The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 27, 1925, Page 5

} MUST RECOGNIZE SOVIETS, SAYS YALE PROFESSOR Davis Attacks American Prejudice Against Russia ‘WORCESTER, Mass., Marche 25.— “The United States may withhold recognition of Russia for a number of years, but eventually she must rec- ognize the Soviet government,” was the prediction made by Prof, Jerome Davis of Yale university in his ad- dress, “Russia in’ Revolution’ and After,” before 125 members of the Worcester congregational club at its 279th meeting and meeting and’ ban- quet here, nee Prof. Davis exploded many cur rent beliefs as to the chaos and con- fusion existing in Russia, and direct- ly charged that most of the fantifal reports had their origin in the minds of propagandists. ‘Whatever trials and misery the Russian people have experienced during the past decade have not been due to the activities of the Reds, but to the heritage of injustice and inequality left by the Romanoff dynasty.” Country Recovering. Prof. Davis, who served in Russia during the world war, told of the sufferings of the Russian people, 82 per cent of whom were totally il- iterate and for whom the czar did nothing but levy taxes. Even the win- dows of the homes of the peasants were taxed he sald which led the peasants to board up the windows and give tuberculosis a chance to deci- mate the poor people, Speaking. of Russia today, Prof. Davis said that the country has been rapidly recovering, the currency has been stabilized on a gold basis and altho antagonists of Communism and Bolshevism have predicted the col- lapse of the Russian state it has actually gréwn stronger and contin: ues to grow. Chicago, Notice! On Sunday afternoon, March 29, at Ashland Auditorium, there will be an international unity demon- stration and benefit entertainment. No branch Is permitted to arrange any conflicting dates of any kind whatsoever. Affairs already fixed must be changed. The complete strength of the party must be mobilized at this affair as a fitting answer to the Abramovich attack. logists. sor who is given some latitude of. ex- pression as proof that anyone could express himself. The Bell Ewe. They point to a girl making $35 in a certain week, forgetting that the highest wage for a girl for the year was an average of $28 a week; and that in the same department;, many of the women were making $12 a week before the cut, and $10.80 now, and that some women who have been working in the mill all thelr lives get in some departments only $9 a week. In: the shuttle, bobbin department, the maximum wage of the women in- spectors is $13,50 a week. The company omits the fact that women making these so-called high wages work at top speed, and do odds and ends even at noon, so that their hours are more than 48 a week. They come to work early in the morning, too. When the low wages are pointed owt to the company, they reply: “Those who can’t make more, should not be working in the mill.” Nothing re- mains than for the company to throw out those who do not yield sufficient surplus value for the shareholders. But this they will not do, unless they can replace them with others. The American (!) Thread Co. finds it to their advantage to have a few girls speed up and make higher wag- es than the rest, and to give them more work than to others. The work is not fairly divided among the’ work- ers. This favoritism tends to keep the workers divided. How Many Workers Are There? The American Thread Co. plant in Willimantic employs about 65,000 workers, divided in three depart- ments. Finishing, 1,500; works, 200; manufacturing, 800. Inthe finishing department there are about 1,275 wo- men and 225 men; in, manufacturing, 450 women af@s350, men; in works, 200 men and to ¥ Like the The dye room ig 5003-4839, of the season is here pictured, combines in this instance ladies’ coat . 6008 and one piece dress 4839. Broad- cloth, and a wool mixture in black and The most popular style It gray are used together. One could have satin or faille in two shades or in contrasting colors. The smartness of the “ensemble” depends on the combination that expresses harmony with just the right contrast. The coat may be nished in the shorter length that is illustrated in the small view. The fronts may be buttoned to the neck, or rolled open as in the lnrge view. The dress is a simple one piece “slip on” model, with the fulness caught in rows of upright plaits or tucks. The coat pattern is cut in 6 sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. The dress is cut in 7 sizes; 16, 18 and 20 years for misses and LOW WAGES AND-HIGH PROFITS IN WILLIMANTIC; MILLS SH O WN COMPANY’S BOASTS By WILLIAM SIMONS. (Special to The Daily Worker) WILLIMANTIC, Conn., March 25.