The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 15, 1927, Page 5

(SECOND PRIZE WINNER) POLIGE SWARM PREMISES OF MILL COMPANY Bosses Have More Cops Than the City By a Worker Correspondent. CAMPBELL, Ohio—Jan, 18, A les- Son in “safety first” and company un- fonism was given to the steel work- ers here when the Sheriff of Mahon- ing county in Youngstown announced the reappointment of 450 special de- puty sheriffs used as mill guards at a bond of $500,000 posted by their employers, More than 230 of these special deputies are employed in the com- pany union plants of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube company, All are arm- ed and uniformed and are authorized by the state to take the protesting slave either to the jail house or the paymaster. Five times more police are used safeguarding the property of the bosses then is used by the city of Youngstown with over a popula- tion of 160,000 people. Armed deputies, safety first, com- pany union, for the bosses and dis- organization for the slaves. The pro- gressives in the Amalgamated Asso- ciation of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers must face these conditions and fight shoulder to shoulder with the unor- ganized steel and iron workers for their complete organization, Denver I. L. D. Demands Withdrawal of Troops From Nicaraguan Land By a Worker Correspondent. DENVER, Jan. 13. —- At a meeting of International Defense League, the following resolution was adopted and passed unanimously: Be it resolved, That we, the peace loving people of the state of Colorado, do hereby protest in the landing of United States troops and any kind | of warships, in the Nicaraguan waters or land, we believe that it is against the constitution that the steps taken by otr military forces are ill-advised and without ample cause, and that the great mass of the working people of America, who love peace and harm- ony amongst and with all of the world, do not believe in the imperial- istic policy of our country, Therefore, We, the Denver local of the International Labor Defense em- phatically protest against the pres- ence of our armed troops in Nicara~ gua and urge the full immediate withdrawal, We have enough hatred now against the United States. Chairman. Why don't you write it up? It may be interesting to other workers. WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! <oSSSS eS eSessSsseesssssss NEW YORK, MASK AND Civic of the Bakers’ Union No. 164 Amalgamated EBLING’S CASINO 156th Street and SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 15th, 1927 SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS AND FOOD SHOW TICKETS 50c A PERSON PASSAIC WORKERS, ATTENTION! “The Workers’ Press Helped Passaic,— Let’s Help the Workers’ Press!” WORKERS’ PRESS BALL SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15 at Belmont Park Hall, Garfield ADMISSION 25 CENTS Proceeds for benefit of The Labor Daily WORKER, ———— WHAT ARE YOU—SLOVAK OR AN AMERICAN? If.you are American read the fighting labor daily paper—The DAILY It you cannot read Bung! slovak workingclass daily paper in the United States and Canada— THE DAILY ROVNOST LUDU 1510 W. 18th Street, Chicago, Ill. ' Subscription rates: By mail $6 a year; for Chicago §8 a year, Page Five THIS WEEK'S PRIZE WINNERS Jack Glass, New York worker correspondent, Is awarded first prize this week for worker correspondence articles In The DAILY WORKER. His story appears on this page and gives details of hunting for a Job in “pros- perous America.” He Is awarded the splendid book by A. A. Heller, “Indus- trial Revival of Soviet Russia.” A worker correspondent of Campbell, Ohio, Is awarded Lenin’s book on “Imperialism—Final Stage of Capitalism” as second prize for the story tell- ing of huge police activities at the Youngstown Sheet and Metal Works. Another New York correspondent Is awarded third prize. He will receive a copy of Yaroslavsky’s book, “Lenin, His Life and Work.” THE PRIZES FOR NEXT WEEK Workers! We want more and more stories from workers on conditions in American industry as they exist, and as YOU know so well. Write down that story today—get the facts—and send them In. Three more valuable prizes are offered for next week. FIRST—“Letters of Rosa Luxemburg.” SECOND—“The Awakening of China,” by Dolsen, THIRD—“Strike Strategy,” by Willlam Z. Foster, Here they are: Send in that story today, worker! We want it! You want It In! (FIRST PRIZE WINNER) YOUNG WORKER TELLS OF HARDSHIPS MET IN LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT; IS