of the working class women
as sketched above, outlining demands
and methods of work for the future.
Get your tickets row for the Inter
national concert of the T. U. E. L.,
Sat., March 13, at Bth St, Theater.