The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 2, 1927, Page 3

DEATH TOLL IN SOUTHERN FLOOD INCREASES T0 20 | 9,000 Homeless, 2,500 Without Jobs i MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 30. — While Ihe toll taken by the high waters con- \ Hinued to mount to a high figure, clear- ing skies and cooler weather brought jome promise of relief to the flood- tiricken areas in southern states. The situation was still critical in Washville, Tenn., however, where an tdditional rise in the Cumberland tiver of nearly a foot during the night jncreasad’ the number of homeless by » ‘bt least 700 persons. 4,000 Homeless. With 1,500 homes flooded, more than 1,000 are homeless in Nashville and hearly 2,500 are without employment because of the raging waters, Reports received here today from | \ H jouthwest Virginia increased the jeath toll, more or less attributable td the high waters, to twenty. That Holiday Spirit One Dead, One Dying, CALENA, Ill, Deo, 30.—An uniden- fifled man is dead, another known nly as “Sailor Jack” is dying in a geval tod at Dubuque and Michael Alli- fretti, proprietor of the Bon Ton Inn, } roadhouse near Hast Dubuque, is in the Jo Daviess county jail here tharged with shooting during a gun battle at the resort early Wednesday. a a @ Whole Family Killed. HARLAN, Ky., Dec, 80.—The Little fil settlement of Banner Fork, near ere, Wednesday was burying its dead bd attaining normalcy again, ‘A gun battle in which all three par- fieipants “shot it out” to the death which literally exterminated one Wy there was being investigated. Roy Smith and Henry Smith, his father, and Daniel Jones were the par- ficipants and victims in the shooting . fray, the cause of which was not de- jermined. ° se 8 Sheriff Kills Inebriate. FLEMING, Ky., Deo, 30. — Kash Je was killed and Harlin, his asenoony probably fatally wounded when Deputy Sheriff Robert Deaton bpened fire during an altercation at the railway station. Deaton said he ordered the brothers bo move on because they were intoxi- pated and when both drew guns and fred ‘he defended himself, New Years In Youngstown. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio—The grand international opening of the Workers’ Club hall at 369 Hast Federal St., will be held New Year's night. The hall committee has prepared a fine of entertainment for the eve- and invites the readers of The .Y WORKER to attend the opén- fng and take part in the fun. Meet- " Jmg rooms for the various organiza- tions as well as a large mass mect- fag ‘hall are available for workers and fraternal organizations. A work ere’ brary and reading room will be installed im the near future. GINSBERG’S Vegetarian Restaurant 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue, LOS ANGELES, CAL. GRIGER & NOVAK \ @ENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS Union Merchandise 1934 West Chicago Avenue (Cor. Winchester) Phone Humboldt 2707 SEE” Wanted: - FURNISHED ROOM f FOR SINGLE MAN. Phone: Daily Worker, MONROE 4713 speaks on the subject munist) Party today] Three Lectures “tk 8 P. M. SHARP , “To be followed by, Foster, tre 6 » and others. Pp ADMISSION 265 CENTS, SUNDAY LECTURES C. E. RUTHENBERG ““HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN COM- MUNIST MOVEMENT” [From the formation of the Left Wing in the Socialist Party to the Workers (Com- Sundays-Jan. 2nd, 9th and 16th NO COLLECTION. 53, WOMEL 1000 WORKER CORRES PONPENTS BY JANUARY 3 1927 PRIZE WINNERS THIS WEEK — Firet prize for worker correspondence Is awarded this week to the worker correspondent at Paterson, N. J., who tells of conditions in the United Piece Dye Works there. He is awarded a copy of “Elements of Political Education” by A. Berdnikof and A. Svetiov. Second prize is awarded to Fred Harris, member of the New York class in worker correspondence, who has contributed several stories to thie page during the week. He will recelve a copy of the Russell-Nearing Debate on Soviet Russia, “100%,” the worker’s novel by Upton Sinclar, third prize, is awarded te Francis Ribardo of Lodi, N. J., who contributed the story that appeared earlier In the week on the mill strike now In progress there. THE PRIZES FOR NEXT WEEK ers ina More worker correspondents and more stories from worker cor- respondents are wanted! Workers thruout the country are anxious to know of conditions as other workers see them, and they look to this page to find out. Send In that story today, correspondents! Three attractive erizes are oflered this week, as an added Incentive. They are: —KING COAL, by Upton Sinclair. the coal miners. Cloth-bound, USSiIA TODAY. The famous report of the Bi prtion. A splendid working clase novel ef igh Trade Union dele- grease AND SHADOWS, by Ralph Chaplin. Poems written In Leaven- worth penitentiary, where the author was committed during the war asa member of the I. W. W. Send In that story, workers! (FIRST PRIZE WINNER) WORKERS AT PATERSON DYE WORKS DON’T FIND “HOLIDAY CHEER” WITH SLAVE CONDITIONS THAT PREVAIL PATERSON, N, J., Dec, 80.