The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 13, 1924, Page 5

{ soe June 13, 1924 THE DALEY WORKER 25,000 GIRLS DRIVEN IN HUGE NON-UNION SHOP Investigator Tells What He Found in Plant (Continued from page 1.) of six different layerg-of bosses, one over the other, to every\department. The large majority gf workers in the plant, those who receive the least wages, and who do the meanest, most monotonous and mechanical tasks are the $15-a-week piece workand day work girls, The girls work at long ‘benches, mechanically going over the same Process thousands of times a day, working with one small ‘part of the telephone apparatus. One squad of girls does nothing all day but punch out ona small punch press, a little piece of metal, that, after passing thru sometimes a score of girls, finally be- comes the tip of a switch-hoard plug. Winding Colls at $3,28 Dally. , Several. hundred girls,.in the small coil winding department, spend their entire wosktime winding the coil threads on small metal spools. I asked some of the girls in this department *, how much they make. They answered r * - AMBRIDGE, PA. $3.10 per one hundred. It_was, the lunch hour when I went thru the coil department, and yet al- most half of the girls were working at top speed. One girl, who.was work- ing during her lunch hour, said she could. make 106 coils a day.. Her pay for a ten-hour day, with only five or ten minutes for a bite to eat at lunch time, was thus $3.28 and her average weekly wage, provided she worked every lunch hour and on Saturdey afternoon, was $19.14, Smell of Burning Rubber, Other departments which I carefully inspected were places where girls worked at hard rubber parts of the telephones. The smell of burning hard rubber here was enough to knock a strong man down. The effect on young girls who work in the plant eight and nine hours a day, must be permanent- ly injurious. ‘There are other departments where acid is used in soldering, which also injures the health of the girls. The ‘Western Electric brags that they have & well-equipped hospital where periodi- cal physical “ examinations keep the employes perfectly fit, In another article I will prove from personal experience that the hospital ‘examinations are a hollow joke. Use Sex for Better Jobs. : B. Stock, the section head of the me inspection depattment, practical- iy admitted to me that°many of the girls, que to their low wages, are forced to become semi-prostitutes. ~ “You must not take any of the girls Standing of the Cities City. REVERE, MASS, » TOLEDO, OHIO SUPERIOR, WIS. KANSAS CITY, MO. PORTLAND, ORE. ... SOUTH BEND, IND. .. PITTSBURGTH, PA. MILES CITY, MONT. DENVER, COLO, WARREN, OHIO PROVIDENCE, R. I. ‘sists OAKLAND, CALIF. MONESSEN, PA, DULUTH, MINN. NEWARK, N. J. .. BROOKLYN, N. Y. SPRINGFIELD,. ILL. WORCESTER, MASS... CANNONSBURGH, PA, PHILADELPHIA, PA) iin. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO . ses ‘READING, PA. TOBRIB, PA, cossssescsvsen BESSEMER, PA. : gZ ° m 3 CHICAGO, ILL. MARSHFIELD, ORE. ... FRANKFORD, ILL, GRAND RAPIDS, M JOHNSON CITY, ILL, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN, ASTORIA, ORE. L, I. _ PATTERSON, N. a, I UNeRA 25 SAN FRANCISCO, © ST. PAUL MINN. sips LOS ANGELBS, CALIF. ST. LOUIS, MO. “MINANGA, WIS. SYRACUSE, N. aii MINNESOTA ‘ON, pee deeenerennee Quota 15 Subs ‘ turned Subs Percentage inupto turned of Quota last week intodate reached 22 30 200 18 30 200 188 201 160 63 68 136 58 63 126 31 32 106.6 25 26 104 150 155 103 25 25 100 21 100 47 96 19 88 23 83.3 if 9 80 38 76 19 76 161 16 18 76 49 12.2 20 70 135 70.1 302 64.4 16 63.3 28 58 136 58 ll 56.6 8 53.3 8 A ms 53.3 6 8 53.3 12 52 45 51 10 48 1 48 5 ) 46.6 uu pe 44 81 87 43.5 20 21 42 161 165 “40,1 339 363 36.3 5 5 33.3 4 an 33.8 % 8 > $2 + 7 8 32 53 58 29 7 7 28 25 28 j is 26 27 27 32 83 26.4 4 4 “2 1 » 26.6 Bo! tian 10 i 22 6 5 20 26 a 2 2 3s 2° 8 8 ls 5 219. (0 a> OUT ON BUSINESS PAGS WHEN HERING: HAND TO POLICE OFFIGER WHO WILL FORWARD ole. BEPT.” BoeK No. Potion arr ene The above Leinperany.| pass was made out and signed by B, Stock, who talked 80 freely to the DAILY WORKER reporter regarding the secrets by which the Wester tlon, etric bosses keep down. wat Reeve left the plant shortly after 2 o'clock on the afternoon of June 10, ind speed up produc- The policeman in front of Gate No, 9 refused te let him out, and he had to tell the guard that he was merely going to a nearby restaurant to get an overcoat he had left there at meon, The Western Electric keeps the men virtually prisoners during the day, the only time they are allowed to leave, even with a pass, being between 12 and 1 o'clock, Ne nn a a a out,” Stock warned nte. “As soon as you are caught taking out one of the girls under you, you are done for with the Western Hlectric Company. A large number of these