The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 2, 1926, Page 5

* ‘was, ‘trom being a worker. Workers Write About the Workers® WORKER BESTS VERBUND LEADER ||!O ALL WORKER CORRESPONDENTS! IN CONTROVERSY Socialist Exploiter Fears Soviets By H. YANKELS (Worker Correspondent) A couple of painters and myself were working om a residence house in EHevanston. the owner of. the house, which was quite an elégant one, was a member of the Jewish Verbund of the socialist party. ‘When he started on the job all there was just the painters, family was away on a vacation. I had heard from.some people that are very close to the socialist movement,, that this fellow was very active in the “bund,” which in ezarist Russia, was a revolutionary organization, but, today in this country is the mouth; piece of the yellow socialist leaders, I also found out that he makes his living exploiting others. I was interested to find out how this fellow lived, so I browsed around the house. I saw a lot of magazines from the Literary Digest to the Red Book, lying around the house. In his library of books, there was not a single book on the labor movement, or the class struggle. His bookshelves were covered with a lot of cheap fiction in handsome bindings. Good Advertising. After noticing the kind of a library and the stuff he reads, I spoke to one of the other painters on the job about it. The other painter, who attends a night college, answered “This guy is in business. His business needs pub- licity.” While having a leading role in the Workmen’s Circle, the socialist party and the Forwards it brings him good advertising. He himself is very far from being revolutionary, tho he boasts of what he did in czarist Russia ages ago. One day at lunch-time, while I was sitting on the floor eating my lunch and reading The DAILY WORKER, the owner of the house, who had just returned from a vacation, came in. He saw me reading The DAILY WORKER and said: “Are youa Red?” “Yes,” I answered. “Every class conscious worker is a Red.” It was quiet for a while. “What do you think about-Rusta?” asked this socialist. “] wish we had such a government here!” I answered. “What's wrong in this country?” he demanded. “Probably nothing for you, but there is a lot of things wrong for me and my class,” I answered. “Why, the Russian workers are starving to death, while you are here making a pretty good living.” Russia for Workers. “Speaking about Russia, 1t is plain that you, not being a worker, should be against it. The Soviet government of Russia is controlled by the work- ers and peasants,” I explained. “As to the kind of a system that is best for the workers, I will discuss only with the workers. You are very far What's wrong here? If for instance I make $12 a day and produce $20 for that day, the boss gets $8 for doing nothing, Under the Soviet government we would cut out the boss and have a bigger share of what we produce. Your party knows that, but you have become traitors to the working cli#* and that is why, not being a worker, you are opposed to the Soviet government in Russia.” Workers Must Join Communists. “The Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers (Communist) League are the only organizations for the workers. Tho socialist party is not for the workers. It is for the middle class and the ‘liberals’—that is ‘who is who’—dnd now I must go back to my work.” Workers Starving; But Green Talks Prosperity By A Worker Correspondent COSHOCTON, O. Dec. 30—William Green, president of the American Fed- for holidi _ all indicat (2) wage rate, But every worker here knows the) real situation: That hundreds of job- less are walking the streets with no Jobs in sight and jobs getting fewer every day. That the union coal miners have been forced out of union mines into non-union ground hog holes. That the ‘Lodge, and other fraternal orders as well as the salvation army have this year distributed Christmas charity to hundreds of workers fam- ilies here. Yet the president of the American Federation of Labor dares to tell workers here that 1926 will be one of peace between capital and la-|. bor, dares to speak of prosperity for big business in the face of the misery }, the workers are facing. ‘ Watch the Saturday Magazine Section for new fectures every meek. This is a good issue to give to. your fellow worker. My boss told me thati]\ The, F word’ revolution, N the 13th and 20th, The DAILY WORKER will get out two special edi- the other to commemorat r, tlons—one for the second anniversary of The DAILY WORKER and the death of Comrade Lenin. Both these issues will be bigger and better in every way than anything previously attempted by our party. It is planned to have special articies and, cartoons by revoiution- ary artists and writers of all the principal countries. We want two things from each worker correspondent and we know you will not fall ‘us. 1. ents as possible. em MF “+ * he Plea »For the anniversary edition of the Worker we want short articles of NOT MORE THAN 250 WORDS dealing with the conditions of the workers incyour city or district; living, conditions, rents, wages, the attitude of the ‘authorities and especially ‘the connection of The DAILY WORKER with these