The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 23, 1926, Page 5

FORD BOSSES DRIVE WORKERS WITH SPEED-UP Klansmen Aid Detroit Flivver Magnate By WILLIAM QUEALY, Worker Correspondent. DETROIT, Feb. 21—The slave driv- ers at the Ford plant in Highland Park are experts at handing out pun- ishment to the workers who must toil under them. In order to hold a job one must actually be a sucker. The way to be a sucker is to work like the devil and every time that the form of the boss shows itself—and save us from the superintendent—you must cringe and let them see that you consider your- self an inferior being. They seem to like it and it makes them feel all the more important. The straw boss is somewhat of a sophomore gentle- man wearing an imitation diamond ring. From that gentleman you get most of the orders. The sucker who sets the pace must take care that we turn out the production. Workers Burn Self. Bleven other workers besides my- self worked on,emery grinding stones,’ The stuff that we worked on came red hot from an electric furnace. Tho, they are red hot you must handle them as best you can with your as- bestos gloves, It is not an unusual happening to get burned, particularly around the wrists and elbows from flying sparks and grit. Every hour the straw boss and suck- er marks on the blackboard with chalk the amount produced by each man to get the different fellows to speed-up to show they are better slaves than the others in the same department. No matter how hard they try, the workers are never able to beat the pace-maker that is set among them, Klansmen Enemy of Workers. In the Highland Park plant there are a lot of the klansmen from the south. These klansmen are the great- est menace to the workers in this shop and they are the greatest dan- ger to the American labor movement. ‘They always act as the spies of the company telling on the men who see the need of a union and who carry on union agitation in the plant. Conditions in the Ford plant will mever be much better until the work- ers recognize their identity of in- terests and join the unions and fight for better conditions. Workers Freeze in Cold Weather; Unable to Buy Warm Clothes By a Worker Correspondent BRYANT, Wis., Feb. 21—The boss came in to breakfast at 6 o’clock in the morning wearing a bittersweet smile and doing his best to convince the crew that the weather was fine, altho the mercury had dropped to 28 below. He registered a warning to any man who might think the temper- ature too cold and try to remain in the camp that he would be fired. Asa result every man left for the timber. These men obey, they are unorgan- ized. Toes Frozen. At 9 o’clock the first victim came back to camp with his toes frozen. ‘The boss seeing the slave returning, burned with indignation. He strutted thru the cook-house declaring he was on his way to the office to make out this workers’ time. He said, “I will make an example of that fellow, the impudence of him. Yesterday he made a fire to keep warm by. Today he comes in altogether. I'll fire him.” With this he left for the office. The fact is, this worker receives $60 a month. He has a family and cannot afford proper clothing for cold weather, Four Others Return, While the boss was on his way to the office four sawyers come in, one with his ears frozen. The boss entered the bunkhouse with check in hand and the air of a bulldog chasing a kitten. When he saw four more men, ‘he wilted. He quickly folded the check and instead of firing the worker offer- ed him a warmer coat. O, he is a kind, boss, he is! He is kind, like all bosses, when by throwing the slaves a crumb, profits flow into his larder as a result. | Untonize! What is the point, in this incident? It is this: if the workers were united, they would change those conditions ‘but as we are unorganized, we must kneol at the bosses feet and eat the dust from his boots, Get your tickets now for the Inter- national concert of the T. U, E. L., Sat., March 13, at 8th St, Theater, DR. S. lephone Armitage 7466 Gas or Novol for Extraction. DENTIST 2232 N. Near Milwaukee Avenue | guarantee to make your plates fit and make your appearance natural, Logan Square “L,” Milwaukee, Kedzie and California Ave. cats to door, av THE DAI This Week’s Prizes! First Prize—A valuable fountain pen. Second Prize—Kari Marx’s “Ca pital,” Vol, No. 1. Third Prize—Lenin on Organization, e8 Be sure to send your name and * address with the story. We cannot forward prizes if we do not know how to reach you, MINERS WILL VOICE GRIEV ANCES UNDER THE SLAVE CONTRACT