The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 17, 1928, Page 6

Page Six Navy Correspondent Urges Soldiers and Sa ILY WORKER, fi-< = ' W YORK, Sa.....-.25 MUSTEXPOSEHOW FORT SLOCUM IS FOUL cqyp ig LIKE MILITARISTS USE ARMY FOR MURDER Calls Troops to End Hell With Own Arms TO DAILY WORKER:— A few from an ex-service man for your Army and Nayy Col- lines Casual Describes e Brutality of Officers To DAILY WORKE This is the first chance I have had to mail this letter, as I didn’t want to |mail it from the Fort, and I had to | wait until 1 got leave. | I am one of those stationed perma- |nently at Fort Sldcum, with the 18th | Infantry, and tho what you say about | our conditions being better than those of the casuals is true, our conditions are plenty bad enough, and we. have \enjoyed the letters telling about how Ithings are out here which have ap- ticers called it: “just overcrowded”. Some of the latest recruits to arrive before the first shipment, were lodged in the cellars, next to the toilets. There has been plenty of kicking about this, but the officers won’t do anything about it, altho there is no report of any officers having slept in the cellars as yet, of course. The grub out here has been so rot- around the mess hall trying to keep ten, especially for the new recruits, | that the officers have been running | JAIL; MEN WANT TO BUY RELEASE “Why Did We Join the) Army?” ‘They Ask - | Dear Friends:— Before I finally signed up at one of the army recruiting stations, I had |been out of work for a long time, MARCH 17, 1929 Workers’ Lives Imperilled as Oil Blazes > SUGGEST PARADE 10 SHOW MISERY | Jobless Men Can Smash “Rich Worker” Myth } (By a Worker Correspondent) During a heated discussion with 4 workingman calling himself a 100% American, the kind who suffers under a the ae to state my views 45) oared in the DAILY WORKER. — |order, rather then trying to get bet-j and had been hoboing srcund too ‘the well-known impression that al- ers ot tae esas | I don’t think I can. add much to|ter food for the men. Recently, in | long looking for a job, to be fussy | most all. American workingmen own ink } 4 Batons the vi |what “Casual” has written, but want |the general mess hall, where thé casu- | about food and a place-to sleep. But autos and homes, an,idea sprang up think back before the last world war,|+, tel] of a couple of incidents which | als eat, an officer grabbed a recruit |T want to agree with all that your which I wish we could carry out. they will remember Captain Sims) curred recently. going in by the arm and almost| paper has printed about the rotten Why can’t we pick up the victims made a speech at Guild Hall, London, saying that England was close to a conflict with a nearby nation and that she could depend on her Arfer- ican cousins to help her. And as things turned out he sure did know his peaches. War With England. Now we have Admiral Plunkett state that we will have a little mur- der fest with the said British cous- ins, and he is right. Buddies and fel- low workers. get ready for another slaughter! For as soon as one of these capitalist instructors in the fine art of murdering the workers makes a statement like this, you can be sure they know what they are talking about. The soldiers and sailors who get from $21 to $30 a month, haven't so much .at stake. They know that those who are outside of the service, their old pals and shop mates, can’t even find a job, and how in hell can any worker who has a job save enough to invest in foreign lands, when he can’t even live decently at home. Fighting For Wall Street. So what will be the issue that the bosses will try to make us fight for in the next war. Last time it was democracy, and I guess the next one will be to make the country safe for Wall Street, no matter what fake is- sue they raise, as they would be in a fix if the soldiers and sailors decided to make this country a decent place | for a worker to live in, and own his Lodged Near Toilets. Jon March 1 and March 7 we have been plenty busy out her crowded. Because of this, | | With the 1500 recruits who sailed | | knoeked him off his feet. was that he didn’t go in fast enough. |You see when the food gets rotten, |the officers start paying attention to |the men’s manners. ‘SHOE SLAVES WAR ON FIRM'S UNION Bosses Have New Wage Cutting Scheme (Continued from Page One), ef the shop and expelled from the company’ union with the loss of their fifty dollars. “Big-Hearted” Bosses. In September of last year the