—As the strikers marched to the hall from the mill yesterday morning some well dressed freak remarked: “Why, what are they striking for? It looks like a Fifth Avenue parade.” strikers must appear on the march in rags to satisfy some capitalist apo- DESPITE THE THE aly WORKER Evidently, What are the wages in the mills? When the workers have any griev- ance, the company always trots out the figures of a few well paid girls, as proof that wages are high. Just as capitalist colleges when charged with suppression of freedom of speech among the instructors and professors would point to one individual profes-¢+—————————————_—______ cut, which brought it down to $28.85. One worker has been in the mill for twenty years, and at the end of that period gets the wage of $28.85 as a dresser tender. In the printing department, a be- ginner gets $18 a week on a job press. If he gets to work on a cylinder (and it takes about ten years to attain that dizzy height) he gets $24, and after ten years of that, gets $33 (B. ©.) before the cut. After working seventeen years in the mill a printer gets $29.70 a week. . In the finishing department, men running assembling machines for shell bobbins get $18 at the start, and not over $23; after the cut, $20.70. Men running the embossing machine start at $18, with a maximum of $24 (now $21.60.) The “Die” House. In the dye and bleach house, the 100 men were getting $24.90 for’ 48 hours a week, that is, if they worked there six months or more. Here the company pulled one of its skin games, I am assured by several workers of that department that after one week, a man can do the work. It is heavy work, but can be picked up quickly. Having seen a dyeing machine in mo- tion, I can bear this out. Still, for the first three months, a man gets only $17.25, and for the next three months, only $19.25 a week. The high- est paid wage after the cut is only $22.40 a week, for strong men, put- ting in a hard day’s work. Before the war, wages in this dye house were $11, which was forced upward by workers taking advantage of war orders to a maximum of $28. But the company shut down the mill on Saturdays, and so the real wage was $26. Then came the wage cut of 22% per cent, bringing it down to about $22. Again an increase was forced, in 1923, of 1214 per cent, bring- ing it up to $24.90, the recent cut lowering it to its present level of $22.40. The Contrast. Wages low. Dividends high. Work- ers exploited in the mill. Parasites at Bermuda and other summer re- sorts, basking in the sun, Workers jwages cut, Dividends up,_-Workers 4740. Gingham, the season’s pop- ular material, was chosen for this garment. In green and white or brown and white gingham, this would be very pleasing with trimming of linene and rick rack braid in self color or white, The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: Small, 34-36; Medium, 38-40; Large, 42-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust meas- use. A Medium size requires 4% yds. of 32 inch material. The width at the foot is 2 yards. For band on pocket, and at the opening, and for belt % yard of contrasting material 36 inches wide is required, Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Address: The DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill, eee NOTICE TO PATTERN BU terns being sold thru WORKER pattern de} a a aished by a New Yor! manufacturers. lors 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust meas: |celv' ure for ladies. for a 38 inch size as illustrated in the largo view, will require 2% yards | trom the of the wool mixture and 2% yards of | not the broadcloth, 54 inches wide with % yard of contrasting silk for facings on the coat, or the coat may be lined entirely; the i to serve as a fac: ing. Thi require 4% yards, TWO separate patterns mailed to any address on receipt of 12c FOR EACH hag om ba silver or stamps. Pattern id to any address on Peooipt of 120 in silver or stampa, To make the costume DAILY wi date of mailing the order. impatient if your pattern ts delayed. ‘ FASHION BOOK NOTICB! Send 120 in silver or stamps for our ing ind = Summer ates the needio Cita ing 30 of the various simple titehes), all valuable hints to u vessmaker . GET A SUB AND GIVE is color ligne of a 23eo. th i, f ‘ se fighting “for themselves and children. Capitalists crushing the mill slaves. This conflict cannot be bridged despite the preaching of harmony be- tween labor and capital by so- called “labor leaders.” Many of the exploited mill slaves know from bit- ter experience that there is class war between them and the American Thread Co. And those who do not, know it will yet learn the lesson, when this industrial conflict which now raging assumes a more determin- ed character. GET A SUB AND GIVE ONE! ccKkaa Beyepunka Yes, that’s what we mean: Rus- sian Vecherinka, which will be giv- en this Saturday night, March 28, at the House of the Worker (form- erly Soviet School), 1902 W. Divis- jon St. A short play in Russian and dancing will follow. A good time is promised to those who will attend. eT LL LLL LLL LLU LLC LLL | This organ of the revo America is the only paper of NEGROES BARRED FRO BUILDING IN NEW. ORLEANS Must St Within Own istrict NEW ORLEANS, La,, March 25.