The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 7, 1926, Page 5

1000. ‘WORKER. CORRES! PONPENTS BY JANUARY 13 1927 PETTICOAT SHOP WORKERS RECEIVE VERY LOW WAGES Girls Must Unionixe and Fight Bosses By A Worker Correspondent NEW YORK, April 5.—The workers in the petticoat trade, a section of the needle industry, once possessed a union which helped them defend them- selves against the harsh treatment: of the bosses and to better their condi- tions, The union no longer exists. This is very unfortunate for the work- ers. Without this weapon of defense they are open to the most merciless exploitation and the vilest abuse., In New York City there are about two thousand young girls employed in this industry, Boss Drives Workers, In the Bayley petticoast factory at 333 W. 28th street there are about 50 workers, mostly young Italian girls from 16 to 18 years of age. The well- known piece work system, driving the workers to the limit of their physical endurance, is in operation. The girls receive the “magnificent” salary of $16 to $18 a week. Conditions are so bad in this shop that the workers frequently come and £0. The foreman is well paid. One of the girls rightly pictured him by saying he was “a good watchdog” for the boss, but a “contemptible cur” for the workers, Occasionally some of the girls voice their resentment against the inhuman treatment they receive. Woe betide those who are caught. They are promptly fired. During the slow season those that are not fired have their wages cut about 50 per cent. The Mack and Hyman shops is lo- cated at 115 W. 29th street. About 30 workers are employed there. Con- ditions are about the same as in the Bayley petticoat factory. Wages range from’ $15 to $18 a week. Protest against the miserable conditions and you are immediately fired. If you protest against overtime work, for which you receive only regular pay, you lose your job. Low Wages Paid. ‘The Stuff Petticoat company has its. place at 141 W. 27th street. This boss employes. about 10 workers, .. paying them from $15 to $18 a week. Con-~ ditions in this shop, besides being mis- erable, are unsanitary. The Joseph Kerman shop at 127 W. 27th street employ about 75 workers, mostly Italian. Half are young work- ers. They must “live” on the “gener- ous” salary of $10 to $15 a week. The .adult workers are not treated much. better. Their salaries range from $18 to $22 a week. He’s a “Philanthropist.” This kind boss fires those workers whom he suspects will ask for an in- crease. But he is a “philanthropic fellow.” He arranged a Christmas, party for the girls and the girls, un- suspecting his motives, fell for it. During the party this kind boss de- livered a lecture on loyalty to the boss, proving to his own satisfaction the mutual interests of the boss and the workers. To show his appreciation and to prove the mutual interests of the boss and the worker, a few weeks later he reduced the wages of the workers, es- pecially of the most active workers at the Christmas party. The workers then learned their bitter lesson. This shop is unsanitary, ‘There are a vast number of other shops in New York where workers slave their lives away. Workers Must Organize. Petticoat workers, these conditions can be changed! These conditions can be changed thru the organization of the workers into a union. WORKER CORRESPONDENTS, _ ATTENTION! All worker correspondents of our foreign language press are urged to send in their na and addresses sta. ting for which paper they write. It is very important. _SOMETHING DIFFERENT Pay at door 50 cents mr NEW PRIZES Now, For Our Worker Correspondents r For Best Stories Sent in During the Week to Appear in the Issue of Friday, April 9: —KING COAL, a fine working class novel by Upton Sinclair, Cloth- bound for your library, y Dy year’s subscription to the LABOR DEFENDER—a prize good for 12 months, gall the numbers published (8) of the Little Red Library. ‘Win one of these prizes with a short account of wages and conditions in your shop. Make it short—give facts— give your name and address, CHICAGO WORKERS WELCOME FIRST ISSUE OF LIVING NEWSPAPER By M, PERLIN, Worker Correspondent, Before the first issue of the living newspaper in Chicago in the English language appeared at the Imperial Hall, a comrade asked me what kind of a newspaper is it going to be?. How can a newspaper be alive? I told him, “You just wait a few minutes and you'll see that nothing is Teen ne comeeestieasincociesbapsaio impossible for the ‘Reds.’” Just as I finished talking the cur- tains lifted up and we saw a real liv- ing newspaper issued by the worker correspondents of the DAILY WORKER. Each worker correspondent read his article to the public and everybody en- joyed it very much. It was easy to see by the