welt department requested that the ten percent wage cut be restored to them. All thirty workers were called down te the effice (where they were for- bidden to talk or make any noise) and one by one the general chairman of the company union (who gets a vacation of several weeks with pay) picked ‘them out, from tack pullers to levellers. and sent them in to be ques- tioned by Charles Miller and “Big Chief” Winkle. Mr. Miller told them that. beeause business as good, he was going to be big hearted and give LONGER DAY FOR Mass. Legislature Heeds ‘Bosses’ Lobby BOSTON, March 16. — The textile mill barons and other industrial in- terests of the state of Massachusetts are successfully accomplishing the changes they desired to make in the laws governing the working hours of women in industry, After several weeks of not so strenuous effort on |the part of the lobby conducted by the bosses, the Legislative Commit- tee on Labor and Industry reported favorably on changes which lower the working standards of women- The law as it is now does not per- mit women to work more than 48 hours in any one week, nor does. it permit work after six o’clock in the evening. The law, as it will undoubt- edly be amended by the State Legis- lature in the near future, will raise The reason | _ WORKING WOMEN ecnditions at Slocum, and say that | while I was on the bum I had better places to sleep and better food to eat, than we get out here. This spears for itself as to the rotten conditions which you have already described. “Most of the fellows are asking each other: “Why did we join the army,” | aud they all say that if they had $100 they would immediately buy a release. However, since most of them were foreed in by unemployment, it looks like the only kind of a release they will be able to “buy”-will be a dis- charge at» the end of the “three years.” Of course, lots of us would make a get-away if we could, but this place lis more closely guarded than a prison, and not many of us will get passes until we get to Panama, when the odds will be all against us—without even money to buy cigarettes left from our so-called “pay.” “RECRUIT.” * Pigs. Unemployed Seek Snow Shovel Work (By c Worker Correspondent.) On Friday last I went to get a few hours work as a snow shoveler. ‘When I came to the Department of “treet Cleaning station located at 55 Cherry St. New York City, I found several hundred workers stand- ing in line. After waiting many hours, less than 100 workers were hired. Some The above picture gives a slight idea of what happens to the oil worker when the oil explodes. Every man who works with oil is in constant danger from the inflammable liquid. A Worker Correspondent wrote in The DAILY WORKER recently that 22 Standard Oil Co. tankers had blown up in the _last 14 months with the loss of most of their crews. of the capitalist system, those who are parading daily, shoeless, home~ less, friendless, on the Bowery? Ar- range, a parade for them. Amidst flags and banners, let them march, thru the business districts with pla~ cards to this effect: “Weare Americans;” “We arei native-born;” “This is what we get for being Americans;” “Made in the U. S. A.;” “Are we home-owners?” “Where are those homes and autos?” I recommend this plan as it seems to be a medium fer protest which; All Seamen Quit Slave-driving Ship (By a Worker Correspondent.) SMITH’S COVE, (By Mail).—All the sailors of the S. S. Elridge of the Admiral Oriental Line now lying at Smith’s Cove, Washington, quit in a body this morning with the exception of one. The boatswain led the mili- tant sailors down the gangplank. The one seaman who remained on board was a college student who wants to see the world regardless of conditions aboard ship. I met the men on the dock where the boatswain told me they. were quitting on account of the rotten and scanty food they were given, altho the Elridge is an exceptionally hard working ship for the crew. Besides the rotten and scanty food, the El- ridge is sailing for the Far East could not be called provocative. Unemployment Widespread in Philadelphia (By a Worker Correspondent) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., (By Mail), —A few items of news from Phila- delphia. There has been a march of the American Legion in Frankford, in the’ heart of Kensington, where a -riot call was sent in recently when thousands of unemployed applied for a job at the Cramp Shipbuilding Co. Unemployment is very bad in this section. Scores are being kicked out by the