—For the holiday season of Xmas and New Year when the bosses of Paterson are talking about “our wonderful prosper- ity," and Xmas and New Year's “joys and cheers” I think it appropriate to write about the United Piece Dye Workers here in Paterson to show how the workers enjoy the holidays. Of course the workers here know something about the strike against this company in Lodi but the com- pany doesn't allow its slaves to think any much about it and if you open your mouth—out you go. Unemployed Haunt The Mills, There is always a large amount of unemployed in front of the gates every morning for the day shift and every evening for the night shift 'beg- ging for a chance to get work, Hours and Wages. The company is very generous about hours—all the hours you want to work; the pleasure is yollrs, at 7:20 a. m, is the company’s allotted time to start in the morning but as 90 per cent of the workers are married and have children, they start at 6 and 6:30 a, m. You are supposed to quit at 5 p. m, but most of them quit at 7 and 8 p,m. The reason for this is that 48c, per hour makes it hard to pay rent, groceries the butcher, etc, It takes 18 to 14 hours to make both ends meet. The Stench of Ammonia. There are about 2,000 workers in this plant and out of this about half work on the piece dyeing machines known as the “Overhead” machines. To clean the silk before it is dyed, ammonia is used every morning. About 100 machines throw this odor which nearly overcomes us, The place is large but not high and the windows overhead are all closed and there being no fans (which cost money to install). The result 1s horrible cough- ing, choking, wheezing sounds are heard all over the place, so we take refuge in the toflet to escape the odors arising from the ammonia, Organization Badly Needed, All talk of organization is forbidden and the workers are in deadly fear of their jobs but in spite of all this, the workers are favorable and ripe ad organizing. 90 per cent of the orkers are Italians and are influen- ced largely by the anti-fascist paper Il Nuovo Mondo, and Il Martello. Many read the Il Lavoratore, Anti- fascist sentiment is strong and opin fon against Mussolini’s government is very bitter. This all can be turned in- to healthy organizational channels, The Associated Silk Workers. The Associated Silk workers is the ~ gtven by. the Chicago Work- ers’ School Northwest Hall Cor, North Ave, and Western Ave. Cannon existing union for the silk workers in Paterson, It 1s an independent union having no connections with the American Federation of Labor and has quite a large membership but the union only accepts weavers, warpers, wenders, loom fixers, etc., mostly of the skilled section of the mills, leav- ing the dye house workers out in the cold entirely. The Associated is in- creasing its activity somewhat. It held @ mass meeting in a drive for new members and will hold another one some time in January for the same purpose. It is necessary to point out to the Associated the need for including dye house workers into the union owing to the fact that the dye workers hold the key to the silk industry, There is as yet no shop bulletin and no shop nuclei, altho this situation is being remedied as best as we know how. Young Workers League Opportunities In the “finishing” rooms where some skill is demanded, mostly young work- ers of both sexes ranging in age from 16 up to 23 years (as in our mill) are employed. The Young Workers League has unlimited opportunities in this field which will be taken ad- vantage of in the very near future, STRIKEBREAKER STABS STRIKER IN YELLOW CAB New fo Labor Is Aroused Over Attack : By a Worker Correspondent. NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec, 80.—Or- ganized labor here is aroused over the stabbing of Thomas J. Duffy, a Yel- low cab driver, out on strike, by one of the scab drivers, Duffy is in a critical condition in a hospital after the ‘attack. Guy Allison, the scab driver, admitted that he committed the attack on Duffy, Several days previous one of the strikers was kidnapped by a gang of scab drivers and taken outside of the city in order to intimidate the strik- ers, A movement is on foot to have the Central Labor Council call a general protest meeting against such attacks on unionists to acquaint the unionists ef all crafts with the situation, Doll up If you want to. They'll think you're in disguise at the mas- querade ball on New Year's night given by the T. U. E. L. at the Italian Hall, Graduate of Moscow University, re- cently from Moscow gives private and group lessons in Russian, (Theory and Practice), Evenings at the Russian erg School, 3925 South Kedzie Ve, Peeeaveseeeeeee ee WANTED: Several pianists and seen ists, bd work ith lectures and rea NEXT MEETING OF CLASS IN LABOR JOURNALISM IS JAN. 7; STARTS SEMESTER The next meeting of the Chicago class In worker correspondence will be held on Friday evening, Jan, 7, when the second semester in the course will start. There will be no meeting of the class tonight, Dec. 31, when the members will celebrate the outgoing of 1926, Chicago workers who did not reg- ister for the class during the past semester are ,urged to do so on Jan, 7. The subject matter already taken up will be reviewed in the be- ginning of thesecond semester, the review to be followed by broadening of the work into the different phases of worker journalism. Further announcements will be made on the work of the second semester, The class meets at 6:30 o'clock, Friday evening In the edi- torial offices of. The DAILY WORK- ER. DETROIT WOMEN HELP FIGHT OF BAKERY DRIVERS Show Power to Win For Union Men By a Worker Correspondent. DETROIT, Dec. 80.