The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 25, 1928, Page 4

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1928 : “PRSTIN STRIKE: | 1,000 WALK OUT Strike Vote on Wage Cut Set for Tonight FALL RIVER, Mass., Jan. 24. Nearly 1,000 workers in the Awk- Weight Mills walked out of the factory = “when the superintendent announced is a 10 per cent wage cut. As a result the Owners have been compelled to el0$é the mills. FALL RIVER, Mass., Jan 24 (FP). | Wage cuts of 10 per cent annodnce for 25,000 Fall River mill workers doubles the total for all New Eng- land to 50,000 given slashes since the season started. The Fal! River Cotton Manufacturers’ Association does not even promise steady work, which, it is understood, was sought by the Fall River textile council of the American | Federation of Textile Operatives. Un- less the textile unions vote against accepting the reduction, the lower wages become effective Jan.. 30 in Fall River. Beginning with non-union Pepper- a s|Fextile Unions to Act on | New England Wage Slashes: 120 PROGRESSIVE MINERS ORGANIZE ONO RELIEF BODY Recognize That Lewis, Gang Will Do Little (Continued from Page Onc) “Mirrors” at the Forrest Theatre Loosely Constructed bs Herbert Milton G Gropper, who is the author of “Mirrors,” the new rs that opened at the Forrest The- atre the other night, had set out to prove a_ premise, it would be that the bourgeoisie of America have be- come as. dissolute as Louis the Four- teenth’s aristo- ell Mills, at Biddeford, Me. and Low- he workers had just entered the ‘a » y ( i eracy. That he ae, earth thelr eS ihe ork ell, Mass., and company-union Amos-| Will be so much the harder and longer. dion featuiy well: When the announcement was made. Pre CABE keag at Manchester, N. H., the tex-| _The,progressives voiced sae, nate for his “mirrors” The mill had reopened Monday morn- tile wage cutting spread to many|nation, their anger cee SOS oer are accurate in ing after having been shut down for smaller mills. Ipswich Hosiery Mills|cialdom. At this Soy ae Pj their reflections, 4 over a week. It is believed that at at Ipswich, Lowell and Gloucester,|Who stood by and voted for Lewis) oot - Gia” and nothing serves Mass., cut and were met with a strike. only a short time ago, men who ‘re- so well as evidence that time when the employers saw : : resentment aroused by : talk of a The American Federation of Full) Sented any imputations can the te for a second indictment as the truth. pending wage cut they closed down Fashioned Hosiery Workers is lead-|8"essives. They bist oer oie er-! But Mr. Gropper—who, incidentaily| In Bayard Veiller’s meiodrama the shop as a threat. ing the fight against the cut. Open-|¢"°® and spoke in be geste si naisieice conceived the oh-so-literary brain-| ‘The Trial of Mary Dugan,” now in Mare Strikes Seen, | shop Cheney Silk Mills at South|2B¢ nrogresiies Fh Hn at 4 eh child “Ladies of the Evening”—might|its fifth month at the National Manchester, Conn., also cut. ae taking up the fight started) ie easily be suspected of appealing to} Theatre. The spontaniety of this strike is believed to show the provable course | of action by the workers in nearly all} the textile mills in this city. Most! of them have announced similar wage cuts to take effect next Monday. et MED GS Aroused by the quick spread of the cuts, the Rhode Island textile coun- cil of the United Textile Workers’ Union began to raise funds. Organ- izer Joseph Reagon was sent to tackle progressive conference in Pittsburgh on January 4th. If Lewis, Hall and Cinque will go along on the lines above indicated, then all will be well and good. If they will not, then they will be swept aside. the catchpenny audiences who like their sex sloppy and slimy. However, his intentions to the contrary not- withstanding, he has produced a play | that is really worth the admission price for he seems to have stumbled mother being taken to parties by a married man. Eventually little sister leaves home with the least modern of the boy 1 | | i All the unions affiliated with the Amoskeag. Rhode Island workers ches of the miners, man: i ished. and|£Tiends, and as she goes flings in her 3 Textile Council here are to meet to- prepared to meet