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MOVIE “EXTRAS” EXPLOITED HURT, GET BAD CHECKS Producers’ Bunk Does Not Fill Stomachs By L. P. RINDAL. (Worker Correspondent.) LOS ANGELES, (By Mail.) — Jack Rose, representing the Players Service Studio Agency, 1117 Vine street, Hol- iywood, phoned the organizer of the l. B. W. A, (the “movie extras’” union), Murphy, 420 Standford avenu®, for men recently. He wanted 40 fairly well dressed workers to repor: at his agency at 10 a, m. The wage was $3 a day and lunch (one meal). When 8 to 10 per cent, or more, in employ: rent fees, plus carfares—from 20 to 80 cents—is deducted, there Isn’t much left to Ilve on while “studying for star- dom and fame.” The agent was informed that the organization, as such, could not send out men to work for a pittance like that. It was against the rule to work for any less than a standard wage, that is, from $5 to $7.50 per day for extras. Individuals, however, some- times do what they please—or, rather, they have to do things that are con- trary to their wishes when their stom- achs are as empty as their pocket- books. Work Day and Night, Earn Nothing. At the time and place mentioned above, 25 men reported on their own responsibility, and 24 went to work at the California Studio, Sunset and Gower streets, Hollywood. They were kept busy all day and all night. All told, 85 men and 15 women took part in this picture. About half of this number received checks, the rest spent about three days trying to get them. In addition to time lost, a number of extras spent nearly as much money collecing “their pay as the wage amounted to. From 40 to 80 cents carfares plus 25 cents rakeoff to the employment shark were paid by all. Eyes Injured by Artificial Light. The eyes of the majority were in- jured by kleig lights during the night. Among I. B. W. A. men hurt are Bruhl, Frazer, R. Clark, H. Williams, J. Rey- nolds, Boylan and Mike Conley. Medi- cine had to be bought. Mike Conley spent $1.75 in hard earned cash out of his own pocket before it pleased the California Studio to pay his “huge salary” of $3, minus $3 expenses, which is nothing, according to the writers’ arithmetic. No Money in Bank. ‘When the workers appeared at the Commeréfal National Bank, 9th and Main streets, to cash their. checks, made out to cash, they found that the studio, named after a “golden” com- monwealth, had no money there. So all that glitters in sparkling brilliancy and splendor is not gold either in Movieland, Hollywood, or in the “Gold- en State,” California. or Case Criminal. From the bank the crowd went to Deputy Labor. ‘Commissioned Barker, only to be informed that the case was one for the police to handle. But, not having any more oversup- ply of confidence in the forces of "law and order” than in the representatives of screned-off humbug, those exploit- ed, injured and fooled movie extras hesitated to follow the advice of said labor commissioner, Anyhow, after some more delay, the bank honored the checks, in order to save some “worthies” connected with the picture industry from additional dishonor. Free Employment Bureau Promised. The Association of Motion Picture Producers unanimously decided, ac- cording to press reports a couple of weeks ago, to maintain and operate their proposed casting bureau for ex- tra and day employes on an absolutely free basis. “Specifically, this means the agent’s commission, 8 to 10 per cent and up of wage every day, paid by the extras. Under this man- agement the full amount of the vouch- er goes to the employe,” it was stated. “The decision to maintain an abso- lutely ‘free bureau is the result of long, thoro study by the association. Yes, and many gray hairs and sleep- less nights are other results, I sup- pose, of this hard “study” by the “no- (Negative) Each (In board covers) COMMUNIST CONVENTION DESIRES ARMENIAN COMRADES JOIN PARTY The Fourth Convention of the Workers (Communist) Party, by un- animous vote, carried the foilowing resolution to exprese Its wishes toward the unification of the Armenian Communist elements In the United Sta‘ some of which ‘are outside the party, with the party, and more firmly with all Communist elements in the party, by the reorganization process: if ee Motion on the statement of the Armenian comrades to the convention signed by T. M, Korkikian, of Detroit, A, Schmavantan, of Chelsea, Mass., T. Kaligian of New York City, and S. E. Simonian, of Chicago. The convention regrets the fact that there is Still a number of Armenian comrades outside of our party, and that the Communist elements within the Armenian section of our party have forces for harmonious work. The co! situation In the