conditions and the struggles of the workers. ig the maximum as we want‘to get in as many articles by worker correspond- Remember that 250 words For the Lenin memorial: edition, we want you to write 200 words of ap- “ preciation of Comrade Lenin's services to the working class and the do not write more than 200 words as we will have to cut your articles down If‘ordeér to get it in the paper. “The articles on Lenin ‘tidy deal with any one phase of his contribution to thé theory and practice 6f the class struggle, the trade unions, the peas- antry, the national and colonial question, imperialism, the role of the revolu- ionary. party, etc—or with. his work in general. * * © sure and plainly mark your articles, “For the Anniversary Editions,” ‘and send them in right away. The worker correspondents’ section of the anniversary editions should’ be the most interesting portion and if you com- rades will write and send in’ your artcles, it will be so. THE FIRST PRIZE. HILLMAN RULE TURNS A. C. W. TO WAGE CUTTING RACE WITH SCABS; © ONLY LEFT WING CAN ORGANIZE (By a Worker Correspondent) In the Amalgamated. Clothing Workers’ Union there has developed a chronic sickness that ig. ca and then the boss files: much 0. produce, and tt and, therefore, grants: | duction, % And here is what happens. In Chicago. we are told that we must give acreadjustment to the boss be- cause he cannot compete with the manufacturers in Rochester. In Ro- chester we are told | that our bosses can’t compete h w York. «In New York we are’ our boss- es can’t compete » 2 iladelphia, and in Philadelphia we about the many unorganized towns that work fot $12 and $15 a week’ did’ we are “advised” by our union officials to accept a reduction in our age and kcep the work in the city. Is this the best way tojsolve the problem of keeping the work from. gO- ing to the country? No! And a thou- sand times, no! W pai Why A Union? + -We have not labored, fought and suffered, to build up a union and then ask our members to compete with nonunion labor. The only way to solve this problem is to organize the unor- gauized so that they will not under- mine the conditions of the organized. But then, some one will say, “Has not the Amalgamated spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on organizers trying to organize the unorganizd dis- tricts like Philadelphia, Cleveland and other places?” Yes! They have spent thousands of dollars, and they will spend many more thousands, but these workers will not be organized until. the rank and file will be drawn into those or- ganization campaigns and they shall do the organizing. , Sar be Why the Left Wing in Office? Naturally, the leaders of our union must first be of such @ type that will have the confidence of the member- ship” Bo that the rank file will pte, THE troit, Mich. His name also must Ohio. his name. % Next week's prizes are as fol Russia, ‘readjustments.” u est to the union that his garments cost too Fe lie asks the co-operation of the union to “THE WINNERS 1S week's prizes for the best contributions to the worker cor- respondents’ page are aWarded as follows: THE FIRST PRIZE, “The Goose Step,” by Upton Sinclair, goes jothing worker employed in a clothing factory in Chicago, whose name cannot be given here. His story appears on this page under the heading of: “Hillman Rule ‘Turns A. C. W. to Wage Cutting Race «With Scabs; Only Left Wing Can Organize.” COND PRIZE, “Romance of New Russia,” by Magdalene Marx, goes to @ worker employed in the Ford automobile plant in De- Employs Slick Method to Get Rid of Workers and Yet Maintain Boast of Firm: We Never Lay Off,” appears on this page. THE THIRD PRIZE, Original of DAILY WORKER cartoon, framed, goes to a worker in the Carnegie steel mills in Youngstown, His story which appears on this page is entitied: “Carnegie Stee! Mill Worker ie Badly Injured.” We withhold the publication of ° * ° Next Week’s Prizes: lows: FIRST PRIZE—“Historial Materialism—A System of Sociology,” ‘by Nikolai Bukharin, In this,valuable book all the social sciences are closely scrutinized and Interpreted from the materialist viewpoint. SECOND PRIZE—"Russia Today,” the official report of the British trade union delegation * foniat and economic conditions in Soviet © THIRD PRIZE—The original of a DAILY WORKER oartoon, This means that every now ehtative to investigate, and he usually finds ‘or non-union, the garment is made cheaper ‘@ Te-+ FORD DRIVEN WORKERS LIKE THE DAILY WORKER; BUT NO TIME 10 READ By A Worker Correependent DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 30.