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

THE DAILY WOR hed he OO SPEED-UP RIDS FORD OF ALL AGED WORKERS One Must Do Work of Two in Jersey Plant By a Worker Correspondent JERSHY CITY, N. J., July 21.—The » arly morning cars speed towards the { rd Kearney plant over the, Plank \\ well packed with men. No old * “men can be seen in this gropp. The men that can be seen are young. Their ages range from 20 to 40.. The old men have long ago been weeded out by the excellent speed-up system of the mills. Conveyor Belts. With a double ring of bells, the belts in the plant start the conveyors run- ning in all directions. Hach foreman and straw boss is busy devising schemes of how to reduce the force and increase the production. Blackboards are on display in each department reminding the workers that their department is falling be- hind in its production or that it is just barely keeping up with the stand- ard demanded by Henry Ford, the filvver magnate. Slack Perlods. Slack periods are frequent ‘In these mills, The men are oftentimes sent home at 11 in the morning or at 2 in the afternoon. days at top speed they are: laid off for the rest of the week. They are paid for but four days’ work, tho they have done six days’ work in those four days. Ford’s Sense of Crime, Henry Ford, in one of his latest “literary masterpieces,” declares that he considers it a crime to hire two men to do the work that can, be done } by one. In his shops all of the bosses { are following out that mandate of the. flivver king. If a worker is not able to work at the pace the boss demands he is fired and someone.else is hired until one can be found. to keep up with the pace. The work is such that after a year or so the worker.is close to being a nervous wreck.., This does not bother Ford, as he considers it a greater “crime to let two men do the work that can be done by one.” Mendozza Will Lead Orchestra at New York Passaic Strike Concert By a Worker Correspondent NEW. YORK, July 21—Dayid Men- dozza, conductor at the Capital Thea- ter of New York, will lead the or- ) chestra of 100 selected players chosen } from the symphony and philharmonic orchestras. David Mendozzo ranks among the foremost conductors in Greater New York. He has offered his services gratis for the benefit of the textile strikers’ children. The gala concert at the Coney Island Stadium will ‘be the biggest demonstration ever held Yh behalf of the textile strikers’ children of Pas- saic and vicinity when the stadium is packed to its full seating capacity of 25,000. This concert will take place at the Coney Island Stadium August 28 at 8:30 p. m. After working four, s y ba .CORRESPON \ DENTS. 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 workers. 3 “THE GREAT STEEL STRIKE,” by William Z, Foster. A remark- able account of the great strike of 1919, i Subscribe for THE AMERICAN WORKER COR- RESPONDENT—a monthly maga- zine of the workers who write for the workingclass press.-Learn how and what to write. 50c a year. Jobless Should Steer Clear of San Diego, Cal. By a Worker Correspondent SAN DIEGO, Cal. July 21.—The slave market here is similar in many ways to a livestock market. The un- employed stand around in front of the market place waiting for a master to buy their labor-power. The masters drive up in their big automobiles, care- fully examine the workers and if they *|fail to find the one they are seeking they go elsewhere. One day'as I was standing in the slave mart I saw a master examining, the hands of one of the workers. The told this purchaser of labor power to get away. Another master looking around like a sly wolf for his prey, was approached by a young lad and asked: “Are you looking for a man?” “Yes,” answered the boss, “but I don’t want you. You smoke cigarettes,” _This boss then walked over to a big husky and patting him on the back asked him if he wanted to go to work, The big husky; who had seen the atti- tude of the boss towards the young worker, refused to take the job. There are many workers: drifting into the city here. Most of them ¢ome here because of the advertisements of a boom here. When they get here ‘they find out that they have been fooled and that it was nothing more than a chamber of commerce publicity stunt. ee SATURDAY JULY 24 ISSUE WILL CONTAIN THESE “The Red Savior” A splendid little play by the aut! UNUSUAL FEATURES:: By Hermina Zur Muhlen hor of “Fairy Tales for Workers’ Children.” ‘Translated by A. Landy, “The Story of China” By H. M. Chang Second installment of a:story of a great people’s struggle for libera- tion by a writer who has taken part in it for many years. The History of the Wealth of J. P. Morgan A story of the rise of great wealth accumulated from the bitter ex- ploitation of American labor. The on the history of great Amerlean first of a series of splendid articles fortunes, POEMS by the best proletarian poets including “The Mother Curse” By MICHAEL GOLD. Second Lesson in Reading By ARTHUR W. CALHOUN. . Don’t miss this invaluable series of articles by a noted educator. 5 rd Buplometob gg CARTOONS by, Fred Elli Hay Bales A. Jerger Vose and other leading proletarian artists. LY WORKER, a Bundle at 3/2 Cents a Copy, an ee MUST FIGHT COAL PLUTES Many Miners Are Unem- ployed for Over Year By a Worker Correspondent, COLUMBUS, O., July 21.