an expected attack el, penne and_vice-} Paraaldents; Bt ay oa aah eo parents’ teeth a girlish tirade, about é night to decide whether to accept the | by Manville-Jenckes mills. secretaries, ete., showed the determin-| playwrights of conscienc pee i wanting a real home. These sweet F 10 per cent reduction demanded by Z A Then the Stevens mill in Fal! River] ation. When the conference was rcs rine e, tor’ some} trains are played to an accompani- 3 she Fall River Textile: Manufacturers’ | SEO. W. COPFIN GOV: JACKSON cut and soon the big American Print- | ¢} ed, many men still wanted the ‘ ment of jokes with but a single mean- -ssociation. In the first act a group of flappers ing, a lot of promiscuity, home-made ‘se | ing Co. followed—both outside the| floor.’ Here was a real rank and d their b ‘ i . . RIV 2 ewig} Ed Jackson, whom the Klan elected governor of Indiana, Robert manufacturers's association. That |file expression—a rank and file re-| OOO Figo" 29%, ing homework turned Tamrioge "and" dvatee, and. rough FALL RIVER, Jan. 24.—Following | iT (Marah) former attoniey for die Misnsand deckeu aclaye penta ce, made a general cut in Fall River|yolt against the mismanagement of posed to be doing homework turned marriage and divorce, and rough- the recent conference held between the Fall River Textile Council and the | and George V. Coffin, republican boss of Marion county, are shown | mills inevitable. The A. F. T. O. locals protested. The U. T. W. locals want- the strike. Chio miners have been in the front on the phonograph, pour each other drinks, sit on each other’s laps and house vaudeville cynicism. As a play, it must be set down that Pall River Cotton Manufacturers | above. D. C, Stephenson, former Klan Dragon now serving a life ed to strike but couldn’t risk it alone. fe dial attlews (Ohio: will agate play BUNS called “blind necking,” | “Mirrors” is not so good a job. The Association, the employers definitely term for the murder of a girl stenographer, charged them with. hav- Both groups of unions are meeting Hey he trenches. The other sub- Bi gc erty Ong ae blind-man' s-buff| play hangs loosely _together—but announced Saturday that they intend #0 act “on the ehecal ebt. go into the trenches. and petting party. Little sister is/that is not the fault of the actors, t6 carry thru a 10 per cent wage re- | duction. In addition to this decision, which | has been pending for several weeks, | + the bosses further announeed that} ing bribed former Governor McCray, in order to secure a political appointment for a friend. McCray was recently released from a jail term which he served for embezzling state funds. shown in the upper left corner. The trial judge is they cannot guarantee steady em- mi, ployment, even if the wage cut is ae And now neighboring New Bedford workers, most of them employed in making fine goods, fear the cut will spread to their city. districts will follow the lead of Sub- district 5, and the banner of revolt will be raised over the entire district. January 20 will long be remembered in this district. shocked at all this and won’t play. They taunt her with not being “reg- ular.” Meanwhile father and mother are off somewhere on a foursome in which the couples are married but not to each other. Little sister is shocked at this also. A week later among whom Sylvia Sidney, as the little sister, and Raymond Guion (formerly of “Cradle-Snatchers”) as Calvin Trask, served excellently. Per- haps if Mr. Gropper had set out with a purpose, or at least a more honest | i f nA viel hi ld have met with bet- a by the 30,000 workers af-| si Law Useful Alien Property Issue | little sister is all dressed up, smokes, |tor success. i ‘ected. | ——— | drinks and has become one of the ‘ 4 Fi [Mectings of the unions affiliated] ST, PAUL, Minn, Jan. 24—An at-| WASHINGTON, Jan, 24—When| crowd. Only externally. Way down [ug fines Ome would We to Sey ae as“theycan be arranged, was an- Sane. AE be mounced by the union. Saying that| thé workers will probably refuse to| Prohibition law, “f accept the wage cut, because accept-| tion the ance means rvation on the job, _ Abraham Binns, vice president of the American Federation of Textile 4 Operatives said: “They might as