The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 31, 1926, Page 4

THE DAILY WORKER AR OF PART IN ASS STRUGEL: . 29.—Stu- | miversities ire attending «e/national studpnt erence being held here in an attempt to solve some of the problems tliat are facing mod- | section |plans were devised for the campaign, ‘GREEK SECTION OF WORKERS PARTY DRAWS PLANS FOR DAILY EMPROS; NEW d@ly to our party, the fa Dae Emprog is to come by the Ist of | May, if tl campaign of the Greek the Workers Party for $20,000 m@fets with success by the end The Greek section held a national conference on December 25, in which which is to begin the Ist of January and is to end the 30th of April. The decision of the Greek section of the party for the Daily Empros was | taken at a meeting of the plenum of union organization. It has to its credit the fact that it assisted enor- mously the New York Joint Board of the furriers’ union in organizing the Greek fur workers and in winning the big strike of that trade for the 40- hour week. Support Also DAILY WORKER. The Greek section conference unani- mously adopted the following res- olution supporting The DAILY WORKER: HE special conference of the Greek section of the Workers (Commu- ém youth in AmBrica will have an| th, Greek section held in September | Mist) Party, held in Chicago on De- come acquainted | @ problems of the | rt that the youth opportunity to with and discuss 4 workers and the can play in solving’ them. Special Megting Dec. 31. | The Workers / (gmmunist) Party | here has arrauged a\special meeting | for Friday afternoon, Dec. 31, to which | the students attending the conference | are invited. At the meeting the stu- | dents will be explained the principles | of Communism and how these prin- | ciples are related to the question, “Where Is Youth Going?” that is the | Subject for the conference. Engdah! Speaks. | J. Louis Engdahl, editor of The 4ILY WORKER, will speak at the pecial students’ meeting. The meet- ing will be held at Miller hall. Some two thousand students are at- tending the Milwaukee conference. is held under the auspices of the uni- versity branches of the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. “The New Freedom,” “Youth in Re- volt,” “Religion and Youth” and “Mod- ‘ern Morals” are some of the ques- fions that the students are taking up at the conference. Says Youth is Dizzy. How the students are going at their is is exemplified by an address of Rev. Studdert Kennedy of London, England, who told the students: “The voung people of today are dizzied by wir new-found freedom. They are m the midst of that mad, reckless transitional period that always fol- lows a serious realization of liberty. |Greek Workers’ jeember 26. And they worry us—their modes of thought worry us—that apparent lack of restraint worries us—their very at- tude towards life worries us. “But I don’t beliele our worries 3 well founded. /Give our young ‘will settle down aid “will form@late gtandards which will be every bit as good, if not bet- CHOOL TO GIVE LECTURE SERIES ie. Leads List ,on January 2 Sunday, Jan. 2, a series will be given by the Chi- Workers’ School as a part of its educational program. r first subject will be “The His- of the American Communist 2 (from the organization of left wing in the socialist party to Workers Communist Party today), E, Ruthenberg. Three lectures be given on-Sundays, Jan, 2, 9 16, at ‘™m. sharp at the North- ¢ hall, x North avenue and ue. Admission will be nts ad there will be no collec- Sunday, Jan. 23, there will be no | xe, since this is the day of the | ago Lenin Memorial meeting, to| 1d at the Ashland Auditorium. | er that follows a series of three | ves by Wm. Z, Foster on “Prob- of the American Labor Move- » *e will also be lectures given by P, Cannon and Leland Olds. he pereimweat hall on Sundays m, » than those of the present older } 2 ™. committees to work with the Genéral DAILY WORKER Drive com- {TTSBURGH. PA. BALL on January 15 INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST LYCEUM, jlast, and was approved after due con- sideration of the possibilities for its success by the centr@™executive com- mittee of the party. ry Special organizers are to be sent thruout the country to conduct | meetings and other affairs for the} benefit of the Daily Empros. The campaign has already begun in Chi- cago, at a banquet given to the dele- gates of the Greek fractions to the conference of December 25 by the