By JACK GLASS, Worker Correspondent. NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—It was very cold. Rain was falling and the ground was muddy. I was: walking on 36th St., looking for work. I walked all over and could get none. I lost my job two weeks ago and could find none as yet. While walking I recalled how I was layed off from the last job I had. For about two weeks before the lay-¢———- off, the workers were waiting for ” “their slips.” I was lucky and worked vn hee ty he it. about two weeks more than most of] | wanted to learn a trade so I ap- the 6,000 others who were producing | nied at a place which asked for a boy radios at 30 to 60 cents an hour, When |wanting to learn the plumbing trade. |i was layed off only about 100 were!i was there at 7 o'clock a. m. and was left in the factory to finish up and/tne only one. I waited for an hour count the sets produced. outside in the frosty weather ‘with Look for Ada, plenty of snow on the ground. When The first day I got the New York|the place was opened I was told to World. I looked at the boys’ column, Walt until the boss comes. I was nearly and found something like this: celled ‘went fo Thee ke ake ae _ | anotl y came in. ut 9: e NEL Actpatmngns aeapipartapsindnce | boss come in and asked whether we es - -.. e know piers about plumbing. “Of ‘When anybody did go down there he conne i we ‘answered. He told find at least 50 “boys,” some of us “nothing doing.” He wanted some- body who knows something about the them 22 years old. A little further = dewn wes this ad: trade. Can you beat that? He wanted an experienced man and advertises for “Boy wanted in printing shop; ! chance:.to: learn. trade;..must. know acheek something about printing; salary $12. Apply at... .” In a different column you could see ads like this: “Young man wanted, married or single; $25 start; chance for ad- Gets Job Finally. I got a job on Thursday, answering an ad for a boy wanting to learn the printing trade. I worked there 2% days and wasn’t in the shop more than half an hour, As soon as I came in (some of them weighing about 50 to 60 pounds) had to be delivered. Had Ia chance to learn the trade? Never. In one place a job was refused me on account of being poorly dressed. They told me only “gentlemen pre- ferred.” ATTENTION! BALL Food Workers The next issue of Prolet-Tribune, the Russian living newspaper issued by the Chicago Novy Mir worker cor- respondents will be out this Satur- day, Jan. 15, at 8 p. m., at the Work- ers’ House, 1902 W. Division St. All who understand the Russian language are invited to attend. Prolet-Tribune is issued regularly every month. ca Photograps of the audience will be made and sent to the Soviet Union press, St. Ann’s Avenue SUBSCRIBE TO The American Worker Correspondent 1118 W. Washington Blvd, Chicago, III. Only 50 Cents a Year. The best way—subdscribe today. ge wide appeal of The DAILY Worker among all sections of the working class is strikingly shown in the following two letters, One is from an “industrial unionist,” not a Com- munist as he specifically says, yet one who lad to help “The Daily” be- cause “it is really fighting for the workers.” What better tribute could a working class paper require? The other letter is from a ten-year- old little working class girl. This little girl, to whom the class struggle is a comparatively new thing, also under- stands that The DAILY WORKER fights in the interests of her class, the working class, Her lone dollar bill is no less significant than the contri- bution of the “industrial unionist.” The letters follow: Hopes for Big “Daily.” Dear Comrades—! received a let: DAILY WORKER, the only in English. > lish, subscribe to the only Czecho- | with a complaint against the demand | VICTIM OF MANY TRICKS OF BOSSES;: (THIRD PRIZE WINNER) TAILORS FACED WITH DECREASE AFTER ‘VICTORY’ Workers Realize Betray- al of Officers Bya wari Correspondent. NEW YORK, Jan, 18. — A year ago the workers celejrated their victory over the Internationa] Tailoring Co., and were told ‘that this settlement was the best which could ever be shed for the tailors. During the past year the workers have realized their betrayal im this settlement, while the Intertational has been re- ducing their wages time and time again, Shop Committee Complains, A shop committee recently appear- ed before the local executive board, for another reduction in wages based on a new scheme, that the firm is taking a cheap grade of work, and is therefore compelled