—The coal operators of this state have organized to resume full time operations on “a broad policy respecting the employ- ment of labor.” For some time the coal operators have been trying to get the officials of the United Mine Workers’ Union into conference in order to convince them that it is ab- solutely necessary for the miners to go down to the 1917 scale in order that the mines of southeastern Ohio may compete with the mines in West Virginia, Tennesee and Kentucky. Seventy-five operators from all over the state met here on July 12 and de- firm manufacturing men’s clothing in Waukegan, were arrested on com-| plaints of condition ‘of employment in their shop, pleaded guilty and patd | fines when they were hauled into court this week on warrants issued by | State's Attorney A. V. Smith, | The second arrest was on Smith’s¢—— —————______________ initiative. He sent Maud McCreery, PAINTERS OF liberated on how to re-employ the 75 per cent of the miners who are idle today, some of them having been out of employment for more than a year. Unanimity of opinion reigned thruout the sessions, altho very little informa- tfon has reached the outside world. Horace Robbins, of Cleveland, who was chairman of the meeting, refused to interpret the “broad policy” as meaning the open shop. He is leaving that to the public to infer. “We will reach the union and non-union ques- tion when that point in the contro- versy is reached,” he said, “‘ objective is to open the mines.” What the attitude of the operators is has been clear for some time. Mr. Maher, a big Cleveland coal operator, recently sent out a letter to the miners insist- ing upon a “modification of the scgle,” which had only one meaning—a reduc- tion. Start Over Again. The miners are not ready to make any concession to the operators, They know that once they accept any re- duction in wages the same cry will go up. The West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee operators will reduce the wages of their men and the vicious cycle will be entered upen once more. The resolution which was adopted at the meeting states that “the indus- try be placed upon a basis which, while fair to the miner, yet will per- mit of the early and general resump- worker jerked his hands away and tion of successful operation of these mines in the competition which they encounter in marketing their coal.” This is a declaration of war on the. United Mine Workers’ organization in this state. The miners are in a bad condition, Only 7,000 of the 52,000 min- ersin the union in this state are work- ing under union conditions. As stated above, many of them have been with- out work for more than a year, some for more than two years. Many of them have been living on $3 a week contributed by the union. This is an untenable situation, and the miners must prepare to fight. Actions Will Prove. Whether it is an offensive against the union is hard to tell at the present time. The individual operators, in oc- casional statements, have declared that they have nothing against the union, but insist that conditions be changed so that they may operate profitably. This, however, appears to be a smokescreen—they are out to kill the union and are preparing for the expiration of the agreement on April 1, 1927. In any case, a union that accepts the terms of the opera- tors is no union; a union that will not fight to improve the conditions of the workers is no union, This time loan W SUBSCRIBE: foents per year, Arnyou the miners face the issue of whether the union is to be saved or not. The southeastern Ohio miners will meet the challenge of the coal opera- tors and will fight. Cigarmakers’ Election Result Not Yet Known; Union Drive Demanded By a Worker Correspondent, Results of the referendum election of the Cigarmakers’ International Union will not be known until some time in August, it is announced at the headquarters in Chicago, where the canvassing board begins its work July 20, The presidency was contested by First Vice-President I. M. Ornburn of New Haven, Conn., and Wm, Lemke of Cincinnati. The veteran president, G. W. Perkins, declined to run for re-election because of his age and of his interest in the work of the Union Labor Life Insurance Co. A Chicago committee backing Orn- burn declared in a circular July 1: “The removal of restrictive laws in our constitution has opened the doors and made possible the organization of all classes of cigarmakers, such as team workers, machine operators, etc, These restrictions were only removed after years of untirjng efforts on the part of a few far-sighted officials and members of our union, It is now conceded by the great majority of union members that we must inelude in our organization all branches of the industry if we are to succeed in rehabilitating the trade.” ogres The subscription price to the Amer. Correspondent is only 60 bscribert e = 1 ( Worked For Independents, Altho 80 per cent of the painters have been on the job for some time, working for the independent contrac- tors, the Master Painters’ Association thought it could bribe the union mem- bers into accepting an agreement of 5 per cent increase in wages, but with the 44-hour week remaining