The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 4, 1926, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Workers (Communist) Party The Fourteen Hundred URTEEN hundred out of the twelve thousand members registered in} the shop and street nucle! of the party have paid the special United | Labor Ticket Assessment of fifty cents. The special assessment stamps were sent to all the shop and street | cut. suctel on May 15, with instructions to make the collection at the first meet- ing of the nuclel and make a prompt remittance direct to the National Office. | July 4 and J. Louls Engdahl, editor BUT ONLY TWELVE PER CENT—ONE OUT OF EVERY EIGHT |a1) paity WonKihews tun PARTY MEMBERS—HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS MAKING THEIR PAY-| MENT SIX WEEKS LATER. Such organizational functioning will not do in the re-organized party. | There is nothing mysterious or difficult in collecting a fifty cent assessment. | The amount asked for was small enough so that each party member could vay it without difficulty. work of the party was made clear. THE COLLECTION OF THIS SPECIAL ASSESSMENT MUST ee | SOMPLETED QUICKLY. The need of this special fund to finance the urgent | Secretaries who have made the collection and not sent in their remit- ance must do so immediately. Nuclei which have not made the collection from their members must assessment without further delay. NOT FOURTEEN HUNDRED MEMBERS BUT TWELVE THOUSAND min. MUST PAY THE ASSESSMENT AND THE WHOLE OF THE MONEY SOLLECTED MUST BE IN THE NATIONAL OFFICE WITHIN TEN DAYS. ACTION IS NEEDED! Are You Ready for the Chicago Workers Party July 5 Picnic? Workers going to the Chicago Workers ‘(Communist) Party picnic tt Chernauskas Grove, Monday, July 5, should make sure to buy their Nckets at the station at the end of the Archer Avenue car line. The price will then be only 15c. Either the Willow Springs car or the Justice Park car goes direct to the grove at 79th Street, starting out from the station at the end of Archer Ave. street car line. The Russian Workers Chorus, com- posed of 50 voices has been invited and is expected to sing at the Grove. There will be a soccer foot-ball game played by the Labor Sports Union Team vs. the Workers (Communist) Party Local Team, a tug-o’war be- tween the South Slav workers and e Scandinavian workers. Comrades co. E, Ruthenberg and Alexander Bit- telman will be the speakers. Chicago Ukrainian Fraction Meets on Wednesday Night The Ukrainian fraction meets Wed- aesday night, July 7 at 8 o’clock at the Workers’ Club, 1532 West Chicago Ave. All comrades from Pullman, Bridge- port and other parts of Chicago should be present and on time. Bring your pembership card with you. Chicago Women Party Members Will Hold Membership Meeting Women members of the Chicago Workers (Communist) Party will hold & membership meeting Wednesday night, July 7. The meeting place will be announced in a later issue of The DAILY WORKER. The main topic of discussion will be: “How the Women Party Members Can Aid the Passaic Strikers.” GRIGER & NOVAK GENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS Union Merchandise 1934 West Chicago Avenue (Cor. Winchester) @ Phone Humboldt 2707 To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all the! dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. Genova Restaurant ITALIAN-AMERICAN 1238 Madison Street N. E. Cor, Elizabeth St. Spaghetti and Ravioli Our Specialty Special Arrangements for Parties on Short Notice WIN THE PASSAIC STRIKE! HELP. the Special Drive conducted by the United Council of Workingclass Housewives To Support the Children’s Kitchens in Passaic AND VICINITY. TIME: From Saturday, July 3rd, to Sunday, July 11th. . PLACE: In New York and New Jersey, particularly at sea- side resorts and camps. Volunteers Wanted To Sell Meal Tickets, Collect Food, Clothing and Money. Apply in New York City to United Council of Workingclass Housewives, in New Jersey to Leona Smith, 743 Main Ave., Passaic, N. J, |Gitlow Will Speak at Cleveland Picnic | CLEVELAND, July 1. Gitlow, will be the speaker at the July 4th picni nd outing of the Workers (Communist) Party at Minona Park. capital away. HELP FEED THE CHILDREN IN PASSAIC STRIKE Relief Corinunittiee Open Camps PASSAIC, N, J., July 2.