— 1 am one of those that is chained to a Ford’s job. My experience here is that Ford shop slave driven work- ers, who have only twenty minutes for lunch, have no time for anything but slave for Ford and to rest up to s' for Ford again, They like The DAILY WORKER and snatch a glance at mine when | point out an article to them but when 1 ask them to subscribe they feel they haven't the time to read it. Only a short time ago we worked overtime every night and we work- ed on Sunday. Now after the rush the workers will be rewarded for their slavery with a lay off for an indefinite period. The last drop of blood of the workers is squeezed out of them into profits for Henry Ford. This system continues year in and year out but yet no move- ment at organization is visable. respond to help carry on such cam- paigns; as, for example, in the Fur- riers’ Union im New York, where the former officials did not have the con- fidence of the membership. It seemed impossible to them that the Greek furriers could be organized. But as soon as the new left wing ad- ministration was elected, the Greek workers were organized by rank and filers, and are now not threatening to undermine the union conditions any more. be withhe Hie article: “Ford THE lel WORKER Life Ws Bi THE a D PRIZE. CARNEGIE STEEL MILL WORKER IS BADLY INJURED Safety First Cards on Walls Can’t Help By A Worker Correspondent YOUNGSTOWN, 0O., Dec. 30.—Alex Miklu, an employe of Carnegie Steel company in Youhgstown, was injured on Monday, 28 when he was struck by a lage lump of coal as he was walking ‘dhdér a trestle, Miklu sustained a diifl6cated shoulder and several scalp Wounds. That's only ahother example of the thousands of brkers who cripple themselves and‘t#8e their lives in the steel ‘mill, Kans In every: coriter of the mill signs of “safety first” “fre plastered on the walls, telling “tH8''workers to watch themselves, “77:8 Inder a terrifi@ slave driving sys- tem without affy “Measures taken by the mill ownérgs*to make the mills safe, what is thé good of these signs? Under such cir@amstances there must be accidents 6f°@ll kind, since the vosses are cofigerned with making reater profits atid not. with protect- ng workers.- Thé only time the mills will be made safe for workers will be when workers together demand that the safety first’campaign be made a real force in the mills and. not a gro- tesque joke as it is now. That’s How They Work, in Youngstown, Ohio; How Abgat Your City? Ww. J. White: BE Pohketown: Ohio, while in ch, reported on the achievements." the Worker Corre- spondents group | o1 anized in the mill town of the Carnegie Steel Co. “We are lining up the youth in the mills in this - work with real suc- cess,” he said. “They are all young, have never written before, but they are going at it with earnestness.” After that Wk with your shop- mate—hang w copy of The DAILY Wi BR. It will help convince hit G USE ALL WAYS TO CRUSH THE MINE STRIKE Draw on Non-Union and European Surplus By SIDNEY BLOOMFIELD. (Worker Correspondent) WORCESTER Mass., Dec. Metal Trades Association, which is part of the National Manufacturers’ Association is constantly circularizing the New England states, which is one of the chief anthracite consuming dis- tricts, telling the householders to use} only West Virginia and other south- ern soft coal, in spite of the fact that the kitchen stoves in this part of the country cannot burn soft coal, The vilest propaganda is daily pub- lished in the local press picturing the striking coal miners as the enemies of civilization, as beasts to be crushed, ete. Municipal buildings and city com- mons are being used by the coal op- erators’. associations as experimental and exhibition stations, to show the wonderful (?) results of the use ‘of nonunion soft coal. Shipping European Coal. How capitalism co-operates interna- tionally may be seen by the shipping activity in Boston. Large shipments of Welsh anthracite coal ar@{ being made speedily to the New England ports, One steamship official stated that one British shipper alone will deliver between 115,000 and 120,000 tons of pure, big vein Welsh anthracite be- tween now and the first week in March, while full cargo freight for ap- proximately 12,000 tons of other Welsh coal and of Westphalian coal has been arranged for. Need United Front, News of the ocean movement of hard coal to the range of the northern states includes the following cargoes: The setamer Baron Douglas has just ben chartered for prompt readiness for Boston, The steamers Dampfen, Dam- pen, Albatros and Navarra (Norweg- jan) are loading for Boston. The steamer Sheaf Mead, Sirena and Esk- ridge are enroute to Boston. The Clintonia is in loading readiness under a Boston charter. The Solvang is due in Boston soon, Never was the need for a united front of the working class against the onslanghts of capitalism more clearly and convineftigly demonstrated as in this situations kieh is but part of the general onslaught of the bosses. Work- ers of all lands unite! THE SECOND PRIZE. FORD EMPLOYS SLICK METHOD TO GET RID OF. WORKERS AND YET MAINTAIN BOAST.OF FIRM: “WE NEVER LAY OFF” By A Worker Correspondent. DETROIT, ‘Hich,, Dec. 30.—The talk in our shop always has-been that Mr. Ford never days off his employes and that, in spite of a slow-down in pro- duction he will #ep all on their jobs. The slavés ‘that sweat for this notorious automobile baron believed this hokum, “Wages must be earned; no mat- ter how small fhey will be earned. There will be no discharges.” This and similar catch words drew hundreds and thousands of workers from many parts of the country to look for a job in Mr. Ford’s famous automobile factory. As early as the evening before the day when they ex- pected to be hired thousands of work- ers stood at the gate of the River Rouge plant to have the chance off slaving for Mr. Ford. But after Mr. Ford has filled his orders, after his Work had been done he doesn’t need us any more. So he begins to discharge and lay off as every capitalist’ does when he has squeezed in as liftle time as possible every bit of work he needed out of us, From the River, Rouge plant Mr. Ford started to Jay, off by the thou- sands, Mr. Ford proceeds in the mat- ter very cleverly. .He has placed his watchdogs—‘se: men”—to watch every worker. 