The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 15, 1928, Page 4

‘ 4 Tad | Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1928 De Laval Turbine Co. Grinds Trenton Slaves, Worker Correspondent Shows SPIES KEPT ON at WALKOUT IN 194 WATCH MEN, Bestaur ant Houl and|| Expensive espondent.) Mail) —To (By « Worker Cor TRENTON, N. every rule there is also to the ur Like an oasis in forth the De L plant among the stagnant mills in Trenton. The De I is noted for the manufac 2 of am turbines, ; centrifugal pur It is an almost 10¢ plant and tt and compelle: publican are coerced to vote the tial campaigns, the work must; take part in the indust at (repub- | lican) parade hold thi jobs and t be n the for to take part. a good excuse mt man for failure The plant employing several hun-| ing more than ever on relief work. y at the} dred men is exceptionally busy present time and is the only one here not wor pleted force. Hire Men Out of Town. Quite a number of new men have been put on lately. The majority. however, are out of town men and with thousands of Trenton worke: seeking employment daily, the cor pany seeks men thru out of town ad- vertising. The local workers are left cold and desperate and the officials seem to gloat over their unfortunate circumstances. Everyone applying for a job gets] a hearing in the red tape office, (em- ploying office). These hearings last from 15 to 20 minutes. Beside the | employment prosecute or sits a stool pigeon making record: Js of the ques- tions and answt After an applicant gives a full account of himself, back to his boyhood days, he is told he is not needed. The wages paid are not standard or according to 1 but according to the bartering ability of the employ- ment manager. Most workers being hired dare not barter, and take what is offered to them. Some of,the low- est paid are those working for 15 to 20 years (old strikebreakers) who never dared ask for more and now that they are old find a raise is out of the question. Speed-up Too Much. After working 20 years or more, the men instead of getting a pension are cruelly disposed of. The foremen are no exceptions to this rule. A fore- man ‘was recently fired, who had s. been with the De Laval Company from its very beginning. The reason | given v that he was no longer and that he could not} carry out % speed-up that was re- quired of him. This was intended as a threat to the other foremen, who like the men, dread the higher bosses. The company conducts its own res- taurant and has the employes eat their meals there. The food is of the lowest grade and had some struggling Greek worker conducted a restaurant in like manner, the board of health would have put him out of business. The De Laval can get away with it, Corned beef hash, and some sauer- kraut and doggies are the usual bill of fare and sometimes the food is ar advanced state of decay. Altho the restaurant is supposed to be run without profit, a course mea! costs more than in a downtown re physically fit taurant. A dinner for an ordinary man amounts to from fifty to sixty ents. For example, co: d beef hash costs five cents; sc cents; te Two | small slices of bre ad are allowed and} se of bread is taken Me more. Betrayal. if an extra it costs five ¢ A. F. L. The men at one time were organized | but due to the treachery of the local American Federation of Labor offi- cials, the 1914 strike was lost the union has been ped number of the old strikebreakers are still employed and these are used as stool-pigeons. Every move is report- ed and men are discharged and placed on the blacklist for discussing their | factory conditions. Altho aware of the | rotten conditions, they stand all abuse} in order to hold their jobs. Nothing} is done by the A. F. of L. to organ- ize them. ee Covle Reports on Trade) Union Findings in USSR | Wash.. March 14.—Al- e, president of the All-! Consum Co-operative | and formerly editor of the EVERETT. hert F. Co; America League Locomotive Engineers’ Journal. spoke | om conditions in the U. S. R. and on the findings of the trade union froup which visited that country last fall at Labor Temple last night. The meeting was arranged by the Central Tabor Council which invited Coyle to “this city. GEORGIA A. F, OF L, MEET. MASON, Ga., March 14.—A call has been issued for the annual con- vention of the Georgia Federation of Tabor to be held in this city begin- ning April 18. i a ion and| | | Pleads for g part time or with a de-| and} out. Al "Electric Company | of Philadelphia | Lays Off 300 | (By a Worker Correspondent.) | PHILADELPHIA, (By Mail).—} {Over 300 men were laid off_this | week by the General Electric Co..