THRU WORKER CORRESPONDENTS’ PAGE By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. i ital coal miners in, the anthracite have pledged themselves to be- come loyal supporters and. constant contributors to the worker correspond- ents’ page. They admit they are going to have much to write about in, the days ahead. The “Black Friday” agreement has gone into effect, the men have been sent back to “the mines” and are faced with their old enemies—the mine barons—who are at their old game of bleeding the workers at every pore, 2 Huge volumes would not be large enough to contain all. the grievances growing out of the “surrender agree- ment” of President John L. Lewis, under which the mine workers were delivered, bound and gagged, into the grip of the coal profiteers, But the stories of many of those By A Worker Correspondent. NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—That the party reorganized on the basis of the shop nucleus makes units function better and with greater results can be seen from the: following: Unit 5B2F held its regular meeting last Monday at six o’clock with a 100 per cent attendance. The nucleus has 11 members and te entire 11 were present—and ome new member was initiated ints the party. The folowing was some of the or- der of business discussed: 1. Issuing of new books; 2. Ways.and means to increase the circulation. of the DAILY WORKER; 3, The question of mem- bers joining the unions; 4, Labor par- ty campaign, etc. _ On point No. 1, new books were is- sued to all members, Boost DAILY WORKER. Five DAILY WORKER sub cards were sold. All members of the nu- cleus are either subscribers or are buying the Daily regularly on the newsstands. It was decided to solicit and find more newsstands for the Daily, In view of the fact that a great number of newsstands are situated in this fac- tory district, the entire nucleus. con- stituted itself into a number of com- mittees each one to visit at least one How One Party Nacleus Functions ST OUR AE Na NARS RDA a hE grievances are going to find their way into the correspondents’ page of The DAILY WORKER. Too many of them cannot be sent in. Room for all of them will be found somehow. The coal miners, the progressives, who inspire the militant struggle and carry the burden of the wrath of the Lewis cezardom, have pledged themselves to “Write as They Fight.” They are going to tell of their ex- periences, and the experiences of their fellow workers in the mines un- der the five-year slave contract. When their stories appear, they are going to get bundles of that issue and pass out the copies among the miners, many of whom, too many, do not know the cause of their woes, altho they all have many bitter complaints, Let workers in other industries take a tip from the militants in the coal in- dustry to write for the worker cor- respondents’ page. newsstand and report to the next meeting as to the prospects of the placing of The DAILY WORKER on them for sale. It was decided also that as soon as a newsstand is found for the Daily, the office be immediately notified and a comrade placed in charge of it. Join Trade Unions. In view of the campaign of the party to have every member join the union, all those who are not members as yet, promised to make applications and one comrade reports he had tried three times to join and each time he was refused, on the ground that he is employed in a non-union shop, but Promised to try again. It was decided that next meeting be devoted to the discussion on “why a jJabor party” One comrade was asked to prepare and lead the discussion and at the same time each comrade of the nucleus was instructed to procure and read the pamphlet on the labor party so that all could be prepared for a lively discussion at the next meeting. It was also suggested that all the other campaigns of the party be treated in the same manner. There were many more things taken up at this meeting but the above will suffice to show to other nuclei how one nucleus is working under the new structure of the party. DRILL ON SENTENCE AND PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE OF NEWS STORIES-TONIGHT What constitutes a news story, how to go about writing one and how the news story differs from other kinds of writing will be con- tinued at tonight's class of Chicago worker correspondents at the edi-: torial room of The DAILY WORK- ER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd. The subject matter will be enlarged upon by a drill on sentence struc- ture and paragnaphing. All students are urged to bring in their