— An ordinance passed by this city de- finitely forbidding a Negro to build or occupy a home in any section of the city where @ majority of the peo- ple are white, has been upheld as con- stitutional byathe supreme court of MS are being made to ited States supreme The state ¢ construes the me court decision as coming within the “police po’ " of that state. This ruling gives theCities of Louisiana the right definitel; rite Outline and restrict certain sectio nb 0 a city for whites and others fo ks, In no instance must the two irmingle. The chief justice, in deli ering the opinion of the court, made frequent reference to “social equality,” “amalgamation,” and their attendant “terrors.” In an effortita make the law hold water, and prévent its coming under the rule that no Jaw must single out a particular group for discrimination, the New Orleans ordinance also speci- fles that white.people must not live in a neighboorhood in which the major- ity of the people are colored. Cloak of Impartiality This portion of the ordinance is making the judges of the Louisiana courts chuckle audibly. It performs for the audience two needed functions tt gives it an air of impartiality, thus preventing the ordinance from being set aside by the courts, and it means—absolutely nothing. No white person, even one free of all prejudice, will deliberately choose to put up with the extortionate rents wrung from Negroes, not to’ mention the many petty injustices attendant upon resi- dence in the Negro district. Whites Exploit Negroes While the law. prevents a Negro from buying @ house in the white district, yen’ when he proposes to rent it to white tenants, it does not in practice prevent whites from buy- ing houses in the’Negro district. There are hundreds. of apartments, restau- rants, i almost every city, owned to all appearances by Negroes and catering Negroes, They are lity by a white capital- me Negro, willing to or the sake of a few dollars, acts a foil. Look at the from any angle you will—it sho: face favorable to the white capi nd to a few Negro traitors.” het the law was made for, Clothing € Tries to Smash the Granville Unions GRANVILLE, Ill, March 25. — In this mining town, which is also sur- rounded by mines a new factory building (clothing factory) is being erected. For the privilege of putting up this factory in the, town, the manufac- turers want the citizens to pay for the factory, and if possible after six years the manufacturers will try to pay the money back. The workers are to be exploited no doubt, when the factory is finished. Granville has a main street, bank, postoffice, a depot, and about four blocks of stores, and several church- es, but as soon as the young people leave school it is necessary to go to other localities to seek work. An eastern’ clothing concern is transferring their factory to this place, and will likely see that this place is not molested by unions. PUTT LLL The Young Worker Fights Militarism > lutionary yourig workers of the Sintsilen sae that car- ries on a persistent fight against capitalist militarism and NOW A WEEKLY PAPER — wars. The YOUNG WORKER before with: more news, an improved international news is more interesting than service, and interesting articles by the leaders of the Com- munist movement in merica, Every worker young and old will want to subsc! for himself o THE YOUNG WORKER 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill, Enclosed find ONE DOLLAR ribe r for a friend. AND A HALF tolbover one year’s “subscription to the (weekly) YOUNG WORKER, Name svesysesssssssssensenee ae CIY vscvee save enannnaannvessonesonssssaannenneesnees DETROIT WANTS 20,000 How Many Will You Get? The present DAILY WORKER committee of Detroit, headed by Com- rade Goetz, have not only retained an exceptionally high number of ex- piring subs by visiting them for renewal, but they have also added enough new subs in the past two months to reach the highest mark ever held in Detroit, 4 The reasons are simple: they are always ALIVE. The committee is dally getting more co-operation from branches thru persistent work; andon every occasion they have ordered either a special edition for free distribution (paid by advertising secured) or a large number of a regular issue. 