—The Gen- eral Committee of Textile Strikers, 743 Main Ave., appeals to every work- er to support the children’s campaign in every possible way. The children’s campaign is launched to raise $100,000 to buy milk for strikers’ babies, and supply nutritious food for the old children. It is a part of the $200,000 victory relief and de- fense campaign authorized by the “Support the Passaic Strike Confer- ence” of May 29, in Passaic, at which the delegates of several hundred la- bor unions and workers’ fraternal or- ganizations pledged their organiza- tions to support the Passaic strikers in their struggle for a union and against the wage cut. to 2 Playgrounds. The general committee plans to es- tablish children’s playgrounds in the strike area, as well as increase the number of children’s kitchens now in operation. The committee believes the workers will do everything in their power to bring a little joy and sunshine into these young lives so darkened by the pall of oppression. From the pitifully small wages of their parents nothing could be spared for outings, Care for Children. One phase of the children’s cam- paign is to get workers to take strik- ers’ children into their homes for as long a period as possible while the strike lasts. This will help relieve the economic pressure on the parents and the relief organization, as well as give the children the benefit of new environment, and wholesome meals. It each working class family will open its home to one or more of these chil- dren for a few weeks they will be do- ing ah immense service to the cause of the Passaic strikers, Communicate with the General Re- lief Committee of Textile Strikers at once, and let them know how many,| children you can take into your home and for how long. A few weeks of proper food and pleasant environment will help bring back the faded smile to these peaked faces and give their | undernourished bodies the power to resist disease. Each child will be giv- en a medical examination before be- ing sent out. The American Worker Correspond- ent Is out. Did you get your copy? Hurry up! Send im your subi it’s only 50 cents, — Benjamin | A sub a day will help to drive | | |Many July Fourth | Meetings Planned | New York, New Jersey, Connecti- There will be a mass encamp- }ment at a beautiful spot on Long Is- jland. Jay Lovestone will speak on DAILY WORKER, on July 5. Boston, Mass, July 4.—Boston Com- |mons, Bertram D. Wolfe. Utica, N. Y., July 3. Niagara Falls, N. Y., July 4,.—Ru- dolph Katz. Jamestown, N. Y., July 5.—Herbert | Benjamin. Syracuse, N. Y., July 5.—S. Essman, Philadelphia, Pa., July 3. — J. Louis Engdahl. Pittsburgh, Pa. July 5.—Robert | Minor, at Gajdas Farm, Cheswich, Pa. McKeesport, Pa., July 4.—Robert ke the matter up energetically and see that each party member pays the | Minor. by Workers Party | NEW YORK NEW YORK, N.Y.,\July 2.—Dele- gates representing 260 labor unions and workers’ fraternal organizations attended the “Support the Passaic Strike” conference at the Labor Temple, and pledged their organiza tions to raise $300,000 for Passaic strike relief, Of this amount; $23,000 was imme diately pledged on behalf of some of the organizations represented, and $600 donated in cash, By this action, organized labor gave notice to the textile barons of its determination to defeat its attempt being made to starve the workers ‘back into the mills. Elect Executives. The conference was ‘called to or- der by Karl Brodsky, témporary sec- retary New York relief Gonference. Credentials were read ‘and the con- ference organized into%a ‘permanent body. Robert W. Dunz of the Civil Liberties Union, was elected perma- nent chairman, with A.“Wise, of the ; Erie, Pa., July 4, — Herbert Benja- Cleveland, Ohio, July 4—Ben Git- low. Akron, Ohio, July 5.—4:30 p. m. Ben itlow. | Youngstown, Ohio, July 5.—Ben,Git- low. Superior, Wis., Workers’ Hall, Wm. Z. Foster. Duluth, Minn., July 3.—8:30 p. m. William Z. Foster. Detroit, Mich., Monday, July 5, Yo- hoo Park, 13 Mile Road, near Main St. Stanley J. Clark. | Chicago, Ill, July 5.—C. berg St. Louis, Mo., July 4.—C. EB. Ruth- ' enberg. July 3.—7:30 p. m. E Ruthen- Bosses for Over- Education of Their Child Wage Slaves PHILADELPHIA —(FP) —July 2,— When manufacturers’ organizations and other big business groups can’t find any other reason to use against child labor laws, they spread the idea that workers’ children should not be “ovet-educated” by sending them be- yond the elementary school, Grace Abbott, chief of the children’s bureau, Dnited States department of labor, told the annual convention of the National Educational Association. “Back of this opposition is the desire of the manufacturers and big business men to get poor ‘boys and girls into their kitchens and factories. They always evade the issue. They never plead industry’s cause. “If the child labor measure is a na- tional bill they stick up for state rights. If it is a proposed State law, they base their opposition on the con- tention that the rights of communi- ties would be outraged. The mere fact that they realize the unfavorable- ness of their position shows their fights are unfair.” Chicago Soda Clerks Organize Union