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ia THE DAILY. WORKER euege CONDITIONS 4N PAPER BOX WORK ARE UNBEARABLE Sanitation Bad, Many Accidents Occur By MARION L. EMERSON (Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK, Dec, 21, — For eleven weeks 2,500 paper box makers of New York haye been on strike for the 44- hour week and the establishment of 4 minimum wage scale. The average pay for 46 hours is from $15 to $20 for girls and $26 to| $30 dollars for men. The shops are 4% the worst section of the manufac- turing district and t¢ workers are forced to toil by artificial light under |: extremely unsanitary conditions. The cutters generally work in cellars where dampness causes rheu- matism and poor light ruins the eyes. Tuberculosis develops in many cases and the skin of the girls is ruined from the hot glue with which they ‘work, No Rest Rooms, The girls suffer from lack of proper rest rooms, many of them being con- nected with the offices of the bosses. In some places there is no division between the lavatories of the men and women, Many Accidents, Accidents often occur among these workers, many of which could be avoided by the attaching of safety de- vices costing $17.50 a year. As these slacken the speed of the machine somewhat, many shops do not have them. Bosses Unite. The Paper Box Makers’ Union had an agreement with the United Paper Box Manufacturers’ Association but when the workers went on strike the Interstate, Independent and Metropoli- tan companies combined with the United and secured the backing of the ‘National Paper Box Manufacturers’ \Association to kill the union, As @ result these 2,500 workers are ‘forced to fight a manufacturers’ com- thine. Razors have been used on the pick- ets and one was shot in the head. ‘This worker would have been killed if ‘the shot had penetrated one eighth of gn inch lower. In one instance the police captain himself helped to beat two strikers with clubs. In spite of all this they fight on and the picket lines are unbroken, They will continue their struggle for the preservation of their union until their demands are won. Novy Mir Rabcors’ Dance Dec, 25. Signor Mussolini sent his regrets for being unable to attend the Novy Mir masquerade ball next Saturday, Deo. 25, at- Mirror hall, 1140 North Western avenue, near Division street, He promised to have his representa- tives, the black shirts, there. % é Red Caiendar WORKER. CORRESPONDENTS BY what Is going on. the best stories. They are: ureable and worth-while reading, it! By L. P. RINDAL, (Worker Correspondent) LOS ANGBELES, Cal.—-(By Mail.)— Generally speaking, the Chinese are about the most difficult people on earth for white persons to approach. One. reason for this is that the so- called white people of the world for ages have treated the Chinamen as belonging to an “inferior” race. This insulting bunk thrown at proud peo- ple, with thé oldest culture in the world, has ‘ created in every China- man’s mind a distrust in everything connected with pale-faced “superiors.” The only field in which the superior- ity of whites over those of color comes to light is in the art of rob- bery. Anyhow, the advancing revolu- tionary forces will soon change fool- ish ideas as well as the map of the world. And The DAILY WORKER js on the job doing it. \ PRIZE WINNERS THIS WEEK More and more worker correspondents are wanted for The DAILY WORKER. Every worker in every industry should write the facts of hap- penings in his industry and send them in so that other workers can know For the next week three splendid prizes are offered for ee ON ORGANIZATION, collected speeches and writings on funda- mental problems by our great leader. Y a bacon MONTHLY, six months subseription—six issues of pleas- Cloth-bound edition. RED CARTOONS. We offer this prize again knowing how you will enjoy SEND IN THAT STORY TODAY! Section of “Revolutionary China” at Los Angeles, Calif., Welcomes Daily Worker; Buys It! Reads It! My bundle order of the Dec, 11 is- sue, which contained Comrade Dunne’s article, “Revolutionary Canton Speaks to Chicago,” disappeared quickly in “Chinatown” yesterday. The approach in this case, was the easfest thing in the world. The younger set, both men and women, became interested at once. Enthusiasm concerning revolu- tionary China seemed to be great. Without being asked a youngster helped me to locate interested parties. Nearly every house was visited, and the interesting trip ended at the head- quarters of the Kuomintang Party, at which place every copy of The DAILY WORKER on hand was sold out. Many automobiles, with rebellious youth at the steering wheels, were seen out- side said offices. Spa drive on Shang- hai is in ‘progress even here in Los Angeles—the cradle of the “yellow peril.” * By a Worker Correspondent, NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—Seventy-five Job seekers waited at the Macy Co. employment office. Talk developed among the unemployed. “Do you find it