The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 17, 1928, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1928 | FIGHT MASTERS. AND CORRUPTED UNION LEADERS Strikebr: eakers Refuse to Seab | (iy & Worker Correspondent). (By 1).—I am} yry to inform you of | ween the housewreck- and the } > CITY, be ct with the bosses at thc for the lat men. The | the cor f Jer- sey ( New York, two locals is newly or ficient numt rs to keep it up. Therefore the members of Jer- | sey City local worked in New York and the members of N rk Local | y 95 came over to Jersey to work Hire German Scabs. Several months later in November of the same y bosse tried to hire scabs, n workers, 75 cents an hour. This was done the suggestion of the forman for the Goldberg Wre Co., which is the at largest housew’ company in Jersey City. This foreman, Joseph S. Simionik, was appointed foreman yy an agreement between the work- and volere: He had a fight with one of the workers, and ge the i worker fired. We would not sta % for this foreman, whom we had ap- # pointed, going to the boss to get a worker fired, and we took the fore- manship away from Simionik. Simi- , onik then went to Goldberg, who is te the main boss among the housewreck- ers, and advised him to hire scabs. yet The boss hired German scabs for 75 cents an hour, thus breaking the agreement he had signed with us. The German workers, when they 4 saw us picketing, quit after a half he day, Because they did not know they were-scabbing at first. The delegates from Local 95 in New BO York asked Goldberg why he hired { the scabs. 8 the wages signed for in the agree- ment were too high and that they eould get workers for half the pay. The members of the local all went on strike and the bosses hired Negro scabs at 45 and 50 cents an hour. We put out picket lines and the bosses called the police to stop us. This went “on fer about two weeks. Brandle Corrupt. Then the bosses called the union bk officials to meet them at the office | ‘a of Theodore Brandle, president of the if Hudson County Building Trade Coun- y cil. The result was that Brandle told a) the union that he was not satisfied 3 with our officials and he made all} kinds of queer statements, saying he | was not satisfied with the officials! of Local 247, for 3 years. This was not had elected a delegate for ears a@ few days before the meeting in Brandle’s office. This delegate went around to the Building Trade Coun- cil, with his credentials, but Brandle refused to recognize him. as we strike, and after 5 weeks of picket- ing we had to give it up on account of lack of money. of the Hod Carriers’ Union sent an organizer, Sullivan, to organize the strike, but he did nothing. Goldberg, the head of the be a spy in our meetings, and that when- | ever we formed plans for pi the next morning Goldberg uld meet us with slicemen. He got an % injunction against allowing us to carry signs. One time Goldberg and his chauffeur attacked T. Novik, ‘our delegate, but the police did nothing to Goldberg. Nazarenko Worked With Bosses. After the strike was over, Simionik, the prctied for » went to Naza- beiko, who vy in New York and who robbed that local. N. nko used to New York local with an iron hand, had any worker fired by the bos: whenever he wanted to, and he was very strong with the bosses. Finally the New York workers in Local 95 could not stand him any more, they expelled him. He sued Local 95 for $1,500 which they had to pay him ‘This over to Jersey City. Simionik and Nazarenko, who had| both worked with the bosses haioieh the workers, started to organiz ‘Separate local in Jersey City, they called Local 95, the same a’ Vork, and got the men who had s hed in the strike to join the union. th scab paid $35 to join this fake 1. so . Start Fake Local No hese’ two went to Brandle, the di of the Building Trade Council, is called the “Building Trade ” of Hudson county. They told andle they had 300 members in local, altho they had only about and they asked Brandle to recog- ‘them. Brandle would have done Housewreck- | The bosses claimed that|* and that we were not} obeying the constitution of the union | because we had not elected a delegate | Brandle refused to help us in our} The International | told us he had| nan, who had told the! the czar of Local 95! rule the! S| is the man whom Simionik called! which | ab-| \ Jobless Poor Starve | | | f | | While 4,000,000 workers are and hundreds of thou for a decent living wage, | selves with dog shows. while the money | sands of miners and th | vania, Ohio and Colorado undergo g) the wealthy Pets such as thi Madison Square Garden are provided with special quarters and food, pent on one of these pets of the rich could provide as Rich Pamper Pets” une yed in the i eir families in "Pp fay - at hardships in their struggle idle parasites amuse them- prize-winning dog at mpl; an entire worker’s family with food and lodging. “1h, COAL BOSSES BUILD CO. UNION Even Injunction Judge Couldn’t Swallow It , (FP) Feb. 16. |.0; or propaganda that has b- sidized or penetrated the capitali press is hailing .a new Iowa agree- ment with the United Brotherhood of Miners. This