The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 6, 1928, Page 4

m4 oun: in th Page Forr THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1928 ~WOMEN WORKERS ARE HIGHLY EXPLOITED, THEY MUST FIGHT FOR A LABOR PARTY WEAKNESS, LACK OF ORGANIZATION BOOM TO BOSSES ANNA E By DAVID. | Modern industrialism was marked by the development o building of factories of the modern prol Women and children a ruthlessly in this highly inc 1 of ou Offer Less Resist: It does not matter to the employing class whether it is men or women, adults children, that they exploit. However, due to the political back- wardness of women and the heiple ness of the children, these groups of workers offer } resistance to the oppre n of the capitalists than the men workers The women workers are more sub- missive, more easily intimidated, as a result of the age-long social and | economic enslavement and their com- parati late entrance in the eco- nomic fi Women Must Organize. Women workers receive extremely low wage wages men. The employers, justification of a lower wage sca for women workers, say that the standard of living of women is lower} than the standard of living for men;} that women workers have no econo- | mic responsibilities and therefore are | not entitled to a living wage | s is sheer hypocrisy on the part of the employing cl. The employ- ers exploit the women workers more y than the men_ because ‘e weak and practically unor- or in comparison with the | in ganized. The only way women can effect-| ‘ively fight their employers in their | Struggle for equal pay for equal| work, and for better working condi | tions, is through the trade unions. | 3 Per Cent of Women Organized. The trade union movement in the! ‘United States is much weaker than} the trade union movement of any| other highly industrialized country | in the world. Of the 41,000,000 gain-| fully employed workers, only 3,000,- | 000 are in the trade unions. Out of these three million, only 250,000 are ¢women workers. ** here are over eight million women Workers gainfully engaged in indus-} try in the United States; three per | cent are organized. Numerically, they are weaker than the men, who are erganized into trade unions to the extent of about ten per cent. ; Forced to Work to Li The fi e. en bear children and le; y for a certain peri- od, does not prove that they are not a pe nent factor in industry.} There are more women in industr today than ever before. They are old-| er, married women, and they are not doing it to supplement the family | income for luxur uch as an auto-|} mobile, radio, fine clothes, and pin the bo would like to have believe, but to sustain a bare | living. | The average married and unmarried | woman worker works for the neces- sities of life for herself and her family. | Must Consider Situation. | i reason that every r must consider the political situation of which influences deci- and for every nt industrial come permanent? Will loyment? What will and her dependents? low wages the women worker makes. it impossible for her to accumulate a reserve for the peri- od of unemploy: ment -and-in time: of There i no labor legis- which will pro- tect the woman worker during criti- cal periods. We have less labor legis- Tation than any other highly devel- Oped industrial country. Soviet Union Prot The women worl of America inspiration from Soviet vapid prog has been mode during the last ten years} of workers’ rule, in emancipating | Women economically and_ politically. Soviet Russia has fully realized the double burden that the women work- News Dispatches. ‘The DAILY WORKER, 33 First St., I enclose $ for . versary Edition of The Daily Worke | sciously | by lit was decided that it ‘ other Order a Bundle of The DAILY WORKER Fer the January 13th Meeting and for Distribution. Put in your order NOW for the special Anniversary Edition of The DAILY WORKER. Special Articles, Special Features and Order must be received before Tuesday, 4 January 10th in order that proper arrangement should be made. | Must be mailed from New York not later than Jobless Workers Get Chance to Freeze It took a blinding sno cago some work. and zero weather. torm to give the: Here they are shown shovelling the huge drifts which covered a large portion of the city during the recent blizzard | : unemployed of Chi- | ers must bear—the burden of factory and home. In true fashion