Armenian section of our party, which is due to past internal conflicts, demands a thoro investigation and settlement that will unity and strengthen the party activities among the Armenian speaking workers of the United States, The convention is of the opinion on the basis of shop nuclei and international branches and the centralization of the party apparatus will prove an effective means of unifying the Com- munist forces also within the Armenian section. The convention refers the statement of the Armenian comrades to the incoming Central Executive Committee for immediate action on the matter, towards the end that all the truly Communist forces, among the Armenian speaking workers be drawn into the munist work. ble” directors in the interest of their poor, underpaid and overworked slave extras. The writer is deeply moved— almost to tears. This “free” bureau— planned for the “near future” long ago—“will be operated on a basis of absolute fairness.” Just think of it, you victims of the movie fever, kleig lights, employment sharks and bad checks! The Workers’ Millennium. The millennium of the Christians is a period during which Satan will be bound. But the millennium of the movie extras and other wage slaves will come when the employment sharks and similar exploiters of labor are bound to a wheelbarrow and dressed in union-made overails. Complete House Cleaning. “The economic result of establishing this bureau is hailed to be more far- reaching than anything yet done in relation to employes,” a report says. But a statement like that does not mean much, coming, as it does, from the mouths of owners of an industry with an extremely low labor;standard. The new bureau will also “‘automatic- ally wipe out of existence all ques- tionable employment agencies, makeup schools, schools for acting, scenario schools, and other pretended’ ‘agen. cies,” they claim. 7 The records in the office’ ofthe’) labor commission show that! ing thle past ten years 85 agencies hav ooh closed because of their aves ble methods....But, in spite of ' 80- called house cleaning, Hayes is the head of the greatest fakerdom,in the country today. Ate Annually this industry has over 200,000 placements of casual labor, the largest of any industry. Idle men, children, widows and fatherléss are exploited to their bones in their strug- gles for jobs that give them @ miser- able existence from day to day. Slim Chance to Become Stars. Eighteen Hollywood hopefuls, in- cluding a heterogeneous array of blondes, brunettes and bellboks, are the lucky remnants of an army of 30,000 who had competed in a nation- wide elimination contest for the privi- lege of attending a movie school. The hope of stardom on the silver screen cost the students a paltry sum of $1,200. From the point of view of both ex- tras and would-be stars, the motion Picture industry offers no good oppor- tunities to the masses either in the way of bread and butter or stardom. The hope for riches or fame, or both, in movieland is as much of an illusion as the ridiculous saying of the master class that “every mother’s son has a chance to become president or a mil- lionaire in this country.” Workers’ Rule Only Hope, Under the workers’ rule, however, this industry could be directed into a powerful medium for useful education in the interest of the producing class— workers and real tillers of the soil. At present it is only an instrument thru which the master class is pouring out streams of poisonous propaganda for the benefit of money kings and other vested interests, in their cease- ffort to keep the rotten capital- ist system alive A DEBATE! Bertrand Russel vs. RESOLVED: THAT THE SOVIET FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS APPLICABLE TO WESTERN CIVILIZATION diseeeee Ct whe League for Public Discussion, of the debaters) can now be secured at the special price of — hs and Scott Nearing 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, III. THE *. not yet succeeded in unifying their vention is of the opinion that this that the reorganization of our ‘party party and unified for common Com- PRAVDA SHOWS CHINESE COUNTER REVOLUTION IS AIDING IMPERIALISM (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Sept. 1. — An article published in the Pravda, referring to the events in China, says that the mobilization of the forces of the Chinese counter-revolution is proceeding side by side with the mobilization of the counter-revolu- tionary forces of the imperialists. The English press continually de- mands that Chang Tso Lin should suppl the national revolut ry movement. The Chinese bourgeoisie, shocked at the might of the grow- ing trade union movement, wants to drown it