girls are very willing to form alliances with their superiors. They use their sex to get better work and to get more money,’ It is absolutely necessary for you to form a harrier between your- self and the women under you. Pepped Up By Straw Boss. Stock, who was foolishly frank in giving awey the damnable system whereby the girls are unsuspectingly exploited by the numerous bosses, then explained to methe system of promotion. He had no doubt, just at- tended a pep-em-up meeting. of the straw boi , and he tried to convey to me, altho he did #t in a crude and unskilled manner, the Western Elec- tric spirit of loyalty, ambition, pep, success, hard ‘work, ‘and endeavor to rise from the ranks. Stock drew @ pyramid'on’a sheet of Western Electric paper. It is a.fam- ous, spectacular pyramid, running the entire length-of the page. The first day of my employment Stock talked to.me about the Company to which he is so loyal but about whose methods he. isso foolishly frank, for a solid hour and @ half. While he talked he scribbled notes on what he said and illustrated His little loyalty lecture. 1 afterward took this paper away with me, and I have it before me now, in Stock's handwriting, with the famous pyramid ‘boldly scrawled across the page. Stock’s: Pyramid of Success, The pyramid is drawn as a long, narrow triangle, with the short base at the bottom of the page, coming to- gether at the top to form the apex. Stock drew six lines across the pyramid, at even distances apart. On the bottom line he drew numerous squares. . Just above these squares he placed a dot. “That dot,” said Stock, “is yourself. The little squares right under you are the girls who do the mechanical work. You understand, only one man can be at the top at this pyramid. There is only room for one. Hach one of these six lines represents a different execu: tive, one in charge of the other. | am_on the third line from the bottom -that is, the section head. Above me is the department head, and above him is the superintendent. First 15 Years the Hardest. “You may think because there is only room for one superintendent that you have no chance to rise to ition. But ability and ability 8 @ man ahead in the West- ern Electric company. Look at that stupid old fellow sitting over at that bench there. He has been with the Western Electric company for over 15 years. We made him a sub-section boss, just in order to please him with some sort of a title. He is under me and he is supposed to look after about 365 girls. But he is so unimportant I TWO MORE DA Blanket Finish anything may happen. win. 15 will be counted in the campaign. Column of June 20 the winners will and as soon as the banners can be completed there- after two cities will be the proud possessors of them, This late in the day challenges still fly back and forth. Comrade W. J. Murdock of Providence, R, L, seems to. have it in for Revere, and makes his attack in verse form: We will win! Revere, you are our meat. Hear our challenge! Is that we'll win!” ‘We place our faith in Providence, the 200 per cent mark so far reached Subs turned in since the| A. Gordon, U. S. Capitalists Are Suspected of Causing Race Riots in Mexico MEXICO CITY, June 12.—In the state of Sonora the struggle between the Mexicans and the Chinese grows tense, In the city of Cananea 50 Chi- nese were killed in an armed skirmish between the two races, For many years the Chinese have contributed to the ecohomic well-being of the whole: state of Sonora, and they are not disposed to be put out now. Aft- er the laws passed last February which forced them into special dis- tri¢ts, and prevent them from marry- ing Mexican women, the Chinese be- gan to store arms, for they knew the | authorities of Sonora would refuse to protect them. There is a queer angle ip this af- fair.- Only four months ago the press of-the entire country carried articles on Chinese citizens in Mexico.. They had nothing but praise for their ,in- dustry and sobriety, when suddenly this hostility came in Sonora. It is rumored that the United States ha something to do with the develop- ments. Russia Protests to Poland, MOSCOW, May 10.—(By Mail).