The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 13, 1926, Page 5

\ issue of | Shop Bulletin” 1000 WORKER. CORRESPOND WESTINGHOUSE WORKERS GREET SHOP BULLETIN Nucleus Organ Eagerly Read in Factory By ANDY, Worker Correspondent, PITTSBURGH, April 11—The April “Westinghouse Workers’ was distributed fo thousands of shop workers, who were eagerly awaiting its appearance. This issue was the third issue. The work- ers knéw of its existence as they hed seen its two previous issues. The “Bulletin” is published monthly. Eager to Get “Bulletin.” Early in the morning comrades were stationed at the’ gates of the plant with the “Bulletin.” The work- ers crowded around the distributors to secure a copy of the “Bulletin.” Many workers asked for several cop- jes. These were given them. The thick line of workers, murmured ‘‘good stuff,” “good stuff,” as they entered the plant thrusting the “Bulletin” into their pockets. The plant gates were locked as the second whistle blew, leaving a dozen comrades outside the gates without a single copy left. The distribution had been successful. The size of the “Bulletin” is 6x? On the first page is a cartoon, drawn by one of the juniors, of a rat-faced man representing the boss seated or the back of a donkey. The donkey represented the Westinghouse worker. The boss in one hand holds a whip and in the other a long pole to the end of which is fastened a bundle of hay. Over the cartoon is the heading “How long are you going to let them tease you?” Deal With Worker’s Life. _Twenty-two short articles dealing with conditions under which the work- ers work and live are printed in the Bulletin. These articles expose the na- ture of the company union, reveals the average wages of the workers as $85 a month, unmask the hypocrisy of boss “welfare” plans,-show the discrimina- tion against the old, less productive } and progressive workers, point out the annual profits of the company. All the news are facts with no ex- aggerations. This is one of the rea- sons that the workers like it. Com- rades working in various departments state ‘that in one of the departments where mainly girls are employed a group was discussing the contents of the “bulletin.” One of the girls was telling the others: “Did you girls read this here paper? It has lots of good dote in it about our department. It advises us to fight against the speed- ing-up of our machines and the cutting of our ‘limits.’” =» In another department a group of workers were telling each other “That is what I say. How long are we going to let them tease us. The company is getting away with murder. They take advantage of our unorganized condi- tion, ., .” Workers Like “Bulletin.” Another group exclaiméd: “iy golly! This stuff is good! What do you know about the bosses always kicking they are losing money. We have to speed-up. Work like hell. No raise or nothing. .And look in this paper the money they made last year. Something should be done.” The American Worker Cor- respondent is out! WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! NEW TERM OF WORKER CORRESPONDENCE CLASS WILL START TONIGHT Tonight witnesses the opening of the third’ term of the Worker Cor- respondence Class of the: Chicago Workers’ School. Increased activity on the part of the ¢lass is shown by the publication of the monthly magazine, the American Worker Correspondent, the plans for a Chi- cago district worker correspondents’ conference, Saturday, May 1, and the issuing of a’ Living News- “paper, Wednesday, May 6. The class meets as usual in the editorial rooms of The DAILY WORKER, “third floor, 1113 West Washington Bivd. While the old members of “the clase are all expected to con tinue, a large influx of new mem- bers is expected, “WHITHER 2nd. Prize: 3rd Prize: LS BY JANUARY 131 1927 Win the Latest Book by Trotsky! for the best Worker Correspondent story sent in during the week, to appear in the issue of Friday, April 16, will win “TOWARDS CAPITALISM OR SOCIALISM?” By the Author of “Whither England?” “THE AWAKENING OF CHINA,” by Jas, H. Dolsen. Another new and unusual book which will be off the press ‘just about in time for the winner. Six months subscription to The Workers Monthly— 80 good a prize that it matches both others, “WE ARE RAILROAD MEN!” By a Worker Correspondent. The following article was sent to us by a left wing railroad worker who f THE DATLY WORKE R Ist Prize RUSSIA?” DEMAND GROWS FOR REPEAL OF SEDITION LAWS Pittstieah Dia Unions Fight Anti-Labor Legislation (Speciat to The Dally Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 11—~ A state-wide campaign for the repeal of the Flynn anti-sedition law of Penn- sylvania was inaugurated at a confer ence of trade unions and other labor