well) starve on the streets fighting the name attached on Congress. the amendment would with the council will be held as soon} ‘abies is being made to capitalize the to the through the nomina- republican ticket Laura Volstead as representative to of The daughter¥of the originator of oppose Farmer-Labor incumbent, O. J. Kyale. the the Senate began consideration of the bill passed by the House in December for the return of alien property seized by the alien pwoperty custodian dur- ing the war, Sen. Reed, reactionary Mellon Republican of Pennsylvania, attacked the pill. The bill would re- turn 80, per cent of foreign property seized. wage slash.” _ With the Young Comrades “THE SPIRIT OF 1776" SGIVIN Many of us have learned in se THAD shore eT » Washingt the | : : _eceeee, 7 that feurse: Washington was /You opened to us a wonderful door.| from Florida. Here are some of thej/ Mimi and Rudolph. WINTHROP AM | ; ‘Theatre, 41 St. W. of Bway “father of our country.” We learned | 75 : ES a | Nation Bys.8:30. Mts. Wed.&Sat.2:30 MRE George Washington, with his |Gave us everything that we could) conditions under which the workers| 3210 ( Mignen-Overture (Thomas), Part 1 and 2. JOHN GALSWORTH ‘ | Jeorge ashington, s | 2 : 2 2 i LESLIE ay of Docc Sy is ; lee request | have to live. In the cotton fields,|§ 12in-1.25 ( Grand Symphony Orchestra. ESCAP WHER MSL “The Trial of Mary Dugan” of workers 2 00) ie igs Sea ery 1 = diay esas Weeieearie | (Papieh Mignon is a delightfully tuneful opera. The overture as an inde- » Peskh Mikéeeded in defeating their foreign | 5° Now We call You, as our guest. | everyone in the family works, except) pendent concert selection has-always been very popular as it abounds in BOOTH “Betz We, Shh Bye, 8:40) | By Bayard Veiller, dppressors, and gaining their inde- Now this nation, this one, big nation,| the baby. On the roads, convicts work the delicacy and grace for which Thomas the composer was famous. i 2 ed, 2:40 with Ann Harding-Rex Cherryman pendence "But that was about 150| Zhe freest, the truest, in all creation, with their legs chained. The ich _ ( Raymond-Overture (Thomas), Part 1 and 2. Broadhurst Th W.44 St.By s avo. Things are much differ- | Has made, to thank You for the first! boss uses the convicts because it is} 5 ( Grand Symphony Orchestra, ats. Wed.& S: 0 MUSIC AND CONCERTS lia The “Sp PAE oP RIGO TAC HOLe BY |so much cheaper than workers, He|f| ,.., The electrical Raymond Overture has all the reality of a concert per- cronck ARLISS \ remanent? now. The “Spirit of 1776' a ise A pi ormance. which our country was born, is no| beautiful, thanksgiving holiday. | gets them from the jails. These con- Trio No. 1 in D Minor (Mendelssohn), Andante con moto 22 THE MERCHANT OF VENICE {| AMERICAN oi eee hee 2 | victs are people who steal some small tranquillo, Edith Lorand Trio. ee ee eee eee a Be Mok! eh * longer the spirit of our rulers. In- oe | Trio No. 1 in D Minor (Mendelssohn), Scherzo. } Ve HONE COL. 1140. _* stead we find that the American | : today stands for suppression and slav-| _ the priest, So chants the FOR WHAT? hool | When we first landed on this bleak So chants the teacher, and so chants rich man before the A SAMPLE OF FREE AMERICA. By MILDRED OTIS. A neighbor of ours just returned | thing, or people who hop on a train. But if they haven't enough of these} people to go around, they arrest any | Edith Lorand and he 25 ( Puccini's opera, “La Boheme”, fou Henri Murger, Edith Lorand Trio. 5123 ODEON Special Records—Made in, Europe: LIGHT CLASSICAL MUSIC by world famous composers ( La Boheme (Puccini), Selections, Part 1 and 2. The charm of Edith Lorand’s orchestra is well evinced this month. is delightfully melodious. The Battle Symphony or Wellington's Victory at Vittoria (L. van Beethoven) Part 1 and 2. ELECTRIC r Orchestra. inded ‘upon the celebrated novel by It centers about the love of inside she is still pure and sweet and shocked. Especially shocked at her ought to have written. But, on second thought, hasn’t he?—S. A. P. — The Theatre Guild presents - =| PORGY Th., W. 424. Evs.8:40 Republic frais Wed asats? 30 EUGENE O'NEILL’s Marco Millions Week Jan. 30, ‘The Doctor's Dilemma’ Guild Th., W. 52d. Evs. Mats.Thurs.