The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 17, 1926, Page 5

THE DAILY WORKER ~_ a THE SECOND PRIZE WINNER JOHN L. LEWIS PREPARING HIS MACHINE FOR MINERS’ CONVENTION By a Worker Correspondent. HARWICK; Pa., July 15.—John L. Lewis is preparing to have the great- est and strongest machine ever known in the history of the United Mine Workers of America, at the next international convention which was post- Doned to January 1927, He seeks more power so that he can more easily crush the wishes of the rank and file, The Pittsburgh Coal Co. has 12 mines working on the 1917 scale, John L, Lewis is doing nothing to try to keep these places from scabbing. Nothing is being done to keep men from going to work at these mines. But what he. does do is keep the local charter there at these places with from one to a dozen men on the list as members so when an election or a convention THE FIRST PRIZE WINNER. LOGAL 43 OF MILLINERS IN UNION DRIVE Organization Only Way to Combat Bosses By L. GREENSWEIG (Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK, July 15.—The/ last few years have witnessed a radical change in the millinery industry. The coming of more machinery and im- Come On In, the Water’s Fine Gon Giaclair (Copyright, 1926, by Upton Sinciatr) WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE, J. Arnold Ro thirteen-year-old Meeting his “Lea s Property owners whose land he wants for drilling. in intriguing and the meeting breaks up in a row. Watkins, son of a Holy Roller, who has run away from home. friends but Paul leaves for Dad begins to drill in Prospect Hill near Beach City and smooths the palm of a city official. In short order his first well, * Bankside No. 1,” Is begun. Dad spends busy days in his Is always with him—learning about oil. Bertie, Bun from finishing schoo! on a vacation. She is very snobt has been trying to make a lady of her. Bunny tells Bel doesn’t like Bunny to know such “Horried Fellows is getting along with his well. rations, Ross-Bankside No. 3 sister, about Paul, il operator, formerly Jim Ross, teamster, drives with his 0 Beach City to sign a lease for a new oil fleld. ound,” Ben Skutt, in a hotel he goes to meet a group of But other otf concerns Bunny meet Paut They become other parts before their acquaintance is very old. He needs the roads fixed ons. Her Aunt Em Bert in the meantime Dad With many careful and toilsome mechanical 1 is ready to drill and by noon the next day little office and Bunny comes home hae filled up the first tank. In a week Dad had several more derricks under comes along he will see that some tool proved manufacturing methods have way. He was working hard with everything coming his way. Bunny aeks Wie i Dad to take a rest and go quall hunting over in the San Elido valley. Dai of his comes trom ' that ‘local: 'abiw displaced the skilled hand workers, protests it’s too far away and is told that that's where Paul's family is delegate to the convention... Blue sky who are now reduced to trimming the locals. where no meetings are ever held, no one ever pays any dues, but election returns favoring the machine and a delegate well trained to listen to the machine are being maintained. Another trick of the machine is to organize new locals wherever possible a few months before the election ‘or convention takes place. There is talk of one of these campaigns in this part at the present time. Both election and convention will come off in a few months, He is preparing his machine. Book Prizes given next week for the best stories or news item of worker correspondence. Prize winners announced in the issue of Friday, July 23. 1 “LENIN ON ORGANIZATION’— a new book and one that will make a splendid addition to a worker's library. . Attractively cloth bound. 2 “KING COAL”—a novel by Upton Sinclair, A splendid story for worke THE THIRD PRIZE WINNER. Boss Fires Worker for Union Agitation By M. PERLIN (Worker Correspondent) Albert worked for a Jong time at the Illinois Moulding company, 23rd] street and Western Ave. The shop was not organized. The wages were very low. The hours long—fifty a week. s ‘ Albert was not able to work under such conditions. He talked with ‘@ few workers and decided that they must organize if they sought to better their conditions. Albert was satisfied with the at- titude of the workers towards his talk, He saw that the day was not far away when they would be able to make good their demands. But it did not turn-out as Albert planned. One day Albert approached an older, worker—about fifty years of age. This worker had been with the company for ten years. It is said that this “THE GREAT STEEL STRIKE,” by William Z. Foster. A remark- able account of the great strike of 1919. Subscribe. for THE AMERICAN WORKER COR- RESPONDENT—a monthly maga- ainé of the workers who write for the workingclass press. Learn how and what to write. 50c a year. 