Educational League | at the latter’s headquarters on De- At this banquet pledges | amounting to $2,136, serving as the | first shot of the campaign, were given. | The largest amount pledged was the | one promised by Comrade Nick Mal- | tas, $500, The Empros is the official organ of the party in the Greek language, It is the only working class paper in the | United States in this language. It came out first in 1918 as a monthly, “Voice of the Worker,” and soon be- came fortnightly and then weekly, in small form. In 1923 its size was in- creased and its name changed to Em- pros (Forward). The Empros is the only Greek paper in the United States that spreads the message of Communism to the Greek | workers, It has been a mobilizer of | of cember 26, 1926, for the purpose of devising ways and means of establish- ing a Daily Empros, sends its heart- jest revolutionary greetings to our English Communist organ, The DAILY WORKER. The task of mobilizing the Greek workers for their share in the struggle against American capi- talism, the task of building strong and numerous bonds of solidarity be- tween the Greek workers and all their fellow-workers of other nationalities, these tasks require the maintenance, besides the foreign language press, of an English Communist daily in \Amer- ica, The campaign for the organization the unorganized, the struggle against persecution of the foreign- {born workers, the movement for the jestablishment of a labor party as a | necessary political weapon against the exploiters, all of which are of partic- jular significance to the Greek work- ers, the successful completion of these important tasks are dependent upon the existence and growth of the English daily newspaper, which is fighting most militantly and coura- geously for those demands, We, therefore, call upon all the Greek workers thruout the country to give their wholehearted and energetic support both to the Empros and to the English daily organ of the workers, the Greek workers towards trade The DAILY WORKER. ‘Get Behind The Daily Worker!’ Is War Cry of Workers in New York Campaign As Challenge to the Lying Capitalistic Press NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—“Get This is the war-cry—a war-cry, {¢ on the lying metropolitan press—t Behind The DAILY WORKER!” or it heralds a war in New York hat is being heard thruout the la- bor movement here as the campaign to'welcomg The DAILY WORK- ito New York is beginning fo get into full swing. Trade unions ~workers’ organizations in the city and vicinity are electing j mittee to enlist the support of all New York workers for bringing the fighting English workingclass daily to this city. > Pittsburgh Comrades Observe Anniversary of Party With Banquet PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 29.—Th fifth anniversary of the Workers (Communist) Party will be celebrated | here by members and sympathizers at | a proletarian banquet to be held Sun- day, Jan, 2, at the Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller street. The celebration is ar- | ranged by Street Nucleus No, 2 of | the mill district. This is the only affair to be held in | Pittsburgh to celebrate the anniver- sary and a big attendance is expected. A fine program has been arranged for | the evening. Admission will be 50c. Ambridge, Pa., Over Top for Daily Worker | AMBRIDGE, Pa.—Tbe affair run for The DAILY WORKER on Sunday,| Dec. 26 was a fine success, and netted $55.00" for the “Keep. The DAILY WORKER Fund.” Ambridge is one of the steel towns where there is an organization of workers who recognize the importance of The DAILY WORKER and who are determined to do all in their power to give it support. The $55.00 from this affair makes a total of $100.10 with more to follow. James St. | dinner, |the first issue of the | printed here. “Victory Dinner’ on Jan. 14, Workers are looking forward tothe second Daily Worker Conference which will be at a dinner at Yorkville Casino on Friday, Jan. 14. The com- mittees will make their reports on col- lections made in the campaign at this The affair will be a “victory dinner,” those in charge feel, as indi- cations are that the campaign will “go over the top.” To Publish Honor Roll. Names of all the donors in the cam- paign will be acknowledged in an “Honor Roll” that will be published in paper to be This issue will be dis- jtributed at the huge mass meeting ar- ranged to welcome The DAILY WORKER at Madison Square Gar- jden, Saturday