| |68 Elmwood Ave. The wages of} {the remaining workers have been) slashed. i | There is no organization at this | plant which is one of the largest | in Pennsylvania. |Miners’? Relief (By a Worker Correspondent.) PITTSBURGH, Pa., (By Mail). — The frequency with which progres- sive miners are being arrested on various framed charges in the bitum- inous coal strike in Pennsylvania and Ohio, together with the recent mur- ders in the anthracite fields of m tant miners fighting corrupt offi of the union, should forcibly demon- rate to workers all over the coun- try the vital necessity of concentrat- That the union leaders are not con- ducting an effective relief campaign, | or even organized measures for relief | which might be called a campaign— is evident to all workers. The ener- gies of these officials are devoted | | rific. DISCUSS LABOR PARTY, JOBLESS, AT SHOE MEET Wages, Hours End of Speed-up Demanded (By a Worker Corresepondent.) BOSTON (By Mail).—The Shoe and Leather Workers’ Progressive Conference, held here recently, is con dered by the leaders of the pro- ve movement as the best ever held in New England. Every important shoe center in New England was represented, in- cluding Boston, Chelsea, Brockton, Lynn, Haverhill, Salem and Peabody. Some 60 delegates gathered in the Scenic Auditorium and the very com- position of the delegation indicated the state of affairs in the industry. The reports from those centers in- ed the chaotic conditions in the industry. Not even a remnant of shop control, no attempt is made to enforce union regulations and condi- tions. Full day Saturday work and Sunday work is on the increase, rate dica |euts are common, the speed-up is ter- In the face of these condi- tions the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union not only has failed to begin organization work in unorganized to fighting the progre: e and mili- tant elements of the Mine} Workers. The soft coal strikers, now aware of the big-business udicial | {combination of conspirators which is| opping at nothing in the drive to| destroy their union and institute the | open-shop, are determined to win} their fight for a living wage. They jare mass-picketing, conducting relief | meetings, rallying by the thousands 1% the program of the “Save the | Union Committee.” The rise of the progressive elements in the United | Mine Workers threatens the corrupt regime of the Lewis machine. Lewis and his satellites are doing all they can to smash the “Save the Union Committee,” to. disrupt organizations of progressive miners, to imprison and club the strikers who publicly ad- vocate the progressive conference of April 1st. The burden of relief rests upon workers. Betrayed by their own of- ficials, struggling desperately against a combination determined to enforce serfdom upon them, the striking min- lers and their families are looking to the support of their fellow workers. Now as never before must the soli- darity of labor be demonstrated! Or- ganized labor must unite to send a thundering answer to the challenge | openly flung at them by the coal op- lerators and thir allies, the United | Mine Workers corrupt officialdom. {the railroad and steel magnates! That answer must be a flood of relief }funds. Only by support of the work- ers can the strike be successfully ter- minated and by means of that same ; support can the strikers organize to oust their corrupt officials and re- place them with militant leaders! Relief is now a two-edged sword! —NINA LANDIS DEYSHER. . . . Ex-Serviceman centers but is making no effort to hold even the label shops. In Lynn, where the Boot and Shoe Workers were quite firmly entrenched, only nine shops carry the label. A loss of some 30 or 40 shops in the last year or so. The reporters were also bit- ter a t the various “peace pacts,” tration, Golden Rule and Yellow Dog contracts, all of which are becoming a real menace and gainst which the Boot & Shoe makes no effort to fight. Defeat Bosses. The most encouraging report came from Haverhill where the workers, in spit of sharp hostility of Presi- dent 1} n and socialist Attorney Bearak, struck against wage cuts and against the decision of the arbitra- tion committee. Not only struck, but won a decided victory in 10 days and forced the bosses to retreat all along the line. All through the conference Haver- hill was looked up to as a model to be followed by the other see cen- ters. The influence of the verhill strike cannot be exaggerated. A dele- gate from Lynn expressed the opin- ion that the state arbitration board turned down the Creighton request for a 1244% cut because Haverhill was flesh in their minds. Considerable sentiment was aroused by the reading of a telegram signed by Chester W. Bixby, veteran militant of the Shoe Workers’ Pro- tective, and by William J. Ryan, one of the leaders of the Haverhill strike. Both regretted to be absent from the conference and pledged full support ilding a powerful progressive movement in the industry. At this point Brother Pollo intro- duced Wm. Z. Foster, secretary of the Trade Union Educational League. Foster analyzed the shoe industry, brought out the fact that the B. & S. was three-fourths company union and Aids Daily Worker (By a Worker Correspondent.) CLEVELAND, Ohio, (By Mail).