5 The DAILY WORKER committee has already laid plane for May » In writing us of its decisions, Comrade Goetz says: “The matter of the special issue has been taken under considera- tion and we have decided that the mass distribution of the DAILY WORKER Is the most important thing, regardless whether it was a special issue or not. For this reason we are just going to order a large number of DAILY WORKERS for May Day as we think that the distribution on that day ought to be especially successful both from the view of distribution as well as from the propaganda value as- sociated with May Day. " Their order for 20,000 copies of this issue was without solicitation and without having seen a word about it in the DAILY WORKER, It is simply a case of being energetic ‘and far-sighted Communists ever looking for methods to build our movement. On May. 10 they are having a mi meeting for the DAILY WORKER at which Comrade Dunne, editor of “our daily,” will speak, These are the methods of Detroit: no fancy program, just plain, hard “plugging.” How many copies of the May Day number (it will be a special of 12 pages!) is your local going to order? Get your Communists busy now on this question of the May Day issue of the DAILY WORKER! se @ @ : On THURSDAY, MARCH 24, these BUILDERS sent in NEW subs in the Second Annual Sub Campaign: CHICAGO, ILL—E. Sarapu (3), Benjamin Maller, D. E. Early, Nels Kjar, A. Valentine, PITTSBURGH, PA.—Fred Merrick (2). DETROIT, MICH.—Alfred Goetz (9). a MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—A, Butler. MILWAUKEE, WIS.—G, Piccoli, G. Shklar. BALTIMORE, MD.—S. Cohen. SUPERIOR, WIS.—Ellen Lemponen (2). WOODLAWN, PA.—M. Resetar. BROOKLYN, N. Y.—J. Weiss. BUFFALO, N. Y.—Chas, Dirba. JAMESTOWN, N. Y.—W. A. Little. You will see by this list that the new subs ate tolling in faster as the campaign progr You will notice also (by the numbers with the names) that some comrades have turned in more than one sub. Wil! your name be listed in this column soon?—How soon? D: PHILADELPHIA, ATTENTION! First Annual Dance Given by the ITALIAN BRANCH. No, 2 OF THE WORKERS PARTY OF AMERICA for the Benefit of “Il Lavoratore” Saturday, March 28, 1925, 7:30 to 12 p. m. CASTLE HALL, 21st and TORONTO STREETS. Tickets 50 Cents, including Wardrobe Ladies Free THE WORKERS MONTHLY Page Five Your Union Meetin Fourth Thursday, March 26, 1926, Name of Local and Place a of eeting. ube Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Joint Board, Chicago, 409 &, ) Halsted St. $48 Barbers, 180 W. Washington St. 145 p. m. 576 rbers, 3010 E. 92nd St. 342 ‘ewery Workers, 180 W. Wash ington. St. 454. Boiler Makers, 75th and. Ore: 480 Boiler Makers, 18th and Ashland 344 Brewery Workers, 180 W. Wash- ington St., 2 p. m. Ave. 121 Brewery Workers, 1700 E. 2st St. 6 Brick and Clay, Leavitt and * 14 Brick ani lay, Mar 63 dS. 1), 180 W. W. 13 113 8. Ashia 62 6416 S. Hal 341 1440 Emm . 434 ~Carpente: South Chicago, 11037 4 cailighigan Avenue. ase 804 Carpenters, Ogden. je. Earpenters, 180 W. Washington’ St. Commission Merchant Helpers, 126 W. Randolph St. 865 “Cooks, 166 W. Washington St. 793. Electrical, R. Ay 6436 S. Went~ worth Ave. 794 Electrical, M., 7ist and Cottage Grove. Engineers, 9223 Houston Ave. Engineers, Morrison Hotel Firemen and Enginem 9118 Commercial Avenue. Firemen and Enginemen, ; 6058 Wentworth Ave., 7:30 m. Firemen and Enginemen, Ogden and Teylor. fn Ave. Gas House Workers, 180 W. Wash+ ington St. Sermeny, Workers, 311 8. Ashiand Ave., . m. ” YC i 814. W. Harri ent Workers, ri Hod Ca n St. Ladies’ Ga w. Van Buren St. isalacenanen of Way, 318 W,. 63rd it Machinists, Roseland,, 11405 Mieht+ an. machinists, R. RR. 118 S&S. Ashland ve ‘ashington St., 6:30 p. m, ‘District Counch, 1446 W. it. Dutt’s Hall, Chicago 2045 W. North Ave. 20 W. Randoip! “7 «68. Painters’ ih St. Halsted = 8t., 8:30 a. m. Printing Pressmen (P. ox Wkrs.), 180 W. eee, 3 Railwa A Clerks, 549 W. jashing- ton St. be: “taal Clerks, 67 &. Van Buren y Carmen, 6445 8. Ashtand Ogden and Ta: ‘. ogde ind T. orate. 9202 8. Chicago Ave. and Van Buren 920 oust rs, Ogden ai un.), 7 Employ Wood Turners’ Union, Liber 2420 W. Roosevelt Rd. Washington St. (Note—Unless otherwise meetings are at 8 p. m.) SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT stated all SOCIETIES Frauen-Kranken-Unterstuetzungs Verein Fortschirtt Meets every Ist & 8rd Thursday, Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North Avenue. Secretary. E. W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Seven Places 62 W. Van Buren 42 W. Harrison 169 N. Clark 118 S. Clark 66 W. Washington | 167 N. State 234 8. Halsted HARRISON 8616-7 E. 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