7 ese “service men” discharge workerg,for the most trivial things. One is discharged for not carrying his ge with the slave aumber on, another one is discharged for running in the factory and others for not working fast enough, and so on. Those of us Rot discharged, are forced to work beyond our endurance, frightened lest we lose our jobs and that is our fate, slaves of Mr. Ford, driven to sweat and when not need- ed, thrown out to starve, Ttat is the present Mr. Ford offers to his slaves for the new year, And the discharged working men, of course, will offer no presents to their families? They will be glad if they have what to eat. This slave system will continue until the workers organize, We, the slaves of Mr. Ford, have no organiza- tion at all. We must organize and strive to better our lot and finally to overthrow the whole capitalist system that permits a Mr. Ford to hire and fire at will without consi- deration of the in which we live. We must of ‘the ruins of this h the Commun- the workers will work for their o on good and will not starve they have work- ed too well and ed too much, but on the ‘will have a well- paid the workers in Soviet Russia. Tn the’ Ford News we used to read: POLICEMAN BLACKJACKS NEGRO WORKER WITHOUT CAUSE AND GOES FREE GEORGE PAPCUN. (Worker Correspondent) WOODLAWN, P. Dec. 30—A Negro worker was beaten up by a policeman on Dec. 20th, just before quitting time, in a steel mill here in Woodlawn, This worker was employed in a gas production plant In the mill, where it is impossible to remain at work for more than fifteen minutes at a time without coming out for air. The worker had just been out for alr, as is the custom, when the policeman came along and com- menced beating him over the head with a blackjack. The worker was So surprised that he did not even have a chance to defend himself. He was so badly beaten up that for a week afterwards he was unable to talk, Immediately following the beat- ing, ihe demanded that the slu; be arrested, and when the case was brot before the justice of peace, the so-called police which is <onirstied by the steel corporation, went after the section foreman, who had seen the worker beaten up and triec, to get him to agree to testify that the Negro was drunk. This he refused to do, continuing to tell the truth about the affair, As a result of this aring. of the methods by which the employers maintain the | tule over the workers in the steel industry, and the Negro workers in particular, Even if the section foreman had not been prevented from testifying in the Negro’s behalf, there would have been no benefit resulting from this, to the worker, inasmuch as the justice of the peace is controlled en- tirely by the steel corporations, The steel mill at Woodlawn Is owned by the Jones Laughlin Stee! corporation. The Negroes do the heaviest and Worst kind of work there. The workers In thle mill are all indignant over this outrage, j ership over the unions which, by their Page Five ‘TAKE LEWIS OR YOU GET HOWAT; ADVISES CAPITALIST PRESS TO THE ANTHRACITE COAL BOSSES ) By PAT TOOHEY. (Worker Correspondent) Progressive Miners’ Committee Ki again have stated the leadership of John L. Lewis does not serve the best in-* PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—The terests of the American mine workers, pursued by Lewis is rapidly smashing Se aes time and that this policy of class collaboration’ the United Mine Workers of America, We have said many times that the Lewis type of leadership is the type the bosses want, the type they are alway: bosses are willing to co-operate withe in order to keep this element in lead- methods of booze, boodle, thuggery and gangsterism, at the present time. When the anthr chure , the pr capi alist | government, and every other pastitu- | tion and agency opposed to the cause} of unionism, champion the leadership | of Lewis, when these forces assist | Léwis in every manner their com- mand to keep him where he’ is, our charge that he isn’t a leader ‘is sub stantiated wholly. | That the coal operators ‘recog: Léwis as the type of leader they p’ fer to. deal with, rather than ‘# mili- tant .champion of the miners, when| the above mentioned forces jail, blac list and persecute radicals who dis agree with Lewis, this fact is all toc bribery, they have @ operators, the evident. The Philadelphia Public Ledger, mouthpiece of big business speaks. The Philadelphia Public} Ledger has done a favor for the pro- gressive miners. The following quota: tion from The Philadelphia Public Ledger needs no comments. “If the operators have any such ideas of destroying the union, as alleged, that is foolishness. Mine unions have come to stay. They have proved their value. The exist- ing union is not radical. Should it be