in blood. In Tientsin Chahg Tso Lin is act- ing as the tool of the English, Jap- anese and Chinese bourgeoisie. The must A REPLY TO By A. C. BAILEY, of the American Negro Labor Congress, member of the local committee, New York City. HE American Negro Labor Con- gress is accused by Pres. Green as a Communist movement; and warns the Negro to stay away especially those who are member of the A. F. of L., that if they attend the Congress Oct. 25th, they will be expelled from the organization. The Negro should look upon Mr‘ Green as a hypocrite or a lunatic, Since when did Mr. Green take upon himself to advise Negroes what to do? For instance, in these United States when Negroes are being lynched, jim-crowed and dis- franchised, burned at the stake and all the rest of the evils, Mr. Green is silent. One of the greatest crimes that could ever be committed\to a human being was committed to Mrs. Turner in 1918 in the state of Georgia. Mrs. Turner's husband was lynched and Mrs, Turner said, if she knew who lynched her husband, she would take out a warrant for them. A group of white christians and members of the upper class were coming from church in their automobiles caught Mrs, Tur- ner, tied her by her legs to a tree an@® poured gasoline on her, then appplied a.match to her clothes. Mrs. Turner was eight and one half months with child, she was burned until her abdo- men bursted and the child fell out and cried twice. The mob stepped up and crushed the child's brains out. R. GREEN what step did you or Mr. Gompers or any other official in your organization take towards this dreadful act on the part of these civil- ized christian men and women? At the same time, we have the ex-Presi- dent, Woodrow Wilson telling us how cruel the Germans were towards the Belgium women and children. But not a word of sympathy towards poor de- fenseless Mrs. Turner. Negroes should remember that this did not happen in Bolshevik Russia but in civilized America. In 1919, in the state of Arkansas just after the great war for demo- (Affirmative) brief biographies iia Cg DAILY’ WORKER \ Page Three WARSAW METAL WORKERS ON STRIKE DEMANDING 50 PER: GENT INCREASE MOSCOW, Aug. 31.—According to tsports from Warsaw, all the metal workers of the town have struck as the negotiations of the Metal Work- era’ Union with the employers in consequence of the rejection by the latter of the 60 per cent wage In- ore: demanded by the men, have been fruitless. At a meeting of the strikers there were energetic de- mands for the transfer of the strike leadership from the existing 4ead- ers, consisting of members of the Polish socialist party, into the hands of a mixed ‘commission. The trade union leaders rejected this demand and declared the meeting closed. ENTENTE MEETS TO FORM ANTI- SOVIET COMBINE “Security” Pact Plot Hatched by England PARIS, France, Sept. 1—The Pain- leve government has suddenly taken a more hostile attitude toward the so-called “security” pact of European countries, following the speech of president of the reichstag, Paul Loebe. Loebe declared that the pro- posed agreement would enable the Hindenburg government to unite with Austria, and France could not inter- fere if bound by the league of na- tions. The “security” pact was proposed to France in February by the German government, who, however, received its inspiration from Lord D'Abernon, British ambassador in Berlin. The British backed by the Coolidge gov- ernment, plan to overthrow the Rap- allo treaty. between Soviet Russian and Germany, and form a united an- ti-Svolet bloc. The Hindenburg government is hop- ing to re-open the eastern frontier question. The French, German, English and Belgium representatives meet today in London to discuss the pact. MR. GREEN cracy, black,men were held on the farms as peons, they got together in! one of their. churches to organize so | that they would be in. a position to pr their interests, they were met by of the U. 8. government with shot guns and weré murdered in cold blood. It took an organization like the National Association for the Advance! t''of Colored People to save some of their lives from the electric chair. 'T happens that the national organ- izer of the American Negro Labor Congress is a member of the Commun- iet Party, that does not signify that the congress is a Communist move- ment, no more than you could call the American Federation of Labor a christian movement, simply becausé Mr. Green happens to be a member of the protestant church. Remand Right to Pray. NEW YORK— (By Mail.)