news stories which will be used for cla jion as well as some exampl: of selected news stories which have appeared in The DAILY WORKER, This will be the last lesson’on the who could not class should be Sure to attend this one. From the study of the straight news story wo will proceed to the newspaper feature story, . . NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—The New York class in worker correspond- ence meets every Monday evening at 8 p.m. at the Workers’ School, 108 East 14th St. “The pen is mightier than the sword,” provided you know how to use it, Come down and learn how in-the worker correspondent’s classes. ZIMMERMAN California Avenue NO PAIN. CARPENTERS OF TWIN CITY ASK FOR INCREASE Also Plan for Vigorous Organization Drive By a Worker Correspondent MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 19. — Members of the Twin-City District Carpenter’s Council have voted almost unanimously for an increase in pay. The increase asked is from ninety cents to'a $1.12% per hour for an eight hour day, wage of $9 per day. Highty-eight per cent of the mem- bership yoted in the referendum. Out of 2,981 members, 2,072 were in favor of demanding an increase in pay, and 385 against. The majority of those voting favored the continuance of the 8-hour day and the 44-hour week. Some voted for a 6-hour day and a 5-day week. In the meeting of Local No, 7 in Minneapolis at which the increase was discussed and voted upon, the business representative of the district made a plea which did not change the desire of the membership, He thought that a dollar an hour would be enough if it could be gotten, that many contractors would lose money, and that a big increase in pay would be hard on the fair employers, The sentiment was overwhelming against him and there was threats of remov- ing him from the arbitration board, Members of the council said that the reports are that the contractors will ask a 9-hour day, This may mean a fight. The left-wing in the organiza- tion has the opinion that all non- union carpenters must be brought into the organization. This can only be done by lowering the initiation fees for a period of ninty days and con- ducting a vigorous campaign for mem- bership, All leaders that are prone to show any, hesitancy should watched and,replaced if they do not conduct a determined fight for this increase in pay. ISTEEL MAGNATES LY WORKER 3 HIRE NEW BOSS FOR SPEED-UP Straw Bosses Dropped in Rank By a Worker Correspondent PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb, 21—Speed up is the slogan of H. D, Williams, new president of the Pittsburgh Steel company. A Boon as he received his position he began dropping workers. Many carpenter gangs were done away with and naturally that left some extra bosses! “These bosses received orders, either to become carpenters again or quit: One carpenter boss who has been with the company for the past fifteen years, being.a/scab and company man, took it so hard that he became sick from worrying over the job he lost. This should» be a lesson to him and other workers.» This worker has given his time to the steel trust instead of the workers’ cause and his reward was to be lowered in his position, The first to be fired were the union coal miners., Perhaps he was guard- ing against the miners talking union- ism to the other workers. And it is likely that it was a put up job to force the miners to accept the coal barons’ conditions. The same H. D. Williams was the honored speaker of the Monessen board of trade banquet this year. He predicted a prosperous year in the steel industries and we are prosper- ing on three days a week work. But Page Five peasant party to the Soviet Union, the congress of the Russian party, “Aurora” writes: “After nearly a two years’ extremist policy of the government in the ques- tion of the relations to other states, the Russian Communists have ad- mitted that they find themselves on the way of decline and have now made halt. They have made halt rather late after they have admitted that they have incited Morocco to riot, that they have taken part.in the provoca- tion of the rebellion of South Bess- arabia... .” The organ of the government “Vii- torul” snatches that comment of “Au- rora” and declares that “the organ of the Zaramists is now acknowledg- ing, that the Soviets have been agitat- ing in Tartarbounar, what they have been denying up to now.” “By its new attitude the peasant party acknowledges expressively that the policy of the government in the question of the relations to Soviet. Russia and in the