applause each worker cor- respondent received after he was thru reading his article that the newspaper was a success. After the living newspaper a band started playing and all comrades, young and old, danced until midnight. Workers in the hall in their conversa- tions declared the idea of a living newspaper was good and they would live to have the living newspaper ap- Dear every week. How Sieberling Boss Introduces Speed-Up System Into Factory (By a Worker Correspondent.) BARBERTON, Ohio, April 5—One. day the manager of the Sieberling Rubber Company made a bet with one ‘of the tire builders that this worker. could “not--make-100 tires an: “hour, This ‘worker accepted the bet that he could make that number of tires if the boss would furnish a helper. The boss furnished a helper. The worker turned out 101 tires. For doing this he was paid $15. When the boss saw this he then decided to cut wages. Where the workers in the shop made #2 tires for $7.50 they must now make 91 tires for $7.50. The tire-builders must make these tires without a helper. The worker must work twice as hard, produce more profits for the boss and get less for his work. If a worker is not fast and cannot build tires quickly he makes about $5 for a day’s work. The bosses are. planning to cut wages more. They will cut wages more and more and make us work harder as long as we remain unorgan- ized. In order to beat back these at- tempts of the bosses it is necessary for the tire workers to organize into a union. Ford Workers Can’t Follow Henry’s Advice By a Worker Correspondent DETROIT, April 5.—Henry Ford, in an interview given to the Ford Weekly News, claimed that in order to insure physical well being you must chew your food slowly. Now let us see how much Mr. Ford thinks of the 170,000 odd workers whose welfare is controlled by the Ford Motor com- pany. They are given 15 minutes for lunch. The bosses walk back and forth to see that the men are working as soon as the bell rings. To clean your hands so that lunch may be more appetizing is out of the question. Good Music and Dancing TRIKE RELIEF BALL FOR PASSAIC §S TRIKERS at CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE, 67th Street and 3rd Avenue, New York City SATURDAY NIGHT Tableaux by the Passaic strikers led by A. WEISBORD Humorous drawings by WILL GROPPER and HUGO GELLERT Speeches by Mike Gold and Joe Freeman “> Auspices Internatio WORKERS MUST SLEEP IN LOUSY BUNKS IN TENTS By a Worker Correspondent ORIFINO, Idaho, April 5.—The big capitalist sheets of the northwest have been carrying advertisements urging men to go to Lewiston, Idaho, or to Orifino to work on the new branch of the Northern Pacific rail- way that is under construction. This new branch of railroad is being built to tap the big timber reserve in Idaho. The papers declare that men are in great demand in the grading camps. The contract to run a branch railroad from Orifino to the vast timber forest was let to the big Spokane, Wash., contracting firm of Towie Brothers, who are sub-contracting much of the work to the smaller fry. Herded Into Tents. The men working on this job have been, herded into tents this wigter. They must walk to and from work on their own time. .Many of them have to walk two or three miles each way to work. They are supposed to work eight hours after they have walked two or three miles to their work. For this the men are paid $3.60 a day, with $1.50 a day deducted for board. Besides this they hold out $1 a month for; hospital fee. The food is bad—canned goods mostly and very badly cooked. The sleeping quarters are double decked bunks in canvas tents. These tents are cold in the winter and stifling in the summer. The bunks are lousy. The tents are not fit for pigs to live in. They are not only lousy, but they jJeak. As to the bosses, they are the old- style pick handle bosses, that drive the men worse than chattel slaves were ever driven. Men come and g0 all the time. They do not leave be- cause they do not want to work, They leave because they are unable to stand the conditions. Conditions are so rotten in the camp that the men leave almost flat broke to face a world where they know it is next to impossible to find a job. They know they will be out of a job for months, but they quit and leave this camp which has come to be known as the worst spot in the north- west, There are far more idle workers in the northwest seeking employment than will be needed by the contract- ors to finish this branch of railroad. Workers are warned to stay away from the northwest and pay little at- tention to the ads in the big newspa- pers as work is scarce here and thon- sands are walking the streets. The contractors and sub-contractors have made conditions worse and worse be- cause they know there are a great number out of work. The northwest is having Coolidge “prosperity.” Py THE DAILY” WORKER Page Five Se RRIEE a ARREST ARR OR LEADERS SELECT PROSECUTORS IN CASE OF ENGLISH Railroad Lobby Stands by Gompers’ Friend (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, April 5.