evening, Jan. 22. Brings Powerful Weapon. Every trade union and workers’ or ganization in the district was invited by the conference held Dec, 17 to take part in the campaign. Delegates at that conference from New York, Bos- ton, and Philadelphia, pointed out that The DAILY WORKER is the fighting spokesman of the entire workingclass and that it can be depended upon to fight for the workers against the bosses and their tools at all times. In every battle in the New York district, the metropolitan press has taken sides with the employers against the workers, and the workers in New York have been without an adequate weapon to combat the at- tacks of the capitalistic mewspapers. With the coming of the paper to New York this will be changed. The work- ers will have a powerful weapon, The realization of this by all of the work- ers in New York ts inspiring them to exert great efforts in the present drive. Headquarters of the Daily Worker Conference are at 108 East Four- teenth street, New York City. L, KE. Katterfeld is secretary of the confer- ence. Section 3 of Cleveland. Section 3 is holding a New Year's Eve Party at the Gesangs Verein $514 B. 116th street. A program has ben arranged, and there will be music and dancing and refreshments. The entire Kinsman secticn of Cleveland volt participate in the festivities and members are expected to bring all their friends Lo join-in the good time. No admission.{s charged but A flower wiil be sold at the door, The qffair is being given for the bonefit of the district. Spend your New Year's Eve with us and be happy. We will gona sample copies of The DAILY WORKER to your friends-: and ve pame and addreem | their approval. WOMEN ORGANIZE HERE 10 FIGHT FOR ILLINOIS BILL ON EIGHT-HOUR WORK DAY To obtain an eight-hour law for women In Iilinols that will have “teeth” In It Is the goal of the IIlI- nols Joint Committee for the Wom- en's Elght-Hour Bill that has Just been organized by the Chicago Women’s Trade Union League and 19 other organizations interested In women's welfare work, Seventy per cent of the women employed In Chicago and Iilinois In- dustries are working more than elght hours a day, according to Mrs. Agnes Nestor of the Trade Union League, who is chairman of the committee. She quotes the United States department of labor bulle- tins, The drive of the committee to bring pressure on the state legisla- tors for a bill will begin this week. Mrs, Frank R. Halas Is vice-presi- dent of the committee, Mrs, Frank Crowe is secretary, and Mrs. H. S. Paine, treasurer. 4 Million Autos, Are Made in U. S. During First Eleven Months WASHINGTON, Dec Dec, 29..— During the first 11 months of 1926 @ total of $3,627,589 passenger | automobiles were produced in the United States, the department’ of commerce reports. This amount equals the number pro- duced during the full 12 months of 1926. The report covers the output of 163 manufacturers, Lenin Memorial in Pitteburgh. ~ PITTSBURGH, Pa. Dec. 29.—The Lenin Memorial Meeting which will be held at the Labor Lyceum, 35 Mil- ler Street, January 23, 1927, at 8 p. m., will be one of the largest affairs ever held in this city, Tie party is fortunate in securing the Fretheit Ge- sangs-Verein, an organization of fifty voices, to sing. The Freiheit Gesangs-Verein, altho only organized a few months, is mak- ing a reputation and is proving the importance of such an organization to the working class moyement. At its initial concert the Labor Lyceum was packed and everyone expressed This attraction alone should fill the hell, but there are others. The Ukrainian Children’s Mandolin Group will add to the attractions of the affair. The speaker, William F. Dunne, ed- itor of The DAILY WORKER and well-known to all the ‘workers thru- out the entire country,’ will explain the important role played by Lenin in the class struggle, and point the way to the American workers and how they, with Leninism as their guide, will be able to accomplish their own emancipation, Not Limiting Wheat Acreage. WASHINGTON.— Only six states, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland, none of them great factors in wheat grow- ing, have limited their’ acreage in wheat, as advised by the department of agriculture. The total planting, for the country is reported'to be 5 per cent in excess of last year. WCFL Radio Program Chicago 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. TONIGHT. 6:00 p. m.