— The right to pray has become a cardinal right of fyee speech in the mine fields at Okmulgee county, Oklahoma, where striking coal diggers and their wives prayed for the souls of the strike- breakers who took their places, till Sheriff Russell, backed by the govern- or’s militia, interfered, and the Ameri- can Civil Liberties Union has entered vigorous protest and offered its assist- ance to the union. Striking miners and their wives and children, singing hymns, have been marching to the whafts at quitting time, praying for the souls of the strike breakers and asking divine aid in persuading them to quit their jobs. Something moved the strikebreakers’ hearts, for many of*tnem quit, and; Sheriff Russell, becoming alarmed for the success of the operators with whom he was allied, issued an order banning prayers. Governor Trapp backed him up with 62 National Guardsmen, ‘The strike began in April when the operators canceled the 1924 scale and substituted the 1917 wag Twenty- five hundred men are on strike. L2G Radiator Workers’ Strike Grows. BAYONNE, N. J.—Several hundred more employes of the Bayonne plant, American Radiator Co., are out with the original 100 strikers demanding restoration of the 8-hour day and hourly wage scale, Since April the plant has been changing to a speed- up piece-work system with 9-hour days, Pouring men now being paid 78 cents an hour want 10 cents more; shakeout men getting about 50 cents an hour want 65 cents on the hourly |ment was supported by the “oppon- | rate. Manager Adam WB. Geddes, Plant refused all demands of the strikers when deputy chief of Bayonne police Daniel Kilduff arranged a con- ference betwoon Geddes and workers’ representatives. ides says only 150 men are out while strikers claim over 400 of the 600 workers are striking. we hi with subs. of the and perseverance of the young Javs Build the DAILY+ WORKER | million guiden and within a few yours HOLLAND’S WHITE TERROR GETS THE | 0. K: OF DUTCH YELLOW SOCIALISTS By W. REESEMA, AMSTERDAM, Sept. 1. (IRA.)—The political prisoners in Holland and in the Dutch colonies are treated like common criminals, and subjected | to the most refined system of tortur e which the “very christian” Dutch | bourgeoisie has put in practice against those who sin against “sacred | property.” | There is everything to be desired in the conditions in the Dutch prisons. The fod, the clothing and the housing are a squally bad ment and ill-treatment, altho official); + forbidden, form the order of the day The slightest breech against ‘“discip- | line” is rigorously punished These* frightful conditions are no} secret to Dutch “democracy” and the so-ealled socialists, They have repeat- edly called the attention of public opinion ‘to them; for example when the social-democrats in the '90s, dur- ing the first revolutionary movement | in Holland and numerous proletarians were cast into prison on account of exceeding the law for the regulation of rationing. On this occasion the Telegraf whose | chief editor was an entente friend, | himself made the acquaintance of the prisons as a “political.” In both cases the entire campaign was confined to a heated press discussion which of course brot no changes, since on the | other hand the responsible govern- ents.” Yellows Now Quiet, Since the close of the war when the doors of the prisons were opened for “Bolshevik criminals” these gentle- men are completely silent. Therefore the Indo-European soldiers, members of the Soldiers’ Council of Juramlja, have been obliged to spend 6 years in the cells of the Leeuward prison with- out the social-democrats raising a fin- ger on their behalf. The young anar- chists, the victims of the bomb attack in Boog (1921), which was incited by the police, will be slowly but surely ruined in the cells without “democ- racy” thinking that the new campaign of the Communist Party of Holland | on behalf of an amnesty for political Prisoners and the improvement of prison regime, should be supported. A short time ago an editor of the Tribune, who had to undergo a sen- tence of four weeks was in a manner characteristic of the treatment of po- litical prisoners in Holland, chained to a common criminal and transported from Amsterdam to the Lutfen prison. Flogging to Death Common. There are two kinds of prisons in Dutch India; those for Europeans and those for Indians; the code of crim- inal law also is different for both races. Conditoins in prisons for Europe- ans: bourgeoisie who are “rash,” dif- fer very much from those in Dutch} prisons. The treatment can even be} termed good, a fact which is valued highly, doubtlessly by the numerous | “victims” of the wave of corruption | which has swept over the army of of-| ficials and police circles in Indonesia during the past years. The settlers | who have-to sit “their six months” for whipping