destroyed, something more dan- gerous will fill its place. The op- erators may as well make up their minds to deal with the Lewis type of unionism, or take the Howat kind of mine unions. When they do get the Howat sort, they will learn a lot about real radicalism. They must be credited with sense enuf not to make that mistake.” This is illuminating. The Howat kind of unionism is not acceptible to the bosses but Lewis is quite wel- come. If Alexander Howat were the head of the Miners’ Union today, the same Alexander Howat who champ- fons the demands of every radical} coal miner in America, certainly this anthracite strike would mean more to the miners than the mere realization of the checkoff demand, the strike would be conducted as it should be conducted and certainly the miners would not return to work defeated, {all indications. »point. to. they. wilh duting this present strike. The progressive miners cannot agree with the Philadelphia Public Ledger in regard to the type of lead- erghip best fitted to deal with the operators, and: with that understand- ing will continue tlieir militant strug-! gle to organize the forces of the min- ers’ union to place in leadership of the organization leaders who know how to lead, leaders the bosses do not worship. WICKS ORGANIZES GROUPS | OF CORRESPONDENTS IN EVERY CITY HE VISITS ‘s anxious to deal with, the type’ the ATTAINMENTS OF |OCTOBER IN THE USSR PROVINCES |Klintzy Leather Workers Report,on .Progress By ELIAS LIFSHITZ. (Worker “Correspondent) KLINTZY; Gomel:)Proyince, “Red athter Works, U. S. S. R-= ~The} attainments, of the rsary,of the October rev olution have not only affected the cap- itals and allied republics of the U. 8. S. R. but have even penetrated deep? into the province: Every worker may see this freely with his own eyes, and become absolutely convinced that, he has not fought for the revolution in ain, that October is justifying itself. 2xample from the town of Klintzy the Gomel prov- ince. ‘The population of Klintzy is hardly 25,000, altho it is an industrial town where the majority pf the popu- lation are workers, What achievements may we place on record at the eighth anniversary of October? One of the main attain- ments is the opening of a textile fac- tory. This is one more victory in the field of extending industry. The open- ing up of this factory is of very great significance in particular for Klintzy, Up to a 1,000 workers will be absorb- ed by this new factory. No small sum | was spent in preparing this factory, and in setting’ it in order, but it will undoubtedly. pay its way. Another victory {s the opening of the Stodolsk club, This is a very im-> portant victory on the cultural front.” The 2,500 mass of workers of the Stodolsk factory and leather works alone will have to sharpen their wits, develop their minds and train them-* selves, and the newly opened club will be able to cope with this tremendous task. This club is one of the best in® the whole Gomel province. The club= L ‘which two foul Speakers aré installed a library and reading room, and @ large number of varions rooms for various circles and classes, is comfortable, agreéably fitted out,y with good taste and every conveni-? ence and it isa forge for educatnig = our workers, f At the present time we are experi-) encing a housing crisis everywhere ink clu Klintzy. Jn our town we have? now commenced fighting against this] housing crisis. Twenty apartments have already been workers’ families, not to speak of the” communal dwellings fitted out this: year. This is also one of our great?! achievements for the occasion of the jeighth anniversary of October. We jhave also a number of smaller? Harry .M, Wicks, editorial writer of The DAILY WORKER, while on a lecture tour to eastern cities has been organizing worker correspond- ents groups in each city he stopped at. He sends an enthusiastic report ating that these groups are now organized for effective work, On Saturday night, Jan. 2, at 8, Wicks will speak in Pittsburgh, Pa. at the Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St. Worker correspondents now writing for The DAILY WORKER and those interested should get in touch with him, On Sunday afternoon, Jan. 3, at 2, he will speak at Insurance Center Building, 1783,£. 11th street. This is Cleveland’s opportunity to get started on this important Party ac- tivity. Every worker should take advantage of the opportunity to talk this over with him, doin the Worker Correspondents! achievements to record in’ Klintgy, |which tho unnoticed, play a dominat- Jing role in the actual life of the town. | With these achievements we will march forward for attaining still more | | important and bigger successes by the | ninth anniversary of October, | Building Trades Union : Heads Postpone Strike _ NEW YORK, Dec. 30. — Possibility © 5 of a strike in the building trades in dustry. on January 1 was removed trades agreed that increases averag- ing $1.50 a day were to wait the out ~ come.of a. special meeting January 6— of thé’ employers” association, Are you going to give? Make i it a book on Communism! Daily is composed of a big meeting hall (ins) The cluby_ constructed for? when representafives of the building | 4 =