—Chicago Federation of La- bor Hour. 6:30—The Brevoort Concert Trio: Little Joe Warner, Hazel Nyman, ac- cordion; Anna Boehm, Lucky Wilber. 10:00—Alamo Cafe Orchestra. 11:00-—Alamo Entertainers, 1000 WORKER CORRESPONDENTS BY JANUARY 13 1927 Slaves of Mail Order Houses Need to Organize Against Exploitation By DAVID POLLIN, (Worker Correspondent) Recently I had occasion to speak to a young worker who is employed at the Montgomery Ward mail order house. The conditions existing in the plant by which each boy and girl must abide would shock the class- conscious trade unionist, or in gen- eral the American working class. Young boys and girls are slaving for that Morgan-owned prison for $13 and $14 a week and upon expiration of one year’s continuous service and if that boy or girl is militant enough to ask for a raise they sometimes give a $1 increase and in many cases a sus- pension slip is handed to the particu- lar worker for his or her discontent- ment, Worked Overtime, Very often an occasion arises when overtime is forced upon the workers. “hey generally work from two to hree hours of overtime and they are compensated with 30 or 40 cents and supper (25 cents). In the event that 1 young worker is for some vital rea- son unable to work that night, few excuses are accepted for their refusal to work and grudges are imposed on those workers, which in time causes their permanent suspension. As to the straw boss situation, it is almost unbearable for the young workers. Every lackey in the build- ing tries to impress upon the under- paid slaves that in his or her hand lies their job and orders from them must be obeyed; if not the conse- quences are dismissals, Militants Are Fired, At times when it is suspected that a certain worker has said a word to another one about organizing he is put out of the plant immediately, with- out even questioning. At the same time he or she is blacklisted, and in case the young worker applies for a job at any of the other mail order houses he is refused employment. This brings out clearly the fact that the bosses are well organized to ex- ploit, and the workers submit to their demands, by being starved out, in spite of the fact that in the business world they are competitors. This should cause every worker who is em- ployed in these big mail order plants and who is being exploited to the full- est extent, to organize into a union of mail order house employes and de- mand better working conditions in the way of better pay and working hours and time and one-half for all over- time and also—to hell with so many straw bosses who are themselves be- ing exploited and who only act as agents for the higher-ups, “JUST SHORTY” By RAE HOROWITZ, (Worker Correspondent) HORTY give me work!” “Hey, Shorty, give me a box of work!” Such calls come from every direc- tion, and poor “Shorty” doesn’t know whexe to turn to first. If Nou think that Shorty is the ap- pellatitn of a young boy of about 15- 16 years old, you are gravely mistak- en. Shorty is an old man, 66 years of age. He is short in correspondence to the name he bears, bent, he is also bald-headed, sports a pair of biack- rimmed glasses on his little nose, and has two rows of false teeth. One Job 52 Years, He has been working for the Sing- er Sewing Manufacturing Company for the last 52 years. He began his labors at the early age of fourteen. At that time the plant consisted of a small building, the town was small and undeveloped and everything else was run on a small scale. But many things have occurred since. The company has become richer, has put up another building, employs from 8 to 10 thousand workers, has developed its machinery and so on and so forth. Yes, many things have happened: More than one man has become fore- man and more than one accident has ruined more than one life. He, Shorty has been a witness to a good deal of blood. Every time a new machine was installed the stream of red blood swelled, Nevertheless the old ma- chines are just as dangerous as the new ones. Very often the scream of a young girl or boy pierced the misty factory atmosphere. Shorty has re- lated to me the grim tragedy of Foster Scheduled to Speak in New York NEW YORK—Willlam Z. Foster is scheduled to speak at the Workers’ School on Friday night, Dec. 31, and again on Sunday, Jan. 2. His talks will deal with class collaboration and strike strategy. The Drive For $50,000 to KEEP THE DAILY WORKER / DONATIONS—DECEMBER 11. CALIFORNIA— Albert Pozdanick, bee tani Pk.