orgapizations held at the Walton Hall, Among the organizations represent- ed were the Central Labor Union of Pittsburgh, a number of carpenters’ locals, Pittsburgh Street Carmen's Union, a number ©f miners’ locals, flint glass workers, broom makers, and a number of other trade unions and fraternal societies from various parts of western PennsYlvania. Resolutions condemning the law as the product of war-hysteria and as a strikebreaking meagure were adopted, The meeting decided to form ‘a perma- nent organization,4known as “The Con- ference for the Repeal of the Flynn Anti-Sedition Act;’sand elected an executive committee of niné with John |the capitalist press, the church and By ISRAEL AMTER. HE experience that District 6 has had in the use of shop bulletins for the work of the shop nuclei has been unique, and has served as one of the most powerful factors in vitalizing the nuclei and in reaching masses of workers who otherwise at present are almost inaccessible to us. When one considers the fact that the word Communist is either taboo among large sections of the workers, owing to the vicious propaganda that has been and is being carried on in school, to say nothing of the govern- ment itself, and that among other sec- tions the word is practically unknown, but the workers have been led to hate it, one will grasp what it signifies to a worker when he picks up a shop bul- letin of the Workers (Communist) Barty with the words “Issued by the Workers (Communist) Party Nu- cleus,” of such and such a factory. Workers Take Bulletin Eagerly. The workers instinctively know that it‘is a document that the boss does Otis, 1525 HuntersAve., Wilkinsburgh, Pa, representing’ the Machinists’ Union, as secretary and L. Weissbart, defines the position the railroad workers have placed themselves in in relation to other workers by acquiescing in the passing of the open shop Watson- Parker bill which has passed the house of representatives and is now to come before the senate for final passage.—Ed. Note. Wi United States are not concerned the train yard and engine service employes of the railroads of the in the trowbles of the shopmen and workers in other industries for we have elevated our grand lodge officers to the high level of bankers. We have made them directors of scab coal mines. We have made them directors of the open shép American Home Builders, incorporated for profits. We had them assist the champion open shopper, At- terbury, of the Pennsylvania railway, to arrange a special law that pre- vents us from being scabs; so, no matter if you are on strike, you are not in our class, You are workers and we are railroad men, Therefore, if you are a coal miner and you are on strike, we will spot cars for scab miners to load. If you are a steel worker, or a building trades worker, or a railroad shopman, or a freight handler, we will not be with you. We will.gtiek with the boss. We are the legalized scabs of the U. S. A. Our motto iss!“To Hell With You, Me and the Boss Will Get Ours.” We keep things mioving for the directors of banks, coal mines, the American Home Builders and other labor capitalists. Without us they would perish. So we lnust co-operate with them for we are too ignorant to fight with our class. Barber's ’Union Urges Members to Support - Capitalist Parties By. M. ). PERLIN, (Worker, Correspondent) A few: days ago I received a letter from the barbers’ union with a sample ballot which,showed me the demo- cratic and,republican candidates that were endorsed by the union. It hurt me to read the sample ballot that my union sent me and it should also hurt every class-conscious worker that a workers organization should ask its members to support the capi- talists’ candidates. The workers must build their own labor party with a workers’ platform and candidates who will run on the workers’ ticket. Pullman Porters of Denver Rally to Union (By a Worker Correspondent.) DENVER, Colo., April 11—The In- ternational Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters held a very successful or- ganization meeting in Zion Church, Mr, A, L, Totten of Chicago, field organizer for the organization, made some very, timely remarks and told some of the experiences the organiza- tion has had to contend with. He said every conceivable method has been usd by the’Pullman company to keep the Negro car porters from organiz- ing, but despite the fact they have secured 7,000 members out of a total of 12,000 Workers engaged in that line of work. Many car porters were pres- ent and the prospect for a large local in Denver is good. It was ass nced that a Ladies’ Auxiliary” has also been organized to boost the/camporters’ union and carry on educational work in the form of handling