of serving the interests of the workers, the So- viet government of Russia has con- sidered it of primary importance to | pass laws limiting the hours of labor} r women, abolishing child labor, tablishing children’s homes, educa- nal centers, granting leave of ab- sence with fuil pay for two months before and after child birth, passing housing laws, school laws, and en- foremg the rule of equal pay for equal work. T handi opments of the individuality of women, and the growth of women into con- active members of society. Women Doubly Exploited. We, in America, must be inspired these achievements and must rive in every way to overthrow the | prejudices of bourgeois society. We must combat the double exploitation of the women workers by the capital- ist class in America. We find upon examination that there are very few privileges that an American woman enjoys. In 1908, the consti- tutional right of every state to gov- 3 have removed the s 1 prevent the devel-| ern the hours of work for women, | and to this day we have a great number of. states were women are} permitted to work seventy hours a} week. Recently the minimum wage law for women was declared unconstitu- tional on the grounds that this a “free country” which gives every citizen the right to work for as low a wage as he or she desires. The bourgeois feminist has fought heroically on the side of the employ- er to see that this constitutional “right” is not taken away from the “free” citizens in America. The bourgeois feminist is not a working woman, and does not repre- nt the working class. She meddles in polities often to pass the time away and represents definitely the in- terests of the employers. She is not concerned with improving the miser- able conditions of the working class mother and her children through all possibile measures, but desires a theoretical “equality.” : : The bourgeois feminist fails to recognize the class struggle, the abso- lute nee d of wrenching from the em- g and governing class better conditions for working women and children, thrugevery channel. The feminist is a menace to the workers, for she parades under the banner of equality, and in time of s she definitely takes the side the employing class, as manifested Strike in Great Britain, hen the Faminists heroically proved with the capitalist s in taking the jobs of women therefore must finitely bear in mind that men or women, who have a different ¢ in- | terest, cannot represent them, irre- spective of their desire for equality. Labor Party Imperative. In times of strikes, it has been clearly demonstrated that the very judges, congre en, senators, gover- nors, mayors and other politicians, who have been elected by the workers as “friends of labor” on their pledge of. suppor 3 in their strug- gles, have in | all in neces gone to the gw rescue of the employe S. We need only look at the recent 3, the wholesale handing down of injunctions, ag: Passaic, in the r mst the miners, in die trades, against the traction wo and against workers, to realize that the judges enforce these injunctions even against nursing mothers and tuber- New York, N. Y. copies of the Fourth Anni- rv. | which will serve as a real weapon in cular women patients, them serve terms in jail. fashion, they take their flesh from every worker. Non-Partisan Action Futile. In the recent mayoraity election in Chicago, there was a division among the oificialdom in the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor, which resulted in the endorsement of both Democratic and Republic nominees. Labor was divided. It couid not make up its mind which was the friend and which was the enemy. Though it is not hard to tell from the past records of Thomp- son and Dever, the Republican and Democratic candidates, — for the records of both were full of betrayals of the workers. There are no friends of labor in the camps of the capitalist political par- ties in America, Must Enter Politics. The need of a labor party for the working class in America is very great. It is even more imperative for the woman worker, who is even more oppressed under the existing capital- ist system and is more exploited than are men, The woman worker must fight against the age-long prejudices of a women’s place being in the home. | Woman has definitely established her- | self as a factor in industry, and must therefore establish herself on the