The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 26, 1926, Page 3

t ( THE DAILY WORKER 33, BOREL THIS WEEK'S PRIZE WINNERS The Chicago worker correspondent who describes conditions in the Goss Printing Press company here, a union shop, is awarded first prize this week for worker correspondence. He will receive a copy of “Lenin on Organization,” consisting of collected speeches and writings on funda- mental problems by our great leader. Seco! prize is awarded to the worker correspondent in Delawan, Wis., a:small town that is the site of a large knitting goods factory, where a wage cut has been ordered by a boss who goes to India to “study morals.” He will receive six months’ subscription to the Work- ers Monthly as prize, Third prize is awarded to the New York worker correspondent, who tells of the corrupt tactics of the right wing “machine” in the election held by the Pocketbook Workers’ Union. The Red Cartoons book is 1000 WORKER CORRESPONDENTS BY JANUARY 13 1927 awarded him. ° ° the best facts in the best manner. Svetlov. own it, Goss is Example. There is an example of a union shop in district 8 of the Chicago Ma- chinists, The Goss*Printing Press Co. |Mhbis company, or rather workers in jit, are manufacturing mammoth print- {img presses and parts, each costing |several thousands of dollars, At the ‘present time due, to its competitor, | the Hoe Co. of New York being crip- pled by the last strike, the Goss ‘Printing Press Co. is quite a busy } place, They run day and night shifts, | employing about 650 men on day and about 250 nights. The journeymen \machinists are paid the scale of 98 }eents per hour. There are also spe- jclalists whose scale is lower. Tho fhelpers and tha laborers are not ‘members of the union and are | paid low, about 40 to 50 cents per hour. The apprentice boys are kept at the same kind of machine operations for a long time, which is a poor way of trade education. Called “Gas House”. This company is located between two railroad yards ta an old building. Tn summer the shops: are always fill- ed with smoke and gases from pass- ing locomotives and rightly so, that the factory has been nick-named a “gas house”. There is no ventilating system, ex- cept thru windows which are kept “hermetically shut” on cold days dur- ing winter and therefore, the air in- side the shops is very stale from dust, metal and oil fumes. Factory Is Dirty. It seems that the factory is never given a general clean-up and white- washing, for the walls are dirty, the floors dirty from cast fron and soaked Here’s the Idea RATES In Chicago: Per year, $8.00; month, $4.00) three months 4340," Outside ray eee Pad year, six montha, tivds mantee, it: THE DAILY WORKER 1118 W, Washington Bivd., Chicago, II,‘ ENClOBCM Fy.scscssesssseeree LOR svegsen months sub to The Datly Wor! Name sisssscessssesssnttives PRIZES FOR NEXT WEEK. More and more worker correspondents thruout the land is the need of The DAILY WORKER. Gather up those FACTS about conditions in your mill, factory, mine, shop, and send them in, workers. three splendid prizes are offered to worker correspondents who send in The prizes are: Keio shahhg OF POLITICAL EDUCATION, by A. Berdnikov and A. A complete course for self-study. This week Every worker should J—RUSSELL-NEARING DEBATE ON SOVIET RUSSIA. An attractive board-bound edition of the well-known debate. i ptt By Upton Sinctair. A great working cla tory. (FIRST PRIZE WINNER) DESPITE UNION, CONDITIONS IN PRINTING PRESS FACTORY HERE NO BETTER THAN IN OPEN SHOP (By a Worker Correspondent) Officialdom of the American Federation of Labor likes to. boast about the “wonderful things” they have accomplished for the labor unions. ditions in union shops are not as fine as they imagine them to bag while they are sitting in magnificent offices in Washington, D. C. But con- NO MEETING OF GLASS IN WORKER CORRESPONDENCE TONIGHT, CHRISTMAS EVE There will be no session of the Chicago class in worker corre- spondence this Friday, Christmas eve. The class Is postponed to give the members an opportunity to cele- brate Christmas eve by attending the I. L. D. dance and social for the benefit of class war prisoners, The class will hold its next regu- lar meeting on the following Friday evening, 6:30 o'clock, in the offices of The DAILY WORWER, as usual. with oil. The whole building shakes when the machinery is running. There is lack of lockers and’‘a very few places on the walls for clothes. Many Injuries. The arrangement of machinery and the stock is such that, one must be very careful about his steps. But one can never be too careful.. There are some tools that ought to be thrown in- to the junk pile, but the men are working with “them. The result is, that according to the quarterly re- ports of the so-called “Shop Safety Commission,” there were 243 injury cases in August, 269 in September and 234 in October of this year. Poor Medical Aid. The company maintains an emer- zeney “hospital” and a doctor right in he factory, but ‘the writer from his experience, prefers home treatment whenever possible. The washing and eating accomoda- tions cannot be beaten by the worst ones in an open shop. All are crowded and inconvenient,» Monotony. The work is so subdivided that any man with a little machinist experience and intelligence, is able to do the job. But it is very monotonous and dis- Bustingly weary to have to repeat the | same operations of the same part of machinery, one -piece after another, day in and day out so long as one is able to hold out. Eight hours of it is a very long stretch of time, But yet there are men who were able to hold on to their jobs for the last 15 or 20 years doing the same kind of work. Every one is closely watched by the foremen and anyone who is noted leaving his machine to converse with a fellow worker is marked as candi- date for the jobless army. So every one sticks to his machine and tries to keep his “mouth shut.” Shop Meetings Useless, Tt is well known that a shop chair- man and committees are of very lit- tle help, so nobody complains. The shop meetings are held every month 4 @ matter of form only, for the con- venience of a business agent, to re- move shop chairmen or any other man from the job whose looks he de- spises. The main subject of such meetings ig the question of “co-oper- ation with the bosses.” Farms Decrease in Number, WASHINGTON, Deo, 2s.—Farmeéts, struggling under economic difficulties, are forsaking their farms. At least that is the only interpretation that can be placed on the newest government figures, which show a in the An eet ae since 1920 of 16,000 i iy (SECOND PRIZE WINNER) KNITTING MILL IN WISCONSIN SLASHES WAGES Boss Who “Can’t Pay” Takes World Tour (By a Worker Correspondent.) DELEVAN, Wis., Deo, 24.— The Bradley Knitting company here for more than ten years, has just recent- ly announced a cut in wages of the young’ boys and girls, whose average wages are from 22% cents an hour to 26 cents. The reason for the cut was posted on all conspicious places of mill as being due to dullness of busi- ness. Cut Down Hours, Pay. The cut was to be made by having all slaves who receive 22% cents an hour to work eight hours a day in- stead of nine, and those receiving 25 cents, to work 7 hours. At the for- mer wage rates, the girls’ checks for two weeks amounted to $22.50, which were barely enough for any young Person to pull thru, and at the newly announced rates it will reduce it still further. Owner Goes on Cruise, With the cut in the daily bread of the young workers a local paper an- nounced that Mr. Phoenix and family, president of the knitting company, will leave for a world cruise on Dec. 20 and will make his headquarters in India to study the morals of that country. Speaking to one of the girls, who is daily slaving at the mill, about hav- ing the 500 workers of the mill or- ganized, I was told, “It is impossible, because the 500 workers belong to six | different churches and in speaking of | organization there would result dis- agreement, because of the pastors’ at- titude toward union organizations— which is that labor organizations im- peril the peace of 8 community.” (THIRD PRIZE WINNER) FRAME MEMBERS IN POCKETBOOK UNION ELECTION By a Worker Correspondent. NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Blection in the International Pocketbook Work- ers’ Union was held Dec, 15 to 18. The left wingers who were nominated for manager, business agents and other offices were taken off the ballot on the most villainous framed-up charges. Instead of having a left and right wing ballot, the “machine” gave the members only the privilege of vot- ing “no” for right wing candidates, Gangsters Hired. Gangsters were hired to watch the polling places and to chase left wing- ers away. Some who refused to leave were given severe beatings, The right wing machine gave out marked sample ballots to hundreds of members. Letters were sent to right wing shops to come down and vote or get fined $5 for each member. Make Big Promises, Unemployed workers were promised jobs if they would vote a straight right wing ticket. The members were threatened and bullied into re-electing the present right wing administration, Count Own Votes, When the election-objection board was elected at a regular members’ meeting, A. I, Shiplacoff, who ran for re-election as manager, counted the votes, instead of appointing an impar- tial man. Besides the regular ten members of the bdurd, some others |have been put on who are themselves running for some office. » This is the state