lectures and organizing a labor college for Negroes. A headquarters has been establish- ed at which place the organization. of the Pullman porters will be perfect- ed. At the ‘conclusion of the lecture members of the Workers Party of Denver distributed some 300 copies of The DAILY WORKDR which were eagerly seized by the Negro audience. The First Number Is Out! (Gre as you Fight f GHEDICAN WORKER. _ CORRESPONDENT Jagazine By and For Workers i the Factores, the. Mines, the tile and on the Land Subscribe! Only 50 Cents P a Worker Correspondent! if ear! > bi ite for Your Paper! |t haan We must fight our fellow workers and stick with the boss for we are “100 per cent loyal” to our enemy—the boss class, class. Weare railroad men.—A Watson-Parker Unionist. We are false to the working WORKERS MUST PAY FOR CUPS AT MESSENGERS OpenShop Lunchroom Penalizes Dishwasher By RUFUS P. HEATH, (Worker Correspondent) The low wages and the long work- ing day of 10 and 12 hours, is not suf- ficient for the Messinger lunch room owners. The workers are forced to pay for all broken dishes at the rate of 26 cents each. This latest outrage was introduced in the Messinger house, located at 1232 Milwaukee avenue on April 5 when one of the dishwashers accidentally dropped and broke a coffee cup during the noon rush, Open-Shop Plan. The Messinger lunch rooms are op- erated on the American (“scab’) plan and anyone who attempts to educate or organize the workers is immedi- ately discharged and blacklisted, so that they can’t get another job in the Messinger lunch rooms and at times the blacklist is also passed on to con- cerns other than Messingers. This. is possible only because the workers are not organized. The res- taurant bosses can do as they phir make the workers work as long as please, pay them what they think vd “fair.” All that a worker can do at present is to quit his job and look for another, The next job is usually the same as the last one, Sometimes it is much worse. Need Union Organization. The answer to such conditions is organization. That is why we have the unions. Some of the restaurant unions in Chicago are now conducting membership drives, to organize the unorganized restaurant workers, establish the closed shop, smash 10 and 12 hour work day, rai the wages for the restaurant workers of Chicago and improve the working and living conditions of the restaurant workers, TO WORKER CORRESPONDENTS! When you send in news be brief. Tell what, who, when, where and why! 250 words but: not more than 500, Always use double-space, ink or typewriter, and write on one side of the paper only. Tell a complete story in as few words as,possible. You are NEWS correspondents—don’t philosophize, ed nm ir éyes! Look around! rhe Feet ‘stories of the workers’ struggles ai you begging to be written up. it! Send it Int Write as you fight! secretary of the’) Bakery Workers’ Local Union No. 12,'as the president. Arrange Mass ‘Protest Meeting. It is planned to hold a mass meeting in one of the largest halls of the city of Pittsburgh to protest against the anti-sedition bill in the very near future. It was also decided to circulate petitions against the sedition law, or- ganize conferences in other cities, to determine the stand of the candidates for state offices in the coming elec- tions on the law and to report the pro- Ject to the State Federation of Labor convention for endorsement. A resolution was also adopted ex- pressing appreciation of the work done by the International Labor De- fense in behalf of all workers arrested under the Flynn anti-sedition act. The conference was conducted under the chairmanship of Brother P. J. Mc Grath representifg'*the Pittsburgh Central Labor Unita. Assail Flynn AdthSedition Law. The resolution at ‘king the Flynn anti-sedition act lows: WHEREAS, the, Flynn anti-sedition act of the state of Pennsylvania has become one of the dastardly means with which the employers of this state impose their rule;pf exploitation of labor, this law beingused as a club over the heads ofsthe workers who dare to fight for better conditions and to defend their rights as workers, and “WHEREAS, under this law which was passed during®the war hysteria almost anything cafi be interpreted as being seditious as’Was well illustrat- ed by the numerod#‘arrests of work- ers which have taken place since the enactment of this law. Demand ‘Repeal. “RBSOLVED, thit this conference for the repeal of. the Flynn anti-sedi- tion act at its meoth ing assembled on April 4, 1926, demands the repeal of this law and pledges itself to use every means at its disposal to have this law repealed, and be it further “Resolved, that we call upon all lo- cal unions and other labor organiza- tions of this