—An agree- ment was reached between house lead- ers today for a board of nine impeach. ; ment managers to prosecute Federal District Judge George W. English. Five republicans and four democrats will comprise..the house prosecution staff rather than the original list of seven, dominated by five republicans, which Representative Garrett, Ten- nessee, minority leader, refused to ap- prove. The, cpmmittee will be com- posed of: Republicans—Boies, Iowa; Hersey, Maines, .Michener, Michigan; Moore, Ohio, amd Stobbs, Massachu- setts. Democrats—Sumners, Texas; Montague, Virginia; Tillman, Arkan- sas, and Dominiek, South Carolina, All of them took a leading part in the fight for impeachment and represent what is said to be among the best legal talent in theskouse. . Action ‘This Week, Present plaii® call for final selection of the managtrs’ on Monday, but as senate leaders are in no hurry to set a date for the trial, Representative Tilson, Connetticut, republican floor leader, indicatéf'today it might be the middle of the’'Week before the house gives its approval to the nominees. When the managers are approved the only remaining formality will be a call on the senate, advising it the house had voted impeachment and suggest- ing a date for the trial. Roads Stand By Him. Activity of railroad lobbyists and congressmen notably friendly to rail- roads that traverse Illinois, in opposi- tion to the impeachment of Federal Judge English, marked the final stages of debate of that issue in the house. Whereas on,the first day it had ap- peared that the. membership was al- most unanimously favorable to put- ting the antilabor and pro-railroad judge on trial for tyrannical and out- rageous conduct, on the third day the tide of defense was running strong. Discussion of English’s railroad strike injunctions of 1922 and of his attempt to secure thet Figid enforcement by threats against Yocal officials and strik- ers and their counsel was emphasized. The railroad companies’ friends ap- peared satisfied to have it shown that APRIL 10, 1926 FUN FOR ALL Workers’ Aid the judge was intensely partisan to the companies @nd-hostile to labor. Austrian Unions to Send 150 Engineers to Soviet Republic (Special to The Daily Worker) VIENNA, April 5—The Austrian Labor Chamber, representing the trade unions of-this country, has de- cided to send 150 engineers to the So- viet Union in jponse to the request of the Soviet trade unions thru the agency of the Soviet legation here, according to Fritz Rager, secretary of the Labor Chamber. The step, whieh is the first of its kind, is taken’in' order to relieve the terrible unemployment which last winter reachéd’a total of 250,000 and in order to attract to Austria the at- tention of other countries where the services of such skilled workers may, be needed. Two hundred Austrian settlers have gone to the Urals to set- tle there. The Labor Chamber’some months ago petitioned the United States gov- ernment to allow the immigration of 50,000 ‘skilled workers but never re- ceived a reply. Cut Off Liquor Sources Shows Huge Illicif: Consumption baad WASHINGTON, April 5.—America’s AMERICAN OIL INTERESTS SEEK «> “GEORGIAN REPUBLIC’ RECOGNITION WASHINGTON—(FP)—April 5.—After two hours of sentimental appeal and evasion of answers to questions put by members of the house committee on foreign affairs, John A. Stewart, of the Caucasian Society of America, closed the first day’s hearing on the resolution proposing American recogni- tion of the National Republic of Georgia, which fled to Paris from Batum in March, 1921. Ol! Interests in Anti-Soviet Move. He promised to fulfill the demand of Chairman Porter that he furnish a complete list of the members of the society, with their business connections. He had read a list of his executive ¢————_—_____________ committee, which included John Hays Hammond, Former Chairman Wilcox of the republican national committee, and Barren Collier, advertising man and land promoter, who proves to be counsel-general in America for the ref- ugee government. Oil Interests in Anti-Soviet Move. Representative Begg of Ohio, repub- lican regular, asked why Stewart and his friends had not sought recognition of this refugee organization from the state department direct, They ad- mitted that the department had been “approached,” but gave no reply when asked how they were met. The de- partment has not been asked to take part in the hearing before the house committee, Stewart identified himself as a