untouch- ed. The painters demanded $1.37% an hour and the 40-hour week, The painters had no reason whatever to accept the offer and treated it as it deserved. The glaziers, who likewise have been on strike since March, did not attend the meeting, but issued a circular calling on the painters to stand firm. and assuring them that they would fight shoulder to shoulder with them. Pretented Surprise, Tha master painters, who are back- ed up by the American Plan Associa- tion—the open shoppers—and the Chamber of Commerce, pretended to be surprised that the men did not ac- cept the offer. Then they turned about and organized a campaign to fight the union. A committee of “painting contrac: tors, employers and a citizens’ commit- tee” has raised a fund of $5,000,000, the purpose of which is both to beat the painters and to whip the inde- pendent contractors into line. “Cleve- land cannot afford to have any small group of purely selfish and unreason- able tradesmen stand any longer in the way of its industry, further devel- opment and the rights of ali its peo- ple.” The independents are now to| feel the lash of the open shop people. In excoriating the painters, the statement of the association contin- ues: “Their (the painters’) demands are unreasonable and their attitude is arrogant, and both are incompatible with any present-day relations be- tween employers and employes.” The bosses want creeping, crawling men to conie to them and kiss their hands, Threaten Strikebreakers, The master painters, however, have not stopped at this point. They are threatening to bring men into the city to take the place of the strikers and are trying to increase their help by having employers using painters in their establishments supply them for outside painting work. In other words, this is a united front of the employers of this city against the striking paint- representative of The Federatea Press who is here investigating tn dustrial conditions as they affect wo men, and Ida Himmelrigh, official of CLEVELAND VOTE the plant to investigate sanitary con- 4 j ditions after complaints had come to NO ON PACT him from employes who did not dare appear for fear of losing thetr jobs. tine Bad Conditions. Bosses Sought to Bribe The investigators’ reported the washrooms apparently not having Workers been swept and scrubbed for several for 75 women. One‘of these towels} CLEVELAND( July 21—The meet- was @ roller used tommonly by the |ing of the painters, which was held women and all of them were soiled. |at the Colonial Theater on July 11, The women also reported finding two |decided by a vote of two to one to girls working in the shop under 16|reject the compromise terma which years of age and the failure of the|were tentatively egreed upon by two firm to have posted in plain view the |self-appointed officials of the union st of such employes, with names,|and the Master Painters’ Association. law. tion of the terms, scathing speeches Following the investigation, Smith being made by Longo and Steel, the {ssued warrants for the arrest of the | former @ business agent, the latter a firm heads, who pleaded guilty onthe |member of the strike committee. 942 second count and paid a fine of $20/yotes were cast against the agree- and costs. They pleaded for another ment, 451 for it, eighteen casting blank chance on the insanitary condition | paliots, for which the latter were de- complaint and promised to have the | nounced, day. They were given an opportunity to make poss After the case was closed it was learned by Miss Himmelrigh, who se- cured other employment for the two girls, that one of them was only 13 years of age, altho she and the firm declared she was 15. “If conditions in this plant are any- where near es bad as painted by the women employes it is an outrage and I shall go to the bottom of the charges and do all I can for the poor women working there,” Attorney Smith de- olared in February when five women complained to him that when they week with a bonus if they remained three weeks that would bring their weekly wage to $12 and that, instead of receiving the bonus, deductions had been made in thei? $6 wage. One of the women charged she had received only $4.50 and that her carfare and lunch cost nearly that much. $118.02, the aggregate sum due the women in back wages, in addition to costs of the suit... At that time the firm invited Smith to visit their new Plant at ary time. He did 60 this week by proxy and the second suit against the firm resulted. No Wages to Spend, to Waukegan” Smith declared to The Federated Press _ representative. “They ara welcomed into town by the Chamber of Commerce because they add to our industrial activity and they Pay such miserable wages that the| workers have no money to spend in Waukegan. At the end of a week's em- disgruntled, and instead of helping Waukegan euch industries give us a black eye.” Smith expressed his belief in organ- ization of the workers into unions as the remedy for industrial conditions such ag exist in the Granert and Rothschild shop. He pointed to the the first case against the firm as proof of the effectiveness of combined effort and contrasted it with the complaint of one woman against another firm when he was not able to accomplish