brotherhood is a com- pany union organized by the opera- tors around Centerville in Appanoose county with a name chosen to re- semble the lockéd-out United Mine Workers. The agreement by the company union sells out the gains jmade by the regular union under the national scale and substitutes a slight raise over the poverty scale of 1917. For example the national scale of 0 a day is cut to $6 and less, while the contract scale of $2 a ton is cut to $1.48. So raw is the company union deal that federal judge Woodrough re- cently refused an injunction applied for by the alleged union because he’, regarded the application as a blind for the operators. The injunction was temporarily granted last summer against the United Mine Workers and | Woodrough would not make it per- imanent. He indicated that if the operators themselves had asked it he j might have granted the petition. | This is the dummy that has accepted the wage cuts in- sisted on by the spt shee \Politicians Angle For Ohio ieaassi: JERSEY CITY, d | The Central Labor Union of fae y thas decided to take up with the city and county officials charges that a huge non-union lumber firm here, said to have political connections, is sup- plying lumber for the construction and | repairs of public buildings. | ———————— this, but the real unions kicked so He told Local 247 they ganize, and told them that they should | not have anything to do with Local 95 in New York. We told him we had to have the help of the New | York local, be¢ause our local was so small, the Li 95 had lent us | $1,000. Brandle called the bosses who | told him that the es were too high } They subm ed an agreement to t! Housewreckers’ Union, and said th as not like our delegate. The said they did not want New York/ | union workers to come to Jersey City,! land Brandle backed them up. The bosses d, “Let Brandle appoint | delegat s and we will pay him.” Brandle, that labor faker, would | have allowed th but we would not stand for it. T how things now stand for the housewrecking workers in Jersey City. A. HOUSEWRECKER. ‘Michigan Legion and Big Business. (By a Worker Corresponde nt). | DETROIT, Feb. 6 M TI American Legion Pe ad {has launched a campaign for the mo- | j bilization of all world war veterans | into the le ion ‘thd GY long in the AReeeay Legi ‘on | Altho such campaigns are not new® | the methods of this latest one are, and | show that big capital is behind it. In a truly legion pt s up big bill-board adver- tisements every conspicuous place, with a picture of a world war soldi standing upon the top of a mountain | facing the rising sun on which are lin bed; “Freedom, liberty, patriot- —ED. HOYT. operator union | hard that he had to give up the idea. | should reor- | an | business-like fashion the | USGLING SEEN IN COTTON SALES Senate Committee to Investigate WwW ASHINGTON, eb. 16.—A move- ment is underway to investigate the operation of cotton exchanges, mills, and the department of agriculture as to price manipulation. A resolution offered by Sen. Smith of South Caro- lina has been accepted by the senate, and the senate agriculture committee has been directed to suggest legisla- tion. The resolution charges that tho there were 4,000,000 bales less in 1927 than during the preceding year, and consumption had increased, the price of cotton had steadily declined. A large part of the responsibility for the price-juggling was placed upon the department of agriculture, the resolution calling ‘attention to a bul- letin of the bureau of agricultural economies saying that cotton crop prices would decline. \Ford’s Guess Fails to | Solve Unemployment | | | (By Federated Press) |. Henry Ford thinks that farming |has to be revolutionized, he says in an interview appearing in the March | Forum. Machinery is Ford’s subject. |He advocates complete machine farm- ling, either by large corporations or by jgroups of farmers. Farm life would again become at- tractive, says Ford. More workers {would be released to manufacturing and transportation industries. But the motor manufacturer seems to have overlooked the present wide- spread unemployment, still noticeable in his home city. Detroit is well as |elsewhere, which is attributed largely to increasing mechanization of dustry and speed-up. \lo our ¢ | veaders Many of our readers like |} to get the DAILY WORKER \f| at their newsstz 1 i] dealers, and for sons cannot get it. | We ask our readers | speak with their newsdealer, | fill out the coupon, and send | |] it in to us, so that we will be j able to make the necessary | arrangements, to have it de- livered regularly. to i CIRCULATION DEPT. DAILY WORKER, 35 First St | New York City. (address) No, of copies |) My name in-| PERCENT WALKOUT | Appeal to Hulmeville | Workers to Join | | | SOUTH LANGHORNE, Pa., Feb. | 16.