hard to look for work?” one asked another. “To see the smile of the employment manager while I am short of money, ready to | accept almost any offer is what hurts me terribly,” the one sitting next to me said. One of them told of the following puzzle: “At one of the employment offices, I was asked how old I am.” The answer was 19, a year young- er than I really was. “What year were you born’ then?” NEARING SPEECH SERIES ATTRACT MANY IN DENVER University Bars Him; Talks to Theologians By a Worker Correspondent, DENVER, Colo., Dec, 21, — Scott Nearing attracted hundreds of work- ers, liberals and students here by his series of lectures on “Whither Amer- ica” delivered at Grace church. Great interest was evidenced by the audien- ces who heard his series. He also spoke at the Denver Work- ers’ Lyceum under the auspices of In- ternational Labor Defense, Exposes Bosses’ Trade. Nearing showed the workers how the owners of tools of production were using their power to keep ,the work- ers under subjection, They used five main tools in this, he said, the church, the press, the colleges, company un- ions, and persecution of active worker leaders. Many hundreds of dollars worth of Nearing’s books were sold in connec- tion with his lecture. College Fears Nearing, Tt is significant that, altho it was planned that Nearing would speak to the students of the University of Denver, which is claimed to be a Iberal institution, he was not allowed to speak there by the trustees. How- ever, the Iliff School of Theology, which is an affiliated institution, did have Nearing talk, The Colorado La bor Advocate asks editorially: “When the University is more conservative than the school of theology on the same campus, does it mean that the Preachers are more radical than the rest of the young folks? Or more Aall, “| brave? Or more curious?” The Ad- A PICTURE OF LENIN and a list of revolutionary dates on attractive red card-board vocate predicted that the University administration would not allow Near ing to speak, Suit ‘Against Sinclair IN AN EMPLOYMENT OFFICE was the following question. “While telling the wrong age I could not think of what year I was born.” “How do you know how old you are,” the manager kept on asking. I laughed. At the employment offices we have to confess, as the religious do in the church, The job seekers were slowly mov- ing forward. Each one lost a quar- ter of an hour with the employment manager. Most of them were refused any position. At 3 o’clock my turn came; after a number of questions I found that I am of no use to the Macy Co. ‘While unemployed, the anarchy of the present life is clearly eee Worker Advertises He Wants 12-Hour Day Job By a Worker Correspondent. “DISHWASHER, a worker must have work immediately, Anywhere. Will work twelve hours, Address, The Times.” By So reads a want ad in the Seattle Times on Dec. 12. The ad, which tells its own story, was sent in by T. J. Dudley of Seattle, as an example of “prosperity” on the Pacific Coast. WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! Use your brains ana your pen to ald the workers in the clags struggle, The American Worker Correspondent 1113 W. Washington Bivd, Chicago, tll, LAWYERS BACKING MOVE TO MURDER SACCO, VANZETTI Express “Confidence” in Judge Thayer By SIDNEY BLOOMFELD (Worker Correspondent) WORCHESTER, Mass., Dec. 21, — In its campaign at influencing public opinion in behalf of Judge Webster Thayer, the presiding judge in the Sacco-Vanzetti case, the Worcester County Bar Association, at its annual meeting held at the court house here, resolved that “This association hereby | records its confidence in the good faith, high character and personal in- tegrity of Justice Webster Thayer, and deplores the attacks made upon him.” Gives..Him Flowers, { *Upon the opening day of the supe- | rior court sesSion, at which Thayer | presided, this Tegal body presented a basket of flowers to him which eli- cited from Judgé Thayer, a speech of thanks couched {in fine phrases, which, stripped of all guphony, amounted to a pledge to the open shoppers of Mass- achusetts that/he will keep the faith and push Saceg and Vanzetti on to the electri¢ chair, The gathering of the Worcester County Bar Association was schedul- ed to be a demonstration counter to those in behalf of the victims of the open shoppers’ wrath, The sponsors of this affair admitted that this gather- ing was -held in order to counteract the recent mass-demonstration on be- half of Sacco and Vanzetti in Madison Square Garden, New York, under the auspices of the Sacco-Vanzetti emer- gency conference. Calls Attacks “Shame” Disregarding tle outspoken resent- ment on the part of the entire labor movement as well as public denoun- ciation of both the judge and the bias- | ed manner in which the case has been handled, Attorney Frank B. Hall, form- er chairman»of. the republican stat¢ committed, speaking on the motion to adopt the resolution said in part as follows: “It is a shame that