to 2, Over 600 soda clerks have joined Local 351, Soda Dispensers’ Alliance, in the last 60 days in Chicago. present aim is to reduce the 10 and 11- hour day to 7 hours. The local belongs to the Hotel and Restaurant Employes’ International Alliance. | ment Workers’ Union, Secretary. Fight for 7-Hour Day | The | joint board, International Ladies’ Gar- A resolutions committee was elected, composed of the following: Samue! Rigger, Local No. 10, Amalgamated Clothing: Workers; Charles Krum bein, Workers (Communist) Party of America; Goldstein, Local No. 35, In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, J. Meisler, of Branch No. 216, Workmen Circle; Justine Wise, daughter of Rabbi Stephen Wise; and Ruth Seinfel of the Nation. The chairman, Robert W. Dunn, ex- plained the main issue of this strike as the right of workers to have a union, Alfred Wagenknecht, chairman of the general relief committee of text- ile strikers, told of the needs of the strikers, and outlined the relief work being done in the strike area, Relief Needed, All unions, fraternal organizations and sympathetic associations were asked by the relief chairman to again open their treasuries for the strik- ers. “Money in the treasuries must be made to work for thé labor move- ment in order that it may grow.” He asked for shop collectiofis, assess- ments of memberships,’ collection of contributions of food shipments, col- lection on contribution Hist8, buying of children’s campaign seals and milk tickets, and the taking ‘Of strikers, children into workers’ homes. He informed the conferencé that a mo tion picture of the strike ‘would soon be ready. Elizabeth Gurley Flyrn told the story of the heroic struggle of the striking textile workers against the brutality of the bosses and the boss- controlled police and courts, declar- ing that the strike, on the thresh- old of its twenty-third week was still 100 per cent solid. “The workers will rather starve on the picket lines,” she told the crowd- ed hall, “than starve slaving in the mills. This strike is demonstrating that the unorganized in America can be organized. It is demonstrating that the textile workers. are capable of dealing with the textile barons. ‘It is demonstrating that the unorganiz- ed are again stirring.” Spy System,, Justine Wise, daughter of Rabbi | Stephen Wise, told of the. bosses’ spy systems and determined efforts to keep the workers separated into na- tionalist and racial groups. Miss Wise, in an effort to find out what the con- ditions of workers in these mills were, worked in them for a year, Ba [OLDS BIG UNITED CONFERENCE FOR PASSAIC RELIEF Norman Thomas, of the League for Industrial Democracy, was unable to be present, but sent the following telegram: “L. I. D. conference Joins in greetings. Strikers must not be 2d back to slavery.” Miss Susan Brandeis, daughter of United States Supreme Court Justice Brandeis, told the conference the strikers were doing a magnificent job in Passaic. “They are looking to you to help them. Employers of Passaic have sent out a call to employers of every trade to help. The workers must show their solidarity, too. Union men of New*York must stand by union men of Passaic.” Louis Hyman, manager joint board Cloak and Suit Makers’ Union, Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, pledged anew the help of his organization to Passaic relief, declar- ing that tho they were on the eve of a strike, they would continue to do everything in their power to help the strike, Ovation To Striker. The conference gave a rousing ova- tion to Frank Benti, a striker from the United Piece Dye Works, who told of conditions in that mill, prior to the strike, Benti told how women worked in the mills for 15 and 16 hours a day for 25 cents an hour, The workers in the United Piece Dye Works had to wear wooden shoes, he explained, and rags around their legs, and rubber gloves, because of the dangerous acids with which they worked. An endorsement of the conference was given to the Coney Island open air concert to be held August 28, All organizations represented are urged to give it their full support. Elect Executive Committee, The conference elected an executive committee, composed of the following delegates: Cosgrove of the Shoe Workers; Baum, Carpenters’ Union; Kate Gitlow, United Council of Work- ing Class Housewives; George Cara- car, Local No, 29; Meyers, Hotel Workers; Jacobson, Furriers’ Local No. 15; Rose Kuntz, Local No. 22, In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, Goldman, Workmen’s. Circle, Branch 548; Landy, International La- bor Defense; Benjamin Weinstein, Local No. 5, Furriers; Marion Emer- son, International Workers’ Aid; Mrs. Karover, Socialist Consumers’ League, Branch