—I! am an ex-serviceman from the world war. In 1917 they called us to the American colors to fight for freedom and save the world for democracy. Before I went to the war they gave us seven months’ training. The first Y)duty began when I got up early in jthe morning for reveille. After that we had to go thru the camp st reet: and pick up the butts from the cigar: | ettes that were thrown away b; | cers and visitors. Obedience vw very strict. There was no self defense or {you would be courtmartialed. In 1918 we went over to France. | We went thru many dangers. Many j days we went without anything to eat jer drink. Also we had many cooties. the United | States, General Pershing told us that offi- | Before we returned to and that we would get an opportunity | When we got back. After I got my discharge I went to j this city to look for a job but there | was nothing open. I have a wife and |two children and my wages are just |enough to keep me from starving. I jam advising every American worker to organize against the danger of the | next war. | I am sending you two dollars. Every American working man should get behind and save The DAILY WORKER. It is impossible to write the rest of my story as it would take too. long so I am leaving it to my three sons to do. —B. | a Leaflets Bring Arrest ELIZABETH, | March 14.—While distributing leaflets to the workers of the Durant automobile plant yes- terday, Konstantine Morris, a mem- ber of the Workers (Communist) Party, was arrested at the orders of company guards. More than 300 unemployed men who were applying for work at the plant received the leaflets eagerly until the arrival of the police. Morris was re- leased after being taken to the police station. | we were true and loyal to our country | is an agency of the bosses. What must be done is to mobilize all forces for a final effort to sweep out of power this gang of “crooks.” He characterized the Protective as being guided by a reactionary lead- ership and policies but nevertheless different from the B. & S. He espe- cially praised the Haverhill organi- zation for its militancy. He closed by urging the progres- sives to greater efforts at organi- zation, electing a well functioning ommittee, issuing a bulletin, and to mtensify their activity for the or- ganization of the unorganized. The program, which will appear in full in a few days, touches on the situation in the industry and puts |forward the following slogans: Abolition of piece-work and speed- up; the 40-hour 5-day working week; the organization of shop com- mittees; the restitution of the cuts. The program also deals with the |internal situation in the existing unions and clarifies the stand of the Progressives towards the B. & S. and the Protective. At the same time a series of demands are proposed tend- jing to take the unions out of the hands of the fakers. Condemn Injunctions. Injunctions and the anti-Strike proposals are roundly condemned while the Labor Party received fav- orable action. The question of the organization of the unorganized and the organi- zation of the progressives is dealt {with in great detail. The unanimous adoption of the program and the deep convic!ion that there is only one way of solving the problems of the shoe workers and that is through the building of a powerful progressive movement, promises well for the movement, The conference elected the follow- ing committee which will be known as the Shoe Workers’ Progressive Committees of New .England, For Boston—Roth, Klarfleld, Crane and Shapiro, For Chelsoa—Ammahian, Freedman, Roth, Peabody, Humanuk. Salem—King, Lynn, ,Polo, Kosores, Goldberg, Nand, Brockton—Cleavos, Vistosky, Alper and Oddie, Haver hill--Gus Foster, Libby, Bixby and Ryan, ~_F. Frame Active | OIL TANKERS BLOW UP DURING Sirtke Worker, It is Charged (By a Worker Correspondent.) DENVER, Colo., (By Mail).