'BOOK PRIZES GIVEN hardly enough work to keep the girls | matter. The situation in the Work-|Wing does not want such a peace | ning about these ideas, because he knew Dad liked to hunt, and. worker did the work of three men. busy on part time, and yet we find mee hi it will h to forfeit it; in: ns Me J : » men’s Circle lately became very ab- | Where it w' ‘ave to forfei 8 opin. vei Albert talked to him about organizing FOR BEST STORIES OF advertisements in newspapers for|normal. The thternal struggle that |{ons and ideals. The left wing does it was the only way you could get him away from his work, and a union pointing to the need to change the existing conditions. “Nobody was atle to convince me and neither will you,” answered the loyal slave. “I do not believe in ‘fore- ing the boss to give me higher wages; He who works honestly and faithful- ly is respected. You are a trouble- maker. You should be ‘satisfied that you are working. You work so slow that I think the company is losing money on you.” Albert seeing that it was impossible to convince him he walked away. The next day Albert was called into the office. He had a-hunch that the loyal slave had tattled to the boss. In the office he was given his pay envelope and told he was no longer needed. Albert asked why was “he fired. The superintendent declared, “We don’t want any trouble-makers, You are fired, that is all.” This did not kill Albert’s spirit. He is seeking to arouse the workers else- where, WORKER CORRESPONDENTS First prize this week, a copy of “Whither Russia!” by Leon Trotsky, goes to L. Greensweig, who writes . about the millinery industry in New York City. Second ‘prize, a copy of “The Awakening of China” by James H. Dolsen, goes to a Pennsylvania coal miner who writes about the plans of President John L. Lewis to con- trol the next convention of the United Mine Workers of America. Third prize, “Red Cartoons,” offer ed for the first time, goes to M. Perlin, of Chicago, who tells how a worker loses nis job; but who re- fuses thus'to hi his. spirit broken. Look up the prizes. offered for next week and get busy writing for the -worker correspondence section of The DAILY WORKER, ——— WRITE AS “YOU “FIGHT! Cloth, 60 Cents. Paper, 10 Cents. 10 Cents, ‘ _ THE | MENACE OF OPPORTUNISM. By MAX BEDAGCHT. A. B. C. OF COMMUNISM, By BUCHARIN and PREOBRAZ- HENSKY tlon of Communism making an In- valuable text-book. MrUple COlARIAY. 18 Cents, THE A. B, C, OF COMMUNISM. Questions and notes on the orlg- By JAY LOVESTONE, Letter of the Communist Inter- MARX. THE PEOPLE'S MARX. SELECTED ESSAYS By KARL MARX, First American publication of a selection of the carly essays of Karl Marx, Among them are included essays.on the Jews, French Ma- teriallem, Proudhon, the Hegelian philosophy, the English revolution and other subjects. hats. Outside of the surplus of work- ers caused by this change, there are hundreds of girls pouring into this industry, lured by the hearsay of high wages, These girls soon discover that the average week-work wage is contrary to their expectations, and also that week-work jobs are few and far be- tweeen. Piece workers have to rush at a dizzy speed, never stopping a moment to take a breath, in order to make the wages rumored about. Hardly Time for Lunch. Also, lest we forget, an hour for lunch is seldom taken, let alone the fact that most girls take their lunches with them and just take time enough to eat. Overtime is something which the trimmers find an important fac- tor towards the realization of these wages, but then they average but lit- tle.per week during the entire year, On account of the seasonal periods. Simplified manufacturing plus cheap labor has induced more capital invest- ment. Many new factories have ap- peared. Many manufacturers are get- ting noticeably bigger and moving into larger quarters, doing a big vol- ume of business. The old-fashioned manufacturer, who employed about half a dozen workers, is almost ex- tinct, forced out by the pressure of competition with the larger ones. However, while the manufacturers are making more money, the milliners are making less and less. Bosses Lower Wages. As a result of intimidation wages are gradually forced down, and coin- cidentally, the conditions under which the girls work are worse. But this is only one phase of the situation, the other is much worse. In spite of the lull in the industry, we see ads for milliners. How is that? Here we find that there is more workers. This is no other than a move to replace those already work- ing with cheaper labor. To combat these conditions the .mil- liners’ Local No. 43 is launching an organization campaign. We know that once the trimmers will realize the futility of depending upon their boss’ good nature for a living wage they will join the union. Up to date this local includes but a fifth of the milliners. But slowly and surely we are making progress, and with