of affairs that has been created in the International Pocketbook Workers’ Union by Ship- lacoff, the socialist leader, who is heading the committee to ban Com- munism in the unions, Correspondence Class Plans Unique Stunt for Novy Mir Affair By a Worker Correspondent. ‘With the slogan, “Write As You Fight!” a committee of the Worker Correspondents’ Class of The DAILY Worker met with representatives of the I. L, D. and other groups to discuss ways of participating in th Novy Mir affair, scheduled for th coming Saturday (Christmas) even- ing, at Mirror Hall, 1140 North West- ;ern avenue, near Division street. It was decided to have members dressed in the various garbs of their trade, such as miners with cap and lamp, machinists, painters, ete, They will parade about the hall, and in their midst will be carried a huge pen and pad to symbolize their volunteer work as writers and reporters in the fleld ot ge a and also signs inviting the workers to join the Worker bo movement. Al s of the class are urged to bo mt on Saturday evening, present some trade, a ——— Page | 5 Stupid Right Wing Threat. DEM Fritwre+ et Above is oo reproduction of a letter sent ie yl Ravitch, Chicago manager of the, Freiheit, Communist Jewish daily paper published in New York. The Freiheit hag been a vigorous advocate of the militant wing in the needle trades unloms., Ravitch, as the Chicago manager has, in his work, come regu- larly Into disagreement with the ‘right-wing elements. As to who sent the letter, Ravitch, suspects that the recently deposed right-wing offlolals of the furriers’ union headed by ex-manager Milistein, may have caused it to be written. The “reactionaries in the United Hebrew Tradee have also nursed grudges against the Frefheit manager. CHRISTMAS CHEER FUND REVEALS GRIM WANT IN GOLDEN GATE CITY SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 24—The sand in the bearing fo the Good Fel- low movement at Christmas is that, in order to collect the money, startling disclosures of poverty amid the Coolidge prosperity are forced into the open. The Examiner of this city, in putting across its sob stuff, tells of finding Sergeant Pat, so-called because of his army service, a man of 42, with a wife and seven children, reduced to 95 cents in his pocketg and a piece of tripe in the pantry: = One by one his possessions had gone, the cow, the battered automobile, the rugs off the floors, and finally the last two of a flock of 30 ‘LEST WE FORGET’ CLASS WAR PRISONERS ON XMAS, I. L. D, GIVES THEIR NAMES “Lest We Forget,” the I. L, D. gives the following list of class-war prison- ers in United States jails this Christ- mas, who will be “silent guests” at parties to be held in their behalf: Aleatrez, Calif.: Paul Crouch, Folsom Prison: Warren K. Billings, Joe Clohessy, John Hiza, Leo Ellis, C. J. Sullivan, Leo Stark. San Quentin, Calif.: Ivan Barnes, No, 38530; Jack Beavert, No, 40628; A. Bratland, No. 38363; John Bruns, No, 40054; William Bryan, No, 39344; Roy Carter, No, 39533; Tom Connors, No, 40950 Hy M. Edwards, No, 38292; Roy House, No. 38535; J. B, McNa- mara, No, 25314; R, W, Minton, No. 37492; Tom -Mooney, No, 31921; A. Nicholson, No, 9348; W. Rutherford, No, 38308; M, A, Schmidt, No. 25314; i. B, Stewari,. No. 38794; R. V. Tay- lor, No, 39350} @. J. Terrill, No, 38132; F, W, Thompson, No. 38579; Joe Va- rella, No, 38188; Tom O'Mara. Lansing, Kan., Prison: Joe Niel, Massachusetts State Prison, Charles. town, Mai John B. Merrick, Bar tholomeo Vanzetti. Norfolk Coutity Jail, Dedham, Mass.: Nicola Sacco. .., Moundsville,;W. Va.: Edgar Combs. Oahu Penitentiary, Oahu, T, H.: Pablo Manlap’ Ohio State Prison: Dominic Ven- teurato, Sioux Falls, 8, D.: lasky. ‘Thomaston, Me., Prison: lon, Tom Harty, "Walla Walla, Wash, Box 620: Bu: gene Barnett, No, 9414; Ray Becker, No, 9418; Rert Bland, No, 9411; 0. C. Bland, No. 9049; Dan Curtin, No, 9434; Frank God- Don Fal- ‘\John Lamb, No. 9412; James Mclni- nery, No, 9410; W, F. Moudy, No, 9432; Britt Smithy>-No. 9481; Tom Nash, New Jersey Textile Workers Framed, Garfield: Adolph Wisnetski, Thomas Ragan, Nicholas Schillaci, Jos Totti, Paul Kovac, Joseph Bellene, |» Paul Oznik, Passaic: Tony Pochno. chickens, which had been reserved for Christmas dinner. Leaving the army when he was ordered transferred from this city to Reno, worked at odd jobs, but, as the Exam- iner states, owing to “long gaps of un- employment,” he had beoome reduced to nothing. After a spurt of Christmas relief, Sergeant Pat, his odd jobs, and his periods of unemployment will be for- gotten until another Christmas is capitalized by a newspaper to start a Ohristmas Cheer Fund, ST. LOUIS SELLS $550 IN BONDS FOR STRIKING GLOAKMAKERS OF N. Y. (Special to The Daily Worker) ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec, 24.