No. 4; William Weinstone, Workers (Communist) Party of Amer- ica; Fisher, Local No. 2, International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union; Robert W. Dunn, American Civil Li- berties Union; Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American Fund for Public Service; Nevein, United Council of Working Class Housewives; Alfved Wagen- knecht, Relief Chairman, General Re- lief Committee Passaic and vicinity; Frankfeld, Young Workers (Commun- ist) League; Norman Thomas, League for Industrial Democracy; Baily, Civil Liberties Union; Zeldin, Local No, 2, WAIN THE Y CONDUCTED - BY TH DETERMINED TO The conference did not represent all or the greatest portion of the young workers in New York and vicinity. There are many reasons for this. First the election of the delegates trom the big shops, where young workers are employed, were not held openly. With the exception of the unionized shops and the labor unions, the delegates were illegally elected. Under the threat of being fired the young work- ors had to assemble, in secret to elect their delegates. In some instances not all the departments could partici- pate in the elections. Some young workers who were ac- ive in their shop for the youth con- erence were discharged. In general smployers finding out that the young yorkers employed by them are think- ing of coming together, bitterly fought the youth conference. At the start the delegates most of whom for the first time in their life took up the problem of organization and took up the conditions under which they labor jfelt kind of embarrassed. But as the conference developed this situation changed. Young workers who were branded ‘till now of only being cap- able of watching games and moving pictures were sitting for hours and listening to reports on their condi- tions, Future Work. The delegates understood correctly ithe purpose of the conference, No- body had any illusions, that at the closing of the conference the young AT WESTHOUSING PLANT By a Young Worker Correspondent. WILKINSBURG, Pa.—Young work- ers, many thousands in number (male and female) work in Westinghouse under the work-fast qie-fast system called “the standard time—piece work." Due to the meager wages that par- nts receive, young boys and girls are forced to quit the schools and n their own board. As the desperation International Ladies’ Garment Work: | grows along with the wage cuts of ers’ Union; Feins, No. 639, Workmen's | adult workers, schoolboys and girls Circle; No, 305, Workmen’s Circle; A. Gersch, Samuel Rigger, Amalgamated | crowd the employment office gate of Clothing Workers; Morris Pinchevsky, | Westinghouse plants. For the “big” sum of $30-$50 per month they are New York Relief Committee; Clarisa | hired as office boys and girls, laborers, Michelson, Emergency Committee for | machinist helpers, and mostly as ap- Strikers’ Relief. Cotton Crop Figures, prentices. These young workers are doing the work of adult workers and receive lots WASHINGTON, July 2.—Based on}of ambitious talk and promises and a condition of 75.4 per cent of normal low wages. They work 8% hours day upon the 48,898,000 acres in cultiva-| turn per day and 9 hours and 36 min- tion on June 25, the United States|utes night turn, only half an hour for will have a cotton crop this year of 15,635,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, economics of the department of agri- culture, estimated today. * Shaded areas of the map indicate the spread of the farm “revolt” Political Lines Smashed Over Farm Question against the failure of the old par- { tles to supply adequate and prom- ised reli Heavily shaded states are those in which both and representatives are to be , ed in November. Lighter shade dic those in which only representatives are to be elected. On the left is Brookhart, who de- feated the Coolidge man, Cummins, in the lowa primaries, Right is Ex-Gov. Lowden of Illinois, who is mentioned as a ‘presidential pros- pect on arm” platform, Brooknart represents the “lett wing” of the middie-western anti- Coolidge revolt and Lowden the ! “right wing.” 6 = lunch, A pitiful “scenery” is absorbed by the bureau of agricultural | one that could go through the sections of the plant. Young workers, ex- hausted by the speedy working, half dizzy and half unconscious with sleep- lessness, their tired ‘bodies swinging back and forth like a drunkard, reach for another piece of casting to ma- chine the same as the previous pieces. The commanding looks of the rat- faced bosses lash our young slaves to produce with more speed, and the ma- chines are kept running more castings are turned as finished product, more profits for the boss, With bitter feel- ings the young slave bows his