Bessarabian ques* tion was correct.” Answering the conclusions of “Vii- torul,” “Aurora” writes in its issue of Jan, 11: “We have always said that the ex- tremist policy of the Soviets and their continuous interference with the in- ner questions of other states can find nobody’s sympathy. We have never denied that in Tatarbounar an inter- ference of the Soviets has taken place. Our attitude towards the Soviets has always been the attitude of the entire western democracy.” since he is the henchman of the capi- talist class the only prosperity he can think of is the company’s prosperity. Office Workers’ Union’ Plans .Campaign to Organize Unorganized By a Worker Correspondent MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb, 21 — zealous effort, is being displayed by the youthful members of the books keepers, stehographers and office workers’ union to reach the masses of office babe who are exploited daily in Minneapolis, This organization, altho only some three years/jold, has increased its membership by.a goodly number since its inception., The members are young trade unionists. who are alive to the problems ofthe working class, and knowing that they are an intrinsic part of that lass, have shown a desire to participate in all of its struggles. We are right now engaged in plan- ning an energetic, city-wide campaign for membership. The committee in charge is drawing up a circular letter in which they set forth the needs for organization Among the under-paid office slaves.of Minneapolis. The mem- bership in general has signified its willingness to:cooperate in every way to make this campaign a success, To.save as much expense as we can, we are going to put on a regular old- fashioned corn husking party at which all the union members will contribute the labor necessary to address, fold and seal the circulars. Not only is the Bookkeepers, Steno- sraphers and Auditors’ Union busy building up its own organization, but it is closely cooperating with the trade union movement in Minneapolis, At its last meeting the union voted to buy two shares of stock in the Labor Temple Association. We have a live educational commit- tee, toc. Whenever possible we invite outside speakers to come in and tell us of the striggles and successes of the trade unidn movement, All office workers of the Twin Cities, are invited to come in and help us build a union that will become a powerful force in the struggle toward working class emancipation,’ © NEGLIGENCE ON PART OF COMPANY CAUSES DEATH OF TWO MINERS By Worker Correspondent, GREENSBURG, Pa., Feb, 21.—Ne- glect of the Mt. Pleasant-Connells- ville Coal and Coke company to Properly examine the elevator which hoisted the men from the death of two mine, resulted in the worke John Skos . Almost e their bodies was broke: Four other workers caped death when the ed to stop at the top and it the frame work. These men were thrown from the elevator to the platform and were badly bruised. The elevator after hitting the tip broke from the cable and was plung- ted 400 feet to the bottom of the shaft. The accident was witnessed by 75 miners who were waiting at the bottom of the shaft to be hoisted up. narrowly es- Is the shop where you work a union shop? Do they: follow up the union rules? if not, why not?’ Write it up. Horthy Calls Bank Note Forgers National Heroes BUDAPEST, Hungary, Feb. 21 — Despite all affirmation that the bank note forgery will be treated as a pure- ly criminal affair (which would enable the Hungarian counter-revolution to hide the political background of the forgery)the supporters of the Horthy regime are working hard to glorify the criminals. The counter-revolutionary Hungarian press honors the forgers as “revengers” for the Trianton peace treaty. Other papers begin to “understand” the motives of the criminals and stress their highly “patriotic” character. While the police in Hungary treats revolutionists with the most brutal tortures, the counter-revolutionary criminals enjoy the most polite and amiable treatment. For hours the police and the accused discuss what they should admit and what they should hide—in the “interest of the Hungarian nation.” In prison they en- joy special rights. The furniture of the prince’s sleeping room was trans ported in the “cell” of Prince Win- dischgraetz on the excuse that prison regulations allow prisoners to have their own “bed linen.” In the bourgeois press and in some democratic organs the claim is being raised that the main accused, the former chief of the Hungarian police, Nadossy and Prince Windisch- graetz are