state to endorse this reso- lution and forward copy of same to ‘their representatives in the state leg- islature, demanding that they cast their vote for the repeal of the anti- sedition act and be it still further, “RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be sent to state legislature, to the governor of this state, and to the press.” » © Praise Work ‘of I. L. D. The resolution praising the work of the International Labor Defense fol- lows: “Having heard the report on the various cases'* affected by the Flynn anti-sedition #ét the conference at its meeting assembled at the Wal- ton Hall, Pittsburgh, April 4, 1926, pro- tests against the arrests of workers active in the labor anovement under the pretext of violating the Flynn anti- sedition law and call#-upon the proper authorities to dismfsy all such cases affected by this act “The conference presses its ap- preciation of the splendid work done by the International Labor Defense in behalf of those atrésted under the Flynn ‘anti-sedition act and pledges itself to cooperate with this organiza tion in its. efforts tg.defend and give relief to all those .affected by the Flynn anti-sedition act.’ Bimba. Will Speak in Chicago Tuesday Night The International Labor Defense has made preparations to handle a record-breaking crowd at the mass meeting to be addressed by Anthony Bimba, at Schoenhofen Hall, 1224 Milwaukee Ave., this Tuesday night, April 13, at 8 o'clock, This will be Bimba's first speech in English in Chicago since his arrest. He spoke last Thursday nightjn Lithuanian at the Chicago Lithuanian Auditorium, Stanley Clark, national organizer for the Labor Defense League, will also speak. t2 The American Worker Correspond-| attempts of the ent Is out. Did youlleget your copy? Hurry up! Send in your sub! it's only 60 cents, - not want him either to keep or read; that there is something about it that may cause him trouble. Therefore he instinctively puts it into his pocket, to take home or to discuss when he is sure that the people are all “safe.” This has been the experience in the distribution of the shop bulletins in District 6. Shop bulletins have been issued in several large auto and metal works in Cleveland, steel works in Massillon and Youngstown, mines in southeastern Ohio. One, the “Spark Plug,” of the nucleus in the Fisher Body Ohio works, has become the of- ficial organ of the workers of this plant. The workers quote from the Spark Plug. Thus last week the trim- mers in this plant went out on strike. Before striking they went to the Cleveland Federation of Labor to take up the question of organization. Dur- ing the discussion a worker rose and said, “What we need is industrial not craft organization, just as the Spark Plug said this morning.” On another occasion, when the same group was meeting, an official of the Cleveland Federation of Labor told a worker not to read the Spark Plug, as it was try- ing to disrupt the trade union move- ment. “What the hell do you know about the Spark Plug. It’s a dam fine paper, and I read it,” was the reply. Shop Nucleus on the Job. In the Chandler and Price machine shop the bulletin was distributed in- side the plant by the nucleus, and out- side the plant by a few comrades of the street nucleus. The internal dis- tribution was very good, but as the plant is very large all departments All of the propaganda material flows naturally and logically trom the pre- sentation of facts about the factory, so that the workers easily link the broader issues of the class struggle with the fight for better conditions in the shops, What is the effect of the bulletins on nucleus work? It trains the com- rades in the ways and means of reach- ing every corner of the factory, of finding out the thoughts of workers, of better distinguishing the sympa- thizers and of getting contact with the live wires in the shop. It makes the comrades keen to all changes in the factory that result from the issuance Page Five Workers (Communist) Party Shop Bulletins--The Nerves of Shop Nuclei ers to elect strike committees and join the strike of the trimmers. The next few days will demonstrate whether the workers are now prepared to batr tle or whether they must still be fur- ther educated to an understanding of organization and action. Source of Tremendous Power. Shop bulletins are a source of tre- mendous power. In District 6 the effect has been dynamic. The em- ployers know their influence on the workers, and immediately on their appearance have filled the shops with detectives. The bosses know, the workers know, the Communists know: the shop bulletin is one of the most and distribution of the bulletin. It makes them think—and think fast, for they know, firstly, that their jobs are in danger if they are discovered, and, secondly, only by speed and vigor will they be able to awaken the workers. Unrest Grows, on the workers? The workers, par- ticularly in the metal trades’and auto industry, are in a state ‘of unrest. They are béing speeded-up to an in- human speed; their wages are being | cut, their hours lengthened.’ When | their wages are cut they are obliged to work longer hours and mre in- tensely in order to earn the same wages, When the boss finds’ that a few more moments can be saved he cuts the wages once more, introduces greater specialization and more highly improved machinery, till the worker is turned into.a machine. The workers in the auto industry—and in the auto body works—are no longer skilled workers. Any worker can learn the “trade” in 3 or 4 hours. They per- form the same function over and over again, till it is completely mechanical. The workers are waiting for leader- ship. This is not bare theory, but the result of experience in the Fisher Body Ohio company. The Communist nucleus has issued six bulletins, each time pointing out the necessity of or- ganization. When bulletin® five’ ap- peared the workers decided to organ- ize. The Spark Plug called on the work- could not be reached. Workers took the bulletins and went into the fac- tory. In a short time workers came out of the factory in their work clothes and asked for more bulletins. Some of the office men also came out, and declared to one of the women com- rades: “If you were a man we would beat you up.” Undaunted, the com- rade continued to hand out the bulle- tins till they were gone. Inside the factory remarkable things took place. The workers immediately recognized the half-illegal nature of the bulletin. They knew that altho the paper contained nothing that the Workers @Communist) Party cannot say openly still the employers know it is the product of their enemy, and any- body who harbors anything that comes from the enemy puts himself in a se- rious position. The workers eagerly read the bulletin whenever the fore- man or superintendent were not around. Some of them were discov- ered reading it and had it violently torn from their hands. Wherever the foreman found the bulletin lying about they were hastily gathered to- gether and destroyed, In the factory in question one old man, long an employe in the place, adjusted his spectacles and began to read, tracing the lines. “That is fine. That's right,” he said, gleaming with satisfaction. Then he put it into his pocket, intent on reading it once more at home. Deal With Shop Bulletins. What have the bulletins dealt with? They have dealt with the con- ditions in the factory—wage cuts, long hours, speed-up, time setters, whose function it is to speed up thg men, Facts are given in the bulletin about as many departments as possi- ble. As the series of bulletins goes on more features are added—foreign-born councils, labor party, etc. Hach issue of the bulletin contains an announce- ment about The DAILY WORKER. New Haven Calls . on Local Unions to Celebrate May Day NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 11—The New Haven local of the Workers (Communist) Party has sent out a call to the labor unions to send delegates to a conference at the Labor Lyceum, 38 Howe street, on Sunday afternoon, April 18, at 2 o'clock, to make ar- rangements for May Day celebration. The call asks the unions to send two delega' In the appeal for the conference the origin of May Day is pointed out and it calls on the unions to demonstrate on May Day against wage outs, ‘the ih the unions and thd "ehthfoteign’ and anti-labor legislation before congress. The following letter ‘was Teceived from a worker-athlete in New* York City whose ndme is wihheld’ for many reasons, who very ably points out the need for the development of Workers’ Sports and shows how the Y. M. C. A. is able to take the youth and by giving them sports mould their mind in defense of cap- italist society: a: Ote Worker-Athlete Voices Opinion, My friend J—— O-——,, a waiter and a champion all round gymnast, and myself ,who was a professional gym- nast in Europe and played in the and work out in the Y. M. C. gym here in New York. O—— receives a free membership in the New York Athletic Clubs on Seventh Avenue and 59th St. He gets that free membership because he won the national all-round championship of America, on the fiying rings, horizon- tal bars, horse, rope, etc, We both belong to the Y..M. C. A. because for $18 a year we could not get a better training in a private gym- nasium. Many of the private gyms charge $2 a week. We know that the gymnasium and the pool is an in- ducement to get us to belong and then mail us letters and try to.get