— ‘The People’s Commissary. of Foreign Affairs has sent a note to the Polish | loyal abidance by the Russo-Polish peace treaty, which guarantees a min- imum of civic rights and cultural de- velopment to the people in the Polish border territorfs, who are akin to the people of the Union of Sowiet Re- publics. Air Service Opened. MOSCOW, June 12—The prepara- tory works for the Khiva-Bokhara air route are completed. The air ships fly twice weekly and are expected to over in some three hours and a‘halt requires seven to eight days by horse. oS | didn’t even include him in this pyra-| mid. “Let me tell you something confi- dentially. Don’t mention it, but you'll find it out for yourself after you have) been here for awhile. That. man will) be here another fifteen years and he’ My never get ahead. Even if you are a! new man, you'll probably go much| farther in a year than he has gone in| 15, Ability counts. It’s.up to you.” In the next article I will continue with Stock’s explanation of the West- ern Blectric system of bosses, and will tell how in workingmen’s clothes I was several times turned away at news and reoprt to the banker. they had reoprted. “We will show the old farmer his place,” said the banker, as I passed by THE VIEWS OF OUR READERS ON LIFE, LABOR, INDUSTRY, POLITICS They Showed the Farmer. To the DAILY WORKER: In 1920 I was doing the educational work of the Farmer-Labor Party in the State among the} wheat farmers, met with them, talked of Washington, I went to them and heard their stories. On one occasion I had delivered an | WORKER, address in the court’ house, as I did| gathered to hear the remarks of these speakers. One of the speakers oar | ried about 75 Chicago Socialists which | he tried to sell to the Negroes. However, he did not sell one single | copy. I heard at least five Negroes in| |the crowd ask if he had the DAILY | One Negro stated that if he had in various counties of the state, and| brought DAILY WORKERS in place was the talk of the county seat—a/| of his socialist papers, he would have wheat town. | sold them all to the Negro worker| A group of men was standing in| audience. front of a bank, They were the spies, | sent out the night before to get th the gang of capitalist dupes. They have shown the farmer. put 600,000 of those farmers on th road from the farm to the city. They have literally turned the country up- side down by a revolution under the|connection with these eating places|lizing direction of the army of capitalism. JACOB SHOMAKER, Farmer-Labor Candidate for Governor of Washington. To the DAILY WORKER: Two-so-| Government protesting against the |Clalist party speakers came to 30th yetematic oppression of national|42¢_ State streets Sunday night, minorities in Poland, about which |June 8. persecution the People’s Commissary A large crowd of Negro workers of Foreign Affairs hes collected am- ple material. The Soviet Govern- ment puts blankly before the Polish Hearst Rebuked for Government the entire question of Seattle Scab Policy by Labor Council (Special to The Daily Worker) SEATTLE.—At its Hearst as follows: “The Central Labor council regrets shocked ;that Hearst, advocate of good wages, a distance of 100 kilometers, which |nich living standards and home in- dustry, allows non-union non-residents strike on P.I. Surprised, He} lives in 15 western states, They have first meeting since the strike and lockout on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Hearst morning daily now appearing as a non-union publication, the Central La- ber council, wired-William Randolph I was in the audience and I was e|much pleased to hear so many Ne- And |groes mention the DAILY WORKER, |which proves that they are reading same. GORDON W. OWENS. Praises Food Workers Fight. | To the DAILY WORKER: As @ student and admirer of modern Greece, | allow me to congratulate your publi-| cation for thé good work it is doing in} jin Chicago that are owned and ad-| ministered by Greeks. The evil is one of long standing and I pray that the “little fight” will be extended to other large cities of this country as well as| to other fields of business frequented | by this class of Greek immigrants. ! Yours truly, George Saranton. Send in that Subscription Toda: Heavy Unemployment Prevails in Robert MADISON, Wis.,, ce 12.—A gen- eral slackening of industrial activity.) and reduction in employment is noted in the April labor market survey of the Wisconsin Industrial commission, It describes the labor market as re-| flecting strongly the halting and re- tracting business situation. The state employment agencies report a reduc- tion of 19 per cent in number of workers plaged in jobs as compared with a year ago. Detroit Industries to displace trusted, competent em- ployes of many years’ standing, . 000 scores of them home owners. Will Drop Over 50, | you allow local management to blast m Last Two Months | your reputation?” Siberian Shipping Strong, CHITA, May 10—(By Mail).