—Ten years ago in a small rooming house in Winto, Wyo., Sancoff, a miner em- ployed by the Union Pacific, sat at a table counting his weelk’s wages and planning on how to make ends meet. Another worker, Bahlio by name, came into the room and made a grab for the money. In the scuffle which followed the latter drew a knife. As Sancoff fled from the room he spied a piece of lead pipe, he picked it up, turned around and hit Bahlio who was pursuing him with the drawn knife. Balhlio was taken to the hospital. At the end of three weeks he had completely recovered and returned to work. Sancoff was told by the police to leave town as there might be trouble. A month later Bahlio was taken sick and died. A diagnosis of poisoning was made at the time. That was ten years ago. Sancoff, an I, W. W., was very active during the recent coal strike. It would be well to have him out of the way. A company employe heard of this inci- dent and used it to accomplish this end. As a result Sancoff was ar- rested in Denver on Saturday, March 4th, as a suspected murderer. An- other worker has been framed-up. The following is the true version of the story and can be verified by the keeper of the rooming house. —H. U. Z. New Hampshire Workers Send Miners Relief (By a Worker Correspondent.) CONCORD, N. H., (By Mail).—I want to send a report about the work here in Concord. Last night, March 10, we had an entertainment for the striking coal miners. The hall was filled to capacity and we made a clear profit of $72.80 and that is to be sent to the Pennsylvania-Ohio Relief Com- mittee in Pittsburgh. The Concord branch of the International Labor De- fense wishes them a speedy and sat- isfactory settlement. —C. Auction at Death PEMBERTON, N. J., March 14.— William Seeds, 85 year old Civil War veteran, died yesterday morning while his home was being sold by auctioneers over his head. Part of the money raised thru the auction will be used to pay for the funeral. FOURTEEN MONTHS Crews Peri sh With Rockefeller Ships (By «a Worker Correspondent.) There are 50 per cent more cases of scurvy ulcers on the stomach and body, and anemics waiting for blood transfusions in the United States ma- rine hospitals than in any other hos- pital in the country. This condition is a result of the rotten food handed out to seamen on vessels flying the American flag. Tho the mercantile sailor carries the world’s trade in his occupation, he receives for his share the lowest possible wages and the rottenest con- ditions aboard ship. About 30 per cent of all ships for American seamen are oll-tankers and these ships are the most hazardous to sailors. No less than 22 tankers have blown up during the last 14 months and in most of the cases all the hands were lost. John D. Rockefeller who controls the oil monopoly doesn’t.care a damn for human life. He murders his sea- men in the same way he does his Colorado miners. He makes his mil- lions out of the blood of the workers. Were the seamen organized into a real 100 per cent militant organiza- tion, they could wring from the ship- owner and the government any de- mand they might wish to make. For the seamen, if organized, would have the power to tie up the trade of the entire world. —J. S. M. Report on Radio Pact WASHINGTON, March 14.—The International Radio Convention negotiated at the conference here last fall was favorably reported today by the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee. Assistant Secretary of State Castle explained the treaty in executive ses- sion. The Committee also reported favorably on the supplementary ex- tradition treaty with Honduras. POSTAL RATE CUT PROPOSED. WASHINGTON, Mar. 14.—A $10,- 000,000 annual cut in postal rates was recommended by the house post office committee today in approving the Greist bill. The bill would re- duce newspaper rates to the 1921 schedule, Resist the Attack The American Legion, the Keymen of Amer- ica, the National Security League, the Amer- ican Government have combined to destroy Labor’s fighting paper and are attempting to put its editors in jail. WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER? You Must Save The Daily Worker Here Is MyContribution tothe Defense Fund 33 First Street, New York City NAME AMOUNT | ee di Beate sid ices Satirical Skits Feature of “Red Revue” Tomor- row Night If nothing goes amiss between now and Friday, the “Red Revue” (which is booked for the New Star Casino, 107th St. and Park Ave., for a one- night showing), should prove a won- derland of entertainment, judging by the merit of the talent and the inter- est shown by the promoters. First, there is the group known as the Workers Theatre, who will stage a number of skits. This will be fol- lowed by The DAILY WORKER Re- view, an amalgamation of proletarian jazz artists in satirical sketches. Other talent gathered for the oc- |easion, and