landlords. The textile mills are on part time or are closed alto- gether. Children are going to school hungry. " Speeches .were made recently at the Kensington High School, advocating a big navy to make the world safe for Wall Street against the workers. Not a word was mentioned about re- lief for the unemployed. The fascists Candy Industry Tgnores: Laws,Pays$13.75Weekly The Consumer’s League of New| York, with investigators working in} 25 candy factories in the city, has: published a report showing that in is complete disregard for the sanitary code requiring a medical examination of prospective workers. Young unskilled girls make up thei bulk of the workers in tre industry, more then half of whom earn less than $13.75 a week during a fairly busy season, the report says, and dur- ing the rush season the working hours: extend from 50 to 70 hours a week. 6 Years Is a Long Time: own job. ack 7.5 per cent and steal only 2.5|the legal week to 54 hours, and will ‘ “i ti d four : : 3 ae fe is Raea ear ree percent for himself. By this time the} permit the employment of women up of them waited for more than five vee two watches, four'on and fe in Pits Kethoniane Weby) wethve as ithe ee oe aa re eee i ae “> | welt laster department had already hours and then they were turned a elections draw near and the workers pnb log Dy. Uae Me Kee DOr ee nieans you own your job, and are the maker of your destiny. So, workers, sailors, if we must fight, let to fight those who cause oppression, and murder us to er oppress the defenceléss, suc ho Nicaraguans, who after all are eir country. What would for the marines to soy “What the hell are we fight- ‘ht for Workers. We all know that the state police ihe militia, and the army, navy and miafines, all branches ‘of the service, are used by the bosses to fight for théir interests. Buddies, shipmat got back their, full 10 percent, sa that Charles Miller in this way played one worker against another and one de- partment against another. Workers Hate Fake Union. + The men do not like “His Company | Union” and many of them do not be- long to it. Since the Workers Party las been distributing the DAILY WORKER in front of the shop the foremen have been bringing pres- ture on the workers to force them to join this fake union and give Mr. Mil- ler their fifty dollars. | WORKER we spoke of the new meth- | od cf wage cutting which I. Miller and \ | In a previous article in the DAILY till 10 o’clock at night. Leaders of working women here de- clare that the law allows not a 54 but a 60 hour week by a clause inserted to permit work 10 hours a day for 6 full days a week, the extra working time being called “overtime.” It is an old trick of the employers ‘to re. duce the rate of pay so that the addi- tional “overtime” will add up to more than the original wage. ~ Hunger Causes Collapse Of British Ex-Soldier David L. Williams, a British sailor away. About 8 p. m. the foreman shouted, “No more help wanted.” Some of the | workers still stood by, hoping for a few hours of work. The two. cops who stood near started to disperse the workers.’ One“worker who did ot go away quickly enough was ocked down in the gutter and given a good beating. When he got up he was told “to beat it,” or else he would be arrested and given a “free night’s lodging” at the city’s expense. This is a part of the fine service which our city hands out to the job- less workers. The jobless ought to demand human treatment. They can All the men that walked off of her were members of the International Seamen’s Wnion. And, as the boat- swain told me, they were on their way to headquarters. This demon- stration of rank and file militancy is proof that the seamen want to move forward while they are actually. be- ing held back by the bureaucratic officialdom of the I. S. U. who are not even trying to organize the unor- ganized. : I am writing this in a hurry as we are now about to leave for Frisco. * Unemployment Aids languishing in prison cell for a erfme which she says he did not commit, Mrs. Minnie Reisler today confessed the murder six years ago of sister, Miss Bertha Katz. Mrs. Reis= ler declared in an affidavit that she shot her sister to terminate a liason between Miss Katz and her husband, known as “John the Barber,” Broad- way sporting character and one-time manager of Jack Dempsey. might decide to take action. Police station houses are being sup- plied with gas-bombers. Labor meet- ings are being broken up, etc. But there is a hopeful sign that the work- ers are commencing to resist. When the workers decide to form their own government they will escape this mis- ery in which they are living now. And fascist demonstrations will not pre- vent them. Small Time Politicians Three men have been convicted in Special Sessions for selling tickets at $2 each for a ball they asserted was Crew of 23 Endangered On Fishing Schooner BOSTON, March 16.