—The | working plan of the State Siberian shipping board provides for the ship- ping during this current navigation of twenty million poods of various car- About one-half of this quantity The..tariff .is much ower and is ‘nearing the pre- The board undertakes also to do all the work of loading and un- goes. is already secured, war level. Leaders Come Down Stretch in In the haste and striving of the last few days of the big campaign, in the straining of every energy by those who are trying to hdld their lead and by those who are trying to gain the final advantage, almost With only two more days to go, the drive ending promptly on June 15, those who have.the greatest SHCHINE and sprinting power will As has been announced, all subscriptions sold and mailed to the DAILY WORKER on or prior to June In order to hold the books open to the far western cities which are competing for leadership, the final results cannot be announced until next Friday's issue, But in the Power “Though you lead us now, Revere; ‘Though the end is drawing near, -Though your pace has been severe, “Providence ne'er shall own defeat. Our conceit Yankee city speaks louder than poetry, Comrade Maich of Ambridge brings a few more hard facts to bear when he writes: “The South Slavic comrades from Ambridge challenge the Toledo com- rades to a race for new subs.” If Comrade Maich could have foreseen the record to be made by Revere during this week he would not have had to take on such a big and tough custamer as Toledo. Go to it, the employment gate. loading the goods. eens coLo. Ww. prorat N. Denwey, 1. MCKEESPORT, PA. P. Sprajcar, 1 M. Mikades, 2. s. Nyeg 4. KANSAS CITY, MO. A. A. Buehler, 3.’ G, Meyler, 7. DEATSVILLE, E. W. Riggs, 1. ASHLAND, WIS. Chas. Johnson, 2. ELIZABETH, N. J. L. Hausman, 1. S. Balogiani, 1. Bos’ Rosen |. Prodanyk, 1. . Maclennan, 1. . H. Shemavon, 1. . Zeims, 1. + Carlson, 1 PITTSBURGH, PA. YS! MASS. 1. be announced, Bill eels, 4. CARNEGIE, J. Cataveskor, 1. DETROIT, MICH. A. Stockinger, 1. H. Baikas, 3. Til . W. Molenhauer, 2. E. Owens, 2. A, Gadanan, 2. H. W. Mikko, 2. 8. Brown, 1. DORCHESTER, MASS. Frank Carlson, 1. Seat PA. M. Majcan, 1. Mesarosh, 2. Yusen, 1, _|8. M. Meyerson, 1. as always, but| © DeKyne, 1. by your sister KY etka. 4: J, Nipapan, 1. F, J. Kratofil, 3. N. Mattson, 1. MARENGO, WIS, J. Maatts, 1. Yosio Nishimara, 2. FARIBAULT, MINN. Ambridge! Come on, Revere! Stick to it, Superior, |" "AMBRIDGE, PA. Toledo, Pittsburg, Kansas City, Portland, South Bend|Geo, Maich, 1. and all the rest. Whichever of you captures the flag, a oe Lh. . Bul a the working ass Will tne hey vert winner. Hane danneon, 1 HONOR ROLL NEW YORK. |. Christopherson, 1. J. Hanville, 2. 1, 4 J. Byinstras, 2. plete Honor Roll. J. Haculak, 1, VOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, | Ed. Schwartz, 4, G. Mishinotf, 1. |p. Kusma, 1. ‘Le Antin, 2. 1, Goldberg, 1. L. Love, 1. 8. Pollack, 2, K. Kratochivil, 1. |M. Jenkins, 1. JG. Tisitler, 1. PROVIDENCE, R, |. 8, A. Kolesar, 1, ‘|dK W. T. Murdoch, 1. 8T. LOUIS, Mo. h t art Johnson, 1. w. | HAMMOND. IND, ORTLAND, OREGON L. F. Carver, 1, ; J. F. Sho GENEVA, NEBR. WARREN, OHIO, J Kohler, 7 E, Pilznga, 1. { > KY. ‘ PHILADELPHIA, PA. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ROCKAWAY BEACH, L.I. DETROIT, June 12.—Industrial em-| ployment has declined to a point 10 per cent below a year ago, 15 per cent, below the high point reached in Feb- ruary this year. Members of the employers’ associations are employing only 206,348 workers as compared with 229,779 a year ago and 242,331 earlier in this year. As the members| of the association employ about two- | thirds of all wage earners in the city the total laid-off the last two months | must be well over 50,000. } LaFollette’s State F Page Five ‘COLORADO GETS IN FARM-LABOR PARTY PARADE State Party Formed; Endorses St. Paul DENVER, Colo., meeting held here sentatives of the ment of Denver, June 12-—At a attended by repre- trade union moye- the Workers Party, |the Socialist party and other radical | groups, the Independent Labor party Jof Colorado was cr The meeting end convention and elected William Die- trich as state dele to that con- }vention. The organization work in Denver is the preliminary move to the organ ion of the party on @ state scale. A wide-spread campaign of publicity has been begun thruout the state and mass meetings will be held for the purpose of crystal- the sentiment for a state organization Ella Reeve Bloor, who has recently located in Colorado, was one of the active workers in bringing about the conference and is assisting in build- ing up the state movement. Negro Woman Can’t Buy Any House Near White Aristocracy Special to the Daily Worker. WASHINGTON, June 12.—Discrim- ination against Negroes who wish to e in the residential sections of Washington will have full protection of the law, according to the judges of the District of Columbia Court of Ap- \peals. An injunction issued by the court prevents Helen Curtis, a Negro woman, from buying the house for which she had contracted. A solemn contract of the white landlords of any district not to buy, sell, rent, or give away property to Negroes will be enforced by the state, and any breach of such contract is a punishable offense. 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