now in rehearsal, is a Russian Gypsy Troupe, with a band of fourteen Balalaika players, in scenes from old Russia contrasted with New Russia. Maurice, proletar- ian acrobat, will appear in a group of living statues and a special tableaux. Hugo Gellert, Bob Minor and Fred Ellis will also delight the audience with blackboard sketches—more or less humorous. Another talent is Moishe Nadir, who will give a series of monologues. The reyue is for the defense fund of The DAILY WORKER. THEODORE ROPERTS AT THE JEFFERSON BEGINNING TODAY The principal feature on the stage bill at the Jefferson today, Friday, movie star, Thecdore Roberts, who will appear in a dramatic sketch, written for him by Wm. C. De Mille, assisted by Reynolds Denniston, titled “The Man Higher Up.” On the surrounding bill is Josephine Har- mon and Georgie Sands; Russell Fielder, Harriet and George Hamil- ton; Jean Southern; Perry and Covan Four; and the Great Johnson. The screen feature is the comedy, “The Cohens and Kellys in Paris,” starring George Sidney and J. Far- rel MacDonald. The supporting cast includes Vera Gordan, Kate Price. Charles Deleney, Sue Carol and Ger- trude Astor. FINAL WEEK OF “HOBOKEN BLUES” AT NEW PLAYWRIGHTS “Hoboken Blues” at the New Play- | Saturday and Sunday is the noted | Carr, assisted by Olive Grey; Ralph} ANN HARDING. Featured player in “The Trial of Mary Dugan,” Bayard Veiller’s tense drama which just celebrated its 200th performance at the Na- tional Theatre. ee wrights Theatre enters the last week of its run. With the closing of this play on Saturday evening, the New Playwrights will terminate their sub- scription season, having presented, as planned, four plays: “The Belt,” by Paul Sifton, “The Centuries” by Em Jo Basshe, “The International” \by John Howard Lawson, and the present play by Michael Gold. Sub- scriptions for next season are now coming in. Three more benefit performances are scheduled this week, the Workers School, the Workers’ International Relief and the Labor Defender to- night, Thursday and Friday evenings respectively. THEATRE GUILD ACQUIRES NOTHER EUROPEAN SUCCESS The Theatre Guild has acquired another play by Sil-Vara, the Vien- nese journalist and critic. The new play is called “Playing with Love” land it has already been produced with success in Berlin and Vienna. The notices from abroad have been most enthusiastic. The Guild has for some time held another Sil-Vara play, “The Genius and His Brother.” It is expected that both plays will be produced next season. “The Doctor’s Dilemma” will end its engagement on March 31, while “Marco Millions” will be continued in the Theatre Guild’s repertory. The Stefan Zweig version of Ben Jonson’s “Polpone” will be produced at the Guild Theatre on Monday night, April 9, and will alternate with the au _ = se O'Neill play. — | Winter Garden 9's, 2 PO"* WoRDDy AGH SENSATION! Artists § Models —— The Theatre Guild presenta — on Strange Interlude O'Neill's lay, John Golden Thea., 58th, E. of B’way Evenings Only at 5:30. | } | | | Bernard Shaw’s Comedy “DOCTOR'S DILEMMA s1q. Ths W. 52d St, Evs. 8:30 Guild: srats. Thurs. & Sat. 2530, Week of Mar. 19: “Marco Millions? PORGY'|_ Th., W. 42d. Evs.8:40 Mats.Wed.&Sat.,2:40 Republic tre, 41 St. W. of B’way 30. Mts, Wed.&Sat.2:30 “The Trial of Mary Dugan” y Bayard Veiller, with ‘Ane Ncaaetiacien Cherryman Theatre, West 48 St. Eys. 8:30 band MATS. WED. and SAT. 2:30 i WRECKER opnsronghiy Entertaining Shocker.” —World. James Cruze, director of “The Cov- ered Wagon,” has been signed to di-| rect “Excess Baggage,” the new star- ring vehicle for William Haines. KEITH: ALBEE Camo: How New York ‘Premiere WORTHY SUCCESSOR TO "POTEMKIN™ ah, (VAN ENACTED _8Y THI REERUATTONT OF ve ART rig Arch’ ** ‘by LEONI DOFF Pony ee facet AND HIS TIMES. 4 WINTHROP AMES presents Booth, W. 45th St. Byes. 8:40 Lele Wed. & Sat. GAL LON sing Af Nenad LESLIE HOWARD DN "ike OS ENS Nk Sat, rr Sun., Mar. 15, 16, 17 ‘Ss Harmon ands—Russeli Carr—Others he Cohens & Kellys in Paris” |with Geo. Sidney & J, Farrel MacDonald 2 th. “WEEK FULTON racu bit Sate 3 3 oves. at 8:30 Matineés ALL ¢ Wed. & Sat. Theatre, West 44th Street. ‘HUDSON Evs. 8:30. Mats, Wed.& Sat THE NEW COHAN FARCB | WHISPERING FRIENDS THE LAST -WEEK OF HOBOKEN BLUES EE this delightful play by Michael Gold at the New Playwrights Theatre (call Walker 5851) before have seen it, over tw it closes. Thousands enty labor organiza- tions have taken nights during its run. Music, song and dance and delightful humor run thru every scene of this gay musical ee, of Negro life in Harlem and “Hobok: For Tickets Call Local Daily Worker Stuyvesant 6584, Office, 108 E. 14 St.