political field and ‘work ceaselessly to awaken the class consciousness of the woman worker, Must Build Trade Union. The women workers must build a powerful trade union movement, by making In Shylock pound of} the hands of the workers against their capitalist exploiters. This will be the basis for building a labor party, which will fight for the de- mands of the woman worker. Demands of Women Workers Women workers must demand: Equal pay for equal work, irrespec- tive of color or sex. The abolition of child and convict labor. The eight-hour day and the five- day week. A minimum Wage Law. Sanitary and Health Regulations. Maternity Laws. Unemployment insurance. Old Age Pensions. Adequate school workers’ children. The building and improvement of workers’ homes. facilities for HANDSOME ICE MEN. CHICAGO, Jan. 5.—Only handsome men will be accepted as ice men here~ after, the Association of Ice Indus- | | question in his message to congress on {mand for labor is increased here, tens of thousands of persons, destitute of |ean be afforded them. From Historian to Hysterian By A. BIMBA. (Continued from Last Issue.) One more question about Lincoln. Oneal thinks that I mistreated Lin- | coln by saying that he was for help- | ling to bring immigrants from Europe ito America during the war. He denies \that Lincoln ever suggested such a policy to congress. We won’t have to argue this question. Oneal is again wrong. Here is what Lincoln said on this Dec. 8, 1863: “I again submit to your | consideration the expediency of estab- lishing a system for the encourage- ment of immigration....While the de- renumerative occupation, are throng- jing our foreign consulates and offer- ing to immigrate to the United States lif essential, but very cheap, assistance It is easy to} see that under the sharp discipline of Civil. War the nation is beginning a new life. This noble effort demands the aid and ought to receive the atten- tion and support of the government.” If this does not mean that Lincoln was for a policy of helping immigra- tion, .if this does not mean a recom- mendation to congress to adopt such a policy, then it means nothing at all. By the way, I suspect that at least here my critic himself did a little “pilfering” and “stealing.” | First of all, he says I took Lippincott for an authority on Lincoln’s policy. I did nothing of the kind. In my book I quote only the following sentence from Lippincott: “Such contracts were held valid by law and might be enforced in the courts.” Nothing from Lippincott about Lincoln. Second, I suspect that Oneal did not read the Lincoln message, but “pil- fered” from Lippincott ang was fooled by the latter. He says that Lippincott’s quotation from Lincoln’s message is correct. It may be cor- rect as far as the quoted words are concerned, but it is not correct with regard to the meaning of Lincoln’s message. Lippincott in his quotation omits the sentence, “I again submit,” ete. One may say that this entire mat- yany attention. I agree. But what can |you do with a man who makes the {greatest issue out of one or two ob- | vious technical errors? The Crime of Omission. Mr. Oneal criticises me very severe- ly for not ‘using in my book every source under the sun, including his beloved journal, the “Political Science Quarterly,” for réference, and for not /dealing with every subject imaginable, , lineluding the theories of Manning, | Byllsby, Skidmore, ete., or with such a question as different categories of jthe working class in the South. I plead guilty to this “crime.” On my own part I would also add the omis- sion of the subject of the labor press, which is very important. But, as I said in the beginning, it was humanly impossible to put more between the covers of one volume. As it is, I think; the material is already too | crowded—it suffers from lack oftelab- oration, | I further wish to point out that our |pioneer historian also committed a serious “crime” of omission. In his four-column tirade, while expanding so much heat on two or three tech- nical errors, he did not even attempt to dwell, at least for-a moment, on the most important questions in my book, For instance, on the question of the American Revolution on which he had committed many serious blun- ders in his own work, on the history and development of the trade union mgvement, the socialist movement, the | |Communist movement—on all such | questions he is absolutely silent. He was so impatient to criticize me that I doubt whether he had read my book further than the Civil War before he wroté his “review.” (To Be Continued.) t Anarchism Versus Communism, Theme PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5.