us to attend their propaganda forums, They have talking in the ¥, M,C. A. lobby at 23rd St. every .,Sunday. When you listen to the speeches made Detroit Workers’ Sports Movement Plans to'Hold Many Athletic Events DETROIT, Mich. April ’11—The Workers Sports’ movement’ ‘Here is planning a big sports’ event. The Finns have one advantage over the other clubs by having a gym of their own, which is one of the best equip- ped gyms in the city. Anyone visiting the gym can see that they are going to be the most dangerous to compete with in the coming event, for they show good form now in their practice on the track and high-jump. The other clubs had better take this as a warning and start out, too, as the weather is getting warm enuf to get on the outside for training. The cinder path will draw more inter- it than some of the other events, There is bound to be an exhibition game of soccer and baseball, and then open shoppers to} to cool off the spectators @s well as the athletes, acquatie events will take place in the form ‘of high’ and “fancy diving, and all styl@s of raced, © ‘On the whélé) this comti’ sport meet will 'Wé ‘oti#"6t ‘the ‘greatest’ De- troit will see in the form of Workers Sport Tournament, What is the effect of the Bulletins | Loew's theaters in America, practice | powerful means, of talking to the | workers who otherwise are afraid or |refuse to listen, to the Communists, | District 6 bulletins are illustrated and bear names indicative of the factory jor mine. Thus there is a “Red Ban- jner,” “Spark Plug,” “Spot. Light,” “Red Motor,” “Red Ingot,” “Red Cut- ter," “Red ‘Tipple.” The workers |know these names and look for the |papers. Each one has a top plece, *|some have pictures on contemptible jmen in the shops, such as time set- ters, foremen, etc. This enhances the |value of the bulletin and no. worker— except the most reactionary—throws it away after reading. Even ku klux- ers read them and cannot contradict the facts stated in them. The experiences gained in District 6 should be utilized to their fullest ex- tent in every distriet. CORRECTION, In the issue for Saturday, April 3, of The DAILY WORKER an error occurred in the report of the Chicago mass meeting arranged by a united front committee to protest against fascism. In the large paragraph it stated that Arturo Giovannitti was touring the country under the auspices of the Italian chamber of commerce. It should have read the Italian cham- ber of labor. Make your slogan—“A sub week. This is a good issue to give to your fellow worker, Y.M.€.A —TOOL OF MASTER CLASS you wonder if you are living in the stone age. We are in agreement with the pol- icy of the Workers (Communist) Party of America for the education, organization and action for a better social order, a better human race. We know that this must be done thru action and not co-operation and class collaboration. The only co-operation there should be should be between the workers regardless of whether they are black, white or yellow. We are workingmen. We do not claim to be Marxians. Our time is limited. Our knowledge is limited. We realize what our conditions are un- der the present system of society. We are well aware of the dirty work done in Stheria by the Y. M. C. A. aiding the counter-revolutionaries. We train in the Y. M. C. \\. gym with 20 other fellows. We talk with them. Most of them are $25 a week clerks. They have a bourgeois ideology. We rub it into them some time. We are not members of any political or economic organization. Need Workers’ Gym. We wish that the Workers (Commu- nist) Patry of America had a gym- nasium in New York. We would surely patronize that gym and leave this capitalist institution. age young man likes sport. Most of them forget to train themselves men- tally. Sports should be linked up with training tife” mind. Federated Workers’ Gymnastic Union Plans Mass Hike NEW YORK CITY, April 11—“At our last meeting we decided that the start of our spring activity will be set under way with a mass hike.” This was the keynote struck by the Fed- erated Workers’ Gymnastic Union here. The activities of this pro-labor sports organization was slow during the winter months since its main fea- tures are gymnastics and there was no place to practice, But during the summer months new life will be engendered. “We have already decided on various outdoor Sports as we do every summer, For this reason we have selected many interesting games, these are: Tennis, basketball, volley, ball and many others including tragk and field events and swimming.” FREE LITERATURE SUPPLIED, MILWAUBEE, || —7 Free copies of the YOUNG » Tribuna Robotnicza, Pravda, Honor Truth, can be secured from ailder, 821 Cly! St, The ayer- * ag qe ot