well known as “neurotics” —as people who cannot be made fully responsible for their actions. Prepara- tions are already being made to re- lease the Meroes of Hungarian “free- dom” as martyrs from their prison. Democratic Illusions Shattered by Liaptchev SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 21—The il- lusions that Bulgaria would become a democracy due to the change of government, are thoroly destroyed by the statements of Liaptchev himself. In an interview Liaptchev said to the editor of a French paper: “We are very satisfied with all po- lice institutions which have led the struggle against the elements of re- volt. We thank them for it. And we ask them to continue their work.” One can hardly say it more clearly. The Bulgarian hangmen who have murdered and tortured on a large scale, receive the promise that noth- ing will be done by the “new” system against them on account of their past crimes and that they have the duty to continue their work also under the new government against the impris oned workers and peasants, Big Ruhr Trust. After protracted negotiations, the Ruhr Montane Trust has been formed under the name of “The Federated Steel Works Company Limited.” This company includes the Rhine-Elbe Un- fon, the German-Luxemberg Mining Company, Ltd., the Bochum and Gel- snekirche Mining Co,, Ltd., the Thys- sen Group; Phoenix and the Federat- ed Steelworks van de Zijpen; and Rheinstahl, At the beginning of last year these seven firms employed near- ly 130,000 workers, 1. 30 per cent of the workers in the whole of the Ruhr territory. i The new company, will begin its ca- reer as a “research company” with a capital of 50,000 marks, Your neighbor will appreciate the favor—givechimethis copy of e DAILY WORKER. ROUMANIAN PEASANT PARTY SEEKS | TO CURRY FAVOR WITH DYNASTY | BY DENOUNCING SOVIET UNION BUCHAREST, Roumania—(By Mail.)—The last news of the approach of the leaders of the peasant party to the dynasty on the occasion of the abdi- cation of Crown Prince Carol have created a change in the attitude of the | This attitude is not altogether a new one. Already after the sentence in the trial of Tatarbounar, “Aurora” described | the rebellion of South\Bessarabia as an “action provocated by Soviet Russia.” Commenting on the resolutions of + Russia Legalizes i our Umeon Meeting Fourth Monday, Feb, 22, 1926, Name of Local and Abortions as Step in Eradicating Evil MOSCOW, —(Ts 21—The conference for the arding of| Motherhood and infants has devoted | serious attention to the qu on of; birth control. D, Genss, an instruct- or of the Moscow health department for the safeguarding of motherhood and infants, has delivered an ¢xten- sive report on that interesting ques- tion. He showed the stead. rowth of abortions in the bourgeois states, disregarding the law against it. In Germany the number of abortions in the, last year hag increased by 10 tc 15.per.cent. Seven thousand women dje-yearly from secret abortions, Tens of thousands are yearly being crippled for. life thru them, or contract chronic diseases. The decree legalizing: abortions in the-U. S. S. R. has in view two aims The‘first is to take them from the underground and thus safeguard the health of women. The second aim is to get the possibilities of studying the social and economic conditions of the women that are undergoing the op- eration in order to introduce the neces sary social measures for the diminish- ment of the need for obortions. The legalization of abortions, stated Dr. Genss, has at the beginning met hostility of the majority of Soviet physicians, Dr. Genss insisted that the legaliza- tion of abortion is the only right method to protect the women from the results of underground abortions. US. Consul Helps When Appeal to God Fails (Special to The Daily Worker) PEKING, Feb. 21 —American Vice- Consul Chapin has reached Hsinyang- chow with provisions for the 26 Amer- ican missionaries and the two others who were caught between the fire of; the Kuominchun and the Wu Pei Fu forces. He has instructions to bring out all the foreign nationals at that city. ai HANKOW, Feb. 19—The foreign consuls here have sent a joint pro- test to Wu Pei Fu and Yueh We- chun urging that an agreement be reached for the termination of the siege of Hsinyangchow where famine is prevalent. The hypocrisy of the move is plain when it is considered that Wu has received foreign back- ing and that foreign interests have ad- vanced him military supplies. Los Angeles Puritans Want Desire Elsewhere LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb, 21 — Ar- rested on charges of presenting a morally objecttonably play, the entire cast of “Desire Under the Elms” the current attraction at a downtown theater, was to appear before Judge Bullock today. The fact that the play which is considered by critics to be one of Eugene O’Neill’s best had a year’s run in New York will be one of the main points of the defense, “The unions are the pillars of the workers’ power.”