the co- operation of the members it is hoped that in the near future we will be completely organized. The only immediate plan for the millinery trimmers, who want to make sure that their wages will be able to furnish them with the necessities of life, and make the conditions under which they work at least tolerable, is to join the union. Only in this way can-they win a minimum wage scale which will be sufficient to cover their needs, and also to abolish the piece- work system,’ which sets girl against girl, and makes united action impos- sible, to the pleasure and profit of the After the distribution of the second issue of the “Singer Worker” here the Singer plant bosses were running around like wild animals. They of the paper. A worker named Weeks, who, it is said, holds a membership ing to do with the paper. The paper are beginning to see that the only way to improve their condition is thru a New York youngsters find rellef from the heat these days under the sprinklers placed in the strééts by the city. Those are the children of the poor, The “poor little rich children” are sprayed by Privately owned foun- tains or breathing the pure ozone far from the stifling heat of the city streets. | Left Wing Peace Plan in Workmen’s Circle N Sunday morning, July 11, a com- mittee of active Workmen’s Cir- cle left-wing members, consisting of Comrades Mindel, Loonin and Saltz- man, appeared before the national ex- ecutive committee of the Workmen’s Circle, which held its monthly meet- ing at 175 East Broadway, New York. As it was not.certain whether the national executiye committee would proceed with its, meetings in the aft- ernoon, the chairman, Mr. Feinman, granted the committee the floor in spite of the fact ;that committees are generally accepted in the afternoon session. z Statementeof Saltzman. Comrade Saltzfhan spoke first. made the following statement: * “The three Wtykiten’s Circle mem- bers that have ‘signed the credentials came to you about a very important He had been cond 1d for the last four and a half years‘feached such a stage where the entir¢\existence and devel- opment of our ‘erder is endangered. “The Workmen’s Circle was organ- ized by the Jewish workers for the purpose of mutyal aid and for carry- ing on socialistic activities in i broadest perspegtives in the working- class movement. From the very be- ginning the Workmen’s Circle was to be the place whére all tendencies of the working-class movement shall work together. Its tasks are to help the workers’ struggles everywhere— in all the countries. Bitter Struggle. “The bitter struggle that has taken Place up till now, and is taking place now, in our mind, could easily be prevented. The constitution and character of the Workmen's Circle guarantees the freedom of opinion and the right to propagate all tendencies in the labor movement. When you, as members of the national executive committee are initiating new mem- bers into the Workmen's Circle, you that working-clags party with which he sympathizes».This guarantees the possibility for all tendencies in the labor movement; {o exist in the Work- have brought the present situation in branches; besides this there is a large number of members-at-large. Seven the country, OF ALL DAILY WORKER AGENTS AND DAILY WORKER BUILDERS Friday, July 16, 8 P. M. at the Workers’ Book Shop, 19 So. Lincoln St., Chicago, III. Every comrade who considers himself’a builder of the Communist press should be there without fail. promises to be extremely interesting—that | there—Agents and Builders! The is, if you, Ibe e wil also knows very well that the Work- men’s Circle stopped growing for the last four years. You must admit that the Workmen’s Circle did not yet utilize all the means to grow bigger. There can be no doubt that the in- ternal struggle is the biggest hin- drance to its growth. There are yet thousands of Jewish workers that could be drawn into our order, if it were not for the demoralization and chaos that is prevailing in it. “Friends of the executive! We be- Meve that the time has arrived to make a stop to the abnormal situa- tion that endangers the entire Work- men's Circle organization. It is in your power to create peace in the organization, and thru it open greater perspectives for our order, Peace. “We want to point out that the left not want a kind of peace that reminds one of the peacefulness of a dead house. It believes that a fight about political issues is healthy for the Workmen's Circle. Such a fight broad- ens the knowledge and understanding of our members. But the fight cap be an ideological one, conducted with- in the limits of the organization. ‘The civil war has created a non- partisan movement, with Rhode Isl- and at its head, to stop the civil war in the Workmen's Circle. People about whom you yourself have written that the Workmen's Circle is dear to them have united without regards to their political differences, under the slogan: ‘stop the civil war in the Workmen's Circle! Bring in again unity in our organization.’ The slo- gan has reached a great number of branches, It has reached the hearts of thousands of members, “We now call upon you to adopt this slogan and stop the civil war, We believe that also you agree that the fight went too far. We therefore recommend the following points as a basis for peace: “4. To live up to the constitution of the Workmen’s Circle that recog- nizes the right of all tendencies of the labor movement to exist in the Work- the interests of the Workmen's Circle that a new period of the Workmen's Circle will come—a period of con- man’s speech he was interrupted by I, Rothman, member of the national Feinerman, chairman of the Work- men’s Circle, declared that when ‘he granted the floor to Saltzman the time was not limited and he thought the committee has a right to word its de mand in whatever way it finds pos sible and best suited, (Continued tomorrow.) Every Worker Correspondent must be a subscriber to the American Worker Correspondent. Are you one? meer ow” and they’ persuaded. They g Watkins ranch. girls tagging behind show them a place where they can camp. e e - e Dad was busy frying the bacon and egg up a inst it and Bunny wants to help them. Finally Dad was their camping outfit ready and the next day arrive at the The old man welcomes them and with little Eli and the three and he said they would like some of this morning’s milk—which was a way to get rid of Eli. But it didn’t take Eli long to come back, and he stood and followed every morsel of food as it went into their mouths; and he told them that the family had “prayed a mighty, power” over that yearthquake, and yearthquakes meant the Holy Spirit was growing weary of fornications and drunkenness and lying in the world, and had they been doing any of them things? Bunny had but a vague idea concerning fornications, but he.knew that Dad had told a whopping big lie just a short time before that “yearthquake, and he chuckled to himself as he thought what a portent the Watkinses would make out of that, if they knew! The old man came, to make sure they were all right. Mr. Watkins was a bigger and taller edition of his son, with the same prominent pale blue eyes and large Adam’s apple; his face was weather-beaten, heavily lined with care, and you could see he was a kind old man, honest and good, for all his craziness. He too talked about the “yearthquakes,” and told about one which had shaken down brick and concrete buildings in Rose- ville a couple of years ago. Then he said that Meelie and Sadie were going to school, and they would bring in some bread if the strangers wanted it. So Dad gave him a dollar, and they had a little argument, because Mr. Watkins said they wouldn’t take only the regular price what they got for the eggs and the milk and the taters at the store, and they didn’t want no pay for the camping out, because that wasn't no trouble to them, they was glad to see strangers; it was a lonely life they lived up in these here hills, and if it wasn’t for the Lord and His Gospel, they? would have very little pleasure in life. VI Dad and Bunny strapped on their cartridge belts, which went over their shoulders, and they loaded up the repeating shot-guns, and set out up the little valley and over the hills. Bunny didn’t really care very much about killing quail, he was sorry for the lovely black and brown birds, that had such proud - and stately crests, and ran with such quick twinkling legs, and made such pretty calls at sundown. But Bunny never said any- out into the open, which the doctor said was good for his health. Dad was quick as lightning to swing his gun, and it looked as if he didn’t aim at all, but apparently he did; and he never made the mistake that Bunny did, of trying to shoot at two birds at the same time. Also Dad had time to watch Bunny and teach him—to make sure that they travelled in an even line, and didn’t get turned so that one was out in front of the other’s gun. Well they tramped the hills and the valleys, and the birds rose, flying in every direction—a whir, and a grey streak—bang, bang—and either they were gone, or else they were down. part Bunny hated. tired and hungry—oh gosh! are not fully grown! “You are sure it wasn’t there before?” “Ot course not, Dad! It’s still soft. shoes like that and not see. But you didn’t run to pick them up, because there would be others, they would hide and run, and you moved on, and banged soma more, until finally you gathered up all you could find, bundles of soft warm feathers, spotted with blood. Sometimes they were still alive, and you had to wring their necks, and that was the They filled their bags, and then they tramped back to camp, Eli came, offering to clean the birds for them, and they were glad to let him, and gave him half the birds for the