—A big meeting under the auspices of the St. Louls Rellef Conference for the New York Cloakmakers’ strike, held Wednesday night here, resulted in the sale of twenty-two strike bonds issued by the New York Joint Board of the Cloakmakers to the amount of $550. A committee was elected to sell more of the bonds, designated Victory bonds, and determined to » float at least $1,000 to help the New York strikers, WCEL Radio Program | Chicigo Federation of Labor radio broadcasting station WCFL is on the air with regular programs. It is broadcasting on a 491.5 wave length from the Municipal Pier, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 6:00 p, m=—-Chieago Federation of La- / ‘The GBravoort Concert Trio; Velia Cook, Gerald Crolesaint, Little "es Wears bid Rossiter. amo Cate Orchestra, {i100 Atarne Entertainers, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 6:00 Pp. mm-Chicago Federation of La- Hour, 6:30—Brevoort Concert Trio. 8100—Joo Werner, Vivian Lawrence, Mildred Coluclo, ‘ont, 10100-—-Alamo Cate Orchestra, 11:00—-Alamo Entertainers, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, ir Park Lutheran ‘ist = Chureh, 4:00 Church, Nevado, Sergeant Pat had | The Manager’s Corner mores How the Politicians Do It. David Lloyd George, arch demagogu® of the British Liberal Party, has just realized a profit of $5,500,000 from the sale of the Daily Chronicle. Of this sum, $5,000,000 goes into his campaign fund and $500,000 is personal profit. It seems that several years ago, Mr. George became the sole custodian of a campaign fund of about $15,000,000 with which he bought the Daily Chronicle with a circulation of about one million and which he has now sold at a handsome profit. The report does not state who the generous donors to this campaign were. : American public life is full of similar examples of men, who use their monopoly of the press to control public opinion, espec- ially on the political field. Men like Munsey, Hearst, and Cap- per are plentiful in American politics. These men are the men, serving faithfully the interests of the capitalist class, who are seeking to control the minds of workers, by determining what they shall read in the daily press, and what they shall think. Against the press of personal profit, against the press of the exploiters, the workers must have their own organ, owned by the workers, supported by them and run in the interests of the working class. Such an organ will not be easy to maintain. It will not have the advantage of $15,000,000 funds from undis- closed sources. It will demand the greatest sacrifices on the part of the workers. It will demand a high degree of organizational skill to overcome the difficulties of keeping up such a dpily paper. It will demand attention to detail on the part of those who are willing to devote themselves wholeheartedly to the im- portant tusk of maintaining a newspaper that shall speak the language of the workers, that shall stress their — and be in truth a political organ of the workers. These Comrades Have Been Challenged to State What They Are Doing to Keep The Daily Worker. WATCH FOR THEIR ANSWERS! Emil Honegger, H. F. Mine, Rochester, N. Y. New York, N.Y, J. Peterson, B. 2. Stratford, Conn. Leo Hofbauer, Pocatello, I daho, Theodore Suderland, New York, N. ¥. Berkeley, Cal, Louis Touby, P. Inkachie, Miami, Fla. Cleveland, 0. Emil Niva, Herbert Newton, Frederick, 8. Dak. Rowbury, Masa. William Deitrich, Dawid Milgrom, Denver, Colo. Philadelphia, Pa. George Blovam, Geo. Rupert, Spokane, Wash. Elko, Nevada. E. Resetar, Waino Mellin, Woodlawn, Pa. Waukegan, Ili, A. D. Boroff, A. Hagenen, < Juneau, Alaska. Houston, Tea. 9" YOU May Be Next. Workers of Roxbury! You are cordially invited to our NEW YEAR'S DANCE F riday, December 31, 1926 NEW INTERNATIONAL HALL 42 Wenonah Street, Roxbury Concert 8 to 10 Dancing 10 to 4 Arranged by DAILY WORKER and FREIHEIT. : 25,000 copies of the party statement in leaflet form “A Labor Party in the 1928 Elections” have already been distributed. va This statement (in 4-page leaflet form) is the reply of the militant.class-conscious workers to Coolidge’s challenge to Jabor in his presidential message. This Leaflet Must Reach the Working Masses! It Is the Business— Of Every Party Organization— Of Every Militant Workers’ Organization— Of Every Party Member and Militant Worker—» To Bring Labor's Message to the Workers! Rush in your orders! Drive up your quota! The 4-page leaflet sells at $3 a thousand. Order on blank below, National Office, Workers (Communist) Party, 1118 W. Washington Blvd,, Chicago, II, ” Enclosed please find $. Party in the 1928 Wlection: cvveipeee MOM sent Name ... Address City ... scommeneverennvonvenwecnsssssmnseonesenssoenesseaisnves sels