to demand a twelve and a half per cent reduction on the garments. The committee tated that the cheap grade of work only a scheme to exploit the work- s, because under piece work there not a question of cheap make, as the foreman who is in charge of the garments, does not accept any botch work, but demands the best quality of work of the tailors. The committee from one delivery, another package | | By a Worker Correspondent, therefore demanded protection by the union against the new wage cut, The executive board after a brief discussion, have décided for the “good and welfare” on the workers, and this matter was referred to the manager for his adjustment. Some of the, naive tailors really believe that Manager Beckerman of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers will stop redu¢tions, while he col- laborates with the employers against | the members of the union, Los Angeles School Head Militaristic, Outburst Reveals By L. P, RINDAL (Worker Correspondent) LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13. — In a letter to John, D..Home, commander of American Legiqn.Interpost Council, Mrs. Susan M. Dersey, superintendent of Los Angeles:.school, disclaimed having any sympathy whatever with the anti-military speech made recently by Herbert Martin -before local school | teachers, Mrs. Dorsey is.\hostile toward the | Young Workers League, the Pioneers and the Junior Atheist League. She has stated, time and again, that these organizations must not be allowed to work among the school children, But youngsters, you know, are getting into |the habit of doing things nowadays without a permit, I. L. D. Affair Great Success in Steel Town GARY, Ind., Jan. 13. — The enter- tainment and dance given by the Bul- garian branch of the I. L. D. in this steel trust stronghold was attended by over 500 people and was a great success, ‘Wm. F, Dunne, editor of Tte DAILY WORKER, was greeted with great applause. In a short speech he ex- Two Letters to Our “Daily” posed the murderous deeds of the capitalists of all countries in persecut- ing the labor movement and explained the need of the I, L, D.—the shield of the working class. M. Popoff, a music student in North Western University, sang two songs much to the pleasure of the audience. Mr. Popoff, with a group of students of music, will appear again in Gary at a concert given by the Macedonian- Bulgarian Educational Society of Gary on January 23 inthe Rumanian Hall, 2nd and Adams St. “The pen ts mightier than thé sword,” provided you know how to use it, Come down ane learn now in the worker correspondent's classes, S ter from you about the Birthday of The DAILY WORKER, | am sorry that | cannot help so much because 1am only ten years old and cannot make so much money, | am going to send at least one dollar for The DAILY WORKER Birthday. | hope The DAILY WORKER will be a large paper.—Mary Karpia, Shelton, Conn, of. 8 Doing Good Job. Editor, The DAILY WORKER.— You will please find enclosed a one dollar bill for your Birthday. | am not a Communist but am an in- dustrial unionist and am glad to help any organization that is really fighting for the rkers, by expos- ing the A. F, of ly and you are doing a pretty good Job sof It—O, L. Gar- retson, South Dakota ‘ } DETROIT WOMEN’S FEDERATION DOES MUCH GOOD WORK Working Class Women Are Active for Labor By LENA ROSENBERG (Worker Correspondent) «DETROIT, Mich., J 13—The Fed- eration of Working Class Women of Detroit held a special meeting where officers and committees were elected, and new delegates seated, Credentials from 12 women’s organizations were brot in representing about 500 mem- bers. Federation Active. The reports from officers and dele- gates have proven that their was not a fleld of important activity for the workers that the federation as a whole and the branches individually have not considered and participated in, Events in which it participated in- cluded the bakery drivers’ strike in Detroit where members of the feder- ation picketed until they forced the bosses to terms; Passaic strike in which hundreds of dollars were col- | lected and much clothing and food sent; International Labor Defense for which money is collected, prisoners adopted, and taken care of; every de- monstration that has been arranged by the I, L, D, the women have par- ticipated in; cloak makers’ strike, money was collected and propaganda for the strike carried on, financial support for various workers’ papers such as the Ukrainian Daily News, Vilnis, Russian workers’ papers, DAILY WORKER and many others. Will Hold Bazaar. At this meeting a committee was also elected to print tickets for the annual bazaar which the federation holds on March 6, Woman’s Day. This ‘bazaar will take place at the New Workers’ Home, 1343 E. Ferry Ave., Detroit, Mich. All friendly and sympathetic organizations are asked not to hold any affairs that might in- |terfere with this arrangement for it is woman’s day all over the world and we should make this bazaar a rousing success that the woman’s movement here may grow to even greater pro- portions, Russian Council to Meet. There will be a meeting of the Rus- sian Council for the Protection of the Foreign Born on Sunday, the 16, at 1902 W. Division street. All Russian organizations are urged to send delegates to this meeting and become acquainted with the work which it intends to do. SINNOMA The Manager’s Corner ee | oy The American Mind. “An astonishing plasticity or adaptability, and an equal sug- gestibility are the two impressio: @ visitor receives.” I. A. Richards of Cambridge in the current issue of Harpers ns of American mentality which 2 University makes this comment Magazine. Of course, this bour- geois intellectual treats “the American mind” ag if it were some- thing suspended in a vacuum, unaffected by and isolated from all surrounding influences, Unfort underlying economie forces of have been the chief factors in unately he fails to point out the American economic life which building up this state of mind. American capitalism, comparatively vigorous and youthful, has inculcated among the American workers the ability to accept startling changes in their enviro or signs of astonishment, tionized almost. overnight. Methods of production are Huge construction projects are born mment with little or no comment revolu- almost before the eyes. The American workers have learned to accept these transformations as a matter of course. It is true that the American workers have not inherited that rich legacy of revolutionary theory and tradition, of which the Buropean workers can boast. couragement or lack of faith in tionary activity in America. To make up for iris But this is no reason the vast possibilities lac. for dis- for revola of theory, the American worker has developed a lively imagination, « go getter spirit which enthusiastically, perhaps even rashly sur mounts even the most formidable obstacles. It is to this imaginative spi has made a strong appeal. daring, which The DAILY WO tremendous achievements. rit which the Russian revolution It is this suggestibility and mental RKER can arouse and move to BERT MILLER. Job, Job, Who’s Got a Job? Too Old, Too Heavy, Too Many Is Answer Seeker Gets By OSCAR S. POMEROY ~ (Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—‘‘No, not quite so much unemployment as last year, but enough,” said the Salvation Army relief officer, In response to the question if this winter was as hard as last. No Work There. To a request for work he said: “We have nothing just now, but I can send you to one of our homes. The pay is only three dollars a week, with room and board. That is the best I can do for you today. However, the board is good and substantial. Later maybe you cam find a better job.” Is Too Old. This was not the first place he had visited. At a restaurant with a “Dish- washer Wanted” sign in the window, “Too old for the job,” was the answer to his application for the place. When he answered an “ad” for an elevator man, he was told, “You are too heavy.” At the wharves the answer was, “We're laying men off.” Nothing Doing. | At a fashionable store a jcollared slave nearly had he came in the front door and jto see the manager. The mana | heard the request to the flu and came to him. very sorry jcan’t give you some mad hing to do, jWe are going to 1 some help off |The look he gave the flunkey pleased |the applicant. | Again he was too old for a janitor’s | helper. | Six other plac: i just been filled The applicant thought he y the [worst “Jonahed” man in y York City, but he found hundr of others who were willing to wor had not shared in Cal Coolidg osperit {and were glad to do anythir port themselves and keep t! | panhandling and seeking charity, GET A SUB. Send in a Sub to The WORKER today. DAILY HA Birthday Greetings — i from the lice Lettish Club The revolutionary Lettish workers of Roxbury, Mass., extend the warmest birthday greetings to The DAILY WORKER, the first Communist Daily in Eng- lish, on the occasion of its third birthday. : cee