—How the women can aid the men workers to win industrial battles is shown by the recent controversy of the Bakery Driv- ers’ Union here with the bosses and one large grocer, The bakery drivers here work on a commission basis, according to how much bread they deliver. One of the large grocers, where previously three drivers were used, decided that he would use only one driver and thus eliminate the commissions of two workers. When the union protested and refused to ‘allow one of its mem- bers to deliver the bread to the grocer the bakery boss delivered the bread himself, thus acting as-a scab on the union drivers. The grocer said that he “would not let any union tell him how to run his’ business.” Then two of the many women’s or- ganizations in Detroit—the Northern Progressive Ladits’ Society and the Women’s Educational Circle—came to the ald of the drivers. The women formed picket lines near the grocery and distributed handbills announcing his action, “It was not long before the grocer begged that the lines be removed and consented to again allow three drivers deliver bread to him, as before. Textile Mill Will Remain and Impose Onerous Conditions By SIDNEY BLOOMFIELD. (Worker Correspondent). WARE, Mass.—After creating such panic among) the populace as to cause the suicide of a lifelong em- ploye in its underwear department, and as a result of many conferences with large banking firms of Boston, the Otis Co., at its recent stockhold- ers’ meeting, decided to continue op- erating its textile mills in Ware, for a probationary period. Immediately after the public an- nouncement of its intention of mov- ing the industry to the south, large protest meetings of ‘the Otis com- pany’s workers were held in Ware, and resolutions of various kinds were adopted and sent to the stock- holders’ meetings, public officials, etc. All this, including the suicide of Elie Phaneuf, 59 years old, who had been employed in the underwear department fo the mills since boy- hood, was a tragic expression of the unorganized textile slaves, clamor ing for a means of earning a liveli hood. j The conditions under which the stockholders agreed to continue op eration for the period of probation involves a plan of what in common parlance among the textile barons is called “reorganization.” This plan embodies a “substantial” cut in wages, speed-up method of produc tion, including more machines, spin- dles, etc., per, worker. Besides reorganizing the mills, the Otis company demands a reduction of taxes, and will, according to. notices already sent to its employes, raise the rents of all company-owned tene- ments or shacks, as they are called here, to the tune of '25 per cent. Since most of its employes live in company-owned shacks, they will thus be hit from two sides, on the one hand a reduction of wages and more production by speed-up methods, and on the other hand by a raise in rents of 25 per cent. The present consternation in Ware is used by the employers to further the agitation for legislation to length- best the hours of work in Massachu- setts, we The pen fe mightier than the sword,” proyided you know how to use it. Come down and learn now in th. " Lworker gorrespondent’e glasses, A BiG ELECTION DEMONSTRATION Mayor Bashful as Heel- ers Urge Him to Say Yes William (Babbitt) Dever, who rose or sunk from tanner to mayor will be a candidate to succeed himself as chief executive of Chicago unless the usual political signs prove deceptive. Dever does not want to deposit four more years of his life in the public treasury if he can help it, He wants to spend it in carefree enjoyment. This is what the mayor says, But he shudders at the thot that unless he shoulders his civic responsibility some such unworthy person as William Hale Thompson may sit in the mayor's chair and we would seé a resumption of bootlegging, murder, highway rob- bery and wholesale graft which has been entirely eliminated by the Dever administration! Hizzoner actually said words te this effect, blissfully ignoring the history of the past four years, the bloodiest since the Fort Dearborn massacre, Big “Biz” For Dever. Big business wants Dever to throw his hat into the ring a second time. eorge Brennan, one of Samuel In- sull’s pets, is stage managing the Dever candidacy. And George is a good circus manager. All day last Wednesday ward heelers staged “spontaneous” demonstrations of pub- lic spirited citizens who want four more years of Dever, in the mayor's office, The Chicago Tribune sent its best male sob-sister, James O'Donnell Bennett to describe the mayoral emo- tions as Babbitt Dever tried to outdo Calvin Coolidge in saying nothing. And difficult tho it may seem, the mayor succeeded. “The history of Chicago is just be- ginning, friends” said the mayor “Just beginning in the sense that Chicago is just beginning to feel its power and influence. That new consciousness— new in the sense that none of us ever felt it, I think, so strongly before— means more work and larger thinking for all of us. For myself I feel a deeper affection for Chicago than ever I felt before, ‘Mine is the affection that any conscientious man who has been closely connected with the af- ‘airs of Chicago will feel.” We do. not know whether Dever es all of Chicago, including