when one of the best judgeg of this commonwealth is being besmirched that we should hesitate, even for a moment, to stand back of him, every minute and every inch, and show that we are a body of men with something else in our back- bone beside aJead spring.” stuate se —— Paper Box Makers in N. Y. Celebrate Their (i Victory Over Big Shop By a Worker Corréspondent. NEW YORK, Dec. 21— A victory was won by the striking paper box workers whet William Herman, one of the largest Stops settled this week | with the unidh; The workers’ de- mands of union Fecognition, a 44-hour | week, and a 5’per cent wage increase | were granted. Herman, who is a mem- | ber of the United Paper Box Manufac-| turers’ Assocfation, the organization | that has been fighting the union for| ten weeks, was considered one of the | most stubborn of the bosses. . { The union's victof¥ was celebrated | at a mass meéting at the Church of, All Nations, 9 ‘Second avenue, Dec. 11, with a musical program. Prominent speakers congratulated the 2,500 strik- ers on this break in the enemy's ranks. The workers from the Herman shop, who have been on strike since; Oct. 5, went back to work Monday morning. iterests of the Brotherhood of Locomo- | tive Engineers Trust of New York and Page Five capitalization of all the labor banks in the United States. The total resources of the capitalist mammoth, according to its June re- port, amounted to $1,281,494,000, more than 10 times the combined resources (capitalization included) of all labor banks. At the end of the third quar- ter of 1926 labor bank resources to- taled $122,000,000. This is a decrease of $15,000,000 from the figure reported June 30, due to the sale by labor in- the discontinuance of the Brotherhood Savings & Trust Co. of Pittsburgh. Not Asleep. The expansion of the National City Bank since the war suggests that cap-| CAPITALIZATION OF NATIONAL CITY BANK ALONE IS ELEVEN TIMES THAT OF ALL U. S. LABOR BANKS COMBINED By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press. That David with his sling standing up to the giant, Goliath, wasn’t in it with the labor banks is brought home by the announcement that the National City Bank of New York has raised its capital to $140,000,000 by a $25,000,000 increase in its outstanding stock. This not only makes the dominant Rocke- feller-Standard Oil bank the largest bank in the world, but also gives it more than 11 times the combined +- of many great capitalist banks and the whole galaxy of labor institutions recalls an editorial in the Commercial & Financial Chronicle. The Chronicle commented on the view of F. P. Stock- bridge that labor is headed toward control of American industry via banking and employe stock ownership. It S: “We find in the major fact not revo- lution but evolution; not confirmation of many of the claims and activities of the historic unions, but abandon- ;ment of radical claims and the adop- tion of established business ples.” princi- Is Not Afraid. The Chronicle does not forsee the early control of industry by unions italist financiers are not planning to and peaceably take them over. National City has increased $50,000,- | than four times the entire capital, sur- | labor banks. great bank has increased its resources $459,600,000 a figure nearly four times the combined labor bank resources, A Little Xmas Gift, The announced increase in National City capital means a Christmas pres- ent of about $70,000,000 to the owners. The new stock is offered to the stock- holders, 1 share at $200 for each two held, whereas the prosent market val- ue of the stock is well over $600 a share. Pres. Charles HE, Mitchell of the bank announces that the $20 an- nual dividends will be continued. Such contrasts between a single one DONAHEY BOOM FOR PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN BEGUN Ohioan Calls on Smith and.McAdop to Fade WASHINGTON, ‘Dec. 21, —- A full- fledged présidential boom for Vic Donahey, three times governor of Ohio, was winging its way thru politi- cal quarters here. It was launched by Thomas F. Dye, chairman of the democratic state committee of Ohio, ho “invited” both Gov. Al, Smith of w York and William G. McAdoo to withdraw from competition for the 1928 nomination. Must Bury Hatchet. “Some candidate must jbe found,” said Dye, “who will not revive the dis- astrous controversy of 1924. I-am an admirer of both Gov. Smith and Mr. McAdoo. But it is my firm belief that neither can be nominated or elected. Either man would split the party, and either would raise issues that would overshadow all the normal and proper issues of the campaign.” Dye said he spoke “in spite of Gov. Donahey,” who has consistently said he Was not a candidate. sit still- and wait some hundreds of /out that even SEND IN A SUB TODAY. {operating along these lines. It points 250,000,000, twice the years for the labor friends to catch upjresources of the labor banks, is not With-|much, compared with the enormous in @ few years the