—The local committee in charge of | the strike of the rug weavers in this | town issued a leaflet several days ago |in which they appealed to the work- ‘ers of the neighboring town of Hul- | meville to ostracise, and separate | from the company of real human be- | ings the few scabs that the Eden | Manufacturing Company was able to | recruit from their town. ' | With the strike of the several hun- | dred weavers in the employ of the | Eden Manufacturing Company hold- jing out 100 per cent, and with the | price of imported strikebreakers con- |tinually rising, due to the effective | picketing of the workers, the mill | ow ners had gone into the neighboring | town and succeeded in hiring several ‘These Modern Women’ By Lawrence Langner At the Eltinge HRYSTAL HERNE, who is one of the most interesting of American actresses, attempts vainly to breathe life into “These Modern Women,” by Lawrence Langner, now playing at the Eltinge Theatre. Miss Herne is cour- ageously supported in her unsuccessful attempt by Minor Watson who gives one of the finest per- formances on Broad- way today in a play that completely misses fire. The author of the opus is a director of the Theatre Guild. The plot con-} cerns an author, who, after he has had a run of bad luck, has his wife suggest that he have a love affair to inspire him to write more success- fully. The author, portrayed by Mr. Wat- x Chrystal Herne seabs. It is believed that the circular referred to will again compel the bosses to go scab hunting. The strikers had achieved a unan- imous walkout when the ‘bosses an- nounced a wage cut of 10 per cent. A 54-hour week was also in force at the time the strike occurred. The strikers have not had one de- sertion from their ranks to date, and the prospects for a complete victory are highly favorable, according to the opinion of those acquainted with the situation. This is due to the fact that the product of these mills are of a very high quality, and the expensive merchandise manufactured requires a high grade of workmanship. The few defective rugs that are made with the help of the scabs are hardly saleable | in a market restricted to high quality. Charge Public Buildings Use Non-Union Lumber WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16. — Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio, will not surrender Ohio’s support for the presidential nomination without a struggle. In response to a letter re- ceived by him from Maurice Maschke, political boss of Cleveland, warning him that support is being transferred to Herbert Hoover, Willis threatened | to deprive Maschke of his power. fo*Our, experience together while I \have been in the Senate bears out the statement that I have played the game square,” the senator wrote Maschke. “If, in this contest what I have done lis of so little importance as not to merit consideration, I shall, of course, feel in the remaining time, it am in the senate that I will be fully justified in following a different course.” According to Maschke’s letter, how- ever, more plums are to be expected from Hoover. HICKMAN AGAIN ON TRIAL. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 16.— ;Completion of a jury was expected | today in the second murder trial of William Edward Hickman, already under sentence of death for the kill- jing of eee Parker. son, accepts the suggestion but dis- covers that he loves his secretary, who is the one selected. The play derives its name from the fact that the wife is modern, that is, in the petty-bourgeois way. The wife’s interest in club meet- ings, magazine articles and radio speeches is pounded into the audience during the entire production. The supporting cast is adequate and helps to bring out an occasional bright line. All in all, it is sheer theatre, and not so good at that. The play is directed by Rouben Mamoulian and the setting is by Cleon Throckmorton. MeNary-Haugen Bill Passed by Committee WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.— The senate agriculture committee voted to support the revised McNary farm relief bill yesterday. The meas- ure provides for the establishment of a federal farm board to control the marketing and disposition of farm products in this country and abroad. No limit is set to the president's power to appoint members to this board, thus bringing the farmers more | completely under the. yoke of big! business’s executive, | A revolving loan of $250,000,000 will be established and entirely con- trolled by the board. The purpose of the fund is to extend credit to co-op- eratives and storing or marketing sur- pluses, according to Senator McNary, author of the bill. The money will be loaned at four per cent interest to whomever the board chooses to accom- modate. Detroit Youth to Hold Liebknecht Memorial DETROIT, Feb. 16.