& Sat., WAT o The ENEMY ASTOR “ites dats? stead" THE MERRY MALONES with GEORGE M. COHAN Marriage . Eve, ery of the worst kind. For the sake} ob profits, our soldiers and marines} are sent to drown in blood any at- 12 in. 1.50 Played by Dr. Weissman and the Orchestra of the State worker who happens to be unemploy- Spe. Howea: Berlin: ed. These workers are then sentenced to work on the road. After they have JRACUA Bway, 46 St. Evs. 8.30 | Mats. Wed. &Sat. 2.30 erfat feast. 4 But not so the miner, cold, and black; Walter Hampden will revive ‘“Ca- ponsacchi” this evening at his theatre hungry Emmy Bettendorf, Soprano with piano. ¢ ¢ ( ( ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ( Er der Herrlichste von allen (Schumann) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ic ( ( “Regina coeli, laetare” mpts for independence and freedom. . . . 5 & erp ie the case in China, Nicaragua,|Not so, when his child wears for ered ee ninety, days, thay are) (127150 ( tM eee Ae sleeee Fee eeo : pe ag THAN THE BAT? Be appear ‘Bepedway ’ Ei Siinsied Sistas aeainert* clothing. x sack! told to get out. "S FREE re ei g “ ” and even in the United States cg tite d Maar rin endangered:by ctna| SMORICA: Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg (Prize Song “Morgenlich Winter Garden myer, 2:80. Mate! John Galsworthy’s “Escape, with the workers who attempt to better| as “a 7 re endangt y gi Aas Tauali tena, fulch: Wagner. wee WORLD'S Sealitss SENSATION! | Leslie Howard in the leading role, ren Bea cs and by bombs, 5130 _ ‘arl Martin Oehman, Tenor with Orchestra, % their living conditio esha Lie eae Maen ea living OUR LETTER BOX. 12 in. 1.50 ( Die Metstersinger von Nuernberg (Am stilien Herd zur Win- Artists $ x § Models reached its agnee eats Laci, » 1 Q ington, tt “Pg oy 4 " a y terzeit) . 01 eatre last ni, . f But, altho Washington. the “father}” and not have to ask for alms. Short Answer for Great Person. Carl Martin Oehman, Tenor with Orchestra. ee aaa ance at the aoe of our country 1, his spirit! }7e¢ asks but for bread, not turkey! Dear Comrades: Very recently I} 5131 Overture (Mozart), Part 1 and 2 ves and cart aragua. and du age an bg ane in the Detroit News 50 ssman & the Orch, of the State Opera House, Berlin. Barvies on, strange to se ainst| And so he fights on. Let’s all wish|f Nancy Brown’s section. rdi), 2nd Act, 2nd Scene: “Gloria all’ Egitto, ad . me the country of which he is called the|” him tuck! It was a letter from a young wo- Part 1 and 2, ‘Berlin State Opera House Chorus’ and Tickets on Sale Now at Daily Worker, : | f Part « A , yi ‘ py Morike, Ei y Be - father. This contr becomes | 3. |man sympathizing with the miners dorf, leading firet soprang, ee ao % $ t. clear to us when we realize that the! hen all these furtiers, cloakmakers,| family.’ She said, “I feel very sorry pada 108 E. 14th St—10” Discount. ¢ ( ( « ( ( ( Cavalleria Rusticana ¢ ¢ ( ¢ ( spirit of Washington is the spirit of] they for the poor miner’s family, don’t BERS (Zaster Hymn), Part 1 and 2. Emmy Bettendorf, Soprano all oppressed nations. | Also ask the question, “How can we| YU Nancy? They very often have Has tiene by aeamecoes Chorus and Orchestra, conducted We may be children, but this much{ pray, : less to eat than a disowned pup and Light Caval ah a | HE IN | ERNA | IONAL AS we do know. If George Washington| How can we thank when we don’t] Still less cae, wale batt the 5 AGrand Bymunony Orcnesier baie came 4 | Was a hero for what he di id, General} know what for, miner is trying to get enough pay SON Beis sof Nicaragua, isa much| Unless it’s for bratal, long-lasting |*9 ive on.” RUSSIAN RECORDS : lait host ie earns oasis acer “greater hero for what he is doing,| war? Nancy’s answer to this paragraph Author of “Processional” was, “Oh, is that so? I never heard|{ VY Z2RTVOJU PALI (Revolutionary Song) of that before.” A very short answer for such a great person, don’t you because he fights for the same thing| For wholesale arrests, when we peace- but against greater odds. And if| fully picket, | HYMN OF SOLNCE FREE RUSSIA VSCHODIT I ZACHODIT Struggle for Wealth — Oil-— War — Love King George III was a tyrant for! 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