to death Indian and Chinese coolies, relaté after their liberation thap’they had a rollicking time in the pon They are treated with the atest respect, and enjoy very many privileges. Quite another regime exists for “Indian criminals” and European pro- | letarians, the revolutionaries. Granted that the treatment in Indian prisons is scandalous, then the thousands who are condemned to penal servitude cease to be considered as human be- ings at all. Corporal punishmnet, flogging to death are daily occur- rences. Food consists of the worst kind of rice, with the result that the berry-berry disease and tuberculosis rage, and syphilis also claims numer- | ous victims, Use “Goldfish.” Already at the examination, the prisoners are so tortured and often in such a vile way, that the peasants in order to avoid bodily torture make a clean breast of things, and say what- ever the police want. Thus recently the Java man who was condemned sm account of.“murder” to 20 years’ hard labor, was liberated because after three years the supposed victim of the murder returned from his exile. The accused who had not even known the “murdered man” acknowledged the murder during the “painful” exam- {nation for reasons which may be eas- ily understood. It is no rare occur- rence for prisoners to be beaten tc death in the preliminary examination as was disclosed this year in the month of May in the case against the policeman Bergman, On the occasion of such trials the most abominable facts are disclosed. And the demo- crats and social-democrats remain silent, They are only “half-civilized Indonesians." Only the Communist; Tribune braves the storm against the! bloody deeds of the Dutch oppressors. At might time the prisoners are hud- dleded together in a narrow room where 20 to 30 men sleep anyhow on tables, In this way homo-sexuals are produced, sexual diseases spread, and the prisoners are strongly demoral- ized. We must admire the heroism revolutionaries who have been linger- ing for years in these prisons and when they are liberated from this hell ata a beg their proletarian activi- ties. But It Pays Well, The Dutch bourgeoisie, which already today squeeses from the Indo- nesians an annual clear profit of 500 hopes to increase the stream of gold 4 ‘Official Visits Mill, Finds | |@ westbound freight train directly in Corporal punish- TEACHERS DELEGATION IMPRESSED WITH WORK BEING DONE IN RUSSIA | MOSCOW, Sept. 1. — The delega- tion of foreign teachers that arriv- | ed in Moscow visited the Lenin mausoleum, the commisariat for peoples education, the central trade union council, schools, mu- | seums, etc. The representatives of the foreign teachers expressed their | sunprise at the great work being carried on by’ the Sowiet govern- ment. to’$ milliards, think that by using this | refined system of government over the Eastern Asiatic islands, they will be able to strengthen their rule for years to come. But neifher white terror nor the disgraceful prison regime will be able to destroy the revolutionary movement which is already firmly} rooted among the Java peasants and | workers. They are welding the Java proletarians together into a firm whole | which by its revolutionary courage, | sacrifice and determination promises | to conquer the leadership of the na-| tional revolutionary movement. | “India free from Holland.” That is not only the slogan of the Indian but} also of the Dutch revolutionaries, and | will liberate the workers of Holland and the Dutch Indians and break the | rule of Dutch imperialism. MASS PICKETING IS WILLIMANTIC STRIKERS’ REPLY. Few Scabs The strikers of the American Thread Co., enlarged their picketing forces | the day E. F. Kaley of the company’s | directorate visited the mill Strikers | who have been out 25 weeks walked | to a mass meeting in Town Hall later. where speakers of the United Textile | Workers addressed them. The evicted strikers and their fam- ilies are living in the tents the union erected on the edge of town for them. | The camp is pleasant enuf on warm | days but in rainy weather and with the coming coolness conditions are not comfortable, | Special demonstrations will be held to show again the sympathy of all Wil. | limantic’s organized labor with the} strikers. The company claims that} 1,200 workers are now busy in the| mill. This is half the regular force re- quired, but strikers assert that not over 200 strikebreakers are at work. British Government to Recognize Calles WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Britain’s | tory government is about to recogn-| ize the government of Mexico, accord- ing to unofficial information in Wash- | ington, \ Railroad Man Killed KENDALLVILLE, Ind., Sept. 1.