the Stockyards or only that part of it where his real estate holdings are lo- vated. Dever is a wealthy man, Said Babbitt Dever to a delegation yf colored political hacks: “It pleases me to haye you express that wish be- eause four years ago I promised you { would send something to your wards nesides a policeman and a patrol wa- gon.” This despite the fact that hun- lreds of Negro homes were broken into last week and several hundred Negroes arrested because of a shoot- ing affair in the so-called “Black Belt.” Q A Labor Ticket. Big business and a section of the trade union officialdom favor the mayor’s re-election. Two good reasons why the working class should be op- posed to his candidacy. But that is not sufficient, His opponents are no better, from the labor standpoint. They will also serve the master class. if they are successful. The thing for. the workers to do is organize, to con- test the local elections under the ban- ner of labor. As the Workers (Com- munist) Party has advocated for sev- eral years, the workers should set up a United Labor Ticket, including all labor political, trade union coopera- tive and fraternal organizations and meet the capitalist propaganda of the business candidates with the program and policy that conforms to the inter- ests of the working class, Bandits Get Long Terms. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec, 30.—Long prison terms were meted out here to- day by Federal Judge T, Blake Ken nedy to the eight men and one wo- man who participated in the $320,000 mail train robbery on the Union Pa- cific near Rawlins last August. Jack Kearns of Salt Lake City, alleged “brains” of the gang, and Johnny the Greek received 27 years each; Jack Madigan, railway mail clerk, 25 years; Howard B. (Whitey) Barnett, 26 years; William F. Brad- ford 12 years; Teddy Theodore 11 years and one day; Paul. Sourlis, 11 years six months; Raymond (Kid) Ellis, eight years, and Edna Nagle, aliag Edna Evans, one 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; Vella Cook, Gerald Croissaint, Little Joe Warner, Will Ri . 10:00-—Alamo Orchestra, 11:00—Alamo Entertainers, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1927. 6:00 p. m.—Chicago Federation of La- bor Hour, 6:30—Brevoort Concert Trio. 8:00—Joe Warner, Vivian Mildred Colucio, 10:00—Alamo 11100-—Alamo SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1927, 4:00 p. mm-Wioker Park Lutheran Churoh, Rev, 8 P. Loni 7:45—Belden Ave, Bentler ar ashe Rev, & W. Hoyt, Lawrence, The Manager’s Corner The Official Opposition He was a man grown gray in the newspaper business, @ veteran in the field of journalism. Altho employed by a wwell- known capitalist sheet, he showed a lively interest in The DAILY WORKER, “Why, you know,” he said to me, “I read The DAILY WORKER as often as I can get hold of it. And I have frequently recommended it to my associates for their perusal.” Somewhat surprised, I asked him what he found in the paper that was worth while. He puffed on a cheroot for a moment and replied, “First I read the paper for its flavor. It has a definite, virile tang, which is different from any other paper I know. I don’t get the same kick out of the other papers.” And then he thought for a while. “But there is something more than that,” he continued slowly, “and I stress this very strongly among my associates. No man or woman who claims to be well-informed, can afford to miss reading The DAILY WORKER, whether he agrees with its views or not, for this sparicing sheet has now become the official opposi- tion to the capitalist press. It does not matter what the subject is, if it is one of importance to the vast majority, you will find enpressed in The DAILY WORKER the counter-views to those in the ordinary papers.” And then it struck me that he wae right. We have in the United States a mass of newspapers running all the way from the reactionary Chicago Tribune to the yellow socialist sheets. Nowhere, except in The DAILY WORKER, can be found such a consistent, class conscious point of view, the cry of the militant worker against his enemies, the capitalist and all their hirelings, the proletarian’s defiance of his ewploitere. The DAILY WORK- ER has wrested from its competitors the right to be known as the official opposition, BERT MILLER. Notice to Our Readers On January 13, 1927, there will be a Special Birthday Number of The DAILY WORKER in honor of our Third Birthday. The issue will be devoted to special articles, pictures, stories and a full account of the Sacco-Vanzetti case. We can think of no better service to which to put our Special Birthday Issue than to the cause of Sacco and Vanzetti. We can think of no better way of celebrating our birthday than by making a strong plea for their freedom. We are ask- ing that our readers place their names on the Honor Roll in this special issue to indicate their support of Sacco and Vanzetti as well as their support of the only daily paper which is waging a real fight for their freedom. Send in your dollar for your greeting NOW! Working class organizations may. secure advertising space at $100 per page. Pin your dollar to the blank below and mail it to ‘The DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chi- cago, Iil., before January 10, 1927. 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