busi- ness associate of Collier and as being agent for the Alax Iron company, run by his brother, the firm producing en- gines for drilling oil wells. This was the only connection admitted with the oil ‘business, except the fact that Henry Lane Wilson, former American minister to Mexico, who was partial to oil companies in that country, or- ganized the Caucasian Society, which is promoting this anti-soviet move in the region which contains the Baku and Grozny oil fields, Fish Assails Recognition. Representative Fish of New York, republican, read from the report of the British Trade Union Congress delegation which visited Georgia in 1924, to show that the great majority of the people support enthusiastically the Soviet government. He said the British parliament might as well dis- cuss recognition of the independence of the Philippines as the American congress debate recognition of an in- tegral part of the Soviet Union, Former Exploiters of Russia Convene Rump Duma in Paris (Special to The Dailw Worker) PARIS, April 5.—Representatives, of the millionaires, generals, admirals, dukes, counts, industrialists, and other individuals who in former days ex- ploited the workers of Russia.to their heart’s content will meet here. tomor- row to outline plans for new intrigues and counter-revolutionary manéuvers against their home country.’ The main business of this august assembly of “ex,” expected to number 250, many of whom now are doing such things as washing dishes and waiting on people 41 restaurants or living off investments in other countries, is* to decide whether the Grand Duke Nicholas or the Grand Duke Cyril should be sup- ported as czar of Russia. One of the leading intellectual lib- erals of pre-war Russia, professor Struve, once of the University of St. Petersburg, organized this forlorn gang of political adventurers. He says the conference was called “on the assumption that Russia craves de- liverance from the present bolshevik dictatorship.” The professor under- # ands perfectly the difference between an “assumption” and a fact. Bakers Vote for Union Labor Work on Philly Sesqui-Centennial Fair CLEVELAND, 0O., April 5.—Bakers’ Union Local 19 went on record for the use of union-made material and union labor at the Sesqui-Centennial Exposi- tion in Philadelphia. Their resolution also demands that space at the expo- sition be set aside for exhibits demon- strating the work of labor, the farm- ers and of the Negroes in the develop- enormous consumption of bootleg) ment of the country. liquor was disclosed today by figures at the treasury indicating that sources of supply for intoxicating beverages have been cut probably 20,000,000 gal- lons in the last year. Exact statistics are being compiled by Gen. L. C, Andrews, dry chief, who has asked his aides to submit reports at once. Andrews asserted genuine liquor virtually thas disappeared from the market. °° “High Powe” Beer Available, The diversion of medicinal and sac- ramental wines and liquors has been checked, altho the government is just beginning to “get action” in suppress- ing this source, officials said. A con- siderable quantity of high power beer still finds it way to the market, ac- cording to reports.. LOST! LOOSELEAF BOOK WITH POEMS AND RHYMES AT N.Y. PARTY QUARTERS A looseleaf notebook containing working class poems and nursery rhymes not published yet has been lost at the party headquarters, 108 East 14th St., New York City. Whoever found it, kindly return to the Pioneer Department, 108 E. 14th St, and leave with Comrade Don, You may keep the covers, but return the contents or at least a copy of theme C. MILLER, Ploneer Director. Chicago Millionaire’s Son Gets 60 Days in Prison in Los Angeles (Special to The Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, April 5.— Darby Dy, Jr., son of a millionaire insurance company official of Chicago, was today sentenced in municipal court to serve sixty days in jail for reckless driving and to pay a $50 fine for automobile speeding. NEW YORK, ATTENTION! Concert by Isa Kremer World's Greatest Singer of Ballads and Folk Songs 34th St. and Eighth Ave. SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1926 at 8:30 Tickets from 75c to $3.50 (no tax) at box office, or order by mail from Stuart Chase, Treas., Russian Recon- struction Farms, Inc., 156 Fifth Ave. New York City (Tel, Chelsea 1104), Telephone Lehigh 6022 DR. ABRAHAM MARKOFF Surgeon Dentist 249 East 115th St., Cor. Second Ave. NEW YORK CITY Hours: 9 to 2,3 ¢. My2 to 8 P.M , except Friday; Sunday 9 to 1 P. M. Special Rates to W. P. Members ROSES ON SHOW GIRL’S NAKED BACK CAUSES HER CONTRACT T0 BE ENDED Floral decorations are all right at Eastertide—in their place but the Place is not on the unclad back of a coryphee. At