—A destroyer was ordered today to the aid of the the candy industry in'New York there ~ tlors to Fight Bosses in Next War/ OF UNEMPLOYED .. think, write and fight for your cl) | . z do this best by supporting the de- F to be held in Tamman; i the workers. If 2a iy going to | Son have discovered. The scheme is during the pone ON. and a member | ands of the New York Council of Oregon Sawmill Bosses funds for the rerpedrenyie dene Boston fishing schooner Morning ey your guns on anybdy; don’t, %¢,demand.a better’ job on the shoes|of the Washington, N. 2, post ee the | the Unemployed. —OAKUM. of Governor Smith. They are John | Star, reported disabled 20 miles south- * Eats them against’ the and |S? that each pair takes twice as long aula eis Ge lapsed acabee ee Bee (By a Worker Correspondent.) _| Williams, John Kirk and Emanuel|%ast of Chatham. The schooner car- peasants in ‘China, in ua, or |thus cutting the wages in half. Only pa at Lexington Avenue and 40 (By a Woman Worker Correspondent.) ST.. HELENS, Ore. (By Mail).—1| Rosen. ries a crew of 28 men. anywhere; but turn them against your common enemy, the bosses. So let me hear from shipmates of mine in the column regarding what | yeu think about this coming war, and } about the army and navy. Talk it} over with your buddies and snips | mates, and always remember that we | are workers, and our class never| started a foreign war. Hoping to} hear from other ex-service men, I am, EX-NAVY MAN. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Foreign Born Council Concert Next Sunday | the concert and | 1d Sunday afternoon | and evening 4 hattan Lyceum, | 66°E, Fourth St. by the New York| Council for the Protec The progra: dance to be |ten at night. by working long hours are the work- lers able to earn a decent living. They |come in at five and six o’clock in the morning ard leave at eight, nine and Since the article in the DAILY WORKER the workers are forced to get out at six in the evening, but they may still come in at five hin the morning. Mr, Miller, if you want to give your workers decent hours, pay them a decent wage and & real price on the shoes from which you make ycur big profits. We all know the value of collective j bargaining and collective agreements. | ‘king class has thru many < of struggle and suffering evolv- and achieved the principles of unionism against which Messrs. Mil- ler and Co. have organized their fake union. They have instituted their system of calling in one worker at a time, of listening to individual com- yea ec ion of Foreign| plaints so that they can terrorize | When he collapsed, Williams had no shoes or socks and what clothing he had on was badly worn and thread- bare. During the war he was wounded in the head in an engage- ment with German destroyers. of unionism among the workers. This little shyster czar forgets that there is a limit to what the workers will [stand for. Workers of the I. Miller and Sons, Incorporated, join the Associated Shoe and Slipper Workers Union, a real progressive union, led by bona fide progressives, of, for, and by the workers. Then we will be able to write agreements and dictate condi- tions which will not be for the in- terests of Mr. Miller but for our own. —A SHOE WORKER. How women workers are helping the International Labor Defense is shown by the German Branch, No. 43. Many women could not join the regu- jar branch, because it meets at night when they have to stay home with their children. So they formed an afternoon sewing circle. Since last want to inform you of the conditions here and give you some information in regards to organizing. I will first write some of the conditions. Wages here run from three dollars and fifty cents to four dollars at the sawmill where I am working. There are about 300 men employed and September, they have been meeting several afternoons a week making articles for the I.L.D. bazaar, which is to open next week. In addition, they have been collect- ing money~on the I.L.D. contribu- tions lists, two women collecting $33.50 in one evening. 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