capitalization of | capitalization of industry, represent- ing-the profits and services of 150 000—the inchrease alone being more | years, It continues: “Organized labor in six or 60 years plus and undivided profits of all the |can secure but a small portion of it. Similarly since 1921 the ]While labor is saving existing capital it is adding to its own stock. It will continue to do so alongside labor's in- vestment enterprises, unless Leninism does take the helm and destroys all. “Labor has not only introduced no new principle into banking but has adopted the old and time tried princi- ples, and largely thereby has succeed- ed. But is it to be supposed that it can, by buying control of manufacture, exercise the same powers? Will it be any different sort of capital because new or because of new owners? We find in this advent into new fields a surrender rather than triumph.” Passaic Film Showing for City’s Little Folk Two exhibitions of the Passaic Tex- tile Strike film will be made in Chi- cago under the auspices of the Young Pioneers. These are put on largely to interest the children of every class, both those who are familiar with the class struggle and those who are ordi- narily shielded from any knowledge of it. It is, therefore, hoped that all working class children will persuade thelr school frietids and all children with whom they come into any con- tact to see this film. On Christmas Day, the 25th, the showing will be at 3837 Roosevelt road, and on, Sunday, the 26th, at 1555 West Division street. Both per- formances will begin at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, a handy hour for chil- dren, A Christmas suggestion: Give your young friends tickets to one of these exhibitions. | Dyer Bill Pending. WASHINGTON, — The Dyer anti- lynching bill is pending in this ses- sion of congress and an effort will be made to get it passed, Rep. Dyer of Missouri has announced. The bill makes lynching a federal crime and imposes a large penalty on a city or county in which a lynching takes place, besides providing for dismissal of the sheriff in charge. FALL-DOHENY VERDICT UNDER SENATOR'S FIRE Fall Faces Court with Sinclair Next By Federated Press. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, — The vin- dication that Fall and Doher was theirs as a result of their ac by a jury which w: out 19 hou which at one time stood six to six for lived, conviction proved short when Senator Heflin, of Alaban the a violent attack on including the jury, sev the verdict was made No Spenders, The attack on the floor of the sen- ate was not aided by any of the other senators, except Senator Montana, who rose to judge who presided at the the failure of senators to reply to the harsh indictment Heflin drew reveal ed an undercurrent of resentment that break out in more violent form ost any day. It is clear both from | what has been said and by what re. mains unsaid that the verdict is con- sidered unfair in face of the evidence that was submitted, evidence whieh Federal Judge McCormick considered sufficiently indicative of a conspiracy between Fall’and Doheny to order the cancellation of the oil leases. While the condemnation of the pro- ceeding voiced by Heflin in the senate and privately expressed by others is of little value so far as affecting the vdict already rendered is concerned trial is coming, in which Fall 1 stand accused with Harry F. Sin- clair of @ similar conspiracy relating to the transfer of the Teapot Dome re-. serves. In that case, the transfer of $100,000 in a black satchel will not enter, butsthere will be a charge that Fall benefited to the extent of $230,- 000 in of] stock as @ result of that lease. Reason for Silence. Tt is mot considered unl that should the attacks on the verdict con- tinue im the senate the attorneys of Fall and Sinclair will endeayor to take advantage of them by charging that they have created an atmosphere in Washington decidedly unfriendly to the aceused, and demand a change of venue and such other legal advantage as the law enables one who h a corps of able lawyers to make use of. That may be one reason why others are remaining silent. In the same court, but before a dif- ferent judge, a motion was made to- day by the attorneys representing Fall and Sinclair to quash the indict- ment against both defendants on the ground that certain changes made in the method of appeal in the district of Columbia have impaired the rights of the defendants. Attorneys for the government will oppose the motion. Another Large Iowa Bank Closes Doors DBS MOINES, lIowa—The lowa Loan and Trust company, one of the largest banks in Des Moines, falled to open today. A notice posted on the door of the bank stated it had been closed by reao- lution of the board of directors. The state banking department will assume charge, it stated. The bank was cap- italised for $500,000 and deposits were listed at $8,136,000. SEND IN A SUB TODayY. 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