least that was the dictum of Fred Buell, manager of the “Gay Paree” company. As a result Miss Frances Blythe is out of a job. Miss Blythe appeared at last night's performance with a huge .red_ rose of muskmelon size, with green leaves and everything, painted on her back, Her attorney insists her contract was not violated and is preparing to sue J, J. Shubert, owner of the show, in New York. Pullman Workers Protest Against Anti-Alien Bills A considerable gathering of Pullman workers gathered at Strumil’s Hall to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Paris Commune. A fine spirit of working-class solidarity prevailed. The meeting was arranged by the Interna- ional Labor Defense. Brother John O. Holmgren of the Railway Carmen’s. Union received a lusty weleome as he spoke against anti-labor persecutions and for the or- ganization of workers in their own behalf as a class. J. Louis Engdahl, DAILY WORKER, spoke om the sig- nificance of the Paris Commune, and also explained the legislation proposed to congress against the foreign-born workers. He showed the drive against the alien workers as an audacious at- tack by the bosses and as a great menace to the entire working class. A resolution denouncing the proposed legislation was unanimously. carried by the audience. The play of the “Last Days of the Paris Commune” and the moving pic- tures of Labor Defense were ac- claimed by all as “great stuff” and a “real treat.” The International Labor Defense is building itself up in Pullman,,..This was the third International. Labar De- fense affair in that section within the last five weeks. New members have been taken in at every meeting. If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. Send for a catalogue of all‘Com- munist literature. OUT OF WORK? You may be? You want to know what causes it— Héw to stop it? READ Unemployment By Earl R. Browder 5 cents RUSSIA TURNS EAST— government, REPUBLIC— pleted. STOPPING A WAR— war against Morocco, WORLD LABOR UNITY— capitalism, BRITISH + ahi BIDS FOR POW editor, of The | NEW BOOKS BY SCOTT NEARING We have just received the following five new pamphlets just off the press: A view of the foreign policies of the Soviet GLIMPSES OF THE SOVIET “A birds-eye view of Soviet Russia as the author saw it on a trip he has just com- The remarkable anti-war activity of the French Communist Party in the French A history of the great efforts to unite world labor against the common enemy— An wy qe the ‘historic Scarborough conference that’ marks a step towards DETROIT SOLON FIGHTS UNIONS ON CITY SCALE Objects to Union Wages on City Works DETROIT, April 5.—Councilman J. C, Lodge objects to labor union efforts to have the city pay the union scale to city employes. He says he is tired of labor unions trying to force the city to pay its employes union wages. Wm. P. Frost, secretary of Local 17, International Brotherhood of Electri- cal Workers, sent a letter to the city council stating that the council failed to include in the budget the union rate of pay for linemen, cable splicers and trouble men. This letter aroused Councilman Lodge’s ire. He told the city council that the unions had no right to dictate to the council and that he would only consider their figures when ,they agreed with those of the city department heads, Councilman Sherman ittlefield told him that the Federation of Labor would not give him its endorsement at the next election, to which Lodge replied: “I have never got one, and I can get along without their endorse- ment.” The plumbers’ union and several others have requested changes in wages to correspond with the new union scale, which goes in effect July 1. The city charter prohibits the re- cognition of a union, but it specifies that the ‘highest prevailing wage be paid to the employes. Since the union scale is the highest the unions have their demand upon this clause. But Lodge and a few department heads claim that Detroit is not a closed shop city and that they refuse to be led by the union wage scale, Since most of the department heads and councilmen are interested in va- rious manufacturing enterprises in the city the reason for their stand is ob- vious. LENIN ON CO-OPERATIVES A newly issued pamphlet in which our great leader explains the role of the co- operatives in the revolu- tionary labor movement. 5 CENTS. LENIN ALBUM Text in German, French and English. With 31 photographs of Lenin at all periods of life, Ideal to include in every worker’s library with the writings of our great rev- olutionary teacher. 25 CENTS. THE DAILY WORKER PUB, CO, 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, Ill. All Numbers 10 Cents Each. The Daily Worker »Pub. Co, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, HH, ~ La CC EL LC CL ECT ee f