—Albert Weis- bord and Sam Don will be the princi- pal speakers at a Liebknecht mem- orial meeting arranged by the Young Workers (Communist) League of De- troit for Sunday. The meeting will open at 2:30 at the New Workers’ Home, 1343 E. Ferry Street. FOR | 1. Organization of the Bnorgan- i ized, 2. Miners’ Relief, | 8. Recognition and Defense of the Soviet Union, _ 4. A Labor Party, | 5. A’ Workers’ and Farmers’ | Government. ¢ RUTHENBERG ii DRIVE S28 AGAINST Injunctions. Company Unions. Unemployment. Persecution of the Foreign | Born, | War. Application for Membership in || occuPATION if you are on strike or unemployed and cannot pay initiation fee | Please check this box, a UNEMPLOYED AND STRIKERS | and receive dues exempt stamps until employed, i (Enclosed find $1.00 for initiation fee and one month's dues.) “Jel oin a Fighting Party! ae Join the Workers (Communist) Party of America (Fill out this blank and mail to Workers Party, 43 HB. 125 St. N. ¥. ©.) Workers (Communist) Party ADMITTED WITHOUT INITIATION This talented continental star plays the chief role in “The Private Life of Helen of Troy,” the screen feature at the Jefferson this week- end. MICHAEL “GOLD'S PLAY “HOBOKEN BLUES” OPENS “Hoboken Blues,” by Michael Gold, the fourth subscription play at the New Playwrights’ Theatre, opens to- night at their Commerce Street play- house. The cast is headed by George Bratt, Lawrence Belten, Jane Barry and Hazel Mason. It is described as a minstrel show comedy of the Har- lem of yesterday and today. Send Children to Work RICHMOND, Feb. 16 (FP).—Chil- dren who were granted employment certificates in Virginia in the year ending Sept. 30, 1927 totalled 1,724, of whom 936 claimed to be 14 years old and 788 claimed to be 15 years of age. Three of these children had never completed any grade in school; 9 fin- ished the 1st grade, 33 the 2d grade, 106 the 3d grade, 191 the 4th grade, 301 the Ath grade, 405 the 6th grade, LOBBY STIFLES INVESTIGATION ON POWER TRUST Investor in Combine WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. — The “power lobby” is celebrating victory today after squelching all efforts for an investigation of the power trust. The resolution for am inquiry has been referred by a vote of 46 to 31 to the reactionary Federal Trade Commis- sion, the grave yard for many a de- feated trust-investigation resolution. Party lines were completely shat- tered as a result of a section in the resolution calling for inquiry into the eiforts by the power interests to con- trol elections and asking investigation of slush funds from this source used to elect either a president or a sena- tor, many senators in both parttes since 1923 being deeply indebted to the power concerns for their cam- paign funds. Defeat for Walsh. The defeat of the amendment for a committee of five, is considered one of the most serious defeats met by Senator Walsh, democrat of Massa- chusetts, who led the fight for an investigation. The attack on Walsh was led by Senator Bruce, democrat of Maryland, who was accused from the floor of trying to block the power investigation in the same manner in which he had blocked the Teapot Dome inquiry. The session was one of the storm- jest in years, lasting for nine hours. The attempted investigation was marked by charges on preceding days that the power lobby was spending $18,000,000 to defeat the passage of the resolution, and -a statement by Dawes that he did not wish to preside on this question since he was “per- sonally interested in certain com- panies involved.” Martins Ferry I. L. D. MARTINS FERRY, 0., Feb. 16. —The International Labor Defense branch in this city meets the first Worker eel Tell N. J. Housewreckers’ Struggles; Expose Legion PA. RUG WEAVERS’! STRIKE HUNDRED, Dawes 326 the 7th grade, 87 the Sth grade, 24 the 9th grade and 229 were above | the 9th grade in school. Sunday of every month at 9.30 a. m., at Hungarian Hall. The secretary of { the local is J. J. Ciccis, Box 330. Bugen: O'Neill's eoy"* Strange Interlude | John Golden Thea., 58th, H. of B'way Evenings Only at 5:30, — The Theatre Guild presents —— =I LRA DRAC. Bway, 46 St. Evs, FULTON aT Mats, Wed.&Sat. 2. i Bernard Shaw’s Comedy 7 DOCTOR'S DILEMMA Feb. a ddim teh: “Marco Millions” ~ PORGY Th., W. 424. B Republic jiais wea &Sat Fy E Winter Garden S735% pf i30. Mats. WORLD'S mst be SENSATION! ‘Artists § Mod sts © E S C A Pr E Vite Lngtarm ee “BETTER THAN THE BAT” ERLANGER’S Thea. W.44 St.Evs.8.3@ Mats. Wed. & Sat. Extra Holiday Matinee Monday THE MERRY MALONES with GEORGE M. COHAN Theatre, 41 St. W. National [ys50. atts xtra Holiday Matinee Monday “The Trial of Mary Dugan” By Bayard Veil! with Ann Harding-Ri *a™ HARRIS 2” Mats. Mon., We with Edna Leedom & Guy bidiiatee une of B’way MUSIC AND CONCERTS _ HOWAKD Thea, W. 45St. Kvs. 8:40 BOOTH “Mist” Mon, Wed. © Sav Th., W.44 St.Bvs.8:30 Broadhurst sixiN ion Wea seu crouse ARLISS | in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE { SUL UFFERGON Ni Mats. 2:20, COL. 1140, . Butter- Quiz ON NURSERY SCHOOLS. » SPRINGFIELD, IIL, Feb. 16 (FP). —tLabor central bodies in Mlinois are TODAY, SAT. & SUN. World's Best 8—KEITH-ALBEE ACTS — 8| garding nursery schools. “The Private Life of HELEN OF TROY" World's Most F; us Fla being circularized by the State Fed- eration of Labor for information re- The’ action follows on a resolution adopted by the state convention at East St. Louis in 1927. OPENING The shooting’s all over now. Walker 5851) Michael Gold 108 East 14th Street. Phone Stuyvesant 6584. TONIGHT Still in all seriousness, but with laughter, music, song and dance, the New Playwrights piesent at their theatre, 40 Commerce Street (phone ’s New Play Hoboken Blues For all performances, a 10% reduction will be given on os all tickets purchased from the local Daily Worker Office .&Sat.2:30 . | — SDR AR TEOMA ETAL SOE