—Losovsky. No. Place of Meeting. 89 nders, 123 N. Clark St. P.M. 1 Bridge and Structural tron Work- ers, 910 W. Monrve St. 94 Boot and Shoe, 1939 Milwaukee Av 698 Butchers, Hebrew, 3420 W. Ro velt Rd. 638 Butchers, Bohemian, 1870 Blue Is- land Ave, 17742 Cleaners & Dyers, 113 S, Ashiand 4 Glove Workers, 1710 N. Winches'r 1307 Carpenters, 1850 Sherman Ave. Evanston | 2505 Carpenters, 180 W. Washington 8t | Cap Makers, 4003 Roosevelt. Rd. 70 Carpenters, 2705 W. 38th St. 80 Carpenters, 4039 W. Madison 8t. | 181 Carpenters, 2040 W. North Ave. | 199 Carpenters, S. C. 9139 Commerci | Ave. | 416 Carpenters, S.C., 1438 W. 18th Bt, 419 Carpenters, C., 1457 Clybourn 448 Carpenters, 222 N. West St., Wau- kegan. 1367 Carpenters, 2040 W. North Ave. 14 Cigar Makers Executive Board, 166 W. Washington St., 7:30 p. m. 713 Electricians, 119 S. Throop St. 394 Engineers (Locomotive) 7832 ®. Union Ave., 7:30 p. m. 400 Engineers, 4643 S. Haisted Street 401 Engineers, 311 S. Ashland Ave. 569 Engineers, 180 W. Washington St. 196 Firemen and Enginemen, 2431 Roosevelt Rd., 9:30 a. m. Last meeting 7:30 p.m. 331 Firemen and Enginemen, 64th and Ashland Ave. 698 Firemen and’ Enginemen, Madison and Sacramento. 18 Glove Operators, 1710 N. Winchea- ter Ave. 76 Hod Carriers, 814 W. Harrison St. 89 Ladies’ Garment, 328 W. Van Buren: St. 74 Lathes, 725 S. Western Ave. 374 Longshoremen, Tug, 355 N. Clark 265 Machinists, 75th St. and Dobson Bivd 337 Machinis\s, 1638 N. Halsted St. 378 Maintenas.ze of Way, 1543 W. 103d Street 723 Maintenante of Way, 202 W. 47th Street 27 Painters, 175 W. Washington St. 823 Plumbers, 536 N. Cicero Ave. 101 Painters,’ 3316 W. North Ave. 147 9 W. Adams St. 194 Painters, Madison and Sth Ave. 265 Painters, 205 E. 115th St. 273 Painters 2432 S, Kedzie Ave. 2064 Railway Clerks, 159 N. State St. 51 Sheet Metal Workers, 1638 N. Halsted St. Sailors’ Union of Great Lakes, 355 N. Clark Street 5 Tailors, 180 W. Washington St. 7:30 p. m. 721 Teamsters, 11526 Michigan Ave. 758 Teamsters, 220 S. Ashland Blvd. 3 p. m. 772 Team , 220 S. Ashiand Blvd. (Note—Uni otherwise stated all meetings ar 8 p.m) SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT, SOCIETIES Frauen-Kranken-Unterstuetzungs Verein Fortschritt Meets every ist and 3rd Thursday, Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North Avenue. Secretary. Tia Juana Judge Jails Four in Shame Scandal (Special to The Daily Worker) TIA JUANA, Mex., Feb, 2i—Four of the seven men accused of outraging Audrey and Clyde Peteet, are being held in the local jail. Most- promi- nent of the prisoners is Z. Lianos, deposed police chief, for many years head of the police department of Mex- jicali and known as a power in the politics of Northern Mexico. With [him are Luis Amador, ‘local saloon jowner, and Refugio Alvarez, The trio are charged with the actual at- |tack, while Francisco Gonzales, a former policeman, is held for concedl- ing the crime. ‘Judge S. Urias of the court of the first instance, Tia Juana, refused to hold the four men on charges of murder and ordered the release of Junan York Sang, hotel | owner, Salvador Espinosa, taxi driver, and Francisco Navarro, bartender. Conviction, Sure Death. The maximum penalty facing the four men held is 14 years. This would mean their death, it was re- ported, as they would be sent to the Mexican military prison at Tres Mar- ias Island, where only the most rug- ged prisoners survive the island mal- aria for more than a few months. The trial date has not been set. Under Mexican law they will be per- mitted to employ attorneys and with- in 15 days or two months will be tried before Judge Urias in Tia Juana. Capitalist stupify the workers with brain-killing injections of their poison. Throw off the DOPE newspapers As an antidote give the workers you know a sample copy of The Daily Worker, with its life- giving facts that will strengthen them and re- vitalize their thinking. RATES: Outside of Chicago: One Year 8.00 . 4,50 . 2.60 Name: Citys sas THE DAILY WORKER, 11138 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill, Enclosed $.... subscription for: COR secesnene HSE octiacidsiet uit ‘aii