$ 1.00 ig meseary, Oakland 50 Ri » Pi be peu, Tehuron KANSAS— M, ©. Sullivan, Kansas Clty nmr 1.00 MAIN M. ‘ci, nington .... ray i thle lm SOrduk, MetMu@e sccmmssssesesree i °8 IM, SPP GMOlA ssccrssmersssseerenn MINNESOTA— Workers’ Club, Crom- OHIO— Simon Tuck, Cleveland ..., PENNSYLVANIA— John Enj, Grafton ... D, Fedoruk, Scranton WASHINGTON— W. Sfaho, Mt. vecnen . DONATIONS—DECEMBER 13. AOR No, 26, Low loft, MOMtr@al soccssseseneee LINOIS-— Garfinkel, Shiente “ , be Hosthelm, Chloage .. ) & Bimanel. Chicame ‘ 12.00 St. Nucleus No, 31, Chicago Walter P, Sukut, Chicago .... 25 ‘NDIANA— Stove Vasletl, Gary cusses 1,00 1 KANSAS— M. Gainik, Kansas City .. 2.00 MASSACHUSETTS— Anonymous, Graniteville 38 C. Belega, Graniteville V. Budho, Granitevi 15 Cedorovich, Graniteville 50 V. Chatha, Graniteville 1,00 M. Cheovich, Graniteville +50 Drug, Granitevill 1,00 H. M 1,00 50 niteville . 85 ich, Granitev' 1,00 Graniteville 50 MICHIGAN— Thos, Kliansevich, Grand Ri NEW YORK— Jos, Podrich, Corona, L. 1. Otto R. Kralipetz, Yonk OHIO— Wm. Montgomery Brown, Galion... SOUTH DAKOTA— T. Tangen, Frederick ... WYOMING— Wm, Aholay panne City 6.00 borne more girl to the many a case. He has than one unconscious dressing room. Yes, talking about girls, he said that he himself has married a girl from “Singers.” She was a good housewife and a smart woman. She died about five years ago. Now all that Shorty has left in his old age is a house, heavily mortgaged and a daughter who occupies it. Shorty sleeps there. too. How. much space does an old man like him need? Most of the day he spends in the fac- tory anyway. But He Hates It. ‘When I asked Shorty if he always did this kind of work he answered rather proudly that he had been once entrusted with responsible work but in his old age they gave him this job. But he hates it. _ To the girls Shorty is friendly. He jokes, at times sits down for a while at their benches or machines. But when he hears someone calling him or when he sees the foreman ap- proaching, he curses the foreman, |the boss and the entire company. I asked Shorty about the pension that the company promised to pay to employes having achieved 50 years’ seniority. He told me that he expect- ed to get it next year. He has the 50-year mark way passed. I wanted to ask him something else, but before I had a chance the voice of the foreman started both of us. Me, he merely discharged. But Shorty —1 pity him when I remind myself. He got such a “bawling out” that he won't forget it until the end of his life. Among many insinuations the foreman cast up such pearls as, “You ought to be glad for being kept on the job for such a long time. Not enough that you are so slow with your old body handling the boxes of iron and steel, you have the nerve to sit down and talk to the girls, He was filled with rage and his custom- ary pale face fummed a little color. “Wait till the department manager catches you or until I will get good and sore and complain about you, then you'll be @tscharged immediate- ly. Now come on and get to work. Quick! Everybody is waiting for work, you old devil, you, and don’t let me catch you talking to anybody again. Do you get that?” Instead of answering or retorting in kind, Shorty bent down his head low and set to work, weeping Silently. and Luxemburg Zur Muehien .... THE CRY FOR JUSTICE, by Check the books you The Young Workers (Communist) Enclosed ANA $F... NAME srvrssssssorsrssnrnorssseessesscenansery | City Coal Miner, Active in Class Struggle Is Killed in Penn Mine By a Worker Correspondent, PORT CARBON, Pa., Dec. 29, — Frank Miller, a miner at the South Penn colliery here, Workers Party and active in his In- ternational Labor Defense branch, lost his life at the mine here. He was killed in an accident while work- ing. At the funeral that was held, work- ers from many mining towns in the district attended to pay their respects to their deceased fellow worker. They came from Shenandoah, Reading, Port Carbon, and Minersville. F. Brocklen came from New York to deliver the funeral speech. His loss is felt very keenly here. Comrade Miller left a widow and two small girls at his home in Miners- ville, He was 40 years old, Subscribe to the The American Worker Correspondent 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il. WE BEG YOU— New Yorkers COME OVERI JOIN US AND ENJOY YOUR- SELF AT THE THESES OF THE FOURTH Y. C. I, CONGRESS. THE WORKERS! 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