—Com- rade A. Markoff of the Workers School of New York will speak at the Philadelphia Workers’ Forum, Grand Fraternity Hall, 1626 Arch St., on Sunday, Jan. 8 at 8 p. m. His subject will be “Anarchism vs Communism.” ter about Oneal’s “pilfering” is so in- significant that it does not deserve The lecture will be especially inter- esting. Anarchists are invited. AGAINST 1. Injunctions. “Company Unions. OR P: Unemployment. Persecution of the Foreign Born. ee War. (Fill out this blank and mail to Wo: NAME fF ADDRESS OCCUPATION check this box. [J UNEMPLOYED AND STRIKERS and recéive dues.exempt stamps until tries has decided. } (Enclosed find $1.00 for initiat! Join in a Real Fight! JOIN A FIGHTING PARTY! Join the Workers (Communist) Party of America Application for Membership in Workers (Communist) Party If you are on_strike or-unemployed and cannot pay initiation fee plea FOR 1. Organization of the. unorgan- ized, 2. Miners’ Relief. 3. Recognition and Defense of the Soviet Union. 4. A Labor Paity. 5. A Workers’ and Farmers’ Gov- ernment. rkers Party, 43 E. 125 St. N. Y. G.) ADMITTED WITHOUT INITIATION oyed. em ion te nd one month's dues.) the leaflet A timely leaflet in the stru Injunction! vie * Injunctions! * content with lip service in * * gle to Save the Unions. Down with Govern- ment by Injunction! Helps organize a movement to smash the * Exposes the A. F. of L. bureaucracy that is biggest union smashing campaign in the his- tory of the American Labor Movement. * Eee eee ees ie ae eee A MILLION OUR GOAL We want to distribute a million copies of . Every District Executive : 2 || Every Ci ggle against the Boston the face of the Our Party Must Take the Lead in the Strug- pSefoscteseles Every~Section and Sub Section Every Shop and Street Nucleus Must Get on the Job Now! Let us distribute a million leaflets . Detroit New York What AreYouGoing to Do? Order Thru Your District Office Send $2.00 for every thousand you order, ity Executive have bought 50,000 each (for cash) Workers (Communist) Party, National Organization Dept. 43 E. 125 St., N. Y. eeepc eercyecics “Good Luck and Justice | Have Nothing in Common” “PERIPHERIE,” Langer’s drama, produced by Max Reinhardt at the Cosniopolitan, is upper ¢lass art in one of its happier phases. The | Reinhardt whose spectacles are con- sistently inimical to common labor, | and especially to militant labor, is | capable of human understanding, of | gentle and brooding, generous and af- fectionate interpretation, of the “slum proletariat,” of the beaten, ruined and suffering human by-products of the system for which he stands In a spectacle of poignant sorr and beauty, of lingering and haunting perfection, the stars of Reinhardi’s best Vienna and Berlin theatres show | that they can act. The story is simple, and once the dark fate under which these people live is understood, it is credible. A} jailbird, Franzi, living with a prosti- | tute, Anna, kills a client of hers, in a moment of jealousy. The crime is hidden, but Franzi, who has never, done murder before, is tormented by | conscience, especially as the widow is kind to him, and gives him a start in vaudeville. A shifting series of scenes, back al- leys, saloons, motion picture houses, police stations, flash across the stage, in each of which Franzi comes closer | to a confession, finally tries to con-| fess, and is-horrified to find that ne| is not believed. A former judge, broken by drunken- ness, holds court for him under a raii- road bridge, and acquits him. “Good luck and justice have nothing in com- mon.” After which Franzi decides to stay with Anna, who is also tor- mented by the burden of her infidel- ities to her lover. The lines are moving, the acting smoother than anything seen around here in a long time, the scenery simply beyond description. Herman Thimig acts Franzi, Dagny Servaes is Anna, and Sokoloff, the polished devil in Reinhardt’s other productions, is the ragged angel of a judge.