as much because she stood alone, It 1s reported here that the Granert- Rothschild firm came to Waukegan to the Waukegan Humane Society, into days and only four towels in sight (Special to The Dally Worker) ages and addresses as required by|The meeting was bitter in denuncia- washrooms carefully cleaned every 8Ix Dollar Wage—And Docked. were hired they weré promised $6 a The firm pleaded guilty and paid “Industries like this are a disgrace ployment, they are dissatisfied and joined complaint of the five women in escape union conditions in Chicago where the men’s clothing industry is | TS. operated under an akreement between| ‘The painters and the glaziers have the employers and Amalgamated | ®nSwered the association by declar-| Clothing Workers. The Workers here are unorganized, Louisville-Nashville Train Wrecked as It Jumps Off Its Tracks ATLANTA, Ga., July 21.—Plunging off a sharply- curving track on a bend of the Etowah river, four miles north of Canton, Ga., a local passenger train ing that they are going into the! painting and glazing business them- selves, In 1925, the glaziers formed the Union Glazing Service Co. and took care of the glazing work during the strike of that year. They. intend to revive the plan this year on a broader scale, so that the public will not be inconvenienced and work will go on. The fight fs now on—and unques- tionably the open shoppers will do everything in their power to crush the ee & on railroad | union. They will raise $10,000,000, if i. 4 necessary, for they have found that “Buck” D’Armond, of Marietta, Ga., {the painters and glaziers of Cleveland engineer, and John Wiley, fireman, are not to be intimidated by any of hap see Whiley’s body was lost in|thetr wild throats. If they britg in ». strikebreakers and thugs, it should Feng gun a pring the train /“trighten the public far more than it va n up, but escaped will the painters,” says the statement serious injury. of the painters, issued by Robert The passenger coaches halted on the brink of the river, and did not Steel, chairman of the strike commit plunge over, nin ae , Cleveland Painters Win, Women’s Club Holds CLEVELAND — (FP) — Four and a Picnic at on Sunday, July 25 pe S| LANSING, Ohio, Jay 21. — The half months of battling for the 5-day week finds the painters unfdn substan- tially victorious with four-fifths of the members working undef union condi- itons. They have won @ pay increase Women's Club will |have dts picnic} to $1.37% an hour in Addition, Tho | cated. eee Se Set een KER gi i a & H * Page Five ; WAUKEGAN.CLOTHING BOSSES HIT PN aging CE _ BY FINES. FOR LAW VIOLATIONS; Be “ ee OM _ HAVE EVADED THE AMALGAMATED ipo OHIO MINERS PGE Ales oprc RO | NOVEE i Wuteis Gaeta Mman: wonsiemne hada or oo teanere oar oeonins | Gon Sinclaie { (Copyright, 1926, by Upton Sinclair) WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE, 3. Arnold Ross, olf operator, formerly Jim Ross, teamster, drives with hie thirteen-year-old son, Bunny, to Beach City to sign a lease for a new oil fleld. Meeting his “Lease Hound,” Ben Skutt, In a hotel he goes to meet a group of small property owners whose land he wants for drilling. But other olf concerns have been Intriguing and tne meeting breaks up in a row. Bunny meet Paul Watkins, son of a Holy Roller, who has run away from home, They become feiends but Paul leavea for other parts before their acquaintance is very ola. Dad begins to drill In Prospect Hill near Beach City. He needs the roads fixed and smooths the paim of a city official. in short order his first well, “Ross- Bankside No. 1,” Is begun. Dad spends busy days in his little office and Bunny is always with him—learning about oil. 8 , Bunny's sister, comes home from finishing school on a vacation. She ts very snobbisn. Her Aunt Emma has been trying to make a lady of her. sunny tells Bertie about Paul. Bertie doesn’t like Bunny to know such “Horried Fellows.” In the meantime Dad is getting along with his well. With many careful and toilsome mechanical operations, Ross-Bankside No. 1 is ready to drill and by noon the next day has fitted up the first tank. In a week Dad had several more derricks under way. He was working hard with everything coming his way. Bunny aske his Dad to take a rest and go quail hunting over in the San Elldo valley. Dad protests that It's too far away and is told that that’s where Paul's family te and they're up against it and Bunny wants to help them. Finally Dad was fereuad J. They get their camping outfit ready and the next day arrive at the atkins ranch. The old man welcomes them and with little Eli and the three girls tagging behind show them a place where they can camp. In hunting for quail on the Watkins’ ranch, Bunny and Dad find ol! oozing out of the ground. Dad, after satisfying himself that there is oll on the land, decides to buy the Watkina ranch. Dad goes Into the house with Mr. and Mrs Watkins, leaving Bunny to do as he pleases, while Dad wheedles the farm from the Watkinses. Dad then makes a deal with the local real estate agent, Mr. Hardacre, te acquire options on surrounding tracts of land. e e - e ow xI They drove back to camp, and it was coming on to sunset again, and the quail were calling all over the hills. They passed the horseman bringing in the cattle, and he stopped and had a chat about the earthquake, and then he rode on, his saddle and stirrup-straps going “Squnch, squnch.”’ And Dad said, “We'll maybe buy that fellow out before night, and you can ride his horse.” And they went on, and presently came another fellow, this time on foot. He was a young chap, tall and lanky, but stooped as if he had hold of plow-handles; he was wearing coun- try clothes and a straw hat and he strode rapidly by them, staring hard at both of them, barely nodding in answer to Dad’s friendly “Good evening.” Dad remarked, “Queer-looking chap, that,” and Bunny retained an impression of a face, very serious with a large prominent nose, and a broad mouth drooping at the corners. They went on, and came to their camp, and built a fire, and got themselves a gorgeous supper, with a panful of quail and bacon and hot cocoa, and toast made of the bread which Meelie and Sadie had brought in, and some canned peaches which Bunny had bought. And after supper Bunny saw Ruth down by the goat pen, and he strolled over to meet her; she gazed about timidly, to make certain no one else was.near, and then she whispered, “Paul was here!” Bunny started amazed. “Paul?” And then suddenly the truth flashed over him. “That was him we passed on the road.” He described the figure to Ruth, and she said yes, that had been Paul; he had taken a “hitch-hike” to see her, as he had promised, and he had brought her fifteen dollars saved from his earnings. “I told him we didn’t have need for it now; but he left it.” Then Bunny cried: “Oh why didn’t he stop and talk to Dad and me? He barely nodded to us!” Ruth was evidently embarrassed; it was hard to get her to talk about Paul any more. But Bunny persisted, he was so anxious to know Paul, he said, and it seemed as if Paul didn’t like him, Only then was Ruth moved to tell him what Paul had said. “He was mad because Pap had sold the ranch. He says We hadn’t ought to done it.” “But what else could you do?” raise strawberries, like some o’ the folks is doin’ here. We could git along and be independent— “Paul is so proud!” cried Bunny. “He’s so afraid of charity!” “No it ain’t exactly that,” said Ruth. “What is it then?” “Welt—it ain’t very polite to talk about—” Ruth was em- barrassed again. “What is it, Ruth? I want to try to understand Paul,” “Well, he says your Pap is a big oil man, and he says there’s oil on this ranch, and you know it, for he told you so.” There was a silence. “Is your Pap an oil man?” Bunny forced himself to answer. “Dad’s a business man; he buys land and all kinds of things. He has a general store, and he buys machinery, and lends money.” That was what Dad had ordered him to say, and it was strictly the truth as we know; and yet Bunny considered himself a liar while he said it. He was misleading Ruth—gentle, innocent, trusting Ruth, with the wide, candid eyes and the kind, sweet features; Ruth, who was incapable of a hateful thought or a selfish inpulse, whose whole life was to be one long immolation in the cause of the brother she loved! Oh why did it happen that he had to practice deception upon Ruth? They talked about Paul some more. He had sat up in the hills most of the afternoon and told his sister about himself. He was getting along all right, he said; he had got a job with an old lawyer who didn’t mind his having run away from home, but would help him to keep hidden. This lawyer was what was called a free-thinker—he said you had a right to believe whatever you chose, and Paul was his gardener and handy man, and the old lawyer gave him books to read, and Paul was getting edu- It sounded wonderful, and terrible at the same time— Paul had read a book about the Bible, that showed it was nothing but old Hebrew history and fairy-tales, and full of contradictions and bloody murders and fornications, and things that there was no sense calling God’s word. And Paul wanted Ruth to read it, and Ruth was in an agony of concern—but Bunny noticed it was Paul’s soul she was afraid for and not her own! Then Bunny went back to Dad, and told him that was Paul they had passed on the road; and Dad said “Indeed?” and re- peated that he was a “queer looking chap.” Dad wasn't inter- ested, he had no slightest inkling of Bunny’s distress of soul; his thoughts were all one, the great discovery, and the deals he was putting through. He lay on his back, with a pillow under his head, gazing up at the stars. “There’s one thing sure, son”’— and there was laughter in his voice; “either you and me move up to front row seats in the oil game or else, by golly, we'll be the goat-kings of California!” (To be continued.) LSS YOU CAN EAT WELL IN LOS ANGELES |& W. RIEGK LUNCH ROOMS Six Places at GINSBERG'S ted st doa 118 S. Clark . Washington | 167 N, St, VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT | 49 w' Harrieon | 234.8, aten . 2324-26 BROOKLYN AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, Only $12.00 for Two Weeks’ Course Domestic Science School at PHONES, » CAL. HARRISON 861 1612 Fulton ft. Phore West 2549 _— he at Lansing on Sunday, July 26, Care| associated master painters $till retuse \ Illinois State Fair |oayworxen, ” *° ™* “He says we'd ought to sell the goats, and pay the bank and