—A. coroner's investigation was started in- to the death of Charles Crawford, 63, killed instantly when struck by a New York Central train near nere. Craw- ford, head of an “extra” gang layin» new rails, stepped out of the path of the way of an east bound train. He had worked for the road thirty years. Soviet Crops important. MOSCOW.— The Moscow papers call attention to the fact that as, ac- cording to information received from the United States, the harvest of wheat in America is estimated to be smaller than last year, the U. S. S. R. crops are called to play an im- portant part in the world's grain mar- get in the coming season. Gunman Given Privileges. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1—The de- partment of justice has launched an ‘investigation of reports that unusual liberties have been given Terry Drug- gan, federal prisoner in the Cook county jail, Chicago. Build the DAILY WORKER 4301 8th Avenue | the }the strike were $2.50. | meal shifts will be $2.75. BROOKLYN, N. Y., ATTENTION! CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY Ment Market itt eng weitts Restaurant IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONSUMER. Bakery deliveries made to your home. FINNISH CO-OPERATIVE TRADING ASSOCIATION, Ino. (Workers organized as consumers) ‘ HOTEL WAITERS STRIKE FOR PAY RAISE ON COAST All Races Solid in Fight on Bosses By TOM LEWIS. (Special to The Dally Worker) SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1—A strike of the waiters in the Palace and St. Francis Hotels, is now in its third week Since going on strike the best spirit of solidarity has been shown not only by the strikers themselves, but also by Chinese and colored workers. There are about 250 waiters on strike, and their demands are as follows: Increase of 60c on three meal shifts. Increase of 45¢ on two meal shifts. Increase of 26¢ on one meal shifts. The wages of the first, previous to Should they win their demands, then it will mean $3.00 per meal shift. The wages of the second category previous to strike were $2.30. Should they win, the wages per the two And the third category now get $1.75 should they win, then it will mean §2.00 which is sadly needed. Chinese and Negroes Aid, The fight is on and not a break in the ranks, the spirit of solidarity be- ing well demonstrated, as no scabs can be found among the Chinese or the colored workers, and the re n is, the waiters here in Frisco never turned against their fellow workers on ac- count pf race, creed orcolor. On the contrary, they were always ready to co-operate with them, realizing more or less the class struggle, with the re- sult that they are now getting the solid support of their yellow and '‘col- ored brothers, To give you some idea of the pro- gressive spirit of the W: * Union, when the resolutions ands Off China,” “Stand by Russi; was pre- sented, they voted unani them, and more, they dc the Shanghai strikers, thru the Chin ese Union Guild, a local Chinese labor organization, The Chinese are now holding street meetings in Chinatown, advising their countrymen not to scab on their white brothers. A steward of the St. Francis Hotel tried to engage Chinese bus-boys and waiters. He was turned down cold in all Chinese private employment of fices, with the curt reply, “We stand for solidarity of all workers, no scabs in our ranks or among our people.” Newspapers Also Help. The colored local of Oakland, union composed mostly of dining car workers was called upon to supply help. When they heard of the strike, they said, “No, sir; we absolutely ree fuse to furnish scabs,” thereby shows ing, when they are recognized as co» equals on the job with their white brothers, the bosses must look else where for scabs. * So here in Frisco at the prsént time, we are Observing in the Waiters’ Une. ion strike the real spirit of working class solidarity, and to add to its mage nificence, Young China, the Chinese daily gave a full account of the strike, with the admonition, that all Chinese | must support the strike, Another Miner Gives His Life for Bosses (By Worker forrespondent.) MONESSEN, Pa., Aug. 31 —(By Mail)~-Another miner has given his life for the coal barons, this time it is Garibaldi Fontanisi of Charleroi, He was killed by a fall of slate and had his back broken dying in the hospital several hours later. He wag employed at the Y. & O. mine at Charleroi, r 100°, By UPTON SINCLAIR, A splendid propaganda story of a Labor spy—written by a master propagandist. The kind of a book to hand to your shop-mate after you have read it, 25 CENTS Order trom THE. DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, ” nani> Brooklyn, N. Y.