—V. S. Four Noted , Artists to Appear in Joint Recithl On Friday evening, January 13 at Mecca Temple, a Special Concert will be given, when an interesting pro- gram will be ren- dered by the fol- lowing known artists: Paul Alt- “house, tenor, for- merly of the Metropolitan Opera Company, will ap- a”: pear twice, first singing, “O Para- av EIS ses diso,” from “L’Africana,” and on hi second appearance, “Far on the Road by Ippolitow-Iwanow and also “Th Spring Song,” from “Die Walkure.’ Doris Niles, dancer, will offer a group of Spanish dances, also two danees by Horlick and Southern Roses, by Strauss. Sascha Jacobsen, violinist, will play numbers by Tschaikowsky, Wieniawski, Borodin and Rimsky- Korsakoff and Nina Tarasova, the Russian soprano, will be heard in characteristic Russian folk songs, in costume. The occasion is the Fourth Anniversary celebration of The DAILY WORKER. PAY INCREASE URGED. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5.— Recommendation for an increase ir pay for federal attorneys, was urge? by Charles H. Tuttle, U. S. attorney jof the DOROTHY PETERSON. Plays the principal feminine role in “Dracula” the mystery play at the Fulton Theatre. Broadway Briefs | “The Five O'clock Girl,” at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre, reached its one hundredth performance at the matinee yesterday afternoon. Mary Eaton and Oscar Shaw head the cast. Mary Boland in “Women Go On Forever” will be the attraction at the Bronx Opera House for the week be- ginning Monday. Yvonne Arnaud and Mary Grey, the leading feminine members of the cast of “And So To Bed” at the Bijou, gave their five hundreth performance roles, respectively, of Mrs. Pepys and Mrs. Knight. Both were in the play when it opened at the Queen’s Theatre, London, on Septem- ber 6, 1926, The new Schwab and Mandel, musical offering “The New Moon” is not ready for Broadway production, and will be postponed until the fall. C. William Morganstern has placed in rehearsal Edward Locke’s new comedy, “Fifty-seven Bowery.” Hy- man Adler is starred with Renee Rush and Dwight Frye who are fea- tured in the cast. The play will open out of town Jan. 23, coming to Broad- way, February 6. Poles, Lithuanians In Anti-War Meet DETROIT, Mich. Jan, 5.—Polish and Lithuanian workers from Ham- tranck and Detroit expressed their solidarity in the face of warlike de- monstrations in their native countries ot a rousing anti-war demonstration ‘ere Jan. 2. Albert Weisbord, dis- rict Workers Party organizers, B. K. Jebert, editor of Trybuna Rabotnicza, and Dr. Rolevich of Detroit stirred the workers with their addresses. Res- olutions to stand by the Soviet Union and the workers of their own native countries were adopted. Big Daily Worker Ball for Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5.—The Co- operative Auditorium, located at 2706 Brooklyn Ave., will be the scene of a mad rush January 14, when The DAILY WORKER Anniversary Cos- tume Ball will be hela. Guests from New York should note that dances begin at 8 and not later, 45° , W. of B'way Eves, 8:40 BOOTH Maunees Wed, & Sat, at 2:49 Winthrop Ames John Galsworthy’s New Play with Leslie Howard The Desert Song with Leonard Ceely and Eddie Buzzell _—_ St. Royale — Last Week D SULLIVAN OPERAS ee, Wed. & Sat. Nights “MIKADO” Mon. & Fri, Eves., Wed. Matinee “PIRATE OF PENZANCE” 4 Tues., Thurs. Eves., Sat, Matinee “IOLANTHE” CENTURY “heatre, 62nd st. & Cent. Park West ind Year are Mats. Mon. & Sat. 2:30 x “HBA., 4. 3t.W.of B’way IMPERIAL“ iicaiger ee" SN, OH. K AY Mats. Wed. and Sat., comepy’ , Winter Garden pei eet Mate | Phe Theatre Guild presents ——, wh, W. 42d. By Mats. Wed.&> Republic Bernard Shaw's Comedy % DOCTOR'S gra ‘do. W. 2d, kvs, ” @uila Mats, Thurs.éSat A Ail 7 ‘ler’s Thea. W.43 St.k Henry Miller's “Yistinvestnur Grant Mitchell ', i¢9,34,Cenan's THE BABY CYCLONE ERLANGER'S { day "W.44 St.kevs, St.Evs. 30 ‘thurs, & Sat. THE MERRY MALONES with GEORGE M, COHAN PrN Cn: ta hate nice Ra heart ee BUILD THE DAILY WuRKER! WORLD'S raha SENSATION! Artists § Models ‘Yheatre, 41 St. W. of B’w: Evs.8:30. Mts. Wed, esacaas “The Trial of Mary Dugan” By Bayard Veiller with Rex Cherryman Max Reinhardt’s Production of “PERIPHERIE” A Th Colt b Cosmopolitan 7*4;, Columbus Cirele Mats, Fri, and Sat. at 5. National John Golden mete Sut “MUSIC AND ¢ AND CONCERTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 7th, at WASHINGTON IRVING HIGH SCHOOL. FLONZALEY Tickets at. ofties ‘Peon ple's on: Concerts, 32 Union if adn ee evening of aise =