family to eat—it was pitiful to see the ‘light in the eyes of the poor, half-starved youth when he heard this news. It isn’t easy to live altogether in the spirit while you Eli took the birds to the house, where there was a chopping block and pails of water handy; and meantime Bunny stretched Sits: bosses, generally state the principles of the out to rest, with his feet up in front. Suddenly he sat up with an COMMUNISM 5 = 188 | Workmen’s Circle in the following glia Sars of aire dite. exclamation. “Dad! Look at that!” Px < ‘aay eae, manner: 9 “1, -Reinstata al 2 ss “Look at what?” THE PRINCIPLES OF COMMU- Singer Plant Bosses “When you te your right as citi- | branches without any discrimination. “At my shoe!” COMMUNIST MANIFESTO Ni D |zens, in the time ‘of general elections,| “2. Reinstate all members that be- by y bi sas ta lesperate After Shop , . | came, members-at-large on account of ‘What is it? By KARL MARX and FREDERICK By FREDERICK ENGELS—Tra < you must vote for those representa- FF 8 s es ENGELS, lation by MAX BEDACHT. Bulletin A PPear 8|tives that are for abolishing private | the fight against the left wing. Bunny pulled his foot up close. “Dad, that’s oil! The, fest and Greatest statement The original draft of the ¢ patina property.’ ik Rago the six manners ot “Are you sure.” of the position of Communism in mun anifesto with most vi “This means that every member or | Branc at were expelled, , also “What else could it be?” He got up and hopped over, se° relation to the ‘king cl: and bli restin Worker Correspondent, ry : g pa pp oO é the decaying capitalist system. notes, “> meereeting “histori ELIZABETHPORT, N. J., July 15,--| very branch has a right to support |Télnstate Jacob Levin. Dad could see for himself. “It’s all up over the top.” I couldn’t pack up my I must have stepped into a regular ‘ 's Circle, pool of it. And oh, say—tI’ll bet you it was the earthquake. Some Clarity. of. principle is essential were seeking for someone they. could | men’s Circle and work together. mens . a q 5 A gem of Communist teachings. to corset pallens Panis bette ta hold responsible for the appearance “We don’t now want to go into de- For Workmen's Circle. oil came up through a crack!” A complete and simple explanas a, splendid contribution’ to’ Gom- | tails and speak about the causes that | “AS you see, our demands are for Bunny took off his shoe, and Dad examined the find. He said not to get too much excited, it was a common thing to find © Cente. ¢f we 's Circle. It ig sufficient |@ud for its growth and development. f ge PARTY ORGANIZATION. See cat fae te a eee) ve te tee orethe citdttion ae ft lavwact | When the left wing will got ite rights Ol pools close to the surface; as a rule they were small, and SUPPLEMENT TO * "With Introduction ‘AS {t happens, this worker had noth, {there are oyér sixty dissolved |! the Workmen's Circle we are sure (didn’t amount to anything. But still, oil signs were not to be neglected; so after lunch they would go out again, and retrace their steps, and see what they could find. “ itself was well received by the work- i Inal work for study clase use, tion charts, eto. ofthe. american ers in the shop. More and more the | members are altogether expelled trom pt gexend! Yrork in the fullest sense of It was easy for Dad to say not to get excited; so little did 5 Conte, movement org nized in the Work- workers are beginning to realize the |the Workmen's Circle, and at least |" rf ihe’ iddla’ St ‘Comsat ‘mats he know about his boy’s mind! This was Bunny's dream, that wel Ghanchied wt Bike. Nediasooee een value of union organization, ‘They |200 branches are demoralized all over | 1 - he had had for years. You see, Dad was all the time talking about how he was going to get a real oil-tract some day—one Growth Impaired. that belonged to himself alone. He would figure d sh Edited by JULIAN BORCHARDT. ‘ . executive committee, Rothman de- i e. e would figure up and show League in ieee Anta eemmUnIst AR abridged pepular::adition of Ale ne, crennisation. The national executive committee |manded that Comrade Saltzman be|that when you paid a man a sixth royalty, you were really giving address to the International ‘Work. He ph Mihai woatee -R holy =H stopped — from = making _ political half your net profits—for you had to pay all the costs, not merely ingmen's Association In 1864, beginner in the study ut Markione Speeches and that he be requested |of the drilling, but of the upkeep and operation of the well, and 5 Cents, ‘ 75 Cents, SPECIAL MEETING immediately to state what he wants, the marketing of the oil. The other fellow got half your money —and didn’t do a thing but own the land! Well, some day Dad would get a tract of his own discovery, and have it to himself, so that he could develop it right, and build an oil-town that he could run right, without any interference or any graft. (To be continued.)