head, cursing the boss, damning the life and the date of his birth. Life is miserable, the bosses are making it unbearable, their interest requires that we speed up the produc- tion under inhuman conditions so they could have everything that their black hearts desire. These conditions will exist and grow worse as long as work- ers remain unorganized. It is up to us workers to organize to protect our own class interest. Andy, Workers’ Athletic Club Wins the “Uj Elore” Prize Cup , PERTH AMBOY, N. D., July 2. — The Workers’ Athletic Club soccer team defeated the New Brunswick Liberty eleven, The score was 3-2. By winning this game the Workers added another cup to their collection. This cup was given by the “Bly Elore” Hungarian Communist news: | Daper. The game was very interesting from start to finish and was witness- ed by about five hundred fans. Read “OIL” by Upton Sinclair oe “SPEED UP,” YOUNG WORKER [Register Now If YOUTH CONFERENCE COMMITTEE CONTINUE WORK - OF ORGANIZING YOUNG WORKERS workers would immediately be organ- ized into a union, or that strikes would be called ig the shops which they rep- resented. The youth conference was understood as the first step towards the organization of the young workers in the already existing labor unions, In the individual shops the first task was understood to be the setting up of a strong shop committee, Youth Want Organization. From the conference we learned that the young workers want to be or- ganized. That the various tricke that are invented by the. bosses are really powerless in preventing the young workers from thinking about their miserable conditions and recognizing the necesity for organization. 1 On the’one hand the conference realized that the trade unions must or ganize the young workers, must lend moral, organizational and other sup- port for the drive and on the other hand it realized that it will have to do much itself to realize its aims, This was shown by the election of the permanenet committee which will push the work forward. Shop committees were also organized in the majority of the shops which were represented, The, tasks now before the youth conference afe very great. The re- sponse of the young workers to the call of the arrangements committee should encourage us, thy present com- mittee, to work with greater determin- ation towards the 100 per cent or- ganization of the young worders, aes Wish to Go to Picnic by, Truck Special trucks are to Yeave the Workers’ House, 1902 West Division | St., Monday morning, July 5, at 10° o'clock for the Chicago Workers_ (Communist) Party pionic at Oher- | nauskas Grove. Fare will be 60 cents! both ways. All those wishing to go | should register now at the Workers’ House. ; You UNORGANIZED MILLINERY YOUTH NEED YOUTH , CONFERENCE By a Young Worker Corre- spondent. NEW YORK CITY.—The mil- linery trade of New York City, especially for the youth, is still in a bad condition. I'll take for example my shop which is sup- posed to be in a good condition. When a learner enters the trade he or she has to work at least a year for $12 per week, and in order to make a decent salary, you must be five years in the trade. The majority of the young workers employed in the millinery trade are unorgan- ized. It is therefore very impor- tant to organize the young workers. The youth conference calls all the youth to organize, to secure better conditions. The youth conference will there- fore be considered the first step towards the organization of the young workers, PATERSON UNDERWEAR® SHOP SEND MESSAGE ON WORKING YOUTH CON- FERENCE By Young Worker Correspondent, Patterson, N. J.—In Doufenkle & . Rettner Underwear shop there are about 400 workers employed and for eight hours of hard labor, a young worker receives at most $12 to $18 per week, There is no form of or- ganization in this shop, as the boss © will not stand for even a social or- ~ ganization. Most of the young work- ers work piece work. If a girl breaks. ~ more than one needle, she has to pay © two cents for each additional needle she gets that week. You are not pet mitted to lift your head from the ma- chine while you are at work, To speak to the girl next you is consid- ered one of the greatest crimes, You are allowed to use the ladies’ room but twice a day, and, then you are watched that you should not speak to each other while you are in there, The young workers of the G, & R, company will have to realize that they’ must organize into a union in order to better their conditions. The uniom Js our only hope. ‘We must organize and start it righ’ now. In this sense the working youd conference is a good start, The June Issue of the Amerioan Worker Correspondent is out! Get a bundle to seli at the vialets